Professor Gary Bending
Professor of Environmental Microbiology
Deputy Head of School (Academic)
Email: Gary.Bending@warwick.ac.uk
Phone: 024 765 75057
Office: B117
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Research Clusters
Plant and Agricultural Biosciences
糖心TV Centres
糖心TV Environmental Systems Interdisciplinary Centre (WESIC)
Vacancies and Opportunities
For PhD and postdoctoral opportunities, and interest in potential collaborations, please contact me at the above email address.
Research Interests
My research group studies the diversity and roles of microbial communities inhabiting plants, soil and water. We work across a range of natural and agricultural systems. We take a broad approach to studying the biodiversity of microbiomes, with expertise in studying virus, bacterial, fungal, protist and nematode communities. We investigate the processes which control how complex microbial communities assemble, and the way this is influenced by factors such as plant species/ genotype, soil characteristics and climatic variables. A particular focus is unravelling how microbes interact with plants and the wider environment, including their contributions to plant health and the cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in soil.
We work with industry on a range of projects, including studying the environmental fate of chemicals such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals, and the way in which plant-associated microbial communities affect crop growth. We collaborate widely with researchers in the UK, Australia, Ireland and Sweden.
Research: Technical Summary
Several current research projects investigate the diversity and functioning of the rhizosphere microbiome. We take a holistic approach to understanding these communities, and have expertise in unravelling the interactions of viral, bacterial, fungal, protist and nematode communities with plants and the wider environment.
We are particularly interested in the ecology and functioning of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses, including the recently discovered Mucoromycotinian arbuscular symbiosis which form characteristic fine root morphology within plant roots. Recently we have begun studying other plant endophytic fungal groups which may benefit plant health including Tetracladium spp.
Projects also investigate interactions between climate change and microbial communities which inhabit soil. This includes studying microbial communities which assemble at the soil surface and their role in protecting soil against erosion caused by extreme weather. We also study climate feedbacks associated with the effect of extreme weather on microbiota, including ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils.
Work with industry investigates factors which influence the environmental fate of chemicals such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals in the environment. This work focuses on improving the environmental realism of regulatory chemical testing regimes.
Work with collaborators at 糖心TV includes development of low cost environmental sensors for measuring greenhouse gas fluxes, identifying the fate of microplastics in streams, the stabilisation of engineered soils using microbiota, and microbial transformation of pollutants, including carbon monoxide, in the phyllosphere.
Since 2023: NERC Peer Review College Chair
Since 2021: Deputy Head (Academic), School of Life Sciences
Since 2021: Director, 糖心TV Environmental Systems Interdisciplinary Centre
Since 2021: Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
Since 2014: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Since 2012: Member, NERC Peer Review College
2013-2018: Member, UK Government's Expert Committee on Pesticides
2011-2016: Member, BBSRC Pool of Experts
PhD Plant-Soil-Microbe Interactions, University of Sheffield
BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences, University of Exeter
O鈥橤rady, Christopher James, Hilton, Sally, Picot, Emma, Raguideau, S茅bastien, Quince, Christopher, van der Gast, Christopher J., Sch盲fer, Hendrik and Bending, Gary D. (2026) Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 217 . 110129. doi: ISSN 0038-0717.
Dykes, Charlotte, Pearson, Jonathan M., Bending, Gary D. and Abolfathi, Soroush (2026) Journal of Hazardous Materials, 504 . 141265. doi: ISSN 0304-3894.
Plewnia, Amadeus, Hoenig, Brandon D., L枚tters, Stefan, Heine, Christopher, Erens, Jesse, B枚ning, Philipp, Bending, Gary D., Krehenwinkel, Henrik and Williams, Molly Ann (2026) Molecular Ecology Resources, 26 (1). e70086. doi: ISSN 1755-098X.
Lazar, Anna, Alberti, Fabrizio, Muscatt, George, Mushinski, Ryan M., Quince, Christopher and Bending, Gary D. (2025) BMC Genomics, 26 (1). 998. doi: ISSN 1471-2164.
Banerjee, Sinchan, T谩ncsics, Andr谩s, Wu, Zeqin, Stafioiu, Tudor, Gao, Jiacheng, Toth, Erika, Baka, Erzsebet, Bending, Gary D. and Sch盲fer, Hendrik (2025) International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 75 (11). 006953. doi: ISSN 1466-5034.
Hand, Laurence, Day, Mark C. J., Nichols, Carol, Sch盲fer, Hendrik, Marshall, Samantha and Bending, Gary D. (2025) Science of The Total Environment, 1002 . 180634. doi: ISSN 0048-9697.
Cole, Joshua, Raguideau, S茅bastien, Abbaszadeh-Dahaji, Payman, Hilton, Sally, Muscatt, George, Mushinski, Ryan M., Nilsson, R. Henrik, Ryan, Megan H., Quince, Christopher and Bending, Gary D. (2025) BMC Genomics, 26 (1). 967. doi: ISSN 1471-2164.
Dykes, Charlotte, Pearson, Jonathan M., Bending, Gary D. and Abolfathi, Soroush (2025) Water Research, 285 . 124110. doi: ISSN 0043-1354.
Dykes, Charlotte, Pearson, Jonathan M., Bending, Gary D. and Abolfathi, Soroush (2025) Journal of Water Process Engineering, 76 . 108130. doi: ISSN 2214-7144.
Stride, Ben, Abolfathi, Soroush, Bending, Gary D. and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2025) Science of The Total Environment, 982 . 179573. doi: ISSN 0048-9697.
Dykes, Charlotte, Pearson, Jonathan M., Bending, Gary D. and Abolfathi, Soroush (2025) Journal of Water Process Engineering, 72 . 107350. doi: ISSN 2214-7144.
