Patents Assigned to Agence Nationale de Securite Sanitaire de I'Alimentation, de I'Environnement et du Travail
  • Method for Detecting and Identifying Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
    Publication number: 20150176064
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for predicting whether a sample contains enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) of at least one of EHEC O157:[H7], O145:[H28], O103:[H2], O111:[H8], O121:[H19], O26: [H11], O45:[H2] or O104: [H4] serotypes, and for identifying said serotypes, through detection of gene espK in association with at least one of the genetic markers Z1151, Z1153, Z1154, Z1155, Z1156, Z6065, Z2098, ureD or espV and/or through detection of serotype-specific CRISPR sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: Agence Nationale de Securite Sanitaire de I'Alimentation, de I'Environnement et du Travail, Bundesinstiful Fur Risikobewertung
    Inventors: Patrick Fach, Sabine Delannoy, Lothar Beutin