Trophic transfer of fatty acids from gut microbiota to the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L

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The fat that matters: Soil food web analysis using fatty acids and their carbon stable isotope signature (2010, methodology): “…acids, in particular arachidonic acid (20:4u6,9,12,15), predominantly occur in animals (Table 1) including soil invertebrates such as Protozoa, Nematoda, Collembola and Lumbricidae (e.g. Lechevalier and Lechevalier, 1988; Petersen and Holmstrup, 2000; Ruess et al., 2002; Sampedro et al., 2006).”
Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities. (2017, background): “Since many of these species, likely to take up microplastics, are important to 562 ecosystems (Lavelle, 1997; Sampedro et al., 2006) ecosystem processes such as decomposition and 563 nutrient cycling may be affected by microplastic exposure.”
The feeding ecology of earthworms – A review (2007, background): “, 2004, 2005a, b); the evaluation of its utility for larger invertebrates including earthworms is in progress (Sampedro et al., 2006).”
Detritivorous earthworms directly modify the structure, thus altering the functioning of a microdecomposer food web (2008, background): “Moreover, earthworms can graze selectively on fungal species (Cooke, 1983; Moody et al., 1995), which can be digested by earthworms (Schönholzer et al., 1999; Sampedro et al., 2006).”