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Consequently, there is an urgent need to identify novel biomarkers and develop diagnostic tools to improve patient identification and clinical management. Multi-omics technologies offer a promising pathway toward achieving this goal in the future.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study included 40 untreated patients with idiopathic oligoasthenospermia (IOA) and 30 healthy fertile males (HP) as controls. Semen samples were analyzed using 16S rRNA gene sequencing (microbiome) and non-targeted metabolomics (GC-MS\/LC-MS coupled). A microbe-metabolite association network was integrated at the genus level based on Spearman correlation algorithms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Semen microbiome analysis revealed that both microbial composition and species richness differed between IOA patients and HP controls. Non-targeted metabolomics further demonstrated characteristic metabolic dysregulation in seminal plasma of IOA patients, with a metabolic signature effectively distinguishing cases from controls (VIP &amp;gt; 1, FDR &amp;lt; 0.05). KEGG pathway enrichment analysis indicated that differentially expressed metabolites primarily involved amino acid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, and related signaling pathways (corrected p-value &amp;lt; 0.05). Construction of a Spearman correlation network between microbiota and metabolites (|r| &amp;gt; 0.6) identified significant interactions between core bacterial genera such as\n                      <jats:italic>Dialister<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Prevotellaceae_NK3B31_group<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Lawsonella<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic>Blautia<\/jats:italic>\n                      with seminal plasma metabolites, suggesting potential involvement of the microbiota-metabolite axis in the pathological process of IOA.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The microbial community structure and metabolic profiles in the semen of IOA patients exhibit significant disruption. Diagnostic models constructed based on combined microbial-metabolite features demonstrate potential for effectively distinguishing disease phenotypes. 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