Patents by Inventor Michael G. Surette

Michael G. Surette has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Compositions and methods for regulating bacterial pathogenesis
    Publication number: 20020107364
    Abstract: The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimulates LuxQ luminescence genes, and is believed also to stimulate a variety of pathogenesis related genes in the bacterial species that produce it. A new class of bacterial genes is involved in the biosynthesis of autoinducer-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Bonnie L. Bassler, Michael G. Surette
  • Compositions and methods for regulating bacterial pathogenesis
    Publication number: 20020072052
    Abstract: The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimulates LuxQ luminescence genes, and is believed also to stimulate a variety of pathogenesis related genes in the bacterial species that produce it. A new class of bacterial genes is involved in the biosynthesis of autoinducer-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Bonnie L. Bassler, Michael G. Surette