Rapid detection of bacteria liquid cultures
AssigneeTeagasc, The Agriculture and Food Development Authority
InventorsGeraldine Duffy, James Sheridan
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Abstract
A means for the rapid detection of bacteria from a liquid culture or slurry is described. A membrane mounted on a solid support is immersed in a liquid culture for a time sufficient to allow bacteria to adhere to the membrane, the membrane is removed from the culture and the number of bacteria adhering to the membrane is counted. The membrane may be either an inanimate membrane or a biological membrane. A test kit for use in the method is also described.
Claims25
A method for the rapid detection of bacteria in a liquid culture suspected to contain bacteria, comprising the steps of
- immersing a membrane mounted on a solid support in a liquid culture for a time sufficient to allow bacteria to adhere to the membrane by surface adhesion;
- removing the membrane from the liquid culture;
- and
- counting the number of bacteria adhering to the membrane.
The test kit for the rapid detection of bacteria in a liquid culture suspected to contain bacteria by surface adhesion, comprising a membrane mounted on a solid support and a labelled anti-bacterial antibody.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.