Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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September 13, 2021

The viruses of the North Sea

A new study in ISME Journal provides exciting insights into the life of marine viruses in the North Sea during the spring bloom. Off the offshore i...
September 27, 2021

Welcome to the MarMic Class of 2026!

On September 27, 2021, we welcomed 9 new MarMic Master students to the International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology.
October 01, 2021

New videos by Latest Thinking

Judith Klatt and Olivier Lemaire report on their research in the most recent Latest Thinking-videos
September 30, 2021

Picky bacteria: Specialist consumers of tough algal sugars

Bacteria from the group Verrucomicrobiota specialize in consuming hard to degrade sugars during spring blooms in the North Sea.
September 1, 2021

Max Planck Society honors trainees

Mandy Knutzen receives this year's trainee award of the Max Planck Society.
August 2, 2021

A long day for microbes, and the rise of oxygen on Earth

A slowdown in the Earth's rotation could have affected the oxygen content of the atmosphere.
July 15, 2021

Enzyme skyscrapers help microbes grow

Scientists from three Max Planck Institutes and Radboud University determine the structure of an important nitrite-oxidizing enzyme.
June 29, 2021

The earthworm in new light

Scientists from our institute have now developed a method to visualize anatomical structures including the products of an earthworm's metabolism.
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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.