Publications

  1. Manisha Doluia, Teneille Nela, Laura M. Phillips, Abbygail R. McMurtry, Kimber Moreland, Malak Tfaily, Karis McFarlane, Joseph A. Mason, Erika Marin-Spiotta, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Teamrat Ghezzehei, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, “Composition and persistence of soil organic matter along eroding and depositional transects in buried vs. modern soil layers: A case of the Brady paleosol at Wauneta, Nebraska”, Accepted in Geoderma December 2025
  2. Patrick O. Sorensen, Ulas Karaoz,  Harry R. Beller, Markus Bill, Nicholas J. Bouskill,  Jillian F. Banfied, Rosalie K. Chu, David W. Hoyt, Elizabeth Eder, Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Allison Sharrar, Malak M. Tfaily, Jason Toyoda, Nikola Tolic, Shi Wang, Allison Wong, Kenneth H. Williams, Yangquanwei Zhong, and Eoin L. Brodie, “Multi-omics reveals nitrogen dynamics associated with soil microbial blooms during snowmelt”, Accepted in Nature Microbiology October 2025
  3. Marion Urvoy, Cristina Howard-Varona, Carlos Owusu-Ansah, Andrew Stai, John Bouranis, Marie Burris, Natalie Solonenko, Robert L. Hettich, Karin Holmfeldt, Malak M. Tfaily, Karna Gowda & Matthew B. Sullivan, “Cellular trade-offs of phage-resistance mutations in marine Cellulophaga baltica hint at potential ecosystem-scale impacts”, Accepted in Nature Microbiology October 2025
  4. Malak M. Tfaily, “DNA Stable Isotope Probing Reveals Hidden Microbial Carbon Processing Pathways in Agricultural Soils”, Accepted in American Society for Microbiology 2025, DOI: 10.1128/aem.01504-25
  5. Ayala-Ortiz, C.; Hough, M.; Eder, E. K.; Hoyt, D. W.; Chu, R. K.; Toyoda, J.; Blazewicz, S. J.; Crill, P. M.; Varner, R.; Saleska, S. R.; Rich, V. I.; Tfaily, M. M. Tracing priming effects in palsa peat carbon dynamics using a stable isotope-assisted metabolomics approach. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 2025, Volume 12 – 2025.
  6. Ayala-Ortiz, C., Freire-Zapata, V. & Tfaily, M.M. Stochastic assembly and metabolic network reorganization drive microbial resilience in arid soils. Commun Earth Environ 6, 647 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02637-y
  7.  Bouranis, J. A.; McGivern, B. B.; Makke, G.; Jurgensen, S. K.; Bosman, S. H.; Stemple, B.; Chanton, J. P.; Wrighton, K. C.; Tfaily, M. M. Metabolic Redox Coupling Controls Methane Production in Permafrost-Affected Peatlands Through Organic Matter Quality-Dependent Energy Allocation. Global change biology 2025, 31, e70390. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70390.
  8. E. Brugere, J. Preston, F. Durazo, S. Rajakaruna, M. M Tfaily, B. Joseph, E. Benjamin, T. Anand , “The Potential of Precision: A Scoping Review of Patient Metabolic Patterns After Traumatic Brain Injury”, Accepted in Journal of Surgical Research, June 2025
  9. Katherine Duchesneau, Borja Aldeguer-Riquelme, Caitlin Petro, Ghiwa Makke, Madison Green, Malak M. Tfaily, Rachel Wilson, Spencer Roth, Eric Johnston, Laurel Kluber, Christopher W. Schadt, Jeffrey Chanton, Paul Hanson, Susannah Tringe, Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Tijana Glavina del Rio, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Jesse Trejo, Stephen Callister, Samuel Purvine, Joel Kostka. “Northern peatland microbial communities exhibit resistance to warming and acquire electron acceptors from soil organic matter”, Accepted in Nature Communications, June 2025
  10. McGivern BB, Ellenbogen JB, Hoyt DW, Bouranis JA, Stemple BP, Daly RA, Bosman SH, Sullivan MB, Hagerman AE, Chanton JP, Tfaily MM, Wrighton KC. “Polyphenol rewiring of the microbiome reduces methane emissions” Accepted in ISMEJ, May 2025. 
  11. Morgan M Lindback & Cristina Howard-Varona , Jane Fudyma, Malak M. Tfaily, Matthew B Sullivan & Melissa B Duhaime,” Virocell resource manipulation under nutrient limitation” Accepted in mSystems, May 2025
  12. Velasco, Carmen Adela; Jarvis, Jacqueline; Tfaily, Malak M.; Brearley, Adrian; Holguin, F.; Lee, Carson; Benavidez, Angelica; Ali, Abdul-Mehdi; Lezama Pacheco, Juan; Cabaniss, Stephen; Artyushkova, Kateryna; Cerrato, Jose, “Changes in dissolved natural organic matter composition induced by reaction with U(VI) at acidic and neutral pH” Accepted in ACS ES&T Water, March 2025
  13. Li, Z., W. J. Riley, G. L. Marschmann, U. Karaoz, I. A. Shirley, Q. Wu, N. J. Bouskill, K.-Y. Chang, P. M. Crill, R. F. Grant, E. King, S. R. Saleska, M. B. Sullivan, J. Tang, R. K. Varner, B. J. Woodcroft, K. C. Wrighton,  the EMERGE Biology Integration Institute Coordinator (Tfaily, M. M), and E. L. Brodie. the (2025). “A framework for integrating genomics, microbial traits, and ecosystem biogeochemistry.” Nature Communications 16(1): 2186. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57386-5#citeas
  14. Ben Yang, Mekayla Crawford, Taylor A. Portman, Jeffrey S. Fehmi, Craig Rasmussen, David W. Hoyt, Jason Toyoda, Rosalie K. Chu, Chaevien S. Clendinen, Dušan Veličković, A. Elizabeth Arnold, Malak M. Tfaily, “Metabolite-Driven Mechanisms Reveal Chemical Ecology of Lehmann Lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) Invasion in North American Semi-Arid Ecosystems” Accepted in Communications Biology, Feb 2025
  15. Cory, A. B., Wilson, R. M., Holmes, M. E., Riley, W. J., Li, Y. F., Tfaily, M. M., … & Chanton, J. P. (2025). A climatically significant abiotic mechanism driving carbon loss and nitrogen limitation in peat bogs.  Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85928-w
  16. Rajakaruna, S., G. Makke, N. G. Grachet, C. Ayala-Ortiz, J. Bouranis, D. W. Hoyt, J. Toyoda, E. H. Denis, J. J. Moran, T. Song, X. Sun, E. K. Eder, A. R. Wong, R. Chu, H. Heyman, M. Kolton, J. P. Chanton, R. M. Wilson, J. Kostka and M. M. Tfaily (2024). “Adding labile carbon to peatland soils triggers deep carbon breakdown.” Communications earth and Environment, 5(1): 792. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01954-y#citeas
  17. Lin, H.-A., H. R. Coker, S. Park, S. A. Finlayson, M. M. Tfaily, E. M. Nagy, S. Hague, S. Antony-Babu, J. A. Howe and A. P. Smith (2024). “Aeroponic approach for nondestructive root exudate collection and simulation of variable water stress trialed on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).” Scientific Reports 14(1): 28615.
