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SYSNO ASEP 0495185 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Annelida: Environmental Interactions and Ecotoxicity in Relation to the Earthworm Immune System Author(s) Roubalová, Radka (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
Plytycz, B. (PL)
Procházková, Petra (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
Navarro Pacheco, Natividad Isabel (MBU-M) ORCID
Bilej, Martin (MBU-M) RID, ORCIDSource Title Advances in Comparative Immunology. - New York : Springer International Publishing, 2018 / Cooper Edwin L. - ISBN 978-3-319-76767-3 Pages s. 161-172 Number of pages 19 s. Number of pages 1048 Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Microbiome ; Coelomocytes ; Eleocytes ; Amoebocytes ; Riboflavin Subject RIV EC - Immunology OECD category Immunology Institutional support MBU-M - RVO:61388971 Annotation Earthworms live in microbial-rich habitats populated with various bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and other organisms. Thus, soil represents an environment with high antigenic pressure, and earthworms have developed potent defense mechanisms. Besides the abundant microbiota, earthworms are also highly influenced by various types of organic and inorganic pollutants and by the nanoparticles that reach the soil system. These contaminants affect earthworm physiology and their ability to reproduce, grow, and survive. As a result, earthworms are well suited for the monitoring soil contamination.
As earthworms are able to survive in such hostile conditions, it is interesting to follow their defense strategies. In this chapter, the interactions of immune system and soil microbiota are described. Moreover, the chapter summarizes findings on the environmental effects on both cellular and humoral earthworm immunity.Workplace Institute of Microbiology Contact Eliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231 Year of Publishing 2019
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