| Assimilation of cholesterol by Lactobacillus acidophilus SE Gilliland, CR Nelson, C Maxwell Applied and environmental microbiology 49 (2), 377-381, 1985 | 1274 | 1985 |
| Nursing biocrusts: isolation, cultivation, and fitness test of indigenous cyanobacteria A Giraldo‐Silva, C Nelson, NN Barger, F Garcia‐Pichel Restoration Ecology 27 (4), 793-803, 2019 | 105 | 2019 |
| Microbial nursery production of high-quality biological soil crust biomass for restoration of degraded dryland soils S Velasco Ayuso, A Giraldo Silva, C Nelson, NN Barger, F Garcia-Pichel Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83 (3), e02179-16, 2017 | 104 | 2017 |
| A symbiotic nutrient exchange within the cyanosphere microbiome of the biocrust cyanobacterium, Microcoleus vaginatus C Nelson, A Giraldo-Silva, F Garcia-Pichel The ISME Journal 15 (1), 282-292, 2021 | 67 | 2021 |
| Inoculation and habitat amelioration efforts in biological soil crust recovery vary by desert and soil texture AM Faist, AJ Antoninka, J Belnap, MA Bowker, MC Duniway, ... Restoration Ecology 28, S96-S105, 2020 | 48 | 2020 |
| Optimizing the production of nursery-based biological soil crusts for restoration of arid land soils J Bethany, A Giraldo-Silva, C Nelson, NN Barger, F Garcia-Pichel Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85 (15), e00735-19, 2019 | 44 | 2019 |
| Effect of preconditioning to the soil environment on the performance of 20 cyanobacterial strains used as inoculum for biocrust restoration A Giraldo‐Silva, C Nelson, C Penfold, NN Barger, F Garcia‐Pichel Restoration Ecology 28, S187-S193, 2020 | 36 | 2020 |
| Beneficial cyanosphere heterotrophs accelerate establishment of cyanobacterial biocrust C Nelson, F Garcia-Pichel Applied and environmental microbiology 87 (20), e01236-21, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
| Cholesterol uptake by Lactobacillus acidophilus. CR Nelson, SE Gilliland | 30 | 1984 |
| Dual use of solar power plants as biocrust nurseries for large-scale arid soil restoration AM Heredia-Velásquez, A Giraldo-Silva, C Nelson, J Bethany, P Kut, ... Nature Sustainability 6 (8), 955-964, 2023 | 19 | 2023 |
| A fog-irrigated soil substrate system unifies and optimizes cyanobacterial biocrust inoculum production C Nelson, A Giraldo-Silva, F Garcia-Pichel Applied and Environmental Microbiology 86 (13), e00624-20, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| Spatial self-segregation of pioneer cyanobacterial species drives microbiome organization in biocrusts C Nelson, A Giraldo-Silva, FW Thomas, F Garcia-Pichel ISME communications 2 (1), 114, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
| Inoculum and habitat amelioration efforts in biological soil crust recovery vary by desert and soil texture AM Faist, AJ Antoninka, J Belnap, M Bowker, M Duniway, F Garcia-Pichel, ... Restoration Ecology. https://doi. org/10.1111/rec 13087, 2019 | 5 | 2019 |
| Spatial organization of a soil cyanobacterium and its cyanosphere through GABA/Glu signaling to optimize mutualistic nitrogen fixation C Nelson, P Dadi, DD Shah, F Garcia-Pichel The ISME Journal 18 (1), wrad029, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
| Research needs on the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship in drylands FT Maestre, L Biancari, N Chen, M Corrochano-Monsalve, GD Jenerette, ... npj Biodiversity 3 (1), 12, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
| What Could Explain δ13C Signatures in Biocrust Cyanobacteria of Drylands? E Stricker, G Crain, J Rudgers, R Sinsabaugh, V Fernandes, C Nelson, ... Microbial ecology 81, 134-145, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
| 4–PREVALENCE AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF A BIOCRUST PREDATORY BACTERIUM J Bethany, C Nelson, F Garcia-Pichel Discovery, Characterization and Ecological Impact of a Predatory Bacterium …, 2022 | | 2022 |
| The Symbiotic Foundation of Biocrust Microbiomes and its Application in Ecological Restoration C Nelson Arizona State University, 2021 | | 2021 |
| BIOPROSPECTING FOR THE RIGHT CYANOBACTERIA IN ECOLOGICAL ARID SOIL RESTORATION F Garcia-Pichel, GA Silva, VS Ayuso, C Nelson Phycologia 56 (4), 58, 2017 | | 2017 |
| Advances in biological soil crust rehabilitation in North American drylands AM Faist, A Antoninka, NN Barger, J Belnap, M Bowker, M Duniway, ... 101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7--12, 2016), 2016 | | 2016 |
