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