Publications
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| degradation and ecotoxicity of the biomedical drug artemisinin in soil. | the plant artemisia annua l. is cropped in many countries for production of the antimalarial drug artemisinin. artemisinin is phytotoxic and has insecticidal activity. large-scale cultivation of a. annua may cause transfer of artemisinin to soil and, hence, may affect both soil organisms and the aquatic environment if the compound is leachable. in the present study, a new method for extraction of artemisinin from soil was developed, and field concentrations and degradation kinetics of artemisini ... | 2009 | 19391681 |
| [ecotoxicolgical effects of albendazole on eisenia fetida]. | by using artificial soil test, the effects of different concentration albendozole on eisenia foetida's growth, survival, reproduction, and activities of superoxide dismutase (sod), glutathione-sulfurtransferase (gst-s) and acetylcholine esterase (ache) were studied. low concentration (5 mg x kg(-1)) albendazole inhibited the reproduction of e. foetida significantly (p < 0.05), and 7 mg x kg(-1) of albendazole had significant effects on the growth and survival of e. foetida. when the albendazole ... | 2009 | 20030157 |
| bioconversion of filter mud using vermicomposting employing two exotic and one local earthworm species. | three different earthworm species eisenia fetida, eudrilus eugeniae and perionyx excavatus in individual (monocultures) and combinations (polycultures) were utilized to compare the suitability of worm species for vermicomposting of filter mud as well as the quality of the end product. the filter mud blended with saw dust can be directly converted into good quality fertilizer (vermicompost). eight different reactors including three monocultures and four polycultures of e. fetida, e. eugeniae and ... | 2009 | 19608410 |
| accumulation, subcellular distribution and toxicity of copper in earthworm (eisenia fetida) in the presence of ciprofloxacin. | land application of wastes from concentrated animal feeding operations results in accumulation of copper (cu) and antimicrobials in terrestrial systems. interaction between cu and antimicrobials may change cu speciation in soil solution, and affect cu bioavailability and toxicity. in this study, earthworms were exposed to quartz sand percolated with different concentrations of cu and ciprofloxacin (cip). copper uptake by earthworms, its subcellular partition, and toxicity were studied. an increa ... | 2009 | 19544874 |
| the hormetic effect of cadmium on the activity of antioxidant enzymes in the earthworm eisenia fetida. | the hormetic dose-response relationships induced by environmental toxic agents are often characterized by low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition. confirmation of the general phenomenon of hormesis may have significant implications for ecological risk assessment, although the mechanisms that underlie hormesis remain an enigma. in this study, a model-based approach for describing a dose-response relationship incorporating the hormetic effect was applied to the detection and estimation of th ... | 2009 | 19501435 |
| the hydroxyl radical generation and oxidative stress for the earthworm eisenia fetida exposed to tetrabromobisphenol a. | biochemical effects of tetrabromobisphenol a (tbbpa) on the earthworm eisenia fetida, including superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione-s-transferase, reduced glutathione, oxidized glutathione, gsh/gssg ratio and malondialdehyde (mda) level, were measured to assess ecological toxicity of tbbpa. with oecd standard filter-paper contact test method, earthworms were exposed to tbbpa of a range of concentrations (0.00, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 mg l(-1)). according to the electron paramagnetic ... | 2009 | 19499334 |
| uptake kinetics of metals by the earthworm eisenia fetida exposed to field-contaminated soils. | it is well known that earthworms can accumulate metals. however, most accumulation studies focus on cd-, cu-, pb- or zn-amended soils, additionally few studies consider accumulation kinetics. here we model the accumulation kinetics of 18 elements by eisenia fetida, exposed to 8 metal-contaminated and 2 uncontaminated soils. tissue metal concentration was determined after 3, 7, 14, 21, 28 and 42 days. metal elimination rate was important in determining time to reach steady-state tissue metal conc ... | 2009 | 19482399 |
| identification of novel neuropeptides in the ventral nerve cord ganglia and their targets in an annelid worm, eisenia fetida. | periviscerokinins (pvks) and pyrokinins (pks) are neuropeptides known in several arthropod species. sequence homology of these peptides with the molluscan small cardioactive peptides reveals that the occurrence of pvks and pks is not restricted to arthropods. our study focuses on the biochemical and immunocytochemical identification of neuropeptides with sequence homology to pvks and pks in the central and peripheral nervous system of the earthworm eisenia fetida. by means of affinity chromatogr ... | 2009 | 19350635 |
| uptake, bioaccumulation, and biodegradation of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (rdx) and its reduced metabolites (mnx and tnx) by the earthworm (eisenia fetida). | uptake and accumulation kinetics of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (rdx) and its two major n-nitroso metabolites, hexahydro-1-nitroso-3,5-dinitro-1,3,5-triazine (mnx) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitroso-1,3,5-triazine (tnx), in earthworms was investigated. results indicated that rdx and its n-nitroso metabolites were rapidly absorbed into earthworms (eisenia fetida), reaching the highest concentrations within a few days. accumulation of rdx was greater than its n-nitroso metabolites, as evid ... | 2009 | 19278715 |
| measuring and modelling mixture toxicity of imidacloprid and thiacloprid on caenorhabditis elegans and eisenia fetida. | while the standard models of concentration addition and independent action predict overall toxicity of multicomponent mixtures reasonably, interactions may limit the predictive capability when a few compounds dominate a mixture. this study was conducted to test if statistically significant systematic deviations from concentration addition (i.e. synergism/antagonism, dose ratio- or dose level-dependency) occur when two taxonomically unrelated species, the earthworm eisenia fetida and the nematode ... | 2009 | 18723220 |
| role of clay content in partitioning, uptake and toxicity of zinc in the earthworm eisenia fetida. | we studied the effect of clay content on the bioavailability of zinc to pre-clitellate earthworm, eisenia fetida in the laboratory using oecd artificial soil adjusted to 5%, 20%, and 40% clay. batches of worms were exposed to a wide range of zinc concentrations. mortality, growth, maturation (% clitellate), cocoon production, and body zinc concentrations were assessed over and after a period of 4 weeks. total, dtpa, and cacl(2) extractable zinc in the substrates were also determined. the results ... | 2009 | 18715644 |
| vermistabilization of municipal sewage sludge amended with sugarcane trash using epigeic eisenia fetida (oligochaeta). | efforts have been made in this study to stabilize the sewage sludge mixed with sugarcane trash in four different proportions: 20% (t(1)); 40% (t(2)); 60% (t(3)) and 80% (t(4)), under laboratory conditions using epigeic earthworm (oligochaeta) eisenia fetida. the composting potential of worm was also evaluated in 100% sewage sludge treatment (t(5)). the changes in chemical properties of substrate was measured at the end. the vermicomposted material showed decrease in organic c (4.8-12.7%) and exc ... | 2009 | 18672324 |
