Wayne L. Nicholson

Kennedy Space Center — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Planetary Science and Exploration(54), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(44), Spaceflight effects on biology(43), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(42), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions(26)

Publications192 total

Spore
Encyclopedia of Astrobiology·2023
DNA Repair
Encyclopedia of Astrobiology·2023
Endospore
Encyclopedia of Astrobiology·2023
<i>Carnobacterium</i> Species Capable of Growth at Pressures Ranging Over 5 Orders of Magnitude, from the Surface of Mars (10 <sup>3</sup> Pa) to Deep Oceans (10 <sup>7</sup> Pa) in the Solar System
Astrobiology·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Environmental Dependence of Competitive Fitness in Rifampin-Resistant <i>rpoB</i> Mutants of Bacillus subtilis
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Design and Validation of a Device for Mitigating Fluid Microgravity Effects in Biological Research in Canister Spaceflight Hardware
Frontiers in Space Technologies·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Shelf Life and Simulated Gastrointestinal Tract Survival of Selected Commercial Probiotics During a Simulated Round-Trip Journey to Mars
Frontiers in Microbiology·2021· 14 citedOpen Access
The Spectrum of Spontaneous Rifampin Resistance Mutations in the Bacillus subtilis <i>rpoB</i> Gene Depends on the Growth Environment
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2021· 16 citedOpen Access
Growth at 5 kPa Causes Differential Expression of a Number of Signals in a <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> Strain Adapted to Enhanced Growth at Low Pressure
Astrobiology·2021· 1 cited
Mechanotransduction in Prokaryotes: A Possible Mechanism of Spaceflight Adaptation
Life·2021· 25 citedOpen Access
Spore‐Forming Bacteria as Model Organisms for Studies in Astrobiology
2020· 2 cited
Comparisons of Transcriptome Profiles from <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> Cells Grown in Space versus High Aspect Ratio Vessel (HARV) Clinostats Reveal a Low Degree of Concordance
Astrobiology·2020· 8 cited
Nanosatellites for Biology in Space: In Situ Measurement of Bacillus subtilis Spore Germination and Growth after 6 Months in Low Earth Orbit on the O/OREOS Mission
Life·2019· 30 citedOpen Access
A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis
mBio·2019Open Access
Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance to Simulated Mars Surface Conditions
Frontiers in Microbiology·2019· 83 citedOpen Access
Comparison of Bacillus subtilis transcriptome profiles from two separate missions to the International Space Station
npj Microgravity·2018· 56 citedOpen Access
Transcriptomic responses of Serratia liquefaciens cells grown under simulated Martian conditions of low temperature, low pressure, and CO2-enriched anoxic atmosphere
Scientific Reports·2018· 19 citedOpen Access
Meta-analysis of data from spaceflight transcriptome experiments does not support the idea of a common bacterial “spaceflight response”
Scientific Reports·2018· 28 citedOpen Access
Molecular Biology of Bacterial Biofilms in the Human Spaceflight Environment
cosp·2018
Spaceflight Alters the Mutation Frequency and Mutagenic Spectrum in Bacteria
42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly·2018
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Frequent Co-authors

Peter Setlow(11), Andrew C. Schuerger(8), Kasthuri Venkateswaran(6), Ralf Moeller(5), Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos(5), G. Horneck(4), Günther Reitz(4), Barbara Setlow(4), H. J. Melosh(3), Glenn H. Chambliss(3), Tony A. Slieman(3), Belinda Galeano(3), Petra Rettberg(3), Rocco L. Mancinelli(3), Roberto Rebeil(3), Tina M. Henkin(2), Paul J. Riesenman(2), Roger Kern(2), L. S. Link(2), John E. Sawyer(2)