Patent 7709203 was granted and assigned to E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Primers have been isolated that are diagnostic for the detection of Vibrio harveyi. The primers are based on a portion of the Vibrio harveyi LuxR gene and may be used in primer directed amplification or nucleic acid hybridization assay methods.