| Some rumen ciliates have endosymbiotic methanogens BJ Finlay, G Esteban, KJ Clarke, AG Williams, TM Embley, RP Hirt FEMS microbiology letters 117 (2), 157-161, 1994 | 516 | 1994 |
| Freshwater protozoa: biodiversity and ecological function BJ Finlay, GF Esteban Biodiversity & Conservation 7, 1163-1186, 1998 | 297 | 1998 |
| Local versus global diversity of microorganisms: cryptic diversity of ciliated protozoa T Fenchel, GF Esteban, BJ Finlay Oikos, 220-225, 1997 | 252 | 1997 |
| Biodiversity at the microbial level: the number of free-living ciliates in the biosphere BJ Finlay, JO Corliss, G Esteban, T Fenchel The Quarterly Review of Biology 71 (2), 221-237, 1996 | 209 | 1996 |
| Microbial diversity and activity in a Danish fjord with anoxic deep water T Fenchel, C Bernard, G Esteban, BJ Finlay, PJ Hansen, N Iversen Ophelia 43 (1), 45-100, 1995 | 198 | 1995 |
| Protist diversity is different? BJ Finlay, GF Esteban, TOM Fenchel Protist 155 (1), 15, 2004 | 145 | 2004 |
| Estimating the growth potential of the soil protozoan community BJ Finlay, HIJ Black, S Brown, KJ Clarke, GF Esteban, RM Hindle, ... Protist 151 (1), 69-80, 2000 | 128 | 2000 |
| Mixotrophy in ciliates GF Esteban, T Fenchel, BJ Finlay Protist 161 (5), 621-641, 2010 | 127 | 2010 |
| Global diversity and body size BJ Finlay, GF Esteban, T Fenchel Nature 383 (6596), 132-133, 1996 | 126 | 1996 |
| Dynamics of ciliated protozoa communities in activated-sludge process G Esteban, C Téllez, LM Bautista Water Research 25 (8), 967-972, 1991 | 121 | 1991 |
| Multiple cosmopolitan ecotypes within a microbial eukaryote morphospecies BJ Finlay, GF Esteban, S Brown, T Fenchel, K Hoef-Emden Protist 157 (4), 377-390, 2006 | 115 | 2006 |
| Global distribution of free‐living microbial species BJ Finlay, GF Esteban, JL Olmo, PA Tyler Ecography 22 (2), 138-144, 1999 | 113 | 1999 |
| Biodiversity of terrestrial protozoa appears homogeneous across local and global spatial scales BJ Finlay, GF Esteban, KJ Clarke, JL Olmo Protist 152 (4), 355-366, 2001 | 101 | 2001 |
| Acute toxicity of cadmium, copper, mercury, and zinc to ciliates from activated sludge plants P Madoni, G Esteban, G Gorbi Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 49, 900-905, 1992 | 100 | 1992 |
| Protozoan diversity: converging estimates of the global number of free-living ciliate species BJ Finlay, GF Esteban, T Fenchel Protist 149 (1), 29-37, 1998 | 96 | 1998 |
| Cyclidium porcatum n. sp.: a free-living anaerobic scuticociliate containing a stable complex of hydrogenosomes, eubacteria and archaeobacteria KJ Clarke, BJ Finlay, G Esteban, BE Guhl, TM Embley European journal of protistology 29 (2), 262-270, 1993 | 89 | 1993 |
| Spectacular abundance of ciliates in anoxic pond water: contribution of symbiont photosynthesis to host respiratory oxygen requirements BJ Finlay, SC Maberly, GF Esteban FEMS Microbiology Ecology 20 (4), 229-235, 1996 | 73 | 1996 |
| Diversity of free-living morphospecies in the ciliate genus Metopus G Esteban, T Fenchel, B Finlay Archiv für Protistenkunde 146 (2), 137-164, 1995 | 73 | 1995 |
| Soil protozoa—an intensive study of population dynamics and community structure in an upland grassland GF Esteban, KJ Clarke, JL Olmo, BJ Finlay Applied Soil Ecology 33 (2), 137-151, 2006 | 67 | 2006 |
| Colonization and succession of ciliated protozoa associated with submerged leaves in a river C Franco, GF Esteban, C Téllez Limnologica 28 (3), 275-283, 1998 | 65 | 1998 |
