Patent 7494773 was granted and assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security (company) on February, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Nucleotide sequences specific to Brucella that serves as a marker or signature for identification of this bacterium were identified. In addition, forward and reverse primers and hybridization probes derived from these nucleotide sequences that are used in nucleotide detection methods to detect the presence of the bacterium are disclosed.