Homepage Newsroom Keyword Collection Microbiology (Environment and Climate) Microbiology (Environment and Climate) All News Article Select type All News Article Metabolism of ethane-consuming archaea unraveled October 23, 2024 Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) Enzyme complexes enable archaea to break down ethane 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 Vagabonds and homebodies in the seabed October 11, 2024 Biodiversity Microbiology (E&C) Researchers discover different ecological niches for bacteria in the sediment 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 Swimming bacteria shape communities May 14, 2024 Ecology (E&C) Microbiology (E&C) Researchers discover structure in microbial communities of swimmers and non-swimmers 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 Bacteria in the Arctic seabed are active all year round February 15, 2024 Ecology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) The bacterial community in Arctic sediments is taxonomically and functionally very stable more Bacteria use organic phosphorus and release methane November 08, 2023 Climate Microbiology (E&C) Off Barbados, researchers have investigated how bacteria inadvertently release methane in order to obtain phosphorus more Microbial life on nitric oxide respiration July 10, 2023 Microbiology (E&C) In a long-term culture, scientists find two new microorganisms growing on the toxic gas nitric oxide 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 Show 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 All organisms produce methane March 09, 2022 Climate Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) The formation of the greenhouse gas is driven by reactive oxygen species more From the oilfield to the lab December 22, 2021 Microbiology (B&M) Microbiology (E&C) A special microbe turns oil into gases all by itself more A natural CO2-sink thanks to symbiotic bacteria November 03, 2021 Climate Microbiology (E&C) Like many land plants, seagrasses live in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria more Show 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 technological development and scientific communication. more Oil degradation without oxygen December 15, 2010 Microbiology (E&C) Some bacteria do not require oxygen to degrade crude oil. 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
