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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”

Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
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.
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.
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.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
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.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
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.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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