Ramey & Browning wishes to congratulate its client Star Biologics on the issuance of U.S. Patent Number 8,889,397, titled Nucleotides for prevention and treatment of bacterial and fungal pathologies. The patent relates to a selectively inducible, single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) expression library, a method for constructing a ssDNA expression library, a method for screening ssDNA using the expression library, and a method for identifying ssDNA molecules that alter expression of bacterial and fungal gene(s) related to cell growth and toxin production and secretion.