General microbiology places more emphasis on study of micro-organisms, while medical microbiology emphasizes more on prevention and treatment of diseases caused by these micro-organisms. Both are interesting fields with good job prospects and plenty of scope for research, but if you feel you want to study more about the micro-organisms than how to treat them - choose general microbiology. If you are interested in how to prevent and treat diseases caused to humans by these micro-organisms, choose medical microbiology. It all depends on your interest!

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General microbiology involves study of all microbes which include fungi, bacteria, virus and many more. But medical microbiology just deals with microbes of concern for human beings. Both is them are good. You can choose either of them depending on which field you want to work in.

Hello, general microbiology refers to the general study of microscopic organisms and medical microbiology is science concerned with the prevention , diagnosis and treatment to infectious diseases.