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Discover Microbiology Day - 9 December 2010  We see a lot of
adverts about good bacteria in foods but what about the bad
bacteria in what we eat?  Microbiology examines pathogenic
microbes (bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites) and how they
cause disease, become resistant to antibiotics or stimulate our
immune system to fight off infection. Microbiologists also
consider how microbes can potentially be beneficial to our
health, be useful to us in food production and play a role in
the carbon and nitrogen cycles on earth.  On the Discover
Microbiology Day you will find out more about the
Microbiology course at Manchester, the types of career available
to you as a Microbiology graduate and the cutting-edge research
going on right now in our labs.  You will get the chance to do
some hands-on microbiology, which will include:    • Detecting
microbial spoilage of milk.  Does pasteurised milk last longer
than UHT milk before going sour? You will use a red