Kutuzova, Svetlana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0908-5747
Piera LĂndez, Pau https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-5666
Danielsen, Lasse Schnell https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2084-6363
Nielsen, Knud Nor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5777-1485
Olsen, Nikoline S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8400-2617
Riber, Leise https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-6095
Gobbi, Alex
Forero-Junco, Laura Milena
Erdmann Dougherty, Peter
Westergaard, Jesper Cairo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-2384
Browne, Patrick Denis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8300-7758
Christensen, Svend
Hestbjerg Hansen, Lars
Nielsen, Mads https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1535-068X
Nybo Andersen, Jakob https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2860-7982
Rasmussen, Simon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6323-9041
Funding for this research was provided by:
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NF23SA0084103)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF20OC0062223)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF21SA0072102)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF14CC0001)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF23SA0084103)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NF23SA0084103)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF20OC0062223)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF14CC0001)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NF23SA0084103)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF20OC0062223)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF14CC0001)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF23SA0084103)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF19SA0059348)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF20OC0062223)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF23SA0084103)
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF14CC0001)
Innovationsfonden (7076-00129B)
Article History
Received: 25 October 2024
Accepted: 20 March 2026
First Online: 27 April 2026
Competing interests
: J.N.A. is the author of the VAMB binning tool, which has been developed using a prototype of BinBencher and was used to calculate some of the benchmarking metrics in this paper. S.R. is the founder and owner of the Danish company BioAI. S.R. has received a research grant and performed consulting for Sidera Bio. The other authors declare no competing interests.