| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Potential of halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms for biotechnology | Extremophiles | 2001 | 610 |
| 2 | Halophilic adaptation of enzymes | Extremophiles | 2000 | 505 |
| 3 | Pyrolobus fumarii , gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113�C | Extremophiles | 1997 | 493 |
| 4 | Microbial diversity of soda lakes | Extremophiles | 1998 | 410 |
| 5 | Bacteria tolerant to organic solvents | Extremophiles | 1998 | 331 |
| 6 | Adaptations of archaeal and bacterial membranes to variations in temperature, pH and pressure | Extremophiles | 2017 | 293 |
| 7 | Toward a molecular understanding of cold activity of enzymes from psychrophiles | Extremophiles | 2000 | 292 |
| 8 | Geochemical and microbiological evidence for a hydrogen-based, hyperthermophilic subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystem (HyperSLiME) beneath an active deep-sea hydrothermal field | Extremophiles | 2004 | 285 |
| 9 | Bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated polar soils | Extremophiles | 2006 | 285 |
| 10 | Microbial diversity and biogeochemical cycling in soda lakes | Extremophiles | 2014 | 264 |
| 11 | Pyrococcus horikoshii sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal vent at the Okinawa Trough | Extremophiles | 1998 | 239 |
| 12 | Diversity of actinomycetes isolated from Challenger Deep sediment (10,898 m) from the Mariana Trench | Extremophiles | 2006 | 232 |
| 13 | Molecular identification of Bacteria and Eukarya inhabiting an Antarctic cryoconite hole | Extremophiles | 2003 | 230 |
| 14 | Cultivating the uncultured: limits, advances and future challenges | Extremophiles | 2009 | 219 |
| 15 | Metabolism of halophilic archaea | Extremophiles | 2008 | 214 |
| 16 | Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans, sp. nov.; facultatively anaerobic, psychrotolerant iron-, and sulfur-oxidizing acidophiles isolated from metal mine-impacted environments | Extremophiles | 2010 | 209 |
| 17 | Dethiobacter alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov.: two novel representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lakes | Extremophiles | 2008 | 207 |
| 18 | The Exiguobacterium genus: biodiversity and biogeography | Extremophiles | 2009 | 202 |
| 19 | Prokaryotic lifestyles in deep sea habitats | Extremophiles | 2008 | 201 |
| 20 | Hydrocarbon degradation and enzyme activities of cold-adapted bacteria and yeasts | Extremophiles | 2003 | 200 |
| 21 | The essence of being extremophilic: the role of the unique archaeal membrane lipids | Extremophiles | 1998 | 199 |
| 22 | Microbial ecology and biodiversity in permafrost | Extremophiles | 2006 | 195 |
| 23 | A hyperthermophilic laccase from Thermus thermophilus HB27 | Extremophiles | 2005 | 191 |
| 24 | Alkaline detergent enzymes from alkaliphiles: enzymatic properties, genetics, and structures | Extremophiles | 1998 | 190 |
| 25 | Unmarked gene deletion and host–vector system for the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus islandicus | Extremophiles | 2009 | 189 |
| 26 | Life at the hyperarid margin: novel bacterial diversity in arid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile | Extremophiles | 2012 | 182 |
| 27 | Comparative study of the thermostabilizing properties of mannosylglycerate and other compatible solutes on model enzymes | Extremophiles | 2002 | 178 |
| 28 | Molecular analyses of the sediment of the 11000-m deep Mariana Trench | Extremophiles | 1997 | 176 |
| 29 | Mauran, an exopolysaccharide produced by the halophilic bacterium Halomonas maura, with a novel composition and interesting properties for biotechnology | Extremophiles | 2003 | 176 |
| 30 | Physiological responses of the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium sp. strain NRC1 to desiccation and gamma irradiation | Extremophiles | 2005 | 174 |
| 31 | Low-temperature recovery strategies for the isolation of bacteria from ancient permafrost sediments | Extremophiles | 2000 | 163 |
| 32 | The Mrp system: a giant among monovalent cation/proton antiporters? | Extremophiles | 2005 | 160 |
| 33 | Halobacterium noricense sp. nov., an archaeal isolate from a bore core of an alpine Permian salt deposit, classification of Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 as a strain of H. salinarum and emended description of H. salinarum | Extremophiles | 2004 | 158 |
| 34 | Microbiology and geochemistry of great boiling and mud hot springs in the United States Great Basin | Extremophiles | 2009 | 157 |
| 35 | Halobacteria: the evidence for longevity | Extremophiles | 1998 | 156 |
| 36 | Comparative analysis of archaeal 16S rRNA and amoA genes to estimate the abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sediments | Extremophiles | 2008 | 156 |
| 37 | 16S rDNA diversity of cultured and uncultured prokaryotes of a mat sample from Lake Fryxell, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica | Extremophiles | 2001 | 155 |
| 38 | Photobacterium profundum sp. nov., a new, moderately barophilic bacterial species isolated from a deep-sea sediment | Extremophiles | 1998 | 152 |
| 39 | Salt-induced changes in lipid composition and membrane fluidity of halophilic yeast-like melanized fungi | Extremophiles | 2004 | 151 |
| 40 | Tetraether-linked membrane monolayers in Ferroplasma spp: a key to survival in acid | Extremophiles | 2004 | 150 |
| 41 | Characterization and radiation resistance of new isolates of Rubrobacter radiotolerans and Rubrobacter xylanophilus | Extremophiles | 1999 | 149 |
| 42 | Intraspecific polymorphism of 16S rRNA genes in two halophilic archaeal genera, Haloarcula and Halomicrobium | Extremophiles | 2009 | 149 |
| 43 | Genetic elements in the extremely thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus | Extremophiles | 1998 | 148 |
| 44 | Proteomic analysis of secreted membrane vesicles of archaeal Sulfolobus species reveals the presence of endosome sorting complex components | Extremophiles | 2009 | 148 |
| 45 | Heavy metal-resistant bacteria as extremophiles: molecular physiology and biotechnological use of Ralstonia sp. CH34 | Extremophiles | 2000 | 146 |
| 46 | A novel lineage of sulfate-reducing microorganisms: Thermodesulfobiaceae fam. nov., Thermodesulfobium narugense , gen. nov., sp. nov., a new thermophilic isolate from a hot spring | Extremophiles | 2003 | 146 |
| 47 | A thermostable phosphotriesterase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: cloning, overexpression and properties | Extremophiles | 2005 | 146 |
| 48 | Diversity of microbial eukaryotes in sediment at a deep-sea methane cold seep: surveys of ribosomal DNA libraries from raw sediment samples and two enrichment cultures | Extremophiles | 2007 | 146 |
| 49 | Thermus thermophilus as biological model | Extremophiles | 2009 | 145 |
| 50 | Glycosyl hydrolases from hyperthermophiles | Extremophiles | 1997 | 142 |
