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Reactor

A container used to produce vermicompost, usually with the shape of a box or barrel. It could be made of different materials: wood, metals, glass, plastic. Also known as vermireactor.

Redworms

A common name for Eisenia fetida and also Lumbricus rubellus. Eisenia fetida is a common worm used for vermicomposting, although in some parts of North America, Lumbricus rubellus is more common.

Respire

To exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide to maintain bodily processes.