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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 Microbiologist”

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.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
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.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
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.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
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.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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