US Patent:
20210246489, Aug 12, 2021
Inventors:
- Pacific Palisades CA, US
- Oakland CA, US
David Arnold Haake - Culver City CA, US
Colin Wynn Halford - Los Angeles CA, US
Roger Knauf - Cincinnati OH, US
Gabriel Monti - Cypress CA, US
Victoria Scott - Los Angeles CA, US
International Classification:
C12Q 1/689
Abstract:
A method of determining a bacterial density in a specimen may include the steps of: (a) conducting an RNA assay on the specimen to determine a microbial rRNA concentration, wherein the microbial rRNA concentration is defined as the number of rRNA molecules per volume of the specimen; and (b) 1 converting the rRNA concentration to a bacterial density value.