2007-04-08 01:30:29 · 5 answers · asked by Kerching!!! 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
It depends on the setting. In a hospital, the microbiologist will grow cultures from blood samples, sputum samples, etc. They will identify any bacteria that grows in the culture. Then they will print out the hospital's culture and senstivity report to show which antibiotics will work or not work on that particular bug.
2007-04-08 01:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by DNA G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microbiologists work in a lot of fields, not just medicine.
There's forensic work (a la CSI), medical diagnosis and research, marine biology, verterinary medicine, manufacturing (especially the cosmetics industry), food production, and agricultural applications.
I worked for many years as a microbiologist in an agricultural chemical company. I developed high-throughput screens for potential herbicides by cloning and expressing plant genes in bacteria.
There's no money in it, but there's a lot of variety in job options.
2007-04-09 21:27:57 · answer #2 · answered by sdc_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microbiologists study cells and microscopic organisms. Agriculture, cell biology or mycology. Both animals and humans...
2007-04-08 08:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by Charlotta_Adolfsson_DK 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microbiologists study micro-organisms which cause disease. Am studying this now and it is very interesting.
2007-04-08 16:35:47 · answer #4 · answered by justice_4_jbr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Work with mocroorgansims. The clue is in the name.
2007-04-08 08:33:27 · answer #5 · answered by Al_ide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