Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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October 29, 2025

How an industrial microbe converts carbon monoxide into biofuel

Scientists have demonstrated the key role of a tungsten-containing enzyme in the production of ethanol from carbon monoxide.
October 24, 2025

Lauren Queiss Wins Best Poster Award at the “Women in Electron Microscopy” Event

Congratulations, Lauren!
September 30, 2025

A warm welcome to Alicia L. Bruzos!

The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology welcomes Dr. Alicia L. Bruzos as a Minerva Fast Track Fellow.
September 29, 2025

Welcome, MarMic Class of 2030

We welcome the 13 new MarMics to our institute!
Mission Algal Bloom – Natural spectacle and source of life

We present the second part of our video and comic series “Deep Sea Adventures”!
September 22, 2025

We were part of the Bremer Forschungsmeile 2024

From September 20 to 21, it was once again time for the Bremer Forschungsmeile as part of the Maritime Woche!
September 17, 2025

SALTO Symposium about specialized bacteria

An international meet-up in Bremen exploring the evolutionary links between specialized bacteria and algal hosts
September 8, 2025

Structures of methane-activating enzyme in elusive archaea

New research reveals structures of the methane-converting enzyme Methyl-coenzyme M reductases (MCR) in unprecedented detail.
July 10,.2025

Illuminated Sugars Reveal How Microbes Feed on the Ocean’s Carbon Stores

Sugars are essential for life in the ocean, but some resist breakdown even by the hungriest marine microbes. Now, scientists have developed a new t...
July 10, 2025

ICoN 9 Conference a great success

Six days of interesting talks, productive workshops, enriching coffee breaks and lots of science
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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.

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