  18. Kew, W., Myers-Pigg, A., Chang, C. H., Colby, S. M., Eder, J., Tfaily, M. M., Hawkes, J., Chu, R. K., and Stegen, J. C.: Reviews and syntheses: Opportunities for robust use of peak intensities from high-resolution mass spectrometry in organic matter studies, Biogeosciences, 21, 4665–4679, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4665-2024, 2024.
  19. Coker, H. R., H.-A. Lin, C. E. B. Shackelford, M. M. Tfaily, A. P. Smith and J. A. Howe (2024). “Drought stimulates root exudation of organic nitrogen in cotton (Gossypium hirsutem).” Frontiers in Plant Science 15.
  20. Tuo Liu, Melissa A. Furlong, Justin M. Snider, Malak M. Tfaily, Christian Itson, Shawn C. Beitel, John J. Gulotta, Krishna Parsawar, Kristen Keck, James Galligan, Douglas I. Walker, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Jefferey L. Burgess, “Differential Metabolic Profiles by Hispanic Ethnicity Among Male Tucson Firefighters” Accepted by Metabolomics, November 2024.
  21. Anderson, C. G., M. M. Tfaily, R. K. Chu, N. Tolić, P. M. Fox, P. S. Nico, S. Fendorf and M. Keiluweit (2024). “Seasonal Controls on Microbial Depolymerization and Oxidation of Organic Matter in Floodplain Soils.” Environmental Science & Technology 58(38): 16815-16823.
  22. Freire-Zapata, V., H. Holland-Moritz, D. R. Cronin, S. Aroney, D. A. Smith, R. M. Wilson, J. G. Ernakovich, B. J. Woodcroft, S. C. Bagby, V. I. Rich, M. B. Sullivan, J. C. Stegen and M. M. Tfaily (2024). “Microbiome-metabolite linkages drive greenhouse gas dynamics over a permafrost thaw gradient.” Nat Microbiol 9(11): 2892-2908
  23. Madhur Wyatt, Ankan Choudhury, Gabriella Von Dohlen, Jeffery Heileson, Jeffrey Forsse, Sumudu Rajakaruna, Manja Zec, Malak Tfaily, and Leigh Greathouse., “Randomized control trial of moderate dose vitamin D alters microbiota stability and metabolite networks in healthy adults” Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Aug 27:e0008324. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00083-24
  24. Bouranis, J. A. and M. M. Tfaily (2024). “Inside the microbial black box: a redox-centric framework for deciphering microbial metabolism.” Trends Microbiol 32(12): 1170-1178.
  25. Smith, A. P.; Rod, K. A.; Campell, T.; Patel, K. F.; Dohnalkova, A.; Tfaily, M.; Renteria, L.; Bailey, V.; Renslow, R. Moisture-mineral interactions drive bacterial and organic matter turnover in glacier-sourced riparian sediments undergoing pedogenesis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2024, 109617.
  26. McGivern, B. B., D. R. Cronin, J. B. Ellenbogen, M. A. Borton, E. L. Knutson, V. Freire-Zapata, J. A. Bouranis, L. Bernhardt, A. I. Hernandez, R. M. Flynn, R. Woyda, A. B. Cory, R. M. Wilson, J. P. Chanton, B. J. Woodcroft, J. G. Ernakovich, M. M. Tfaily, M. B. Sullivan, G. W. Tyson, V. I. Rich, A. E. Hagerman and K. C. Wrighton (2024). “Microbial polyphenol metabolism is part of the thawing permafrost carbon cycle.” Nature Microbiology 9(6): 1454-1466.
  27. Howard-Varona, C., M. M. Lindback, J. D. Fudyma, A. Krongauz, N. E. Solonenko, A. A. Zayed, W. B. Andreopoulos, H. M. Olson, Y.-M. Kim, J. E. Kyle, T. G. del Rio, J. N. Adkins, M. M. Tfaily, S. Paul, M. B. Sullivan and M. B. Duhaime (2024). “Environment-specific virocell metabolic reprogramming.” The ISME Journal: wrae055.
  28. Portman, T. A.; Arnold, A. E.; Bradley, R. G.; Fehmi, J. S.; Rasmussen, C.; Tfaily, M. M. Fungal endophytes of the invasive grass Eragrostis lehmanniana shift metabolic expression in response to native and invasive grasses. Fungal Ecology 2024, 68, 101327.
  29. VanZomeren, C. M.; Bhomia, R. K.; Tfaily, M. M.; Inglett, K. S.; Cooper, W. T.; White, J. R.; Reddy, K. R. Influence of vegetation on soil organic nitrogen composition and mineralization in a subtropical wetland. Ecological Engineering 2024, 200, 107186.
  30. Furlong, M. A.; Liu, T.; Snider, J. M.; Tfaily, M. M.; Itson, C.; Beitel, S.; Parsawar, K.; Keck, K.; Galligan, J.; Walker, D. I.; Gulotta, J. J.; Burgess, J. L. Evaluating changes in firefighter urinary metabolomes after structural fires: an untargeted, high-resolution approach. Scientific Reports 2023, 13, 20872.
  31. Joshi, S. R.; Tfaily, M. M.; Young, R. P.; McNear, D. H. Root exudates induced coupled carbon and phosphorus cycling in a soil with low phosphorus availability. Plant and Soil 2023.
  32. Meredith, L. K.; Ledford, S. M.; Riemer, K.; Geffre, P.; Graves, K.; Honeker, L. K.; LeBauer, D.; Tfaily, M. M.; Krechmer, J. Automating methods for estimating metabolite volatility. Frontiers in microbiology 2023, 14, 1267234.
  33. Ellenbogen, J. B.; Borton, M. A.; McGivern, B. B.; Cronin, D. R.; Hoyt, D. W.; Freire-Zapata, V.; McCalley, C. K.; Varner, R. K.; Crill, P. M.; Wehr, R. A.; Chanton, J. P.; Woodcroft, B. J.; Tfaily, M. M.; Tyson, G. W.; Rich, V. I.; Wrighton, K. C. Methylotrophy in the Mire: direct and indirect routes for methane production in thawing permafrost. mSystems 2024, 9, e0069823.
