Microbiologists in Lagos



Job description:


Responsibilities:
1) Isolate and make cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.

2) Perform tests on water, food and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms and to obtain information about sources of pollution and contamination.

3) Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

4) Provide laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.

5) Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

6) Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.



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