Tim Goodall

Environmental drivers of soil virus diversity across UK habitats

This study identifies soil pH and habitat type as key drivers of viral diversity and community structure in UK soils, showing strong coupling with bacterial communities.

Soil microenvironment and microbial community composition jointly regulate carbon accrual in agricultural soils

The paper investigates how soil microenvironment and microbial community composition jointly influence carbon accrual in agricultural soils through a transplant experiment.

High-quality metagenome assembly from nanopore reads with nanoMDBG

nanoMDBG improves metagenome assembly from ONT reads, producing more high-quality MAGs with less computational resources than existing assemblers.

Environmental filtering shapes divergent bacterial strategies and genomic traits across soil niches

The paper examines how soil pH influences bacterial niche breadth and genomic traits across UK soils, finding that low pH soils host specialized bacteria with streamlined genomes.

Taxonomic filtering accompanies functional expansion during long-term soil restoration

This study tracks soil microbiome recovery over 143 years, finding taxonomic contraction and functional expansion during long-term restoration.

Antimicrobial resistance as a signature of soil restoration across a 143-year chronosequence

This study shows that antimicrobial resistance increases with soil restoration age, indicating a mature microbiome rather than degradation.

Deciphering landscape-scale plant cover and biodiversity from soil eDNA

This study evaluates soil eDNA sequencing for landscape-scale plant biodiversity assessment, finding comparable genus-level taxonomic resolution but lower sensitivity than field surveys.

Soil properties in agricultural systems affect microbial genomic traits

The paper examines how soil properties, particularly pH, influence bacterial genomic traits in agricultural systems.

Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for its ecosystem carbon use efficiency

The paper investigates how land use intensity affects soil microbiome traits and carbon use efficiency (CUE) through metaproteomics and decomposition experiments, showing opposing effects in low and high pH soils.

High-resolution characterisation of short-term temporal variability in the taxonomic and resistome composition of wastewater influent

This study compares taxonomic and resistome variability between single-timepoint grab and 24H-composite wastewater samples, finding that composites better capture AMR genes and reduce temporal variability.

Evaluation of metagenomic, 16S rRNA gene and ultra-plexed PCR-based sequencing approaches for profiling antimicrobial resistance gene and bacterial taxonomic composition of polymicrobial samples

The paper evaluates metagenomic, 16S rRNA gene, and ultra-plexed PCR-based sequencing methods for taxonomic and AMR gene profiling in polymicrobial samples, finding that AmpliSeq and shotgun metagenomics perform best for resistome profiling.