  34. Anderson, C. G.; Goebel, G. M.; Tfaily, M. M.; Fox, P. M.; Nico, P. S.; Fendorf, S.; Keiluweit, M. Molecular Nature of Mineral-Organic Associations within Redox-Active Mountainous Floodplain Sediments. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2023, 7, 1623-1634.
  35. Lin, H.-A.; Coker, H. R.; Howe, J. A.; Tfaily, M. M.; Nagy, E. M.; Antony-Babu, S.; Hague, S.; Smith, A. P. Progressive drought alters the root exudate metabolome and differentially activates metabolic pathways in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Frontiers in Plant Science 2023, 14.
  36. Hildebrand, G. A., L. K. Honeker, V. Freire-Zapata, C. Ayala-Ortiz, S. Rajakaruna, J. Fudyma, E. Daber, R. AminiTabrizi, R. L. Chu, J. Toyoda, S. E. Flowers, D. W. Hoyt, R. Hamdan, J. Gil-Loaiza, L. Shi, M. A. Dippold, S. N. Ladd, C. Werner, L. K. Meredith and M. M. Tfaily. 2023. “Uncovering the dominant role of root metabolism in shaping rhizosphere metabolome under drought in tropical rainforest plants.” Sci Total Environ, 165689.
  37. Honeker, L. K.; Pugliese, G.; Ingrisch, J.; Fudyma, J.; Gil-Loaiza, J.; Carpenter, E.; Singer, E.; Hildebrand, G.; Shi, L.; Hoyt, D. W.; Chu, R. K.; Toyoda, J. M. M. Tfaily, Laura Meredith 2023. “Drought re-routes soil microbial carbon metabolism towards emission of volatile metabolites in an artificial tropical rainforest.” Nature Microbiology, 8, 1480-1494.
  38. Ayala-Ortiz, C., N. Graf-Grachet, V. Freire-Zapata, J. Fudyma, G. Hildebrand, R. AminiTabrizi, C. Howard-Varona, Y. E. Corilo, N. Hess, M. Duhaime, M. Sullivan and M.M. Tfaily (2023). “MetaboDirect: An Analytical Pipeline for the processing of FTICR-MS-based Metabolomics Data.” Microbiome 11, 28 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01476-3
  39. Roya AminiTabrizi, Nathalia Graf-Grachet, Rosalie K. Chu, Jason G. Toyoda, David W. Hoyt, Rasha Hamdan, Rachel M. Wilson, and Malak M. Tfaily (2023), “Microbial Short-term Adaptations Modulate Peatland Ecosystem Output to Elevated Temperatures and Sulfate Deposition”, Global Change Biology, 00, 1– 20. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16614
  40. Kelly-Slatten, Megan; Stewart, Catherine; Tfaily, Malak; Jastrow, Julie D; Sasso, Abigail; de Graaff, Marie-Anne , “Root traits of perennial C4 grasses contribute to cultivar variations in soil. Colleary C, O’Reilly S, Dolocan A, Toyoda JG, Chu RK, Tfaily MM, Hochella MF Jr, Nesbitt SJ. Using Macro- and Microscale Preservation in Vertebrate Fossils as Predictors for Molecular Preservation in Fluvial Environments. Biology (Basel). 2022 Sep 2;11(9):1304. doi: 10.3390/biology11091304. PMID: 36138783; PMCID: PMC9495945.
  41. Fofana, A., D. Anderson, C. K. McCalley, S. Hodgkins, R. M. Wilson, D. Cronin, N. Raab, M. Torabi, R. K. Varner, P. Crill, S. R. Saleska, J. P. Chanton, M. M. Tfaily and V. I. Rich (2022). “Mapping substrate use across a permafrost thaw gradient.” Soil Biology and Biochemistry 175: 108809.
  42. Stegen, J., S. Fansler, M. M. Tfaily, V. Garayburu-Caruso, A. Goldman, R. Danczak, R. Chu, L. Renteria, J. Tagestad and J. Toyoda (2022). “Organic Matter Transformations are Disconnected Between Surface Water and the Hyporheic Zone.” Biogeosciences. 2022: 1-17.
  43. Dohnalkova, A. C., M. M. Tfaily, R. K. Chu, A. P. Smith, C. J. Brislawn, T. Varga, A. R. Crump, L. Kovarik, L. S. Thomashow, J. B. Harsh, C. K. Keller and Z. Balogh-Brunstad (2022). “Effects of Microbial-Mineral Interactions on Organic Carbon Stabilization in a Ponderosa Pine Root Zone: A Micro-Scale Approach.” Frontiers in Earth Science 10.
  44. Yang, Y.-Y., M. M. Tfaily, J. L. Wilmoth and G. S. Toor (2022). “Molecular Characterization of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Agricultural Runoff and Surface Waters.” Water Research: 118533.
  45. Wilhelm, R. C., L. Lynch, T. M. Webster, S. Schweizer, T. M. Inagaki, M. M. Tfaily, R. Kukkadapu, C. Hoeschen, D. H. Buckley and J. Lehmann (2022). “Susceptibility of new soil organic carbon to mineralization during dry-wet cycling in soils from contrasting ends of a precipitation gradient.” Soil Biology and Biochemistry 169: 108681.
  46. Honeker, L. K.; Hildebrand, G. A.; Fudyma, J. D.; Daber, L. E.; Hoyt, D.; Flowers, S. E.; Gil-Loaiza, J.; Kübert, A.; Bamberger, I.; Anderton, C. R.; Cliff, J.; Leichty, S.; AminiTabrizi, R.; Kreuzwieser, J.; Shi, L.; Bai, X.; Velickovic, D.; Dippold, M. A.; Ladd, S. N.; Werner, C.; Meredith, L. K.; Tfaily, M. M. Elucidating Drought-Tolerance Mechanisms in Plant Roots through 1H NMR Metabolomics in Parallel with MALDI-MS, and NanoSIMS Imaging Techniques. Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56, 2021-2032.
  47. Meredith, L. K.; Tfaily, M. M. Capturing the microbial volatilome: an oft overlooked ‘ome’. Trends in microbiology 2022, 30, 622-631.
  48. Campbell, T. P.; Ulrich, D. E. M.; Toyoda, J.; Thompson, J.; Munsky, B.; Albright, M. B. N.; Bailey, V. L.; Tfaily, M. M.; Dunbar, J. Microbial Communities Influence Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration by Altering Metabolite Composition. Frontiers in microbiology 2021, 12, 799014.
