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The gut-brain-gonad axis mediates salinity adaptation in an invasive turtle: causal evidence from microbiota transplantation and metabolite supplementation.

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Authors: Qiongyu Zhang1, Ijaz Khan1, Enqi Lei1, Hanru Chen1, Xue Tang1, Li Ding1, Meiling Hong1
  1. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, Key Laboratory of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology of Hainan Province, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University,Haikou, 571158 China
Institutions: Hainan Normal University (China)
Journal: Animal microbiome, volume 8, issue 1, article 91
Dates: received 13 March 2026; accepted 12 May 2026; published online 3 June 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1186/s42523-026-00583-4 · PMID 42237178 · PMCID PMC13455146 · OpenAlex W7163419536
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: other (organism), cellular / molecular (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Machine learning, Connectivity
Keywords: Trachemys scripta elegans, Gut-brain-gonad axis, Fecal microbiota transplantation, GABA supplementation, Spermatogonial stem cells, Invasive species, Reproductive inhibition
Topic: Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology), according to OpenAlex
Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China (32160251, 32471587)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 50 references in the paper

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Zhang, Q., Khan, I., Lei, E., Chen, H., Tang, X., Ding, L., & Hong, M. (2026). The gut-brain-gonad axis mediates salinity adaptation in an invasive turtle: causal evidence from microbiota transplantation and metabolite supplementation. Animal microbiome, 8(1), 91. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-026-00583-4

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@article{zhang2026gut,
author = {Zhang, Qiongyu and Khan, Ijaz and Lei, Enqi and Chen, Hanru and Tang, Xue and Ding, Li and Hong, Meiling},
title = {{The gut-brain-gonad axis mediates salinity adaptation in an invasive turtle: causal evidence from microbiota transplantation and metabolite supplementation}},
journal = {Animal microbiome},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
volume = {8},
number = {1},
pages = {91},
publisher = {BMC},
issn = {2524-4671},
doi = {10.1186/s42523-026-00583-4},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-026-00583-4},
pmid = {42237178},
pmcid = {PMC13455146}
}

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T2 - Animal microbiome
J2 - Anim Microbiome
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/03
VL - 8
IS - 1
SP - 91
SN - 2524-4671
PB - BMC
DO - 10.1186/s42523-026-00583-4
UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-026-00583-4
LA - en
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