Bending, Gary D., Newman, Amy, Picot, Emma, Mushinski, Ryan M., Jones, Davey L. and Carr茅, Isabelle A. (2025) Plant, Cell & Environment, 48 (3). pp. 2040-2052. doi: ISSN 0140-7791.
Baudin, Nastasia, Garrod, Mark, Bramke, Irene, Mckillican, Carol, Sch盲fer, Hendrik, Hand, Laurence, Cione, Ana, Bending, Gary D. and Marshall, Samantha (2025) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197 (2). 207. doi: ISSN 1573-2959.
Lazar, Anna, Griffiths, Robert I., Goodall, Tim, Norton, Lisa R., Mushinski, Ryan M. and Bending, Gary D. (2024) Environmental Microbiome, 19 (1). 111. doi: ISSN 2524-6372.
Lazar, Anna, Phillips, Richard P., Kivlin, Stephanie, Bending, Gary D. and Mushinski, Ryan M. (2024) Environmental Microbiology, 26 (11). e70001. doi: ISSN 1462-2912.
Seeliger, Mirjam, Hilton, Sally, Muscatt, George, Walker, Christopher, Bass, David, Albornoz, Felipe, Standish, Rachel J., Gray, Neil D., Mercy, Louis, Rempelos, Leonidas, Schneider, Carolin, Ryan, Megan H., Bilsborrow, Paul E. and Bending, Gary D. (2024) Environmental Microbiome, 19 (1). 71. doi: ISSN 2524-6372.
Stride, Ben, Abolfathi, Soroush, Bending, Gary D. and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2024) Journal of Hazardous Materials, 466 . 133440. doi: ISSN 0304-3894.
Liu, Zihao, Fang, Jie, He, Yucheng, Bending, Gary D., Song, Bin, Guo, Yaping, Wang, Xiaojie, Fang, Zemin and Adams, Jonathan M. (2024) Science of The Total Environment, 912 . 168907. doi: ISSN 0048-9697.
Muscatt, George, Cook, Ryan, Millard, Andrew, Bending, Gary D. and Jameson, Eleanor (2023) mBio, 14 (6). e02246. doi: ISSN 2150-7511.
Stride, Ben, Dykes, Charlotte, Abolfathi, Soroush, Jimoh, Modupe, Bending, Gary D. and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2023) Science of The Total Environment, 899 . 165683. doi: ISSN 0048-9697.
Purchase, Megan L., Bending, Gary D. and Mushinski, Ryan M. (2023) Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (43). pp. 16348-16360. doi: ISSN 0013-936X.
Stride, Ben, Dykes, Charlotte, Abolfathi, Soroush, Jimoh, Modupe, Bending, Gary D. and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2023) [Dataset]
Southwell, Rebecca V., Hilton, Sally, Pearson, Jonathan M., Hand, Laurence H. and Bending, Gary D. (2023) Science of The Total Environment, 880 . 163282. doi: ISSN 0048-9697.
Mansfield, Thomas M., Albornoz, Felipe E., Ryan, Megan H., Bending, Gary D. and Standish, Rachel J. (2023) Mycorrhiza, 33 . pp. 139-152. doi: ISSN 0940-6360.
Stride, Ben, Abolfathi, Soroush, Odara, M. G. N., Bending, Gary D. and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2023) Water Resources Research, 59 (5). e2023WR034653.. doi: ISSN 0043-1397.
Hassan, Sammy S., Mushinski, Ryan M., Amede, Tilahun, Bending, Gary D. and Covington, James A. (2023) Sensors, 23 (5). 2580. doi: ISSN 1424-8220.
Hassan, Sammy S., Mushinski, Ryan M., Amede, Tilahun, Covington, James A. and Bending, Gary D. (2023) [Dataset]
Muscatt, George, Hilton, Sally, Raguideau, S茅bastien, Teakle, Graham R., Lidbury, Ian, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H., Quince, Christopher, Millard, Andrew D., Bending, Gary D. and Jameson, Eleanor (2022) Microbiome, 10 (1). 181. doi: ISSN 2049-2618.
Newman, Amy, Picot, Emma, Davies, Sian, Hilton, Sally, Carr茅, Isabelle A. and Bending, Gary D. (2022) BMC Biology, 20 (1). 235. doi: ISSN 1741-7007.
Brown, Robert W., Chadwick, David R., Bending, Gary D., Collins, Chris D., Whelton, Helen L., Daulton, Emma, Covington, James A., Bull, Ian D. and Jones, Davey L. (2022) Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 172 . 108779. doi: ISSN 0038-0717.
Lidbury, Ian, Raguideau, S茅bastien, Borsetto, Chiara, Murphy, Andrew R. J., Bottrill, Andrew R., Liu, Senlin, Stark, Richard Jan, Fraser, Tandra, Goodall, Andrew, Jones, Alexandra M., Bending, Gary D., Tibbetts, Mark, Hammond, John P., Quince, Chris, Scanlan, David J. , Pandhal, Jagroop and Wellington, Elizabeth M. H. (2022) mSystems, 7 (4). doi: ISSN 2379-5077.
Lazar, Anna, Mushinski, Ryan and Bending, G. D. (2022) Environmental Microbiome, 17 . doi: ISSN 2524-6372.
Hallett, Paul D., Marin, Maria, Bending, G. D., George, Timothy S., Collins, Chris D. and Otten, Wilfred (2022) Trends in Plant Science, 27 (7). pp. 688-698. doi: ISSN 1360-1385.
Murphy, Andrew, Scanlan, David J. , Chen, Yin, Bending, G. D., Hammond, John P., Wellington, Elizabeth M. H. and Lidbury, Ian (2022) Environmental Microbiology, 24 (4). pp. 1902-1917. doi: ISSN 1462-2912.
