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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Bacteriologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Bacteriologist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Bacteriologist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Microbiologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: 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.

Avg. Annual Salary $95,200
Avg. Hourly Wage $45.77
Available Jobs (US) 19,760
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Microbiologists #19-1022
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Microbiologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

  • Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.

  • 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.

  • Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.

  • Provide laboratory services for health departments, community environmental health programs, and physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.

  • 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.

  • Prepare technical reports and recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

  • Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

  • Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.

  • Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

  • Use a variety of specialized equipment, such as electron microscopes, gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.

  • Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.

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  • Perplexity AI
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  • Proscan
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  • Microsoft Office software
  • DeepSeek
  • Genie Interactive
  • PredictProtein
  • STARLIMS
  • Codon Usage Database
  • Image capture and analysis software
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Protein databases
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
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  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Email software
  • Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
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  • Elicit
  • SAP software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • Database management software
  • Consensus
  • BD Biosciences CloneCyt
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • TreeView
  • Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Bruker Optics OPUS
  • NetLims AutoLims
  • Protein Explorer
  • BD Biosciences CellQuest
  • PHYLIP
  • Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • ProtScale
  • BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
  • Gene Finder
  • ComBase
  • PIBWin
  • Verity Software House ModFit LT
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • Rotator mixers
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Gas-powered generators
  • Vortex mixers
  • Multiwell trays
  • Raman spectrometers
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Thermocyclers
  • Autoclaves
  • Electroporators
  • pH meters
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Automated microbial identification systems
  • Bioreactors
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Water purification systems
  • Culture tubes
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Freeze dryers
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Laboratory gas burners
  • Mid-infrared spectrometers
  • Transilluminators
  • Micropipettes
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Micro balances
  • Sonicators
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Flow cytometers
  • Bacticinerators
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Steroclaves
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Gel support frames
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Drying ovens
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Micromanipulators
  • Notebook computers
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Safety glasses
  • Impedance meters
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Conductivity meters
  • Laser printers
  • Fluorescence activated cell sorters
  • Respirators
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Microscope slides
  • French presses
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Floor shakers
  • Shaking incubators
  • Petri dishes
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Precision pan balances
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Safety shoes
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • Coplin jars
  • Protective gloves
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Laboratory test tubes
  • Argon lasers
  • Bubble counters
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Liquid impingers
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Test tube racks
  • Culture bottles
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Chemical safety showers
  • Desktop computers
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Bacteriological incubators
  • Heat blocks
  • Hybridization ovens
  • Analytical balances
  • Recording thermometers
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • Sectioned petri plates
  • Colony counters
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Inoculating loops
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Serology rotators
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Membrane filtration systems
  • Multiplate readers
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • Personal computers
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Staining dishes
  • Heating stirplates
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
  • Osmometers
  • Pipette pumps
  • Helium-neon lasers

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