The department was first created in 1936-1948 as part of the Department of Epidemiology, and since 1948 it has operated under the independent name of Microbiology.
Heads of departments:
From 1920 to 1954 - Professor A.D. Grekov.
From 1954 to 1965 - Professor Ashmarin I.I.
From 1965 to 1988 - Professor Kocherovsky Yu.E.
From 1988 to 2012 – Professor Iskhakova Kh.I.
From 2012 to 2022 – Associate Professor Shadmanova N.A.
From 2022 to the present day, the head is Ph.D. Sayfutdinov Z.A.