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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 “Microbiologist”

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.
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.
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.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
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.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
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.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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