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16.09.2015 Deep-sea mussels with highly toxic tenants

Sep 16, 2015

Imagine you have a tenant living in your house. They’re keeping your fridge topped up. But in addition to this, they’re producing all kinds of toxic substances. More harm than good? Not necessarily; it all depends what you’re using the toxins for.

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Self-healing concrete

May 2, 2015

“Bio-concrete” set to revolutionise the building industry:
Dutch inventor of self-healing concrete named finalist for European Inventor Award

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14.03.2011 Algae in darkness – Survival strategy unraveled

Mar 14, 2011

The world’s oceans teem with unicellular algae that carry out photosynthesis in the sunlight. It has been known for some time that the particularly abundant diatoms (unicellular algae with a silicate frustule) are also able to survive in the dark bottom of the ocean, where neither photosynthesis ...
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15.02.2013 Award for Marine Scientist

Jillian M. Petersen, Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, has been selected by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography(ASLO) to receive the 2013 Raymond Lindeman Award
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On board of Research Vessel Meteor in the Black Sea

The expedition M72/2 “MICROHAB” is dedicated to the study of anoxicmicrobial habitats on the continental margin of the Black Sea. The Black Sea is the largest anoxic basin on earth and provides unique conditions for the study of microbial habitats and controls on key anaerobic microbial processes...
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02.02.2010 The greatest Chemists

Microorganisms are “the greatest chemists” of our planet. As far as we know, every chemical reaction that is thermodynamically feasible is exploited by these organisms to sustain growth or at least survival.
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17.03.2015 Methane seeps: Oases in the deep sea

First global study of microbial communities at gas seeps in the deep sea shows the distribution and diversity of methane-consuming microorganisms. The specific energy source selects for unique microorganisms, which turn these ecosystems into hotspots of diversity in the deep sea.
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TREAD - European workshop on Bremen

At the 13th and 14th of October the "European workshop on heavy metal contaminated, marine sediments" will take place in Bremen. The workshop will be organized by the Max Planck Institue for Marine Microbiology and the participating scientists.
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Leopoldina Symposium 2006 in Bremen

The Leopoldina Symposium " Life Strategy of Microorganisms in the Environment and in Host Organisms" will be held from 5-8 April 2006 in Bremen, Germany. Since today all data and documents are available on our web site.
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