GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Beyond the annotated: protein foundation models enable robust prediction of microbial root competence
Petra Matyskova, Gijs Selten, Corné M. J. Pieterse…·Ronnie de Jonge
The paper uses protein foundation models to predict microbial root competence across bacteria, finding that these models outperform traditional methods when predicting traits in evolutionarily distant species.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.22.727091