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C120. Istvánovics, V., Honti, M., Clement, A., Kravinszkaja, G., Pósfai, M., Torma, P. (2024) Chloride and sodium budgets of a shallow freshwater lake – current status and the impact of climate change. Science of the Total Environment, 957, 177616.

C119. Gascón Gubieda, A., Gandarias, L., Pósfai, M., Pattammattel, A., Fdez-Gubieda, M. K., Díaz de Cerio, A. A., Garcia Prieto, A. (2024) Temporal and spatial resolution of magnetosome degradaton at the subcellular level in a 3D lung carcinoma model. Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 22, 529.

C118. Uddin, I., Mukhtar, S., Horváth, O., Pósfai, M. (2024) Room-temperature synthesis of graphene/Ag nanocomposite as a photo-catalyst for the degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater. Materialia, 36, 102179.

C117. Kovács, A., Pósfai, M., Zingsem, B., Li, Z-A., Pekker, P., Caron, J., Préveral, S., Lefèvre, C.T., Bazylinski, D.A., Frankel, R.B., Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2024) Influence of crystal shape and orientation on the magnetic microstructure of bullet-shaped magnetosomes synthesized by magnetotactic bacteria. Geo-Bio Interfaces, 1, e1.

C116. Xu, H., Gregg, J., Hobbs, F., Pósfai, M. (2024) The dolomite problem is not solved: Comment on Dissolution enables dolomite crystal growth near ambient conditions by Kim et al. 2023. Science eLetters, Mar 19, 2024.

C115. Pósfai, M. (2024) Bevezető az ásványtani tematikus blokkhoz. Fizikai Szemle, 2024/2, 38.

C114. Molnár, Z., Pekker. P., Recnik, A., Pósfai, M. (2024) Formation and properties of spindle-shaped aragonite mesocrystals from Mg-bearing solutions. Nanoscale, 16, 2012-2021.

C113. Dziuba, M. V., Müller F. D., Pósfai, M., Schüler, D. (2023) Exploring the host range for genetic transfer of magnetic nanoparticle synthesis. Nature Nanotechnology, 19, 115-123.

C112. Lange, T.P., Pálos, Z., Pósfai, M., Berkesi, M., Pekker, P., Szabó, Á., Szabó, C., Kovács, I.J. (2023) Nanoscale hydrous silicate melt inclusions at the clinopyroxene-amphibole interface in a mantle xenolith from the Persani Mountains Volcanic Field. Lithos, 454-455, 1072110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107210.

C111. Meister, P., Frisia, S., Dódony, I., Pekker, P., Molnár, Z., Neuhuber, S., Gier, S., Kovács, I., Demény, A. and Pósfai, M. (2023) Nanoscale pathway of modern dolomite formation in a shallow, alkaline lake. Crystal Growth & Design, 23, 3202-3212.

C110. Molnár, Z., Dódony, I., Pósfai M. (2023) Transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate in the presence of magnesium, phosphate, and silicate surfaces. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 345, 90-101.

C109. Dziuba M. V., Paulus A., Schramm L., Awal R. P., Pósfai M., Monteil C. L., Fouteau, S., Uebe R., Schüler D. (2023) Silent gene clusters encode magnetic organelle biosynthesis in a non-magnetotactic phototrophic bacterium. The ISME Journal, 17, 326–339.

C108. Rostási, Á., Rácz, K., Fodor, M.A., Topa, B., Molnár, Zs., Weiszburg, T.G., Pósfai, M. (2022) Pathways of carbonate sediment accumulation in a large, shallow lake. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, pp. 1-18, 1067105.

C107. Pósfai M., Papp G. (2022) In memoriam Dr. Nemecz Ernő. Földtani Közlöny, 152, 301-306.

C106. Nyirő-Kósa, I., Ahmad, F., Hoffer, A., Pósfai, M. (2022) Nanoscale physical and chemical properties of individual airborne magnetic particles from vehicle emissions. Atmospheric Environment X, 15, 100181.

C105. Staicu, L.C., Wojtowicz, P.J., Molnár, Zs., Ruiz-Agudo, E., Gallego, J.L.R., Baragaño, D., Pósfai, M. (2022) Interplay between arsenic and selenium biomineralization in Shewanella sp. O23S. Environmental Pollution, 306, 119451.

