| Sustainable life support on Mars–the potential roles of cyanobacteria C Verseux, M Baqué, K Lehto, JPP de Vera, LJ Rothschild, D Billi International Journal of Astrobiology 15 (1), 65-92, 2016 | 194 | 2016 |
| Limits of life and the habitability of Mars: the ESA space experiment BIOMEX on the ISS JP De Vera, M Alawi, T Backhaus, M Baqué, D Billi, U Böttger, T Berger, ... Astrobiology 19 (2), 145-157, 2019 | 166 | 2019 |
| Supporting Mars exploration: BIOMEX in Low Earth Orbit and further astrobiological studies on the Moon using Raman and PanCam technology JP de Vera, U Boettger, R de la Torre Noetzel, FJ Sánchez, D Grunow, ... Planetary and Space Science 74 (1), 103-110, 2012 | 97 | 2012 |
| The BOSS and BIOMEX space experiments on the EXPOSE-R2 mission: Endurance of the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under simulated space vacuum, Martian atmosphere, UVC … M Baqué, JP de Vera, P Rettberg, D Billi Acta Astronautica 91, 180-186, 2013 | 87 | 2013 |
| Endurance of the endolithic desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under UVC radiation M Baqué, E Viaggiu, G Scalzi, D Billi Extremophiles 17, 161-169, 2013 | 67 | 2013 |
| Evaluation of the Resistance of Chroococcidiopsis spp. to Sparsely and Densely Ionizing Irradiation C Verseux, M Baqué, R Cifariello, C Fagliarone, M Raguse, R Moeller, ... Astrobiology 17 (2), 118-125, 2017 | 62 | 2017 |
| Biofilm and Planktonic Lifestyles Differently Support the Resistance of the Desert Cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis Under Space and Martian Simulations M Baqué, G Scalzi, E Rabbow, P Rettberg, D Billi Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 43, 377-389, 2013 | 60 | 2013 |
| Dried Biofilms of Desert Strains of Chroococcidiopsis Survived Prolonged Exposure to Space and Mars-like Conditions in Low Earth Orbit D Billi, C Staibano, C Verseux, C Fagliarone, C Mosca, M Baqué, ... Astrobiology 19 (8), 1008-1017, 2019 | 58 | 2019 |
| Preservation of biomarkers from cyanobacteria mixed with Marslike regolith under simulated Martian atmosphere and UV flux M Baqué, C Verseux, U Böttger, E Rabbow, JPP de Vera, D Billi Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 46, 289-310, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| A desert cyanobacterium under simulated Mars-like conditions in low Earth orbit: implications for the habitability of Mars D Billi, C Verseux, C Fagliarone, A Napoli, M Baqué, JP de Vera Astrobiology 19 (2), 158-169, 2019 | 56 | 2019 |
| Comparative analysis of cyanobacteria inhabiting rocks with different light transmittance in the Mojave Desert: a Mars terrestrial analogue HD Smith, M Baqué, AG Duncan, CR Lloyd, CP McKay, D Billi International Journal of Astrobiology 13 (3), 271-277, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Avoidance of protein oxidation correlates with the desiccation and radiation resistance of hot and cold desert strains of the cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis C Fagliarone, C Mosca, I Ubaldi, C Verseux, M Baqué, A Wilmotte, D Billi Extremophiles 21, 981-991, 2017 | 52 | 2017 |
| Cyanobacteria from extreme deserts to space D Billi, M Baqué, H Smith, C McKay Advances in Microbiology 3 (6), 80-86, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
| The development of an effective bacterial single-cell lysis method suitable for whole genome amplification in microfluidic platforms Y Liu, D Schulze-Makuch, JP De Vera, C Cockell, T Leya, M Baqué, ... Micromachines 9 (8), 367, 2018 | 42 | 2018 |
| Biomarker preservation and survivability under extreme dryness and Mars-like UV flux of a desert cyanobacterium capable of trehalose and sucrose accumulation C Fagliarone, A Napoli, S Chiavarini, M Baqué, JP De Vera, D Billi Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 7, 31, 2020 | 31 | 2020 |
| Desert cyanobacteria: potential for space and Earth applications D Billi, M Baqué, C Verseux, L Rothschild, JP de Vera Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes: Novel Research Results …, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Synthetic biology for space exploration: promises and societal implications CN Verseux, IG Paulino-Lima, M Baqué, D Billi, LJ Rothschild Ambivalences of creating life: Societal and philosophical dimensions of …, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| Biosignature stability in space enables their use for life detection on Mars M Baqué, T Backhaus, J Meeßen, F Hanke, U Böttger, N Ramkissoon, ... Science advances 8 (36), eabn7412, 2022 | 27 | 2022 |
| Microbial hotspots in lithic microhabitats inferred from DNA fractionation and metagenomics in the Atacama Desert D Schulze-Makuch, D Lipus, FL Arens, M Baqué, TLV Bornemann, ... Microorganisms 9 (5), 1038, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
| Over-expression of UV-damage DNA repair genes and ribonucleic acid persistence contribute to the resilience of dried biofilms of the desert cyanobacetrium Chroococcidiopsis … C Mosca, LJ Rothschild, A Napoli, F Ferré, M Pietrosanto, C Fagliarone, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 10, 2312, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |