Nandakishor Krishnan

Host-initiated microbial association leads to stable ectosymbiosis in an ecological model

This paper uses a mathematical model to show that reduced inhibition and strong metabolic activity can stabilize ectosymbiosis between microbes, supporting the idea that syntrophy can lead to physical integration.

Metabolic inhibition can enable compact physical integration of microbial partners

This paper uses a mathematical model to show how metabolic self-inhibition can drive the evolution of physical integration between microbial partners.