Kirkman, Eleanor R., Hilton, Sally, Sethuraman, Gomathy, Elias, Dafydd M. O., Taylor, Andrew, Clarkson, John P., Soh, Aik Chin, Bass, David, Ooi, Gin Teng, McNamara, Niall P. and Bending, G. D. (2022) Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 . 792928. doi: ISSN 1664-302X.
Albornoz, Felipe E., Ryan, Megan H., Bending, G. D., Hilton, Sally, Dickie, Ian A., Gleeson, Deirdre B. and Standish, Rachel J. (2022) The New Phytologist, 233 (3). pp. 1369-1382. doi: ISSN 1469-8137.
Gleeson, Deirdre B., Martin, Belinda C., Lardner, Tim, Ball, Andrew S., Grice, Kliti, Holman, Alex I., Trolove, Alastair, Manix, Megan, Tibbett, Mark, Bending, G. D., Hilton, Sally and Ryan, Megan H. (2021) Science of The Total Environment, 799 . 149335. doi: ISSN 0048-9697.
Palmer, Jess, Hilton, Sally, Picot, Emma, Bending, G. D. and Sch盲fer, Hendrik (2021) Environmental Microbiology, 23 (10). pp. 6309-6327. doi: ISSN 1462-2912.
Murphy, Andrew, Scanlan, David J. , Chen, Yin, Adams, Nathan B. P., Cadman, William A., Bottrill, Andrew R., Bending, G. D., Hammond, John P., Hitchcock, Andrew, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H. and Lidbury, Ian D. E. A. (2021) Nature Communications, 12 (1). 4554. doi: ISSN 2041-1723.
Albornoz, Felipe E., Orchard, Suzanne, Standish, Rachel J., Dickie, Ian A., Bending, G. D., Hilton, Sally, Lardner, Tim, Foster, Kevin J., Gleeson, Deirdre B., Bougoure, Jeremy, Barbetti, Martin J., You, Ming Pei and Ryan, Megan H. (2021) Microbial Ecology, 81 . pp. 864-873. doi: ISSN 0095-3628.
Picot, Emma, Hale, Chris C., Hilton, Sally, Teakle, Graham R., Sch盲fer, Hendrik, Huang, Yong-Ju, Perryman, Sarah, West, Jon S. and Bending, G. D. (2021) Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5 . 613269. doi: ISSN 2571-581X.
Lidbury, Ian, Borsetto, Chiara, Murphy, Andrew, Bottrill, Andrew R., Jones, Alexandra M., Bending, G. D., Hammond, John P., Chen, Yin, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H. and Scanlan, David J. (2021) ISME Journal, 15 . pp. 1040-1055. doi: ISSN 1751-7362.
Hilton, Sally, Picot, Emma, Schreiter, Susanne, Bass, David, Norman, Keith, Oliver, Anna E., Moore, Jonathan D., Mauchline, Tim H., Mills, Peter R., Teakle, Graham R., Clark, Ian. M., Hirsch, Penny. R., van der Gast, Christopher J. and Bending, G. D. (2021) Microbiome, 9 . 19. doi: ISSN 2049-2618.
Durr, Julius, Reyt, Guilhem, Spaepen, Stijn, Hilton, Sally, Meehan, Cathal, Qi, Wu, Kamiya, Takehiro, Flis, Paulina, Dickinson, Hugh G., Feher, Attila, Shivshankar, Umashankar, Pavagadhi, Shruti, Swarup, Sanjay, Salter, David, Bending, G. D. and Gutierrez-Marcos, Jos茅 F. (2021) Plant and Cell Physiology, 62 (2). pp. 248-261. doi: ISSN 1471-9053.
Cook, Sarah, Price, Oliver, King, Andrew, Finnegan, Chris, van Egmond, Roger, Sch盲fer, Hendrik, Pearson, Jonathan M., Abolfathi, Soroush and Bending, G. D. (2020) Science of The Total Environment, 749 . 141397. doi: ISSN 0048-9697.
Albornoz, Felipe E., Hayes, Patrick E., Orchard, Suzanne, Clode, Peta L., Nazeri, Nazanin, Standish, Rachel J., Dickie, Ian A., Bending, G. D., Hilton, Sally and Ryan, Megan H. (2020) Frontiers in Microbiology, 11 . 2018. doi: ISSN 1664-302X.
Southwell, Rebecca V., Hilton, Sally, Pearson, Jonathan M., Hand, Laurence H. and Bending, G. D. (2020) Science of The Total Environment, 733 . 139070. doi: ISSN 0048-9697.
Cook, Sarah, Chan, Hui-Ling, Abolfathi, Soroush, Bending, G. D., Sch盲fer, Hendrik and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2020) [Dataset]
Cook, Sarah, Chan, Hui-Ling, Abolfathi, Soroush, Bending, G. D., Sch盲fer, Hendrik and Pearson, Jonathan M. (2020) Water Research, 170 . 115337. doi: ISSN 0043-1354.
Jamy, Mahwash, Foster, Rachel, Barbera, Pierre, Czech, Lucas, Kozlov, Alexey, Stamatakis, Alexandros, Bending, G. D., Hilton, Sally, Bass, David and Burki, Fabien (2020) Molecular Ecology Resources, 20 (2). pp. 429-443. doi: ISSN 1755-098X.
Bennett, Amanda J., Hilton, Sally, Chandler, Dave, Mills, Peter and Bending, G. D. (2020) Applied Soil Ecology, 147 . p. 103433. doi: ISSN 0929-1393.
Norton, Briony A., Bending, G. D., Clark, Rachel, Corstanje, Ron, Dunnett, Nigel, Evans, Karl L., Grafius, Darren R., Gravestock, Emily, Grice, Samuel M., Harris, Jim A., Hilton, Sally, Hoyle, Helen, Lim, Edward, Mercer, Theresa G., Pawlett, Mark, Pescott, Oliver L., Richards, J. Paul, Southon, Georgina E. and Warren, Philip H. (2019) Ecological Applications, 29 (6). e01946. doi: ISSN 1939-5582.
