Micro-Organisms in the Intestines of Earthworms
Parle, J. N.,, 31, 1-11 (1963),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-31-1-1,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1350-0872,
abstract= SUMMARY Actinomycetes and bacteria, but not fungi, increase rapidly in numbers during the passage of food through the worm gut. Enzymes produced by the worm rather than micro-organisms seem to be the main agents digesting cellulose and chitin. The rate that material moves through the intestine depends on whether the animal is feeding; food takes about 20 hr. to pass, but when burrows are being formed material passes in about 12 hr.,
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