API-test

The API-test gave a 55% chance of the bacteria being Ent. cloacae, a 32.9% chance of it being Ent. amnigenus, and a 5.9% chance of it being Ent. sakazakii. The results (+ or -) for the individual biochemical test can be seen in Appendix Table \ref{apiraw}.

Bürker Chamber

The calculated results of the concentration of cells in the original solution can be seen in Table \ref{burkertable}. These results were calculated using the the data in Appendix, Table \ref{rawburker} and the equations (\ref{cd}), (\ref{co}) and (\ref{sd}) above and a value of \(V_s\) of