| Review and re-analysis of domain-specific 16S primers GC Baker, JJ Smith, DA Cowan Journal of microbiological methods 55 (3), 541-555, 2003 | 2608 | 2003 |
| On the rocks: the microbiology of Antarctic Dry Valley soils SC Cary, IR McDonald, JE Barrett, DA Cowan Nature Reviews Microbiology 8 (2), 129-138, 2010 | 690 | 2010 |
| Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles P De Maayer, D Anderson, C Cary, DA Cowan EMBO reports 15 (5), 508-517, 2014 | 680 | 2014 |
| The search for the ideal biocatalyst SG Burton, DA Cowan, JM Woodley Nature biotechnology 20 (1), 37-45, 2002 | 446 | 2002 |
| Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems TP Makhalanyane, A Valverde, E Gunnigle, A Frossard, JB Ramond, ... FEMS microbiology reviews 39 (2), 203-221, 2015 | 439 | 2015 |
| A reservoir of ‘historical’antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils MW Van Goethem, R Pierneef, OKI Bezuidt, Y Van De Peer, DA Cowan, ... Microbiome 6 (1), 40, 2018 | 427 | 2018 |
| Metagenomic gene discovery: past, present and future D Cowan, Q Meyer, W Stafford, S Muyanga, R Cameron, P Wittwer TRENDS in Biotechnology 23 (6), 321-329, 2005 | 400 | 2005 |
| Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research CA Guerra, A Heintz-Buschart, J Sikorski, A Chatzinotas, ... Nature communications 11 (1), 3870, 2020 | 395 | 2020 |
| Enhancing the functional properties of thermophilic enzymes by chemical modification and immobilization DA Cowan, R Fernandez-Lafuente Enzyme and Microbial Technology 49 (4), 326-346, 2011 | 378 | 2011 |
| The healthy human blood microbiome: fact or fiction? DJ Castillo, RF Rifkin, DA Cowan, M Potgieter Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 9, 148, 2019 | 370 | 2019 |
| Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity CA Guerra, RD Bardgett, L Caon, TW Crowther, M Delgado-Baquerizo, ... Science 371 (6526), 239-241, 2021 | 369 | 2021 |
| Thermophilic ethanologenesis: future prospects for second-generation bioethanol production MP Taylor, KL Eley, S Martin, MI Tuffin, SG Burton, DA Cowan Trends in biotechnology 27 (7), 398-405, 2009 | 358 | 2009 |
| Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284–1382 PW Crous, ER Osieck, Ž Jurjević, J Boers, AL Van Iperen, ... Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 47, 178, 2021 | 337 | 2021 |
| Xerotolerant bacteria: surviving through a dry spell PH Lebre, P De Maayer, DA Cowan Nature Reviews Microbiology 15 (5), 285-296, 2017 | 335 | 2017 |
| Psychrophiles: from biodiversity to biotechnology R Margesin, F Schinner, JC Marx, C Gerday Springer, 2008 | 328 | 2008 |
| Molecular adaptations to psychrophily: the impact of ‘omic’technologies A Casanueva, M Tuffin, C Cary, DA Cowan Trends in microbiology 18 (8), 374-381, 2010 | 322 | 2010 |
| Bacterial diversity in three different Antarctic cold desert mineral soils JJ Smith, LA Tow, W Stafford, C Cary, DA Cowan Microbial Ecology 51 (4), 413-421, 2006 | 291 | 2006 |
| Endangered antarctic environments DA Cowan, LA Tow Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 58 (1), 649-690, 2004 | 259 | 2004 |
| A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond MC Kennicutt II, SL Chown, JJ Cassano, D Liggett, LS Peck, R Massom, ... Antarctic Science 27 (1), 3-18, 2015 | 251 | 2015 |
| Biomolecular stability and life at high temperatures RM Daniel*, DA Cowan Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS 57 (2), 250-264, 2000 | 236 | 2000 |
Thulani P. MakhalanyaneProfessor in the Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch UniversityVerified email at sun.ac.za
