| Selection of the InSight landing site M Golombek, D Kipp, N Warner, IJ Daubar, R Fergason, RL Kirk, R Beyer, ... Space Science Reviews 211, 5-95, 2017 | 193 | 2017 |
| Survival of spacecraft-associated microorganisms under simulated martian UV irradiation DA Newcombe, AC Schuerger, JN Benardini, D Dickinson, R Tanner, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 71 (12), 8147-8156, 2005 | 171 | 2005 |
| New perspectives on viable microbial communities in low-biomass cleanroom environments P Vaishampayan, AJ Probst, MT La Duc, E Bargoma, JN Benardini, ... The ISME Journal 7 (2), 312-324, 2013 | 146 | 2013 |
| KatharoSeq enables high-throughput microbiome analysis from low-biomass samples JJ Minich, Q Zhu, S Janssen, R Hendrickson, A Amir, R Vetter, J Hyde, ... MSystems 3 (3), 10.1128/msystems. 00218-17, 2018 | 114 | 2018 |
| Spore UV and acceleration resistance of endolithic Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus subtilis isolates obtained from Sonoran desert basalt: implications for lithopanspermia JN Benardini, J Sawyer, K Venkateswaran, WL Nicholson Astrobiology 3 (4), 709-717, 2003 | 102 | 2003 |
| Diversity of microorganisms within rock varnish in the Whipple Mountains, California KR Kuhlman, WG Fusco, MT La Duc, LB Allenbach, CL Ball, GM Kuhlman, ... Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (2), 1708-1715, 2006 | 91 | 2006 |
| Implementing planetary protection measures on the Mars Science Laboratory JN Benardini III, MT La Duc, RA Beaudet, R Koukol Astrobiology 14 (1), 27-32, 2014 | 66 | 2014 |
| Evaluation of procedures for the collection, processing, and analysis of biomolecules from low-biomass surfaces K Kwan, M Cooper, MT La Duc, P Vaishampayan, C Stam, JN Benardini, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 77 (9), 2943-2953, 2011 | 66 | 2011 |
| Enumeration, isolation, and characterization of ultraviolet (UV-C) resistant bacteria from rock varnish in the Whipple Mountains, California KR Kuhlman, LB Allenbach, CL Ball, WG Fusco, MT La Duc, GM Kuhlman, ... Icarus 174 (2), 585-595, 2005 | 66 | 2005 |
| Paenibacillus phoenicis sp. nov., isolated from the Phoenix Lander assembly facility and a subsurface molybdenum mine JN Benardini, PA Vaishampayan, P Schwendner, E Swanner, Y Fukui, ... International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 61 (6 …, 2011 | 37 | 2011 |
| Comparison of innovative molecular approaches and standard spore assays for assessment of surface cleanliness M Cooper, MT La Duc, A Probst, P Vaishampayan, C Stam, JN Benardini, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 77 (15), 5438-5444, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| Identification and characterization of early mission phase microorganisms residing on the Mars Science Laboratory and assessment of their potential to survive Mars-like conditions SA Smith, JN Benardini III, D Anderl, M Ford, E Wear, M Schrader, ... Astrobiology 17 (3), 253-265, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |
| Biological safety in the context of backward planetary protection and Mars sample return: conclusions from the sterilization working group E Craven, M Winters, AL Smith, E Lalime, R Mancinelli, B Shirey, ... International Journal of Astrobiology 20 (1), 1-28, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
| KatharoSeq enables high-throughput microbiome analysis from low-biomass samples. mSystems 3: e00218-17 JJ Minich, Q Zhu, S Janssen, R Hendrickson, A Amir, R Vetter, J Hyde, ... | 27 | 2018 |
| Microbial Diversity of Indian Ocean Hydrothermal Vent Plumes: Microbes Tolerant of Desiccation, Peroxide Exposure, and Ultraviolet and γ-Irradiation MT La Duc, JN Benardini, MJ Kempf, DA Newcombe, M Lubarsky, ... Astrobiology 7 (2), 416-431, 2007 | 26 | 2007 |
| Implementing planetary protection on the atlas v fairing and ground systems used to launch the Mars Science Laboratory JN Benardini III, MT La Duc, D Ballou, R Koukol Astrobiology 14 (1), 33-41, 2014 | 25 | 2014 |
| A comprehensive metagenomics framework to characterize organisms relevant for planetary protection DC Danko, MA Sierra, JN Benardini, L Guan, JM Wood, N Singh, ... Microbiome 9, 1-15, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
| Comprehensive measurement of microbial burden in nutrient-deprived cleanrooms R Hendrickson, P Lundgren, GBM Mohan, C Urbaniak, J Benardini, ... 47th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2017 | 19 | 2017 |
| Deposition of extreme-tolerant bacterial strains isolated during different phases of Phoenix spacecraft assembly in a public culture collection K Venkateswaran, P Vaishampayan, JN Benardini III, AP Rooney, JA Spry Astrobiology 14 (1), 24-26, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Application of the ATP assay to rapidly assess cleanliness of spacecraft surfaces: a path to set a standard for future missions JN Benardini, K Venkateswaran AMB Express 6, 1-8, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |