does the merge function merge automatically the stoichiometric matrix of the two models?

[Ilhem36]

Hello !
I have an important question please . I want to merge two models using thee merge function but I would like to know if the merge merge automatically the two stoichiometric matrix ?
And how can I please acess to the stoichiometric matrix of a model with cobrapy ?
Thank you for your answer !

[cdiener]

It does. You can get the stoichiometric matrix with

from cobra.util import create_stoichiometric_matrix

S = create_stoichiometric_matrix(model)