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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 “Clinical Laboratory Scientist”

Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
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.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
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.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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