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Taxonomic Review of the Family Lumbricidae (Oligochaeta) in Korea (한국산 낚시지렁이과 (빈모강)의 분류학적 검토)

  • Hong, Yong
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2000
  • Seven species of the Korean Lumbricidae, including a newly recorded species, Aporrectodea tuberculata, are reviewed, with illustrations, descriptions and key of the known species in Korea. Other 3 species of the previously known species of the family were not found in this study.

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Identification and Characterization of Microbial Community in the Coelomic Fluid of Earthworm (Aporrectodea molleri)

  • Yakkou, Lamia;Houida, Sofia;Dominguez, Jorge;Raouane, Mohammed;Amghar, Souad;Harti, Abdellatif El
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.391-402
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    • 2021
  • Earthworms play an important role in soil fertilization, interacting continually with microorganisms. This study aims to demonstrate the existence of beneficial microorganisms living in the earthworm's immune system, the coelomic fluid. To achieve this goal, a molecular identification technique was performed, using cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) barcoding to identify abundant endogenic earthworms inhabiting the temperate zone of Rabat, Morocco. Then, 16S rDNA and ITS sequencing techniques were adopted for bacteria and fungi, respectively. Biochemical analysis, showed the ability of bacteria to produce characteristic enzymes and utilize substrates. Qualitative screening of plant growth-promoting traits, including nitrogen fixation, phosphate and potassium solubilization, and indole acetic acid (IAA) production, was also performed. The result of mitochondrial COI barcoding allowed the identification of the earthworm species Aporrectodea molleri. Phenotypic and genotypic studies of the sixteen isolated bacteria and the two isolated fungi showed that they belong to the Pseudomonas, Aeromonas, Bacillus, Buttiauxella, Enterobacter, Pantoea, and Raoultella, and the Penicillium genera, respectively. Most of the isolated bacteria in the coelomic fluid showed the ability to produce β-glucosidase, β-glucosaminidase, Glutamyl-β-naphthylamidase, and aminopeptidase enzymes, utilizing substrates like aliphatic thiol, sorbitol, and fatty acid ester. Furthermore, three bacteria were able to fix nitrogen, solubilize phosphate and potassium, and produce IAA. This initial study demonstrated that despite the immune property of earthworms' coelomic fluid, it harbors beneficial microorganisms. Thus, the presence of resistant microorganisms in the earthworm's immune system highlights a possible selection process at the coelomic fluid level.

Two New Eisenia Species from South Korea Similar to E. koreana and Comparable to Eisenoides from USA (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

  • Blakemore, Robert J.;Park, Tae Seo
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.297-303
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    • 2012
  • New Korean lumbricids are described: Eisenia gaga Blakemore sp. nov. from remote Gageodo Island and E. sindo Blakemore, sp. nov. from an island at Incheon. Both are comparable to Eisenia koreana (Zicsi, 1972) from near Pyongyang, North Korea. A remarkable yet previously unrecognized similarity to American earthworm Eisenoides carolinensis (Michaelsen, 1910) is discussed, but synonymy is rejected on tenuous morphological grounds (form of nephridial vesicle bladders) with taxonomy supported by objective molecular data (mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 barcodes).

Soil Properties Influencing on Earthworm Habitation in Upland (밭토양에서 지렁이 서식에 영향을 추는 토양특성에 관한 연구)

