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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Clinical Microbiologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Clinical Microbiologist” 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%

“Clinical Microbiologist” 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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

  • FramePlot
  • FindTarget
  • Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
  • Perplexity AI
  • Statistical software
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • STARLIMS
  • PHYLIP
  • Proscan
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Word
  • DeepSeek
  • TreeView
  • SAP software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • NetLims AutoLims
  • Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
  • ComBase
  • Email software
  • Gene Finder
  • Elicit
  • PIBWin
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Word processing software
  • Scite AI
  • DM2 Bills of Lading
  • Protein Explorer
  • ProtScale
  • Image capture and analysis software
  • PredictProtein
  • Web browser software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Gemini (Google)
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Verity Software House ModFit LT
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Consensus
  • Genie Interactive
  • Bruker Optics OPUS
  • Gene recognition software
  • BD Biosciences CloneCyt
  • Protein databases
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Office software
  • WHONET
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Codon Usage Database
  • Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
  • BD Biosciences CellQuest
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
  • Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
  • Database management software
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Raman spectrometers
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Automated microbial identification systems
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Heat blocks
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Serology rotators
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Liquid impingers
  • Bubble counters
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Staining dishes
  • Culture bottles
  • Inoculating loops
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Hybridization ovens
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Fluorescence activated cell sorters
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Respirators
  • Recording thermometers
  • Pipette pumps
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Safety glasses
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Heating stirplates
  • Petri dishes
  • Sonicators
  • Drying ovens
  • Freeze dryers
  • Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Safety shoes
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Analytical balances
  • Steroclaves
  • Chemical safety showers
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • Micromanipulators
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Impedance meters
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Argon lasers
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
  • Laser printers
  • Gel support frames
  • Protective gloves
  • Membrane filtration systems
  • Bacticinerators
  • Micro balances
  • Floor shakers
  • Desktop computers
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • French presses
  • Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
  • Micropipettes
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Water purification systems
  • Microscope slides
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Shaking incubators
  • pH meters
  • Culture tubes
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Conductivity meters
  • Rotator mixers
  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • Bacteriological incubators
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Personal computers
  • Flow cytometers
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Helium-neon lasers
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Autoclaves
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • X ray diffractometers
  • Laboratory test tubes
  • Colony counters
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Thermocyclers
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Multiwell trays
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Coplin jars
  • Mid-infrared spectrometers
  • Precision pan balances
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Test tube racks
  • Transilluminators
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Laboratory gas burners
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Gas-powered generators
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Electroporators
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Bioreactors
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Notebook computers
  • Osmometers
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Vortex mixers
  • Sectioned petri plates
  • Multiplate readers
  • Automatic pipetters

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