| 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 | 193 | 2019 |
| Evaluation of the LIVE/DEAD BacLight Kit for Detection of Extremophilic Archaea and Visualization of Microorganisms in Environmental Hypersaline Samples S Leuko, A Legat, S Fendrihan, H Stan-Lotter Applied and environmental microbiology 70 (11), 6884-6886, 2004 | 165 | 2004 |
| Carotenoid analysis of halophilic archaea by resonance Raman spectroscopy CP Marshall, S Leuko, CM Coyle, MR Walter, BP Burns, BA Neilan Astrobiology 7 (4), 631-643, 2007 | 159 | 2007 |
| Determining the specific microbial populations and their spatial distribution within the stromatolite ecosystem of Shark Bay F Goh, MA Allen, S Leuko, T Kawaguchi, AW Decho, BP Burns, BA Neilan The ISME journal 3 (4), 383-396, 2009 | 144 | 2009 |
| AstRoMap European astrobiology roadmap G Horneck, N Walter, F Westall, JL Grenfell, WF Martin, F Gomez, S Leuko, ... Astrobiology 16 (3), 201-243, 2016 | 143 | 2016 |
| Analysis of DNA repair and protection in the Tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus and Hypsibius dujardini after exposure to UVC radiation DD Horikawa, J Cumbers, I Sakakibara, D Rogoff, S Leuko, R Harnoto, ... PloS one 8 (6), e64793, 2013 | 122 | 2013 |
| Halococcus hamelinensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic archaeon isolated from stromatolites in Shark Bay, Australia F Goh, S Leuko, MA Allen, JP Bowman, M Kamekura, BA Neilan, ... International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (6 …, 2006 | 96 | 2006 |
| Astrobiology and the possibility of life on earth and elsewhere… H Cottin, JM Kotler, K Bartik, HJ Cleaves, CS Cockell, JPP De Vera, ... Space Science Reviews 209 (1), 1-42, 2017 | 87 | 2017 |
| Vibrational spectroscopy of extant and fossil microbes: relevance for the astrobiological exploration of Mars CP Marshall, EA Carter, S Leuko, EJ Javaux Vibrational Spectroscopy 41 (2), 182-189, 2006 | 84 | 2006 |
| Mutations that impact the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Cpx envelope stress response attenuate virulence in Galleria mellonella S Leuko, TL Raivio Infection and immunity 80 (9), 3077-3085, 2012 | 80 | 2012 |
| STARLIFE—An international campaign to study the role of galactic cosmic radiation in astrobiological model systems R Moeller, M Raguse, S Leuko, T Berger, CE Hellweg, A Fujimori, ... Astrobiology 17 (2), 101-109, 2017 | 74 | 2017 |
| Lysis efficiency of standard DNA extraction methods for Halococcus spp. in an organic rich environment S Leuko, F Goh, R Ibáñez-Peral, BP Burns, MR Walter, BA Neilan Extremophiles 12 (2), 301-308, 2008 | 62 | 2008 |
| Geomicrobiology of a seawater-influenced active sulfuric acid cave IM D’Angeli, D Ghezzi, S Leuko, A Firrincieli, M Parise, A Fiorucci, B Vigna, ... PLoS One 14 (8), e0220706, 2019 | 59 | 2019 |
| Global Protein-Level Responses of Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 to Prolonged Changes in External Sodium Chloride Concentrations S Leuko, MJ Raftery, BP Burns, MR Walter, BA Neilan Journal of proteome research 8 (5), 2218-2225, 2009 | 58 | 2009 |
| Analysis of intergenic spacer region length polymorphisms to investigate the halophilic archaeal diversity of stromatolites and microbial mats S Leuko, F Goh, MA Allen, BP Burns, MR Walter, BA Neilan Extremophiles 11 (1), 203-210, 2007 | 54 | 2007 |
| Astrobiology with haloarchaea from Permo-Triassic rock salt H Stan-Lotter, C Radax, C Gruber, A Legat, M Pfaffenhuemer, H Wieland, ... International Journal of Astrobiology 1 (4), 271-284, 2002 | 53 | 2002 |
| Haloferax elongans sp. nov. and Haloferax mucosum sp. nov., isolated from microbial mats from Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Australia MA Allen, F Goh, S Leuko, A Echigo, T Mizuki, R Usami, M Kamekura, ... International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 58 (4 …, 2008 | 52 | 2008 |
| Biosignature stability in space enables their use for life detection on Mars M Baqué, T Backhaus, J Meeßen, F Hanke, U Böttger, N Ramkissoon, ... Science advances 8 (36), eabn7412, 2022 | 46 | 2022 |
| The Survival and Resistance of Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1, Halococcus hamelinensis, and Halococcus morrhuae to Simulated Outer Space Solar Radiation S Leuko, C Domingos, A Parpart, G Reitz, P Rettberg Astrobiology 15 (11), 987-997, 2015 | 45 | 2015 |
| The influence of human exploration on the microbial community structure and ammonia oxidizing potential of the Su Bentu limestone cave in Sardinia, Italy S Leuko, K Koskinen, L Sanna, IM D’Angeli, J De Waele, P Marcia, ... PloS one 12 (7), e0180700, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |