Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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September 28, 2020

Water at the end of the tunnel

We humans need oxygen to breath – for a lot of microbes it is a lethal poison. That is why microorganisms have developed ways to render oxygen mole...
September 16, 2020

Petersen Excellence Professorship for our Director Nicole Dubilier

Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier received an Excellence Professorship from the Prof. Dr. Werner-Petersen Foundation for her scientific achievements.
September 8, 2020

When methane-eating microbes eat ammonia instead

Scientists from Bremen and Nijmegen close a gap in our understanding of how methanotrophs deal with rising environmental ammonia concentrations.
July 24, 2020

Volkswagen Foundation supports research into the evolution of viruses

With about 1 million euros, the foundation is supporting an international team of researchers led by Susanne Erdmann from the Max Planck Institute ...
June 11, 2020

Plastic in the deep sea: Virtually unaltered after a quarter of a century

Plastic waste that has verifiably been at the abyssal seabed for more than 20 years does not show any traces of fragmentation or even degradation.
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Welcome to the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

At the Max Planck Institute in Bremen we investigate the smallest inhabitants of the ocean. Who lives where? How do they function and how diverse are they? What's their role in the global biogeochemical cycles? What does it mean for our environment and climate? These and many other questions are in the focus of researchers from around the world, engineers, technicians and many more colleagues at our institute.