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Ferrán García‐Pichel

Arizona State University ORCID

247

Works

17,515

Citations

72

h-index

155

i10-index

Research Topics

Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Affiliations

Agricultural Research Service2011–2011

Oregon State University1993–1993

Los Alamos National Laboratory2011–2011

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory2013–2017

Max Planck Society1995–2001

Top Works

PCR primers to amplify 16S rRNA genes from cyanobacteria

Ulrich Nübel,Ferrán García‐Pichel,et al.

19971,504 citations

Algal biology and biofuel production

Lichen and fungal ecology

CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SCYTONEMIN, A CYANOBACTERIAL SHEATH PIGMENT<sup>1</sup>

Ferrán García‐Pichel,Richard W. Castenholz

1991733 citations

Occurrence of UV-Absorbing, Mycosporine-Like Compounds among Cyanobacterial Isolates and an Estimate of Their Screening Capacity

Ferrán García‐Pichel,Richard W. Castenholz

1993458 citations

A model for internal self‐shading in planktonic organisms and its implications for the usefulness of ultraviolet sunscreens

Ferrán García‐Pichel

1994421 citations

Microbial ultraviolet sunscreens

Qunjie Gao,Ferrán García‐Pichel

2011411 citations

The structure of scytonemin, an ultraviolet sunscreen pigment from the sheaths of cyanobacteria

Philip Proteau,William H. Gerwick,et al.

1993389 citations

Phylogenetic and Morphological Diversity of Cyanobacteria in Soil Desert Crusts from the Colorado Plateau

Ferrán García‐Pichel,Alejandro López‐Cortés,et al.

2001388 citations

EVIDENCE FOR AN ULTRAVIOLET SUNSCREEN ROLE OF THE EXTRACELLULAR PIGMENT SCYTONEMIN IN THE TERRESTRIAL CYANOBACTERIUM <i>Chiorogloeopsis</i> sp.

Ferrán García‐Pichel,Nelson D. Sherry,et al.

1992342 citations

MICROENVIRONMENTS AND MICROSCALE PRODUCTIVITY OF CYANOBACTERIAL DESERT CRUSTS<sup>1</sup>

Ferrán García‐Pichel,Jayne Belnap

1996341 citations