  49. Wilson, R. M.; Hough, M. A.; Verbeke, B. A.; Hodgkins, S. B.; Tyson, G.; Sullivan, M. B.; Brodie, E.; Riley, W. J.; Woodcroft, B.; McCalley, C.; Dominguez, S. C.; Crill, P. M.; Varner, R. K.; Frolking, S.; Cooper, W. T.; Chanton, J. P.; Saleska, S. D.; Rich, V. I.; Tfaily, M. M. Plant organic matter inputs exert a strong control on soil organic matter decomposition in a thawing permafrost peatland. Science of The Total Environment 2022, 820, 152757.
  50. Anna M. Cates, Andrea Jilling, Malak M. Tfaily, Randall D. Jackson, “Temperature and moisture alter organic matter composition across soil fractions”, March 2022, Geoderma 409(3):115628 DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115628
  51. Hough M, McCabe S, Vining SR, Pickering Pedersen E, Wilson RM, Lawrence R, Chang KY, Bohrer G; IsoGenie Coordinators, Riley WJ, Crill PM, Varner RK, Blazewicz SJ, Dorrepaal E, Tfaily MM, Saleska SR, Rich VI. Coupling plant litter quantity to a novel metric for litter quality explains C storage changes in a thawing permafrost peatland. Glob Chang Biol. 2022 Feb;28(3):950-968. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15970. Epub 2021 Nov 17. PMID: 34727401.
  52. Zhao, Q., A. M. Thompson, S. J. Callister, M. M. Tfaily, S. L. Bell, S. E. Hobbie and K. S. Hofmockel (2022). “Dynamics of organic matter molecular composition under aerobic decomposition and their response to the nitrogen addition in grassland soils.” Science of The Total Environment 806: 150514.
  53. Baalousha M, Sikder M, Poulin BA, Tfaily MM, Hess NJ. Natural organic matter composition and nanomaterial surface coating determine the nature of platinum nanomaterial-natural organic matter corona. Sci Total Environ.2022 Feb 1;806(Pt 1):150477. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150477. Epub 2021 Sep 20. PMID: 34563904.
  54. AminiTabrizi, R., K. Dontsova, N. Graf Grachet and M. M. Tfaily (2022). “Elevated temperatures drive abiotic and biotic degradation of organic matter in a peat bog under oxic conditions.” Science of The Total Environment 804: 150045.
  55. Leewis, M.-C., C. R. Lawrence, M. S. Schulz, M. M. Tfaily, C. O. Ayala-Ortiz, G. E. Flores, R. Mackelprang and J. W. McFarland (2022). “The influence of soil development on the depth distribution and structure of soil microbial communities.” Soil Biology and Biochemistry 174: 108808.
  56. Wilson, R. M.; Griffiths, N. A.; Visser, A.; McFarlane, K. J.; Sebestyen, S. D.; Oleheiser, K. C.; Bosman, S.; Hopple, A. M.; Tfaily, M. M.; Kolka, R. K.; Hanson, P. J.; Kostka, J. E.; Bridgham, S. D.; Keller, J. K.; Chanton, J. P. Radiocarbon Analyses Quantify Peat Carbon Losses With Increasing Temperature in a Whole Ecosystem Warming Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences2021, 126, e2021JG006511.
  57. Werner, C., K. Meredith Laura, S. N. Ladd, J. Ingrisch, A. Kübert, J. van Haren, M. Bahn, K. Bailey, I. Bamberger, M. Beyer, D. Blomdahl, J. Byron, E. Daber, J. Deleeuw, A. Dippold Michaela, J. Fudyma, J. Gil-Loaiza, K. Honeker Linnea, J. Hu, J. Huang, T. Klüpfel, J. Krechmer, J. Kreuzwieser, K. Kühnhammer, M. Lehmann Marco, K. Meeran, K. Misztal Pawel, W.-R. Ng, E. Pfannerstill, G. Pugliese, G. Purser, J. Roscioli, L. Shi, M. Tfaily and J. Williams (2021). “Ecosystem fluxes during drought and recovery in an experimental forest.” Science374(6574): 1514-1518
  58. Raczka, N. C., J. Piñeiro, M. M. Tfaily, R. K. Chu, M. S. Lipton, L. Pasa-Tolic, E. Morrissey and E. Brzostek (2021). “Interactions between microbial diversity and substrate chemistry determine the fate of carbon in soil.” Scientific Reports 11(1): 19320.
  59. Neurath, R. A., J. Pett-Ridge, I. Chu-Jacoby, D. Herman, T. Whitman, P. S. Nico, A. S. Lipton, J. Kyle, M. M. Tfaily, A. Thompson and M. K. Firestone (2021). “Root Carbon Interaction with Soil Minerals Is Dynamic, Leaving a Legacy of Microbially Derived Residues.” Environmental Science & Technology 55(19): 13345-13355.
  60. Patel, K. F., A. P. Smith, B. Bond-Lamberty, S. J. Fansler, M. M. Tfaily, L. Bramer, T. Varga and V. L. Bailey (2021). “Spatial access and resource limitations control carbon mineralization in soils.” Soil Biology and Biochemistry 162: 108427.
  61. Buzzard, V., J. Gil-Loaiza, N. Graf Grachet, H. Talkington, C. Youngerman, M. M. Tfaily and L. K. Meredith (2021). “Green infrastructure influences soil health: Biological divergence one year after installation.” Science of The Total Environment 801: 149644.
  62. Bahureksa, W.; Tfaily, M. M.; Boiteau, R. M.; Young, R. B.; Logan, M. N.; McKenna, A. M.; Borch, T. Soil Organic Matter Characterization by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FTICR MS): A Critical Review of Sample Preparation, Analysis, and Data Interpretation. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55, 9637-9656.81.
  63. Tfaily, M. M.#, Rachel M. Wilson, , Max Kolton, Eric Johnston, Caitlin Petro , Cassandra A. Zalman, Paul J. Hanson, Heino M. Heyman, Jennifer E. Kyle, David W. Hoyt , Elizabeth K. Eder, Samuel O. Purvine, Randy K. Kolka, Stephen D. Sebestyen, Natalie A. Griffiths , Christopher W. Schadt, Jason K. Keller, Scott D. Bridgham, and Jeffrey P. Chantonand Joel E. Kostka “Soil metabolome response to whole ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments experiment” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 118 (25) e200419211https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004192118
  64. Lin, Y.; Campbell, A. N.; Bhattacharyya, A.; DiDonato, N.; Thompson, A. M.; Tfaily, M. M.; Nico, P. S.; Silver, W. L.; Pett-Ridge, J. Differential effects of redox conditions on the decomposition of litter and soil organic matter. Biogeochemistry 2021, 154, 1-15.
