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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 Microbiologist”

Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
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.
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.
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.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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