METHOD OF AND GROWTH MEDIUM FOR DETECTING MICRO-ORGANISMS IN A SAMPLE - Patent 0920529

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EP 0 920 529 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/23

(21)	Application number: 97937687.0

(22)	Date of filing: 21.08.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12Q 1/ 04^{( . )}

C12Q 1/ 10^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB1997/002241

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/007882 (26.02.1998 Gazette 1998/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IE IT LI NL

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Priority:

21.08.1996 GB 19960017495

(71)	Applicant: The University of Lincolnshire & Humberside
	Hull HU6 7RT (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	BEERS, Paul John Grimsby, N.E. Lincolnshire DN32 0BX (GB) GLASCOCK, Stephen Jamie Uckfield, West Sussex TN22 5WL (GB) MELDRUM, Richard James Hull HU5 3EA (GB)

(74)	Representative: Loven, Keith James, et al
	Loven & Co Quantum House 30 Tentercroft Street Lincoln LN5 7DB Lincoln LN5 7DB (GB)

(54)	METHOD OF AND GROWTH MEDIUM FOR DETECTING MICRO-ORGANISMS IN A SAMPLE