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Max Teplitski publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Max Teplitski sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 129 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Max Teplitski D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Max Teplitski sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Max Teplitski is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and focuses their research primarily on areas intersecting agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work extensively covers topics involving postharvest quality and shelf life management, marine sponges and natural products, seed and plant biochemistry, insect behavior and control techniques, Listeria monocytogenes in food safety, phytoplasmas and hemiptera pathogens, and agronomic studies on cocoa and sweet potato.

The subfields of study associated with their research include plant science, biotechnology, molecular biology, food science, and pharmacology.

Max Teplitski has published multiple papers, notable among them are:

  • "Microbiological food safety considerations in shelf-life extension of fresh fruits and vegetables," 2023, Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • "Assessment of unconventional antimicrobial compounds for the control of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus', the causative agent of citrus greening disease," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Fungal Epithiodiketopiperazines Carrying α,β-Polysulfide Bridges from Penicillium steckii YE, and Their Chemical Interconversion," 2020, ChemBioChem
  • "Cryptic Diversity of Black Band Disease Cyanobacteria in Siderastrea siderea Corals Revealed by Chemical Ecology and Comparative Genome-Resolved Metagenomics," 2023, Marine Drugs
  • "Bio-based solutions for reducing loss and waste of fresh fruits and vegetables: an industry perspective," 2023, Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Valerie J. Paul, Yousong Ding, Luxin Wang, Christopher L. Gardner, and Danilo R. Silva.

Their research contributions appear most often in the following publication venues:

  • Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • Scientific Reports
  • ChemBioChem
  • Marine Drugs
  • Foods

Best Publications

  • Plants Secrete Substances That Mimic Bacterial N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Signal Activities and Affect Population Density-Dependent Behaviors in Associated Bacteria

    Max Teplitski;Jayne B. Robinson;Wolfgang D. Bauer

  • Extensive and specific responses of a eukaryote to bacterial quorum-sensing signals

    Ulrike Mathesius;Susan Mulders;Mengsheng Gao;Max Teplitski

  • Mini-review: quorum sensing in the marine environment and its relationship to biofouling

    Sergey Dobretsov;Max Teplitski;Valerie Paul

  • Production of Substances by Medicago truncatula that Affect Bacterial Quorum Sensing

    Mengsheng Gao;Max Teplitski;Jayne B. Robinson;Wolfgang D. Bauer

  • Coral-associated micro-organisms and their roles in promoting coral health and thwarting diseases.

    Cory J. Krediet;Kim B. Ritchie;Kim B. Ritchie;Valerie J. Paul;Max Teplitski;Max Teplitski

  • Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Secretes Compounds That Mimic Bacterial Signals and Interfere with Quorum Sensing Regulation in Bacteria

    Max Teplitski;Hancai Chen;Sathish Rajamani;Mengsheng Gao

  • Root mucilage from pea and its utilization by rhizosphere bacteria as a sole carbon source.

    Emma M. Knee;Fang-Chen Gong;Mensheng Gao;Max Teplitski

  • Mini-review: Inhibition of biofouling by marine microorganisms.

    Sergey Dobretsov;Raeid M M Abed;Max Teplitski

  • Perception and degradation of N-Acyl homoserine lactone quorum sensing signals by mammalian and plant cells

    Max Teplitski;Ulrike Mathesius;Kendra P Rumbaugh

  • Pathways leading from BarA/SirA to motility and virulence gene expression in Salmonella.

    Max Teplitski;Robert I. Goodier;Brian M. M. Ahmer

  • A LuxR Homolog Controls Production of Symbiotically Active Extracellular Polysaccharide II by Sinorhizobium meliloti

    Brett J. Pellock;Max Teplitski;Ryan P. Boinay;W. Dietz Bauer

  • Inhibition of marine biofouling by bacterial quorum sensing inhibitors

    Sergey Dobretsov;Max Teplitski;Mirko Bayer;Sarath Gunasekera

  • The Vitamin Riboflavin and Its Derivative Lumichrome Activate the LasR Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Receptor

    Sathish Rajamani;Wolfgang D. Bauer;Jayne B. Robinson;John M. Farrow

  • Salmonella interactions with plants and their associated microbiota.

    Maria T Brandl;Clayton E Cox;Max Teplitski

  • Signaling-mediated cross-talk modulates swarming and biofilm formation in a coral pathogen Serratia marcescens.

    Ali Alagely;Cory J Krediet;Kim B Ritchie;Kim B Ritchie;Max Teplitski

  • The Complete Genome of Teredinibacter turnerae T7901: An Intracellular Endosymbiont of Marine Wood-Boring Bivalves (Shipworms)

    Joyce C. Yang;Ramana Madupu;A. Scott Durkin;Nathan A Ekborg

  • Contribution of the SirA regulon to biofilm formation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

    Max Teplitski;Ali Al-Agely;Brian M. M. Ahmer

  • Community shifts in the surface microbiomes of the coral Porites astreoides with unusual lesions.

    Julie L. Meyer;Valerie J. Paul;Max Teplitski;Max Teplitski

  • Human enteric pathogens in produce: un-answered ecological questions with direct implications for food safety.

    Max Teplitski;Jeri D Barak;Keith R Schneider

  • Lyngbyoic acid, a “tagged” fatty acid from a marine cyanobacterium, disrupts quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Jason Christopher Kwan;Theresa Meickle;Dheran Ladwa;Max Teplitski

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerie J. Paul
Valerie J. Paul Smithsonian Institution
Michael McClelland
Michael McClelland University of California, Irvine
Steffen Porwollik
Steffen Porwollik APEX Think Consulting
Sergey Dobretsov
Sergey Dobretsov Sultan Qaboos University
Barry G. Rolfe
Barry G. Rolfe Australian National University
Hendrik Luesch
Hendrik Luesch University of Florida
Ulrike Mathesius
Ulrike Mathesius Australian National University
Richard T. Sayre
Richard T. Sayre Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bala Rathinasabapathi
Bala Rathinasabapathi University of Florida
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute

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