Peter Mergaert

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique — France

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis(107), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism(47), Nematode management and characterization studies(21), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems(20), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences(19)

Publications150 total

Optimising the 3-channel microfluidic system to investigate chemical gradient impacts on bacterial chemotaxis in fluid and near surfaces
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Structure-based phylogenetic analysis reveals multiple events of convergent evolution of cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides in legume-rhizobium symbiosis
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Comparing the Quality of Jatropha Seed Oil Biodiesel Produced Using Mechanical and Solvent Extraction Process
International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management·2025Open Access
The rhizobial type <scp>III</scp> effectors <scp>ErnA</scp> and Sup3 hijack the <scp>SUMOylation</scp> pathway to trigger nodule formation in <i>Aeschynomene</i> species
New Phytologist·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Development and characterization of a saturated transposon mutant library of <i>Salmonella enterica</i> serovar Enteritidis LA5
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2025Open Access
Valorisation of bamboo stems for the production of fermentable carbohydrates
World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences·2025Open Access
Taxonomic distribution of SbmA/BacA and BacA-like antimicrobial peptide transporters suggests independent recruitment and convergent evolution in host–microbe interactions
Microbial Genomics·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
<i>Sinorhizobium meliloti</i> FcrX coordinates cell cycle and division during free-living growth and symbiosis by a ClpXP-dependent mechanism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Strict gut symbiont specificity in Coreoidea insects governed by interspecies competition within <i>Caballeronia</i> strains
The ISME Journal·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Quantifying Bacterial Chemotaxis in Controlled and Stationary Chemical Gradients with a Microfluidic Device
BIO-PROTOCOL·2024Open Access
Pathogenic nematodes exploit Achilles’ heel of plant symbioses
Trends in Parasitology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Microfluidic device for quantifying bacterial chemotaxis in controlled and stationary chemical gradients
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2024Open Access
Hundreds of antimicrobial peptides create a selective barrier for insect gut symbionts
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 26 citedOpen Access
Ingested soil bacteria breach gut epithelia and prime systemic immunity in an insect
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 27 citedOpen Access
Transposon sequencing reveals the essential gene set and genes enabling gut symbiosis in the insect symbiont <i>Caballeronia insecticola</i>
ISME Communications·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Hundreds of antimicrobial peptides create a selective barrier for insect gut symbionts
2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Construction and characterization of a saturated Tn-seq library of <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium ATCC 14028
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Transposon sequencing reveals the essential gene set and genes enabling gut symbiosis in the insect symbiont <i>Caballeronia insecticola</i>
2023Open Access
Widespread <i>Bradyrhizobium</i> distribution of diverse Type III effectors that trigger legume nodulation in the absence of Nod factor
The ISME Journal·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
<i>Sinorhizobium meliloti</i> FcrX coordinates cell cycle and division during free-living growth and symbiosis
2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Éva Kondorosi(24), Attila Kereszt(10), Marcelle Holsters(10), Benoît Alunni(7), Ádám Kondorosi(6), Marc Van Montagu(6), Willem Van de Velde(5), Zoltán Kevei(5), Danny Geelen(5), Ibtissem Guefrachi(5), Quentin Barrière(5), Tsubasa Ohbayashi(5), Yoshitomo Kikuchi(5), Attila Farkas(4), Mikhail Baloban(4), Olivier Pierre(4), Pascal Ratet(4), Gergely Maróti(3), Nicolas Maunoury(3), D. Vaubert(3)