Organizations across the Globe support The Right to Education programs [1, 2]. The best stage to start learning is childhood. Child populations in the age groups 0–4 and 5–11 constitute around 46% of the children under 18 [3]. Approximately 1 billion children attend school on any given day around the world [2]. The urge to learn is a slow process. However, the scenario seems to have changed dramatically since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. The desire to learn has never been greater than that recorded in the case of Corona. Scientists, medical practitioners, and officials of WHO, Governments, Health Departments have been responding rapidly to learn more and advise the public. There has been a global agreement to share information on Covid-19 and “Whoever finds the Vaccine must share it” [4]. It may not be an over-exaggeration to state all school kids have learned that C stands for Corona. Teaching Microbiology and Biotechnology in schools and colleges has been initiated [5]. Keeping in view the need to teach Microbiology at the School and College levels, we propose the Alphabet of The Elementary Microbiology (Table 1).

Table 1 The alphabet of the elementary microbiology
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Despite 3.8 billion years since the origin of life and the ubiquitous nature of microbes, the general perception of the population towards the pervasive impact of this microbial diversity remains blurred. The role of microbes in the sustenance of the biosphere is well known. The time is ripe to popularize these among the population at large. The education system at the elementary school level is the best entry point for disseminating this information and the underlying concepts. Igniting young minds with this magical world of microbes can go a long way in generating awareness among society. Figure 1 provides a glimpse of the diversity of microbial landscape for promoting Microbial Literacy among children. And a detailed description has been given as supplementary material: A Glimpse into the Magical World of Microorganisms (Figure S1). This initiative is the beginning of a New Era for reinforcing the alphabet of microbiology in society and ignite awareness for a sustainable future.

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The Alphabet of Microbiology for the Grown-ups

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