| lysosomal membrane response of earthworm, eisenia fetida, to arsenic contamination in soils. | earthworm (eisenia fetida) were exposed to sandy soils contaminated with arsenate (0.01-0.3 micromol g(-1)) for 28 days. lysosomal membrane stability was used as a biomarker to determine the applicability of neutral-red retention times (nrrts) for arsenic (as) toxicity to earthworm in soils. total as and as speciation were analyzed to evaluate dose-response relationship between as accumulation and nrrts and to observe the role of as metabolism in earthworms on a subcellular level toxicity. signi ... | 2009 | 18825726 |
| usefulness of dna barcoding in ecotoxicological investigations: resolving taxonomic uncertainties using eisenia malm 1877 as an example. | standard test species may differ in their response to toxicants. accurate identification of test organisms is therefore of critical importance in correctly interpreting data generated from laboratory assays. this is not always possible when species are morphologically similar or where the taxonomy of the group has recently been revised. a case in hand concerns eisenia sp. based on recent genetic evidence two species, eisenia andrei and eisenia fetida, which were previously considered a single sp ... | 2009 | 18949437 |
| genotoxic and reproductive effects of an industrially contaminated soil on the earthworm eisenia fetida. | polluted soil sampled from a former coking plant in lorraine (france) was studied for its genotoxicity and reproductive effects on the eisenia fetida earthworm. genotoxicity was investigated by means of the single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet) assay on the coelomocytes of earthworms after 4 and 10 days of exposure to the soil. dna damage and a decline in the number of coelomocytes extruded from earthworms were observed at coking plant soil concentrations of 20 and 40% (w/w) in iso soil. these ... | 2009 | 19031410 |
| immobilization of pentachlorophenol in soil using carbonaceous material amendments. | in this study, three pentachlorophenol (pcp) laboratory-spiked and one field-contaminated soil were amended with 2.0% char, humic acid (ha) and peat, respectively. the amended soils were aged for either 7 or 250 days. after amendment, cacl(2) extractability of pcp was significantly decreased. desorption kinetics indicated that the proposed amendment could lead to a strong binding and slow desorption of pcp in soils. amendment with char reduced the bioaccumulation factor (baf) of pcp most signifi ... | 2009 | 19028411 |
| effect of heavy metal supplementation on local (allolobophora parva) and exotic (eisenia fetida) earthworm species: a comparative study. | this study compares the effects of different metal concentration on survival, reproduction and total metal accumulation by two different earthworm species, allolobophora parva and eisenia fetida. the substrate was spiked with different heavy metals (cu, cr, pb, zn & cd) with concentrations varying from 500-2500 mg/kg. cu resulted in complete mortality at all doses for both species. the accumulation of heavy metals for eisenia fetida in 45 days was in order of cr>cd>pb>zn where as for allolobopho ... | 2009 | 19827495 |
| effect of cation competition on cadmium uptake from solution by the earthworm eisenia fetida. | metal speciation alone is insufficient to predict metal accumulation in aquatic and terrestrial organisms, because competition between cations can play an important role. in the present study, the effects of competing cations (ca2+, mg2+, and h+) on cd uptake by the earthworm eisenia fetida were quantified through short-term experiments over a large cd concentration range in aqueous exposure solutions. free cd2+ activity was a better predictor for cd accumulation in the earthworms than was total ... | 2009 | 19265459 |
| bioaccumulation assessment via an adapted multi-species soil system (ms.3) and its application using cadmium. | this paper presents an experimental design for quantifying the transfer of chemicals at low trophic levels of terrestrial ecosystems. the soil microcosms, ms.3(foodchain) (food chain multi-specie soil system) covered the transfer from soil to earthworms (eisenia fetida) and from soil to plant (triticum aestivum), then to phytophagus (rhopalosiphum padi) and finally predator (chrysoperla carnea) species. cadmium was used as model pollutant. cadmium accumulation in foliar invertebrates was related ... | 2009 | 19237196 |
| kinetics of cadmium uptake and subcellular partitioning in the earthworm eisenia fetida exposed to cadmium-contaminated soil. | to understand the bioaccumulation kinetics of cadmium (cd) at the subcellular level, toxicokinetics and subcellular fractionation of cd were determined for the terrestrial earthworm eisenia fetida exposed to cd-contaminated red soil. the bioaccumulation factor was 1.74 after exposure to soil containing 1 mg cd/kg dry weight for 21 days. four distinct compartments with different cd-binding affinities were obtained by sequential centrifugations, including the cytosolic fraction (g), the organelles ... | 2009 | 19234863 |
| the risk of sodium toxicity from bed accumulation to key species in the vermifiltration wastewater treatment process. | this study was undertaken to assess the toxicological risks from sodium accumulation in a vermifiltration wastewater treatment system to the key worm species, eisenia fetida. the study found that sodium chloride (nacl) is the more toxic of the common sodium salts found in wastewater to the worms. the research further found that the worms have an ability to detoxify nacl although reproduction will be impaired if the worms are exposed to moderate concentrations of nacl for a long period of time. t ... | 2009 | 19232487 |
| effects of earthworms on metal uptake of heavy metals from polluted mine soils by different crop plants. | a pot experiment was conducted in order to assess the effect of the earthworm eisenia fetida on the uptake of pb, zn, cd and cu from soils polluted by mining activities using maize (zea mays) and barley (hordeum vulgare). results from single and sequential extractions showed that the soil chemical partitioning of heavy metals was significantly changed by e. fetida, leading to a higher concentration of metals in the non-residual fractions of the soil. earthworm activities significantly increased ... | 2009 | 19232427 |
| avoidance behaviour of two eco-physiologically different earthworms (eisenia fetida and aporrectodea caliginosa) in natural and artificial saline soils. | we studied the avoidance behaviour of eisenia fetida and aporrectodea caliginosa in oecd artificial soil spiked with nacl and in natural saline soil (of varying ionic constitutions) collected from robertson experimental farm (robs) in western cape, south africa. for each organism, the ecotoxicological test was performed using a two-chamber test over a period of 48 h. the results showed that in the oecd soil, the avoidance ec50 (the concentration/electrical conductivity at which there is effect o ... | 2009 | 19211128 |
| subcellular compartmentalization of lead in the earthworm, eisenia fetida: relationship to survival and reproduction. | metals are detoxified and sequestered into subcellular compartments when accumulated by earthworms. differential centrifugation was used to quantify subcellular pb in three separate studies to measure 14-day acute toxicity (lethality), 28/56-day reproductive effects, and 90-day bioaccumulation in spiked-soil exposed earthworms, eisenia fetida. observed toxicity and total body pb was consistent with published work of others. pb showed concentration-dependent toxicity relationships (lethality and ... | 2009 | 19193437 |
| increased cytotoxic and genotoxic tolerance of eisenia fetida (oligochaeta) to cadmium after long-term exposure. | since life-cycle studies showed that the earthworm species eisenia fetida can develop increased tolerance after long-term exposure to a sub-lethal concentration of cd in the laboratory, we assessed both the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of cd in a long-term cd-exposed population. we exposed e. fetida specimens from this population, from a laboratory control population and from a field population to various concentrations of cdso(4) in artificial soil water. toxic effects were measured using the ... | 2010 | 19771509 |
