| Casting light on Asgardarchaeota metabolism in a sunlit microoxic niche PA Bulzu, AŞ Andrei, MM Salcher, M Mehrshad, K Inoue, H Kandori, ... Nature microbiology 4 (7), 1129-1137, 2019 | 139 | 2019 |
| Schizorhodopsins: A family of rhodopsins from Asgard archaea that function as light-driven inward H+ pumps K Inoue, SP Tsunoda, M Singh, S Tomida, S Hososhima, M Konno, ... Science Advances 6 (15), eaaz2441, 2020 | 111 | 2020 |
| Expanded diversity and metabolic versatility of marine nitrite-oxidizing bacteria revealed by cultivation-and genomics-based approaches SJ Park, AŞ Andrei, PA Bulzu, VS Kavagutti, R Ghai, AC Mosier Applied and Environmental Microbiology 86 (22), e01667-20, 2020 | 70 | 2020 |
| Ecogenomics sheds light on diverse lifestyle strategies in freshwater CPR MC Chiriac, PA Bulzu, AS Andrei, Y Okazaki, S Nakano, M Haber, ... Microbiome 10 (1), 84, 2022 | 67 | 2022 |
| Trojan horse treatment based on PEG-coated extracellular vesicles to deliver doxorubicin to melanoma in vitro and in vivo L Patras, AE Ionescu, C Munteanu, R Hajdu, A Kosa, A Porfire, E Licarete, ... Cancer biology & therapy 23 (1), 1-16, 2022 | 54 | 2022 |
| Polyhydroxybutyrate production by an extremely halotolerant Halomonas elongata strain isolated from the hypersaline meromictic Fără Fund Lake (Transylvanian … A Cristea, A Baricz, N Leopold, CG Floare, G Borodi, I Kacso, S Tripon, ... Journal of applied microbiology 125 (5), 1343-1357, 2018 | 50 | 2018 |
| High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom VS Kavagutti, PA Bulzu, CM Chiriac, MM Salcher, I Mukherjee, ... Microbiome 11 (1), 15, 2023 | 47 | 2023 |
| Spatio‐temporal insights into microbiology of the freshwater‐to‐hypersaline, oxic‐hypoxic‐euxinic waters of Ursu Lake A Baricz, CM Chiriac, AȘ Andrei, PA Bulzu, EA Levei, O Cadar, KP Battes, ... Environmental Microbiology 23 (7), 3523-3540, 2021 | 47 | 2021 |
| Combination therapy of simvastatin and 5, 6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid synergistically suppresses the aggressiveness of B16. F10 melanoma cells VF Rauca, E Licarete, L Luput, A Sesarman, L Patras, P Bulzu, ... PLoS One 13 (8), e0202827, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
| Heliorhodopsin evolution is driven by photosensory promiscuity in monoderms PA Bulzu, VS Kavagutti, MC Chiriac, CD Vavourakis, K Inoue, H Kandori, ... Msphere 6 (6), e00661-21, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
| Lineage specific evolution of the VNTR composite retrotransposon central domain and its role in retrotransposition of gibbon LAVA elements I Lupan, P Bulzu, O Popescu, A Damert BMC genomics 16 (1), 389, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Diversity, distribution and organic substrates preferences of microbial communities of a low anthropic activity cave in North-Western Romania DF Bogdan, AI Baricz, I Chiciudean, PA Bulzu, A Cristea, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 962452, 2023 | 14 | 2023 |
| Mobile element evolution playing jigsaw—SINEs in gastropod and bivalve mollusks I Matetovici, S Sajgo, B Ianc, C Ochis, P Bulzu, O Popescu, A Damert Genome biology and evolution 8 (1), 253-270, 2016 | 13 | 2016 |
| The gut microbiome mediates adaptation to scarce food in Coleoptera OT Moldovan, AA Carrell, PA Bulzu, E Levei, R Bucur, C Sitar, L Faur, ... Environmental Microbiome 18 (1), 80, 2023 | 12 | 2023 |
| The evolutionary kaleidoscope of rhodopsins PA Bulzu, VS Kavagutti, AS Andrei, R Ghai Msystems 7 (5), e00405-22, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| Freshwater genome-reduced bacteria exhibit pervasive episodes of adaptive stasis L Serra Moncadas, C Hofer, PA Bulzu, J Pernthaler, AS Andrei nature communications 15 (1), 3421, 2024 | 9 | 2024 |
| A 16S rRNA gene-based metabarcoding of phosphate-rich deposits in Muierilor cave, South-Western Carpathians C Haidău, R Năstase-Bucur, P Bulzu, E Levei, O Cadar, IC Mirea, L Faur, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 877481, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
| Visualization of Lokiarchaeia and Heimdallarchaeia (Asgardarchaeota) by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Catalyzed Reporter Deposition (CARD-FISH) MM Salcher, AŞ Andrei, PA Bulzu, ZG Keresztes, HL Banciu, R Ghai Msphere 5 (4), 10.1128/msphere. 00686-20, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
| Bringing the uncultivated microbial majority of freshwater ecosystems into culture MM Salcher, P Layoun, C Fernandes, MC Chiriac, PA Bulzu, R Ghai, ... Nature Communications 16 (1), 7971, 2025 | 8 | 2025 |
| Global freshwater distribution of Telonemia protists R Boukheloua, I Mukherjee, H Park, K Šimek, V Kasalický, M Ngochera, ... The ISME journal 18 (1), wrae177, 2024 | 8 | 2024 |
