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D-Index
62
Citations
15335
World Ranking
2852
National Ranking
1135

Mark Lyte publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark Lyte sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 156 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Mark Lyte D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark Lyte sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mark Lyte is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with extensive work also in related subfields such as Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Immunology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Mark Lyte has published numerous papers in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Poultry Science
  • Microorganisms
  • Journal of Animal Science
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers by Mark Lyte include:

  • "Oral Treatments With Probiotics and Live Salmonella Vaccine Induce Unique Changes in Gut Neurochemicals and Microbiome in Chickens" (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • "NIH Workshop Report: sensory nutrition and disease" (2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • "Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) as a novel model to study the relationship between the avian microbiome and microbial endocrinology-based host-microbe interactions" (2021, Microbiome)
  • "A neurochemical biogeography of the broiler chicken intestinal tract" (2021, Poultry Science)
  • "Serotonin modulates Campylobacter jejuni physiology and in vitro interaction with the gut epithelium" (2021, Poultry Science)

Frequent co-authors in Mark Lyte's research include:

  • Karrie M. Daniels
  • Joshua M. Lyte (11 collaborations)
  • Valentina Caputi (6 collaborations)
  • Gregory J. Phillips (6 collaborations)
  • Gabriele R. Lubach (5 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Exposure to a Social Stressor Alters the Structure of the Intestinal Microbiota: Implications for Stressor-Induced Immunomodulation

    Michael T. Bailey;Scot E. Dowd;Jeffrey D. Galley;Amy R. Hufnagle

  • Probiotics function mechanistically as delivery vehicles for neuroactive compounds: Microbial endocrinology in the design and use of probiotics.

    Mark Lyte

  • Activation in vagal afferents and central autonomic pathways: early responses to intestinal infection with Campylobacter jejuni.

    Lisa E. Goehler;Ronald P.A. Gaykema;Noel Opitz;Rebecca Reddaway

  • Catecholamine induced growth of gram negative bacteria

    Mark Lyte;Sharon Ernst

  • Microbial endocrinology in the microbiome-gut-brain axis: how bacterial production and utilization of neurochemicals influence behavior.

    Mark Lyte

  • Induction of anxiety-like behavior in mice during the initial stages of infection with the agent of murine colonic hyperplasia Citrobacter rodentium.

    Mark Lyte;Wang Li;Noel Opitz;Ronald P A Gaykema

  • Exposure to a social stressor disrupts the community structure of the colonic mucosa-associated microbiota

    Jeffrey D Galley;Michael C Nelson;Zhongtang Yu;Scot E Dowd

  • Stressor Exposure Disrupts Commensal Microbial Populations in the Intestines and Leads to Increased Colonization by Citrobacter rodentium

    Michael T. Bailey;Scot E. Dowd;Nicola M. A. Parry;Jeffrey D. Galley

  • Microbial endocrinology: how stress influences susceptibility to infection.

    Primrose P.E. Freestone;Sara M. Sandrini;Richard D. Haigh;Mark Lyte

  • Campylobacter jejuni infection increases anxiety-like behavior in the holeboard: possible anatomical substrates for viscerosensory modulation of exploratory behavior

    Lisa E. Goehler;Su Mi Park;Noel Opitz;Mark Lyte

  • Microbial endocrinology and infectious disease in the 21st century

    Mark Lyte;Mark Lyte

  • Stress at the intestinal surface: catecholamines and mucosa–bacteria interactions

    Mark Lyte;Lucy Vulchanova;David R. Brown

  • Memory and learning behavior in mice is temporally associated with diet-induced alterations in gut bacteria.

    Wang Li;Scot E. Dowd;Bobbie Scurlock;Veronica Acosta-Martinez

  • Growth stimulation of intestinal commensal Escherichia coli by catecholamines: a possible contributory factor in trauma-induced sepsis.

    Primrose P.E. Freestone;Peter H. Williams;Richard D. Haigh;Anthony F. Maggs

  • Anxiogenic effect of subclinical bacterial infection in mice in the absence of overt immune activation

    Mark Lyte;Jeffrey J. Varcoe;Michael T. Bailey

  • The Mammalian Neuroendocrine Hormone Norepinephrine Supplies Iron for Bacterial Growth in the Presence of Transferrin or Lactoferrin

    Primrose P. E. Freestone;Mark Lyte;Christopher P. Neal;Anthony F. Maggs

  • Stimulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis growth and biofilm formation by catecholamine inotropes.

    Mark Lyte;Mark Lyte;Primrose P E Freestone;Christopher P Neal;Barton A Olson

  • Microbial endocrinology: Host-microbiota neuroendocrine interactions influencing brain and behavior.

    Mark Lyte

  • Stimulation of bacterial growth by heat-stable, norepinephrine-induced autoinducers

    Primrose P.E Freestone;Richard D Haigh;Peter H Williams;Mark Lyte;Mark Lyte

  • Microbial Endocrinology and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis

    Mark Lyte

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Bailey
Michael T. Bailey The Ohio State University
Peter H. Williams
Peter H. Williams University of Leicester
Ronald P.A. Gaykema
Ronald P.A. Gaykema University of Virginia
Lisa E. Goehler
Lisa E. Goehler University of Virginia
Scot E. Dowd
Scot E. Dowd MR DNA (Molecular Research LP)
Gerald Sonnenfeld
Gerald Sonnenfeld Binghamton University
Mark P. Stevens
Mark P. Stevens University of Edinburgh
Bernard P. Arulanandam
Bernard P. Arulanandam The University of Texas at San Antonio
Ann M. Donoghue
Ann M. Donoghue United States Department of Agriculture
Anthony A. Fodor
Anthony A. Fodor University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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