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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”.
Also Known As…
- Microbiologists
- Study Director
- Quality Control Microbiologist (QC Microbiologist)
- Professor of Microbiology
- Microbiology Laboratory Manager
- Microbiologist
- Microbiological Laboratory Technician
- Clinical Microbiologist
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Bacteriologist
- Virology Director
- Virologist
- Research Microbiologist
- Public Health Microbiology Laboratory Director
- Public Health Microbiologist
- Physical Scientist
- Mycobacteria and Brucella Laboratory Head
- Microscopist
- Microbiology Supervisor
- Microbiology Laboratory Director
- Microbiology Analyst
- Microbiological Analyst
- Medical Technologist
- Medical Microbiologist
- Medical Laboratory Technician
- Electron Microscopist
- Cytologist
- Chemist
Tasks for “Microbiological Analyst”
- Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
- 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.
- Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
- 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.
- Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
- Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
- 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.
- Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Bacticinerators
- Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
- Laboratory gas burners
- Bubble counters
- Gel electrophoresis boxes
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Autoclaves
- Vortex mixers
- High-speed centrifuges
- Precision pan balances
- Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
- Notebook computers
- Automatic cell sorters
- Colony counters
- HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Orbital shaking water baths
- Oil-immersion microscope lenses
- Infrared IR spectrometers
- Argon lasers
- Flow cytometers
- Laboratory test tubes
- Sectioned petri plates
- Heat blocks
- Laminar flow cabinets
- Microcalorimeters
- Dissecting microscopes
- Thermocyclers
- Photomicroscopes
- Conductivity meters
- Coplin jars
- Recording thermometers
- Heating stirplates
- Staining dishes
- Respirators
- Darkroom developing tanks
- X ray diffractometers
- Semidry blotting apparatus
- Drying ovens
- Laboratory membrane filtering devices
- Rotator mixers
- Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
- Ultra cold biological freezers
- Gas-powered generators
- Multiwell trays
- Infrared gas analyzers
- Visible spectrometers
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Inoculating loops
- Multiplate readers
- Chemical safety showers
- Shaking incubators
- Osmometers
- Electronic sterilizers
- Pipette pumps
- Micropipettes
- Sonicators
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
- Impedance meters
- Biological safety hoods
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Magnetic laboratory stirrers
- Culture tubes
- Bacteriological incubators
- Steroclaves
- Ultraviolet UV lamps
- Helium-neon lasers
- Hybridization ovens
- Automatic coverslipper
- High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
- Micromanipulators
- Electroporators
- Dropping pipettes
- Laboratory beakers
- Orbital shaking incubators
- Serology rotators
- Water purification systems
- Safety shoes
- Liquid impingers
- Refrigerated recirculating water baths
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Multistage agar impactors
- Protective laboratory coats
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
- Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
- Culture bottles
- Prepared agar plates
- Micro balances
- Personal computers
- Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
- Floor shakers
- Microcentrifuges
- Bioreactors
- Protective gloves
- Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
- French presses
- 8-channel electronic pipettes
- Automated gram stainers
- Fluorescent microscopes
- Fecal coliform water baths
- Fluorescence activated cell sorters
- Raman spectrometers
- Eyewash fountains
- pH meters
- Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
- Bioaerosol impactors
- Automated microbial identification systems
- Transilluminators
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Analytical balances
- Water sample collection containers
- Laboratory glassware washers
- Tissue homogenizers
- Deionized DI water systems
- Gel transfer apparatus
- Inverted microscopes
- Mid-infrared spectrometers
- Dry bath incubators
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Gel documentation systems
- Automatic pipetters
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Freeze dryers
- Safety glasses
- Ultracentrifuges
- Petri dishes
- Gel support frames
- Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
- Laboratory refrigerators
- Desktop computers
- Electronic toploading balances
- Laser printers
- Fire extinguishers
- Desktop centrifuges
- Erlenmeyer flask clamps
- Alcohol lamps
- Membrane filtration systems
- Laboratory funnels
- Bright field light microscopes
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Mass spectrometers
- Peristaltic pumps
- Test tube racks
- Liquid chromatograph devices
- Microscope slides
- Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
- Image capture and analysis software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- WHONET
- BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
- Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
- Email software
- STARLIMS
- PIBWin
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Protein databases
- NetLims AutoLims
- DM2 Bills of Lading
- Gene recognition software
- TreeView
- Codon Usage Database
- Statistical software
- FramePlot
- Web browser software
- ComBase
- Microsoft Word
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Word processing software
- BD Biosciences CloneCyt
- PredictProtein
- Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
- Database management software
- Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
- FindTarget
- ProtScale
- Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
- Microsoft Excel
- BD Biosciences CellQuest
- Protein Explorer
- Verity Software House ModFit LT
- PHYLIP
- Proscan
- SAP
- Genie Interactive
- Gene Finder
- Bruker Optics OPUS