Barnes, Christopher J., van der Gast, Christopher J., McNamara, Niall P., Rowe, Rebecca and Bending, G. D. (2018) New Phytologist, 220 (4). pp. 1172-1184. doi: ISSN 0028-646X.
Wibowo, Anjar, Becker, Claude, Durr, Julius, Price, Jonathan, Spaepen, Stijn, Hilton, Sally, Putra, Hadi, Papareddy, Ranjith, Saintain, Quentin, Harvey, Sarah, Bending, G. D., Schulze-Lefert, Paul, Weigel, Detlef and Gutierrez-Marcos, Jos茅 F. (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (39). E9145-E9152. doi: ISSN 0027-8424.
Hilton, Sally, Bennett, Amanda J., Chandler, Dave, Mills, P. R. and Bending, G. D. (2018) Applied Soil Ecology, 126 . pp. 34-46. doi: ISSN 0929-1393.
Bass, David, van der Gast, Christopher, Thomson, Serena K., Neuhauser, Sigrid, Hilton, Sally and Bending, G. D. (2018) Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 . 168. doi: ISSN 1664-302X.
Gosling, Paul, van der Gast, Christopher J. and Bending, G. D. (2017) Scientific Reports, 7 (1). 10493. doi: ISSN 2045-2322.
Elias, Dafydd M. O., Rowe, Rebecca L., Pereira, M. Gl贸ria, Stott, Andrew W., Barnes, Christopher J., Bending, G. D. and McNamara, Niall P. (2017) Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 114 . pp. 248-262. doi: ISSN 0038-0717.
Lidbury, Ian, Fraser, Tandra, Murphy, Andrew, Scanlan, David J., Bending, G. D., Jones, Alexandra M., Moore, Jonathan D., Goodall, Andrew, Tibbett, Mark, Hammond, John P. and Wellington, E. M. H. (2017) MicrobiologyOpen . e00474. doi: ISSN 2045-8827.
Lidbury, Ian, Murphy, Andrew, Fraser, Tandra D., Bending, G. D., Jones, Alexandra M., Moore, Jonathan D., Goodall, Andrew, Tibbetts, Mark, Hammond, John P., Scanlan, David J. and Wellington, E. M. H. (2017) Scientific Reports, 7 (1). 2179. doi: ISSN 2045-2322.
Orchard, Suzanne, Hilton, Sally, Bending, G. D., Dickie, Ian A., Standish, Rachel J., Gleeson, Deirdre B., Jeffery, Robert P., Powell, Jeff R., Walker, Christopher, Bass, David, Monk, Jana, Simonin, Anna and Ryan, Megan H. (2017) New Phytologist, 213 (2). pp. 481-486. doi: ISSN 0028-646X.
Kowalczyk, Agnieszka, Price, Oliver R., van der Gast, Christopher J., Finnegan, Christopher J., van Egmond, Roger A., Sch盲fer, Hendrik and Bending, G. D. (2016) Chemosphere, 164 . pp. 355-362. doi: ISSN 0045-6535.
脕lvarez-Mart铆n, Alba, Hilton, Sally, Bending, G. D., Rodr铆guez-Cruz, M. Sonia and S谩nchez-Mart铆n, M. Jes煤s (2016) Applied Soil Ecology, 106 . pp. 47-57. doi: ISSN 0929-1393.
Lidbury, Ian, Murphy, Andrew, Scanlan, David J., Bending, G. D., Jones, Alexandra M., Moore, Jonathan D., Goodall, Amanda, Hammond, John P. and Wellington, E. M. H. (2016) Environmental Microbiology, 18 (10). pp. 3535-3549. doi: ISSN 1462-2912.
Barnes, Christopher J., Burns, Caitlin A., van der Gast, Christopher J., McNamara, Niall P. and Bending, G. D. (2016) Frontiers in Microbiology, 7 . 1278. doi: ISSN 1664-302X.
McClean, Gary J., Meredith, Will, Cross, Andrew, Heal, Kate V., Bending, G. D. and Sohi, Saran P. (2016) GCB Bioenergy, 8 (4). pp. 805-817. doi: ISSN 17571693.
Barnes, Christopher J., van der Gast, Christopher J., Burns, Caitlin A., McNamara, Niall P. and Bending, G. D. (2016) Frontiers in Microbiology, 7 . pp. 1-13. 195. doi: ISSN 1664-302X.
Gosling, Paul, Jones, Julie and Bending, G. D. (2016) Mycorrhiza, 26 (1). pp. 77-83. doi: ISSN 0940-6360.
McClean, Gary J., Rowe, Rebecca L., Heal, Kate V., Cross, Andrew, Bending, G. D. and Sohi, Saran P. (2015) Biomass and Bioenergy, 83 . pp. 141-151. doi: ISSN 0961-9534.
Kowalczyk, Agnieszka, Eyice, 脰zge, Sch盲fer, Hendrik, Price, Oliver R, Finnegan, Christopher J., van Egmond, Roger A., Shaw, Liz J., Barrett, Glyn and Bending, G. D. (2015) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81 (19). pp. 6890-6900. AEM.01794-15. doi: ISSN 0099-2240.
Taylor, Andrew, Pereira, Nicole, Thomas, Brian, Pink, David A. C., Jones, Julie and Bending, G. D. (2015) Biology and Fertility of Soils, 51 (7). pp. 801-813. doi: ISSN 0178-2762.
Kowalczyk, Agnieszka, Martin, Timothy James, Price, Oliver Richard, Snape, Jason, van Egmond, Roger Albert, Finnegan, Christopher James, Sch盲fer, Hendrik, Davenport, Russell James and Bending, G. D. (2015) Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 111 . pp. 9-22. doi: ISSN 0147-6513.
