Léo Gerlin

The paper constructs a genome-scale metabolic model of the Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum-tomato pathosystem to quantify trophic interactions during infection, revealing key constraints on bacterial growth and plant responses.

The paper introduces ArtSymbioCyc, a database for arthropod symbiosis metabolism, and applies it to study the tripartite symbiosis in Sipha maydis, showing interdependence in amino acid and vitamin metabolism.

This study uses mathematical modeling and in vitro experiments to show that xylem sap supports high bacterial densities of R. pseudosolanacearum by utilizing glutamine and excreting putrescine.