Earthworms (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Imperial College London

Earthworms (2 of 3)

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Molecules in the earthworm gut that counteract the plant’s natural defenses and enable digestion of toxic plant material. The amount of one of those molecules (drilodefensin) was visualized by means of imaging techniques based on mass spectrometry (MALDI MS imaging) and merged as pseudocolors onto a cross-section of an earthworm.

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Dr. Manuel Liebeke, Imperial College London

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