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Microbiologists
$81.99K Median Salary 2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 4.7% Job Growth
About This Career
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.
Reported Job Titles
Bacteriologist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Clinical Microbiologist, Microbiological Analyst, Microbiologist, Quality Control Microbiologist (QC Microbiologist)
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Inductive Reasoning
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Category Flexibility
Deductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Flexibility of Closure
Fluency of Ideas
Near Vision
Selective Attention
Speech Recognition
Originality
Speech Clarity
Finger Dexterity
Mathematical Reasoning
Number Facility
Perceptual Speed
Visual Color Discrimination
Visualization
Knowledge
Biology
English Language
Chemistry
Mathematics
Computers and Electronics
Education and Training
Administration and Management
Skills
Science
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Speaking
Judgment and Decision Making
Monitoring
Learning Strategies
Complex Problem Solving
Systems Analysis
Coordination
Instructing
Management of Personnel Resources
Systems Evaluation
Time Management
Mathematics
Operations Analysis
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Technology Skills
Data base user interface and query software
Presentation software
Analytical or scientific software
Medical software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Office suite software
Operating system software
Word processing software
Internet browser software
Information retrieval or search software
Tools
Air samplers or collectors
Microbiology analyzers
Infrared spectrometers
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Laboratory staining dishes or jars
Petri plates or dishes
Gel boxes
Laboratory mixers
Blotting or transfer apparatus
Laboratory membrane filters
Laboratory balances
Dry baths or heating blocks
Spectrometers
Benchtop centrifuges
Ultra pure water systems
Lasers
Microplate readers
Binocular light compound microscopes
Drying cabinets or ovens
Protective hood
Eyewashers or eye wash stations
Scanning electron microscopes
Calorimeters
Gas burners
Decontamination shower
Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
Multipurpose or general test tubes
Circulating baths
Freeze dryers or lyopholizers
Counters
General purpose refrigerators or refrigerator freezers
Dry wall single chamber carbon dioxide incubators
Hybridization ovens or incubators
Deoxyribonucleic sequence analyzers
Laboratory incubator thermometers
Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
Transmission electron microscopes
Laboratory washing machines
Spirit burners
Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
Dry heat or hot air sterilizers
Developing tanks
Electronic counters
Automated cover slipping equipment
Microbiology slide stainers
Electronic encyclopedias
Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
Gas chromatographs
Dropping pipettes
Rotating shakers
Protective coats
Tissue culture flasks
Homogenizers
Digital cameras
Laminar flow cabinets or stations
Gas generators
X ray diffraction equipment
Laboratory flasks
Laboratory heat exchange condensers
Ultrasonic disintegrators
Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers
Shaking incubators
French pressure cells
Microscope objectives
Liquid chromatographs
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Laboratory adapters or connectors or fittings
Automated microscope stages
Cryogenic or liquid nitrogen freezers
Infra red or ultra violet absorption analyzers
Laboratory hotplates
Spectrophotometers
Photo attachments for microscopes
Magnetic stirrers
Microbiology fermentation equipment
Anaerobic chamber
HEPA filtered enclosures
High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
Specialty plates for bacteria
Pipetter inserts or accessories
Microbiology inoculation loops or needles
Electroporation cuvettes
Electronic multichannel pipetters
General purpose trays
Specimen collection container
Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
Refrigerated baths
Darkfield microscopes
Orbital shaking water baths
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Electronic toploading balances
Fire extinguishers
Microscope slides
Microcentrifuges
Dissolved oxygen meters
Impedance meters
Respirators
Peristaltic pumps
Safety glasses
Inverted microscopes
Fluorescent microscopes
Notebook computers
pH meters
Laboratory beakers
Transilluminators
Mass spectrometers
Protective gloves
Test tube racks
Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
Gel documentation systems
Pipette pumps
Vortex mixers
Laser printers
Safety shoes
Culture tubes
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Desktop computers
Ultracentrifuges
Analytical balances
Osmometers
Personal computers
Conductivity meters
Laboratory funnels
