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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Medical Microbiologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Medical 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%

“Medical 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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

Technologies & Software

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

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