List of works - John E. Hallsworth

A decrease in bulk water and mannitol and accumulation of trehalose and trehalose-based oligosaccharides define a two-stage maturation process towards extreme stress resistance in ascospores of Neosartorya fischeri (Aspergillus fischeri).

scientific article

A new analysis of Mars "Special Regions": findings of the second MEPAG Special Regions Science Analysis Group (SR-SAG2).

scientific article

A rapid HPLC protocol for detection of polyols and trehalose

A simple inhibition coefficient for quantifying potency of biocontrol agents against plant-pathogenic fungi

article

A universal measure of chaotropicity and kosmotropicity.

scientific article

Active microbial ecosystem in Iron-Age tombs of the Etruscan civilization

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Antimicrobial activity of prodigiosin is attributable to plasma-membrane damage.

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Aspergillus penicillioides differentiation and cell division at 0.585 water activity

scientific article

Biocontrol agents promote growth of potato pathogens, depending on environmental conditions

scientific article (publication date: May 2016)

Carbohydrate‐dependent sulfur respiration in halo(alkali)philic archaea

scientific article published in 2021

Concomitant osmotic and chaotropicity-induced stresses in Aspergillus wentii: compatible solutes determine the biotic window.

scientific article published on 9 June 2015

Ecology of aspergillosis: insights into the pathogenic potency of Aspergillus fumigatus and some other Aspergillus species

scientific article

Effects of alcohols and compatible solutes on the activity of β-galactosidase.

scientific article published on 30 December 2012

Extraordinary solute-stress tolerance contributes to the environmental tenacity of mycobacteria

scientific article

Functionality and prevalence of trehalose-based oligosaccharides as novel compatible solutes in ascospores of Neosartorya fischeri (Aspergillus fischeri) and other fungi.

scientific article

Fungal stress biology: a preface to the Fungal Stress Responses special edition.

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

Genomotyping of Pseudomonas putida strains using P. putida KT2440-based high-density DNA microarrays: implications for transcriptomics studies.

scientific article published on 17 March 2007

Glycerol enhances fungal germination at the water-activity limit for life

scientific article

Glycerol stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Cellular responses and evolved adaptations.

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Glycine Betaine-Mediated Protection of Peas (Pisum sativumL.) During Blanching and Frozen Storage

article

Hydrophobic substances induce water stress in microbial cells.

scientific article

Implications of FPS1 deletion and membrane ergosterol content for glycerol efflux from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

scientific article published in December 2001

Integrity of the DNA and Cellular Ultrastructure of Cryptoendolithic Fungi in Space or Mars Conditions: A 1.5-Year Study at the International Space Station.

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Ionic Strength Is a Barrier to the Habitability of Mars.

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life?

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Limits of life in MgCl2-containing environments: chaotropicity defines the window.

scientific article published in March 2007

Limits of life in hostile environments: no barriers to biosphere function?

scientific article

Mars: new insights and unresolved questions

scientific article published in December 2021

Microbial community of the deep-sea brine Lake Kryos seawater-brine interface is active below the chaotropicity limit of life as revealed by recovery of mRNA.

scientific article published on 26 January 2015

Microbial weeds in hypersaline habitats: the enigma of the weed-like Haloferax mediterranei

scientific article published on 28 August 2014

Microbiology of sugar-rich environments: diversity, ecology and system constraints

scientific article published on 03 September 2014

Microbiome and ecology of a hot spring-microbialite system on the Trans-Himalayan Plateau

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Molecular insights into the ecology of a psychrotolerant Pseudomonas syringae

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Multiplication of microbes below 0.690 water activity: implications for terrestrial and extraterrestrial life ⬇️

scientific article

Nanohaloarchaea as beneficiaries of xylan degradation by haloarchaea

scientific article published in 2023

Phenotypic diversity amongst strains of Pleurotus sajor-caju: implications for cultivation in arid environments.

scientific article

Plant extract: a promising biomatrix for ecofriendly, controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles.

scientific article published on 13 March 2014

Pollen dispersal and mating patterns determine resilience for a large-yet-fragmented population of Cariniana estrellensis

scientific article published in 2023

Protective role of glycerol against benzene stress: insights from the Pseudomonas putida proteome

scientific article

Reduction of the temperature sensitivity of Halomonas hydrothermalis by iron starvation combined with microaerobic conditions

scientific article

Report of the workshop for life detection in samples from Mars

Scientific novelty beyond the experiment

scientific article published in June 2023

Solutes determine the temperature windows for microbial survival and growth.

scientific article

Spatio-temporal insights into microbiology of the freshwater-to-hypersaline, oxic-hypoxic-euxinic waters of Ursu Lake

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Stratified prokaryote network in the oxic-anoxic transition of a deep-sea halocline.

scientific article published in March 2006

Stress tolerance and virulence of insect-pathogenic fungi are determined by environmental conditions during conidial formation

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Symbiosis between nanohaloarchaeon and haloarchaeon is based on utilization of different polysaccharides

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

The International Symposium on Fungal Stress: ISFUS.