| relative proportions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons differ between accumulation bioassays and chemical methods to predict bioavailability. | chemical methods to predict the bioavailable fraction of organic contaminants are usually validated in the literature by comparison with established bioassays. a soil spiked with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) was aged over six months and subjected to butanol, cyclodextrin and tenax extractions as well as an exhaustive extraction to determine total pah concentrations at several time points. earthworm (eisenia fetida) and rye grass root (lolium multiflorum) accumulation bioassays were co ... | 2010 | 19647356 |
| evidence for bioavailability of au nanoparticles from soil and biodistribution within earthworms (eisenia fetida). | because au nanoparticles (nps) are resistant to oxidative dissolution and are easily detected, they have been used as stable probes for the behavior of nanomaterials within biological systems. previous studies provide somewhat limited evidence for bioavailability of au nps in food webs, because the spatial distribution within tissues and the speciation of au was not determined. in this study, we provide multiple lines of evidence, including orthogonal microspectroscopic techniques, as well as ev ... | 2010 | 20879765 |
| neurochemical and electrophysiological diagnosis of reversible neurotoxicity in earthworms exposed to sublethal concentrations of cl-20. | hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (cl-20) is a relatively new energetic compound sharing some degree of structural similarity with hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (rdx), a known neurotoxic compound. previously, we demonstrated using a noninvasive electrophysiological technique that cl-20 was a more potent neurotoxicant than rdx to the earthworm eisenia fetida. in the present study, we investigated the effect of cl-20 exposure and subsequent recovery on muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mac ... | 2010 | 19274471 |
| vermicomposting of olive oil mill wastewaters. | the disposal of olive oil mill wastewaters (omw) represents a substantial environmental problem in italy. a vermicompost process could be an alternative and valid method for the management of omw. in a laboratory experiment, the omw were absorbed onto a ligno-cellulosic solid matrix and 30 adult earthworms of eisenia fetida specie were added. the experiment was carried out for 13 weeks. the number of earthworms increased throughout the experimental period and after 2 weeks about 90% of the earth ... | 2010 | 20015937 |
| comparison of earthworm bioaccumulation between readily desorbable and desorption-resistant naphthalene: implications for biouptake routes. | the bioaccumulation of readily desorbable naphthalene and that of desorption-resistant naphthalene in earthworms were compared to examine the effect of desorption resistance on bioavailability of hydrophobic organic contaminants in soil. a series of naphthalene-contaminated soil samples representing different degrees of desorption resistance were prepared using a batch sorption-repetitive desorption approach, and bioaccumulation of these samples was evaluated using earthworms (eisenia fetida). s ... | 2010 | 20000398 |
| influence of clay content on bioavailability of copper in the earthworm eisenia fetida. | we investigated the effect of clay content on the bioavailability of copper to the earthworm eisenia fetida, in the laboratory for 28 days using oecd artificial soil adjusted to 5%, 20% and 40% clay. mortality, growth, cocoon production and internal copper concentrations were assessed in worms, and total, dtpa and cacl(2) extractable copper in the substrates were also determined. the results showed that with increased clay content, there was significant reduction in internal cu concentration of ... | 2010 | 19962760 |
| effects of the veterinary pharmaceutical ivermectin on soil invertebrates in laboratory tests. | as part of the risk assessment of veterinary pharmaceuticals, the potential impact of these chemicals on soil ecosystems has to be determined according to european law. however, almost no data from standardized laboratory tests are available. therefore, in the eu fp6 erapharm, the effects of the widely used veterinary pharmaceutical ivermectin, an anthelminthic, were studied in chronic laboratory tests performed according to oecd (organisation for economic co-operation and development) and iso ( ... | 2010 | 19882295 |
| ecotoxicity assessment of aged petroleum sludge using a suite of effects-based end points in earthworm eisenia fetida. | laboratory investigations were conducted to test the toxicity of aged petroleum sludge collected from shengli oil field, the second largest oilfield in china, to earthworm eisenia fetida. various end points were measured in the earthworms, including mortality, growth, cocoon output, juvenile production, and avoidance behavioral response, to determine their comparative sensitivity for assessing harmful effects of petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. the results showed that all these assays re ... | 2010 | 19844801 |
| in silico identification of conserved micrornas and their target transcripts from expressed sequence tags of three earthworm species. | micrornas are a recently identified class of small regulatory rnas that target more than 30% protein-coding genes. elevating evidence shows that mirnas play a critical role in many biological processes, including developmental timing, tissue differentiation, and response to chemical exposure. in this study, we applied a computational approach to analyze expressed sequence tags, and identified 32 mirnas belonging to 22 mirna families, in three earthworm species eisenia fetida, eisenia andrei, and ... | 2010 | 21030313 |
| accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, hexabromobenzene, and 1,2-dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane in earthworm (eisenia fetida). effects of soil type and aging. | in the present study the accumulation potentials in earthworms (eisenia fetida) of selected brominated flame retardants (bfrs) were investigated. the tested bfrs, including polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes), hexabromobenzene (hbb), and 1,2-dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane (tbech), were found to be bioavailable to eisenia fetida, and they accumulated in the earthworms. to our knowledge, this is the first published study to address the bioaccumulation potential of tbech in terrestrial ... | 2010 | 21028802 |
| assessing the fate and effects of nano aluminum oxide in the terrestrial earthworm, eisenia fetida. | nano-sized aluminum is currently being used by the military and commercial industries in many applications including coatings, thermites, and propellants. due to the potential for wide dispersal in soil systems, we chose to investigate the fate and effects of nano-sized aluminum oxide (al2o3), the oxidized form of nano aluminum, in a terrestrial organism. the toxicity and bioaccumulation potential of micron-sized (50-200 microm, nominal) and nano-sized (11 nm, nominal) al2o3 was comparatively as ... | 2010 | 20821608 |
| soil sterilization affects aging-related sequestration and bioavailability of p,p'-dde and anthracene to earthworms. | laboratory experiments investigated the effects of soil sterilization and compound aging on the bioaccumulation of spiked p,p'-dde and anthracene by eisenia fetida and lumbricus terrestris. declines in bioavailability occurred as pollutant residence time in both sterile and non-sterile soils increased from 3 to 203 d. accumulation was generally higher in sterile soils during initial periods of aging (from 3-103 d). by 203 d, however, bioavailability of the compounds was unaffected by sterilizati ... | 2010 | 20708831 |