  65. McGivern, B. B., M. M. Tfaily, M. A. Borton, S. M. Kosina, R. A. Daly, C. D. Nicora, S. O. Purvine, A. R. Wong, M. S. Lipton, D. W. Hoyt, T. R. Northen, A. E. Hagerman and K. C. Wrighton (2021). “Decrypting bacterial polyphenol metabolism in an anoxic wetland soil.” Nature Communications 12(1): 2466.
  66. Honeker, L. K.; Graves, K. R.; Tfaily, M. M.; Krechmer, J. E.; Meredith, L. K. “The Volatilome: A Vital Piece of the Complete Soil Metabolome” (2021). Frontiers in Environmental Science 2021, 9, 113.
  67. Naughton, H. R., M. Keiluweit, M. M. Tfaily, J. J. Dynes, T. Regier and S. Fendorf (2021). “Development of energetic and enzymatic limitations on microbial carbon cycling in soils.” Biogeochemistry 153(2): 191-213.
  68. Li, H., T. Bölscher, M. Winnick, M. M. Tfaily, Z. G. Cardon and M. Keiluweit (2021). “Simple Plant and Microbial Exudates Destabilize Mineral-Associated Organic Matter via Multiple Pathways.” Environmental Science and Technology 55(5): 3389-3398.
  69. Waldo, N. B., M. M. Tfaily, C. Anderton and R. B. Neumann (2021). “The importance of nutrients for microbial priming in a bog rhizosphere.” Biogeochemistry 152(2): 271-290.
  70. Wilson, R. M., A. A. Zayed, K. B. Crossen, B. Woodcroft, M. M. Tfaily, J. Emerson, N. Raab, S. B. Hodgkins, B. Verbeke, G. Tyson, P. Crill, S. Saleska, J. P. Chanton and V. I. Rich (2021). “Functional capacities of microbial communities to carry out large scale geochemical processes are maintained during ex situ anaerobic incubation.” PLoS One16(2): e0245857.
  71. Fudyma, J. D., Toyoda, J. G., Chu, R. K., Weitz, K. K., Heyman, H. M., Eder, E., et al. M. M. Tfaily (2021). Sequential abiotic‐biotic processes drive organic carbon transformation in peat bogs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006079
  72. Fudyma, J. D., R. K. Chu, N. Graf Grachet, J. C. Stegen and M. M. Tfaily (2021). “Coupled Biotic- Abiotic Processes Control Biogeochemical Cycling of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Columbia River Hyporheic Zone.” Frontiers in Water2: 78.
  73. LaCroix, R. E., N. Walpen, M. Sander, M. M. Tfaily, J. L. Blanchard and M. Keiluweit (2021). “Long-Term Warming Decreases Redox Capacity of Soil Organic Matter.” Environmental Science & Technology Letters 8(1): 92-97.
  74. Joshi, S.R., Morris, J.W., Tfaily, M.M. et al. Low soil phosphorus availability triggers maize growth stage specific rhizosphere processes leading to mineralization of organic P. Plant Soil (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04774-z.
  75. Danczak, R. E., R. K. Chu, S. J. Fansler, A. E. Goldman, E. B. Graham, M. M. Tfaily, J. Toyoda and J. C. Stegen (2020). “Using metacommunity ecology to understand environmental metabolomes.” Nature Communications 11(1): 6369.
  76. Bolduc, B., Hodgkins, S.B., Varner, R.K., Crill, P.M., McCalley, C.K., Chanton, J.P., Tyson, G.W., Riley, W.J., Palace, M., Duhaime, M.B, Hough, M.A., IsoGenie Project Coordinators, IsoGenie Project Team (including Tfaily, M.M)), A2A Project Team, Saleska, S.R, Sullivan, M.B., Rich, V.I. (2020). The IsoGenie database: an interdisciplinary data management solution for ecosystems biology and environmental research. PeerJ. 8:e9467.
  77. Mithun Sikder,Jingjing Wang,A. Poulin, M. M. Tfaily, Mohammed Baalousha, “Nanoparticle size and natural organic matter composition determine aggregation behavior of polyvinylpyrrolidone coated platinum nanoparticles”, Environmental Science: Nano(2020), https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EN00659A.
  78. Cooper, W. T., J. C. Chanton, J. D’Andrilli, S. B. Hodgkins, D. C. Podgorski, A. C. Stenson, M. M. Tfaily and R. M. Wilson (2020). “A History of Molecular Level Analysis of Natural OrganicMatter by Fticr Mass Spectrometry and The Paradigm Shift in Organic Geochemistry.” Mass Spec Rev. 2020; 1– 25. https://doi.org/10.1002/mas.21663.
  79. AminiTabrizi, R., R. M. Wilson, J. D. Fudyma, S. B. Hodgkins, H. M. Heyman, V. I. Rich, S. R. Saleska, J. P. Chanton and M. M. Tfaily (2020). “Controls on Soil Organic Matter Degradation and Subsequent Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across a Permafrost Thaw Gradient in Northern Sweden.” Frontiers in Earth Science8: 381.
  80. Xu, J., S. S. Roley, M. M. Tfaily, R. K. Chu and J. M. Tiedje (2020). “Organic amendments change soil organic C structure and microbial community but not total organic matter on sub-decadal scales.” Soil Biology and Biochemistry150: 107986.
  81. Lybrand, R. A., J. Fedenko, M. M. Tfaily and S. Rao (2020). “Soil properties and biochemical composition of ground-dwelling bee nests in agricultural settings.” Soil Science Society of Americadoi:10.1002/saj2.20085.
  82. Zhao, Q., S. J. Callister, A. M. Thompson, R. K. Kukkadapu, M. M. Tfaily, L. M. Bramer, N. P. Qafoku, S. L. Bell, S. E. Hobbie, E. W. Seabloom, E. T. Borer and K. S. Hofmockel (2020). “Strong mineralogic control of soil organic matter composition in response to nutrient addition across diverse grassland sites.” Science of The Total Environment: 137839, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137839.
  83. Rue, G. P., J. P. Darling, E. Graham, M. M. Tfaily and D. M. McKnight (2020). “Dynamic changes in dissolved organic matter composition in a Mountain Lake under ice cover and relationships to changes in nutrient cycling and phytoplankton community composition.” Aquatic Sciences 82(1).
  84. Nuñez, J. R., S. M. Colby, D. G. Thomas, M. M. Tfaily, N. Tolic, E. M. Ulrich, J. R. Sobus, T. O. Metz, J. G. Teeguarden and R. S. Renslow (2019). “Evaluation of In Silico Multifeature Libraries for Providing Evidence for the Presence of Small Molecules in Synthetic Blinded Samples.” Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 59(9): 4052-4060.
