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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”

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.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
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.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
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.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
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

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

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