ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,719, issued on Dec. 23.
"Metabolomic characterization of microorganisms" was invented by Ian Andrew Lewis (Calgary, Canada) and Thomas Rydzak (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are for identifying the cell type of an unknown microorganism. The device includes: an apparatus for culturing unknown organism(s), a diagnostic data acquisition tool and a computer program. The method includes: incubation of the sample with a growth medium (with or without toxins), and an analysis of the metabolites detected in the sample. The computer system compares the results collected from the device to reference metaboli...