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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

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Tasks for “Microbiologists”

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.
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.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
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.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
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.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
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.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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