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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Microbiology Analyst” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Microbiology Analyst” 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%

“Microbiology Analyst” 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

  • Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens, and toxins.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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