Programme Details
Microbes – friend or foe?
By The Open University
About the programme
Microbes often get a bad name. Whilst some of them do cause disease, others play vital roles in recycling nutrients in the soil to enable plants to grow, and in breaking down human waste. Without microbes, we would have no beer, no yoghurt, no coffee. That's quite impressive for something too small to see. This free course, Microbes friend or foe? sheds some light on them.
Duration
2 hours
Level
Introductory level
Format
Online asynchronous
Certificate type
Short Course
Subjects
Sciences
Available languages of instruction
English