Methanococcus igneus sp. nov., a Novel Hyperthermophilic Methanogen from a Shallow Submarine Hydrothermal System

DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors

1977 • 69,181 citations

A procedure for the isolation of deoxyribonucleic acid from micro-organisms

1961 • 11,554 citations

Evolution of Protein Molecules

1969 • 11,042 citations

Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya.

1990 • 5,831 citations

Determination of the base composition of deoxyribonucleic acid from its thermal denaturation temperature

1962 • 4,132 citations

Rapid determination of 16S ribosomal RNA sequences for phylogenetic analyses.

1985 • 2,964 citations

Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group

1979 • 2,573 citations

Mammalian Protein Metabolism

1969 • 1,828 citations

Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group.

1979 • 1,529 citations

New approach to the cultivation of methanogenic bacteria: 2-mercaptoethanesulfonic acid (HS-CoM)-dependent growth of Methanobacterium ruminantium in a pressureized atmosphere

1976 • 941 citations

Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100�C

1986 • 912 citations

A phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas: basis for their classification

1989 • 798 citations

Detailed analysis of the higher-order structure of 16S-like ribosomal ribonucleic acids

1983 • 643 citations

Methanococcus jannaschii sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent

1983 • 567 citations

A least squares algorithm for fitting additive trees to proximity data

1983 • 511 citations

Enzymatic Synthesis of Deoxyribonucleic Acid

1970 • 424 citations

Kinetic complexity of RNA molecules

1972 • 390 citations

Pyrite Formation, the First Energy Source for Life: a Hypothesis

1988 • 362 citations

Detailed analysis of the higher-order structure of 16S-like ribosomal ribonucleic acids.

1983 • 351 citations

Isolation of Extremely Thermophilic Sulfate Reducers: Evidence for a Novel Branch of Archaebacteria

1987 • 316 citations

Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus, a novel thermophilic lithotrophic methanogen

1982 • 304 citations

Archaeoglobus fulgidus gen. nov., sp. nov.: a New Taxon of Extremely Thermophilic Archaebacteria

1988 • 291 citations

A novel group of abyssal methanogenic archaebacteria (Methanopyrus) growing at 110 °C

1989 • 231 citations

Archaeoglobus profundus sp. nov., Represents a New Species within the Sulfate-reducing Archaebacteria

1990 • 222 citations

Methanothermus sociabilis sp. nov., a Second Species within the Methanothermaceae Growing at 97°C

1986 • 174 citations

Reduction of molecular sulphur by methanogenic bacteria

1983 • 173 citations

Hydrothermal vent communities at the shallow subpolar Mid-Atlantic ridge

1989 • 120 citations

Cell Envelopes of Archaebacteria

1985 • 116 citations

Deoxyribonucleic acid reassociation in the classification of coagulase-positive staphylococci

1978 • 111 citations

A possible biochemical missing link among archaebacteria

1987 • 107 citations

Ribonucleic acid–deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization in aqueous solutions and in solutions containing formamide

1971 • 103 citations

An extremely thermophilic Methanococcus from a deep sea hydrothermal vent and its plasmid

1988 • 86 citations

Comparison of thermophilic methanogens from submarine hydrothermal vents

1989 • 81 citations

Rooting the Archaebacterial Tree: The Pivotal Role of Thermococcus celer in Archaebacterial Evolution

1988 • 76 citations

Isolation and characterization of Methanobacterium uliginosum sp. nov. from a marshy soil

1984 • 65 citations

Sequence of the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene from Methanococcus vannielii: Evolutionary Implications

1985 • 52 citations