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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

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

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

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

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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