Patent ID: 7795005

Claim:
An instrument for detecting and identifying Lactobacillus brevis or Lactobacillus lindneri contained in a test sample, comprising a substrate on a surface of which are immobilized: (1) oligonucleotides comprising a species- or genus-specific sequence of a 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Lactobacillus brevis , which comprise: (i) an oligonucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7; (ii) an oligonucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8; (iii) an oligonucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9; and (iv) an oligonucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 71, and (2) oligonucleotides comprising a species- or genus-specific sequence of a 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Lactobacillus lindneri , which comprise: (i) an oligonucleotide comprising consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 22; (ii) an oligonucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 23; and (iii) an oligonucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 24, wherein the bacteria contained in the test sample are detected and identified through hybridization of at least one the oligonucleotides with a nucleic acid derived from the test sample.