Patent ID: 6706475
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: C07H,C12Q,Y02A,Y10T

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid probe of 20-50 nucleotides in length for identifing an Enterobacteriaceae species in a sample, wherein the probe is at least 90% homologous to the 5â€² region of the gyraseA gene of Escherichia coli (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a fully complementary sequence thereof, but is not at least 90% homologous to the 5â€² region of the gyraseA gene of Citrobacter freundii (SEQ ID NO: 2), Enterobacter aerogenes (SEQ ID NO: 3), Enterobacter cloacae (SEQ ID NO: 4), Klebsiella oxytoca (SEQ ID NO: 5), Klebsiella pneumoniae (SEQ ID NO: 6), Providencia stuartii (SEQ ID NO: 7), or Serratia marcescens (SEQ ID NO: 8).