Ruth M. Potrafka

Temperature Drives the Continental-Scale Distribution of Key Microbes in Topsoil Communities

Ferrán García‐Pichel, Virginia Loza, Yevgeniy Marusenko et al. · Science · 2013 · 296 citations

Microbial Diversity, Biogeochemistry, Key Microbes +15

The role of the exopolysaccharides in enhancing hydraulic conductivity of biological soil crusts

Federico Rossi, Ruth M. Potrafka, Ferran García Pichel et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2011 · 169 citations

Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Pedology, Hydraulic Conductivity +6

Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs mediate dinitrogen fixation in biological soil crusts during early crust formation

Charles Pepe‐Ranney, Chantal Koechli, Ruth M. Potrafka et al. · The ISME Journal · 2015 · 128 citations · Full text

A comparative genomics approach to understanding the biosynthesis of the sunscreen scytonemin in cyanobacteria

Tanya Soule, K. M. Palmer, Qunjie Gao et al. · BMC Genomics · 2009 · 102 citations · Full text

Modestobacter versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium from biological soil crusts that produces melanins under oligotrophy, with emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000

G. S. N. Reddy, Ruth M. Potrafka, Ferrán García‐Pichel · INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY · 2007 · 53 citations