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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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