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SUBMITTER: Liebeke M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4532835 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liebeke Manuel M Strittmatter Nicole N Fearn Sarah S Morgan A John AJ Kille Peter P Fuchser Jens J Wallis David D Palchykov Vitalii V Robertson Jeremy J Lahive Elma E Spurgeon David J DJ McPhail David D Takáts Zoltán Z Bundy Jacob G JG
Nature communications 20150804
All higher plants produce polyphenols, for defence against above-ground herbivory. These polyphenols also influence the soil micro- and macro-fauna that break down plant leaf litter. Polyphenols therefore indirectly affect the fluxes of soil nutrients and, ultimately, carbon turnover and ecosystem functioning in soils. It is unknown how earthworms, the major component of animal biomass in many soils, cope with high-polyphenol diets. Here, we show that earthworms possess a class of unique surface ...[more]