Gut bacteriome alterations during high altitude exposure: a comprehensive analysis of different species

With the increase of high-altitude sojourn population, more and more studies on hypoxia have been conducted, but the associated changes in gut bacteriome in different hypoxic environments need to be further investigated. Gut bacteriome plays an important role in host adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia, but the contribution of gut bacteriome in high-altitude hypoxia adaptation is still controversial and may be influenced by multiple factors. In this study, we reviewed the changes in diversity and composition of the gut bacteriome of different populations of animals in different highland hypoxic environments, clarified the dynamics of the gut bacteriome during exposure to high altitude, identified the core bacteriome that may contribute to host adaptation to hypoxic environments, and comprehensively considered the effects of multiple factors on the gut bacteriome.

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Frontiers in Microbiology
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2026-02-18
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1762563
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High Altitude and Hypoxia
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Gut bacteriome alterations during high altitude exposure: a comprehensive analysis of different species

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Abstract

With the increase of high-altitude sojourn population, more and more studies on hypoxia have been conducted, but the associated changes in gut bacteriome in different hypoxic environments need to be further investigated. Gut bacteriome plays an important role in host adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia, but the contribution of gut bacteriome in high-altitude hypoxia adaptation is still controversial and may be influenced by multiple factors. In this study, we reviewed the changes in diversity and composition of the gut bacteriome of different populations of animals in different highland hypoxic environments, clarified the dynamics of the gut bacteriome during exposure to high altitude, identified the core bacteriome that may contribute to host adaptation to hypoxic environments, and comprehensively considered the effects of multiple factors on the gut bacteriome.

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Qinghai University (CN), Capital Medical University (CN), Beijing Chest Hospital (CN), Cancer Research Center (US)
Inner Mongolia Medical University, National Natural Science Foundation of China
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