C104. Park, Y., Eyal, Z., Pekker, P., Chevrier, D. M., Lefevre, C. T., Monteil, C. L., Arnoux P., Armengaud, J., Gal, A., Pósfai, M., Faivre, D. (2022) Periplasmic bacterial biomineralization of copper sulfide nanoparticles. Advanced Science, 9, 2203444.

C103. Farsang, S., Pekker, P., Lampronti, G. I., Molnár, Z., Milovsky, R., Pósfai, M., Ozdín, D., Raub, T. D., Redfern, S. A. T. (2022) Inclusions in calcite phantom crystals suggest role of clay minerals in dolomite formation. American Mineralogist, 107, 1369-1377.

C102. Staicu, L., Wójtowicz, P., Baragaño, D., Pósfai, M., Molnár, Z., Ruiz-Agudo, E., Gallego, J.L. (2022) Bioremediation of a polymetallic, arsenic-dominated reverse osmosis reject stream. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 75, 1084-1092.

C101. Gonet, T., Maher, B.A., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Pósfai, M., Vaculík, M., Kukutschová, J. (2021) Size-resolved, quantitative evaluation of the magnetic mineralogy of airborne brake-wear particulate emissions.. Environmental Pollution, 288, 117808.

C100. Kuhrts, L., Prévost, S., Chevrier, D.M., Pekker, P., Späker, O., Egglseder, M., Baumgartner, J., Pósfai, M. and Faivre, D. (2021) Wettability of magnetite nanoparticles guides growth from stabilized amorphous ferrihydrite. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1c02687.

C99. Molnár, Zs., Pekker, P., Dódony, I., Pósfai, M. (2021) Clay minerals affect calcium (magnesium) carbonate precipitation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 567, 116971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116971.

C98. Jin, L., Koulialias, D., Schnedler, M., Gehring, A.U., Pósfai, M., Ebert, Ph., Charilaou, M., Schäublin, R.E., Jia, C.L., Löffler, J.F., Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2021) Atomic-scale characterization of commensurate and incommensurate vacancy superstructures in natural pyrrhotites. American Mineralogist, 106, 82-96. 10.2138/am-2020-7479CCBY.

C97. Pósfai M. (2020) A Balaton üledékének ásványai. Földtani Közlöny, 150/4, 511-528.

C96. Wafi, A., Szabó-Bárdos, E., Horváth, O., Pósfai, M., Makó, É., Juzsakova, T., Fónagy, O. (2020) Photocatalytic and antibacterial performance of nitrogen-doped TiO₂: surface-structure dependence and silver-deposition effect. Nanomaterials, 10. 2261.

C95. Yuan, Q., Xu, J., Liu, L., Zhang, A., Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Wan, X., Qin, K,. Cong, Z., Wang, Y., Kang, S., Shi, Z., Pósfai, M., Li, W. (2020) Evidence for large amounts of brown carbonaceous tarballs in the Himalaya atmosphere. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8, 16-23.

C94. Makó, É., Dódony, I., Pekker, P., Pósfai, M., Kovács, A., Ható, Z., Kristóf, T. (2020) Nanoscale structural and morphological features of kaolinite nanoscrolls. Applied Clay Science, 198, 105800.

C93. Staicu, L. C., Wojtowicz, P. J., Pósfai, M., Pekker, P., Gorecki, A., Jordan, F. L., Barton, L. L. (2020) PbS biomineralization by Bacillus cereus and the sulfur rush. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96, fiaa151.

C92. Fodor, M., Ható, Z., Kristóf, T., Pósfai, M. (2020) The role of clay surfaces in the heterogeneous nucleation of calcite: molecular dynamics simulations of cluster formation. Chemical Geology, 538, 119497.

C91. Pósfai, M. (2020) Presentation of the 2019 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America to Peter R. Buseck. American Mineralogist, 105, 776-777.

C90. Tóth, Á., Hoffer, A., Pósfai, M., Ajtai, T., Kónya, Z., Blazsó, M., Czégény, Z., Kiss, Gy., Bozóki, Z. and Gelencsér, A. (2018) Chemical characterization of laboratory-generated tar ball particles. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 10407-10418.

C89. Klein, Á., Kovács, M., Muskotál, A., Jankovics, H., Tóth, B., Pósfai, M., Vonderviszt, F. (2018) Nanobody-displaying flagellar nanotubes. Scientific Reports, 8:3584, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22085-3.

C88. Nyirő-Kósa, I., Rostási, Á., Bereczk-Tompa, É., Cora, I., Koblar, M., Kovács, A., Pósfai, M. (2018) Nucleation and growth of Mg-bearing calcite in a shallow, calcareous lake. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 496, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.029

C87. Bereczk-Tompa, É., Vonderviszt, F., Horváth, B., Szalai, I., Pósfai, M. (2017) Biotemplated synthesis of magnetic filaments. Nanoscale, 9, 15062–15069. doi:10.1039/C7NR04842D.

C86. Hoffer, A., Tóth, Á., Pósfai, M., Chung, C.E., Gelencsér, A. (2017) Brown carbon absorption in the red and near-infrared spectral region. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10, 2353-2359. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2353-2017.

C85. Reichel, V., Kovács, A., Kumari, M., Bereczk-Tompa, É., Schneck, E., Diehle, P., Pósfai, M., Hirt, A.M., Duchamp, M., Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. and Faivre, D. (2017) Single crystalline superstructured stable single domain magnetite nanoparticles. Scientific Reports, 7, 45484, doi:10.1038/srep45484.

C84. Bereczk-Tompa, É., Pósfai, M., Tóth, B., Vonderviszt, F. (2016) Magnetite-binding flagellar filaments displaying the MamI loop motif. ChemBioChem, 17, 2075-2082. DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600377.

C83. Heinke, D., Gehrke, N., Schmidt, D., Steinhoff, U., Viereck, T., Remmer, H., Ludwig, F., Pósfai, M. and Briel, A. (2016) Diffusion-controlled synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles. International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging, 2, 1603001.

C82. Hoffer, A., Tóth, Á., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Pósfai, M., Gelencsér, A. (2016) Light absorption properties of laboratory-generated tar ball particles. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 239-246, doi: 10.5194/acp-16-239-2016.

C81. Németh, Z., Pósfai, M., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Aalto, P., Kulmala, M. and Salma, I. (2015) Images and properties of individual nucleated particles. Atmospheric Environment, 123, 166-170.

C80. Taukulis, R., Widdrat, M., Kumari, M., Heinke, D., Rumpler, M., Tompa, É., Uebe, R., Kraupner, A., Cebers, A., Schüler, D., Pósfai, M., Hirt, A.M. and Faivre, D. (2015) Biological vs. synthetic and small vs. large magnetite nanoparticles as MRI contrast agents – a comprehensive physical and theoretical study. Magnetohydrodynamics, 51, 721-747.

C79. Kumari, M., Hirt, A.M., Uebe, R., Schüler, D., Tompa, É., Pósfai, M., Lorenz, W., Ahrentorp, F., Jonasson, C. and Johansson, C. (2015) Experimental mixtures of superparamagnetic and single-domain magnetite with respect to Day-Dunlop plots. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16, 1739–1752, doi:10.1002/2015GC005744

C78. Kumari, M., Widdrat, M., Tompa, É., Uebe, R., Schüler, D., Pósfai, M., Faivre, D. And Hirt, A.M. (2014) Distinguishing magnetic particle size of iron oxide nanoparticles with first-order reversal curves. Journal of Applied Physics, 116, 124304

C77. Tompa, É., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Rostási, Á., Cserny, T. and Pósfai, M. (2014) Distribution and composition of Mg-calcite and dolomite in the water and sediments of Lake Balaton. Central European Geology, 57, 113-136.

C76. Lohße, A., Borg, S., Raschdorf, O., Kolinko I.,Tompa, É., Pósfai, M., Faivre, D., Baumgartner, J. and Schüler, D. (2014) Genetic dissection of the mamAB and mms6 operons reveals a gene set essential for magnetosome biogenesis in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. Journal of Bacteriology, JB.01716, doi: 10.1128/JB.01716-14.

C75. Widdrat, M., Kumari, M., Tompa, É., Pósfai, M., Hirt, A. and Faivre, D. (2014) Keeping nanoparticles fully functional: long term storage and alteration of magnetite. ChemPlusChem, doi: 10.1002/cplu.201402032.

