2020 
  • Malik, A.A., Swenson, T., Weihe, C., Morrison, E., Martiny, J.B.H., Brodie, E.L., Northen, T. and Allison, S.D.
    Drought and plant litter chemistry alter microbial gene expression and metabolite production.
    The ISME Journal | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0683-6
    Nature Research Microbiology Community | Behind-the-paper blogpost | https://go.nature.com/2LYkNSU

  • Malik, A.A., Martiny, J.B.H., Brodie, E.L., Martiny, A.C., Treseder, K.K. and Allison, S.D.
    Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change. 
    The ISME Journal | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0510-0
2019​
  • Puissant, J., Jones, B., Goodall, T., Mang, D., Blaud, A., Gweon, H. S., Malik, A. A., et al.
    The pH optimum of soil exoenzymes adapt to long term changes in soil pH.
    Soil Biology & Biochemistry | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107601.

  • Malik, A.A., Puissant, J., Goodall, T., Allison, S.D. and Griffiths, R.I.
    Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield. 
    Soil Biology & Biochemistry | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05980-1
2018​
  • Malik, A. A., Puissant, J., Buckeridge, K. M., Goodall, T., Jehmlich, N., Chowdhury, S., Gweon, H. S., et al.
    Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes.
    Nature Communications     | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05980-1
2017
  • Malik, A. A., Thomson, B. C., Whiteley, A., Bailey, M. and Griffiths, R. I.
    Bacterial physiological adaptations to contrasting edaphic conditions identified using landscape scale metagenomics. 
    mBio     | 10.1128/mBio.00799-17
2016
  • Malik, A. A., Chowdhury, S., Schlager, V., Oliver A, Puissant J., Mellado Vázquez P.G., Jehmlich N., von Bergen M., Griffiths R. I. and Gleixner G. 
    Soil fungal:bacterial ratios are linked to altered carbon cycling. 
    Frontiers in Microbiology     | 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01247.

  • Malik, A. A., Roth, V.-N., Hebert, M., Tremblay, L., Dittmar, T. and Gleixner, G.
    Linking molecular size, composition and carbon turnover of extractable soil microbial compounds.     
    Soil Biology & Biochemistry | 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.05.019. 
2015
  • Malik, A. A., Dannert, H., Griffiths, R. I., Thomson, B. C., and Gleixner, G.
    Rhizosphere bacterial carbon turnover is higher in nucleic acids than membrane lipids: implications for understanding soil carbon cycling.
    Frontiers in Microbiology | 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00268.

  • Lange, M., Eisenhauer, N., Sierra, C., Bessler, H., Engels, C., Griffiths, R. I., Mellado-Vázquez, P. G., Malik, A. A. et al.
    Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage.
    Nature Communications | 10.1038/ncomms7707.

  • Malik, A. A., Fernandes, C. E. G., Gonsalves, M.-J. B. D., Subina, N. S., Mamatha, S. S., Krishna, K., et al.
    Interactions between trophic levels in upwelling and non-upwelling regions during summer monsoon.
    Journal of Sea Research     | 10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.012.​

  • Ray, R., Rixen, T., Baum, A., Malik, A. A., Gleixner, G., and Jana, T. K.
    Distribution, sources and biogeochemistry of organic matter in a mangrove dominated estuarine system (Indian Sundarbans) during the pre-monsoon.
    Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science     | doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2015.10.017.
2014
  • Fernandes, S. O., Halarnekar, R., Malik, A. A., Vijayan, V., Varik, S., Kumari, R., et al.
    Nitrate reducing activity pervades surface waters during upwelling.
    Journal of Marine Systems     | 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.04.011.
2013
  • Malik, A. A., and Gleixner, G.
    Importance of microbial soil organic matter processing in dissolved organic carbon production.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology     | 10.1111/1574-6941.12182.
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  • Malik, A. A., Blagodatskaya, E., and Gleixner, G.
    Soil microbial carbon turnover decreases with increasing molecular size.
    Soil Biology & Biochemistry | 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.022.
2012
  • Malik, A. A., Scheibe, A., LokaBharathi, P. A, and Gleixner, G.
    Online stable isotope analysis of dissolved organic carbon size classes using size exclusion chromatography coupled to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer.
    Environmental Science & Technology | doi:10.1021/es302467y.