| continuous-feeding vermicomposting as a recycling management method to revalue tomato-fruit wastes from greenhouse crops. | huge quantities of discarded fruits generated from greenhouse crops represent a worldwide environmental problem. the aim of this work was to assess the efficiency of vermicomposting as a recycling management option for biotransforming tomato-fruit wastes from greenhouses into an organic nutrient-rich product available for agricultural purposes. a pilot vermireactor was constructed. it was provided with a manure layer, where an initial population of eisenia fetida was introduced and fed continuou ... | 2010 | 20675115 |
| eisenia fetida avoidance behavior as a tool for assessing the efficiency of remediation of pb, zn and cd polluted soil. | remediation by means of soil leaching with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (edta) is capable of extracting the most labile soil fractions, leaving the residual metals in biologically non-available forms. we evaluated the feasibility of the standardized earthworm (eisenia fetida) avoidance test for assessing the efficiency of soil remediation of pb, zn and cd polluted soil. chemical extraction tests (six-step sequential extraction, toxicity characteristic leaching procedure, physiologically based ... | 2010 | 20570420 |
| genotoxic effects of nickel, trivalent and hexavalent chromium on the eisenia fetida earthworm. | the aim of this study was to examine genotoxic effects of nickel (ni=105 mg kg(-1)), trivalent and hexavalent chromium (cr=491 mg kg(-1)) on the eisenia fetida earthworm after 2 and 4d of exposure to two different spiked soils (an artificial (oecd) and a natural one). dna damages were evaluated on the earthworm's coelomocytes using the comet assay. after an exposure into oecd spiked soils, ni did not induce genotoxic effect whereas cr(iii) and cr(vi) revealed to be genotoxic after 2d of exposure ... | 2010 | 20561668 |
| redistribution of residual pb, zn, and cd in soil remediated with edta leaching and exposed to earthworms (eisenia fetida). | after soil remediation with ethylenediamine tetraacetate (edta) leaching/washing, the residual pb, zn, and cd species are left in the soil in non-labile forms. the effect of earthworms as main soil biotic factors on the residual pb, zn, and cd fraction lability (mobility, bioavailability to plants, and oral-availability) was investigated. contaminated soil from a smelter site was treated with increasing edta concentrations (2.5 to 4-times 40 mmol kg(-1) to gradually reduce the heavy metal conten ... | 2010 | 20540427 |
| substrate-induced changes in protease active site conformation impact on subsequent reactions with substrates. | enzymatic catalysis of biochemical reactions is essential to all living systems. the "lock and key" and "induced fit" models were early contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms involved in the reaction between an enzyme and its substrate. however, whether a given substrate-induced conformation is rigid or remains flexible has not yet been determined. by measuring the enzyme activity and intrinsic fluorescence of a nonspecific eisenia fetida protease-i with different chromogenic subst ... | 2010 | 20484054 |
| calcium is required for coelomocyte activation in earthworms. | the role of calcium signaling in activation of both innate and adaptive immunity is basically important, however, the evolutionary aspects are not clarified yet. currently limited data are available about calcium levels of coelomocytes, cellular mediators of earthworm immunity. we aimed to observe basal and induced ca(2+) levels of coelomocyte subgroups after various stimulations in eisenia fetida and allolobophora caliginosa using a ca(2+)-sensitive dye. e. fetida chloragocytes had the highest ... | 2010 | 20439116 |
| bioaccumulation and biological effects in the earthworm eisenia fetida exposed to natural and depleted uranium. | the accumulations of both natural (u) and depleted (du) uranium in the earthworms (eisenia fetida) were studied to evaluate corresponding biological effects. concentrations of metals in the experimental soil ranged from 1.86 to 600 mg kg(-1). five biological endpoints: mortality, animals' weight increasing, lysosomal membrane stability by measuring the neutral red retention time (the nrrt), histological changes and genetic effects (comet assay) were used to evaluate biological effects in the ear ... | 2010 | 20362371 |
| correlations of eisenia fetida metabolic responses to extractable phenanthrene concentrations through time. | eisenia fetida earthworms were exposed to phenanthrene for thirty days to compare hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (hpcd) extraction of soil and 1h nmr earthworm metabolomics as indicators of bioavailability. the phenanthrene 28-d lc50 value was 750 mg/kg (632-891, 95% confidence intervals) for the peat soil tested. the initial phenanthrene concentration was 319 mg/kg, which biodegraded to 16 mg/kg within 15 days, at which time hpcd extraction suggested that phenanthrene was no longer bioavailabl ... | 2010 | 20338675 |
| the influence of thermal desorption on genotoxicity of multipolluted soil. | a multipolluted soil sampled from a former coking plant in lorraine (france) was evaluated for its genotoxic effects on coelomocytes of the eisenia fetida earthworm using the comet assay. the biological efficiency of thermal desorption of the contaminated soil was also investigated. the untreated polluted soil was shown to be genotoxic to earthworms. although thermal desorption reduced the concentration of pahs by 94% (sigma(16 pahs)=1846 and 101 mg/kg before and after thermal desorption, respec ... | 2010 | 20236704 |
| sterilization affects soil organic matter chemistry and bioaccumulation of spiked p,p'-dde and anthracene by earthworms. | laboratory experiments were conducted to assess the effects of soil sterilization on the bioavailability of spiked p,p'-dde and anthracene to the earthworms eisenia fetida and lumbricus terrestris. physical and chemical changes to soil organic matter (som) induced by sterilization were also studied. uptake of both compounds added after soil was autoclaved or gamma irradiated increased for e. fetida. sterilization had no effect on bioaccumulation of p,p'-dde by l. terrestris, and anthracene uptak ... | 2010 | 20227150 |
| potential of domestic biogas digester slurry in vermitechnology. | this work illustrates the potential of domestic biogas digester slurry in vermicompost production. to achieve the objectives biogas plant slurry (bgs) was mixed with crop residues (cr) in different ratios to produce seven different feed mixtures for earthworm eisenia fetida. after 15weeks vermicomposted material was analyzed for different chemical parameters. in all waste mixtures, a decrease in ph, organic c and c:n ratio, but increase total n, available p and exchangeable k was recorded. c:n r ... | 2010 | 20189381 |
| metallic trace element body burdens and gene expression analysis of biomarker candidates in eisenia fetida, using an "exposure/depuration" experimental scheme with field soils. | smelting plant activities lead to the accumulation of metal trace elements (mtes) in soils. the presence of high concentrations of mtes can generate an environmental stress likely to affect macroinvertebrates living in close soil contact such as the annelida oligochaeta. eisenia fetida, an ecotoxicologically important test species, was successively exposed to two field soils: (1) a highly contaminated agricultural topsoil collected near the former smelter metaleurop nord (noyelles-godault, franc ... | 2010 | 20149457 |
| pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide type 1 (pac1) receptor is expressed during embryonic development of the earthworm. | pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (pacap)-like molecules have been shown to be present in cocoon albumin and in eisenia fetida embryos at an early developmental stage (e1) by immunocytochemistry and radioimmunoassay. here, we focus on detecting the stage at which pac1 receptor (pac1r)-like immunoreactivity first appears in germinal layers and structures, e.g., various parts of the central nervous system (cns), in developing earthworm embryos. pac1r-like immunoreactivity was reve ... | 2010 | 20066549 |
