Fred A. Rainey

Effect of genome size and rrn gene copy number on PCR amplification of 16S rRNA genes from a mixture of bacterial species

V. Farrelly, Fred A. Rainey, Erko Stackebrandt · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1995 · 723 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +15

Mars-Like Soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the Dry Limit of Microbial Life

R. Navarro‐González, Fred A. Rainey, Paola Molina et al. · Science · 2003 · 595 citations

Agriculture, Microbiology, Soil Sciences +13

Anaerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons in crude oil by new types of sulphate-reducing bacteria

P. Rueter, Ralf Rabus, Heinz Wilkest et al. · Nature · 1994 · 479 citations

Life Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology +15

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 · 358 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Soil Sciences +15

Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Genus of Actinomycetes Isolated from Compost Soil

Ingrid Groth, Peter Schümann, Fred A. Rainey et al. · International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology · 1997 · 336 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Soil Sciences +14