| Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: the primary kingdoms CR Woese, GE Fox Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 74 (11), 5088-5090, 1977 | 5661 | 1977 |
| Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group WE Balch, GE Fox, LJ Magrum, CR Woese, RS Wolfe Microbiological reviews 43 (2), 260-296, 1979 | 3647 | 1979 |
| The phylogeny of prokaryotes GE Fox, E Stackebrandt, RB Hespel, J Gibson, J Maniloff, TA Dyer, ... Science 209, 457-463, 1980 | 1855 | 1980 |
| How close is close: 16S rRNA sequence identity may not be sufficient to guarantee species identity GE Fox, JD Wisotzkey, P Jurtshuk Jr International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 42 (1 …, 1992 | 1785 | 1992 |
| Archaebacteria CR Woese, LJ Magrum, GE Fox Journal of molecular evolution 11, 245-252, 1978 | 823 | 1978 |
| 5S RNA secondary structure GE Fox, CR Woese Nature 256 (5517), 505-507, 1975 | 618 | 1975 |
| A phylogenetic definition of the major eubacterial taxa CR Woese, E Stackebrandt, TJ Macke, GE Fox Systematic and applied microbiology 6 (2), 143-151, 1985 | 597 | 1985 |
| Comparative Cataloging of 16S Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid: Molecular Approach to Procaryotic Systematics GE Fox, KR Pechman, CR Woese International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 27 (1), 44-57, 1977 | 565 | 1977 |
| Comparative sequence analyses on the 16S rRNA (rDNA) of Bacillus acidocaldarius, Bacillus acidoterrestris, and Bacillus cycloheptanicus and proposal for creation of a new genus … JD Wisotzkey, P Jurtshuk JR, GE Fox, G Deinhard, K Poralla International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 42 (2 …, 1992 | 550 | 1992 |
| Classification of methanogenic bacteria by 16S ribosomal RNA characterization GE Fox, LJ Magrum, WE Balch, RS Wolfe, CR Woese Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 74 (10), 4537-4541, 1977 | 548 | 1977 |
| A compilation of large subunit RNA sequences presented in a structural format RR Gutell, GE Fox Nucleic Acids Research 16 (Suppl), r175, 1988 | 476 | 1988 |
| The concept of cellular evolution CR Woese, GE Fox Journal of molecular evolution 10, 1-6, 1977 | 473 | 1977 |
| The phylogeny of purple bacteria: the alpha subdivision CR Woese, E Stackebrandt, WG Weisburg, BJ Paster, MT Madigan, ... Systematic and applied microbiology 5 (3), 315-326, 1984 | 370 | 1984 |
| Conservation of primary structure in 16S ribosomal RNA CR Woese, GE Fox, L Zablen, T Uchida, L Bonen, K Pechman, BJ Lewis, ... Nature 254 (5495), 83-86, 1975 | 363 | 1975 |
| Complete Genome Sequence of Rickettsia typhi and Comparison with Sequences of Other Rickettsiae MP McLeod, X Qin, SE Karpathy, J Gioia, SK Highlander, GE Fox, ... Journal of bacteriology 186 (17), 5842-5855, 2004 | 307 | 2004 |
| Subtle genetic changes enhance virulence of methicillin resistant and sensitive Staphylococcus aureus SK Highlander, KG Hultén, X Qin, H Jiang, S Yerrapragada, EO Mason, ... BMC microbiology 7, 1-14, 2007 | 303 | 2007 |
| Origin and evolution of the ribosome GE Fox Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology 2 (9), a003483, 2010 | 293 | 2010 |
| History of the ribosome and the origin of translation AS Petrov, B Gulen, AM Norris, NA Kovacs, CR Bernier, KA Lanier, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (50), 15396-15401, 2015 | 288 | 2015 |
| The Phylogenetic Position of Streptococcus and Enterococcus W LUDWIG, E SEEWALDT, R KILPPER-BÄLZ, K HEINZ, L MAGRUM, ... Microbiology 131 (3), 543-551, 1985 | 282 | 1985 |
| Microbiomes of the dust particles collected from the International Space Station and Spacecraft Assembly Facilities A Checinska, AJ Probst, P Vaishampayan, JR White, D Kumar, ... Microbiome 3, 1-18, 2015 | 222 | 2015 |
