Microbiologists

A microbiologist is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, fungi, and some types of parasites and their vectors. Most microbiologists work in offices and/or research facilities, both in private biotechnology companies and in academia. Most microbiologists specialize in a given topic within microbiology such as bacteriology, parasitology, virology, or immunology.

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Microbiologists can now sequence the transcriptome of a single bacterium. The technology, called BacDrop, shrinks the test tube to the size of a liquid droplet. Single cell RNA seq revolutionized eukaryotic biology and now promises the same for prokaryotes.