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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 Laboratory Technician”

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.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
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.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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