Wayne L. Nicholson

11.0k citations

138 papers · 8.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

Impact in

Biotechnology top 0.2%
- Microbial Inactivation Methods
Ecology top 0.5%
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 45
- Planetary Science and Exploration 38
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life 17
Ecology 66
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 36
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 24
- Polar Research and Ecology 14

Co-authors: Peter Setlow G. Horneck H. J. Melosh Nobuo Munakata Andrew C. Schuerger Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos Tony A. Slieman Paul J. Riesenman
Journals: Applied and Environmental Microbiology (22 papers)Astrobiology (20 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (20 papers)Current Microbiology (6 papers)Icarus (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Mexico

In The Last Decade

Wayne L. Nicholson

134 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Resistance ofBacillusEndospores to Extreme Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments 2000 · 1.5k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2000 Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
1990 Medical Entomology and Zoology

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Wayne L. Nicholson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Carnobacterium Species Capable of Growth at Pressures Ranging Over 5 Orders of Magnitude, from the Surface of Mars (10 ³ Pa) to Deep Oceans (10 ⁷ Pa) in the Solar System Astrobiology ·Tharanga Bandara Nayakarathne, Flora Tang, 祥一猪尾, Д А Турченков, HE You-ping, Lam Anh Bui, Douglas H. Bartlett, Wayne L. Nicholson	2022	2
2	Growth at 5 kPa Causes Differential Expression of a Number of Signals in a Bacillus subtilis Strain Adapted to Enhanced Growth at Low Pressure Astrobiology ·D Saravanan, Marcouli Panayiota, Wayne L. Nicholson	2021	1
3	Comparisons of Transcriptome Profiles from Bacillus subtilis Cells Grown in Space versus High Aspect Ratio Vessel (HARV) Clinostats Reveal a Low Degree of Concordance Astrobiology ·문은진, Wayne L. Nicholson	2020	8
4	Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance to Simulated Mars Surface Conditions Frontiers in Microbiology ·Marta Cortesão, Felix M. Fuchs, Fabian M. Commichau, Patrick Eichenberger, Andrew C. Schuerger, Wayne L. Nicholson, Peter Setlow, Ralf Moeller	2019	51
5	Meta-analysis of data from spaceflight transcriptome experiments does not support the idea of a common bacterial “spaceflight response” Scientific Reports ·문은진, Wayne L. Nicholson	2018	14
6	Comparison of Bacillus subtilis transcriptome profiles from two separate missions to the International Space Station npj Microgravity ·문은진, Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Wayne L. Nicholson	2018	39
7	The LysR-type transcriptional regulator (LTTR) AlsR indirectly regulates expression of the Bacillus subtilis bdhA gene encoding 2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Rafaël R. de Oliveira, Wayne L. Nicholson	2013	10
8	Multifactorial Resistance of Bacillus subtilis Spores to High-Energy Proton Radiation: Role of Spore Structural Components and the Homologous Recombination and Non-Homologous End Joining DNA Repair Pathways Astrobiology ·Ralf Moeller, Günther Reitz, Zuofeng Li, B. Finch, Wayne L. Nicholson	2012	27
9	Directed Evolution of Bacillus Subtilis Towards Hypobaric Growth Wayne L. Nicholson	2010	0
10	Interplanetary Transport of Microorganisms: Survival, Growth, and Adaptation ASPC ·Wayne L. Nicholson, Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Andrew C. Schuerger	2009	1
11	Patenting Race: The Problems of Ethnic Genetic Testing Patents SSRN Electronic Journal ·Price, Wayne L. Nicholson	2007	0
12	Terrestrial Bacteria Typically Recovered from Mars Spacecraft Do Not Appear Able to Grow Under Simulated Martian Conditions 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·Andrew C. Schuerger, Bonnie J. Berry, Wayne L. Nicholson	2006	10
13	Bacterial Spores Survive Hypervelocity Launch by Spallation: Implications for Lithopanspermia LPI ·Wayne L. Nicholson, Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, F. Langenhorst, H. J. Melosh	2006	8
14	Synergistic Effects of Low Pressure, Low Temperature, and CO2 Atmospheres Inhibit the Growth of Terrestrial Bacteria Under Simulated Martian Conditions LPI ·Andrew C. Schuerger, Wayne L. Nicholson	2005	4
15	Essential Cysteine Residues in Bacillus subtilis Spore Photoproduct Lyase Identified by Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis Current Microbiology ·Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Roberto Rebeil, Wayne L. Nicholson	2005	27
16	Microbial characterization of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft and its encapsulation facility Environmental Microbiology ·Myron T. La Duc, Wayne L. Nicholson, Roger Kern, Kasthuri Venkateswaran	2003	137
17	Survival of Bacillus Subtilis Spores and Deinococcus Radiodurans Cells Exposed to the Extreme Acceleration and Shock Predicted During Planetary Ejection Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·R. M. E. Mastrapa, Е. И. Шулежко, J. Head, H. J. Melosh, Wayne L. Nicholson	2000	3
18	Temporal secretion of a multicellulolytic system in Myxobacter sp. AL‐1 European Journal of Biochemistry ·Wang Shu-bi, Francisco X. Castellanos-Juárez, Eladio F. Sánchez, Alfredo Téllez‐Valencia, Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Wayne L. Nicholson, Mario Pedraza‐Reyes	2000	18
19	Analysis of spore photoproduct lyase operon (splAB ) function using targeted deletion-insertion mutations spanning the Bacillus subtilis operons ptsHI and splAB Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Wayne L. Nicholson, Lilian Chooback, Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos	1997	17
20	Sigma-G RNA polymerise controls forespore-specific expression of the glucose dehaydrogenase operon inBacillus subtilis Nucleic Acids Research ·Yoshihiro Nakatani, Wayne L. Nicholson, P. Gandin, Peter Setlow, Ernst Freese	1989	25

About Wayne L. Nicholson

Wayne L. Nicholson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Genetics, Biotechnology and Physiology, having authored 138 papers that have together received 8.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (40 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (38 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (36 papers), Spaceflight effects on biology (29 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (24 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (20 papers), Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (17 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biotechnology (1.1k citations), Ecology (2.6k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.5k citations), Genetics (2.0k citations) and Molecular Biology (3.9k citations). Wayne L. Nicholson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Peter Setlow, G. Horneck, H. J. Melosh, Nobuo Munakata, Andrew C. Schuerger, Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Tony A. Slieman, Paul J. Riesenman, Glenn H. Chambliss and Heather Maughan. Their work appears in journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Astrobiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Current Microbiology and Icarus.

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