Verfahren, System und Kit zum Nachweis von Mikroorganismen

Details

Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP4803633

Anmeldetag

4. März 2026

Veröffentlichung

9. September 2026

Rechtsraum

EP

Abstract

A method for detecting microorganisms is provided in which when target microorganisms are detected in a microorganism-containing sample, ease of handling like liquid culture media is maintained, and even when multiple bacterial species are present in the sample, each bacterial species is allowed to grow sufficiently by suppressing growth inhibition by the influence of other bacterial species, thereby improving the detection accuracy of the target microorganisms. The method includes: a) inoculating a microorganism-containing sample into a culture medium for microorganisms that contains an environment-responsive polymer that can cause the solution to thermoreversibly transition between fluidized and non-fluidized states depending on a solution environment; b) culturing microorganisms while maintaining the culture medium in a non-fluidizing environment; c) adjusting the culture medium to a fluidizing environment after the culturing of the microorganisms; d) recovering the cultured microorganisms from the culture medium; and e) detecting target microorganisms in the recovered microorganisms.

Anmelder

Firma

Yokogawa Electric Corporation

Land

🇯🇵 Japan