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

The biology of habitat dominance; can microbes behave as weeds?

scientific article

Towards an understanding of bacterial metabolites prodigiosin and violacein and their potential for use in commercial sunscreens.

scientific article published on 16 November 2014

Visualizing the invisible: class excursions to ignite children's enthusiasm for microbes

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Water activity in Venus’s uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres

scientific article

Water and Temperature Relations of Growth of the Entomogenous Fungi Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and Paecilomyces farinosus

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Water and temperature relations of soil Actinobacteria

scientific article

Water structure and chaotropicity: their uses, abuses and biological implications

article

Water-, pH- and temperature relations of germination for the extreme xerophiles Xeromyces bisporus (FRR 0025), Aspergillus penicillioides (JH06THJ) and Eurotium halophilicum (FRR 2471).

scientific article

Wooden owl that redefines Earth's biosphere may yet catapult a fungus into space

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

List of works by John E. Hallsworth

A decrease in bulk water and mannitol and accumulation of trehalose and trehalose-based oligosaccharides define a two-stage maturation process towards extreme stress resistance in ascospores of Neosartorya fischeri (Aspergillus fischeri).

A new analysis of Mars "Special Regions": findings of the second MEPAG Special Regions Science Analysis Group (SR-SAG2).

A rapid HPLC protocol for detection of polyols and trehalose

A simple inhibition coefficient for quantifying potency of biocontrol agents against plant-pathogenic fungi

A universal measure of chaotropicity and kosmotropicity.

Active microbial ecosystem in Iron-Age tombs of the Etruscan civilization

Antimicrobial activity of prodigiosin is attributable to plasma-membrane damage.

Aspergillus penicillioides differentiation and cell division at 0.585 water activity

Biocontrol agents promote growth of potato pathogens, depending on environmental conditions

Carbohydrate‐dependent sulfur respiration in halo(alkali)philic archaea

Concomitant osmotic and chaotropicity-induced stresses in Aspergillus wentii: compatible solutes determine the biotic window.

Ecology of aspergillosis: insights into the pathogenic potency of Aspergillus fumigatus and some other Aspergillus species

Effects of alcohols and compatible solutes on the activity of β-galactosidase.

Extraordinary solute-stress tolerance contributes to the environmental tenacity of mycobacteria

Functionality and prevalence of trehalose-based oligosaccharides as novel compatible solutes in ascospores of Neosartorya fischeri (Aspergillus fischeri) and other fungi.

Fungal stress biology: a preface to the Fungal Stress Responses special edition.

Genomotyping of Pseudomonas putida strains using P. putida KT2440-based high-density DNA microarrays: implications for transcriptomics studies.

Glycerol enhances fungal germination at the water-activity limit for life

Glycerol stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Cellular responses and evolved adaptations.

Glycine Betaine-Mediated Protection of Peas (Pisum sativumL.) During Blanching and Frozen Storage

Hydrophobic substances induce water stress in microbial cells.

Implications of FPS1 deletion and membrane ergosterol content for glycerol efflux from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Integrity of the DNA and Cellular Ultrastructure of Cryptoendolithic Fungi in Space or Mars Conditions: A 1.5-Year Study at the International Space Station.

Ionic Strength Is a Barrier to the Habitability of Mars.

Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life?

Limits of life in MgCl2-containing environments: chaotropicity defines the window.

Limits of life in hostile environments: no barriers to biosphere function?

Mars: new insights and unresolved questions

Microbial community of the deep-sea brine Lake Kryos seawater-brine interface is active below the chaotropicity limit of life as revealed by recovery of mRNA.

Microbial weeds in hypersaline habitats: the enigma of the weed-like Haloferax mediterranei

Microbiology of sugar-rich environments: diversity, ecology and system constraints

Microbiome and ecology of a hot spring-microbialite system on the Trans-Himalayan Plateau

Molecular insights into the ecology of a psychrotolerant Pseudomonas syringae

Multiplication of microbes below 0.690 water activity: implications for terrestrial and extraterrestrial life ⬇️

Nanohaloarchaea as beneficiaries of xylan degradation by haloarchaea

Phenotypic diversity amongst strains of Pleurotus sajor-caju: implications for cultivation in arid environments.

Plant extract: a promising biomatrix for ecofriendly, controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles.

Pollen dispersal and mating patterns determine resilience for a large-yet-fragmented population of Cariniana estrellensis

Protective role of glycerol against benzene stress: insights from the Pseudomonas putida proteome

Reduction of the temperature sensitivity of Halomonas hydrothermalis by iron starvation combined with microaerobic conditions

Report of the workshop for life detection in samples from Mars

Scientific novelty beyond the experiment

Solutes determine the temperature windows for microbial survival and growth.

Spatio-temporal insights into microbiology of the freshwater-to-hypersaline, oxic-hypoxic-euxinic waters of Ursu Lake

Stratified prokaryote network in the oxic-anoxic transition of a deep-sea halocline.

Stress tolerance and virulence of insect-pathogenic fungi are determined by environmental conditions during conidial formation

Symbiosis between nanohaloarchaeon and haloarchaeon is based on utilization of different polysaccharides

The International Symposium on Fungal Stress: ISFUS.

The biology of habitat dominance; can microbes behave as weeds?

Towards an understanding of bacterial metabolites prodigiosin and violacein and their potential for use in commercial sunscreens.

Visualizing the invisible: class excursions to ignite children's enthusiasm for microbes

Water activity in Venus’s uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres

Water and Temperature Relations of Growth of the Entomogenous Fungi Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, and Paecilomyces farinosus

Water and temperature relations of soil Actinobacteria

Water structure and chaotropicity: their uses, abuses and biological implications

Water-, pH- and temperature relations of germination for the extreme xerophiles Xeromyces bisporus (FRR 0025), Aspergillus penicillioides (JH06THJ) and Eurotium halophilicum (FRR 2471).

Wooden owl that redefines Earth's biosphere may yet catapult a fungus into space