| ecotoxicity of wastes in avoidance tests with enchytraeus albidus, enchytraeus crypticus and eisenia fetida (oligochaeta). | contact bioassays are important for testing the ecotoxicity of solid materials. however, survival and reproduction tests are often not practical due to their duration which may last for several weeks. avoidance tests with soil invertebrates may offer an alternative or extension to the classic test batteries due to their short duration (days rather than weeks) and due to a sensitive sub-acute endpoint (behavior). | 2010 | 20042324 |
| analysis of earthworm eisenia fetida proteomes during cadmium exposure: an ecotoxicoproteomics approach. | identification of differential proteomic responses to cadmium (cd) would provide a means for better understanding the survival mechanisms of the earthworm, eisenia fetida, living in a cd-polluted environment, and the stress responses can be assessed by ecotoxiptoromics approaches. extracts of whole earthworm collected at days 7, 14, 21, and 28 after cd exposure were analyzed by 2-de and quantitative image analysis. in total, 143 proteins demonstrated significant regulation in at least at one tim ... | 2010 | 21136600 |
| bioaccumulation of 14c60 by the earthworm eisenia fetida. | carbon fullerenes, including buckminsterfullerene (c(60)), are increasingly available for numerous applications, thus increasing the likelihood of environmental release. this calls for information about their bioavailability and bioaccumulation potential. in this study, (14)c-labeled c(60) and (14)c-phenanthrene (positive control) were added separately to soils of varying composition and organic carbon content (oc), and their bioaccumulation in the earthworm eisenia fetida was compared. biota-se ... | 2010 | 21049992 |
| use of earthworms (eisenia fetida) to reduce phytotoxicity and promote humification of pre-composted olive oil mill wastewater. | olive mill wastewaters (omww) contain a high recalcitrant organic load and an associated toxicity that make their treatment necessary before environmental application. the aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of promoting the valorization and reducing the phytotoxicity of omww through a pre-composting process together with straw-chip bulking materials followed by the application of earthworms (eisenia fetida) in the presence of oat seedlings (avena sativa l.) seedlings. | 2010 | 20602513 |
| toxicity assessment of oil field produced water treated by evaporative processes to produce water to irrigation. | during the productive life of an oil well, a high quantity of produced water is extracted together with the oil, and it may achieve up to 99% in the end of the well's economical life. desalination is one of mankind's earliest forms of saline water treatment, and nowadays, it is still a common process used throughout the world. a single-effect mechanical vapor compression (mvc) process was tested. this paper aims to assess the potential toxicity of produced water to be re-used in irrigation. samp ... | 2010 | 20706017 |
| vermicomposting of sugar industry waste (press mud) mixed with cow dung employing an epigeic earthworm eisenia fetida. | in india, millions of tons of press mud (pm) are generated by sugar mills every year. this paper reports the potential of vermitechnology to convert sugar industry waste pm mixed with cow dung (cd) into vermicompost, employing an epigeic earthworm eisenia fetida. a total of six different reactors were established having different ratios of pm and cd including one control (cd only). the growth and fecundity of e. fetida was monitored for 13 weeks. maximum growth was recorded in 100% cd, but earth ... | 2010 | 19748951 |
| bioavailability of residual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons following enhanced natural attenuation of creosote-contaminated soil. | the impact of residual pahs (2250 +/- 71 microg total pahs g(-1)) following enhanced natural attenuation (ena) of creosote-contaminated soil (7767 +/- 1286 microg total pahs g(-1)) was assessed using a variety of ecological assays. microtox results for aqueous soil extracts indicated that there was no significant difference in ec(50) values for uncontaminated, pre- and post-remediated soil. however, in studies conducted with eisenia fetida, pah bioaccumulation was reduced by up to 6.5-fold as a ... | 2010 | 19775788 |
| vermicomposting of source-separated human faeces for nutrient recycling. | the present study examined the suitability of vermicomposting technology for processing source-separated human faeces. since the earthworm species eisenia fetida could not survive in fresh faeces, modification in the physical characteristics of faeces was necessary before earthworms could be introduced to faeces. a preliminary study with six different combinations of faeces, soil and bulking material (vermicompost) in different layers was conducted to find out the best condition for biomass grow ... | 2010 | 19850460 |
| microbiomic comparison of the intestine of the earthworm eisenia fetida fed ergovaline. | tall fescue toxicosis and ergot alkaloids cost u.s. livestock producers approximately one billion dollars in annual livestock production loss annually. ergovaline (ev) is the tall fescue alkaloid primarily responsible for clinical disease in livestock. since native ruminal microorganisms have not been attributed to the detoxification of ev, finding detoxifying microbes from other environments is desirable. one possible source for potential microorganisms that can degrade ev is the anaerobic gut ... | 2010 | 19924482 |
| role of eisenia fetida in rapid recycling of nutrients from bio sludge of beverage industry. | beverage industry bio sludge proved to be toxic when given alone to earthworms even after stabilization for 15 days, therefore, it was mixed in various proportions with cattle dung. best suitable mixture for highest survival, maximum growth and highest population buildup of eisenia fetida was determined by observing mortality, growth rate, rate of cocoon production, population buildup and time taken for decomposition of waste. minimum mortality and maximum population buildup were observed in 50: ... | 2010 | 19945748 |
| bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the earthworm eisenia fetida in relation to bioavailable metal concentrations in pig manure. | the study investigated the bioaccumulation of cu, zn, pb and cd in eisenia fetida fed on pig manure in greenhouse, and its relationship to bioavailability of these elements in pig manure. metals in exchangeable, carbonates-bound and fe-mn oxides-bound fractions obtained by sequential extraction were considered to be bioavailable. the bioaccumulation factors (bafs) of e. fetida to heavy metals were cd (2.749+/-0.441), zn (0.594+/-0.200), pb (0.274+/-0.101) and cu (0.076+/-0.030). variations in th ... | 2010 | 20080399 |
| pathogen reduction in septic tank sludge through vermicomposting using eisenia fetida. | this study evaluated the potential of earthworms (eisenia fetida) to remove pathogens from the sludge from septic tanks. three earthworm population densities, equivalent to 1, 2, and 2.5kgm(-2), were tested for pathogen removal from sludge. the experimental phase lasted 60days, starting from the initial earthworm inoculation. after 60days, it was found that earthworms reduced concentrations of fecal coliforms, salmonella spp., and helminth ova to permissible levels (<1000mpn/g, <3mpn/g, and <1vi ... | 2010 | 20093021 |
| protein extraction from the earthworm eisenia fetida for 2-de. | we identified an efficient protocol for extracting proteins from whole earthworm, eisenia fetida, for 2-de. sample preparation is a critical step in a 2-de proteome approach and is absolutely essential for obtaining good results. six protein extraction protocols based on different protein precipitation agents were tested and evaluated using 2-de. the methods generated remarkably different 2-de protein spot patterns. we conclude that trichloroacetic acid (tca)-a eliminates interfering compounds, ... | 2010 | 20101612 |
