INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES

**Definition:** This place covers:

This subclass is intended to enable a comprehensive search of subject matter related to microorganisms by combination of classification symbols of this subclass with classification symbols from other subgroups. Therefore, this subclass covers aspects of microorganisms that might also be entirely or partially covered elsewhere. This subclass is for secondary classification, i.e. supplementary classification of subject matter already classified as such in other classification places( C12C - C12Q ).

The classification symbols of this subclass are not listed first when assigned to patent documents.

This group is obligatory in combination with C12N1/145 , C12N1/165 , C12N1/185 or C12N1/205 , and optional in combination with C12N1/105 or C12N1/125 .

**Glossary:** - Microorganism: includes bacteria and other generally unicellular organisms with dimensions beneath the limits of vision which can be propagated and manipulated in a laboratory, including fungi (including yeasts), microalgae and protozoa