Patent ID: 8192926

Claim:
A kit for measuring a plurality of different organisms in a sample, the kit comprising: (a) a container, vessel or compartment comprising on a solid support: (i) a first binding reagent immobilized to a first region of said solid support, wherein said first binding reagent binds a first marker of a first organism from said plurality of different organisms and (ii) a second binding reagent immobilized to a second region of said solid support, wherein said second binding reagent binds a second marker of a second organism from said plurality of different organisms and (b) one or more additional containers, vessels or compartments comprising: (i) nitrous acid and a surfactant, together in one container, vessel or compartment, or (ii) an acid and a nitrite salt, as separate components, and a surfactant contained in each component or either component; wherein said first organism is a gram positive bacterium and said second organism is selected from the group consisting of fungi, viruses and gram negative bacteria.