植物与微生物生物学理学学士

植物与微生物生物学（PMB）专业针对与植物和微生物有关的生物学的各个方面对学生进行培训。学生可以灵活地将研究重点放在植物，微生物或两者之间的相互作用上，例如共生相互作用或病原相互作用。只要他们在学位课程中取得令人满意的进步并在大三中旬做出安排，就可以保证所有PMB专业的学生都能在研究实验室工作。目前，学院的研究兴趣包括基因组学，基因表达，染色体结构，植物生长物质，信号转导，植物对胁迫的反应，发育过程中的代谢活动，分子进化和系统学，真菌和植物的相互作用，细菌生理学，微生物生物技术应用，氮固定与植物共生的细菌
The plant and microbial biology (PMB) major trains students in all aspects of biology as they pertain to plants and microorganisms. Students have the flexibility to focus their studies on plants, microorganisms, or the interactions between the two, such as symbiotic interactions or pathogenic interactions. All PMB majors are guaranteed experience in a research laboratory, as long as they show satisfactory progress toward their degree and make arrangements by the middle of their junior year. Current faculty research interests include genomics, gene expression, chromosome structure, plant growth substances, signal transduction, plant responses to stress, metabolic activities during development, molecular evolution and systematics, fungal and plant interactions, bacterial physiology, microbial biotechnological applications, nitrogen fixation by bacteria in symbiosis with plants, microorganisms for biodegradation and bioremediation, molecular methods to detect and assess environmental bacteria, and microbial metagenomics.