Patent 7384770 was granted and assigned to Gas Technology Institute on June, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A set of primer pairs for amplifying a nucleic acid of an acetic acid-producing bacteria, each primer containing an oligonucleotide selected from the ackA gene region of the acetic acid-producing bacteria. The primers are particularly suitable for amplifying the nucleic acid of acetic acid-producing bacteria present in gas and oil production operations.