发明名称 |
AUTOMATED SELECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND IDENTIFICATION USING MALDI |
摘要 |
A method and apparatus for locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish and identifying microorganisms in said selected colony using MALDI. The method comprises the automated steps of locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish; obtaining a sample of said selected colony of microorganisms; depositing at least some of said sample of said selected colony of microorganisms on a target plate; and transferring said target plate with said sample in an apparatus for performing MALDI for identification of said sample of said selected colony of microorganisms. A sample of a colony of microorganisms is automatically deposited on a depositing spot such that the sample covers at most approximately half of said one of the depositing spots of the target plate. A suspension of a sample of microorganisms is automatically prepared by automatically picking the sample with a picking tool and submerging the picking tool with said sample in a suspension, after which the picking tool is vibrated in vertical sense only to release the sample from the picking tool. |
申请公布号 |
US2015086971(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.03.26 |
申请号 |
US201314388430 |
申请日期 |
2013.04.02 |
申请人 |
BD Kiestra B.V. |
发明人 |
Botma Jetze;Kleefstra Martijn;Van Der Zee Tino Walter |
分类号 |
C12Q3/00 |
主分类号 |
C12Q3/00 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A method for locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish and identifying microorganisms in said selected colony using MALDI, wherein said method comprises the automated steps of:
locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish; obtaining a sample of said selected colony of microorganisms; depositing at least some of said sample of said selected colony of microorganisms on a target plate; and transferring said target plate with said sample in an apparatus for performing MALDI for identification of said sample of said selected colony of microorganisms. |
地址 |
Drachten NL |