| Innate immunity and asthma risk in Amish and Hutterite farm children MM Stein, CL Hrusch, J Gozdz, C Igartua, V Pivniouk, SE Murray, ... New England journal of medicine 375 (5), 411-421, 2016 | 966 | 2016 |
| Life at the hyperarid margin: novel bacterial diversity in arid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile JW Neilson, J Quade, M Ortiz, WM Nelson, A Legatzki, F Tian, M LaComb, ... Extremophiles 16, 553-566, 2012 | 227 | 2012 |
| Bacterial community structure in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert, Chile KP Drees, JW Neilson, JL Betancourt, J Quade, DA Henderson, BM Pryor, ... Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (12), 7902-7908, 2006 | 202 | 2006 |
| Characterization of a bacterial community in an abandoned semiarid lead-zinc mine tailing site MO Mendez, JW Neilson, RM Maier Applied and environmental microbiology 74 (12), 3899-3907, 2008 | 195 | 2008 |
| Gene transfer of Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134 plasmid pJP4 to indigenous soil recipients GD DiGiovanni, JW Neilson, IL Pepper, NA Sinclair Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62 (7), 2521-2526, 1996 | 171 | 1996 |
| Characterization of lead removal from contaminated soils by nontoxic soil‐washing agents JW Neilson, JF Artiola, RM Maier Journal of Environmental Quality 32 (3), 899-908, 2003 | 165 | 2003 |
| Significant impacts of increasing aridity on the arid soil microbiome JW Neilson, K Califf, C Cardona, A Copeland, W Van Treuren, ... MSystems 2 (3), 10.1128/msystems. 00195-16, 2017 | 163 | 2017 |
| Culturable microbial diversity and the impact of tourism in Kartchner Caverns, Arizona LA Ikner, RS Toomey, G Nolan, JW Neilson, BM Pryor, RM Maier Microbial ecology 53, 30-42, 2007 | 150 | 2007 |
| Making a living while starving in the dark: metagenomic insights into the energy dynamics of a carbonate cave M Ortiz, A Legatzki, JW Neilson, B Fryslie, WM Nelson, RA Wing, ... The ISME Journal 8 (2), 478-491, 2014 | 145 | 2014 |
| Frequency of horizontal gene transfer of a large catabolic plasmid (pJP4) in soil JW Neilson, KL Josephson, IL Pepper, RB Arnold, GD Di Giovanni, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 60 (11), 4053-4058, 1994 | 122 | 1994 |
| Analysis of artifacts suggests DGGE should not be used for quantitative diversity analysis JW Neilson, FL Jordan, RM Maier Journal of Microbiological Methods 92 (3), 256-263, 2013 | 120 | 2013 |
| Profiling bacterial diversity and taxonomic composition on speleothem surfaces in Kartchner Caverns, AZ M Ortiz, JW Neilson, WM Nelson, A Legatzki, A Byrne, Y Yu, RA Wing, ... Microbial ecology 65 (2), 371-383, 2013 | 97 | 2013 |
| Life-history strategies of soil microbial communities in an arid ecosystem Y Chen, JW Neilson, P Kushwaha, RM Maier, A Barberán The ISME Journal 15 (3), 649-657, 2021 | 92 | 2021 |
| Environmental factors influencing the structural dynamics of soil microbial communities during assisted phytostabilization of acid-generating mine tailings: a mesocosm experiment A Valentín-Vargas, RA Root, JW Neilson, J Chorover, RM Maier Science of the total environment 500, 314-324, 2014 | 86 | 2014 |
| Microbial life in the Atacama Desert RM Maier, KP Drees, JW Neilson, DA Henderson, J Quade, JL Betancourt Science 306 (5700), 1289-1290, 2004 | 78 | 2004 |
| Environmental determinants of and impact on childhood asthma by the bacterial community in household dust RM Maier, MW Palmer, GL Andersen, MJ Halonen, KC Josephson, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 76 (8), 2663-2667, 2010 | 69 | 2010 |
| Factors Influencing Expression ofluxCDABE and nah Genes in Pseudomonas putida RB1353(NAH7, pUTK9) in Dynamic Systems JW Neilson, SA Pierce, RM Maier Applied and environmental microbiology 65 (8), 3473-3482, 1999 | 68 | 1999 |
| Soil respiration as an index of soil aeration JW Neilson, IL Pepper Soil Science Society of America Journal 54 (2), 428-432, 1990 | 68 | 1990 |
| Bacterial and archaeal community structure of two adjacent calcite speleothems in Kartchner Caverns, Arizona, USA A Legatzki, M Ortiz, JW Neilson, S Dominguez, GL Andersen, RS Toomey, ... Geomicrobiology Journal 28 (2), 99-117, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Polymerase chain reaction and gene probe detection of the 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation plasmid, pJP4 JW Neilson, KL Josephson, SD Pillai, IL Pepper Applied and environmental microbiology 58 (4), 1271-1275, 1992 | 50 | 1992 |