C74. Buseck, P.R., Adachi, K., Gelencsér, A., Tompa, É. and Pósfai, M. (2014) Ns-soot: a material-based term for strongly light-absorbing carbonaceous particles. Aerosol Science and Technology, 48, doi: 10.1080/02786826.2014.919374.

C73. Nyirő-Kósa I., Tompa É., Rostási Á., G.-Tóth L., Nédli B.J., Balogh Cs., Cserny T. és Pósfai M. (2014) A Balaton karbonátásványai. Hidrológiai Közlöny, 94, 22-24.

C72. Kolinko, I., Lohße, A., Borg, S., Raschdorf, O., Jogler, C., Tu, Q., Pósfai, M., Tompa, É., Plitzko, J.M., Brachmann, A., Wanner, G., Müller, R., Zhang, Y. and Schüler, D. (2014) Biosynthesis of magnetic nanostructures in a foreign organism by transfer of bacterial magnetosome gene clusters. Nature Nanotechnology, doi: 10.1038/nnano.2014.13.

C71. Tóth, Á., Hoffer, A., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Pósfai, M. and Gelencsér, A. (2014) Atmospheric tar balls: aged primary droplets from biomass burning? Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 6669-6675. doi:10.5194/acp-14-6669-2014.

C70. Pósfai, M., Lefèvre, C.T., Trubitsyn, D., Bazylinski D.A., and Frankel, R.B. (2013) Phylogenetic significance of composition and crystal morphology of magnetosome minerals. Frontiers in Microbiology, 4, 344. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00344.

C69. Muxworthy, A.R., Williams, W., Roberts, A.P., Winklhofer, M., Chang, L. and Pósfai, M. (2013) Critical single domain grain sizes in chains of interacting greigite particles: implications for magnetosome crystals. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-Cubed), 14, DOI: 10.1002/2013GC004973.

C68. Rečnik, A., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Dódony, I. and Pósfai, M. (2013) Growth defects and epitaxy in Fe3O4 and γ-Fe2O3 nanocrystals. CrystEngComm, 15, 7539-7547. DOI: 10.1039/c3ce40873f.

C67. Raschdorf, O., Müller, F.D, Pósfai, M., Plitzko, J.M. and Schüler, D. (2013) The magnetosome proteins MamX, MamZ, and MamH are involved in redox control of magnetite biomineralization in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. Molecular Microbiology, 89, 872-886, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12317.

C66. Németh, P., Dódony, I., Pósfai, M., and Buseck, P.R. (2013) Complex defect in pyrite and its structure model, derived from geometric phase analysis. Microscopy & Microanalysis, 19, 1303-1307, doi:10.1017/S1431927613001839.

C65. Pósfai, M. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2013) Imaging: Magnetic bacteria on a diamond plate. Nature, 496, 442-443.

C64. Pósfai, M., Axisa, D., Tompa, É., Freney, E., Bruintjes, R. and Buseck, P.R. (2013) Interactions of mineral dust with pollution and clouds: an individual-particle TEM study of atmospheric aerosol from Saudi Arabia. Atmospheric Research, 122, 347-361.

C63. Nyirő-Kósa, I., Rečnik, A., and Pósfai, M. (2012) Novel methods for the synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles with special morphologies and textured assemblages. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14, 1150-1159.

C62. Buseck, P.R., Adachi, K., Gelencsér, A., Tompa, É. and Pósfai, M. (2012) Are black carbon and soot the same? Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 12, 24821–24846.

C61. Lefèvre, C.T., Viloria, N., Schmidt, M.L., Pósfai, M., Frankel, R.B., and Bazylinski D.A. (2012) Novel magnetite-producing magnetotactic bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria. The ISME Journal, 6, 440-450.

C60. Csákberényi-Malasics, D., Rodriguez-Blanco, J., Kovács Kis, V., Rečnik, A., Benning, L.G. and Pósfai, M. (2012) Structural properties and transformations of precipitated FeS. Chemical Geology, 294-295, 249-258.

C59. Lefèvre, C.T., Menguy, N., Abreu, F., Lins, U., Pósfai, M., Prozorov, T., Pignol, D., Frankel, R.B., and Bazylinski D.A. (2011) A cultured greigite-producing magnetotactic bacterium in a novel group of sulfate-reducing bacteria. Science, 334, 1720-1723.