  85. LaCroix, R. E., M. M. Tfaily, M. McCreight, M. E. Jones, L. Spokas and M. Keiluweit (2019). “Shifting mineral and redox controls on carbon cycling in seasonally flooded mineral soils.” Biogeosciences 16(13): 2573-2589.
  86. Kane, E. S., T. J. Veverica, M. M. Tfaily, E. A. Lilleskov, K. M. Meingast, R. K. Kolka, A. L. Daniels and R. A. Chimner (2019). “Reduction-Oxidation Potential and Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in Northern Peat Soil: Interactive Controls of Water Table Position and Plant Functional Groups.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124(11): 3600-3617.
  87. Hopple, A. M., L. Pfeifer-Meister, C. A. Zalman, J. K. Keller, M. M. Tfaily, R. M. Wilson, J. P. Chanton and S. D. Bridgham (2019). “Does dissolved organic matter or solid peat fuel anaerobic respiration in peatlands?” Geoderma 349: 79-87.
  88. Fudyma, J. D., J. Lyon, R. AminiTabrizi, H. Gieschen, R. K. Chu, D. W. Hoyt, J. E. Kyle, J. Toyoda, N. Tolic, H. M. Heyman, N. J. Hess, T. O. Metz and M. M. Tfaily (2019). “Untargeted metabolomic profiling of Sphagnum fallax reveals novel antimicrobial metabolites.” Plant Direct 3(11).
  89. Garcia Arredondo, M., C. R. Lawrence, M. S. Schulz, M. M. Tfaily, R. Kukkadapu, M. E. Jones, K. Boye and M. Keiluweit (2019). “Root-driven weathering impacts on mineral-organic associations in deep soils over pedogenic time scales.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 263: 68-84.
  90. Clair, G., S. Reehl, K. G. Stratton, M. E. Monroe, M. M. Tfaily, C. Ansong and J. E. Kyle (2019). “Lipid Mini-On: mining and ontology tool for enrichment analysis of lipidomic data.” Bioinformatics 35(21): 4507-4508.
  91. Rivas-Ubach, A., Y. Liu, A. L. Steiner, J. Sardans, M. M. Tfaily, G. Kulkarni, Y.-M. Kim, E. Bourrianne, L. Paša-Tolić, J. Peñuelas and A. Guenther (2019). “Atmo-ecometabolomics: a novel atmospheric particle chemical characterization methodology for ecological research.” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191(2): 78.
  92. Sengupta, A., J. Indivero, C. Gunn, M. M. Tfaily, R. K. Chu, J. Toyoda, V. L. Bailey, N. D. Ward and J. C. Stegen (2019). “Spatial gradients in the characteristics of soil-carbon fractions are associated with abiotic features but not microbial communities.” Biogeosciences 16(19): 3911- 3928.
  93. Shen, Y., R. Zhao, N. Tolić, M. M. Tfaily, E. W. Robinson, R. Boiteau, L. Paša-Tolić and N. J. Hess (2019). “Online supercritical fluid extraction mass spectrometry (SFE-LC-FTMS) for sensitive characterization of soil organic matter.” Faraday Discussions 218(0): 157-171.
  94. Tfaily, M. M., R. M. Wilson, H. M. Brewer, R. K. Chu, H. M. Heyman, D. W. Hoyt, J. E. Kyle and S. O. Purvine (2019). “Single-throughput Complementary High-resolution Analytical Techniques for Characterizing Complex Natural Organic Matter Mixtures.” J Vis Exp(143).
  95.  Zhou, C., Y. Liu, C. Liu, Y. Liu and M. M. Tfaily (2019). “Compositional changes of dissolved organic carbon during its dynamic desorption from hyporheic zone sediments.” Science of The Total Environment 658: 16-23.
  96. Saup, C. M., S. R. Bryant, A. R. Nelson, K. D. Harris, A. H. Sawyer, J. N. Christensen, M. M. Tfaily, K. H. Williams and M. J. Wilkins (2019). “Hyporheic Zone Microbiome Assembly Is Linked to Dynamic Water Mixing Patterns in Snowmelt-Dominated Headwater Catchments.” Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 124(11): 3269-3280.
  97. Bhattacharyya, A., A. N. Campbell, M. M. Tfaily, Y. Lin, R. K. Kukkadapu, W. L. Silver, P. S. Nico and J. Pett-Ridge (2018). “Redox Fluctuations Control the Coupled Cycling of Iron and Carbon in Tropical Forest Soils.” Environ Sci Technol 52(24): 14129-14139.
  98. Orton, D. J., M. M. Tfaily, R. J. Moore, B. L. LaMarche, X. Zheng, T. L. Fillmore, R. K. Chu, K. K. Weitz, M. E. Monroe, R. T. Kelly, R. D. Smith and E. S. Baker (2018). “A Customizable Flow Injection System for Automated, High Throughput, and Time Sensitive Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Mass Spectrometry Measurements.” Analytical Chemistry 90(1): 737-744.
  99. Boye, K., A. M. Herrmann, M. V. Schaefer, M. M. Tfaily and S. Fendorf (2018). “Discerning Microbially Mediated Processes During Redox Transitions in Flooded Soils Using Carbon and Energy Balances.” Frontiers in Environmental Science 6: 15.
  100. Zalman, C., J. K. Keller, M. Tfaily, M. Kolton, L. Pfeifer-Meister, R. M. Wilson, X. Lin, J. Chanton, J. E. Kostka, A. Gill, A. Finzi, A. M. Hopple, B. J. M. Bohannan and S. D. Bridgham (2018). “Small differences in ombrotrophy control regional-scale variation in methane cycling among Sphagnum-dominated peatlands.” Biogeochemistry 139(2): 155-177.
  101. Yao, Q., Z. Li, Y. Song, S. J. Wright, X. Guo, S. G. Tringe, M. M. Tfaily, L. Paša-Tolić, T. C. Hazen, B. L. Turner, M. A. Mayes and C. Pan (2018). “Community proteogenomics reveals the systemic impact of phosphorus availability on microbial functions in tropical soil.” Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(3): 499-509.
  102. Wilson, R. M. and M. M. Tfaily (2018). “Advanced Molecular Techniques Provide New Rigorous Tools for Characterizing Organic Matter Quality in Complex Systems.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123(6): 1790-1795.
  103. Tfaily, M. M., R. M. Wilson, W. T. Cooper, J. E. Kostka, P. Hanson and J. P. Chanton (2018). “Vertical Stratification of Peat Pore Water Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in a Peat Bog in Northern Minnesota.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123(2): 479-494.
  104. Tfaily, M. M., N. J. Hess, A. Koyama and R. D. Evans (2018). “Elevated [CO2] changes soil organic matter composition and substrate diversity in an arid ecosystem.” Geoderma 330: 1-8.
