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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1022.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 76,850.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 36.00
- Currently, there are 21,670 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Microbiologists”.
Also Known As…
- Microbiologists
- Study Director
- Quality Control Microbiologist (QC Microbiologist)
- Professor of Microbiology
- Microbiology Laboratory Manager
- Microbiologist
- Microbiological Laboratory Technician
- Microbiological Analyst
- Clinical Microbiologist
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Bacteriologist
- Virology Director
- Virologist
- Research Microbiologist
- Public Health Microbiology Laboratory Director
- Public Health Microbiologist
- Physical Scientist
- Mycobacteria and Brucella Laboratory Head
- Microscopist
- Microbiology Supervisor
- Microbiology Laboratory Director
- Microbiology Analyst
- Medical Technologist
- Medical Microbiologist
- Medical Laboratory Technician
- Electron Microscopist
- Cytologist
- Chemist
Tasks for “Bacteriologist”
- Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
- 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.
- Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
- Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
- Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
- 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.
- Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
- Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
- Use a variety of specialized equipment such as electron microscopes, gas chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters and phosphorimagers.
- 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.
- Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Automated gram stainers
- Laboratory gas burners
- Microscope slides
- Inoculating loops
- Fecal coliform water baths
- Personal computers
- Mid-infrared spectrometers
- Helium-neon lasers
- Fluorescent microscopes
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
- Ultracentrifuges
- Electroporators
- Fire extinguishers
- Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
- Bright field light microscopes
- Membrane filtration systems
- Respirators
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Liquid impingers
- Water sample collection containers
- Laboratory membrane filtering devices
- Refrigerated recirculating water baths
- High-speed centrifuges
- Mass spectrometers
- Floor shakers
- Micropipettes
- Microcalorimeters
- Raman spectrometers
- Electronic sterilizers
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Impedance meters
- Safety glasses
- Rotator mixers
- Autoclaves
- Tissue homogenizers
- Peristaltic pumps
- Petri dishes
- Coplin jars
- Inverted microscopes
- Photomicroscopes
- Desktop computers
- Orbital shaking water baths
- High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
- Transilluminators
- Laboratory glassware washers
- Sonicators
- Multistage agar impactors
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Safety shoes
- Chemical safety showers
- Micromanipulators
- Laminar flow cabinets
- Thermocyclers
- Infrared IR spectrometers
- Drying ovens
- Bacteriological incubators
- Laboratory refrigerators
- Desktop centrifuges
- Ultra cold biological freezers
- Darkroom developing tanks
- Flow cytometers
- Bubble counters
- Serology rotators
- Gel electrophoresis boxes
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Water purification systems
- Gel transfer apparatus
- Argon lasers
- Gas-powered generators
- Bioreactors
- Recording thermometers
- Colony counters
- Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
- Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
- Laser printers
- Dissecting microscopes
- Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
- Liquid chromatograph devices
- Automated microbial identification systems
- Culture tubes
- Automatic coverslipper
- Protective gloves
- Bioaerosol impactors
- Analytical balances
- Multiplate readers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Culture bottles
- Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
- Heat blocks
- Freeze dryers
- Steroclaves
- pH meters
- Prepared agar plates
- Erlenmeyer flask clamps
- X ray diffractometers
- Alcohol lamps
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Osmometers
- Precision pan balances
- Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Shaking incubators
- Orbital shaking incubators
- Electronic toploading balances
- Staining dishes
- Protective laboratory coats
- Conductivity meters
- Vortex mixers
- Microcentrifuges
- Laboratory test tubes
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Automatic pipetters
- 8-channel electronic pipettes
- Infrared gas analyzers
- Semidry blotting apparatus
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
- HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
- Micro balances
- Laboratory beakers
- Multiwell trays
- Visible spectrometers
- Oil-immersion microscope lenses
- Automatic cell sorters
- Biological safety hoods
- Deionized DI water systems
- Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
- Dropping pipettes
- Heating stirplates
- Gel documentation systems
- Bacticinerators
- Ultraviolet UV lamps
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Sectioned petri plates
- Fluorescence activated cell sorters
- Gel support frames
- Notebook computers
- Laboratory funnels
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Pipette pumps
- Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
- Hybridization ovens
- Dry bath incubators
- French presses
- Eyewash fountains
- Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
- Magnetic laboratory stirrers
- Test tube racks
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- Protein Explorer
- WHONET
- BD Biosciences CloneCyt
- SAP
- Email software
- Gene Finder
- Codon Usage Database
- NetLims AutoLims
- PIBWin
- TreeView
- BD Biosciences CellQuest
- Genie Interactive
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Word processing software
- PredictProtein
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- ProtScale
- DM2 Bills of Lading
- Microsoft Word
- Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
- BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
- Protein databases
- Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
- Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
- Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
- ComBase
- PHYLIP
- Gene recognition software
- Statistical software
- Verity Software House ModFit LT
- Bruker Optics OPUS
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Database management software
- FindTarget
- FramePlot
- Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
- Proscan
- STARLIMS
- Image capture and analysis software