ArticlePloS one2009
A feeding induced switch from a variable to a homogenous state of the earthworm gut microbiota within a host population.
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- Niche Restriction and Host Gut Bacterial Sensitivity in Intestinal Nematodes of the African Nightcrawler.Zoological studies · 2025Article
- Gut microbiome reflect adaptation of earthworms to cave and surface environments.Animal microbiome · 2022Article
- Gut Microbiomes of the Eastern Oyster (mSphere · 2019Article
- Enzymatic dynamics into the Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) gut during vermicomposting of coffee husk and market waste in a tropical environment.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Immune-directed support of rich microbial communities in the gut has ancient roots.Developmental and comparative immunology · 2014Review
- Correlations between Lumbricus terrestris survival and gut microbiota.Microbial ecology in health and disease · 2012Article
- Species-specific effects of epigeic earthworms on microbial community structure during first stages of decomposition of organic matter.PloS one · 2012Article
- Epigeic earthworms exert a bottleneck effect on microbial communities through gut associated processes.PloS one · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe distribution pattern of the earthworm gut microbiota at the host population level is of fundamental importance to understand host-microbiota interactions. Our current understanding of these interactions is very limited. Since feeding represents a main perturbation of the gut microbiota, we determined the effect of a single dose of feed on the microbiota associated with an earthworm population in a simulated microenvironment. METHODOLOGY: Earthworms were sampled 0, 1 and 7 days after feeding. We determined the overall composition of the earthworm-associated microbiota by 16S rRNA gene cloning and sequencing. Based on the 16S rRNA gene data we constructed quantitative PCR's (Q-PCR) for the seven most dominating bacterial groups. PRINCIPAL
findingsQ-PCR revealed low density and highly variable microbiota among the earthworms before feeding, while a high-density homologous microbiota resulted from feeding. We found that the microbiota 1 day after feeding was more equal to the microbiota after 7 days than before feeding. Furthermore, we found that the gut microbiota was very distinct from that of the bedding and the feed. SIGNIFICANCE: The homogenous population response represents fundamental new knowledge about earthworm gut associated bacteria.
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