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The ground-dwelling worm C. elegans eats microorganisms as part of its diet.
Lee & Hase 2014
Under laboratory rearing conditions, C. elegans consumes strain Escherichia coli (E. coli) OP50, soil bacteria such as Bacillus mycoides and Bacillus soli (9).
Lee & Hase 2014
When these bacteria are ingested by C. elegans, their metabolism changes, affecting the worm's life expectancy positively or negatively (9, 11).
Lee & Hase 2014
Bacterial nitric oxide (NO), produc…