Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Metagenomic and metabolomic analysis of the early gut microbiota development in Nipponia nipponHongqing Bai · Guoqiang Qiu · Jian Shi · Yu Xue · Wenwen Dai · Qian Liu · Xiaolong Zhou · Ke HeFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1909232