| prevalence of bacillus anthracis-like organisms and bacteriophages in the intestinal tract of the earthworm eisenia fetida. | stable infection of bacillus anthracis laboratory strains with environmental bacteriophages confers survival phenotypes in soil and earthworm intestinal niches (r. schuch and v. a. fischetti, plos one 4:e6532, 2009). here, the natural occurrence of two such b. anthracis-infective bacteriophages, wip1 and wip4, was examined in the intestines of eisenia fetida earthworms as part of a 6-year longitudinal study at a pennsylvania forest site. the wip1 tectivirus was initially dominant before being su ... | 2010 | 20118353 |
| vermicompost derived from different feedstocks as a plant growth medium. | this study determined feedstock effects on earthworm populations and the quality of resulting vermicomposts produced from different types of feedstocks using different vermicomposting durations. feedstock combinations (kitchen paper waste (kpw), kitchen yard waste (kyw), cattle manure yard waste (cmy)), three durations of vermicomposting (45, 68 or 90 days), and two seed germination methods (with two concentrations of vermicompost) for radish, marigold and upland cress, served as the independent ... | 2010 | 20153632 |
| transmission of a bacterial consortium in eisenia fetida egg capsules. | the earthworm eisenia fetida harbours verminephrobacter eiseniae within their excretory nephridia. this symbiont is transferred from the parent into the egg capsules where the cells are acquired by the developing earthworm in a series of recruitment steps. previous studies defined v. eiseniae as the most abundant cell type in the egg capsules, leaving approximately 30% of the bacteria unidentified and of unknown origin. the study presented here used terminal restriction fragment length polymorph ... | 2010 | 21966919 |
| cocomposting with and without eisenia fetida for conversion of toxic paper mill sludge to a soil conditioner. | present study was envisaged for fast bioremediation of toxic paper mill sludge into a soil ameliorating agent. although a rich source of organic carbon this sludge cannot be directly applied in fields and is recycled very slowly in landfills as it is deficient in other nutrients. therefore it was mixed with cattle dung in various proportions and subjected to aerobic cocomposting (without worms) and vermicocomposting (with eisenia fetida). it was observed that mixing cattle dung with the sludge i ... | 2010 | 20624603 |
| characterization of genes expressed in response to cadmium exposure in the earthworm eisenia fetida using ddrt-pcr. | the transition metal cadmium is a pervasive and persistent environmental contaminant that is both a human toxicant and a carcinogen. to inhibit cadmium-induced damage, cells increase the expression of genes encoding stress-response proteins. the transcription of many stress-responsive genes, including those that encode metallothioneins, glutathione-s-transferases (gsts) and heat shock proteins have been reported. the aim of this work was to investigate in eisenia fetida the genes whose expressio ... | 2010 | 20674023 |
| potential biochemical and genetic toxicity of triclosan as an emerging pollutant on earthworms (eisenia fetida). | triclosan as an important antimicrobial agent is increasingly detected in the terrestrial environment as sewage sludge and reclaimed water are applied on land, but little is known about its effect on non-target soil organisms. in this study, biochemical responses including changes in the activity of catalase (cat), superoxide dismutase (sod), glutathione-s-transferase (gst), and malondialdehyde (mda) of the earthworm eisenia fetida were examined in order to assess ecological toxicity of the chem ... | 2010 | 20825966 |
| response of eisenia fetida to the application of different organic wastes in an aluminium-contaminated soil. | the effects of amending al-contaminated soils with municipal solid waste compost (msw), poultry manure (pm) and cow manure (cm) on al toxicity and morphological alterations and biochemical enzymes of the earthworm eisenia fetida were investigated in an incubation spiking experiment. al(no(3))(3) was added to a soil at rates equivalent to 0, 50 and 100 mg al kg(-1). in order to apply the same amount of organic matter (om), soil samples were mixed with msw, pm and cm at a rate of 10%, 7.6% and 5.8 ... | 2010 | 20832115 |
| oxidative stress and dna damage in the earthworm eisenia fetida induced by toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. | superoxide dismutase (sod), guaiacol peroxidase (pod), catalase (cat), and the comet assay (scge) were used as biomarkers to evaluate the oxidative stress and genotoxicity of toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene in earthworms (eisenia fetida). the results indicated that the exposure of the three pollutants caused a stress response of the three enzymes, an approximate bell-shaped change (a tendency of inducement firstly and then inhibition with increasing concentrations of the pollutants) was mostly ... | 2010 | 20838886 |
| comparative proteomic analysis of differentially expressed proteins in the earthworm eisenia fetida during escherichia coli o157:h7 stress. | escherichia coli o157:h7 is an intestine-inhabiting bacterium associated with many severe disease outbreaks worldwide. it may enter the soil environment with the excreta of infected animals (e.g., horses, cattle, chickens) and humans. earthworms can protect themselves against invading pathogens because of their efficient innate defense system. identification of differential proteomic responses to e. coli o157:h7 may provide a better understanding of the survival mechanisms of the earthworm eisen ... | 2010 | 20863058 |
| optimization of cow dung spiked pre-consumer processing vegetable waste for vermicomposting using eisenia fetida. | this paper reports the optimization of cow dung (cd) spiked pre-consumer processing vegetable waste (ppvw) for vermicomposting using eisenia fetida in a laboratory scale study. vermicomposting process decreased carbon and organic matter concentration and increased n, p and k content in the vermicompost. the c:n ratio was decreased by 45-69% in different vermireactors indicating stabilization of the waste. the heavy metal content was within permissible limits of their application in agricultural ... | 2010 | 20951432 |
| toxicity and bioaccumulation of biosolids-borne triclocarban (tcc) in terrestrial organisms. | triclocarban (tcc) toxicity and bioaccumulation data are primarily limited to direct human and animal dermal exposures, animal ingestion exposures to neat and feed-spiked tcc, and/or aquatic organism exposures. three non-human, terrestrial organism groups anticipated to be the most highly exposed to land-applied, biosolids-borne tcc are soil microbes, earthworms, and plants. the three ecological receptors are expected to be at particular risk due to unique modes of exposure (e.g. constant, direc ... | 2010 | 21035164 |
| recycling of organic wastes by employing eisenia fetida. | this paper reports the recycling of nutrients by vermicomposting of cow dung (cd), poultry droppings (pd) and food industry sludge (fis) employing earthworms (eisenia fetida). a total of six vermicomposting units were established and dynamics of chemical and biological parameters has been studied for 13 weeks. the waste mixture containing 50% cd+25% pd+25% fis had better fertilizer value among studied waste combinations. at the end of experiment, vermicomposts showed decrease in ph and organic c ... | 2010 | 21078553 |
