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Julian M. Künkel

Ministry of Ecology and Environment

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintApr 1, 2026

Automated refinement of metagenomic bins and estimation of binning success using itBins

Julian M. Künkel, Till L. V. Bornemann, Wei Xiu…·Alexander J. Probst

itBins refines metagenomic bins and estimates binning success using %GC content, coverage, and taxonomy, outperforming existing tools in speed and accuracy.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.30.715291

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJul 27, 2025

Uranium mining fuels evolution in deep groundwater microbiomes

Wei Xiu, Till L. V. Bornemann, Tianjing Zhang…·Alexander J. Probst

This study shows that uranium mining alters deep groundwater microbiomes, causing genetic and functional changes through increased radiation and uranium exposure.

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