Day in, day out, in the smallest of spaces with your greatest enemy. Sounds unbearable? In the world of microbes, this has been everyday life for billions of years. This supposedly direful proximity can lead to unusual partnerships, as a study by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Marine...
From June 1, 2016, our institute is excited to welcome a new research group: Headed by Boran Kartal, the new group is dedicated to the field of microbial physiology.
Invitation to the MPI Seminar
We cordially invite you to join an exciting talk of the american scientist Mitchell L. Sogin from Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, USA) on Monday, May 30.
No two bacteria are identical – even when they are genetically the same. A new study reveals the conditions under which bacteria become individualists and how they help their group grow when times get tough.