| Resistance of Bacillus Endospores to Extreme Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments WL Nicholson, N Munakata, G Horneck, HJ Melosh, P Setlow Microbiology and molecular biology reviews 64 (3), 548-572, 2000 | 2663 | 2000 |
| Sporulation, germination and outgrowth WL Nicholson Molecular biological methods for Bacillus., 91-450, 1990 | 1237 | 1990 |
| Roles of Bacillus endospores in the environment WL Nicholson Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS 59, 410-416, 2002 | 596 | 2002 |
| Catabolite repression of α amylase gene expression in Bacillus subtilis involves a trans‐acting gene product homologous to the Escherichia coli lacl and galR repressors TM Henkin, FJ Grundy, WL Nicholson, GH Chambliss Molecular microbiology 5 (3), 575-584, 1991 | 408 | 1991 |
| Role of the Spore Coat Layers in Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide, Artificial UV-C, UV-B, and Solar UV Radiation PJ Riesenman, WL Nicholson Applied and environmental microbiology 66 (2), 620-626, 2000 | 389 | 2000 |
| Molecular biological methods for Bacillus WL Nicholson, P Setlow, CR Harwood, SM Cutting West Sussex: John Willey & Sons, LTD, 391-451, 1990 | 380 | 1990 |
| A new analysis of Mars “special regions”: findings of the second MEPAG Special Regions Science Analysis Group (SR-SAG2) JD Rummel, DW Beaty, MA Jones, C Bakermans, NG Barlow, PJ Boston, ... Astrobiology 14 (11), 887-968, 2014 | 368 | 2014 |
| The solar UV environment and bacterial spore UV resistance: considerations for Earth-to-Mars transport by natural processes and human spaceflight WL Nicholson, AC Schuerger, P Setlow Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis 571 (1 …, 2005 | 232 | 2005 |
| Artificial and Solar UV Radiation Induces Strand Breaks and Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers in Bacillus subtilis Spore DNA TA Slieman, WL Nicholson Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66 (1), 199-205, 2000 | 215 | 2000 |
| Role of Dipicolinic Acid in Survival ofBacillus subtilis Spores Exposed to Artificial and Solar UV Radiation TA Slieman, WL Nicholson Applied and environmental microbiology 67 (3), 1274-1279, 2001 | 203 | 2001 |
| UV Resistance of Bacillus anthracis Spores Revisited: Validation of Bacillus subtilis Spores as UV Surrogates for Spores of B. anthracis Sterne WL Nicholson, B Galeano Applied and environmental microbiology 69 (2), 1327-1330, 2003 | 202 | 2003 |
| The Bacillus subtilis ydjL (bdhA) Gene Encodes Acetoin Reductase/2,3-Butanediol Dehydrogenase WL Nicholson Applied and environmental microbiology 74 (22), 6832-6838, 2008 | 194 | 2008 |
| Microbial characterization of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft and its encapsulation facility MT La Duc, W Nicholson, R Kern, K Venkateswaran Environmental Microbiology 5 (10), 977-985, 2003 | 190 | 2003 |
| 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 |
| Extreme Spore UV Resistance of Bacillus pumilus Isolates Obtained from an Ultraclean Spacecraft Assembly Facility L Link, J Sawyer, K Venkateswaran, W Nicholson Microbial ecology 47, 159-163, 2004 | 164 | 2004 |
| Inactivation of Vegetative Cells, but Not Spores, of Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus, and B. subtilis on Stainless Steel Surfaces Coated with an Antimicrobial Silver … B Galeano, E Korff, WL Nicholson Applied and environmental microbiology 69 (7), 4329-4331, 2003 | 164 | 2003 |
| Paradoxical DNA Repair and Peroxide Resistance Gene Conservation in Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 J Gioia, S Yerrapragada, X Qin, H Jiang, OC Igboeli, D Muzny, ... PloS one 2 (9), e928, 2007 | 162 | 2007 |
| Survival of bacteria exposed to extreme acceleration: implications for panspermia RME Mastrapa, H Glanzberg, JN Head, HJ Melosh, WL Nicholson Earth and Planetary Science Letters 189 (1-2), 1-8, 2001 | 162 | 2001 |
| 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 | 155 | 2012 |
| Ancient micronauts: interplanetary transport of microbes by cosmic impacts WL Nicholson Trends in Microbiology 17 (6), 243-250, 2009 | 140 | 2009 |
