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Job Description

Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1022.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 76,850.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 36.00
Currently, there are 21,670 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Microbiologists”.

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Tasks for “Bacteriologist”

Monitor and perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
Use a variety of specialized equipment such as electron microscopes, gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters and phosphorimagers.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.

Related Technology & Tools

Protective gloves
Ultracentrifuges
Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
Colony counters
Microscope slides
Multistage agar impactors
Micropipettes
HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
Floor shakers
Laboratory refrigerators
Automated gram stainers
Conductivity meters
Prepared agar plates
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Transilluminators
Analytical balances
Liquid impingers
Test tube racks
Multiplate readers
Automated microbial identification systems
Tissue homogenizers
Liquid chromatograph devices
Ultra cold biological freezers
Gas-powered generators
Rotator mixers
Inverted microscopes
Laboratory beakers
X ray diffractometers
Drying ovens
Hybridization ovens
Autoclaves
Automatic cell sorters
Transmission electron microscopes TEM
Freeze dryers
Anaerobic growth chambers
Staining dishes
Bright field light microscopes
Steroclaves
Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
Bioaerosol impactors
Protective laboratory coats
Coplin jars
8-channel electronic pipettes
Microcentrifuges
Orbital shaking water baths
Fluorescent microscopes
Chemical safety showers
High-speed centrifuges
Osmometers
Compound binocular light microscopes
Biological safety hoods
Fecal coliform water baths
Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
Helium-neon lasers
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Respirators
French presses
High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
Safety shoes
Laboratory glassware washers
Magnetic laboratory stirrers
Erlenmeyer flasks
Semidry blotting apparatus
Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
Bacticinerators
Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
Bacteriological incubators
Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
Eyewash fountains
Bubble counters
Phase contrast microscopes
Culture bottles
Micro balances
Inoculating loops
Electronic toploading balances
Mass spectrometers
Electronic sterilizers
Flow cytometers
Automatic coverslipper
Pipette pumps
Petri dishes
Erlenmeyer flask clamps
Dry bath incubators
Sonicators
Fluorescence activated cell sorters
Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
pH meters
Multiwell trays
Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
Peristaltic pumps
Oil-immersion microscope lenses
Impedance meters
Darkroom developing tanks
Sectioned petri plates
Deionized DI water systems
Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Laboratory gas burners
Microcalorimeters
Vortex mixers
Gel electrophoresis boxes
Visible spectrometers
Infrared IR spectrometers
Thermocyclers
Photomicroscopes
Laboratory funnels
Laboratory test tubes
Orbital shaking incubators
Gel documentation systems
Heat blocks
Dissecting microscopes
Raman spectrometers
Water purification systems
Culture tubes
Water sample collection containers
Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
Fire extinguishers
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
Desktop centrifuges
Heating stirplates
Safety glasses
Notebook computers
Laboratory membrane filtering devices
Serology rotators
Argon lasers
Laser printers
Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
Automatic pipetters
Dropping pipettes
Gel support frames
Precision pan balances
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
Laminar flow cabinets
Micromanipulators
Gel transfer apparatus
Dissolved oxygen meters
Desktop computers
Membrane filtration systems
Personal computers
Mid-infrared spectrometers
Shaking incubators
Electroporators
Bioreactors
Infrared gas analyzers
Refrigerated recirculating water baths
Alcohol lamps
Recording thermometers
Gas chromatographs GC

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