3 To test this hypothesis, the team sequenced the bacterial DNA isolated from the guts, oral cavities, appendages, and outer protective covering of the worms they collected from Antarctic waters.

Researchers at Rockefeller University have found that worms can learn to avoid substrates scented with bacteria that have made them ill in the past. 1 The neuro-transmitter serotonin, which mediates ...

Like cellulose, it is not easily degraded and decomposes slowly. As a worm digests its food, 48 different bacteria assist in the process and they remain in the excreted castings. Many of these ...

And it is all thanks to native fungi and bacteria. Using chemicals like insecticide ... essentially coating the worm and eating it from the inside out over a number of days.