Gary D. Bending

Advancing long-read metagenomic binning via single-copy-gene guided contrastive learning

SCGBinner improves long-read metagenomic binning by using single-copy gene guided contrastive learning, outperforming existing methods on real-world datasets and recovering novel microbial species.

Rapid Assembly and Functional Differentiation of the Soil Surface Microbiome in Temperate Agricultural soil

This study shows rapid establishment of a distinct soil surface microbiome in temperate agricultural soils, enriched in photosynthetic taxa and functional pathways related to carbon and nutrient cycling.

Comparative genomic analysis of a metagenome-assembled genome reveals distinctive symbiotic traits in a Mucoromycotina fine root endophyte arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

This study compares the genome of a Mucoromycotina AM fungus to Glomeromycotina fungi, revealing distinct symbiotic traits and potential ecological roles.

Dynamics of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitrogen Cycling in Soils as a Mechanism for Volatile Reactive Nitrogen Oxide Production

The paper investigates how reactive oxygen species (ROS) from soil microbes influence volatile reactive nitrogen oxide (NOy) production, showing increased NOy emissions with higher abundance of ammonia-oxidising and denitrifying taxa.