Peer Reviewed Publications
*denotes co-first authors
Jacobson DK, Honap TP, Monroe C, Lund J, Houk B, Novotny A, Robin C, Marini E, and Lewis CM (2020). Functional diversity of microbial ecologies estimated from ancient human coprolites and dental calculus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190586 [PDF]
Borry M, Cordova B, Perri A, Wibowo M, Honap TP, Ko J, Yu J, Britton K, Flink LG, Power RC, Stuijts I, Garcia SD, Hofman CA, Hagan RW, Kagone TS, Meda N, Carabin H, Jacobson D, Reinhard K, Lewis CM, Kostic A, Jeong C, Herbig A, Hubner A, and Warinner C (2020). CoproID predicts the source of coprolites and paleofeces using microbiome composition and host DNA content. PeerJ 8:e9001. [PDF]
Honap TP*, Sankaranarayanan K*, Schnorr SL, Ozga AT, Warinner C, and Lewis CM Jr. (2020). Biogeographic study of human gut-associated crAssphage suggests impacts from industrialization and recent expansion. PLoS ONE
15(1): e0226930. [PDF]
Schnorr SL, Hofman CA, Netshifhefhe SR, Duncan FD, Honap TP, Lesnik J, and Lewis CM (2019). Taxonomic features and comparisons of the gut microbiome from two edible fungus-farming termites (Macrotermes falciger; M. natalensis) harvested in the Vhembe district of Limpopo, South Africa. BMC Microbiology 19 (164) [PDF]
Honap TP, Pfister L-A, Housman G, Mills S, Tarara RP, Suzuki K, Cuozzo FP, Sauther ML, Rosenberg MS, and Stone AC (2018). Mycobacterium leprae genomes from naturally infected nonhuman primates. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(1): e0006190 [PDF]
Benjak A*, Honap TP*, Avanzi C, Becerril-Villanueva L, García I, Rojas-Espinosa O, Stone AC, and Cole ST (2017). Insights from the genome sequence of Mycobacterium lepraemurium: massive gene decay and reductive evolution. mBio 8:e01283-17 [PDF]
Ozga AT, Nieves-Colón MA, Honap TP, Sankaranarayanan K, Hofman CA, Milner GR, Lewis CM, Stone AC, and Warinner C (2016). Successful enrichment and recovery of whole mitochondrial genomes from ancient human dental calculus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 160: 220–228. doi:10.1002/ajpa.22960 [PDF]
Alagarasu K, Honap T, Damle IM, Mulay AP, Shah PS, and Cecilia D (2013). Polymorphisms in the Oligoadenylate Synthetase Gene Cluster and its Association with Clinical Outcomes of Dengue Virus Infection. Infection, Genetics, and Evolution 14:390-395 [PDF]
Alagarasu K*, Honap T*, Mulay AP, Bachal RV, Shah PS, and Cecilia D (2012). Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with clinical outcomes of Dengue virus infection. Human Immunology 73(11):1194-1199 [PDF]
Press Releases
NutraIngredients USA Newsletter: Common bacteriophage appeared only recently in human gut, study says. By Hank Schultz, January 2020
National Geographic: Tooth Plaque May Hold Clues About Ancient Life. By Anna Nowogrodzki, March 2016
Nature News: Ancient genomes from tooth plaque. Nature Volume 531, Issue 7596, March 2016
AAAS EurekAlert: OU anthropologists reconstruct mitogenomes from prehistoric dental calculus. March 2016
*denotes co-first authors
Jacobson DK, Honap TP, Monroe C, Lund J, Houk B, Novotny A, Robin C, Marini E, and Lewis CM (2020). Functional diversity of microbial ecologies estimated from ancient human coprolites and dental calculus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190586 [PDF]
Borry M, Cordova B, Perri A, Wibowo M, Honap TP, Ko J, Yu J, Britton K, Flink LG, Power RC, Stuijts I, Garcia SD, Hofman CA, Hagan RW, Kagone TS, Meda N, Carabin H, Jacobson D, Reinhard K, Lewis CM, Kostic A, Jeong C, Herbig A, Hubner A, and Warinner C (2020). CoproID predicts the source of coprolites and paleofeces using microbiome composition and host DNA content. PeerJ 8:e9001. [PDF]
Honap TP*, Sankaranarayanan K*, Schnorr SL, Ozga AT, Warinner C, and Lewis CM Jr. (2020). Biogeographic study of human gut-associated crAssphage suggests impacts from industrialization and recent expansion. PLoS ONE
15(1): e0226930. [PDF]
Schnorr SL, Hofman CA, Netshifhefhe SR, Duncan FD, Honap TP, Lesnik J, and Lewis CM (2019). Taxonomic features and comparisons of the gut microbiome from two edible fungus-farming termites (Macrotermes falciger; M. natalensis) harvested in the Vhembe district of Limpopo, South Africa. BMC Microbiology 19 (164) [PDF]
Honap TP, Pfister L-A, Housman G, Mills S, Tarara RP, Suzuki K, Cuozzo FP, Sauther ML, Rosenberg MS, and Stone AC (2018). Mycobacterium leprae genomes from naturally infected nonhuman primates. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(1): e0006190 [PDF]
Benjak A*, Honap TP*, Avanzi C, Becerril-Villanueva L, García I, Rojas-Espinosa O, Stone AC, and Cole ST (2017). Insights from the genome sequence of Mycobacterium lepraemurium: massive gene decay and reductive evolution. mBio 8:e01283-17 [PDF]
Ozga AT, Nieves-Colón MA, Honap TP, Sankaranarayanan K, Hofman CA, Milner GR, Lewis CM, Stone AC, and Warinner C (2016). Successful enrichment and recovery of whole mitochondrial genomes from ancient human dental calculus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 160: 220–228. doi:10.1002/ajpa.22960 [PDF]
Alagarasu K, Honap T, Damle IM, Mulay AP, Shah PS, and Cecilia D (2013). Polymorphisms in the Oligoadenylate Synthetase Gene Cluster and its Association with Clinical Outcomes of Dengue Virus Infection. Infection, Genetics, and Evolution 14:390-395 [PDF]
Alagarasu K*, Honap T*, Mulay AP, Bachal RV, Shah PS, and Cecilia D (2012). Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with clinical outcomes of Dengue virus infection. Human Immunology 73(11):1194-1199 [PDF]
Press Releases
NutraIngredients USA Newsletter: Common bacteriophage appeared only recently in human gut, study says. By Hank Schultz, January 2020
National Geographic: Tooth Plaque May Hold Clues About Ancient Life. By Anna Nowogrodzki, March 2016
Nature News: Ancient genomes from tooth plaque. Nature Volume 531, Issue 7596, March 2016
AAAS EurekAlert: OU anthropologists reconstruct mitogenomes from prehistoric dental calculus. March 2016