Perez-Brandan, Carolina, Arzeno, Jose Luis, Huidobro, Jorgelina, Conforto, Cinthia, Grumberg, Betiana, Hilton, Sally, Bending, G. D., Meriles, Jose Manuel and Vargas-Gil, Silvina (2015) Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research , Volume 12 (Number 1). p. 252. doi: ISSN 1695-971X.
Bennett, Amanda J., Hilton, Sally, Bending, G. D., Chandler, Dave and Mills, P. R. (2014) Biology and Fertility of Soils, Volume 50 (Number 8). pp. 1267-1279. doi: ISSN 0178-2762.
Howell, Christopher Carl, Hilton, Sally, Semple, Kirk T. and Bending, G. D. (2014) Chemosphere, Volume 112 . pp. 194-202. doi: ISSN 0045-6535.
Hazard, Christina, Boots, Bas, Keith, Aidan M., Mitchell, Derek T., Schmidt, Olaf, Doohan, Fiona M. and Bending, G. D. (2014) Applied Soil Ecology, Volume 82 . pp. 52-60. doi: ISSN 0929-1393.
Prayogo, Cahyo, Jones, Julie, Baeyens, Jan and Bending, G. D. (2014) Biology and Fertility of Soils, Volume 50 (Number 4). pp. 695-702. doi: ISSN 0178-2762.
Hazard, Christina, Gosling, Paul, Mitchell, Derek T., Doohan, Fiona M. and Bending, G. D. (2014) FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 87 (Number 3). pp. 586-600. doi: ISSN 0168-6496.
Hunter, Paul J., Teakle, Graham R. and Bending, G. D. (2014) Frontiers in Plant Science, Volume 5 . doi: ISSN 1664-462X.
Taylor, Andrew, Walker, Christopher and Bending, G. D. (2014) Mycoscience, Volume 55 (Number 1). pp. 1-4. doi: ISSN 13403540.
Howell, Christopher Carl, Semple, Kirk T. and Bending, G. D. (2014) Chemosphere, Volume 95 . pp. 370-378. doi: ISSN 0045-6535.
Davies, Lawrence O., Bramke, Irene, France, Emma, Marshall, Samantha, Oliver, Robin, Nichols, Carol, Sch盲fer, Hendrik and Bending, G. D. (2013) Environmental Science & Technology, Volume 47 (Number 15). p. 130712083104003. doi: ISSN 0013-936X.
Aspray, T. J., Jones, E. Eirian, Davies, M. W, Shipman, Michael and Bending, G. D. (2013) Mycorrhiza, Volume 23 (Number 5). pp. 403-410. doi: ISSN 0940-6360.
Sopena-Vazquez, Fatima and Bending, G. D. (2013) Chemosphere, Volume 91 (Number 11). pp. 1525-1533. doi: ISSN 0045-6535.
Gosling, Paul, Parsons, Nicholas R. and Bending, G. D. (2013) Biology and Fertility of Soils, Volume 49 (Number 8). pp. 1001-1014. doi: ISSN 0178-2762.
Hilton, Sally, Bennett, Amanda J., Keane, Gary, Bending, G. D., Chandler, David, Stobart, Ron and Mills, P. R. (2013) PLoS One, Volume 8 (Number 4). e59859. doi: ISSN 1932-6203.
Gosling, Paul, Mead, A. (Andrew), Proctor, Maude, Hammond, John P. and Bending, G. D. (2013) New Phytologist, Volume 198 (Number 2). pp. 546-556. doi: ISSN 0028-646X.
Hazard, Christina, Gosling, Paul, van der Gast, Christopher J., Mitchell, Derek T., Doohan, Fiona M. and Bending, G. D. (2013) The ISME Journal, Volume 7 (Number 3). pp. 498-508. doi: ISSN 1751-7362.
Gosling, Paul, Proctor, Maude, Jones, Julie and Bending, G. D. (2013) Mycorrhiza, Volume 24 (Number 1). pp. 1-11. doi: ISSN 0940-6360.
Semple, Kirk T., Riding, Matthew J., McAllister, Laura E., Sopena-Vazquez, Fatima and Bending, G. D. (2013) Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 261 . pp. 808-816. doi: ISSN 0304-3894.
Davies, Lawrence O., Sch盲fer, Hendrik, Marshall, Samantha, Bramke, Irene, Oliver, Robin G. and Bending, G. D. (2013) PLoS One, Volume 8 (Number 7). Article number e69048. doi: ISSN 1932-6203.
Perez-Brand谩n, Carolina, Arzeno, Jos茅 L., Huidobro, Jorgelina, Gr眉mberg, Betiana, Conforto, Cinthia, Hilton, Sally, Bending, G. D., Meriles, Jos茅 M. and Vargas-Gil, Silvina (2012) Crop Protection, Volume 40 . pp. 73-82. doi: ISSN 02612194.
Sope帽a, Fatima, Semple, Kirk, Sohi, Saran and Bending, G. D. (2012) Chemosphere, Vol.88 (No.1). pp. 77-83. doi: ISSN 0045-6535.
Keith, Aidan. M., Boots, Bas, Hazard, Christina, Niechoj, Robin, Arroyo, Julio, Bending, G. D., Bolger, Tom, Breen, John, Clipson, Nicholas, Doohan, Fiona M., Griffin, Christine T. and Schmidt, Olaf (2012) European Journal of Soil Biology, Vol.49 . pp. 55-62. doi: ISSN 1164-5563.
Rooney, D.C., Prosser, J.I., Bending, G. D., Baggs, E.M., Killham, K. and Hodge, A. (2011) Biomass and Bioenergy, 35 (11). pp. 4605-4612. doi: ISSN 0961-9534.
