publications

Peer-reviewed articles, preprints and software, in reverse chronological order. * denotes equal contribution. Also listed on Google Scholar.

2026

  1. Methanotrophic potential of a northern fen
    Rachel M. Wilson, Jared B. Ellenbogen, Shuai Yang, Zhen Li, Simon J. McIlroy, Alex B. Cory, and 21 more authors
    Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2026
  2. Mobile genetic elements shape microbial diversity and functions in thawing permafrost soils
    Jiarong Guo, Samuel T. N. Aroney, Guillermo Domínguez-Huerta, Derek Smith, Dean Vik, Carlos Owusu-Ansah, and 32 more authors
    Nature Microbiology, 2026

2025

  1. Bin Chicken: targeted metagenomic coassembly for the efficient recovery of novel genomes
    Samuel T. N. Aroney, Rhys J. P. Newell, Gene W. Tyson, and Ben J. Woodcroft
    Nature Methods, 2025
  2. Comprehensive taxonomic identification of microbial species in metagenomic data using SingleM and Sandpiper
    Ben J. Woodcroft, Samuel T. N. Aroney, Rossen Zhao, Mitchell Cunningham, Joshua A. M. Mitchell, Rizky Nurdiansyah, and 2 more authors
    Nature Biotechnology, 2025
  3. CoverM: read alignment statistics for metagenomics
    Samuel T N Aroney, Rhys J P Newell, Jakob N Nissen, Antonio Pedro Camargo, Gene W Tyson, and Ben J Woodcroft
    Bioinformatics, 2025
  4. The Microflora Danica atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes
    C. M. Singleton, T. B. N. Jensen, F. Delogu, K. S. Knudsen, E. A. Sørensen, V. R. Jørgensen, and 65 more authors
    Nature, 2025
  5. Stable states in an unstable landscape: microbial resistance at the front line of climate change
    Dylan R. Cronin*, Hannah Holland-Moritz, Derek A. Smith, Samuel T. N. Aroney*, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Mikayla Borton, and 14 more authors
    • Equal contribution
    , 2025

2024

  1. GlobDB: a comprehensive species-dereplicated microbial genome resource
    Daan R Speth, Nick Pullen, Samuel T N Aroney, Benjamin L Coltman, Jay Osvatic, Ben J Woodcroft, and 2 more authors
    Bioinformatics Advances, 2024
  2. Microbiome–metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient
    Viviana Freire-Zapata, Hannah Holland-Moritz, Dylan R. Cronin, Sam Aroney, Derek A. Smith, Rachel M. Wilson, and 16 more authors
    Nature Microbiology, 2024
  3. The motility and chemosensory systems of Rhizobium leguminosarum, their role in symbiosis, and link to PTSNtr regulation
    Samuel T. N. Aroney, Francesco Pini, Celia Kessler, Philip S. Poole, and Carmen Sánchez‐Cañizares
    Environmental Microbiology, 2024
  4. Rhizobium determinants of rhizosphere persistence and root colonization
    Hayley E Knights, Vinoy K Ramachandran, Beatriz Jorrin, Raphael Ledermann, Jack D Parsons, Samuel T N Aroney, and 1 more author
    The ISME Journal, 2024
  5. Aviary: hybrid assembly and genome recovery from metagenomes with Aviary
    Rhys J. P. Newell, Samuel T. N. Aroney, Julian Zaugg, Peter Sternes, Gene W. Tyson, and Ben J. Woodcroft
    2024
  6. Galah: more scalable dereplication for metagenome assembled genomes
    Samuel T. N. Aroney, Antonio Pedro Camargo, Gene W. Tyson, and Ben J. Woodcroft
    2024

2022

  1. Insights into plastic biodegradation: community composition and functional capabilities of the superworm (Zophobas morio) microbiome in styrofoam feeding trials
    Jiarui Sun, Apoorva Prabhu, Samuel T. N. Aroney, and Christian Rinke
    Microbial Genomics, 2022

2021

  1. Rhizobial Chemotaxis and Motility Systems at Work in the Soil
    Samuel T. N. Aroney, Philip S. Poole, and Carmen Sánchez-Cañizares
    Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021

2020

  1. Lifestyle adaptations of Rhizobium from rhizosphere to symbiosis
    Rachel M. Wheatley, Brandon L. Ford, Li Li, Samuel T. N. Aroney, Hayley E. Knights, Raphael Ledermann, and 3 more authors
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020

2015

  1. A rapid extraction method for glycogen from formalin-fixed liver
    Mitchell A. Sullivan, Shihan Li, Samuel T.N. Aroney, Bin Deng, Cheng Li, Eugeni Roura, and 4 more authors
    Carbohydrate Polymers, 2015

2014

  1. Changes in Glycogen Structure over Feeding Cycle Sheds New Light on Blood-Glucose Control
    Mitchell A. Sullivan, Samuel T. N. Aroney, Shihan Li, Frederick J. Warren, Jin Suk Joo, Ka Sin Mak, and 3 more authors
    Biomacromolecules, 2014