| A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes S Nayfach, S Roux, R Seshadri, D Udwary, N Varghese, F Schulz, D Wu, ... Nature biotechnology 39 (4), 499-509, 2021 | 680 | 2021 |
| A reservoir of ‘historical’antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils MW Van Goethem, R Pierneef, OKI Bezuidt, Y Van De Peer, DA Cowan, ... Microbiome 6 (1), 1-12, 2018 | 345 | 2018 |
| Learning representations of microbe–metabolite interactions JT Morton, AA Aksenov, LF Nothias, JR Foulds, RA Quinn, MH Badri, ... Nature methods 16 (12), 1306-1314, 2019 | 257 | 2019 |
| Environmental drivers of viral community composition in Antarctic soils identified by viromics EM Adriaenssens, R Kramer, MW Van Goethem, TP Makhalanyane, ... Microbiome 5, 1-14, 2017 | 151 | 2017 |
| Assembling metagenomes, one community at a time AJ Van der Walt, MW Van Goethem, JB Ramond, TP Makhalanyane, ... BMC genomics 18, 1-13, 2017 | 137 | 2017 |
| Multiple energy sources and metabolic strategies sustain microbial diversity in Antarctic desert soils M Ortiz, PM Leung, G Shelley, T Jirapanjawat, PA Nauer, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (45), e2025322118, 2021 | 116 | 2021 |
| Ecology and biogeochemistry of cyanobacteria in soils, permafrost, aquatic and cryptic polar habitats TP Makhalanyane, A Valverde, D Velázquez, E Gunnigle, ... Biodiversity and Conservation 24, 819-840, 2015 | 97 | 2015 |
| Characterization of bacterial communities in lithobionts and soil niches from Victoria Valley, Antarctica MW Van Goethem, TP Makhalanyane, A Valverde, SC Cary, DA Cowan FEMS microbiology ecology 92 (4), fiw051, 2016 | 68 | 2016 |
| Characteristics of wetting-induced bacteriophage blooms in biological soil crust MW Van Goethem, TL Swenson, G Trubl, S Roux, TR Northen MBio 10 (6), 2019 | 66 | 2019 |
| Microbial diversity and functional capacity in polar soils TP Makhalanyane, MW Van Goethem, DA Cowan Current opinion in biotechnology 38, 159-166, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Long-read metagenomics of soil communities reveals phylum-specific secondary metabolite dynamics MW Van Goethem, AR Osborn, B Bowen, PF Andeer, TL Swenson, ... Communications Biology 4, 1302, 2021 | 48 | 2021 |
| Toward a generalizable framework of disturbance ecology through crowdsourced science EB Graham, C Averill, B Bond-Lamberty, JE Knelman, S Krause, ... Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 588940, 2021 | 48 | 2021 |
| Cyanobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria may facilitate cooperative interactions in niche communities MW Van Goethem, TP Makhalanyane, DA Cowan, A Valverde Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 2099, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| The plant rhizosheath–root niche is an edaphic “mini-oasis” in hyperarid deserts with enhanced microbial competition R Marasco, M Fusi, JB Ramond, MW Van Goethem, K Seferji, ... ISME communications 2 (1), 47, 2022 | 29 | 2022 |
| Microbial ecology on solar panels in Berkeley, CA, United States M Porcar, KB Louie, SM Kosina, MW Van Goethem, BP Bowen, K Tanner, ... Frontiers in microbiology 9, 3043, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| A genome compendium reveals diverse metabolic adaptations of Antarctic soil microorganisms M Ortiz, PM Leung, G Shelley, MW Van Goethem, SK Bay, K Jordaan, ... bioRxiv, 2020.08. 06.239558, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Increased temperatures alter viable microbial biomass, ammonia oxidizing bacteria and extracellular enzymatic activities in Antarctic soils S Barnard, MW Van Goethem, SZ de Scally, DA Cowan, PJ van Rensburg, ... FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96 (5), fiaa065, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Role of Cyanobacteria in the Ecology of Polar Environments MW Van Goethem, DA Cowan The ecological role of micro-organisms in the Antarctic environment, 3-23, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
| The antibiotic crisis: On the search for novel antibiotics and resistance mechanisms MW Van Goethem, R Marasco, PY Hong, D Daffonchio Microbial Biotechnology 17 (3), e14430, 2024 | 11 | 2024 |
| Diamonds in the rough: dryland microorganisms are ecological engineers to restore degraded land and mitigate desertification R Marasco, JB Ramond, MW Van Goethem, F Rossi, D Daffonchio Microbial Biotechnology 16 (8), 1603-1610, 2023 | 11 | 2023 |
Don A CowanCentre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of PretoriaVerified email at up.ac.za
