Endolithic cyanobacteria in halite rocks from the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert J Wierzchos, C Ascaso, CP McKay Astrobiology 6 (3), 415-422, 2006 | 366 | 2006 |
Lichens survive in space: results from the 2005 LICHENS experiment LG Sancho, R De la Torre, G Horneck, C Ascaso, A de Los Rios, ... Astrobiology 7 (3), 443-454, 2007 | 299 | 2007 |
Astrobiology through the ages of Mars: the study of terrestrial analogues to understand the habitability of Mars AG Fairén, AF Davila, D Lim, N Bramall, R Bonaccorsi, J Zavaleta, ... Astrobiology 10 (8), 821-843, 2010 | 180 | 2010 |
Facilitation of endolithic microbial survival in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert by mineral deliquescence AF Davila, B Gómez‐Silva, A de Los Rios, C Ascaso, H Olivares, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 113 (G1), 2008 | 180 | 2008 |
Hygroscopic salts and the potential for life on Mars AF Davila, LG Duport, R Melchiorri, J Jänchen, S Valea, A de Los Rios, ... Astrobiology 10 (6), 617-628, 2010 | 178 | 2010 |
Application of back‐scattered electron imaging to the study of the lichen‐rock interface J Wierzchos, C Ascaso Journal of Microscopy 175 (1), 54-59, 1994 | 177 | 1994 |
Microorganisms in desert rocks: the edge of life on Earth J Wierzchos, A Ríos, C Ascaso Sociedad Española de Microbiología, 2012 | 168 | 2012 |
Microstructural characterization of cyanobacterial mats from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica A de Los Ríos, C Ascaso, J Wierzchos, E Fernández-Valiente, A Quesada Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70 (1), 569-580, 2004 | 163 | 2004 |
Chains of magnetite crystals in the meteorite ALH84001: evidence of biological origin EI Friedmann, J Wierzchos, C Ascaso, M Winklhofer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (5), 2176-2181, 2001 | 163 | 2001 |
Microbial colonization of Ca‐sulfate crusts in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert: implications for the search for life on Mars J Wierzchos, B Cámara, A de Los Rios, AF Davila, IM Sánchez Almazo, ... Geobiology 9 (1), 44-60, 2011 | 161 | 2011 |
In situ evaluation of the biodeteriorating action of microorganisms and the effects of biocides on carbonate rock of the Jeronimos Monastery (Lisbon) C Ascaso, J Wierzchos, V Souza-Egipsy, A De los Rıos, JD Rodrigues International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 49 (1), 1-12, 2002 | 152 | 2002 |
Early evolution and ecology of camouflage in insects R Pérez-de la Fuente, X Delclòs, E Peñalver, M Speranza, J Wierzchos, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (52), 21414-21419, 2012 | 150 | 2012 |
Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions–results of the Lithopanspermia experiments R de La Torre, LG Sancho, G Horneck, A de los Ríos, J Wierzchos, ... Icarus 208 (2), 735-748, 2010 | 146 | 2010 |
Adaptation strategies of endolithic chlorophototrophs to survive the hyperarid and extreme solar radiation environment of the Atacama Desert J Wierzchos, J DiRuggiero, P Vítek, O Artieda, V Souza-Egipsy, P Škaloud, ... Frontiers in microbiology 6, 934, 2015 | 130 | 2015 |
Acid microenvironments in microbial biofilms of Antarctic endolithic microecosystems A Los Ríos, J Wierzchos, LG Sancho, C Ascaso Environmental microbiology 5 (4), 231-237, 2003 | 127 | 2003 |
Microbial colonization of halite from the hyper-arid Atacama Desert studied by Raman spectroscopy P Vítek, HGM Edwards, J Jehlička, C Ascaso, A De los Ríos, S Valea, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
Comparative analysis of the microbial communities inhabiting halite evaporites of the Atacama Desert A Ríos, S Valea, C Ascaso, AF Dávila, J Kastovsky, CP McKay, ... Sociedad Española de Microbiología, 2010 | 117 | 2010 |
Microbial diversity and the presence of algae in halite endolithic communities are correlated to atmospheric moisture in the hyper‐arid zone of the A tacama D esert CK Robinson, J Wierzchos, C Black, A Crits‐Christoph, B Ma, J Ravel, ... Environmental microbiology 17 (2), 299-315, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
Morphological and chemical features of bioweathered granitic biotite induced by lichen activity J Wierzchos, C Ascaso Clays and Clay Minerals 44 (5), 652-657, 1996 | 105 | 1996 |
Functional interactions of archaea, bacteria and viruses in a hypersaline endolithic community A Crits‐Christoph, DR Gelsinger, B Ma, J Wierzchos, J Ravel, A Davila, ... Environmental microbiology 18 (6), 2064-2077, 2016 | 102 | 2016 |