微生物学硕士由细胞生物学，分子生物学和微生物学系（CMMB）管理。CMMB系的大部分研究工作都是由生物科学设施大楼（BSF）中的教员完成的。由于大多数研究项目都是跨学科的，因此，教职员工和研究生经常一起从事范围广泛的研究项目，这些研究项目将许多传统上分开的生物学领域整合在一起。CMMB的许多教职员工与化学，综合生物学，公共卫生，护理，医学，地质，心理学，地理，海洋科学和环境科学领域的同事一起参与了合作研究。CMMB研究生通常有来自USF其他领域的教职员工作为其研究生委员会的成员。
The M.S. in Microbiology is administered by the Department of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology (CMMB). Most research in the CMMB Department is done by faculty housed in the Bio-Science Facility building (BSF). Due to the interdisciplinary aspect of most Research projects, faculty and graduate students often work together on broad ranging research projects that bring together many of the traditionally separate areas of biology. Many of the faculty within CMMB are involved in cooperative research with their colleagues in Chemistry, Integrative Biology, Public Health, Nursing, Medicine, Geology, Psychology, Geography, Marine Science, and Environmental Science. Often CMMB graduate students have faculty members from these other areas of USF as members of their graduate committees.