| 16S rRNA sequences reveal numerous uncultured microorganisms in a natural community DM Ward, R Weller, MM Bateson Nature 345 (6270), 63-65, 1990 | 1935 | 1990 |
| Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of 16S rRNA-defined populations inhabiting a hot spring microbial mat community MJ Ferris, G Muyzer, DM Ward Applied and environmental microbiology 62 (2), 340-346, 1996 | 1225 | 1996 |
| A natural view of microbial biodiversity within hot spring cyanobacterial mat communities DM Ward, MJ Ferris, SC Nold, MM Bateson Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 62 (4), 1353-1370, 1998 | 708 | 1998 |
| Ribosomal RNA analysis of microorganisms as they occur in nature DM Ward, MM Bateson, R Weller, AL Ruff-Roberts Advances in microbial ecology, 219-286, 1992 | 608 | 1992 |
| Geographical isolation in hot spring cyanobacteria RT Papke, NB Ramsing, MM Bateson, DM Ward Environmental Microbiology 5 (8), 650-659, 2003 | 554 | 2003 |
| Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum: an aerobic phototrophic acidobacterium DA Bryant, AMG Costas, JA Maresca, AGM Chew, CG Klatt, MM Bateson, ... Science 317 (5837), 523-526, 2007 | 444 | 2007 |
| Biogenesis of methane RA Mah, DM Ward, L Baresi, TL Glass Annual Reviews in Microbiology 31 (1), 309-341, 1977 | 421 | 1977 |
| Seasonal distributions of dominant 16S rRNA-defined populations in a hot spring microbial mat examined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis MJ Ferris, DM Ward Applied and environmental microbiology 63 (4), 1375-1381, 1997 | 391 | 1997 |
| Identifying the fundamental units of bacterial diversity: a paradigm shift to incorporate ecology into bacterial systematics A Koeppel, EB Perry, J Sikorski, D Krizanc, A Warner, DM Ward, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (7), 2504-2509, 2008 | 349 | 2008 |
| Microbial population dynamics associated with crude-oil biodegradation in diverse soils N Hamamura, SH Olson, DM Ward, WP Inskeep Applied and environmental microbiology 72 (9), 6316-6324, 2006 | 349 | 2006 |
| Cyanobacteria in geothermal habitats DM Ward, RW Castenholz, SR Miller Ecology of cyanobacteria II: their diversity in space and time, 39-63, 2012 | 280 | 2012 |
| Hydrocarbon biodegradation in hypersaline environments DM Ward, TD Brock Applied and Environmental Microbiology 35 (2), 353-359, 1978 | 280 | 1978 |
| Mid-chain branched mono-and dimethyl alkanes in hot spring cyanobacterial mats: a direct biogenic source for branched alkanes in ancient sediments? J Shiea, SC Brassell, DM Ward Organic Geochemistry 15 (3), 223-231, 1990 | 277 | 1990 |
| Recognition of chimeric small-subunit ribosomal DNAs composed of genes from uncultivated microorganisms ED Kopczynski, MM Bateson, DM Ward Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60 (2), 746-748, 1994 | 256 | 1994 |
| Substrates for sulfate reduction and methane production in intertidal sediments MR Winfrey, DM Ward Applied and Environmental Microbiology 45 (1), 193-199, 1983 | 254 | 1983 |
| A natural species concept for prokaryotes DM Ward Current opinion in microbiology 1 (3), 271-277, 1998 | 252 | 1998 |
| In situ analysis of nitrogen fixation and metabolic switching in unicellular thermophilic cyanobacteria inhabiting hot spring microbial mats AS Steunou, D Bhaya, MM Bateson, MC Melendrez, DM Ward, E Brecht, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (7), 2398-2403, 2006 | 249 | 2006 |
| Population level functional diversity in a microbial community revealed by comparative genomic and metagenomic analyses D Bhaya, AR Grossman, AS Steunou, N Khuri, FM Cohan, N Hamamura, ... The ISME journal 1 (8), 703-713, 2007 | 246 | 2007 |
| The fate of Amoco Cadiz oil ER Gundlach, PD Boehm, M Marchand, RM Atlas, DM Ward, DA Wolfe Science 221 (4606), 122-129, 1983 | 229 | 1983 |
| Oxygen Microelectrode That Is Insensitive to Medium Chemical Composition: Use in an Acid Microbial Mat Dominated by Cyanidium caldarium NP Revsbech, DM Ward Applied and Environmental Microbiology 45 (3), 755-759, 1983 | 225 | 1983 |
