Patent ID: 7871779

Claim:
A method of detecting the presence of an Aspergillus species in a biological sample, comprising: detecting the presence of an internal transcribed spacer 1 region nucleic acid molecule comprising: (a) SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) SEQ ID NO: 2 or 3; (c) SEQ ID NO: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9; (d) SEQ ID NO: 10, 11 or 12; (e) SEQ ID NO: 13 or 14; (f) SEQ ID NO: 15, 16, 17, or 18; (g) SEQ ID NO: 19; or (h) SEQ ID NO: 20 or 21, wherein (a) detects the presence of an Aspergillus clavatus ; (b) detects the presence of an Aspergillus granulosus ; (c) detects the presence of an Aspergillus sydowii ; (d) detects the presence of an Aspergillus flavipes ; (e) detects the presence of an Aspergillus restrictus ; (f) detects the presence of an Aspergillus versicolor ; (g) detects the presence of an Aspergillus wentii ; and (h) detects the presence of an Aspergillus chevalieri.