Inventors:
- Boston MA, US
Julie THOMASON - Reading MA, US
Michael CAPPILLINO - Reading MA, US
Robert Patrick SHIVERS - Watertown MA, US
Daniel Robert BROWNELL - Arlington MA, US
Jayson L. BOWERS - Cambridge MA, US
Timothy Kuan Ta LU - Charlestown MA, US
International Classification:
C12Q 1/66
Abstract:
Methods of detecting target bacteria are provided. In some embodiments the methods comprise exposing the sample to a phage capable of infecting a set of target bacteria and comprising a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding a marker. In some embodiments the target bacteria comprise . In some embodiments the target bacteria are all . Recombinant phage comprising a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding a marker are also provided as are useful combinations of such phage and articles of manufacture comprising such phage, among other things.