Espa帽a, Mingrelia, Rasche, Frank, Kandeler, Ellen, Brune, Thomas, Rodriguez, Belkys, Bending, G. D. and Cadisch, G. (Georg) (2011) Fungal Ecology, Vol.4 (No.1). pp. 115-119. doi: ISSN 1754-5048.
van der Gast, Christopher J., Gosling, Paul, Tiwari, Bela and Bending, G. D. (2011) Environmental Microbiology, Vol.13 (No.1). pp. 241-249. doi: ISSN 14622912.
Espa帽a, Mingrelia, Rasche, Frank, Kandeler, Ellen, Brune, Thomas, Rodriguez, Belkis, Bending, G. D. and Cadisch, G. (Georg) (2011) Pedobiologia, Vol.54 (No.3). pp. 187-193. doi: ISSN 0031-4056.
Bennett, Amanda J., Bending, G. D., Chandler, Dave, Hilton, Sally and Mills, P. R. (2011) Biological Reviews, Vol.87 (No.1). pp. 52-71. doi: ISSN 1464-7931.
Hunter, Paul J., Hand, Paul, Pink, David, Whipps, John M. and Bending, G. D. (2010) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol.76 (No.24). pp. 8117-8125. doi: ISSN 0099-2240.
Gosling, Paul, Ozaki, Ayako, Jones, Julie, Turner, Mary, Rayns, Francis and Bending, G. D. (2010) Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Vol.139 (No.1-2). pp. 273-279. doi: ISSN 0167-8809.
Ahmad, Mark, Taylor, C. R. (Charles R.), Pink, David, Burton, Kerry S., Eastwood, Daniel C., Bending, G. D. and Bugg, Tim (2010) Molecular BioSystems, Vol.6 (No.5). pp. 815-821. doi: ISSN 1742-206X.
Rodr铆guez Cruz, M. Sonia , Baelum, Jacob, Shaw, Liz J., S酶rensen, Sebastian R., Shi, Shengjing, Aspray, Thomas J., Jacobsen, Carsten S. and Bending, G. D. (2010) Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Vol.42 (No.1). pp. 32-39. doi: ISSN 0038-0717.
Rooney, Deirdre C., Killham, Ken, Bending, G. D., Baggs, Elizabeth, Weih, Martin and Hodge, Angela (2009) Trends in Plant Science, Vol.14 (No.10). pp. 542-549. doi: ISSN 1360-1385.
Rahn, C. (Clive), Bending, G. D., Lillywhite, Robert and Turner, Mary K. (2009) Soil Use and Management, Vol.25 (No.2). pp. 113-123. doi: ISSN 0266-0032.
Thakuria, Dwipendra, Talukdar, Narayan C. , Goswami, Chandan, Hazarika, Samarendra, Kalita, Mohan C. and Bending, G. D. (2009) Biology and Fertility of Soils , Vol.45 (No.3). doi: ISSN 0178-2762.
Bending, G. D. and Turner, Mary K. (2009) Biology and Fertility of Soils, Vol.45 (No.3). pp. 281-287. doi: ISSN 0178-2762.
Joanisse, G. D., Bradley, R. L., Preston, C. M. and Bending, G. D. (2009) New Phytologist, Vol.181 (No.1). pp. 187-198. doi: ISSN 0028-646X.
Whipps, J. M., Hand, Paul, Pink, David and Bending, G. D. (2008) Journal of Applied Microbiology, Vol.105 (No.6). pp. 1744-1755. doi: ISSN 1364-5072.
Rodr铆guez Cruz, M. Sonia , Jones, Julie E. and Bending, G. D. (2008) Chemosphere, Vol.73 (No.8). pp. 1211-1215. doi: ISSN 0045-6535.
Whipps, John M., Hand, Paul, Pink , David and Bending, G. D. (2008) Advances in Applied Microbiology, Vol.64 . pp. 183-221. ISSN 0065-2164 doi:
Chandler, Dave, Bending, G. D., Clarkson, John P., Davidson, G. (Gill), Hall, S., Mills, P. R., Pink, David, Skirvin, David J., Neve, Paul, Kennedy, Richard, Greaves, Justin, Grant, Wyn and Collier, R. H. (2008) Brussels: European Parliament. (Policy Department B : Structural and Cohesion Policies).
Bending, G. D., Rodriguez-Cruz, M. Sonia and Lincoln, Suzanne D. (2007) Chemosphere, Vol.69 (No.1). pp. 82-88. doi: ISSN 0045-6535.
Bending, G. D. (2007) New Phytologist, Volume 174 (Number 4). pp. 707-710. ISSN 0028-646X doi:
Shi, Shengjing and Bending, G. D. (2007) FEMS Microbiology Letters, Vol.269 (No.1). pp. 110-116. doi: ISSN 0378-1097.
King-Salter, G., Mitchell, D., Bending, G. D., Gosling, Paul and Culleton, N. (2007) In: Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow, Scotland, March 31 - April 4, 2007. Published in: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Vol.146 (No.4 Supplement). S220-S220. doi: ISSN 1095-6433.
Bending, G. D. and Rodriguez-Cruz, M. Sonia (2007) Chemosphere, Volume 66 (Number 4). pp. 664-671. doi: ISSN 0045-6535.
Rodriguez-Cruz, M. Sonia, Jones, Julie E. and Bending, G. D. (2006) Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Volume 38 (Number 9). pp. 2910-2918. doi: ISSN 0038-0717.
Aspray, Thomas J., Jones, Eirian, Whipps, J. M. and Bending, G. D. (2006) FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 56 (Number 1). pp. 25-33. doi: ISSN 0168-6496.
Bending, G. D., Aspray, Thomas J. and Whipps, John M. (2006) Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 60 . pp. 97-132. doi: ISSN 0065-2164.
