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  1. Tersicoccus phoenicis (Actinobacteria), a spacecraft clean room isolate, exhibits dormancy

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, September 2025, ASM Journals

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  2. Education and public outreach: communicating science through storytelling

    Article • Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, April 2024, ASM Journals

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  3. Ribosomal Protein Cluster Organization in Asgard Archaea

    Article • Archaea, September 2023, Wiley

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  4. Understanding Ribosomal Structural Differences Between Bacteria and Archaea Using Network Graphs

    Article • May 2022, Wiley

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  5. Net Charges of the Ribosomal Proteins of the S10 and spc Clusters of Halophiles Are Inversely Related to the Degree of Halotolerance

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2021, ASM Journals

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  6. The Peptidyl Transferase Center: a Window to the Past

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 2021, ASM Journals

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  7. Net charges of the ribosomal proteins of theS10andspcclusters of halophiles are inversely related to the degree of halotolerance

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  8. Cryo‐electron microscopy visualization of a large insertion in the 5S ribosomal RNA of the extremely halophilic archaeon Halococcus morrhuae

    Article • FEBS Open Bio, September 2020, Wiley

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  9. The Emergence of Life

    Article • Space Science Reviews, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  10. Reply to Mortazavi, “Acquired Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Exposed to Simulated Microgravity: Possible Role of Other Space Stressors and Adaptive Responses”

    Article • mBio, April 2019, ASM Journals

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  11. Evaluation of Acquired Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Exposed to Long-Term Low-Shear Modeled Microgravity and Background Antibiotic Exposure

    Article • mBio, January 2019, ASM Journals

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  12. Why bacteria survive in space—biologists discover clues

    Article • BMC Microbiology, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  13. How did RNA increase in size in a prebiotic scenario?

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  14. Floating in microgravity helps bacteria adapt to microgravity

    Article • npj Microgravity, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  15. Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 Genome Revisited: Sequence Update and Re-Annotation

    Article • PLOS One, June 2016, PLOS

    Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Madhan R Tirumalai

  16. Extreme Sensory Complexity Encoded in the 10-Megabase Draft Genome Sequence of the Chromatically Acclimating Cyanobacterium Tolypothrix sp. PCC 7601

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor David M Kehoe, Madhan R Tirumalai

  17. An ICEBs1-like element may be associated with the extreme radiation and desiccation resistance of Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 spores

    Article • Extremophiles, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  18. Candidate Genes That May Be Responsible for the Unusual Resistances Exhibited by Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 Spores

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Madhan R Tirumalai

  19. Long-term exposure of bacterial cells to simulated microgravity

    Article • October 2012, SPIE

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  20. Paradoxical DNA Repair and Peroxide Resistance Gene Conservation in Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032

    Article • PLOS One, September 2007, PLOS

    Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Madhan R Tirumalai

  21. Subtle genetic changes enhance virulence of methicillin resistant and sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  22. Chromosome Rearrangement and Diversification of Francisella tularensis Revealed by the Type B (OSU18) Genome Sequence

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2006, ASM Journals

    Madhan R Tirumalai

  23. Human protein reference database--2006 update

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Madhan R Tirumalai