9. Bölscher, T; Cardon, ZG; García Arredondo, M; Grand, S; Griffen, G; Hestrin, R;…; Pérez Castro, S; Persson, P; Riley, WJ; Keiluweit, M. (2025). Vulnerability of mineral-organic associations in the rhizosphere. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61273-4
8. Barcellos, D; Pérez Castro, S; Cambell, A; Kimbrel JA; Blazewicz SJ; Wollard, J; Pett-Ridge, J; Thompson A. (2025) Duration of O2 exposure determines dominance of FeII vs CH4 production in tropical forest soils. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c12329
7. Pérez Castro, S; López Peredo, E; Mason, O; Vineis, J; Bowen JL; Mortazavi, B; Ganesh, A; Ruff, E; Paul, B; Giblin, AE; Cardon, ZG. (2023). Diversity at single nucleotide to pangenome scales among sulfur cycling bacteria in salt marshes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/aem.00988-23
6. Pérez Castro, S; Borton, MA; Regan, K; Hrabe de Angelis, I; Wrighton, KC.; Teske, AP.; Strous, M; Ruff, SE. (2021). Degradation of biological macromolecules supports uncultured microbial populations in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments. The ISME Journal. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01026-5
5. Lipson DA; Raab, T; Pérez Castro S; Powell, A. (2021). Organohalide respiring bacteria at the heart of anaerobic metabolism in Arctic wet tundra soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01643-20
4. Bhatnagar, S; Cowley, ES; Kopf, SH; Pérez Castro, S; Kearney S; Dawson, SC; Hanselmann, K; Ruff, SE. (2020). Microbial community dynamics and coexistence in a sulfide-driven phototrophic bloom. Environmental Microbiome. DOI: 10.1186/s40793-019-0348-0
3. Pérez Castro, S; Esch, EH; Eviner, VT; Cleland, EE; Lipson, DA. (2019). Exotic herbaceous species interact with severe drought to alter soil N cycling in a semi-arid shrubland. Geoderma. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.114111
2. Pérez Castro, S; Cleland, EE; Wagner, R; Al Sawad, R; Lipson, DA. (2019). Soil microbial responses to drought and exotic plants shift carbon metabolism. The ISME Journal. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0389-9
1. Puritty, CE; Esch, EH; Pérez Castro, S; Lipson, DA; Cleland, EE. (2019). Drought in Southern California coastal sage scrub reduces biomass of exotic species more than native species, but exotic growth recovers quickly when drought ends. Plant Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-019-