Keywords: constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C), gut microbiota, IBS, Principal Co-ordinates Analysis (PCoA), short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) Citation: Tang X, Liu Y, Wu W and Tao X (2026) Commentary: Characterization of gut microbiota and metabolites in individuals with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Front. Microbiol. 17:1726737. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1726737 Received: 16 October 2025; Revised: 23 December 2025; Accepted: 08 January 2026; Published: 30 January 2026. Edited by: Reviewed by: Copyright © 2026 Tang, Liu, Wu and Tao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. *Correspondence: Wenjiang Wu, 1053660645@qq.com ; Xingxing Tao, txingxing666@163.com † These authors have contributed equally to this work
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