Captivity-driven microbiota reshaping: A cross-species analysis of divergent patterns in the gut microbiota of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), red pandas (Ailurus fulgens), and Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus)

• Lin Xu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Xu, Zhengquan Hu

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on the Giant Panda, Chengdu, China

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• Zhengquan Hu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lin Xu, Zhengquan Hu

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on the Giant Panda, Chengdu, China

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• Xin Zhang,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on the Giant Panda, Chengdu, China

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• Siyuan Zhang,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Prevention and Control Technology of Veterinary Drug Residue in Animal-Origin Food, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China

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• Wenjing Li,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Sichuan Wolong National Nature Reserve Administration, Wolong, Sichuan Province, China

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• Minglei Wang,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration on the Giant Panda, Chengdu, China

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• Ruihong Ning ,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: guowei@cmc.edu.cn

  Affiliation Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Prevention and Control Technology of Veterinary Drug Residue in Animal-Origin Food, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China

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• Wei Guo

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: guowei@cmc.edu.cn

  Affiliations Sichuan Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Prevention and Control Technology of Veterinary Drug Residue in Animal-Origin Food, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China, Clinical IVD Joint Research Center of Chengdu Medical College-Maccura Biotechnology, Chengdu, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-2361

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