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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 “Public Health Microbiologist”

Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
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.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
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.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
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.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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