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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”.

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Tasks for “Cytologist”

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.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
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.
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.
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.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
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.
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 chromatographs and high pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence activated cell sorters and phosphorimagers.

Related Technology & Tools

Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
Orbital shaking water baths
Semidry blotting apparatus
French presses
Argon lasers
Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
Automated gram stainers
Bubble counters
Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Gel electrophoresis boxes
Desktop computers
Chemical safety showers
Infrared gas analyzers
Laboratory beakers
Sectioned petri plates
Protective gloves
Helium-neon lasers
Coplin jars
Notebook computers
Safety shoes
Dry bath incubators
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
Anaerobic growth chambers
Inverted microscopes
Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
Laser printers
Dropping pipettes
Shaking incubators
X ray diffractometers
Deionized DI water systems
Micropipettes
Gas chromatographs GC
Inoculating loops
Heating stirplates
Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
Laboratory glassware washers
Micro balances
Laboratory gas burners
Darkroom developing tanks
Visible spectrometers
Automatic coverslipper
Fecal coliform water baths
High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
Laboratory refrigerators
Eyewash fountains
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Alcohol lamps
Erlenmeyer flask clamps
Rotator mixers
Sonicators
Electronic toploading balances
Peristaltic pumps
Ultracentrifuges
Culture bottles
Multistage agar impactors
Bacteriological incubators
Precision pan balances
Automated microbial identification systems
Drying ovens
Transilluminators
Gel transfer apparatus
Floor shakers
Ultra cold biological freezers
Liquid impingers
Water sample collection containers
Micromanipulators
Infrared IR spectrometers
Personal computers
Photomicroscopes
Bioreactors
Orbital shaking incubators
Recording thermometers
Membrane filtration systems
Gel support frames
Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
Transmission electron microscopes TEM
Fluorescence activated cell sorters
Laminar flow cabinets
Oil-immersion microscope lenses
Impedance meters
Steroclaves
Microscope slides
Colony counters
Electroporators
Laboratory membrane filtering devices
Culture tubes
Conductivity meters
Petri dishes
Autoclaves
Mass spectrometers
Safety glasses
Gel documentation systems
Multiwell trays
Fire extinguishers
Fluorescent microscopes
Compound binocular light microscopes
Gas-powered generators
Automatic cell sorters
Automatic pipetters
High-speed centrifuges
Serology rotators
Laboratory funnels
Refrigerated recirculating water baths
Analytical balances
Microcalorimeters
Phase contrast microscopes
Test tube racks
Mid-infrared spectrometers
Erlenmeyer flasks
Hybridization ovens
Osmometers
Bioaerosol impactors
Heat blocks
Liquid chromatograph devices
Pipette pumps
Water purification systems
8-channel electronic pipettes
Laboratory test tubes
Biological safety hoods
Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Prepared agar plates
Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
Desktop centrifuges
pH meters
Thermocyclers
Dissecting microscopes
Protective laboratory coats
Respirators
Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
Raman spectrometers
Staining dishes
Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Freeze dryers
Tissue homogenizers
Flow cytometers
Dissolved oxygen meters
Vortex mixers
Bright field light microscopes
Microcentrifuges
Bacticinerators
Magnetic laboratory stirrers
Multiplate readers
Electronic sterilizers

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