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