| Microbial rock inhabitants survive hypervelocity impacts on Mars-like host planets: first phase of lithopanspermia experimentally tested G Horneck, D Stöffler, S Ott, U Hornemann, CS Cockell, R Moeller, ... Astrobiology 8 (1), 17-44, 2008 | 184 | 2008 |
| Role of DNA Repair by Nonhomologous-End Joining in Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance to Extreme Dryness, Mono- and Polychromatic UV, and Ionizing Radiation R Moeller, E Stackebrandt, G Reitz, T Berger, P Rettberg, AJ Doherty, ... Journal of Bacteriology 189 (8), 3306-3311, 2007 | 173 | 2007 |
| 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 |
| Antibacterial activity of blue light against nosocomial wound pathogens growing planktonically and as mature biofilms FD Halstead, JE Thwaite, R Burt, TR Laws, M Raguse, R Moeller, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 82 (13), 4006-4016, 2016 | 165 | 2016 |
| Resistance of bacterial endospores to outer space for planetary protection purposes—experiment PROTECT of the EXPOSE-E mission G Horneck, R Moeller, J Cadet, T Douki, RL Mancinelli, WL Nicholson, ... Astrobiology 12 (5), 445-456, 2012 | 154 | 2012 |
| Role of pigmentation in protecting Bacillus sp. endospores against environmental UV radiation R Moeller, G Horneck, R Facius, E Stackebrandt FEMS microbiology ecology 51 (2), 231-236, 2005 | 138 | 2005 |
| Roles of Small, Acid-Soluble Spore Proteins and Core Water Content in Survival of Bacillus subtilis Spores Exposed to Environmental Solar UV Radiation R Moeller, P Setlow, G Reitz, WL Nicholson Applied and environmental microbiology 75 (16), 5202-5208, 2009 | 128 | 2009 |
| Experimental evidence for the potential impact ejection of viable microorganisms from Mars and Mars-like planets D Stöffler, G Horneck, S Ott, U Hornemann, CS Cockell, R Moeller, ... Icarus 186 (2), 585-588, 2007 | 125 | 2007 |
| Space station biomining experiment demonstrates rare earth element extraction in microgravity and Mars gravity CS Cockell, R Santomartino, K Finster, AC Waajen, LJ Eades, R Moeller, ... Nature communications 11 (1), 5523, 2020 | 121 | 2020 |
| Phenotypic Changes Exhibited by E. coli Cultured in Space L Zea, M Larsen, F Estante, K Qvortrup, R Moeller, S Dias de Oliveira, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 1598, 2017 | 106 | 2017 |
| 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 | 99 | 2012 |
| Resistance of Bacillus subtilis spore DNA to lethal ionizing radiation damage relies primarily on spore core components and DNA repair, with minor effects of oxygen radical … R Moeller, M Raguse, G Reitz, R Okayasu, Z Li, S Klein, P Setlow, ... Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (1), 104-109, 2014 | 96 | 2014 |
| Effect of Relative Humidity on Deinococcus radiodurans’ Resistance to Prolonged Desiccation, Heat, Ionizing, Germicidal, and Environmentally Relevant UV … A Bauermeister, R Moeller, G Reitz, S Sommer, P Rettberg Microbial ecology 61, 715-722, 2011 | 95 | 2011 |
| Roles of the Major, Small, Acid-Soluble Spore Proteins and Spore-Specific and Universal DNA Repair Mechanisms in Resistance of Bacillus subtilis Spores to … R Moeller, P Setlow, G Horneck, T Berger, G Reitz, P Rettberg, AJ Doherty, ... Journal of bacteriology 190 (3), 1134-1140, 2008 | 93 | 2008 |
| Experimental studies addressing the longevity of Bacillus subtilis spores – The first data from a 500-year experiment N Ulrich, K Nagler, M Laue, CS Cockell, P Setlow, R Moeller PloS one 13 (12), e0208425, 2018 | 89 | 2018 |
| DNA damage kills bacterial spores and cells exposed to 222-nanometer UV radiation W Taylor, E Camilleri, DL Craft, G Korza, MR Granados, J Peterson, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 86 (8), e03039-19, 2020 | 81 | 2020 |
| Aspergillus niger Spores Are Highly Resistant to Space Radiation M Cortesão, A De Haas, R Unterbusch, A Fujimori, T Schütze, V Meyer, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 560, 2020 | 80 | 2020 |
| High salinity alters the germination behavior of Bacillus subtilis spores with nutrient and nonnutrient germinants K Nagler, P Setlow, YQ Li, R Moeller Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (4), 1314-1321, 2014 | 78 | 2014 |
| Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance to Simulated Mars Surface Conditions M Cortesão, FM Fuchs, FM Commichau, P Eichenberger, AC Schuerger, ... Frontiers in microbiology 10, 333, 2019 | 76 | 2019 |
| Survival of Spores of the UV-Resistant Bacillus subtilis Strain MW01 After Exposure to Low-Earth Orbit and Simulated Martian Conditions: Data from the Space … M Wassmann, R Moeller, E Rabbow, C Panitz, G Horneck, G Reitz, ... Astrobiology 12 (5), 498-507, 2012 | 75 | 2012 |
