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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 “Microbiological Analyst”

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.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
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.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
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.
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.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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