Published in FEMS Microbiol Ecol on March 25, 2014
The transcriptional response of microbial communities in thawing Alaskan permafrost soils. Front Microbiol (2015) 0.82
Nearing the cold-arid limits of microbial life in permafrost of an upper dry valley, Antarctica. ISME J (2016) 0.80
Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response. Nature (2002) 3.25
Mars-like soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the dry limit of microbial life. Science (2003) 2.60
Signatures of a shadow biosphere. Astrobiology (2009) 1.65
Why O2 is required by complex life on habitable planets and the concept of planetary "oxygenation time". Astrobiology (2005) 1.63
Hypolithic cyanobacteria, dry limit of photosynthesis, and microbial ecology in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. Microb Ecol (2006) 1.52
Ancient origins determine global biogeography of hot and cold desert cyanobacteria. Nat Commun (2011) 1.50
Stochastic and deterministic processes interact in the assembly of desert microbial communities on a global scale. ISME J (2011) 1.47
Stereo-specific glucose consumption may be used to distinguish between chemical and biological reactivity on Mars: a preliminary test on Earth. Astrobiology (2009) 1.43
Endolithic cyanobacteria in halite rocks from the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert. Astrobiology (2006) 1.38
Hypolithic microbial communities: between a rock and a hard place. Environ Microbiol (2012) 1.28
Survival of endospores of Bacillus subtilis on spacecraft surfaces under simulated martian environments: implications for the forward contamination of Mars. Icarus (2003) 1.27
Hypolithic community shifts occur as a result of liquid water availability along environmental gradients in China's hot and cold hyperarid deserts. Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.20
Comparative analysis of the microbial communities inhabiting halite evaporites of the Atacama Desert. Int Microbiol (2010) 1.19
Methane drizzle on Titan. Nature (2006) 1.19
Stability against freezing of aqueous solutions on early Mars. Nature (2009) 1.18
Geographic, seasonal, and precipitation chemistry influence on the abundance and activity of biological ice nucleators in rain and snow. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.13
Cyanobacterial ecology across environmental gradients and spatial scales in China's hot and cold deserts. FEMS Microbiol Ecol (2007) 1.10
Molecular evidence for an active endogenous microbiome beneath glacial ice. ISME J (2013) 1.07
Microbial life at -13 °C in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.06
Hypolithic and soil microbial community assembly along an aridity gradient in the Namib Desert. Extremophiles (2013) 1.04
Formation and character of an ancient 19-m ice cover and underlying trapped brine in an "ice-sealed" east Antarctic lake. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 1.02
Discovery of natural perchlorate in the Antarctic Dry Valleys and its global implications. Environ Sci Technol (2010) 1.02
Colonization patterns of soil microbial communities in the Atacama Desert. Microbiome (2013) 1.02
Hypolithic cyanobacteria supported mainly by fog in the coastal range of the Atacama Desert. Microb Ecol (2010) 1.00
Organic haze on Titan and the early Earth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 0.98
The limitations on organic detection in Mars-like soils by thermal volatilization-gas chromatography-MS and their implications for the Viking results. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 0.94
Hygroscopic salts and the potential for life on Mars. Astrobiology (2010) 0.93
Cyanobacteria and chloroflexi-dominated hypolithic colonization of quartz at the hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert, Chile. Extremophiles (2010) 0.93
The formation of sulfate and elemental sulfur aerosols under varying laboratory conditions: implications for early earth. Astrobiology (2010) 0.90
Description of four novel psychrophilic, ionizing radiation-sensitive Deinococcus species from alpine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2008) 0.89
Ultraviolet radiation-induced limitation to epilithic microbial growth in arid deserts--dosimetric experiments in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert. J Photochem Photobiol B (2007) 0.89
Growth of methanogens on a Mars soil simulant. Orig Life Evol Biosph (2004) 0.89
A preliminary survey of non-lichenized fungi cultured from the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Chile. Astrobiology (2006) 0.87
Microbial metabolism in ice and brine at -5°C. Environ Microbiol (2011) 0.86
Astrobiology through the ages of Mars: the study of terrestrial analogues to understand the habitability of Mars. Astrobiology (2010) 0.86
Noachian and more recent phyllosilicates in impact craters on Mars. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 0.83
Chance and necessity in biochemistry: implications for the search for extraterrestrial biomarkers in Earth-like environments. Astrobiology (2014) 0.82
Haze aerosols in the atmosphere of early Earth: manna from heaven. Astrobiology (2004) 0.81
Deinococcus peraridilitoris sp. nov., isolated from a coastal desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2007) 0.81
Reduction in haze formation rate on prebiotic Earth in the presence of hydrogen. Astrobiology (2009) 0.79
Key science questions from the second conference on early Mars: geologic, hydrologic, and climatic evolution and the implications for life. Astrobiology (2005) 0.79
Determination of low bacterial concentrations in hyperarid Atacama soils: comparison of biochemical and microscopy methods with real-time quantitative PCR. Can J Microbiol (2011) 0.78
LIFE: Life Investigation For Enceladus A Sample Return Mission Concept in Search for Evidence of Life. Astrobiology (2012) 0.77
Phylogenetic diversity of a microbialite reef in a cold alkaline freshwater lake. Can J Microbiol (2014) 0.76
Mineralogy and astrobiology detection using laser remote sensing instrument. Appl Opt (2015) 0.76
Near-term lander experiments for growing plants on Mars: requirements for information on chemical and physical properties of Mars regolith. Life Support Biosph Sci (2002) 0.76
Chemical and Biological Sensing using Diatom Photonic Crystal Biosilica with In-Situ Growth Plasmonic Nanoparticles. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience (2016) 0.75
Testing the H2O2-H2O hypothesis for life on Mars with the TEGA instrument on the Phoenix lander. Astrobiology (2008) 0.75
What can in situ ion chromatography offer for Mars exploration? Astrobiology (2014) 0.75
Magnetic resonance diffusion and relaxation characterization of water in the unfrozen vein network in polycrystalline ice and its response to microbial metabolic products. J Magn Reson (2012) 0.75
Detection of trace organics in Martian soil analogs using fluorescence-free surface enhanced 1064-nm Raman Spectroscopy. Opt Express (2016) 0.75
The photochemical stability of carbonates on Mars. Astrobiology (2006) 0.75
The sample handling system for the Mars Icebreaker Life mission: from dirt to data. Astrobiology (2013) 0.75
Quantitative 3D model of light transmittance through translucent rocks applied to the hypolithic microbial community. Microb Ecol (2013) 0.75
Laboratory studies of butane nucleation on organic haze particles: application to Titan's clouds. J Phys Chem A (2005) 0.75
Near-infrared (NIR) Raman spectroscopy of Precambrian carbonate stromatolites with post-depositional organic inclusions. Appl Spectrosc (2012) 0.75
How to search for life on Mars. Sci Am (2014) 0.75