Patent ID: 8883422
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A23C,A23Y,C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying the presence or absence of a lactic acid bacterial strain comprising a uniquely located insertion sequence (IS) element in a dairy product, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a nucleic sample from a dairy product, (b) providing a primer pair specific for a region of said uniquely located IS element and a region of a nucleic acid sequence adjacent to said uniquely located IS element, the primer pair selected from the group consisting of: (c) performing a PCR amplification reaction with said primer pair of step (b) under conditions suitable to produce an amplification product when said uniquely located IS element is present in said nucleic acid sample, and (d) identifying the presence or absence of a lactic acid bacterial strain by detecting the presence or absence of said amplification product, wherein said lactic acid bacterial strain is the