Combined detection instrument for culture specimen containers and instrument for identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent in a sample

RJ Robinson, MS Wilson, CS Ronsick… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
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Device for sampling a specimen container

CS Ronsick, MS Wilson, RJ Robinson, J Walsh… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A sampling device for a specimen container having a closure sealing the
interior of the specimen container from the environment includes a needle, a body coupled …

System for rapid identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent in a sample

RJ Robinson, MS Wilson, CS Ronsick… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
An automated instrument for identification and/or character ization of a microbial agent
present in a sample. The instru ment includes (a) a sample removal apparatus operative to …

Method for selectively enriching and isolating microbial and optionally additional viral nucleic acids

D Heckel, T Doedt - US Patent 9,012,146, 2015 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a method for selectively enriching and/or isolating microbial
and optionally addition ally viral nucleic acids from Samples that contain a mixture of …

Transcriptional regulation of congocidine (netropsin) biosynthesis and resistance

A Vingadassalon, F Lorieux, M Juguet… - Applied and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The production of specialized metabolites by Streptomyces bacteria is usually temporally
regulated. This regulation is complex and frequently involves both global and pathway …

Methods for rapid identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent in a sample

RJ Robinson, MS Wilson, CS Ronsick… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2010 - Google Patents
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System and method for automatically venting and sampling a culture specimen container

CS Ronsick, MS Wilson, RJ Robinson - US Patent 10,047,387, 2018 - Google Patents
Apparatus for automated venting and/or sampling of a specimen container having a closure
sealing the interior of the specimen container from the environment is disclosed. The …

Soil health indicators using microbial functional genes

WH Hartman, DC Stone, AD Zajdband… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
In various embodiments, an analytics system determines nucleic acid sequence reads of
genetic material in a soil sample from a geographical location. The analytics system …

Molecular diagnosis of bacteremia

RE Rothman, MD Majmudar, CA Gaydos - US Patent 8,288,524, 2012 - Google Patents
A highly specific assay can be used for the detection of bacteremia in the clinical setting. The
ubiquitous background endogenous DNA present in all PCR reagents is eliminated using a …

Methods and kits for isolating nucleic acid from an organism

JK Henkhaus - US Patent 8,932,809, 2015 - Google Patents
The invention generally relates to methods and kits for isolating nucleic acids from an
organism. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve contacting a plurality of …