Homepage Newsroom Keyword Collection Microbiology (Environment and Climate) Microbiology (Environment and Climate) All News Article Select type All News Article Related bacteria in the ocean and the gut May 11, 2026 Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Beneficial gut bacteria and their marine relatives use the same feeding strategies more Evolution fuels diversity February 05, 2026 Evolution Microbiology (E&C) In mat-like structures of a bacterium several cell types coexist more Symbiotic bacteria help clean wastewater January 08, 2026 Climate Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Scientists identify new species of denitrifying endosymbionts in wastewater more Research highlights 2025 December 22, 2025 Artificial Intelligence Astronomy Brain Climate Democracy Developmental Biology Ecology (E&C) Energy Galaxies Genetics Immunobiology Materials Sciences (M&T) Mathematics Medicine Microbiology (E&C) Social Sciences A look back at a year of research with many highlights more Urea: The 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(E&C) Mechanical compression induces multicellular organization in archaea more Show more Symbiotic bacteria help clean wastewater January 08, 2026 Climate Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Scientists identify new species of denitrifying endosymbionts in wastewater more When the pressure is on, Archaea go multicellular April 09, 2025 Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Mechanical compression induces multicellular organization in archaea more Algae may speed up Greenland ice melt February 19, 2025 Climate Microbiology (E&C) The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier surface and can thus accelerate its melting. more Animal life beneath the seafloor October 15, 2024 Biodiversity Microbiology (E&C) Scientists discover worms and snails in cavities and caves around hydrothermal vents more Methane degradation without oxygen in lakes August 13, 2024 Climate Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Aerobic methane-oxidizing bacteria are also permanently active in oxygen-free water more Rhizobial bacterium helps diatom to bind nitrogen May 09, 2024 Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Newly discovered symbiosis probably plays a major role in marine nitrogen fixation more Microorganisms break down petroleum components in the seabed June 01, 2023 Ecology (E&C) Microbiology (E&C) Archaea cultivated in the laboratory are active even at high temperatures and without oxygen more Reviving Stone Age molecules May 04, 2023 Microbiology (E&C) Neanderthals Scientists are rebuilding microbial natural products up to 100,000 years old using dental calculus of humans and Neanderthals more Life in the smoke of underwater volcanoes March 09, 2023 Microbiology (E&C) The plumes from hydrothermal vents provide an ecological link between the open ocean and the seafloor more Sweet spots in the sea May 02, 2022 Climate Ecology (E&C) Microbiology (E&C) Researchers have discovered vast amounts of sugars underneath seagrass meadows more Show more Research highlights 2025 December 22, 2025 Artificial Intelligence Astronomy Brain Climate Democracy Developmental Biology Ecology (E&C) Energy Galaxies Genetics Immunobiology Materials Sciences (M&T) Mathematics Medicine Microbiology (E&C) Social Sciences A look back at a year of research with many highlights more Every grain of sand is a metropolis for bacteria December 05, 2017 Earth Sciences Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) A single sand grain harbours up to 100,000 microorganisms from thousands of species. more Oil as energy source for deep-sea creatures June 20, 2017 Ecology (B&M) Ecology (E&C) Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Scientists discover mussels and sponges in the deep sea which can thrive on oil with the help of symbiont bacteria more Getting to the bottom of the deep sea December 27, 2016 Biodiversity Climate Microbiology (E&C) Antje Boetius from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen always has multiple objectives in her sights: from discovery and precautionary research to 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They can survive even deep within the ocean's sedimentary layers more Bacteria detoxify deadly seawater December 11, 2008 Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Microorganisms turn poisonous sulphide into harmless sulphur - thus protecting sea life more
