The document summarizes various automated systems used in bacteriology. It discusses automated blood culture systems like BacT/ALERT 3D, BD BACTEC, and VersaTREK which continuously monitor blood cultures. It also describes automated identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing systems like Vitek, Phoenix, and MicroScan Walkaway. Finally, it provides an overview of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) which uses the mass spectra of proteins to rapidly identify bacteria and yeast.