Wenpin Cai: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: SoftwareRole: VisualizationRole: Writing
– original draft
Ting Qiu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: SoftwareRole: Writing – original draft
Weitao Hu: Role: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Taiyong Fang:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-3589
Role: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Jonathan Jacobs: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
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Title:
PLOS ONE
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Public Library of Science
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ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
28
March
2024
Publication date Collection: 2024
Volume: 19
Issue: 3
Electronic Location Identifier: e0299946
Affiliations
[001]
Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University,
Quanzhou, China
University of California Los Angeles, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
‡ WC and TQ are contributed equally to this work and shared first authorship.
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PONE-D-23-24041
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299946
PMC ID: 10977702
PubMed ID: 38547205
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Funded by:
Quanzhou City Science & Technology Program of China
Award ID: No. 2022NS080
This work was supported by Quanzhou City Science & Technology Program of China (No.
2022NS080). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis,
decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Gut Bacteria
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Molecular biology
Subject:
Molecular biology techniques
Subject:
Sequencing techniques
Subject:
DNA sequencing
Subject:
Gene Sequencing
Subject:
Research and analysis methods
Subject:
Molecular biology techniques
Subject:
Sequencing techniques
Subject:
DNA sequencing
Subject:
Gene Sequencing
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Nucleic acids
Subject:
RNA
Subject:
Non-coding RNA
Subject:
Ribosomal RNA
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Ribosomes
Subject:
Ribosomal RNA
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Cell biology
Subject:
Cellular structures and organelles
Subject:
Ribosomes
Subject:
Ribosomal RNA
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Tract
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Tract
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Research Design
Subject:
Case-Control Studies
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Research Design
Subject:
Cross-Sectional Studies
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Ecological Metrics
Subject:
Species Diversity
Subject:
Shannon Index
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Ecological Metrics
Subject:
Species Diversity
Subject:
Shannon Index
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Asia
Subject:
China