Gosling, Paul, Hodge, Angela, Goodlass, G and Bending, G. D. (2005) Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 113 (Number 1-4). pp. 17-35. ISSN 0167-8809 doi:
Aspray, Thomas J., Jones, E. E., Whipps, J. M., Frey-Klett, P. and Bending, G. D. (2005) In: UNSPECIFIED. Published in: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 141 (3 Suppl. S). S219-S219. ISSN 1095-6433.
Rahn, C. R., Bending, G. D., Turner, M. K. and Lillywhite, Robert (2003) Soil Use and Management, 19 (3). pp. 193-200. doi: ISSN 0266-0032.
Rahn, C. R., Bending, G. D., Lillywhite, Robert and Turner, M. K (1999) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 79 (12). pp. 1715-1721. doi: ISSN 0022-5142.
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
| Functional flexibility of N-fixing rhizobacteria under changing environments - BBSRC-DFG Lead Agency Full Stage - January 2024 | BBSRC | 01 August 2025 | 31 July 2028 |
| A RADICAL SOURCE REVEALED IN SOIL: Biogenic Nitrous Acid Production and Effects on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling - NERC Pushing the Frontiers - July 2024 | NERC | 01 July 2025 | 30 June 2028 |
| Nutrient Soil Stoichiometry Transformation for Optimized Resource Management | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 April 2024 | 31 March 2027 |
| eDNA observatories for biodiversity monitoring linked to 77564 | Coventry City Council | 01 August 2023 | 30 June 2026 |
| Is the tree phyllosphere microbiome an overlooked and important sink for carbon monoxide? | NERC | 01 May 2023 | 30 April 2026 |
| "This is My Environmental Journey": Curating careers to inspire a diverse and inclusive future in environmental science (NERC Opening up the environment 2025) | NERC | 18 July 2025 | 31 March 2026 |
| Development of a targeted qPCR assay for the detection of Arvicola amphibius (water vole) using environmental DNA (eDNA) | Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund | 01 July 2025 | 30 November 2025 |
| BEIS stage 2 application led by New Energy Farms Ltd | Department for 糖心TV, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 01 September 2022 | 31 August 2024 |
| Unraveling the diversity and function of the fine root endophyte | NERC | 02 September 2019 | 31 December 2023 |
| Out of the water! What is Tetracladium doing on land? - Comparative genomics of the fungal endophyte genus Tetracladium | Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund | 01 August 2022 | 31 July 2023 |
| UK-Brazil International Partnering Award: Development of novel strategies to address plant-microbes interactions in planta | BBSRC | 01 April 2022 | 31 March 2023 |
| TBC for sunflower project | BBSRC | 01 October 2022 | 10 February 2023 |
| iCASE studentship under BBSRC AZ CTP for Katie Endersby | AstraZeneca UK Limited | 01 October 2018 | 30 September 2022 |
| Understanding the impact of test system scale (and flow) on degradation rate of CPPs in aquatic systems. Studentship with Syngenta under NERC CENTA DTP | Syngenta Ltd | 01 October 2018 | 31 March 2022 |
| PATHWAYS & evolution of pollutants: Interactions between physical controlling effects, microbial community composition and pollutant biodegradation rates | NERC | 30 January 2018 | 29 January 2022 |
| Impacts of warming on boreal peatland microbial community structure and function. UK-Canada doctoral exchange scheme. Katy Faulkner | UK Research and Innovation | 01 April 2020 | 21 November 2021 |
| Impacts of elevated CO2 and high rainfall on soil microbial community structure and function in a UK temperate forest | Ecological Continuity Trust | 03 May 2021 | 02 August 2021 |
| Ecology of fine root endophytes in Australian native and agricultural ecosystems | Australian Research Council | 01 January 2018 | 31 December 2020 |
| Roots of decline? Assembly and Function of the Rhizosphere Microbiome in Relation to Yield Decline | BBSRC | 01 October 2018 | 31 October 2019 |
| Extreme rainfall: Unravelling the importance of new climate-rhizosphere feedbacks across contrasting land use systems | NERC | 01 February 2017 | 30 September 2019 |
| WCPRS with Syngenta - Natasha Baudin | Syngenta Ltd | 01 October 2015 | 30 September 2019 |
| Phosphorus cycling in the soil-microbe-plant continuum of agri-ecosystems | BBSRC | 31 December 2014 | 31 July 2019 |
| BBSRC GCRF IAA 2017 - Unravelling the diversity and functional significance of the oil palm microbiome | BBSRC | 01 October 2017 | 31 January 2018 |
| Studentship - Rebecca Southwell - CASE/BBSRC (BBSRC ref: BB/L502418/1): Enhanced Degradation of CPPs in Flowing Water Bodies: Understanding the Contribution of Metabolism by Freshwater Phototrophs and Indirect Photolysis | Syngenta Ltd | 01 October 2013 | 30 September 2017 |
| Evaluating the potential of constructed wetland features for mitigating the impact of pesticide losses from agricultural land: Industrial funding connected with Defra Project | Lonza Group Ltd | 01 October 2013 | 30 September 2017 |
| BBSRC GCRF IAA - Sustainable oil palm cropping | BBSRC | 21 October 2016 | 31 March 2017 |
| Genetic Manipulation of rhizodeposition in oilseed rape to improve yield | BBSRC | 01 October 2012 | 30 September 2015 |
| BBSRC CIRC Transfer from Nottingham: Yield improvement of oilseed rape | BBSRC | 01 October 2012 | 30 September 2015 |
| NERC DTA studentship (Serena Thomson) Diversity and function of phyomyxids | The Natural History Museum Trading Company Ltd | 01 October 2011 | 31 March 2015 |
| Characterisation of microbiotic soil crusts in arable soil and their effect on pesticide fate and persistence | Syngenta Ltd | 01 October 2011 | 31 March 2015 |
| Interactions between river bed morphology, water chemistry and microbial diversity and its impact on pollutant biodegradation | Unilever Research (Colworth Laboratory) | 01 October 2010 | 30 September 2014 |
| Influence of lights on microbial degradation of pesticides: BBSRC CASE Studentship (Lawrence Davies) | Syngenta Ltd | 05 October 2009 | 04 October 2013 |
