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Facilities
The tools used in the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology include a range of instrumentation, equipment, technologies and information databases that are applied to samples and/or experiments. A brief description of the facilities and equipment available to researchers within the institute is given below.
The NanoSIMS 50L Laboratory
Research utilizing the NanoSIMS pursues new possibilities for coupling phylogenetic identity and metabolic function of single cells in studies of mixed microbial communities from the environment.
| Principle Investigator | Link | |
| NanoSIMS 50L |
Biogeochemistry Facilites & Equipment
The Biogeochemistry Department uses chemical, isotopic and microbial techniques to study chemical and biological processes.
| Principle Investigator | Link | |
| Dr. Tim Ferdelman | [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript] | BGC Equipment |
Silva
The SILVA rRNA database project is a comprehensive on-line resource for quality checked and aligned ribosomal RNA sequence data, free for academic use. The SILVA databases are maintained by the Microbial Genomics Group, in cooperation with the Spin-off Company Ribocon and the Department of Microbiology at the Technical University Munich.
| Principle Investigator | Link | |
| Prof. Dr. Frank Oliver Glöckner | [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript] | Silva |
Megx
Megx.net allows access to integrated environmental and (meta)genomic data intended for use in marine microbial ecology.
| Principle Investigator | Link | |
| Prof. Dr. Frank Oliver Glöckner | [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript] | Megx |
In situ Technologies
The development of novel instrumentation for in situ studies of submarine ecosystems, ranging from coastal sands to reefs, continental margins, polar waters and hydrothermal vents enables the quantification of transport and reaction in unique habitats.
| Principle Investigator | Link | |
| Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius | [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript] | Instrumentation |
| Dr. Frank Wenzhöfer | [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript] |