C58. Lefèvre, C.T., Pósfai, M., Abreu, F., Lins, U., Frankel, R.B., and Bazylinski D.A. (2011) Morphological features of elongated-anisotropic magnetosome crystals in magnetotactic bacteria of the Nitrospirae phylum and the Deltaproteobacteria class. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 312, 194-200.

C57. Uebe, R., Junge, K., Henn, V., Poxleitner, G., Katzmann, E., Plitzko, J., Zarivach, R., Kasama, T., Wanner, G., Pósfai, M., Böttger, L., Matzanke, B., Schüler, D. (2011) The cation diffusion facilitator proteins MamB and MamM of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense have distinct and complex functions, and are involved in biomineralization and magnetosome membrane assembly. Molecular Microbiology, 82, 818-835.

C56. Lefèvre, C.T., Frankel, R.B., Pósfai, M., Prozorov, T. and Bazylinski D.A. (2011) Isolation of obligately alkaliphilic magnetotactic bacteria from extremely alkaline environments. Environmental Microbiology, 13, 2342-2350.

C55. Gelencsér, A., Kováts, N., Turóczi, B., Rostási, Á., Hoffer, A., Imre, K., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Csákberényi-Malasics, D., Tóth, Á., Czitrovszky, A., Nagy, A., Nagy, Sz., Ács, A., Kovács, A., Ferincz, Á., Hartyáni, Zs., Pósfai, M. (2011) The red mud accident in Ajka (Hungary): characterization and potential health effects of fugitive dust. Environmental Science & Technology, 45, 1608–1615.

C54. Pósfai, M., Buseck, P.R. (2010) Nature and climate effects of tropospheric aerosol particles. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 38, 17-43.

C53. Pósfai, M. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2009) Magnetic nanocrystals in organisms. Elements, 5, 235-240.

C52. Galindo-Gonzalez, C., Feinberg, J.M., Kasama, T., Cervera Gontard, L., Pósfai, M., Kósa, I., Duran, J.D.G., Gil, J.E., Harrison, R.J., and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2009) Magnetic and microscopic characterization of magnetite nanoparticles adhered to clay surfaces. American Mineralogist, 94, 1120-1129.

C51. Pósfai M. (2009) Mágneses baktériumok. Fizikai Szemle, 59, 174-177.

C50. Salma, I., Pósfai, M., Kovács, K., Kuzmann, E., Homonnay, Z., Posta, J. (2009) Properties and sources of individual particles and some chemical species in the aerosol of a metropolitan underground railway station. Atmospheric Environment, 43, 3460–3466.

C49. Nyírő-Kósa, I., Csákberényi Nagy, D., Pósfai, M. (2009) Size and shape control of precipitated magnetite nanoparticles. European Journal of Mineralogy, 21, 293-302.

C48. Georgakopoulos, D. G., Després, V., Fröhlich-Nowoisky J., Psenner, R., Ariya, P. A., Pósfai, M., Ahern, H. E., Moffett, B. F. and Hill, T. C. J. (2009) Microbiology and atmospheric processes: biological, physical and chemical characterization of aerosol particles. Biogeosciences, 7, 721–737.

C47. Collingwood, J.F., Chong, R.K.K., Kasama, T., Cervera Gontard, L., Dunin-Borkowski, R.E., Perry, G., Pósfai, M., Siedlak, S., Simpson, E.T., Smith, M.A. and Dobson, J. (2008) Three-dimensional tomographic imaging and characterization of iron compounds within Alzheimer’s plaque core material. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 14, 235-245.

C46. Faivre, D., Menguy, N., Pósfai, M. and Schüler, D. (2008) Environmental parameters affect the physical properties of fast-growing magnetosomes. American Mineralogist, 93, 463-469.

C45. Kósa I., Pósfai M. (2007) Mágneses baktériumok a Balatonban. Hidrológiai Közlöny, 87(6), 90-92.

C44. Müller, K., Skepper, J.N., Pósfai, M., Trivedi, R., Howarth, S., Corot, C., Lancelot, E., Thompson, P.W., Brown, A. and Gillard, J.H. (2007) Effect of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (Ferumoxtran-10) on human monocyte-macrophages in vitro. Biomaterials, 28, 1629-1642.

