蜡状芽孢杆菌S1发酵条件的研究

对一种新近分离的蜡状芽孢杆菌（Bacillus Cereus)菌株S1发酵产新型抗真菌多肽APS的发酵培养基组成（碳,氮源）和工艺条件（发酵温度,初始,PH,通气方式和通气量）进行了摸索,通过单因互实验和正交优化实验,确定了S1发酵培养基的组成。麸皮5％,玉米粉5％,尿素0．2％,或NH4NO31．5％,酵母浸亮1．5％,葡萄糖6％,NaCl0．1％;最适发酵培养温度为28度;最适发酵培养初始Ph为7．4或6．8,。在优化条件下,效价最高为8－10mg/ml,S1生长的最适温度和初始PH为30度和7．0,通气对S1发酵具有显著的影响。     

南昌霉素高产菌株的链霉素抗性基因突变诱变筛选研究

通过对链霉素对南昌霉素（Nanchangmycin)产生菌NS－41－80菌株孢子的致死浓度测定基础上,采用诱变剂甲基磺酸乙酯（EMS）的不同诱发剂量对菌株孢子进行诱变处理,诱变处理的孢子涂布在含链霉素（10ug/mL)致死浓度的高氏平板上,获得了大量的链霉素抗性基因（str)突变株。然后从3,000株链霉素抗性基因（str)突变株中通过初筛获得比诱变出发菌株产素能力提高20％以上的菌株202株,再进一步通过摇瓶复筛,获得比出发菌株产素能力分别提高100％,200％,300％高产菌株为48株,7株和1株,分别为复筛菌和初筛菌株的23．76％和1．60％,3．46％和0．23％,0．5％和0．03％,将产素能力提高240％以上5个菌株连同出发菌株连续3批次进行摇瓶发酵结果,5个突变株的产素能力均比出发菌株的产素能力提高57％－96．4％,其中突变株80－5．3－165菌株摇瓶发酵单位达6,000ug/mL以上,3批次摇瓶平均发酵单位达5,855ug/mL,建立了南昌霉素高产菌株的链霉素抗性基因突变诱变快速高效的筛选方法。     

啤酒酵母胞外多糖发酵条件的研究

以啤酒酵母S－12为出发菌株,用紫外线＋氯化锂作为复合诱变剂,获得一株产胞外多糖量较高的变株S－12－4,比出发菌株提高33．3％,同时对变株进行了最佳培养条件的研究,结果表明：最适碳源和氮源分别为大米糖3％、酵母粉0．37％及NH4Cl0．32％,最适发酵条件为起始PH6．0、培养温度26℃,发酵周期为30h,在此基础上进行培养,变株S－12－4产胞外多糖最高可达38.2mg/100mL,比初始条件提高了54％。     

Caldariomyces fumago S-5产抑菌物质的发酵条件优化

对1株产抑菌物质的海洋真菌Caldariomyces fumago S-5的培养条件的优化进行研究,探讨该菌株的发酵产抑菌物质的性能。通过抗菌谱实验、单因素及正交实验设计研究了该菌株所产抗菌物质的押菌特征和最适发酵条件。结果表明,S-5菌株发酵液对几种G^＋和G^-致病细菌具有快速的生长抑制作用,而对真菌没有明显抗菌性。发酵条件优化结果表明：菌株在葡萄糖4％、（NH4）2SO4 0．2％、KCl 0．2％、K2HPO40．2％、Fe2SO4·7H2O 0．002％、MgSO4-2H2O 0．1％、20％马铃薯浸出液的培养基中,控制发酵温度25℃,pH值5．0,接种量1-2cm。菌苔／100mL培养液,摇瓶转速240r／min条件下培养120h,发酵液中抑菌效价最高。实验结果可为该海洋微生物资源的开发利用提供依据。     

