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Mucus

Appears in 3 processs and 5 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Earthworm gut passage, casts and the drilosphere

2 steps

Worms ingest soil, litter and microbes; gut mucus (water-soluble, energy-rich) stimulates microbial activity during transit
Mucus-lined burrow walls (drilosphere, a rim of a few millimetres) carry more microbial biomass, carbon and nitrogen than bulk soil

Earthworm drilosphere: gut passage, casts, middens and greenhouse gas effects

2 steps

Soil fauna

1 step

Earthworm gut passage, casts and the drilosphere

Often found with

Earthworms 5 Soil organic matter 4 Gut microbes 3 Nitrogen 2 Litter 1 Burrow microbes 1 Dormant soil bacteria 1 Carbon 1 Soil microbes 1 Burrow linings 1 Pore space 1

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