| Biology of Frankia strains, actinomycete symbionts of actinorhizal plants DR Benson, WB Silvester Microbiological reviews 57 (2), 293-319, 1993 | 800 | 1993 |
| Genome characteristics of facultatively symbiotic Frankia sp. strains reflect host range and host plant biogeography P Normand, P Lapierre, LS Tisa, JP Gogarten, N Alloisio, E Bagnarol, ... Genome research 17 (1), 7-15, 2007 | 417 | 2007 |
| Evolution of the glutamine synthetase gene, one of the oldest existing and functioning genes. Y Kumada, DR Benson, D Hillemann, TJ Hosted, DA Rochefort, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90 (7), 3009-3013, 1993 | 294 | 1993 |
| Hopanoid lipids compose the Frankia vesicle envelope, presumptive barrier of oxygen diffusion to nitrogenase. AM Berry, OT Harriott, RA Moreau, SF Osman, DR Benson, AD Jones Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 90 (13), 6091-6094, 1993 | 253 | 1993 |
| Intracellular Symbionts and Other Bacteria Associated with Deer Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from Nantucket and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts MJ Benson, JD Gawronski, DE Eveleigh, DR Benson Applied and environmental microbiology 70 (1), 616-620, 2004 | 152 | 2004 |
| Recent advances in the biogeography and genecology of symbiotic Frankia and its host plants DR Benson, JO Dawson Physiologia Plantarum 130 (3), 318-330, 2007 | 150 | 2007 |
| Diversity of Geotrichum candidumStrains Isolated from Traditional Cheesemaking Fabrications in France N Marcellino, E Beuvier, R Grappin, M Guéguen, DR Benson Applied and environmental microbiology 67 (10), 4752-4759, 2001 | 144 | 2001 |
| Physiology of actinorhizal nodules JD Tjepkema, CR Schwintzer, DR Benson Annual review of plant physiology 37 (1), 209-232, 1986 | 140 | 1986 |
| Microtiter assay for glutamine synthetase biosynthetic activity using inorganic phosphate detection JD Gawronski, DR Benson Analytical biochemistry 327 (1), 114-118, 2004 | 132 | 2004 |
| Isolation of Frankia Strains from Alder Actinorhizal Root Nodules DR Benson Applied and Environmental Microbiology 44 (2), 461-465, 1982 | 120 | 1982 |
| Genome sequence of “Candidatus Frankia datiscae” Dg1, the uncultured microsymbiont from nitrogen-fixing root nodules of the dicot Datisca glomerata T Persson, DR Benson, P Normand, B Vanden Heuvel, P Pujic, ... Journal of Bacteriology 193 (24), 7017-7018, 2011 | 118 | 2011 |
| Frankia diversity in an alder stand as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins DR Benson, D Hanna Canadian journal of botany 61 (11), 2919-2923, 1983 | 110 | 1983 |
| Diversity of Frankia Strains in Root Nodules of Plants from the Families Elaeagnaceae and Rhamnaceae ML Clawson, M Carú, DR Benson Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64 (9), 3539-3543, 1998 | 96 | 1998 |
| Assessing the phylogeny of Frankia-actinorhizal plant nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbioses with Frankia 16S rRNA and glutamine synthetase gene sequences ML Clawson, A Bourret, DR Benson Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 31 (1), 131-138, 2004 | 94 | 2004 |
| Evolution of the actinorhizal plant symbiosis. DR Benson, ML Clawson Prokaryotic nitrogen fixation: a model system for the analysis of a …, 2000 | 93 | 2000 |
| Amplification of 16S rRNA genes from Frankia strains in root nodules of Ceanothus griseus, Coriaria arborea, Coriaria plumosa, Discaria toumatou, and Purshia tridentata DR Benson, DW Stephens, ML Clawson, WB Silvester Applied and environmental microbiology 62 (8), 2904-2909, 1996 | 80 | 1996 |
| Actinorhizal symbioses diversity and biogeography DR Benson, BDV Heuvel, D Potter Plant microbiology, 102-137, 2004 | 79 | 2004 |
| Cell-free nitrogenase and hydrogenase from actinorhizal root nodules DR Benson, DJ Arp, RH Burris Science 205 (4407), 688-689, 1979 | 78 | 1979 |
| Isolation and nitrogen-fixing activity of Frankia sp. strain CpI1 vesicles NA Noridge, DR Benson Journal of bacteriology 166 (1), 301-305, 1986 | 77 | 1986 |
| Exploring the genomes of Frankia P Normand, C Queiroux, LS Tisa, DR Benson, Z Rouy, S Cruveiller, ... Physiologia Plantarum 130 (3), 331-343, 2007 | 75 | 2007 |
