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.
May 9, 2024
New Rhizobia-diatom symbiosis solves long-standing marine mystery
May 3, 2024
We congratulate on the successful defence of the PhD thesis!
May 16, 2024
Our seagrass research on television
May, 14, 2024
Kannibalismus unter marinen Bakterien - wichtige Facette des marinen Kohlenstoffkreislaufes enthüllt
April 25, 2024
Zukunftstag 2024
Uns haben 15 Schülerinnen und Schüler im Alter von 10 bis 15 Jahren besucht.
Research and Instruments
An overview of our main equipment and methods
May 17, 2024
Zombie cells in the sea: Viruses keep the most common marine bacteria in check
Marine microbes control the flux of matter and energy essential for life in the oceans.
March 11, 2024
The Who's Who of Bacteria: A Reliable Way to Define Species and Strains
February 15, 2024
Beyond peak season: Bacteria in the Arctic seabed are active all year round
January 22, 2024
Don’t overeat: How archaea toggle the nitrogen-uptake switch
February 20, 2019
We train you!
Information about training as a chemical laboratory technician at our institute
MarMic
International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology
February 27, 2024
Microbial comics: RNA as a common language, presented in extracellular speech-bubbles
Coastal Filters
Visit our YouTube-channel.