Thomas Leya

Characterization of an UV- and VIS-absorbing, purpurogallin-derived secondary pigment new to algae and highly abundant in Mesotaenium berggrenii (Zygnematophyceae, Chlorophyta), an extremophyte living on glaciers

Daniel Remias, Stefan Schwaiger, Siegfried Aigner et al. · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2011 · 154 citations · Full text

Biology, Harmful Microalgae, Botany +15

Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS

Jean‐Pierre de Vera, Mashal Alawi, Theresa Backhaus et al. · Astrobiology · 2019 · 150 citations · Full text

Response of arctic snow and permafrost algae to high light and nitrogen stress by changes in pigment composition and applied aspects for biotechnology

Thomas Leya, Andreas Rahn, Daniel Remias · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2009 · 129 citations · Full text

Physiological and morphological processes in the Alpine snow alga Chloromonas nivalis (Chlorophyceae) during cyst formation

Daniel Remias, Ulf Karsten, Cornelius Lütz et al. · PROTOPLASMA · 2010 · 122 citations

Biology, Physiological Plant Pathology, Botany +8

Sanguina nivaloides and Sanguina aurantia gen. et spp. nov. (Chlorophyta): the taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and ecology of two newly recognised algae causing red and orange snow

Lenka Procházková, Thomas Leya, Heda Křížková et al. · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2019 · 115 citations · Full text

Orange Snow, Social Sciences, Phylogenetic Analysis +20