Nicolas Terrapon

The paper develops a computational framework to predict exopolysaccharide (EPS) biosynthetic gene clusters in Rhizobium and Sinorizobium species using genomic data, identifying 36 major groups of orthologous clusters and two novel EPS types.

The paper screens polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs) targeting marine polysaccharides, identifies novel enzymes, and characterizes their functions and synergies.

This study identifies a novel carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) family in a human gut microbiota beta-mannanase, revealing its unusual molecular architecture and functional specificity for beta-mannan.

This paper genetically engineers and screens microbial strains to produce chemically defined RG-II oligosaccharides, revealing new insights into their metabolism and potential applications in human and plant health.

This study uses RB-TnSeq to analyze gene fitness in Mucilaginibacter yixingensis, identifying key pathways for plant niche adaptation.

This study analyzes 60 brown algal genomes to identify genomic innovations and evolutionary patterns that enabled their adaptation to coastal ecosystems.

The paper investigates the evolutionary origins of extracellular matrix polysaccharides in brown algae using genomic data and comparative analysis.

The paper identifies novel enzymes from rumen microbiomes that break down plant cell walls using a high-throughput metagenomic approach.

The paper introduces a criterion based on closeness centrality to evaluate subfamily divisions in sequence similarity networks, aligning with expert curators' decisions and improving scalability in protein family annotation.