Patent ID: 8735565

Claim:
A primer set, suitable for use in a process for the detection of DNA of a GBS strain of the ST-17 clone or for the detection of products derived from such DNA, wherein said primer set comprises at least one of the following primer pairs: a) ST-17S having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 and ST-17AS having sequence of SEQ ID NO: 34; b) ST-17S having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 and O12 having sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28; c) O11 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and O12 having sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28; d) O12 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 28 and O13 having sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29; e) O11 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and ST-17AS having sequence of SEQ ID NO: 34; f) O13 having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 and ST-17AS having sequence of SEQ ID NO: 34; g) a primer pair which is fully complementary to a primer pair in one of a) to f); and h) a primer pair which hybridized to a primer pair in a) to f) under stringent conditions wherein said stringent conditions comprise hybridization at a temperature from about 35 to 65° C. in a solution comprising SSC 6×, SDS 0.5%, Denhardt's solution 5× and 100 μg of non-specific DNA, or a solution of equivalent ionic strength, and then at least one wash step conducted at about 65° C. in a solution comprising at most 0.2×SSC and at most 0.1% SDS, or a solution of equivalent ionic strength, wherein the polynucleotides making up primer pairs a) to h) are labeled to enable detection.