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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”.
Also Known As…
- Microbiologists
- Quality Control Microbiologist (QC Microbiologist)
- Professor of Microbiology
- Microbiology Laboratory Manager
- Microbiologist
- Microbiological Laboratory Technician
- Microbiological Analyst
- Clinical Microbiologist
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Bacteriologist
- Virology Director
- Virologist
- Study Director
- Research Microbiologist
- Public Health Microbiology Laboratory Director
- Public Health Microbiologist
- Physical Scientist
- Mycobacteria and Brucella Laboratory Head
- Microscopist
- Microbiology Supervisor
- Microbiology Laboratory Director
- Microbiology Analyst
- Medical Technologist
- Medical Microbiologist
- Medical Laboratory Technician
- Electron Microscopist
- Cytologist
- Chemist
Tasks for “Study Director”
- Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
- Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Laboratory beakers
- pH meters
- Micromanipulators
- Bubble counters
- Ultracentrifuges
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Recording thermometers
- Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
- Visible spectrometers
- Semidry blotting apparatus
- Multiplate readers
- Test tube racks
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Desktop centrifuges
- Rotator mixers
- Floor shakers
- Liquid impingers
- Infrared IR spectrometers
- Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Darkroom developing tanks
- Membrane filtration systems
- Electroporators
- Drying ovens
- Gel support frames
- Notebook computers
- Microcalorimeters
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Fire extinguishers
- Automatic cell sorters
- Hybridization ovens
- Gel electrophoresis boxes
- Inverted microscopes
- Laboratory test tubes
- Protective gloves
- Desktop computers
- Colony counters
- Argon lasers
- Peristaltic pumps
- Multiwell trays
- Automatic pipetters
- Shaking incubators
- Laboratory refrigerators
- Micro balances
- Protective laboratory coats
- Micropipettes
- Freeze dryers
- Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
- Bacticinerators
- Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
- Photomicroscopes
- Sectioned petri plates
- Culture tubes
- Pipette pumps
- Laboratory gas burners
- Conductivity meters
- Ultraviolet UV lamps
- Steroclaves
- Flow cytometers
- Electronic toploading balances
- Magnetic laboratory stirrers
- High-speed centrifuges
- Impedance meters
- Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
- French presses
- Infrared gas analyzers
- Orbital shaking water baths
- Dissecting microscopes
- Erlenmeyer flask clamps
- X ray diffractometers
- Coplin jars
- Microcentrifuges
- Microscope slides
- High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
- Bioaerosol impactors
- Bright field light microscopes
- Inoculating loops
- Gel transfer apparatus
- Electronic sterilizers
- Refrigerated recirculating water baths
- Bacteriological incubators
- HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
- Culture bottles
- Mass spectrometers
- Bioreactors
- Safety shoes
- Osmometers
- Heat blocks
- Autoclaves
- Water sample collection containers
- Biological safety hoods
- Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
- Laboratory funnels
- Petri dishes
- Water purification systems
- Automatic coverslipper
- Thermocyclers
- Laminar flow cabinets
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Laboratory membrane filtering devices
- Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
- Fluorescence activated cell sorters
- Chemical safety showers
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Prepared agar plates
- Safety glasses
- Helium-neon lasers
- Orbital shaking incubators
- Personal computers
- Fecal coliform water baths
- Automated microbial identification systems
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Eyewash fountains
- Raman spectrometers
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Transilluminators
- Sonicators
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Liquid chromatograph devices
- Gel documentation systems
- Staining dishes
- Deionized DI water systems
- Dropping pipettes
- Oil-immersion microscope lenses
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
- Mid-infrared spectrometers
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Serology rotators
- Ultra cold biological freezers
- Heating stirplates
- Precision pan balances
- Dry bath incubators
- Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
- Multistage agar impactors
- Laboratory glassware washers
- Tissue homogenizers
- Automated gram stainers
- Laser printers
- Fluorescent microscopes
- 8-channel electronic pipettes
- Alcohol lamps
- Gas-powered generators
- Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
- Respirators
- Vortex mixers
- Analytical balances
- Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
- FramePlot
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Genie Interactive
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Bruker Optics OPUS
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Statistical software
- PHYLIP
- Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
- SAP
- BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
- PIBWin
- TreeView
- PredictProtein
- Microsoft Word
- ComBase
- Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
- BD Biosciences CloneCyt
- STARLIMS
- Word processing software
- Codon Usage Database
- Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
- Email software
- Web browser software
- Verity Software House ModFit LT
- Gene Finder
- Protein databases
- NetLims AutoLims
- Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
- Database management software
- ProtScale
- FindTarget
- BD Biosciences CellQuest
- WHONET
- Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
- Gene recognition software
- Protein Explorer
- DM2 Bills of Lading
- Proscan
- Image capture and analysis software
- Microsoft Excel