2025

Bonham KS, Margolis ET, Fahur Bottino G, Sobrino A, Patel F, McCann S, Zieff MR, Miles M, Herr D, Davel L, Bosco C, Khula South Africa Data Collection Team, Huttenhower C, Pini N, Alexander DA, Jones DK, Williams SCR, Amso D, Gladstone M, Fifer WP, Donald KA, Gabard-Durnam LJ*, Klepac-Ceraj V* (2025). Co-development of gut microbial metabolism and visual neural circuitry in human infants. mBio 0:e00835-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00835-25. Selected as Editor’s Pick!

Fahur Bottino G, Bonham KS, Pate F, McCann S, Zieff M, Naspolini N, Ho D, Portlock T, Joos R, Midani FS, Schüroff P, Das A, Shennon I, Wilson BC, O’Sullivan JM, Britton RA, Murray DM, Kiely ME, Taddei CR, Beltrão-Braga PCB, Campos AC, Polanczyk GV, Huttenhower C, Donald KA, Klepac-Ceraj V* (2025). Early life microbial succession in the gut follows common patterns in humans across the globe. Nat Commun 16, 660. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56072-w.

 

2025
Laue HE, Bonham KS, Coker MO, Moroishi Y, Hoen AG, Karagas MR; Klepac-Ceraj V*, Madan JC* (2024). Prospective association of the infant gut microbiome with autism-related behaviors in the ECHO consortium. Molecular Autism 15, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-024-00597-2.

Bonham KS, Fahur Bottino G, McCann SH, Beauchemin J, Weisse E, Barry F, Lorente RC, The RESONANCE Consortium, O’Muircheartaigh J, Huttenhower C, Bruchhage M, D’Sa V, Deoni S, Klepac-Ceraj V* (2023). Gut-resident microorganisms and their genes are associated with cognition and neuroanatomy in children. Sci Adv. Dec 22;9(51):eadi0497. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi0497.

 

2025
Schoenborn AA, Yannarell SM, MacVicar CT, Barriga Medina NN, Mitchell H, Bonham KS, Leon-Reyes A, Riveros-Iregui D, Klepac-Ceraj V*, Shank EA* (2023). Microclimate is a strong predictor of the native and invasive plant-associated soil microbiota on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos archipelago. Environ. Microbiol. Mar 7. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/1462-2920.16361.

 

2021 
Peterson D, Bonham KS, Rowland S, Pattanayak CW, RESONANCE Consortium, Klepac-Ceraj V* (2021). Comparative Analysis of 16S rRNA Gene and metagenome sequencing in pediatric gut microbiomes. Front Microbiol. 12: 670336. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.670336.

Rojas CA, De Santiago Torio A, Park S, Bosak T*, and Klepac-Ceraj V* (2021). Organic electron donors and terminal electron acceptors structure anaerobic microbial communities and interactions in a permanently stratified sulfidic lake. Front Microbiol. 12: 620424. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.620424.

Tso L, Bonham KS, Fishbein A, Rowland S, and Klepac-Ceraj V* (2021). Targeted high-resolution taxonomic identification of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis using human milk oligosaccharide metabolizing genes. Nutrients. 13(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082833.

 

2020
Hough M, McClure A, Bolduc B, Dorrepaal E, Saleska S, Klepac-Ceraj V*, and Rich V* (2020). Biotic and environmental drivers of plant microbiomes across a permafrost thaw gradient. Front Microbiol. 11: 796. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00796.

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2019
Daye M, Klepac-Ceraj V, Pajusalu M, Rowland S, Farrell-Sherman A, Beukes N, Tamura N, Fournier G, and Bosak T (2019). Light-driven anaerobic microbial oxidation of manganese. Nature. 576(7786): 311–314. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-18.

 

2012
Klepac-Ceraj V, Hayes CA, Gilhooly WP, Lyons TW, Kolter R, and Pearson A (2012). Microbial diversity under extreme euxinia: Mahoney Lake, Canada. Geobiology. 10(3): 223–235. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00317.x.

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2010
Lemon KP, Klepac-Ceraj V, Schiffer HK, Brodie EL, Lynch SV, and Kolter R (2010). Comparative analyses of the bacterial microbiota of the human nostril and oropharynx. MBio. 1(3). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00129-10.

Klepac-Ceraj V, Lemon KP, Martin TR, Allgaier M, Kembel SW, Knapp AA, Lory S, Brodie EL, Lynch SV, Bohannan BJM, Green JL, Maurer BA, and Kolter R (2010). Relationship between cystic fibrosis respiratory tract bacterial communities and age, genotype, antibiotics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Environ Microbiol. 12(5): 1293–1303. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02173.x.

 

2004
​​Klepac-Ceraj V, Bahr M, Crump BC, Teske AP, Hobbie JE, and Polz MF (2004). High overall diversity and dominance of microdiverse relationships in salt marsh sulphate-reducing bacteria. Environ Microbiol. 6(7): 686–698. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00600.x 

Acinas SG1, Klepac-Ceraj V1, Hunt DE, Pharino C, Ceraj I, Distel DL, and Polz MF (2004). Fine-scale phylogenetic architecture of a complex bacterial community. Nature. 430(6999): 551–554. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02649. 1denotes co-first authors.