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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 “Microbiology Laboratory Manager”

Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
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.
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.
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.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
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.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Related Technology & Tools

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