The association between leguminous plants and rhizobial bacteria is a paradigmatic example of a symbiosis driven by metabolic exchanges. Here, diCenzo et al. report the reconstruction and modelling of a genome-scale metabolic network of the plant Medicago truncatula nodulated by the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti.
- George C. diCenzo
- Michelangelo Tesi
- Marco Fondi