C43. Pósfai, M., Moskowitz, B.M., Arató, B., Schüler, D., Flies, C., Bazylinski, D.A., and Frankel, R.B. (2006) Properties of intracellular magnetite crystals produced by Desulfovibrio magneticus strain RS-1. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249, 444-455.

C42. Kovács Kis, V., Pósfai, M. and Lábár, J. (2006) Nanostructure of atmospheric soot particles. Atmospheric Environment, 40, 5533-5542.

C41. Dódony, I., Pósfai, M. and Buseck, P.R. (2006) Does antigorite really contain 4- and 8-membered rings of tetrahedra? American Mineralogist, 91, 1831-1838.

C40. Kasama, T., Pósfai, M., Chong, R.K.K., Finlayson, A.P.R., Buseck, P.R., Frankel, R.B. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2006) Magnetic properties, microstructure, composition and morphology of greigite nanocrystals in magnetotactic bacteria from electron holography and tomography. American Mineralogist, 91, 1216-1229.

C39. Kasama, T., Pósfai, M., Chong, R.K.K., Finlayson, A.P.R., Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. and Frankel, R.B. (2006) Magnetic microstructure of iron sulfide crystals in magnetotactic bacteria from off-axis electron holography. Physica B, 384, 249-252.

C38. Tuba Gy., Kiss P., Pósfai, M., Mindszenty A. (2006) Diagenezis-történeti vizsgálatok a bakonyi felső-kréta dinoszaurusz lelőhely csontanyagán. Földtani Közlöny, 136, 1-24.

C37. Simpson, E.T., Kasama, T., Pósfai, M., Buseck, P.R., Harrison, R.J. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2005) Magnetic induction mapping of magnetite chains in magnetotactic bacteria at room temperature and close to the Verwey transition using electron holography. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 17, 108-121.

C36. Arató, B., Szányi, Z., Flies, C. Schüler, D., Frankel, R.B., Buseck, P.R., and Pósfai, M. (2005) Crystal-size and shape distributions of magnetite from uncultured magnetotactic bacteria as a potential biomarker. American Mineralogist, 90, 1233-1241.

C35. Pósfai, M., Gelencsér, A., Simonics, R., Arató, K., Li, J., Hobbs, P.V., and Buseck, P.R. (2004) Atmospheric tar balls: Particles from biomass and biofuel burning. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, No. D6, D06213, 10.1029/2003JD004169.

C34. Li, J., Pósfai, M., Hobbs, P.V., and Buseck, P.R. (2003) Individual aerosol particles from biomass burning in southern Africa: 2. Compositions and aging of inorganic particles. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108 No. D13, 10.1029/2002JD002310.

C33. Pósfai, M., Simonics, R., Li, J., Hobbs, P.V., and Buseck, P.R. (2003) Individual aerosol particles from biomass burning in southern Africa: 1. Compositions and size distributions of carbonaceous particles. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 108, No. D13, 10.1029/2002JD002291.

C32. Pósfai, M., Jia, L., Anderson, J.R. and Buseck, P.R. (2003) Aerosol bacteria over the Southern Ocean during ACE-1. Atmospheric Research, 66, 231-240.

C31. Dódony, I., Pósfai, M. and Buseck, P.R. (2002) Revised structure models for antigorite. An HRTEM study. American Mineralogist, 87, 1443-1457.

C30. Buseck, P.R, Dunin-Borkowski, R.E., Devouard, B., Frankel, R.B., McCartney, M.R., Midgley, P.A., Pósfai, M., and Weyland, M. (2001) Magnetite morphology and life on Mars. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98, 13490-13495.

C29. Pósfai, M., Cziner, K., Márton, E., Márton, P., Buseck, P.R., Frankel, R.B. and Bazylinski, D:A. (2001) Crystal size distributions and possible biogenic origin of Fe sulfides. European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 691-704.

C28. Dunin-Borkowski, R.E., McCartney, M.R., Pósfai, M., Frankel, R.B., Bazylinski, D.A., and Buseck, P.R. (2001) Off axis electron holography of magnetotactic bacteria: Magnetic microstructure of strains MV-1 and MS-1. European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 671-684.

C27. Pósfai, M. and Buseck, P. R. (2001) Bacterial magnetic minerals. In McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2001, McGraw-Hill, New York, 40-43.

C26. Hogarth, D.D., Pósfai, M., Buseck, P.R. and Smith, J.V. (2001) Fibrous nepheline, pectolite and plagioclase from Baffin Island. European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 51-56.

C25. Kontny, A., DeWall, H,. Sharp, T.G. and Pósfai, M. (2000) Mineralogy and magnetic behavior of pyrrhotite from a 260 °C section at the KTB drilling site, Germany. American Mineralogist, 85, 1416-1427.

C24. Pósfai, M., Sharp, T.G. and Kontny, A. (2000) Pyrrhotite varieties from the 9.1 km deep borehole of the KTB project. American Mineralogist, 85, 1406-1415.

C23. Buseck, P.R., Jacob, D.J., Pósfai, M., Li, J. and Anderson, J.R. (2000) Minerals in the air: An environmental perspective. International Geology Review, 42, 577-593.

C22. Pósfai, M. and Arató, B. (2000) Magnetotactic bacteria and their mineral inclusions from Hungarian freshwater sediments. Acta Geologica Hungarica, 43, 463-476.

C21. Buseck, P.R. and Pósfai, M. (1999) Airborne minerals and related aerosol particles: Effects on climate and the environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96, 3372-3379.

C20. Sievering, H., Lerner, B., Slavich, J, Anderson, J.R., Pósfai, M. and Cainey, J. (1999) O3 oxidation of SO2 in sea-salt aerosol water and the size distribution of non-sea-salt sulfate during ACE-1. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 21,707-21717.

C19. Pósfai, M., Anderson, J.R., Buseck, P.R. and Sievering, H. (1999) Soot and sulfate aerosol particles in the remote marine troposphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 21,685-21,693.

C18. Pósfai, M., Xu, H., Anderson, J.R. and Buseck, P.R. (1998) Wet and dry sizes of atmospheric aerosol particles: A combined AFM-TEM study. Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 1907-1910.

C17. Dunin-Borkowski, R.E., McCartney, M.R., Frankel, R.B., Bazylinski, D.A., Pósfai, M. and Buseck, P.R. (1998) Magnetic microstructure of magnetotactic bacteria by electron holography. Science, 282, 1868-1870.

C16. Pósfai, M., Buseck, P.R., Bazylinski, D.A., and Frankel, R.B. (1998) Iron sulfides from magnetotactic bacteria: Structure, composition, and phase transitions. American Mineralogist, 83,.1469-1482.

C15. Devouard, B., Pósfai, M., Hua, X., Bazylinski, D.A., Frankel, R.B. and Buseck, P.R. (1998) Magnetite from magnetotactic bacteria: Size distributions and twinning. American Mineralogist, 83, 1387-1399.

C14. Pósfai, M., Buseck, P.R., Bazylinski, D.A. and Frankel, R.B. (1998) Reaction sequence of iron sulfides in bacteria and their use as biomarkers. Science, 280, 880-883.

C13. Murphy, D.M., Anderson, J.R., Quinn, P.K., McInnes, L.M., Brechtel, F.J., Kreidenweis, S.M., Middlebrook, A.M., Pósfai, M., Thomson, D.S., and Buseck, P.R. (1998) Influence of sea-salt on aerosol radiative properties in the Southern Ocean marine boundary layer. Nature, 392, 62-65.

C12. Pósfai, M. and Buseck, P.R. (1998) Relationships between microstructure and composition in enargite and luzonite. American Mineralogist, 83, 373-383.

C11. Pósfai, M. and Sundberg, M. (1998) Stacking disorder and polytypism in enargite and luzonite. American Mineralogist, 83, 365-372.

C10. Pósfai, M., Csikós-Hartyáni, Z. and Szabó, S. (1997) Transmission electron microscopy of characteristic minerals in the Steinbach meteorite. Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eotvos Nominatae. Sectio Geophysica et Meteorologica, 12, 51-57.

C9. Dódony, I., Pósfai, M. and Buseck, P.R. (1996) Structural relationship between pyrite and marcasite. American Mineralogist, 81, 119-125.

C8. Pósfai, M., Anderson, J.R., Buseck, P.R. and Sievering, H. (1995) Compositional variations of sea-salt-mode aerosol particles from the North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 23,063-23,074.

C7. Pósfai, M. and Buseck, P.R. (1994) Djurleite, digenite, and chalcocite: Intergrowths and transformations. American Mineralogist, 79, 308-315.

C6. Pósfai, M., Anderson, J.R., Buseck, P.R., Shattuck, T.W. and Tindale, N.W. (1994) Constituents of a remote Pacific marine aerosol: A TEM study. Atmospheric Environment, 28, 1747-1756.

C5. Pósfai, M. and Sundberg, M. (1992) HREM investigations of two minerals, Cu3(As,Sb)S4. Micron and Microscopica Acta, 23, 207-208.

C4. Dódony, I. and Pósfai, M. (1990) Pyrrhotite superstructures. Part II: A TEM study of 4C and 5C structures. European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 529-535.

C3. Pósfai, M. and Dódony, I. (1990) Pyrrhotite superstructures. Part I: Fundamental structures of the NC (N=2, 3, 4 and 5) type. European Journal of Mineralogy, 2, 525-528.

C2. Pósfai, M. (1989) Bornite from Rudabánya: An electron diffraction study. Acta Geologica Hungarica, 32, 231-240.

C1. Pósfai, M., Dódony, I. and Soós, M. (1988) Stacking disorder in the ZnS from Gyöngyösoroszi, Hungary. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte, 438-445.

Book chapters

K10. Pósfai, M., Molnár, Z., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Rácz, K., Pekker, P., Istvánovics, V. (2024) Carbonate mineral fomation in the vicinity of blooming algae in a shallow lake. In: Geomicrobiology, Volume 2: Natural and anthropogenic settings. Staicu, L. and Barton, L. eds., Springer Nature, 261-280.

K9. Pósfai M., G.-Tóth L. (2020) A Balaton iszapjának ásványai. In: A Balaton kutatása - Lóczy Lajos nyomdokán, Babinszki, E. és Horváth, F. szerk., Magyarhoni Földtani Társulat, Budapest, 233-250.

K8. Pósfai, M., Kasama, T. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. (2013) Biominerals at the nanoscale: transmission electron microscopy methods for studying the special properties of biominerals. In Minerals at the Nanoscale. European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy, Vol. 14, F. Nieto and K. Livi eds., European Mineralogical Union and the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 375-433.

K7. Pósfai, M. and Molnár, Á. (2013) Atmospheric aerosol particles: A mineralogical introduction. In Environmental Mineralogy II. European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy, Vol. 13, D. Vaughan and R. Wogelius eds., European Mineralogical Union and the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 213-293.

K6. Pósfai, M. (2011) Magnetotactic bacteria. In Encyclopedia of Geobiology, J. Reitner and V. Thiel, eds., Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, ISBN: 978-1-4020-9211-4, (928 pp.), 537-541.

K5. Frankel, R.B., Dunin-Borkowski, R.E., Pósfai, M. and Bazylinski, D.A. (2007) Magnetic microstructure of magnetotactic bacteria. In Handbook of Biomineralization, E. Baeuerlein ed., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 127-144.

K4. Pósfai, M., Kasama, T. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2007) Characterization of bacterial magnetic nanostructures using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and off-axis electron holography. In Magnetoreception and magnetosomes in bacteria, D. Schüler ed., Microbiology Monographs 3, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 197-225.

K3. Pósfai, M. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2006) Sulfides in biosystems. In Sulfide Mineralogy and Geochemistry. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Vol. 61, D.J. Vaughan ed., Mineralogical Society of America and The Geochemical Society, Washington, D.C., 679-714.

K2. Pósfai, M. and Molnár, Á. (2000) Aerosol particles in the troposphere: A mineralogical introduction. In Environmental Mineralogy. European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy, Vol. 2, D. Vaughan and R. Wogelius eds., Eötvös University Press, Budapest, pp. 197-252.

K1. Pósfai, M. and Buseck, P.R. (1997) Modular structures in sulphides: Sphalerite/wurtzite-, pyrite/marcasite-, and pyrrhotite-type minerals. In Modular structures in minerals. European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy, Vol. 1, S. Merlino ed., Eötvös University Press, Budapest, pp. 193-235.