The paper examines how moisture availability influences litter invertebrate communities through productivity and trait filtering effects across a moisture gradient in south-eastern Australia.

bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2026 · PreprintEcology

Shared potential metabolism trends in degraded soils and type 2 diabetes gut microbiomes

Craig Liddicoat, Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Timothy Richard Cavagnaro, Jake M. Robinson, Kiri Joy Wallace, Andrew D. Barnes, Garth Harmsworth, Damien J. Keating, Robert A. Edwards, Martin F. Breed

The paper identifies shared metabolic trends between degraded soils and T2D gut microbiomes, showing increased sugar metabolism and reduced lignin and branched-chain fatty acid metabolism.

bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

Bioenergetic mapping of 'healthy microbiomes' via compound processing potential imprinted in gut and soil metagenomes

Craig Liddicoat, Robert Alan Edwards, Michael J. Roach, Jake M. Robinson, Kiri Joy Wallace, Andrew D. Barnes, Joel E. Brame, Anna Heintz‐Buschart, Timothy Richard Cavagnaro, Elizabeth Ann Dinsdale, Michael P. Doane, Nico Eisenhauer, Grace Mitchell, Bibishan Rai, Sunita A. Ramesh, Martin F. Breed

The paper quantifies the compound processing potential of gut and soil metagenomes to link microbiome function to human health and ecosystem quality.

The Science of The Total Environment · May 29, 2024Peer-reviewedBioinformatics