ABSTRACT As an emerging branch of clinical medicine, microbiota medicine has attracted worldwide attention from clinicians, medical educators, patient communities, and industry. However, this developing field still lacks consensus on its fundamental principles as well as guidelines for clinical and educational practice. An expert panel was convened by the journal Microbiota Medicine Research at the 2025 CHINAGUT Conference to develop the principles and practice guidelines of microbiota medicine using the Delphi method. This document provides a new framework for clinicians, educational institutions, and healthcare administrators. The expert panel developed 15 key statements, encompassing definitions of microbiota medicine and dysbiosis‐related diseases, graded value evaluation of microbiome testing technologies, pathways for multidisciplinary discussions on complex dysbiosis‐related diseases, and educational frameworks for physicians in microbiota medicine. The panel further recommends incorporating microbiota medicine into undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and emphasizes the application of artificial intelligence in supporting microbiota medicine. This guideline defines core competencies required for physicians specializing in this discipline. Collectively, this guideline aims to define the significant role of microbiota medicine in clinical practice and medical education, thereby advancing its sustainable development.
Zhang et al. (2026) studied this question.