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Treatments, medication, and surgery entail side effects. Studies link gut microbiota alterations to endometriosis, necessitating research to establish causation. We used Mendelian randomization to investigate the potential link between endometriosis and gut microbiota through genetic variants.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Two-sample Mendelian randomization analyzed gut microbiota\u2019s potential causal effects on endometriosis. Instrumental variables, robustly associated with exposures, leveraged GWAS data from MiBioGen for gut microbiota and FinnGen R8 release for endometriosis. SNPs strongly associated with exposures were instrumental variables. Rigorous assessments ensured SNP impact scrutiny on endometriosis.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> At the genus level, <jats:italic>Anaerotruncus<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Desulfovibrio<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Haemophilus<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Holdemania<\/jats:italic> showed causal association with endometriosis. Specific gut microbiota exhibited causal effects on different endometriosis stages. <jats:italic>Holdemania<\/jats:italic> and Ruminococcaceae <jats:italic>UCG002<\/jats:italic> exerted reversible, stage-specific impacts.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> Mendelian randomization provides evidence for the causal link between specific gut microbiotas and endometriosis, emphasizing the pivotal role of gut microbiota dysbiosis. 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