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Editorial
. 2025 Apr;18(4):e70124.
doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70124.

Unlocking the Microbial World: A Global Initiative for Education and Sustainability

Juan L Ramos  1 , Rup Lal  2 , Francisca Colom  3 , Max Chavarria  4   5 , Wei Huang  6 , Yun Wang  7 , Zulema Udaondo  8 , Kenneth N Timmis  9
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Editorial

Unlocking the Microbial World: A Global Initiative for Education and Sustainability

Juan L Ramos et al. Microb Biotechnol. 2025 Apr.

Abstract

Microbes govern our planet! The International Microbial Literacy Initiative (IMiLI) promotes global microbial literacy with free, open-access resources in multiple languages. Understanding microbes is key to sustainability and informed decision-making.

Keywords: education; microbial biotechnology; topic framework.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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