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Aug 2026
Genome-resolved analysis of colonization factor repertoires reveals ecological stratification in cervid gut microbiomes
Introduction Colonization factors (CFs) are important microbial traits associated with persistence and host adaptation in the gut, yet their large-scale organization in cervid gut microbiomes remains unclear. Methods A total of 3,311 non-redundant high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), derived from 688 cervi...
Hao Ni, Qing-Long Gong, Jian-Ming Li et al.
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