| differential expression of genes in the earthworm eisenia fetida following exposure to escherichia coli o157:h7. | in this study, suppression subtractive hybridization was used to construct forward and reverse cdna libraries to identify genes involved in the response of eisenia fetida after exposure to escherichia coli o157:h7. we cloned 1428 cdnas or expressed sequence tags (ests), of which 738 were confirmed to be differentially expressed on dot blotting analysis. a total of 394 good-quality ests (genbank dbest accession numbers ho001170-ho001563) were obtained from the raw clone sequences after cleaning. ... | 2010 | 21187111 |
| changes in microbial community structure and function during vermicomposting of pig slurry. | most studies investigating the effects of earthworms on microorganisms have focused on the changes before and after vermicomposting rather than those that occur throughout the process. in the present study, we designed continuous feeding reactors in which new layers of pig slurry (1.5 and 3 kg) were added sequentially to form an age gradient inside the reactors in order to evaluate the impact of the earthworm species eisenia fetida on microbial community structure and function. the activity of e ... | 2010 | 21220200 |
| design, validation and annotation of transcriptome-wide oligonucleotide probes for the oligochaete annelid eisenia fetida. | high density oligonucleotide probe arrays have increasingly become an important tool in genomics studies. in organisms with incomplete genome sequence, one strategy for oligo probe design is to reduce the number of unique probes that target every non-redundant transcript through bioinformatic analysis and experimental testing. here we adopted this strategy in making oligo probes for the earthworm eisenia fetida, a species for which we have sequenced transcriptome-scale expressed sequence tags (e ... | 2010 | 21170345 |
| refnetbuilder: a platform for construction of integrated reference gene regulatory networks from expressed sequence tags. | gene regulatory networks (grns) provide integrated views of gene interactions that control biological processes. many public databases contain biological interactions extracted from experimentally validated literature reports, but most furnish only information for a few genetic model organisms. in order to provide a bioinformatic tool for researchers who work with non-model organisms, we developed refnetbuilder, a new platform that allows construction of putative reference pathways or grns from ... | 2011 | 22166047 |
| A highly active endo-ß-1,4-mannanase produced by Cellulosimicrobium sp. strain HY-13, a hemicellulolytic bacterium in the gut of Eisenia fetida. | A xylanolytic gut bacterium isolated from Eisenia fetida, Cellulosimicrobium sp. strain HY-13, produced an extracellular glycoside hydrolase capable of efficiently degrading mannose-based substrates such as locust bean gum, guar gum, mannotetraose, and mannopentaose. The purified mannan-degrading enzyme (ManK, 34,926Da) from strain HY-13 was found to have an N-terminal amino acid sequence of DEATTDGLHVVDD, which has not yet been identified. Under the optimized reaction conditions of 50°C and pH ... | 2011 | 22112951 |
| Verminephrobacter aporrectodeae sp. nov. subsp. tuberculatae and subsp. caliginosae, the specific nephridial symbionts of the earthworms Aporrectodea tuberculata and A. caliginosa. | Clone library-based studies have shown that almost all lumbricid earthworm species harbour host-specific symbiotic bacteria belonging to the novel genus Verminephrobacter in their nephridia (excretory organs). To date the only described representative from this genus is Verminephrobacter eiseniae, the specific symbiont of the earthworm Eisenia fetida. In this study two novel rod-shaped, non-endosporeforming, betaproteobacterial symbionts were isolated from the nephridia of two closely related ea ... | 2011 | 22041977 |
| Bacillus eiseniae sp. nov., a swarming and moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from the intestinal tract of an earthworm (Eisenia fetida L.). | A novel swarming and moderately halotolerant bacterium, designated as strain A1-2, was isolated from the intestinal tract of earthworm (Eisenia fetida L.). Cells of the isolate were rod shaped and endospore forming. Strain A1-2 was facultatively anaerobic, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative, and motile with peritrichous flagella. The optimal growth conditions of the strain were a temperature of 30 °C and a pH of 7.0. Its growth was inhibited by 10% (w/v) NaCl concentration. Phylogenetic analysi ... | 2011 | 22021583 |
| verminephrobacter eiseniae type iv pili and flagella are required to colonize earthworm nephridia. | the bacterial symbiont verminephrobacter eiseniae colonizes nephridia, the excretory organs, of the lumbricid earthworm eisenia fetida. e. fetida transfers v. eisenia into the egg capsule albumin during capsule formation and v. eiseniae cells migrate into the earthworm nephridia during embryogenesis, where they bind and persist. in order to characterize the mechanistic basis of selective tissue colonization, methods for site-directed mutagenesis and colonization competence were developed and use ... | 2011 | 22170422 |
| changes in fungal population of fly ash and vinasse mixture during vermicomposting by eudrilus eugeniae and eisenia fetida: documentation of cellulase isozymes in vermicompost. | fly ash (fa) and vinasse (vn), two industrial wastes, are generated in huge amounts and cause serious hazards to the environment. in this experiment, different proportions of these two wastes were used as food for two epigeic earthworms (eisenia fetida and eudrilus eugeniae) to standardize the recycling technique of these two wastes and to study their effect on fungal especially cellulolytic fungal population, cellulase activity and their isozyme pattern, chitin content and microbial biomass of ... | 2011 | 21277188 |
| acute toxicity, biochemical and gene expression responses of the earthworm eisenia fetida exposed to polycyclic musks. | ahtn (tonalide) and hhcb (galaxolide) are recognized as ubiquitous contaminants in soil and have potential adverse impacts on soil organisms. the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of ahtn and hhcb on the earthworm (eisenia fetida) as an important soil animal with attention to the acute toxicity, biochemical and transcriptional changes of representative antioxidant enzymatic (sod, cat) and stress-response gene (hsp70). the 48 h-lc(50) value was 20.76 µg cm(-2) for ahtn and 11.87 µg ... | 2011 | 21281957 |
| effects of phenanthrene on the mortality, growth, and anti-oxidant system of earthworms (eisenia fetida) under laboratory conditions. | to assess the toxic effects of phenanthrene on earthworms, we exposed eisenia fetida to artificial soils supplemented with different concentrations (0.5, 2.5, 12.5, mgkg(-1) soil) of phenanthrene. the residual phenanthrene in the soil, the bioaccumulation of phenanthrene in earthworms, and the subsequent effects of phenanthrene on growth, anti-oxidant enzyme activities, and lipid peroxidation (lpo) were determined. the degradation rate of low concentrations of phenanthrene was faster than it was ... | 2011 | 21296377 |
| ecotoxicological responses of the earthworm eisenia fetida exposed to soil contaminated with hhcb. | although polycyclic musks have been shown to cause lethal and sub-lethal effects on organisms, their biochemical toxicity to earthworms is not well understood. in the current study, we investigated the responses of antioxidant systems and lipid peroxidation after exposing eisenia fetida to soil contaminated with 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethyl-cyclopenta-?-2-benzopyran (hhcb). significant increase in lipid peroxidation level was observed on day 14 at two high concentrations, 50 and ... | 2011 | 21334043 |
| vermicomposting of source-separated human faeces by eisenia fetida: effect of stocking density on feed consumption rate, growth characteristics and vermicompost production. | the main objective of the present study was to determine the optimum stocking density for feed consumption rate, biomass growth and reproduction of earthworm eisenia fetida as well as determining and characterising vermicompost quantity and product, respectively, during vermicomposting of source-separated human faeces. for this, a number of experiments spanning up to 3 months were conducted using soil and vermicompost as support materials. stocking density in the range of 0.25-5.00 kg/m(2) was e ... | 2011 | 21377345 |
