Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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Deep Sea Adventure

In our exciting video adventure, Max, Marina and Molly go in search of clues at depths of over 3000 meters.
December 9, 2024

Oxygen is not the limit: Diversity and metabolic potential of globally distributed endosymbionts

Peculiar mitochondria-like symbionts and their surprising metabolic capacities.
25.02.2025

Der 5. Bremer Ocean Day

Der Bremer Ocean Day, veranstaltet vom Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie und der Universität Bremen, lässt Schülerinnen und Schüler eint...
October 15, 2024

Secret life underground

Large numbers of animals live in cavities below the deep seafloor, some up to half a meter of length.
October 16, 2024

New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging

This simple approach paving the way for advanced studies of chemical dynamics in environmental and biological systems.
October 11, 2024

Vagabonds and homebodies: Niches of bacterial life in the seabed

In the ocean‘s sandy seafloor, bacterial residents have neatly organized their housing space. Some enjoy the hustle and bustle in the pore water be...
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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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