Rubén Garrido‐Oter

This study shows subaerial green algae from Chlorophyta and Streptophyta assemble distinct phycosphere communities from soil, with host identity driving bacterial composition more strongly than fungal.

This study uses experimental evolution to show that complex microbial communities can adapt to new plant hosts through genomic changes, improving colonization fitness without destabilizing the microbiota.

The paper introduces the Darwin21 Genome Database, a curated repository of whole-genome sequences of endophytic bacteria from desert plants, supporting research on microbial ecology and plant resilience.

The paper evaluates metagenomic software tools using realistic datasets, highlighting improvements in assembly and taxon profiling while identifying remaining challenges in virus/archaea detection and reproducibility.

Rbec is a tool for analyzing amplicon sequencing data from synthetic microbial communities, correcting errors and detecting polymorphisms and contaminants.

AMBER evaluates genome binning tools using benchmark datasets and provides performance metrics and visualizations.

The paper benchmarks computational metagenomics software using complex datasets, showing strengths and limitations in assembly, binning, and taxonomic profiling.