Patent ID: 7833717

Claim:
A method for detecting Neisseria bacteria in a biological sample, wherein the sample contains or is suspected of containing Neisseria bacteria, said method comprising: (a) incubating a DNA probe with the biological sample to form a mixture, wherein the DNA probe consists of at least 6 contiguous nucleotides that are complementary to at least 6 contiguous nucleotides from any one of the sequences set forth from (1) base 200 to base 667 of SEQ ID NO:1; (2) base 173 to base 643 of SEQ ID NO:3; (3) base 265 to base 732 of SEQ ID NO: 5; and (4) base 298 to base 765 of SEQ ID NO:7; and (b) detecting the DNA probe specifically bound to the at least 6 contiguous nucleotides from any one of the sequences set forth from (1) base 200 to base 667 of SEQ ID NO:1; (2) base 173 to base 643 of SEQ ID NO:3; (3) base 265 to base 732 of SEQ ID NO:5; and (4) base 298 to base 765 of SEQ ID NO:7 in the mixture, which indicates the presence of Neisseria bacteria.