Typically earthworms burrow through the soil eating decomposing organic matter. They swallow dead plant and animal fragments whose surfaces are coated with microbes: fungi, bacteria, and protozoans. During digestion worms further decompose the organic materials adding processed microbes and their own intestinal bacteria. Once pooped out the piles of “castings” are so nutritionally rich there is an entire market for them!

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