嗜碱芽孢杆菌XE22—4—1碱性弹性蛋白酶发酵条件的研究

从西藏天然碱湖中筛选到一株产碱性弹性蛋白酶（alkaline elastase)菌株,最适生长pH为10．0,经鉴定为Bacillus sp.,编号XE22－4－1.该菌产酶最适碳源为2％葡萄糖,氮源为0．25％酵母粉,豆饼粉对发酵产酶有促进作用。2L发酵罐实验表明,溶解氧是影响该菌株产酶的重要因素。通过提高通气量和改变搅拌速度,该菌株可在发酵48h内达到产酶高峰,酶活力最高达266u/mL。     

嗜酸乳杆菌P302菌株产类细菌素最佳条件的研究

目的对产类细菌素嗜酸乳杆菌P302的发酵条件进行研究。方法采用琼脂扩散法测定发酵上清液对大肠埃希菌O139的抑菌活性。结果通过正交试验确定P302产类细菌素的最佳培养基组分为牛肉膏4％、胰蛋白胨0．2％、酵母粉0．8％、碳酸钙0．4％和蔗糖1％,0．4％复合维生素,0．3％Tween-80有利于类细菌素的产生。发酵工艺条件为最适初始pH7．0,最适温度37℃,最佳接种量0．3％,种龄14h,厌氧培养22h。结论通过优化发酵条件和发酵工艺,类细菌素的产量提高了35％。     

高产超氧化物歧化酶菌株发酵条件的研究

从1348株芽孢杆菌(Bacillus cereus)中分离和选育出高产超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase)菌株C328,并进行了产酶条件的研究。结果表明,该菌株最佳产酶的最适温度为30～35℃,培养基最适起始pH为8．0～8．5。金属离子Cd^2 、Mn^2 、Zn^2 ,表面活性剂吐温80、司班80、琥珀酸钠和无机盐CaCl2、CaCO3对产酶有抑制作用。适宜浓度的K2HPO4、EDTA、金属离子Fe^3 和表面活性剂NaAC对产酶有明显的促进作用。发酵培养用250mL三角瓶以30mL装液量酶活力最高。适宜种龄为8～12h,适宜接种量为0．9％～3％,最佳接种量为1％～2％。     

固态发酵生产腺苷酸脱氨酶

对多株曲霉产腺苷酸脱氨酶的性能进行了比较,发现米曲霉3.800(Aspergillus oryzae)产酶水平较高。该菌株固态发酵产酶的适宜培养基为：以麸皮为主原料,蔗糖2％,鱼粉2％,（NH4）2SO4 0．1％,柠檬酸钠0．2％,MgSO4 0.05%,吐温－80 0．1％,含水量50％。最佳的培养条件为：250mL三角瓶装20g培养基,在28－30℃培养60h。在优化条件下,培养物酶活可达到1543．48u/g鲜曲。     

酵母菌产麦角固醇发酵条件的研究

为了提高酵母菌麦角固醇的产量,采用摇瓶培养法,对筛选出的一株酵母菌YN2产麦角固醇发酵条件进行了研究。结果表明,酵母菌YN2产麦角固醇适宜的培养基配方为：酵母粉1％,牛肉膏2．5％,葡萄糖8％,K2HPO4 0．3％,MgSO4 0．15％,该菌株产麦角固醇最适培养条件为：培养温度28℃,起始pH6．5,发酵时间72h。在优化的实验条件下,麦角固醇含量可达2．2％,100ml发酵液中麦角固醇产量达25．30mg。     

白腐真菌AH28-2菌株发酵合成漆酶初步研究

从224个野外采集的真菌样品中筛选分离到一株产漆酶活性较高菌株AH28－2,经初步鉴定为白腐真菌,采用单因子相互比较法,研究了该菌株最适发酵产酶条件。应用添加有1g／LKraft木素的液体发酵培养基,接种量5％（V／V）,初始pH8．5,装液量为50％,28℃、150r/min摇瓶振荡培养4－5d,漆酶酶活水平达20184IU／L。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.