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Thulani P. MakhalanyaneProfessor in the Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch UniversityVerified email at sun.ac.za
Jean-Baptiste RamondPontificia Universidad Catolica de ChileVerified email at uc.cl
Angel ValverdeTenured Scientist CSICVerified email at csic.es
Pieter De MaayerSchool of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the WitwatersrandVerified email at wits.ac.za
Antonio VentosaUniversity of Sevilla, SpainVerified email at us.es
WD GrantEmeritus Professor of Environmental Microbiology, University of LeicesterVerified email at le.ac.uk
Surendra VikramCentre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of PretoriaVerified email at up.ac.za
Stephen PointingDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of SingaporeVerified email at nus.edu.sg
Marc W. Van GoethemKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyVerified email at kaust.edu.sa
Ian HoggUniversity of Waikato, Polar Knowledge CanadaVerified email at waikato.ac.nz
Evelien M AdriaenssensGroup Leader at Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, UKVerified email at quadram.ac.uk
Aliyu HTechnical Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyVerified email at partner.kit.edu
leonardo joaquim van zylResearcher, University of the Western CapeVerified email at uwc.ac.za
Aline FrossardSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL, ETH domain)Verified email at wsl.ch
Bryan Trevor SEWELLProfessor in the Division of Medical Biochemistry,niversity of Cape Town Verified email at uct.ac.za
Roberto FERNANDEZ-LAFUENTEProfesor de Investigacion del ICP-CSICVerified email at icp.csic.es
Rian PierneefUniversity of PretoriaVerified email at up.ac.za
Dominique AndersonSouth African National Bioinformatics InstituteVerified email at sanbi.ac.za
Donnabella C. Lacap-BuglerAuckland University of TechnologyVerified email at aut.ac.nz
Steven L. ChownSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash UniversityVerified email at monash.edu

Don A Cowan

Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria

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Microbial ecology


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Review and re-analysis of domain-specific 16S primers GC Baker, JJ Smith, DA Cowan Journal of microbiological methods 55 (3), 541-555, 2003	2484	2003
On the rocks: the microbiology of Antarctic Dry Valley soils SC Cary, IR McDonald, JE Barrett, DA Cowan Nature Reviews Microbiology 8 (2), 129-138, 2010	649	2010
Some like it cold: understanding the survival strategies of psychrophiles P De Maayer, D Anderson, C Cary, DA Cowan EMBO reports 15 (5), 508-517, 2014	607	2014
The search for the ideal biocatalyst SG Burton, DA Cowan, JM Woodley Nature biotechnology 20 (1), 37-45, 2002	422	2002
Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems TP Makhalanyane, A Valverde, E Gunnigle, A Frossard, JB Ramond, ... FEMS microbiology reviews 39 (2), 203-221, 2015	389	2015
Metagenomic gene discovery: past, present and future D Cowan, Q Meyer, W Stafford, S Muyanga, R Cameron, P Wittwer TRENDS in Biotechnology 23 (6), 321-329, 2005	386	2005
Enhancing the functional properties of thermophilic enzymes by chemical modification and immobilization DA Cowan, R Fernandez-Lafuente Enzyme and Microbial Technology 49 (4), 326-346, 2011	369	2011
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, 1-12, 2018	345	2018
Thermophilic ethanologenesis: future prospects for second-generation bioethanol production MP Taylor, KL Eley, S Martin, MI Tuffin, SG Burton, DA Cowan Trends in biotechnology 27 (7), 398-405, 2009	345	2009
The healthy human blood microbiome: fact or fiction? DJ Castillo, RF Rifkin, DA Cowan, M Potgieter Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 9, 449041, 2019	312	2019
Molecular adaptations to psychrophily: the impact of ‘omic’technologies A Casanueva, M Tuffin, C Cary, DA Cowan Trends in microbiology 18 (8), 374-381, 2010	302	2010
Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research CA Guerra, A Heintz-Buschart, J Sikorski, A Chatzinotas, ... Nature communications 11 (1), 3870, 2020	301	2020
Bacterial diversity in three different Antarctic cold desert mineral soils JJ Smith, LA Tow, W Stafford, C Cary, DA Cowan Microbial Ecology 51, 413-421, 2006	281	2006
Xerotolerant bacteria: surviving through a dry spell PH Lebre, P De Maayer, DA Cowan Nature Reviews Microbiology 15 (5), 285-296, 2017	270	2017
Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity CA Guerra, RD Bardgett, L Caon, TW Crowther, M Delgado-Baquerizo, ... Science 371 (6526), 239-241, 2021	269	2021
Endangered antarctic environments DA Cowan, LA Tow Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 58 (1), 649-690, 2004	234	2004
A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond MC Kennicutt, SL Chown, JJ Cassano, D Liggett, LS Peck, R Massom, ... Antarctic Science 27 (1), 3-18, 2015	231	2015
Biomolecular stability and life at high temperatures RM Daniel*, DA Cowan Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS 57, 250-264, 2000	230	2000
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1182–1283 PW Crous, DA Cowan, G Maggs-Kölling, N Yilmaz, R Thangavel, ... Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 46, 313, 2021	202	2021
Challenges to the future conservation of the Antarctic SL Chown, JE Lee, KA Hughes, J Barnes, PJ Barrett, DM Bergstrom, ... Science 337 (6091), 158-159, 2012	199	2012

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