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An incubation chamber for incubating a number of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays holds a number of tray carriers in a pair of stacks. An elevator is provided to move any given carrier to a position at which it can be removed from the incubation chambe

An incubation chamber for incubating a number of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays holds a number of tray carriers in a pair of stacks. An elevator is provided to move any given carrier to a position at which it can be removed from the incubation chamber and moved to an inspection station at which the trays thereon may be inspected to determine the results of the microbiological tests. The image of the test tray at the inspection station is processed to determine test results.

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An automated microbiological testing apparatus comprising an incubation chamber for incubating a plurality of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays, said trays each having a plurality of wells, an inspection station at which the test trays may be inspected

An automated microbiological testing apparatus comprising an incubation chamber for incubating a plurality of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays, said trays each having a plurality of wells, an inspection station at which the test trays may be inspected to determine the results of the microbiological tests, means for moving any predetermined test tray as desired from the incubation chamber to the inspection station, said moving means including a track running from the incubation chamber at least to the inspection station along which the test trays are moveable, a plurality of carriers for carrying one or more trays each, said carriers being moveable along said track from the incubation chamber to the inspection station, and means for processing the image of the test tray at the inspection station to determine test results.