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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 “Research Microbiologist”

Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
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.
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.
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.
Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
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.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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