Xing, Bo
Liu, Cong https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3582-9898
Chen, Wantong
Li, Zhuoran
Jing, Xiaohuan
Wu, Chao
Liu, Ruixin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5526-6717
Zhang, Xiuqing
Xu, Xun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5338-5173
Li, Junhua https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6784-1873
Xiao, Minfeng https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-7352
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82050007)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82250901)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2024
Accepted: 4 July 2025
First Online: 11 December 2025
Competing interests
: Authors affiliated with BGI Research (C.L., B.X., M.X., J.L and Z.L.) have filed a patent application titled “Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Targeting Dorea longicatena and their Potential Applications” (Application No. 202510946726.2). It describes phage isolated in this study that target an obesity-associated bacteria, including genomic characterization, safety screening, and therapeutic cocktail development validated in in vitro and murine models. Other authors declare no competing interests.