  • 나영은;이상범;한민수;김세근;최동로
    • The Korean Journal of Soil Zoology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.165-168
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    • 2000
  • The earthworm was investigated for knowing about that he inhabits in grassland, orchard field, organic farming land, greenhouse land, and ordinary farming land according to use of upland. The earthworm lives all in grassland and orchard field where was investigated, in 6 among 8 sites of organic farming land, in 5 among 12 sites of greenhouse land, in 5 among 25 sites of ordinary farming land. The earthworms that were shown are the Lumbricidae and the Megascolecidae. The number of the earthworm was 14 in orchard field, 12 in grassland, 10 in organic farming land, 7 in greenhouse land and 3 in ordinary farming land. The weight of the earthworms was declined in order of 12.3 g in orchard field, 11.6 g in organic farming land, 10.6 g in grassland, 4.2 g in greenhouse land and 2.9 g/0.25 m$^2$in ordinary farming land. If the water content of soil is not below 5% or over 35%, earthworm was no problem to live in. It was examined that the earthworm could live if pH values was not just strong acid or alkal. And if the organic matter is below 1%, the earthworm do not live but move another place.

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On Schmarda's lost earthworm and some newly found New Zealand species (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea: Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae, & Megascolecidae s. stricto)

  • Blakemore, Robert J.
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.105-132
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    • 2012
  • The saga of Megascolides orthostichon (Schmarda, 1861)-the first native worm described from Australasia-continues as its type-locality is unequivocally returned from Hobart, Tasmania to Mt Wellington, Auckland where a brief survey failed to unearth it. Since it has not been seen for 150 yrs, it may qualify under NZTCS or IUCN classification as 'Nationally Critical' if not 'Extinct'. New reports are for exotic Megascolecidae Anisochaeta kiwi sp. nov. and A. kiwi mihi sub-sp. nov. plus addition to the NZ faunal list of Australian Anisochaeta macleayi (Fletcher, 1889) that, due to its wide distribution in Australia and now New Zealand, may be a candidate model-species suitably resilient for eco-toxicological culture and monitoring. For holarctic Lumbricidae, new records are of Dendrobaena attemsi (Michaelsen, 1903) and the Murchieona muldali (Omodeo, 1956) morph or subspecies of M. minuscula (Rosa, 1906), neither lumbricid previously uncovered in Asia/Australasia. Also found for the first time outside its East Asian homeland is Eisenia japonica (Michaelsen, 1892) (which is compared to Japanese E. japonica hiramoto sub-sp. nov. and to E. anzac Blakemore, 2011). Records of these exotics plus recent new native species described by the author-including two, Rhododrilus mangamingi and Deinodrilus orcus spp. novae, herein-raise the numbers of megadriles known from New Zealand to 228 (sub-)species in five families. Preliminary mtDNA COI sequence barcodes are presented. Genus Tokea Benham, 1904 is revived on its lack of dorsal pores, losing or gaining some species with Megascolides M'Coy, 1878. An updated checklist of all 228 New Zealand taxa is appended.

Identity of Two Earthworms Used in Vermiculture and Vermicomposting in Korea:Eisenia andrei and Perionyx excavatus (국내 양식 지렁이 Eisenia andrei와 Perionyx excavatus의 구분)

  • Yong Hong;Kim, Tae-Heung;Na, Young-Eun
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.185-190
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    • 2001
  • Two vermiculture earthworms, Eisenia andrei Bouche, 1972 and Perionyx excavatus Perrier, 1872 are newly recorded to Korean fauna. E.andrei has no pale stripe on the intersegmental furrow zone and P.excavatus has clitellum in xiii-xvi. Descriptions of the species are provided in this paper, including illustrations of the ventral view, male pore region, and spermathecae.

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Earthworm Composition and Seasonal Population Structure in Different Korean Golf Courses (우리나라 골프장의 지렁이 종 다양성 및 계절별 군집 구조)

