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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”

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.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
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.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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