| Sandpit - Understanding processes determining soil carbon balances under perennial bioenergy crops CARBO-BIOCROP | NERC | 01 October 2010 | 30 September 2013 |
| Role of Microbial adaption in the biodegradation of chemical pollutants: Extrapolation from laboratory to rivers | Unilever UK Central Resources Limited | 01 October 2009 | 31 March 2013 |
| Stable Isotope Probing-metagenomics of river microbial populations degrading the aromatic pollutant para-nitrophenol (PNP) | NERC | 01 August 2012 | 28 February 2013 |
| IF0158 Vegetable Genetic Improvement Network (VeGIN): Per-breeding research to support sustainable farming of carrot and onion | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 April 2009 | 31 March 2012 |
| Amendment IF0128: The impact of shortened rotations on rhizosphere microbial diversity (amendment 3) RHRPM0378 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 May 2011 | 30 September 2011 |
| IF0138 How Does Change in land-use Between Set-aside and Cropping Impact Soil Biodiversity and Function | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 April 2008 | 31 March 2011 |
| The mycorrhizal hydrosphere: a key driver of biochemical cycles. | BBSRC | 01 April 2007 | 31 March 2011 |
| Amendment No1 - The Impact of Shortened Rotation on Rhizosphere Microbial Diversit (Additional budget of 拢83,619.00 and time extension until 30/11/09) Linked to 19099. | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 April 2009 | 30 November 2009 |
| Researcher Exchange Programme Awards: Soil Biodiversity in the Management of Soybean Soil Borne Diseases | British Council | 01 December 2008 | 30 November 2009 |
| How does plant genotype control the phyllosphene bacterial community. | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 January 2007 | 30 June 2009 |
| The Impact of Shortened Rotation on Rhizosphere Microbial Diversity | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 April 2007 | 31 March 2009 |
| DW: Making More Efficient Use of Nitrogen in Crop Rotations of Horticultural Crops | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 April 2004 | 31 March 2008 |
| Review of the Scientific Literature to Determine the Extent of Knowledge on the Impact of Crop Management Strategies on Soil Microbial Populations - DEFRA Core | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 February 2007 | 30 June 2007 |
| Farm Practice and Soil Health | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 01 June 2006 | 28 February 2007 |
Year 3 and Year 4 Undergraduate Projects:
Projects will be aligned to current research programmes running in my research group.
Laboratory based projects focus on 1. The isolation and characterisation of environmentally important microorganisms. This includes bacteria and fungi associated with plants (bioenergy Miscanthus will be a focus, in collaboration with industrial collaborators) including potentially beneficial and harmful taxa. Projects could also centre on microbes which form biological layers at the soil surface, including cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae, which can provide protection against erosion. Projects can involve characterisation of isolates using DNA sequencing, and analysis of phenotypic traits eg impacts on plant growth or protection of the soil surface against environmental stresses. 2. In collaboration with Coventry City Council projects could investigate patterns of soil carbon storage across urban landscapes, and eDNA approaches to investigate urban biodiversity. 3. Projects could investigate biodegradation of pollutants in the environment, including biodiversity of catabolic microbial communities using DNA sequencing approaches and investigating the effect of environmental variables and climate on degradation rates.
Dry based projects can involve analysis of the spatial and temporal diversity of environmental microbiomes across the UK and globally using large datasets of amplicon sequences held by my group. These projects could focus on specific microbial groups (eg pathogens, mutualists, N2 cycle taxa, entomopathogenic fungi, nematode trapping fungi etc) or specific microbial species. Projects could focus unravelling biodiversity, habitat preferences, recruitment into plant microbiomes, and the extent to which populations are controlled by climate and environment.
Teaching
I convene MSc modules HR902 Soil and the Environment and BS945 Environmental Safety and Risk Assessment. I contribute to BSc year 3 module BS371 Environmental Science and Management.
| Current members | ||
| Dr Molly Williams Dr Sinchan Banerjee |
Josh Cole PhD Student (BBSRC): Diversity, distribution and function of mucoromycotina fine root endophyte arbuscular symbioses |
Gopikaa Vijayakumar Senior Research Technician: Biogeochemistry and microbiology |
| Apurva Kute PhD Student (BBSRC): Diurnal rhythmicity in the rhizosphere microbiome |
Megan Purchase PhD Student (NERC, Principal Supervisor Ryan Mushinski, SLS): Volatile reactive nitrous oxides |
Charlotte Dykes PhD Student (NERC, Principal Supervisor Soroush Abolfathi, 糖心TV School of Engineering): Pollution transport in constructed wetlands |
| Jaimee Burgess PhD Student (BBSRC, Principal Supervisor Miriam Gifford, SLS): Microbiome of Medicago truncatula |
Edina Prondvai (NERC, Principal Supervisor Hendrik Schafer, SLS): Carbon monoxide transformation in the phyllosphere |
Shuaizhi Gao PhD student (NERC, Principal Supervisor Ryan Mushinski, SLS): Nitrogen cycle microbiology and biogeochemistry in peatlands |
| Alannah Vaughan PhD student (NERC, Principal Supervisor Ryan Mushinski, SLS): Microbe-mineral interactions in soil |
Aayush Patel PhD student (BBSRC-Syngenta CASE): Environmental fate of pesticides in a changing environment |
Vanessa Asante PhD student (Principal Supervisor Lijiang Song, 糖心TV Department of Chemistry): Micropollutant fate in rivers |