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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 “Medical Laboratory Technician”

Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens and toxins.
Prepare technical reports and recommendations based upon research outcomes.
Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
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.
Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
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.
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.
Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs, and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Protein databases
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