Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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November 16, 2020

Cellular powerplant recycles waste gases

Surprising structural differences discovered in enzyme that controls the conversion of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in bacteria
November 11, 2020

The new building is ready! Marine Microbiology gets more space in Bremen

We are very happy about our new laboratories and offices, which were built in record time and which we will now move into.
November 6, 2020

phyloFlash

A new software, developed by researchers at the MPI for Marine Microbiology, allows the fast and straightforward analysis of environmental microbes.
November 1, 2020

Cooperation professor at Jacobs University

Boran Kartal, head of the Microbial Physiology Research Group, was appointed cooperation professor at the Jacobs University.
October 9, 2020

Deep-seabed mining lastingly disrupts the seafloor food web

Deep-seabed mining is considered a way to address the increasing need of rare metals. However, the environmental impacts are considered to be subst...
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...
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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.