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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Microbiology Specialist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Microbiology Specialist” 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 Specialist” 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

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

  • 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.

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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