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Title:
MICROBIOLOGICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003091389
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the classification of microorganisms. In particular, the invention relates to an apparatus and method for the classification of microorganisms with annotation of clinically and/or industrially relevant information. An apparatus according to the invention comprises a measuring apparatus for classifying a microorganism according to distinctive features, a database containing clinically and/or industrially relevant information of a plurality of microorganisms, and a calculation unit for comparing the results from the measuring apparatus to the information in the database for the annotation of the clinically and/or industrially relevant information to the microorganism, and in which the measuring apparatus, the database and the data analysis apparatus are provided with input and output means.

Inventors:
THIJSEN HENRICUS MATHEUS WILHE (NL)
MONTIJN ROY CHRISTIAAN (NL)
SCHUREN FRANK HENRI JOHAN (NL)
Application Number:
PCT/NL2003/000302
Publication Date:
December 31, 2003
Filing Date:
April 24, 2003
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Assignee:
TNO (NL)
THIJSEN HENRICUS MATHEUS WILHE (NL)
MONTIJN ROY CHRISTIAAN (NL)
SCHUREN FRANK HENRI JOHAN (NL)
International Classes:
C12M1/34; G16B40/20; C12M1/00; G16B20/00; G16B20/20; (IPC1-7): G06F19/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2000052208A22000-09-08
WO2001013105A12001-02-22
Foreign References:
US20020031771A12002-03-14
Other References:
ANDRADE M A ET AL: "AUTOMATED GENOME SEQUENCE ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATION", BIOINFORMATICS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, SURREY, GB, vol. 15, no. 5, May 1999 (1999-05-01), pages 391 - 412, XP001008589, ISSN: 1367-4803
TROESCH ET AL: "MYCOBACTERIUM SPECIES IDENTIFICATION AND RIFAMPICIN RESISTANCE TESTING WITH HIGH-DENSITY DNA PROBE ARRAYS", JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, WASHINGTON, DC, US, vol. 37, no. 1, January 1999 (1999-01-01), pages 49 - 55, XP002130858, ISSN: 0095-1137
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