Patent ID: 6238885
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
An isolated polynucleotide segment comprising a first polynucleotide sequence or the full complement of the entire length of the first polynucleotide sequence, wherein the first polynucleotide sequence is identical to a reference sequence comprising nucleotides 87 to 1835 set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, except that, over the entire length corresponding to the reference sequence, n.sub.n nucleotides are substituted, inserted or deleted, wherein n.sub.n satisfies the following expressionn.sub.n.ltoreq.x.sub.n -(x.sub.n.multidot.y)wherein x.sub.n is the total number of nucleotides in the reference sequence, y is 0.95, and wherein any non-integer product of x.sub.n and y is rounded down to the nearest integer before subtracting the product from x.sub.n ; and wherein the first polynucleotide sequence detects Staphylococcus aureus.