  105. Stegen, J. C., T. Johnson, J. K. Fredrickson, M. J. Wilkins, A. E. Konopka, W. C. Nelson, E. V. Arntzen, W. B. Chrisler, R. K. Chu, S. J. Fansler, E. B. Graham, D. W. Kennedy, C. T. Resch, M. Tfaily and J. Zachara (2018). “Influences of organic carbon speciation on hyporheic corridor biogeochemistry and microbial ecology.” Nature Communications 9(1): 585.
  106. Reynolds, L. L., K. Lajtha, R. D. Bowden, M. M. Tfaily, B. R. Johnson and S. D. Bridgham (2018). “The Path from Litter to Soil: Insights Into Soil C Cycling From Long-Term Input Manipulationand High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123(5): 1486-1497.
  107. Pracht, L. E., M. M. Tfaily, R. J. Ardissono and R. B. Neumann (2018). “Molecular characterization of organic matter mobilized from Bangladeshi aquifer sediment: tracking carbon compositional change during microbial utilization.” Biogeosciences 15(6): 1733-1747.
  108. Li, L., Z. L. He, M. M. Tfaily, P. Inglett and P. J. Stoffella (2018). “Spatial-temporal variations of dissolved organic nitrogen molecular composition in agricultural runoff water.” Water Research 137: 375-383.
  109. Graham, E. B., A. R. Crump, D. W. Kennedy, E. Arntzen, S. Fansler, S. O. Purvine, C. D. Nicora, W. Nelson, M. M. Tfaily and J. C. Stegen (2018). “Multi ‘omics comparison reveals metabolome biochemistry, not microbiome composition or gene expression, corresponds to elevated biogeochemical function in the hyporheic zone.” Sci Total Environ 642: 742-753.
  110. Bottos, E. M., D. W. Kennedy, E. B. Romero, S. J. Fansler, J. M. Brown, L. M. Bramer, R. K. Chu, M. M. Tfaily, J. K. Jansson and J. C. Stegen (2018). “Dispersal limitation and thermodynamic constraints govern spatial structure of permafrost microbial communities.” FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94(8). 2017
  111. Tfaily, M. M., Y. F. Shen, N. Tolic, J. Kyle, R. Chu, T. Fillmore, R. Zhao, K. Bloodsworth, E. Robinson, L. Pasa-Tolic and N. J. Hess (2017). “Soil Organic Matter (SOM): Solvent-Based High- Resolution Mass Spectrometry.” Encyclopedia of Soil Science, Vols I-Iii, 3rd Edition: 2176-2179.
  112. Dohnalkova, A. C. Tfaily., M.M.; Smith, A.P.; Chu, R.K.; Crump, A.R.; Brislawn, C.J.; Varga, T.; Shi, Z.; Thomashow, L.S.; Harsh, J.B.; Keller, C.K. (2017). ” Molecular and Microscopic Insights into the Formation of Soil Organic Matter in a Red Pine Rhizosphere. ” Soils 1:4.
  113. Walker, L. R., M. M. Tfaily, J. B. Shaw, N. J. Hess, L. Paša-Tolić and D. W. Koppenaal (2017). “Unambiguous identification and discovery of bacterial siderophores by direct injection 21 Tesla Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.” Metallomics 9(1): 82-92.
  114. Wilson, R. M., M. M. Tfaily, V. I. Rich, J. K. Keller, S. D. Bridgham, C. M. Zalman, L. Meredith, P. J. Hanson, M. Hines, L. Pfeifer-Meister, S. R. Saleska, P. Crill, W. T. Cooper, J. P. Chanton and J. E. Kostka (2017). “Hydrogenation of organic matter as a terminal electron sink sustains high CO2:CH4 production ratios during anaerobic decomposition.” Organic Geochemistry 112: 22-32.
  115. Tolic, N., M. M. Tfaily, Y. Shen, R. Chu, T. Fillmore, R. Zhao, K. Bloodsworth, E. Robinson, L. Pasa-Tolic and N. J. Hess (2017). “Soil Organic Matter (SOM): Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis.” Encyclopedia of Soil Science, Vols I-Iii, 3rd Edition: 2154-2158.
  116. Bailey, V. L., A. P. Smith, M. Tfaily, S. J. Fansler and B. Bond-Lamberty (2017). “Differences in soluble organic carbon chemistry in pore waters sampled from different pore size domains.” Soil Biology and Biochemistry 107: 133-143.
  117. Boye, K., V. Noël, M. M. Tfaily, S. E. Bone, K. H. Williams, John R. Bargar and S. Fendorf (2017). “Thermodynamically controlled preservation of organic carbon in floodplains.” Nature Geoscience 10(6): 415-419.
  118. Dalcin Martins, P., D. W. Hoyt, S. Bansal, C. T. Mills, M. Tfaily, B. A. Tangen, R. G. Finocchiaro, M. D. Johnston, B. C. McAdams, M. J. Solensky, G. J. Smith, Y. P. Chin and M. J. Wilkins (2017). “Abundant carbon substrates drive extremely high sulfate reduction rates and methane fluxes in Prairie Pothole Wetlands.” Glob Chang Biol 23(8): 3107-3120.
  119. Graham, E. B., M. M. Tfaily, A. R. Crump, A. E. Goldman, L. M. Bramer, E. Arntzen, E. Romero, C. T. Resch, D. W. Kennedy and J. C. Stegen (2017). “Carbon Inputs from Riparian Vegetation Limit Oxidation of Physically Bound Organic Carbon Via Biochemical and Thermodynamic Processes.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122(12): 3188-3205.
  120. Rue, G. P., N. D. Rock, R. S. Gabor, J. Pitlick, M. Tfaily and D. M. McKnight (2017). “Concentration-discharge relationships during an extreme event: Contrasting behavior of solutesduring the September 2013 flood.” Water Resources Research 53(7): 5276-5297.
  121. Smith, A. P., B. Bond-Lamberty, B. W. Benscoter, M. M. Tfaily, C. R. Hinkle, C. Liu and V. L. Bailey (2017). “Shifts in pore connectivity from precipitation versus groundwater rewetting increases soil carbon loss after drought.” Nature Communications 8(1): 1335.
  122. Staley, C., A. P. Ferrieri, M. M. Tfaily, Y. Cui, R. K. Chu, P. Wang, J. B. Shaw, C. K. Ansong, H. Brewer, A. D. Norbeck, M. Markillie, F. do Amaral, T. Tuleski, T. Pellizzaro, B. Agtuca, R. Ferrieri, S. G. Tringe, L. Paša-Tolić, G. Stacey and M. J. Sadowsky (2017). “Diurnal cycling of rhizosphere bacterial communities is associated with shifts in carbon metabolism.” Microbiome 5(1): 65.
