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h-index: 37
Works: 126
Citations: 4,750

Most-cited papers

A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet
B. Christner, J. Priscu, Amanda M. Achberger, C. Barbante +7 more
2014Nature308 citations
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Geographic, seasonal, and precipitation chemistry influence on the abundance and activity of biological ice nucleators in rain and snow
B. Christner, R. Cai, C. Morris, Kevin S. McCarter +4 more
2008Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America210 citations Open access
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Molecular and biogeochemical evidence for methane cycling beneath the western margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Markus Dieser, E. L. Broemsen, K. Cameron, G. King +6 more
2014The ISME Journal133 citations Open access
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Microbial oxidation as a methane sink beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
A. Michaud, J. Dore, Amanda M. Achberger, B. Christner +4 more
2017130 citations Open access
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WISSARD at Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica: scientific operations and initial observations
S. Tulaczyk, J. Mikucki, M. Siegfried, J. Priscu +13 more
2014Annals of Glaciology128 citations Open access
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Potential impacts from biological aerosols on ensembles of continental clouds simulated numerically
V. Phillips, C. Andronache, B. Christner, C. Morris +5 more
2009108 citations Open access
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A bacterial ice-binding protein from the Vostok ice core
J. Raymond, B. Christner, S. Schuster
2008Extremophiles108 citations
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Energy Metabolism Response to Low-Temperature and Frozen Conditions in Psychrobacter cryohalolentis
P. Amato, B. Christner
2008Applied and Environmental Microbiology108 citations Open access
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Antarctic subglacial water: Origin, evolution and ecology
J. Priscu, S. Tulaczyk, M. Studinger, M. C. Kennicutt +2 more
2008101 citations Open access
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Microbial Community Structure of Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica
Amanda M. Achberger, B. Christner, A. Michaud, J. Priscu +2 more
2016Frontiers in Microbiology87 citations Open access
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Abundance and survival of microbial aerosols in the troposphere and stratosphere
N. Bryan, B. Christner, T. Guzik, D. Granger +1 more
2019The ISME Journal83 citations Open access
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Subglacial Lake Whillans microbial biogeochemistry: a synthesis of current knowledge
J. Mikucki, P. A. Lee, D. Ghosh, A. Purcell +15 more
2016Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences83 citations Open access
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Microbial sulfur transformations in sediments from Subglacial Lake Whillans
A. Purcell, J. Mikucki, Amanda M. Achberger, I. Alekhina +10 more
2014Frontiers in Microbiology79 citations Open access
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A microbiologically clean strategy for access to the Whillans Ice Stream subglacial environment
J. Priscu, Amanda M. Achberger, J. Cahoon, B. Christner +9 more
2013Antarctic Science77 citations
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Bacteria in subglacial environments
B. Christner, M. Skidmore, J. Priscu, M. Tranter +1 more
200866 citations
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Diversity and potential sources of microbiota associated with snow on western portions of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
K. Cameron, B. Hagedorn, Markus Dieser, B. Christner +5 more
2015Environmental Microbiology64 citations
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Scientific access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: scientific objectives, drilling operations and initial observations
J. Priscu, Jonas Kalin, J. Winans, T. Campbell +33 more
2021Annals of Glaciology62 citations Open access
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Physiological Ecology of Microorganisms in Subglacial Lake Whillans
T. Vick‐Majors, A. Mitchell, Amanda M. Achberger, B. Christner +6 more
2016Frontiers in Microbiology58 citations Open access
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Wildland fire smoke alters the composition, diversity, and potential atmospheric function of microbial life in the aerobiome
L. Kobziar, D. Vuono, Rachel Moore, B. Christner +5 more
2022ISME Communications56 citations Open access
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Debris-Rich Basal Ice as a Microbial Habitat, Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
S. Montross, M. Skidmore, B. Christner, D. Samyn +4 more
201456 citations
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Wildland fire as an atmospheric source of viable microbial aerosols and biological ice nucleating particles
Rachel A. Moore, Chelsey Bomar, L. Kobziar, B. Christner
2020The ISME Journal55 citations Open access
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Characterizing Microbial Diversity and the Potential for Metabolic Function at −15 °C in the Basal Ice of Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
Shawn M. Doyle, S. Montross, M. Skidmore, B. Christner
2013Biology51 citations Open access
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Macromolecular synthesis by yeasts under frozen conditions.
