Lumbricus terrestris

Zwahlen, C., Hilbeck, A., Howald, R. and Nentwig, W. (2003). Effects of transgenic Bt corn litter on the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris . Molecular Ecology, 12(4), 1077-1086. 

Goven, A.J., S.C. Chen, L.C. Fitzpatrick, and B.J. Venables. 1994. Lysozyme activity in earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) coelomic fluid and coelomocytes enzyme assay for immunotoxicity of xenobiotics. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 13 607-613. 

Gilman, A.P and A. Vardanis. 1974. Carbofuran. Comparative toxicity and metabolism in the worms Lumbricus terrestris L. and Eisenia foetida S. Jour. Agric. Food Chem. 22 625-628. 

Stenersen, J., A. Gilman, and A. Vardanis. 1973. Carbofuran its toxicity to and metabolism by earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris). Jour. Agric. Food Chem. 21 166-171. 

Earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris As+5 killed 50%, and 65,300 mg/kg was fatal to 90%. Newly molted pupae and adults of As-exposed larvae had reduced weight. Regardless of dietary levels, concentrations of As ranged up to 2640 mg/kg DW in dead pupae, and 1708 mg/kg DW in adults Earthworms held in soils containing 40 mg As/kg DW for 8... 

Meharg, A.A., R.F. Shore, and K. Broadgate. 1998. Edaphic factors affecting the toxicity and accumulation of arsenate in the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17 1124-1131. 

Berry, E.C. Jordan, D. Temperature and soil moisture content effects on the growth of Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta Lunbricidae) under laboratory conditions. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2001, 33, 133-136. 

Earthworm, Eisenia fetida 32 mg/kg DW soil for 56 days 53.3 (32.5-186.0) mg/kg DW soil for 56 days 210 mg/kg DW soil for 56 days 555 (460-678) mg/kg DW soil for 56 days 683 (570-812) mg/kg DW soil for 14 days Earthworm, Eisenia fetida andrei Adults held in soil containing as much as 300 mg Cu/kg DW for 3 weeks resultant cocoons incubated in uncontaminated soil for 5 weeks to assess hatchability Earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus 100-150 mg/kg DW soil 150-300 mg/kg DW soil >300 mg/kg DW soil 1000 mg/kg DW soil for 6 weeks Earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris Exposed for 5 days to filter paper disc containing 0.5, 1,2, 4, or 8 pg Cu/cm ... 

Earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris, whole, Maryland Distance from highway, meters... 

Der Terrossian, E. Pradel, L.-A. Kassab, R. Desvages, G. Separation of the two non-identical subunits of lombricine kinase from Lumbricus terrestris muscle by chromatography on sepharose-mercurial. Isolation of the tryptic peptide containing its essential thiol group. Eur. J. Biochem., 45, 243-251 (1974)... 

Nakahara, H., Bevelander, G. An electron microscope and autoradiographic study of the calciferous glands of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. Calc. Tiss. Res. 4, 193 (1969)... 

Early studies revealed that the 3, 5 -cyclic phosphate diesterase is present in all mammalian tissues (38, 33, 36), being most active in cerebral cortex (36, 37). It has also been identified in extracts of liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica), the common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris), and fly larvae (36) and it has been studied in marine organisms (38), the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discovdeum (39, AO), and in E. coli (Al). The enzyme has been partially purified from beef heart (30), dog heart, (A8) and bovine brain (37, A3). No highly purified preparations have yet been obtained and most studies have been performed with relatively crude preparations. 

Fauna also influence soil carbon cycling. Bioturbation mixes and aerates soil, physically breaks down litter, creates flow paths for water in soil, and can reduce surface litter stocks and enhance erosion (Bohlen et al., 2004). For example, along a gradient of European earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) colonization in a deciduous forest of northern Michigan, earthworms are associated with a decrease in litter-layer thickness, apparently mixing some forest floor organic matter into the mineral soil. Thus, fauna can create spatial patterns in SOM stocks. 

Edwards, W.M., M.J. Shipitalo, S.J. Traina, C.A. Edwards, and L.B. Owens (1992). Role of Lumbricus terrestris (L) burrows on quality of infiltrating water. Soil Biol. Biochem., 24 1555-1561. 

Earthworms can be purchased from a bait dealer. Use Eiseniafoetida or Diplocardia riparia. (Lumbricus terrestris responds positively to coelomic fluid, a behavior which is harder to recognize.) Keep the worms in a bucket in peat moss, old leaves, or commercial earthworm bedding. Worms must be healthy and cahn, i.e., crawhng slowly forward, do not jerk about rapidly, and do not tend to crawl backwards or defecate. 

Arsenobetaine 54 was present in the extracts of the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris, as a minor constituent and traces of dimethylarsinic acid 47, ribosides 56, and 57 were also detected [156]. The major arsenic compound in the earthworm extracts was an arsenic-containing... 

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