  • Shin, Chong Chang;Hong, Yong;Lee, Dong Woon
    • Weed & Turfgrass Science
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.155-164
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    • 2016
  • Earworm is very useful animal in soil ecosystem, however it is harmful for golf courses because they introduce many cast on turfgrass that reduces turf uniformity and play quality. However, no information has found on earthworm diversity and seasonal fluctuation in different Korean golf courses. In this study, we focused to carry out earthworm species composition and seasonal population structure in turfgrass of golf courses. During spring and fall season survey with direct digging and tea saponin drenching sampling in 5 different golf courses, 6 species under 3 families of earthworms were collected. Earthworm species composition and density was different among the golf courses. Aporrectodea caliginosa in Lumbricidae was dominant species in Anseong and Dongrae Benest Golf Club; however Amynthas carnosus in Megascolecidae was dominant species in Anyang and Glenrose Golf Club. Ap. caliginosa was collected only aclitellum in July and Am. carnosus was collected aclitellum and clitellum in August in golf courses. Seasonal population of earthworm was different depending on earthworm species (Am. hupeiensis was the highest in August and Ap. caliginosa was in April) however small number of collected earthworm species were not dominant trend in golf courses.

Isolation and Characterization of Endo-$\beta$-1,4-glucanase from the Midgut of the Earthworm, Eisenia andrei (지렁이 중장에서 발현되는 Endo-$\beta$-1,4-glucanase의 동정 및 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee Myung Sik;Cho Sung Jin;Tak Eun Sik;Hur So Young;Lee Jong Ae;Park Bum Joon;Cho Hyun Ju;Shin Chuog;Park Soon Cheol
    • The Korean Journal of Soil Zoology
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    • v.8 no.1_2
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 2003
  • Endogeneous endoglucanase (EC 3.2.1.4) cDNA was cloned from a representative species (Eisenia anderi) of the earthworm family Lumbricidae. Endoglucanase from the midgut of the earthworm is composed of 456 amino acids and belongs to glycosyl hydrolase family 9 (GHF9), sharing high homologies (50-51 %) with those of selected termite and crayfish. This endoglucanase consists of three consensus catalytic domains found in most microbial cellulases. A phylogenetic tree was constructed using the amino acid squence data matched through the BLASTX program and showed that GHF9 families could be divided into four groups of arthropoda, bacteria, plant and annelida.

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Reports of Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from far East Asia

  • Blakemore, Robert J.;Lee, Seunghan;Seo, Hong-Yul
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.127-166
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    • 2014
  • Moniligastrids are an important yet often ignored earthworm group commonly found in cultivated soils, especially paddy, in the tropical East. Seven new taxa are: Drawida koreana austri, D. koreana nanjiro, D. koreana shindo, D. odaesan, D. jeombongsan, D. companio and D. csuzdii Blakemore spp. or sub-spp. nov. from Korea. Drawida csuzdii is the first new species from North Korea since Lumbricidae Eisenia koreana (Zicsi, 1972). Historical East Asian moniligastrids are reviewed chronologically and Drawida barwelli (Beddard, 1886), D. japonica (Michaelsen, 1892) and D. siemsseni Michaelsen, 1910 are compared on their museum types. These three taxa were thought similar and related to D. nepalensis Michaelsen, 1907 and its possible synonym D. burchardi Michaelsen, 1903 (priority!) and both of these to prior D. uniqua (Bourne, 1887). Indian Drawida calebi Gates, 1945 is compared to new material of D. japonica from Japan, and D. willsi Michaelsen, 1907 to the new sub-species of D. koreana Kobayashi, 1938 from Korea. Where available, mtDNA COI gene barcodes are provided to help objective determinations and a phylogram is provided with outgroup Ocnerodrilidae Eukerria saltensis (Beddard, 1895) itself found in rice paddy/irrigation. The challenge now is comparison of all early taxa in their various homelands in order to assess the genetic variability and taxonomic boundaries acceptable, especially for unpigmented D. barwelli and also for pink/grey D. japonica and blue/grey D. koreana. A checklist of moniligastrids is appended showing 22 species from China (including Hainan and Taiwan), 21 from Korea, nine from Japan and the Drawida ghilarovi Gates, 1969 species-complex from far eastern Russian (Siberia). Recent Drawida dandongensis Zhang & Sun, 2014 from Sino-Korean border is misdescribed and cannot be meaningfully compared to any other Drawidas.