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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 Laboratory Technician”

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.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
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.
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.
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 the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
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

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

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