Milton S. da Costa

Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes

Jongsik Chun, Aharon Oren, António Ventosa et al. · INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY · 2018 · 3K citations · Full text

Genome Data, Routine Use, Genetics +18

Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus<i>Deinococcus</i>Obtained from a Single Soil Sample

Fred A. Rainey, Ray Keren, Margarida Ferreira et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2005 · 356 citations · Full text

Deinococcus geothermalis sp. nov. and Deinococcus murrayi sp. nov., Two Extremely Radiation-Resistant and Slightly Thermophilic Species from Hot Springs

A. C. Silva Ferreira, M. Fernanda Nobre, Frederick A. Rainey et al. · International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology · 1997 · 238 citations

Osmoadaptation mechanisms in prokaryotes: distribution of compatible solutes.

Nuno Empadinhas, Milton S. da Costa · PubMed · 2008 · 232 citations

Gaiella occulta gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of a deep branching phylogenetic lineage within the class Actinobacteria and proposal of Gaiellaceae fam. nov. and Gaiellales ord. nov.

Luciana Albuquerque, Luís França, Fred A. Rainey et al. · Systematic and Applied Microbiology · 2011 · 194 citations

Biology, Microbial Systematics, Phylogenetics +12