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HT increased the \u201cbeneficial microbes\u201d <jats:italic>Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, Eubacterium, Intestinimonas, Coprococcus, and Butyricicoccus<\/jats:italic>, however, decreased the relative abundance of \u201charmful microbes\u201d <jats:italic>Streptococcus, Oscillibacter, Clostridium_sensu_stricto, Escherichia, Phascolarctobacterium<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Barnesiella<\/jats:italic>. Furthermore, HT increased plamsa steroid hormones such as testosterone and its derivatives, and antioxidant molecules while decreased bile acids and the derivatives. All the data suggest that HT improves gut microbiota to benefit plasma metabolites then to enhance spermatogenesis and semen quality. 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