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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 “Quality Control Microbiologist (QC Microbiologist)”

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.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
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.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
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.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
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.
Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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