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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 “Physical Scientist”

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.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
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.
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.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
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.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.

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Automatic coverslipper
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Raman spectrometers
Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
Bright field light microscopes
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Desktop centrifuges
Chemical safety showers
High-speed centrifuges
Safety glasses
Laboratory test tubes
Liquid impingers
Gel electrophoresis boxes
Fluorescence activated cell sorters
Floor shakers
Laser printers
Oil-immersion microscope lenses
Inverted microscopes
Shaking incubators
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Multistage agar impactors
Deionized DI water systems
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HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
Erlenmeyer flask clamps
Micro balances
Ultracentrifuges
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Desktop computers
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Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
Safety shoes
Notebook computers
Phase contrast microscopes
Dissolved oxygen meters
Autoclaves
Visible spectrometers
Thermocyclers
Conductivity meters
Gel transfer apparatus
Sectioned petri plates
Biological safety hoods
Recording thermometers
Electronic toploading balances
Laboratory funnels
French presses
8-channel electronic pipettes
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Serology rotators
Test tube racks
Eyewash fountains
Personal computers
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Multiplate readers
Petri dishes
Microcalorimeters
Orbital shaking water baths
Erlenmeyer flasks
Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
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pH meters
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Laboratory vacuum pumps
Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
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Steroclaves
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X ray diffractometers
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Ultraviolet UV lamps
Microcentrifuges
Precision pan balances
High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
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Colony counters
Gel support frames
Coplin jars
Ultra cold biological freezers
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Liquid chromatograph devices
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Electronic sterilizers
Dissecting microscopes
Photomicroscopes
Fluorescent microscopes
Mid-infrared spectrometers
Anaerobic growth chambers
Protective gloves
Heat blocks
Argon lasers
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Laboratory membrane filtering devices
Compound binocular light microscopes
Laboratory gas burners
Impedance meters
Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
Fecal coliform water baths
Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
Gas chromatographs GC
Bioreactors
Automatic pipetters
Membrane filtration systems
Hybridization ovens
Orbital shaking incubators
Rotator mixers
Tissue homogenizers
Micromanipulators
Micropipettes
Osmometers
Analytical balances
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Heating stirplates
Bioaerosol impactors
Culture tubes
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Laboratory refrigerators
Bubble counters
Multiwell trays
Refrigerated recirculating water baths
Bacticinerators
Automatic cell sorters
Mass spectrometers
Prepared agar plates
Infrared IR spectrometers
Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Transilluminators
Flow cytometers
Helium-neon lasers

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