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Surface Floras

Surface Floras is a microbiological construct that refers to the aggregate of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and other microbial life forms, that colonize and proliferate on the external surfaces of materials, organisms, or substrates, distinguished by their direct exposure to environmental conditions and their role in initiating microbial spoilage processes.

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4.4K

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350

Authors

140

Institutions

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2017–2026

13

Variants

Surface Microflora

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Publications

97

Microbial Biogeography of Public Restroom Surfaces

Gilberto E. Flores, Scott T. Bates, Dan Knights et al. · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 327 citations · Full text

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Characterization of the total and viable bacterial and fungal communities associated with the International Space Station surfaces

Aleksandra Checinska Sielaff, Camilla Urbaniak, Ganesh Babu Malli Mohan et al. · Microbiome · 2019 · 273 citations · Full text

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Microbiology of aerial plant surfaces

Environmental Pollution (1970) · 1977 · 218 citations

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The Diversity and Distribution of Fungi on Residential Surfaces

Rachel I. Adams, Marzia Miletto, John W. Taylor et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 204 citations · Full text

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Molecular bacterial community analysis of clean rooms where spacecraft are assembled

Christine Moissl‐Eichinger, Shariff Osman, Myron T. La Duc et al. · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2007 · 151 citations

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Authors

350

  1. KV
    Kasthuri Venkateswaran

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    4 publications · 518 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. MT
    Myron T. La Duc

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 245 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. FD
    Filomena De Leo

    University of Messina, Italy

    3 publications · 135 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. CM
    Christine Moissl‐Eichinger

    Medical University of Graz, Austria

    3 publications · 263 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. RK
    Rob Knight

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 600 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 350

Institutions

140

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    5 h-index

    26 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    415 citations

  3. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    347 citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    307 citations

  5. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

    Espoo, Finland

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    187 citations

  7. Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques

    Champs-sur-Marne, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    143 citations

  8. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    360 citations

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Venues

  1. 9

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  2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 4 publications · 138 citations

    4

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  3. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 570 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Astrobiology

    2 publications · 122 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Science

    2 publications · 28 citations

    2

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