Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
AbbreviationMPI-Marburg
Formation1991; 33 years ago (1991)
TypeScientific institute
PurposeResearch on terrestrial microorganisms
HeadquartersMarburg, Hessen, Germany
Key people
Rudolf K. Thauer, founder
Parent organization
Max Planck Society
Website(in English)

The Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology (MPI-TM, German: Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie) is a research institute for terrestrial microbiology in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1991 by Rudolf K. Thauer and is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft). Its sister institute is the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, which was founded a year later in 1992 in Bremen.

The Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg