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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 “Medical Laboratory Technician”

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.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
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.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
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.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
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.
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

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

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