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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 “Microbiological Analyst”

Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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