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AI for Microbiologists

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Microbiologists · O*NET 19-1022.00 · Job Zone 4 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

9 of 40tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

24 matched to the tools microbiologists use. Showing 24.

The tools this job actually uses

44 documented for this occupation. Showing 40, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Windowshot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • SAP softwarehot
  • Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
  • Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
  • BD Biosciences CellQuest
  • BD Biosciences CloneCyt
  • Bruker Optics OPUS
  • BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
  • Codon Usage Database
  • ComBase
  • Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
  • Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
  • Database management software
  • DM2 Bills of Lading
  • Email software
  • FindTarget
  • FramePlot
  • Gene Finder
  • Gene recognition software
  • Genie Interactive
  • Image capture and analysis software
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • NetLims AutoLims
  • Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
  • Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
  • PHYLIP
  • PIBWin
  • PredictProtein
  • Proscan
  • Protein databases
  • Protein Explorer
  • ProtScale
  • STARLIMS
  • Statistical software

What this job involves

15 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 15.

  1. Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.
  2. Provide laboratory services for health departments, community environmental health programs, and physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.
  3. 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.
  4. Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.
  5. Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.
  6. Use a variety of specialized equipment, such as electron microscopes, gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.
  7. Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.
  8. Prepare technical reports and recommendations, based upon research outcomes.
  9. Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.
  10. Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.
  11. Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.
  12. Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens, and toxins.
  13. Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.
  14. Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.
  15. Perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection and interpret the results.
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