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Vol.1, No.1, 20-27 (2012) Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment /10.4236/jacen.2012.11004 Biotransformation of endosulfan by the tiger worm, Eisenia fetida Byeoung-Soo Park , Jae-Hong Yoo , Jeong-Han Kim , Jang-Eok Kim , Sung-Eun Lee 1 2 3 4 4* 1 2 3 4 * Resarch Station, Nanotoxtech Inc., Ansan, South Korea Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, South Korea School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Division of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; Corresponding Author: selpest@knu.ac.kr Received 6 October 2012; revised 9 November 2012; accepted 18 November 2012 ABSTRACT pesticides are rarely limited to target pests, pesticides may be lethal to non-target avian, aquatic or terrestrial organisms. It is, therefore, necessary to develop an ade- quate evaluating method for determining impact of pesti- cides on non-target species. Several scientific approaches have demonstrated that earthworms, such as Lumbricus terrestris and Eisenia fetida, are excellent models for assessing effects of pesticides on soil-dwelling inverte- brates [1-3]. Earthworms show high susceptibility to re- sidual pesticides in soil. Standardized protocols have been proposed to determine pesticide toxicity [4,5]. Such screening tests generally determine effects of pesticides using filter paper or artificial soil containing quartz, kao- linite clay, sphagnum peat, and CaCO3. On the other hand, earthworms are also used in acute toxicity, with plant seed germination, root elongation, and plant genotoxicity bioassyas, for the evaluation of post-emediation of a pol- lutant-contaminated soil [6]. Recently, many reports demonstrated the rol