GB2345754B - Rapid method for detecting micro-organisms and evaluating antimicrobial activity - Google Patents

Rapid method for detecting micro-organisms and evaluating antimicrobial activity

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GB2345754B
GB2345754B GB0006170A GB0006170A GB2345754B GB 2345754 B GB2345754 B GB 2345754B GB 0006170 A GB0006170 A GB 0006170A GB 0006170 A GB0006170 A GB 0006170A GB 2345754 B GB2345754 B GB 2345754B
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organisms
antimicrobial activity
rapid method
detecting micro
evaluating antimicrobial
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GB2345754A (en
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Phillip Brown
Stuart Harbron
Gordon Chalmers Mellis Young
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Zetatronics Ltd
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Zetatronics Ltd
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Priority claimed from GBGB9806759.8A external-priority patent/GB9806759D0/en
Priority claimed from GBGB9825222.4A external-priority patent/GB9825222D0/en
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
    • C12Q1/00—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions
    • C12Q1/02—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions involving viable microorganisms
    • C12Q1/18—Testing for antimicrobial activity of a material
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
    • C12Q1/00—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions
    • C12Q1/02—Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such compositions involving viable microorganisms
    • C12Q1/04—Determining presence or kind of microorganism; Use of selective media for testing antibiotics or bacteriocides; Compositions containing a chemical indicator therefor
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12—BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
    • C12Q2304/00—Chemical means of detecting microorganisms
    • C12Q2304/80—Electrochemical detection via electrodes in contact with culture medium

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  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Proteomics, Peptides & Aminoacids (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Toxicology (AREA)
  • Immunology (AREA)
  • Microbiology (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Biotechnology (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • Bioinformatics & Cheminformatics (AREA)
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  • Genetics & Genomics (AREA)
  • Measuring Or Testing Involving Enzymes Or Micro-Organisms (AREA)
GB0006170A 1998-03-31 1999-03-30 Rapid method for detecting micro-organisms and evaluating antimicrobial activity Expired - Fee Related GB2345754B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9806759.8A GB9806759D0 (en) 1998-03-31 1998-03-31 Detection of micro-organisms
GBGB9820703.8A GB9820703D0 (en) 1998-03-31 1998-09-24 Improved method of detecting micro-organisms
GBGB9825222.4A GB9825222D0 (en) 1998-11-19 1998-11-19 A rapid method for evaluating antimicrobial activity
GB9907339A GB2335981B (en) 1998-03-31 1999-03-30 Rapid method for detecting micro-organisms and evaluating antimicrobial activity

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GB0006170D0 GB0006170D0 (en) 2000-05-03
GB2345754A GB2345754A (en) 2000-07-19
GB2345754B true GB2345754B (en) 2001-02-07

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GB1593608A (en) * 1977-02-11 1981-07-22 Pen Kem Inc Automatic electrophoresis apparatus
WO1985004486A1 (en) * 1984-03-23 1985-10-10 Coulter Electronics Of New England, Inc. Electrophoretic light scattering apparatus and process
US5699157A (en) * 1996-07-16 1997-12-16 Caliper Technologies Corp. Fourier detection of species migrating in a microchannel

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GB9907339D0 (en) 1999-05-26
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GB2345754A (en) 2000-07-19
GB2335981B (en) 2000-06-21

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