Metabolic specialization structures gut bacterial niches and drives colorectal cancer progression
Lin-Lin Xu, Bastian Seelbinder, Zhengyuan Zhou, Ting-Hao Kuo, Tongta Sae-Ong, Stephanie Treibmann, Victoria Damerell, Alexander Brobeil, Katharina Maria Richter, Michael Mueller, Adetunji T. Toriola, David Shibata, Christopher I. Li, Doratha Armenthus Byrd, Jane C. Figueiredo, , Gianni Panagiotou
This study identifies Leptotrichia wadei as a pro-tumorigenic bacterium in CRC by linking metabolic specialization to microbial niches and tumor progression.
bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology