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CORRECTION article

Front. Microbiol., 22 January 2026

Sec. Microorganisms in Vertebrate Digestive Systems

Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1746506

Correction: Peppermint extract improves egg production and quality, increases antioxidant capacity, and alters cecal microbiota in late-phase laying hens

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  1. Peppermint extract improves egg production and quality, increases antioxidant capacity, and alters cecal microbiota in late-phase laying hens

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Miaomiao Bai&#x;Miaomiao Bai1†Hongnan Liu &#x;Hongnan Liu1*†Yihui ZhangYihui Zhang1Shanshan WangShanshan Wang1Yirui ShaoYirui Shao1Xia XiongXia Xiong1Xin HuXin Hu2Rongyao YuRongyao Yu2Wei LanWei Lan2Yadong CuiYadong Cui2Xiangfeng Kong, Xiangfeng Kong1,2*
  • 1Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process; National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production; Key Laboratory of Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region; Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production; Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China
  • 2College of Biology and Food Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang, China

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Peppermint extract improves egg production and quality, increases antioxidant capacity, and alters cecal microbiota in late-phase laying hens

by Bai, M., Liu, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, S., Shao, Y., Xiong, X., Hu, X., Yu, R., Lan, W., Cui, Y., and Kong, X. (2023). Front. Microbiol. 14:1252785. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1252785

There was a mistake in Figure 2 as published. The image of g-unclassified_F082 was erroneously duplicated with the image of g-Megamonas. The corrected Figure 2 appears below.

Figure 2
Bar charts display the relative abundance of different bacterial taxa across four groups: CON, LPE, MPE, and HPE. Each chart is labeled with the respective taxon: p-Proteobacteria, g-unclassified_Bacteroidales, g-Prevotellaceae_UCG_001, g-Megamonas, g-unclassified_F082, and g-unclassified_Clostridia_vadinBB60_group. Statistical significance is indicated by different letters. Variations in abundance are shown in each group.

Figure 2. Significantly different cecal microbiota at phylum and genus levels after dietary supplementation with peppermint extract (PE). CON, control group, basal diet; LPE, the control diet + 0.1% PE; MPE, the control diet + 0.2% PE; HPE, the control diet + 0.4% PE. Data are expressed as means ± SEM (n = 8). Means within a row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

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Keywords: laying hens, peppermint extract, egg production and quality, antioxidant capacity, cecal microbiota

Citation: Bai M, Liu H, Zhang Y, Wang S, Shao Y, Xiong X, Hu X, Yu R, Lan W, Cui Y and Kong X (2026) Correction: Peppermint extract improves egg production and quality, increases antioxidant capacity, and alters cecal microbiota in late-phase laying hens. Front. Microbiol. 16:1746506. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1746506

Received: 14 November 2025; Revised: 27 November 2025;
Accepted: 08 December 2025; Published: 22 January 2026.

Edited and reviewed by: Wen-Chao Liu, Guangdong Ocean University, China

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*Correspondence: Hongnan Liu, bGl1aG5AaXNhLmFjLmNu; Xiangfeng Kong, bm5reGZAaXNhLmFjLmNu

†These authors have contributed equally to this work

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.