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GenBit receives patent for method of identification of cod fish species with real-time PCR

METHOD FOR SPECIES IDENTIFICATION OF FISHES OF THE COD FAMILY BY PCR IN REAL TIME MODE

The invention relates to the field of biotechnology, namely to molecular diagnostics, and can be used in the food industry for matrix identification of fish species of the Gadidae (cod) family in food products and food raw materials:

Atlantic cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

Pacific cod (Gadus morhua)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus)

Pollock (Pollachius virens)

Blue whiting (Micromesisteus poutassou)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

The proposed method makes it possible to identify all species of cod fish within the framework of one analysis and obtain the analysis result faster than existing methods.

The Russian Federation. Federal Service for Intellectual Property

Patent RU 2 748 058 C1

Priority: Application 202133599, 13.10.2020

Published on 05/19/2021 Bul. No. 14