{"id":135,"date":"2017-10-25T21:11:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T21:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:29:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Spormann Lab website!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1923\" src=\"https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_07431-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_07431-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_07431-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_07431-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_07431-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_07431-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_07431-2048x1538.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spormanngroup\/cgi-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_07431-1200x901.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We are fascinated by the intricacies and diversity of microbial metabolism and study, from a fundamental as well as application-based perspective, core metabolic and physiological features of prokaryotic microorganisms involved in environmental, GHG-mitigation, and intestinal processes. In particular, we research anaerobic microbes that have the unique trait of using CO<sub>2<\/sub> as electron acceptor in their catabolism, and, thus, can convert waste and atmospheric CO<sub>2<\/sub> into useful compounds. Specifically, we focus on:<br><br><strong>1) Molecular mechanism of electron flux in CO<sub>2<\/sub> -reducing acetogenic, methanogenic and chain-elongating microbes<\/strong><br><br><strong>2) Microbial platforms for converting CO<sub>2<\/sub> to edible protein as an alternative to animal agriculture<\/strong><br><br><strong>3) Converting CO<sub>2<\/sub> to useful, climate-inert carbon materials by an integrated<br>microbial and chemical approach<\/strong><br><br><strong>4) Control of allocation of cellular resources under slow growth conditions\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all research areas, we use quantitative biochemical, proteomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic approaches in conjunction with genetic analysis and modeling. Next to providing insights into fundamentals of microbial life, our findings are used to develop innovative approaches to bioenergy and CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0mitigation, to treat intestinal microbial diseases, as well as develop new concepts of adaptation of microbial life in the marine deep subsurface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Expertise:<br>Microbial metabolism and physiology, microbial biochemistry and enzymology, hydrogen and hydrogenases, CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0reductions and utilizations, bioenergy, GHG mitigation<br><br>Contact: spormann@stanford.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Spormann Lab website! We are fascinated by the intricacies and diversity of microbial metabolism and study, from a fundamental as well as application-based perspective, core metabolic and physiological features of prokaryotic microorganisms involved in environmental, GHG-mitigation, and intestinal processes. 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