Recycling of Solid Organic Wastes Through Vermicomposting: Microbial Community Changes Throughout the Process and Use of Vermicompost as a Soil Amendment

Short-term effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil microbial community structure and function

(2012) Cristina Lazcano et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Changes in chemical and microbiological properties of rabbit manure in a continuous-feeding vermicomposting system

(2012) María Gómez-Brandón et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Species-Specific Effects of Epigeic Earthworms on Microbial Community Structure during First Stages of Decomposition of Organic Matter

(2012) María Gómez-Brandón et al.   PLoS One

Selective reduction of the pathogenic load of cow manure in an industrial-scale continuous-feeding vermireactor

(2011) Manuel Aira et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of actinomycete isolates obtained from herbal vermicompost for the biological control of Fusarium wilt of chickpea

(2011) Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Organic amendments and their influences on plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes: a promising method for nematode management?

(2011) Tim Thoden et al.   NEMATOLOGY

Earthworm Effects without Earthworms: Inoculation of Raw Organic Matter with Worm-Worked Substrates Alters Microbial Community Functioning

(2011) Manuel Aira et al.   PLoS One

Epigeic Earthworms Exert a Bottleneck Effect on Microbial Communities through Gut Associated Processes

(2011) María Gómez-Brandón et al.   PLoS One

Use of DGGE and COMPOCHIP for investigating bacterial communities of various vermicomposts produced from different wastes under dissimilar conditions

(2011) Manuel J. Fernández-Gómez et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Detritivorous earthworms modify microbial community structure and accelerate plant residue decomposition

(2010) María Gómez-Brandón et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Changes in microbial community structure and function during vermicomposting of pig slurry

(2010) María Gómez-Brandón et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

A novel extracellular protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa MCM B-327: enzyme production and its partial characterization

(2010) Vasudeo Zambare et al.   New Biotechnology

Epigeic earthworms increase soil arthropod populations during first steps of decomposition of organic matter

(2010) Fernando Monroy et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Plant genotype strongly modifies the structure and growth of maize rhizosphere microbial communities

(2010) Manuel Aira et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Continuous-feeding vermicomposting as a recycling management method to revalue tomato-fruit wastes from greenhouse crops

(2010) Manuel J. Fernández-Gómez et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Earthworms as the vectors of actinomycetes antagonistic to litter decomposer fungi

(2009) B.A.T. Dinishi Jayasinghe et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Utilisation of manure composts by high-value crops: Safety and environmental challenges

(2009) R. Moral et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Bacterial community composition and chitinase gene diversity of vermicompost with antifungal activity

(2009) Muhammad Yasir et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Composting of animal manures and chemical criteria for compost maturity assessment. A review

(2009) M.P. Bernal et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Effect of the Earthworms Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea caliginosa on Bacterial Diversity in Soil

(2009) Taras Y. Nechitaylo et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Ammonia volatilization following surface application of raw and treated liquid swine manure

(2009) Martin H. Chantigny et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Effect of aqueous extracts from vermicomposts on attacks by cucumber beetles (Acalymna vittatum) (Fabr.) on cucumbers and tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) (L.) on tomatoes

(2009) Clive A. Edwards et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Reduction of total coliform numbers during vermicomposting is caused by short-term direct effects of earthworms on microorganisms and depends on the dose of application of pig slurry

(2009) Fernando Monroy et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Changes in density of nematodes, protozoa and total coliforms after transit through the gut of four epigeic earthworms (Oligochaeta)

(2008) Fernando Monroy et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Assessing the impact of composting and vermicomposting on bacterial community size and structure, and microbial functional diversity of an olive-mill waste

(2008) A. Vivas et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Do earthworms affect dynamics of functional response and genetic structure of microbial community in a lab-scale composting system?

(2008) Biswarup Sen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Comparison of the effectiveness of composting and vermicomposting for the biological stabilization of cattle manure

(2008) Cristina Lazcano et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Changes in bacterial numbers and microbial activity of pig slurry during gut transit of epigeic and anecic earthworms

(2008) Manuel Aira et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microbial and nutrient stabilization of two animal manures after the transit through the gut of the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826)

(2008) Manuel Aira et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Detritivorous earthworms directly modify the structure, thus altering the functioning of a microdecomposer food web

(2008) Manuel Aira et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Stable isotope natural abundances (δ13C and δ15N) of the earthworm Eisenia fetida and other soil fauna living in two different vermicomposting environments

(2007) Luis Sampedro et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Relative changes in phosphatase activities as influenced by source and application rate of organic composts in field crops

(2007) Supradip Saha et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Vermicompost enhances performance of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in Cicer arietinum rhizosphere against Sclerotium rolfsii

(2007) S. Sahni et al.   CROP PROTECTION

The effects of earthworm functional diversity on microbial biomass and the microbial community level physiological profile of soils

(2007) Cróna Sheehan et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Optimizing vermicomposting of animal wastes: Effects of rate of manure application on carbon loss and microbial stabilization

(2007) Manuel Aira et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT