| The evolutionary history of the genus Acanthamoeba and the identification of eight new 18S rRNA gene sequence types DR Stothard, JM Schroeder‐Diedrich, MH Awwad, RJ Gast, DR Ledee, ... Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 45 (1), 45-54, 1998 | 517 | 1998 |
| The coastal environment and human health: microbial indicators, pathogens, sentinels and reservoirs JR Stewart, RJ Gast, RS Fujioka, HM Solo-Gabriele, JS Meschke, ... Environmental health 7, 1-14, 2008 | 347 | 2008 |
| Subgenus Systematics of Acanthamoeba: Four Nuclear 18S rDNA Sequence Types RJ GAST, DR LEDEE, PA FUERST, TJ BYERS Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 43 (6), 498-504, 1996 | 276 | 1996 |
| Marine subsurface eukaryotes: the fungal majority VP Edgcomb, D Beaudoin, R Gast, JF Biddle, A Teske Environmental microbiology 13 (1), 172-183, 2011 | 258 | 2011 |
| Protistan diversity estimates based on 18S rDNA from seawater incubations in the western North Atlantic PD Countway, RJ Gast, P Savai, DA Caron Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 52 (2), 95-106, 2005 | 252 | 2005 |
| Bacteria in beach sands: an emerging challenge in protecting coastal water quality and bather health E Halliday, RJ Gast Environmental science & technology 45 (2), 370-379, 2011 | 236 | 2011 |
| Defining DNA-based operational taxonomic units for microbial-eukaryote ecology DA Caron, PD Countway, P Savai, RJ Gast, A Schnetzer, SD Moorthi, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 75 (18), 5797-5808, 2009 | 219 | 2009 |
| Characterization of protistan assemblages in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis RJ Gast, MR Dennett, DA Caron Applied and environmental microbiology 70 (4), 2028-2037, 2004 | 195 | 2004 |
| Distinct protistan assemblages characterize the euphotic zone and deep sea (2500 m) of the western North Atlantic (Sargasso Sea and Gulf Stream) PD Countway, RJ Gast, MR Dennett, P Savai, JM Rose, DA Caron Environmental microbiology 9 (5), 1219-1232, 2007 | 170 | 2007 |
| Kleptoplasty in an Antarctic dinoflagellate: caught in evolutionary transition? RJ Gast, DM Moran, MR Dennett, DA Caron Environmental Microbiology 9 (1), 39-45, 2007 | 163 | 2007 |
| Victims or vectors: a survey of marine vertebrate zoonoses from coastal waters of the Northwest Atlantic AL Bogomolni, RJ Gast, JC Ellis, MR Dennett, KR Pugliares, BJ Lentell, ... Inter-Research, 2008 | 139 | 2008 |
| Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic dinoflagellates from planktonic foraminifera and radiolaria. RJ Gast, DA Caron Molecular Biology and Evolution 13 (9), 1192-1197, 1996 | 118 | 1996 |
| Ecological strategies of protists and their symbiotic relationships with prokaryotic microbes RJ Gast, RW Sanders, DA Caron Trends in microbiology 17 (12), 563-569, 2009 | 116 | 2009 |
| Impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the microbial landscape of the New Orleans area CD Sinigalliano, ML Gidley, T Shibata, D Whitman, TH Dixon, E Laws, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (21), 9029-9034, 2007 | 114 | 2007 |
| Sequence variations in small-subunit ribosomal RNAs of Hartmannella vermiformis and their phylogenetic implications. PH Weekers, RJ Gast, PA Fuerst, TJ Byers Molecular Biology and Evolution 11 (4), 684-690, 1994 | 109 | 1994 |
| Occurrence and patterns of antibiotic resistance in vertebrates off the Northeastern United States coast JM Rose, RJ Gast, A Bogomolni, JC Ellis, BJ Lentell, K Touhey, M Moore FEMS microbiology ecology 67 (3), 421-431, 2009 | 103 | 2009 |
| Bacterivory by phototrophic picoplankton and nanoplankton in Arctic waters RW Sanders, RJ Gast FEMS microbiology ecology 82 (2), 242-253, 2012 | 100 | 2012 |
| Lethal marine snow: pathogen of bivalve mollusc concealed in marine aggregates MM Lyons, JE Ward, KR Uhlinger, RJ Gast, R Smolowitz Limnology and Oceanography 50 (6), 1983-1988, 2005 | 98 | 2005 |
| Investigating microbial eukaryotic diversity from a global census: insights from a comparison of pyrotag and full-length sequences of 18S rRNA genes AAY Lie, Z Liu, SK Hu, AC Jones, DY Kim, PD Countway, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 80 (14), 4363-4373, 2014 | 89 | 2014 |
| Comparison of bacterial communities in sands and water at beaches with bacterial water quality violations E Halliday, SL McLellan, LA Amaral-Zettler, ML Sogin, RJ Gast PLoS One 9 (3), e90815, 2014 | 89 | 2014 |
