微生物是最小的生物，是地球上最古老的生命形式，在生物圈中无处不在，并且是地球上许多基本生命过程的核心。在本专业中，您将学习微生物生物学的独特性，其巨大的多样性以及微生物生命的生化基础。您将研究微生物的各种作用，包括微生物多样性，生理学和遗传学的基础知识。您将专注于自然环境和受控环境中的微生物过程及其对人类，动物，植物和环境健康的影响。该专业将使您对微生物在生物技术，食品工业，农业和医学中的各种应用有基本的了解。
Microorganisms are the smallest living things, the oldest form of life on earth, ubiquitous in the biosphere and central to many of the essential life processes on earth. In this major you will learn about the uniqueness of microbial biology, its enormous diversity, and the biochemical basis of microbial life. You will examine the diverse roles of microorganisms including the fundamentals of microbial diversity, physiology and genetics. You will focus on microbial processes in natural and managed environments and their effects on human, animal, plant and environmental health. The major will provide you with a fundamental understanding of the various applications of microbes in biotechnology, the food industry, agriculture, and medicine.