Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita

Evidence for endemism and local adaptation in Antarctic soil bacteria

The paper examines Arthrobacter strains in Antarctic soils and finds evidence of endemism and local adaptation, showing that extreme conditions drive unique microbial traits.

Quantifying the oxygen preferences of bacterial communities using a metagenome-based approach

This paper develops OxyMetaG, a tool that predicts aerobic and anaerobic bacterial proportions from metagenomic reads, showing its application in soils and human gut samples.

Ancient metagenomics reveals subglacial microbiomes driven by oxygen availability

The paper uses ancient metagenomics to characterize subglacial microbiomes, showing they split into two clusters based on oxygen availability and redox conditions.

Continent-wide assessment of the strain-level diversity of Bradyrhizobium, a dominant soil bacterial genus

The paper assesses strain-level diversity of Bradyrhizobium across soils in Australia, finding significant geographic and environmental variation in strain composition and inferred traits.

Environment, plant genetics, and their interaction shape important aspects of sunflower rhizosphere microbial communities

The paper quantifies how plant genotype, environment, and their interaction shape sunflower rhizosphere microbial communities across 15 sites using 16S and ITS sequencing.

Microbial ecology and site characteristics underlie differences in salinity-methane relationships in coastal wetlands

The paper examines how microbial ecology and site characteristics influence salinity-methane relationships in coastal wetlands, finding site-specific variations in CH4 flux responses to salinization.