| vermicomposting--an effective tool for the management of invasive weed parthenium hysterophorus. | this study reports the results of vermicomposting with eisenia fetida of parthenium hysterophorus mixed with cow dung in different ratios (25%, 50% and 75%) in a 18 weeks experiment. in all the treatments, a decrease in ph, oc(total) and c:n ratio, but increase in ec, n(total), p(aval), ca(total), k(total) and heavy metals was recorded. the cocoons production and growth rate (biomass gain worm(-1) day(-1)) were maximum in 100% cow dung. the results indicated that parthenium can be a raw material ... | 2011 | 21392980 |
| toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles in the earthworm, eisenia fetida and subcellular fractionation of zn. | the extensive use of nanoparticles (nps) in a variety of applications has raised great concerns about their environmental fate and biological effects. this study examined the impact of dissolved organic matter (dom) and salts on zno np dispersion/solubility and toxicity to the earthworm eisenia fetida. to be able to better evaluate the toxicity of nps, exposure in agar and on filter paper was proposed for enabling a comparison of the importance of different uptake routes. a dose-related increase ... | 2011 | 21402408 |
| effect of enzyme producing microorganisms on the biomass of epigeic earthworms (eisenia fetida) in vermicompost. | we analyzed the bacterial community structure of the intestines of earthworms and determined the effect of enzyme producing microorganisms on the biomass of earthworms in vermicompost. fifty-seven bacterial 16s rdna clones were identified in the intestines of earthworms by using polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (pcr-dgge) analysis. entomoplasma somnilux and bacillus licheniformis were the dominant microorganisms; other strains included aeromonas, bacillus, clostr ... | 2011 | 21421302 |
| hydroxyl radical generation and oxidative stress in earthworms (eisenia fetida) exposed to decabromodiphenyl ether (bde-209). | antioxidant responses induced by decabromodiphenyl ether (bde-209) in the earthworms (eisenia fetida) were studied after 7 days of exposure. electron paramagnetic resonance (epr) spectra indicated that hydroxyl radicals (•oh) in earthworms were significantly induced by 0.01-10 mg/kg of bde-209. malondialdehyde (mda) and protein carbonyl (pco) were stimulated at 0.5-10 mg/kg and 1-10 mg/kg, respectively. the reduced glutathione (gsh) was inhibited at 1-10 mg/kg while oxidized glutathione (gssg) a ... | 2011 | 21424720 |
| conserved toxic responses across divergent phylogenetic lineages: a meta-analysis of the neurotoxic effects of rdx among multiple species using toxicogenomics. | at military training sites, a variety of pollutants such as hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (rdx), may contaminate the area originating from used munitions. studies investigating the mechanism of toxicity of rdx have shown that it affects the central nervous system causing seizures in humans and animals. environmental pollutants such as rdx have the potential to affect many different species, therefore it is important to establish how phylogenetically distant species may respond to these ... | 2011 | 21516383 |
| on site domestic organic waste treatment through vermitechnology using indigenous earthworm species. | in india the exotic epigeic species, eisenia fetida is mostly used for vermicomposting. the introduction of exotic species into local bio system may affect the indigenous earthworm species population. a comparative study between exotic species (eisenia fetida) and indigenous species perionyx sansibaricus and perionyx excavates was performed to determine the potential of indigenous species of the area vis-à-vis the exotic species for composting of domestic organic waste blended with cattle manure ... | 2011 | 21628345 |
| use of organic amendments as a bioremediation strategy to reduce the bioavailability of chlorpyrifos insecticide in soils. effects on soil biology. | the sorption capacity of both an organic municipal solid waste by-product (msw) and a cow manure (cm) in a soil polluted with chlorpyrifos, as well as its effect on soil microbial activity, and weight, reproductive parameters and glutathione-s-transferase activity of two earthworm species (eisenia fetida and lumbricus terrestris) were studied. chlorpyrifos was added at the recommended application rate (5lha(-1); 768mg chlorpyrifos kg(-1)) and treated with msw at a rate of 10% and cm at a rate of ... | 2011 | 21813178 |
| earthworms use odor cues to locate and feed on microorganisms in soil. | earthworms are key components of temperate soil ecosystems but key aspects of their ecology remain unexamined. here we elucidate the role of olfactory cues in earthworm attraction to food sources and document specific chemical cues that attract eisenia fetida to the soil fungi geotrichum candidum. fungi and other microorganisms are major sources of volatile emissions in soil ecosystems as well as primary food sources for earthworms, suggesting the likelihood that earthworms might profitably use ... | 2011 | 21799756 |
| multilevel ecotoxicity assessment of polycyclic musk in the earthworm eisenia fetida using traditional and molecular endpoints. | the ecotoxicity assessment of galaxolide (hhcb) and tonalide (ahtn) was investigated in the earthworm eisenia fetida using traditional and novel molecular endpoints. the median lethal concentration (lc(50)) for 7-day and 14-day exposures was 573.2 and 436.3 µg g(-1) for ahtn, and 489.0 and 392.4 µg g(-1) for hhcb, respectively. there was no observed significant effect on the growth rate of e. fetida after a 28-day exposure except that at the highest concentration (100 µg g(-1)) of ahtn and hhcb, ... | 2011 | 21789675 |
| impact of imidacloprid residues on the development of eisenia fetida during vermicomposting of greenhouse plant waste. | pesticide application in agriculture causes residues in post-harvest plant waste at different concentrations. knowledge concerning how pesticide concentrations in such waste affect earthworms is essential for recycling greenhouse plant debris through vermicomposting. here, we have evaluated the effects of imidacloprid (imd) residues on earthworms (eisenia fetida) during the vermicomposting of plant waste from greenhouse crops in spain. before, the effect of different imd concentrations on earthw ... | 2011 | 21775059 |
| cloning and characterization of a modular gh5 ß-1,4-mannanase with high specific activity from the fibrolytic bacterium cellulosimicrobium sp. strain hy-13. | the gene (1272-bp) encoding a ß-1,4-mannanase from a gut bacterium of eisenia fetida, cellulosimicrobium sp. strain hy-13 was cloned and expressed in escherichia coli. the recombinant ß-1,4-mannanase (rmanh) was approximately 44.0kda and has a catalytic gh5 domain that is 65% identical to that of the micromonospora sp. ß-1,4-mannosidase. the enzyme exhibited the highest catalytic activity toward mannans at 50°c and ph 6.0. rmanh displayed a high specific activity of 14,711 and 8498iumg(-1) towar ... | 2011 | 21767948 |
| vermicomposting of tannery sludge mixed with cattle dung into valuable manure using earthworm eisenia fetida (savigny). | the present study revealed the role of earthworm in converting tannery sludge into a valuable product. tannery sludge was toxic to earthworm, therefore it was mixed with cattle dung in different proportions viz. 0:100 (t(0)), 10:90 (t(10)), 25:75 (t(25)), 50:50 (t(50)) and 75:25 (t(75)) on dry weight basis. the minimum mortality and highest population buildup of worms was in t(0) mixture. nitrogen, sodium, phosphorus and ph increased from initial in the range of 7.3-66.6%, 16.90-70.58%, 8.57-44. ... | 2011 | 21676611 |