| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Microbial Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology: A Decade of Ribosomal RNA Analysis of Uncultivated Microorganisms | Microbial Ecology | 1998 | 599 |
| 2 | Isolation and identification of methanogen-specific DNA from blanket bog peat by PCR amplification and sequence analysis | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1996 | 423 |
| 3 | Preventing rhesus babies: the Liverpool research and follow up. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1989 | 392 |
| 4 | The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences | Journal of General Microbiology | 1993 | 355 |
| 5 | Actinomycetes as agents of biodegradation in the environment — a review | Gene | 1992 | 260 |
| 6 | Meningococcal pilin: a glycoprotein substituted with digalactosyl 2,4‐diacetamido‐2,4,6‐trideoxyhexose | Molecular Microbiology | 1995 | 256 |
| 7 | Amplification of DNA from native populations of soil bacteria by using the polymerase chain reaction | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1992 | 233 |
| 8 | Pilus-facilitated adherence of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial and endothelial cells: modulation of adherence phenotype occurs concurrently with changes in primary amino acid sequence and the glycosylation status of pilin | Molecular Microbiology | 1993 | 198 |
| 9 | Amplification of 16S ribosomal RNA genes of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria demonstrates the ubiquity of nitrosospiras in the environment | Microbiology (United Kingdom) | 1995 | 165 |
| 10 | Rapid assessment of bacterial viability by flow cytometry | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 1992 | 150 |
| 11 | Variations in the expression of pili: the effect on adherence of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial and endothelial cells | Molecular Microbiology | 1992 | 138 |
| 12 | Purification and Cooperative Activity of Enzymes Constituting the Xylan-Degrading System of Thermomonospora fusca | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1991 | 138 |
| 13 | Nitrogen metabolite signalling involves the C-terminus and the GATA domain of the Aspergillus transcription factor AREA and the 3′ untranslated region of its mRNA. | EMBO Journal | 1996 | 125 |
| 14 | The use of fluorogenic esters to detect viable bacteria by flow cytometry | Journal of Applied Bacteriology | 1994 | 119 |
| 15 | Metallothionein genes from the flowering plant Mimulus guttatus | FEBS Letters | 1990 | 110 |
| 16 | Rapid assessment of physiological status in Escherichia coli using fluorescent probes | Journal of Applied Bacteriology | 1995 | 100 |
| 17 | Fluorescent probes and flow cytometry: New insights into environmental bacteriology | | 1996 | 97 |
| 18 | Differential regulation of lambda pL and pR promoters by a cI repressor in a broad-host-range thermoregulated plasmid marker system | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1989 | 93 |
| 19 | Mutational analysis reveals dispensability of the N-terminal region of the Aspergillus transcription factor mediating nitrogen metabolite repression | Molecular Microbiology | 1995 | 91 |
| 20 | Discovery of a novel protein modification: α-glycerophosphate is a substituent of meningococcal pilin | Biochemical Journal | 1996 | 91 |
| 21 | Towards elucidation of the lignin degradation pathway in actinomycetes | Journal of General Microbiology | 1992 | 87 |
| 22 | Rapid, automated separation of specific bacteria from lake water and sewage by flow cytometry and cell sorting | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1993 | 87 |
| 23 | Degradation of Lignin-Related Compounds by Actinomycetes | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1989 | 82 |
| 24 | Toxicity of phenol and three nitrophenols towards growth and metabolic activities ofNostoc linckia, isolated from soil | Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology | 1991 | 80 |
| 25 | Direct phenotypic and genotypic detection of a recombinant pseudomonad population released into lake water | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1989 | 76 |
| 26 | Nitrogen regulation in fungi | Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek | 1994 | 72 |
| 27 | Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis shows divergence among mer determinants from gram-negative soil bacteria indistinguishable by DNA-DNA hybridization | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1993 | 69 |
| 28 | Nitrogen metabolite signalling involves the C-terminus and the GATA domain of the Aspergillus transcription factor AREA and the 3' untranslated region of its mRNA | EMBO Journal | 1996 | 67 |
| 29 | The influence of pond geometry and configuration on facultative and maturation waste stabilisation pond performance and efficiency | Water Science and Technology | 1995 | 66 |
| 30 | Effects of Metals on Streptomyces coelicolor Growth and Actinorhodin Production | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1990 | 63 |
| 31 | Use of a xylE marker gene to monitor survival of recombinant Pseudomonas putida populations in lake water by culture on nonselective media | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1991 | 62 |
| 32 | Accumulation and intracellular fate of tellurite in tellurite-resistantEscherichia coli: A model for the mechanism of resistance | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 1994 | 61 |
| 33 | DNA sequence analysis of theimpUV protection and mutation operon of the plasmid TP110: identification of a third gene | Nucleic Acids Research | 1990 | 59 |
| 34 | Novel mercury resistance determinants carried by IncJ plasmids pMERPH and R391 | Molecular Genetics and Genomics | 1991 | 58 |
| 35 | Oropharyngeal Gram-negative bacillary carriage in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: relation to severity of disease | Respiratory Medicine | 1999 | 57 |
| 36 | Effects of Metals on a Range of Streptomyces Species | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1989 | 56 |
| 37 | Waste Stabilization Ponds: A Viable Alternative for Small Community Treatment Systems | Water and Environment Journal | 1992 | 55 |
| 38 | The effects of glucosinolates and their hydrolysis products on microbial growth | Journal of Applied Bacteriology | 1995 | 55 |
| 39 | Peptidoglycan cross-linking in Staphylococcus aureus. An apparent random polymerisation process | FEBS Journal | 1990 | 51 |
| 40 | Characterisation ofHaemophilus influenzae proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis | Electrophoresis | 1995 | 50 |
| 41 | Detection, distribution and probable fate of Escherichia coli O157 from asymptomatic cattle on a dairy farm | Journal of Applied Microbiology | 1997 | 48 |
| 42 | Quantitative Assessment of Factors Affecting the Recovery of Indigenous and Released Thermophilic Bacteria from Compost | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1988 | 48 |
| 43 | C-terminal truncation of the transcriptional activator encoded by areA in Aspergillus nidulans results in both loss-of-function and gain-of-function phenotypes | Molecular Microbiology | 1993 | 46 |
| 44 | Evaluation of the suitability ofbis-(1,3-dibutylbarbituric acid) trimethine oxonol, (diBA-C4(3) â), for the flow cytometric assessment of bacterial viability | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 1995 | 46 |
| 45 | Oropharyngeal Gram-negative Bacillary Carriage | Chest | 1999 | 46 |
| 46 | The mercury resistance operon of the IncJ plasmid pMERPH exhibits structural and regulatory divergence from other Gramnegative mer operons | Microbiology (United Kingdom) | 1996 | 45 |
| 47 | Biston betularia (the peppered moth) in West Kirby, Wirral, 1959-1989: updating the decline in f. carbonaria | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | 1990 | 44 |
| 48 | Isolation of glucosinolate degrading microorganisms and their potential for reducing the glucosinolate content of rapemeal | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 1994 | 43 |
| 49 | The analysis ofS-alk(en)yl-L-cysteine sulphoxides (flavour precursors) from species ofAllium by high performance liquid chromatography | Phytochemical Analysis | 1994 | 42 |
| 50 | Genetic diversity within mer genes directly amplified from communities of noncultivated soil and sediment bacteria | Molecular Ecology | 1995 | 42 |
