ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025
Interactions between host sex and seasonal changes shape the gut microbial communities of wild blue sheep (
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- Intervening at the microbial crossroads: targeting inflammation across the oral-gut-reproductive microbiome crosstalk in atherosclerosis.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2026Review
- Integrating microbiome insights into cervical cancer.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
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Abstract
The construction of gut microbial communities in wildlife is influenced by both environmental factors and host genetic background. However, the mechanisms through which these factors interact to shape microbial communities remain poorly understood. In this study, we systematically sampled fecal specimens from male and female wild blue sheep across different seasons in Helan Mountain Nature Reserve and analyzed them using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The objective was to investigate seasonal changes and interactions between sex and season on the gut microbial communities of blue sheep. Our results revealed that Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were the dominant phyla across all groups, and the ten most abundant genera remain stable across both sexes and seasons. Alpha diversity (Chao1, two-way ANOVA,
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