  123. Tfaily, M. M., R. K. Chu, J. Toyoda, N. Tolić, E. W. Robinson, L. Paša-Tolić and N. J. Hess (2017). “Sequential extraction protocol for organic matter from soils and sediments using high resolution mass spectrometry.” Analytica Chimica Acta 972: 54-61. 2016
  124. Stegen, J. C., A. H. Hurlbert, B. Bond-Lamberty, X. Chen, C. G. Anderson, R. K. Chu, F. Dini- Andreote, S. J. Fansler, N. J. Hess and M. Tfaily (2016). “Aligning the Measurement of Microbial Diversity with Macroecological Theory.” Frontiers in microbiology 7: 1487-1487.
  125. Stegen, J. C., J. K. Fredrickson, M. J. Wilkins, A. E. Konopka, W. C. Nelson, E. V. Arntzen, W. B. Chrisler, R. K. Chu, R. E. Danczak, S. J. Fansler, D. W. Kennedy, C. T. Resch and M. Tfaily (2016). “Groundwater-surface water mixing shifts ecological assembly processes and stimulates organic carbon turnover.” Nat Commun 7: 11237.
  126. Hodgkins, S. B., M. M. Tfaily, D. C. Podgorski, C. K. McCalley, S. R. Saleska, P. M. Crill, V. I. Rich, J. P. Chanton and W. T. Cooper (2016). “Elemental composition and optical properties reveal changes in dissolved organic matter along a permafrost thaw chronosequence in a subarctic peatland.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 187: 123-140.
  127. Wilson, R. M., A. M. Hopple, M. M. Tfaily, S. D. Sebestyen, C. W. Schadt, L. Pfeifer-Meister, C. Medvedeff, K. J. McFarlane, J. E. Kostka, M. Kolton, R. K. Kolka, L. A. Kluber, J. K. Keller, T. P. Guilderson, N. A. Griffiths, J. P. Chanton, S. D. Bridgham and P. J. Hanson (2016). “Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures.” Nature Communications 7(1): 13723.
  128. Tfaily, M. M., J. E. Corbett, R. Wilson, J. P. Chanton, P. H. Glaser, K. M. Cawley, R. Jaffé and W. T. Cooper (2015). “Utilization of PARAFAC-Modeled Excitation-Emission Matrix (EEM) Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Identify Biogeochemical Processing of Dissolved Organic Matter in a Northern Peatland.” Photochemistry and Photobiology 91(3): 684-695.
  129. Tfaily, M. M., R. K. Chu, N. Tolić, K. M. Roscioli, C. R. Anderton, L. Paša-Tolić, E. W. Robinson and N. J. Hess (2015). “Advanced Solvent Based Methods for Molecular Characterization of Soil Organic Matter by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.” Analytical Chemistry 87(10): 5206-5215.
  130. Holmes, M. E., J. P. Chanton, M. M. Tfaily and A. Ogram (2015). “CO2 and CH4 isotope compositions and production pathways in a tropical peatland.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29(1): 1-18.
  131. Corbett, J. E., M. M. Tfaily, D. J. Burdige, P. H. Glaser and J. P. Chanton (2015). “The relative importance of methanogenesis in the decomposition of organic matter in northern peatlands.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 120(2): 280-293.
  132. Lin, X., M. M. Tfaily, J. M. Steinweg, P. Chanton, K. Esson, Z. K. Yang, J. P. Chanton, W. Cooper, C. W. Schadt and J. E. Kostka (2014). “Microbial community stratification linked to utilization of carbohydrates and phosphorus limitation in a boreal peatland at Marcell Experimental Forest, Minnesota, USA.” Appl Environ Microbiol 80(11): 3518-3530.
  133. Lin, X., M. M. Tfaily, S. J. Green, J. M. Steinweg, P. Chanton, A. Imvittaya, J. P. Chanton, W. Cooper, C. Schadt and J. E. Kostka (2014). “Microbial Metabolic Potential for Carbon Degradation and Nutrient (Nitrogen and Phosphorus) Acquisition in an Ombrotrophic Peatland.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80(11): 3531.
  134. Hodgkins, S. B., M. M. Tfaily, C. K. McCalley, T. A. Logan, P. M. Crill, S. R. Saleska, V. I. Rich and J. P. Chanton (2014). “Changes in peat chemistry associated with permafrost thaw increase greenhouse gas production.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 201314641.
  135. Tfaily, M. M., W. T. Cooper, J. E. Kostka, P. R. Chanton, C. W. Schadt, P. J. Hanson, C. M. Iversen and J. P. Chanton (2014). “Organic matter transformation in the peat column at Marcell Experimental Forest: Humification and vertical stratification.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 119(4): 661-675.
  136. Corbett, J. E., M. M. Tfaily, D. J. Burdige, W. T. Cooper, P. H. Glaser and J. P. Chanton (2013). “Partitioning pathways of CO2 production in peatlands with stable carbon isotopes.” Biogeochemistry 114(1): 327-340.
  137. Tfaily, M. M., R. Hamdan, J. E. Corbett, J. P. Chanton, P. H. Glaser and W. T. Cooper (2013). “Investigating dissolved organic matter decomposition in northern peatlands using complimentary analytical techniques.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 112: 116-129.
  138. Elizabeth Corbett, J., D. J. Burdige, M. M. Tfaily, A. R. Dial, W. T. Cooper, P. H. Glaser and J. P. Chanton (2013). “Surface production fuels deep heterotrophic respiration in northern peatlands.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27(4): 1163-1174.
  139. Corbett, J. E., M. M. Tfaily, D. J. Burdige, W. T. Cooper, P. H. Glaser and J. P. Chanton (2013). “Partitioning pathways of CO₂ production in peatlands with stable carbon isotopes.” Biogeochemistry 114: 327-340.
  140. Tfaily, M. M., S. Hodgkins, D. C. Podgorski, J. P. Chanton and W. T. Cooper (2012). “Comparison of dialysis and solid-phase extraction for isolation and concentration of dissolved organic matter prior to Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 404(2): 447-457.
  141. Lin, X., S. Green, M. M. Tfaily, O. Prakash, K. T. Konstantinidis, J. E. Corbett, J. P. Chanton, W. T. Cooper and J. E. Kostka (2012). “Microbial community structure and activity linked to contrasting biogeochemical gradients in bog and fen environments of the Glacial Lake Agassiz Peatland.” Appl Environ Microbiol 78(19): 7023-7031.
  142. Tfaily, M. M., D. C. Podgorski, J. E. Corbett, J. P. Chanton and W. T. Cooper (2011). “Influence of acidification on the optical properties and molecular composition of dissolved organic matter.” Analytica Chimica Acta 706(2): 26