th3s3raph

i am in a phd program where the phd title is microbiology and immunology. i feel like the degree covers a little of everything. most of my dept are virologists (myself included), but there are also bacteriologists and immunologists. as mentioned, there is a lot of blending for example virologists that study virally-induced oncogenesis or immunologists that study bacteria-host pathogenesis. i agree with singlecell, if you are interested in anything related to bacterial pathogenesis, you will probably find more PIs in your discipline if immunology is involved especially since microbiology can divide up your dept between medical and environmental microbiology. look into programs at health science centers, these schools are great if you are interested in disease-causing microbes.