Chemical reagents for use in the detection, analysis and identification of genetic material or chemical compounds; namely, biological preparations, enzymatic preparations for use in lysing and digestion of biological samples nucleic probes, sterile water, electrophoretic gels for use in electrophoretic separations, chemiluminescent immunossay reagents for use in aiding the detection of biological materials and chemical compounds, buffers and dye preparations

A microbial characterisation and identification system comprised of an automated instrument which processes bacteria samples to produce a genetic pattern incorporating a heat treatment unit which kills living bacteria; a computer workstation which compares the pattern against other known patterns of bacteria; a mixer and computer software and manuals used with the computer workstation