Patent ID: 6287810
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A61K,C07K,C12N,C12Q,C12Y

Abstract:
An isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide sequence or the full complement of the entire length of the polynucleotide sequence, wherein the polynucleotide sequence is identical to SEQ ID NO:1, except that, over the entire length corresponding to SEQ ID NO:1, 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 SEQ ID NO:1, y is at least 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 polynucleotide sequence detects Staphylococcus aureus by hybridization and wherein the polynucleotide sequence is not genomic DNA.