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28.02.2012 Introns found in bacterial 16S rRNA

Max Planck scientists from Bremen identify long pieces of non-coding DNA in the most important phylogenetic marker gene in bacteria

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02.04.2012 Finalists for Wissenschaft interaktiv

Three teams from Leipzig, Münster and Bremen are the finalists in the "Wissenschaft interaktiv" challenge.
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology will present the world of bacteria during the Science Summer in Lübeck.

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04.05.2012 Algal blooms in the North Sea

Nutrient supply after algal bloom determines the succession of the bacterial population

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07.06.2012 Publications in freshwater and marine biology: Max Planck scientists rank in the top positions

MPI biogeochemists, molecular ecologists and bioinformaticians among the most cited marine biologists

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13.08.2012 Marine Research and the Brazilian Rain Forest

Slash and Burn practice for centuries as source of stable carbon compounds in the oceans

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20.09.2012 Unusual symbiosis discovered among marine microorganisms

Tiny single-celled algae and nitrogen-fixing bacteria exchange carbon and nitrogen in a mutually beneficial relationship that helps fertilize the oceans.

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05.11.2012 Strange diet for methane consuming microbes

Strange diet for methane consuming microorganisms
Methane supplies the energy but is not the carbon source

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03.12.2012 Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Max Planck researcher receives prestigious investigator award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

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21.01.2013 Wood on the seafloor

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28.01.2013 How Antarctica turned white

Weathering of Antarctic rocks lowers atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration during the Eocene-Oligocene transition

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15.02.2013 Award for Marine Scientist

Jillian M. Petersen, Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, has been selected by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography(ASLO) to receive the 2013 Raymond Lindeman Award

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18.03.2013 Microbes in the Mariana Trench

Microbes in the Mariana Trench
Highly active communities of bacteria in the world’s deepest oceanic trench.

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17.04.2013 The Fate of the Forests:

The Fate of the Forests: Massive Amounts of Charcoal enter the Worlds Oceans

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10.09.2013 Viruses and algae in the Sea

Researchers reveal a novel role of viruses in the biogeochemical carbon cycling

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04.11.2013 The Nitrogen Puzzle in the Oceans

Nitrogen isotope effects by anammox deciphered

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15.11.2013 Nicole Dubilier appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute in Bremen

Research on symbioses in the oceans

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27.01.2014 Enigmatic Methane

A study in Nature Geoscience solves a biogeochemical riddle from the ocean floor

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07.08.2014 Microbes and Nitrate

How microbes deal with nitrate. New Science study could help to improve fertilizers and reduce green house gasses.

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16.12.2014 On German TV: Marine Scientist Nicole Dubilier

On German TV WDR: Marine Scientist Nicole Dubilier and her Research

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17.03.2015 Methane seeps: Oases in the deep sea

First global study of microbial communities at gas seeps in the deep sea shows the distribution and diversity of methane-consuming microorganisms. The specific energy source selects for unique microorganisms, which turn these ecosystems into hotspots of diversity in the deep sea.

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