P. Amato, Shawn M. Doyle, B. Christner
2009Environmental Microbiology51 citations Open access
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Bioprospecting for microbial products that affect ice crystal formation and growth
B. Christner
2009Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology49 citations
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Siple Coast Subglacial Aquatic Environments: The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling Project
H. Fricker, R. Powell, J. Priscu, S. Tulaczyk +10 more
201348 citations
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Implications of Subzero Metabolic Activity on Long-Term Microbial Survival in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Permafrost
P. Amato, Shawn M. Doyle, J. R. Battista, B. Christner
2010Astrobiology48 citations
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Biogeochemistry and microbial diversity in the marine cavity beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Trista J. Vick-Majors, Amanda M. Achberger, Pamela A. Santibáñez, J. Dore +11 more
201645 citations Open access
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Biogeochemical Connectivity Between Freshwater Ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Sub‐Ice Marine Environment
T. Vick‐Majors, A. Michaud, M. Skidmore, C. Turetta +8 more
2020Global Biogeochemical Cycles43 citations Open access
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Microbiology of Subglacial Environments
Amanda M. Achberger, A. Michaud, T. Vick‐Majors, B. Christner +3 more
201740 citations
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Science questions and knowledge gaps to study microbial transport and survival in Asian and African dust plumes reaching North America
A. Schuerger, David J. Smith, D. Griffin, D. Jaffe +7 more
2018Aerobiologia34 citations
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A method for sampling microbial aerosols using high altitude balloons.
N. Bryan, M. Stewart, D. Granger, T. Guzik +1 more
2014Journal of Microbiological Methods31 citations
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General Characteristics of Cold-Adapted Microorganisms
Shawn M. Doyle, Markus Dieser, E. L. Broemsen, B. Christner
201230 citations
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Metagenomic analysis of basal ice from an Alaskan glacier
Masood ur Rehman Kayani, Shawn M. Doyle, N. Sangwan, Guanqun Wang +3 more
2018Microbiome29 citations Open access
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Supersaturated N2O in a perennially ice‐covered Antarctic lake: Molecular and stable isotopic evidence for a biogeochemical relict
J. Priscu, B. Christner, J. Dore, B. Popp +2 more
200828 citations Open access
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Dissolved gases in frozen basal water from the NGRIP borehole: implications for biogeochemical processes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
B. Christner, Galena G. Montross, J. Priscu
2012Polar Biology26 citations
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Biogeochemical and historical drivers of microbial community composition and structure in sediments from Mercer Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica
Christina L. Davis, R. Venturelli, A. Michaud, J. Hawkings +42 more
2023ISME Communications25 citations Open access
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Subglacial erosion has the potential to sustain microbial processes in Subglacial Lake Whillans, Antarctica
B. Gill-Olivas, J. Telling, M. Tranter, M. Skidmore +3 more
2021Communications Earth & Environment25 citations Open access
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DNA Double-Strand Break Repair at −15°C
Markus Dieser, J. R. Battista, B. Christner
2013Applied and Environmental Microbiology25 citations Open access
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Biological Ice-Nucleating Particles Deposited Year-Round in Subtropical Precipitation
R. Joyce, H. Lavender, J. Farrar, J. Werth +4 more
2019Applied and Environmental Microbiology24 citations Open access
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Microbial processes in the weathering crust aquifer of a temperate glacier
B. Christner, H. Lavender, Christina L. Davis, Erin E. Oliver +6 more
2018The Cryosphere24 citations Open access
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Structural basis of antifreeze activity of a bacterial multi-domain antifreeze protein
Chen Wang, S. Pakhomova, M. Newcomer, B. Christner +1 more
2017PLoS ONE24 citations Open access
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Environmentally clean access to Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments
A. Michaud, T. Vick‐Majors, Amanda M. Achberger, M. Skidmore +3 more
2020Antarctic Science17 citations Open access
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Cloudy with a Chance of Microbes: Terrestrial microbes swept into clouds can catalyze the freezing of water and may influence precipitation on a global scale
B. Christner
201217 citations
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Expression and Partial Characterization of an Ice-Binding Protein from a Bacterium Isolated at a Depth of 3,519 m in the Vostok Ice Core, Antarctica
Amanda M. Achberger, Timothy I. Brox, M. Skidmore, B. Christner
2011Front. Microbio.17 citations Open access
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6.3 Diversity of Psychrophilic Bacteria from Sea Ice - and Glacial Ice Communities
K. Junge, B. Christner, J. Staley
201116 citations
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ICE CORE METHODS | Biological Material
J. Priscu, B. Christner, C. Foreman, G. Royston-Bishop
200716 citations
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Scavenging of Sub-Micron to Micron-Sized Microbial Aerosols during Simulated Rainfall
Rachel A. Moore, R. Hanlon, Craig Powers, David G. Schmale +1 more
2020Atmosphere14 citations Open access
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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Microbial Composition and Diversity in Precipitation
K. Aho, C. Weber, B. Christner, B. Vinatzer +6 more
2019Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America14 citations Open access
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Functional Analysis of a Bacterial Antifreeze Protein Indicates a Cooperative Effect between Its Two Ice-Binding Domains.
Chen Wang, Erin E. Oliver, B. Christner, Bing-Hao Luo
2016Biochemistry13 citations
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Recrystallization inhibition in ice due to ice binding protein activity detected by nuclear magnetic resonance
Jennifer R. Brown, J. Seymour, Timothy I. Brox, M. Skidmore +4 more
2014Biotechnology Reports12 citations Open access
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