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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
- Cytologist
- Chemist
Tasks for “Electron Microscopist”
- Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
- Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
- Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
- Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for 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.
- Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
- Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
- 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.
- Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Related Technology & Tools
- Multiplate readers
- Heating stirplates
- Argon lasers
- Gel transfer apparatus
- High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
- X ray diffractometers
- Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
- Heat blocks
- Bubble counters
- pH meters
- Safety glasses
- Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Dropping pipettes
- Electronic toploading balances
- Culture bottles
- Multiwell trays
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Colony counters
- Water purification systems
- Laminar flow cabinets
- Ultra cold biological freezers
- Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Infrared IR spectrometers
- Automated microbial identification systems
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Micro balances
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Fecal coliform water baths
- Desktop computers
- Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
- Fluorescence activated cell sorters
- Sonicators
- Automatic cell sorters
- Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
- Precision pan balances
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Laboratory gas burners
- Automatic pipetters
- Culture tubes
- Electroporators
- Bioreactors
- Microcalorimeters
- Refrigerated recirculating water baths
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Photomicroscopes
- Water sample collection containers
- Oil-immersion microscope lenses
- Alcohol lamps
- Gel electrophoresis boxes
- Magnetic laboratory stirrers
- Test tube racks
- Bioaerosol impactors
- Orbital shaking water baths
- Membrane filtration systems
- Transilluminators
- Mass spectrometers
- Liquid chromatograph devices
- Automated gram stainers
- Pipette pumps
- Recording thermometers
- Inoculating loops
- Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
- Liquid impingers
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Drying ovens
- Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
- Electronic sterilizers
- Staining dishes
- Ultraviolet UV lamps
- HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
- Hybridization ovens
- Freeze dryers
- Tissue homogenizers
- Bright field light microscopes
- Semidry blotting apparatus
- Rotator mixers
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
- Bacticinerators
- French presses
- Protective laboratory coats
- Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
- Conductivity meters
- Respirators
- Fire extinguishers
- Automatic coverslipper
- Peristaltic pumps
- Infrared gas analyzers
- Gel support frames
- Thermocyclers
- Shaking incubators
- Laboratory refrigerators
- Laboratory test tubes
- Petri dishes
- Analytical balances
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Helium-neon lasers
- Floor shakers
- Coplin jars
- Gas-powered generators
- Darkroom developing tanks
- Micromanipulators
- Eyewash fountains
- Sectioned petri plates
- Laboratory beakers
- Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
- Osmometers
- Bacteriological incubators
- Vortex mixers
- Laboratory membrane filtering devices
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Laboratory funnels
- Multistage agar impactors
- Biological safety hoods
- Personal computers
- Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
- Inverted microscopes
- Microscope slides
- Raman spectrometers
- Gel documentation systems
- Notebook computers
- Dissecting microscopes
- 8-channel electronic pipettes
- Mid-infrared spectrometers
- Desktop centrifuges
- Visible spectrometers
- Fluorescent microscopes
- Laser printers
- Micropipettes
- Ultracentrifuges
- Anaerobic growth chambers
- High-speed centrifuges
- Steroclaves
- Impedance meters
- Orbital shaking incubators
- Flow cytometers
- Protective gloves
- Serology rotators
- Autoclaves
- Chemical safety showers
- Microcentrifuges
- Safety shoes
- Erlenmeyer flask clamps
- Prepared agar plates
- Deionized DI water systems
- Laboratory glassware washers
- Dry bath incubators
- Genie Interactive
- BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
- Gene recognition software
- Protein databases
- Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
- Word processing software
- Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
- Statistical software
- Microsoft Excel
- DM2 Bills of Lading
- BD Biosciences CloneCyt
- WHONET
- BD Biosciences CellQuest
- FindTarget
- Database management software
- Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
- NetLims AutoLims
- Protein Explorer
- Web browser software
- Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
- Verity Software House ModFit LT
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ComBase
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- TreeView
- FramePlot
- Email software
- Image capture and analysis software
- ProtScale
- PIBWin
- Gene Finder
- STARLIMS
- Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
- SAP
- Microsoft Word
- Bruker Optics OPUS
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- PredictProtein
- PHYLIP
- Codon Usage Database
- Proscan