嗜热芽孢杆菌噬菌体的分离及特征研究

目的：从腾冲热海温泉中分离嗜热芽孢杆菌噬菌体,并初步分析其特征。方法：采用双层平板法分离纯化嗜热芽孢杆菌噬菌体,对分离得到的噬菌体进行电镜形态观察,按照感染复数（MOI）分别为0．01、0．1、1．0、10和100加入噬菌体纯培养液和宿主菌,55℃、160r／min培养8h后测定噬菌体滴度,并进行噬菌体的热稳定性和pH稳定性分析。结果：从腾冲热海温泉中分离得到的噬菌体为二十面体型;其感染宿主菌NHH4形成清晰的噬菌斑,最适MOI为1．0,最适感染温度为55℃,最适感染pH值为7．5。将这株噬菌体命名为TBIP1。结论：从腾冲热海温泉中分离得到的噬菌体TBIP1为典型的二十面体型,当MOI为1．0时,TBIP1感染其宿主菌产生的子代噬菌体滴度最高。     

应用季铵盐控制炼油厂循环水中菌藻危害的研究

在调查东方红炼油厂循环冷却水系统被腐蚀危害的基础上,针对主要危害微生物——铁细菌、硫酸盐还原菌和形成粘液的异养菌,从4 7种药剂中筛选出既能杀菌灭藻,又具有污垢剥离作用的高效低毒药剂季铵盐——十二烷基二甲基苄基氯化铵(muc)。经小试中试及采用高低剂量结合、间隔冲击式瞬间投加方法进行的生产性试验,表明其杀菌率达99％;污垢抑制率95％以上,冷却塔壁菌藻抑制率达99％;挂片腐蚀率1．6密耳／年。     

不同培养基对杜氏藻（DunaliellaSalina）生长和无机离子含量的影响

培养在Ｊｏｈｎｓｏｎ培养液、Ｊｏｈｎｓｏｎ＋０．３％ＮａＣｌ培养液、海水和卤水中的杜氏藻,其生长速度有区别,在Ｊｏｈｎｓｏｎ＋０．３％ＮａＣｌ培养液中生长较好,Ｊｏｈｎｓｏｎ培养液和卤水次之,海水中生长较差。杜氏藻生沃的盐度范围为０～１２％,当培养基中ＮａＣｌ浓度超过１２％时,细胞数几乎不增加,甚至略有降低。在不同培养基中藻细胞Ｈ￣＋含量较稳定,而积累ｃａ￣（２＋）,在Ｊｏｈｎｓｏｎ＋０．３％ＮａＣｌ培养液中,杜氏藻细胞Ｎａ￣＋含量增加;而在含高浓度Ｎａ￣＋的海水和卤水中杜氏藻细胞中Ｎａ￣＋的含量低于培养液。     

应用肠杆菌科四个属的诊断噬菌体快速诊断沙门氏菌

本文报告应用弗氏柠檬酸细萄噬菌体3组,大肠埃希氏菌噬菌体4组,阴沟肠杆菌噬菌体1组和沙门氏菌O-I噬菌体快速诊断沙门氏菌的结果。沙门氏菌0-I噬菌体可裂解沙门氏菌属地方株1393株中的1351株(97％)。柠檬酸细菌属噬菌体和共可裂解柠橡酸细菌属地方株381株中的362株(95％)。阴沟肠杆菌噬菌体Ent可裂解阴淘肠杆菌地方株l 50株中的133株(84．2％)。埃希氏菌属噬菌体E—1、E一2、E-3和E-4共可裂解埃希氏菌属地方株683株中的567株(83％)。由于E一1和E一2噬菌体的联合使用,可使o I噬菌体对埃希氏菌属地方株的误诊率从6．3％下降到0．6％。E一4噬菌体对沙门氏菌属地方株的误诊率可因与。一I噬菌体的联合使用而从0．36％下降到0．07％。     

木霉突变体T1010变异特性分析

木霉突变体T1010与出发菌株实验比较,其生长速度、产孢量、菌丝重量分别提高13．62％、48．52％、29．03％;T1010对培养液中氨态氮的吸收率比出发菌株仍2提高37．09％,T1010对无机磷的吸收率比出发菌株提高15．17％,T1010对K’吸收率比出发菌株高16．49％,在pH值为7．34的培养液中培养3d后,T1010的pH值为5．77,出发菌株的pH值为6．67;突变体T1010对培养液中葡萄糖的吸收能力比出发菌株提高19．64％,突变体T1010利用培养液中的氨基酸量较少,比出发菌株降低18．26％。拮抗作用结果显示,T1010对病菌瓜萎蔫镰刀菌抑制作用、覆盖作用分别比出发菌株提高87．45％、57．38％。     

乙醇对着床前小鼠胚胎体外发育的影响

用含不同浓度乙醇的Whitten氏培养液对小鼠2细胞、4细胞、8细胞和桑椹期胚胎分别进行体外培养,研究了乙醇对小鼠不同发育时期胚胎体外发育的影响。首先利用含0、0．1％、0．5％、1．0％、1．5％、2．0％、3．0％、5．0％和10．0％乙醇的Whitten氏培养液对2细胞胚胎进行培养,发现小鼠2细胞胚胎对培养液中乙醇浓度的耐受极限在1．5％左右。然后又用含1％和3％乙醇的Whitten氏培养液分别对小鼠2细胞、4细胞、8细胞和桑椹期胚胎进行培养。结果发现：含1％乙醇的培养液对于8细胞胚胎和桑椹胚的囊胚形成有促进作用,而在2细胞和4细胞胚胎中则影响不明显。3％乙醇则对各期胚胎均有不同程度的抑制作用,但随着胚胎发育其对乙醇的耐受力逐渐增强。     

一种快速简便的噬菌体DNA的抽提方法

噬菌体DNA的制备和纯化是分子生物学研究中极为重要的一环,在基因库和eDNA库的建立,以及DNA克隆和筛选等方面都是不可缺少的。噬菌体DNA的制备可以通过噬菌体感染细菌在琼脂板上繁殖(称为平板法),也可以在液体培养液中繁殖(称为液体法)。平板法多用     

噬菌体T7溶菌酶工程菌的构建

将噬菌体T7溶菌酶基因克隆到含有可诱导性启动子LacUV 5的表达载体pARl206中。在没有诱导剂存在情况下,LacUV 5启动子的转录受到抑制。当带有重组质粒的转化菌生长到适当浓度,向培养液中加入0．4mmo1／L IPTG,LacUV 5启动子受到诱导,从而使插入的基因高水平表达,并积累大量具有生物活性的溶菌酶。噬菌体T 7溶菌酶在大肠杆菌中表达的产量平均约22mg／L。     

吐温-80对野葛毛状根生长及异黄酮含量的影响

将不同浓度的吐温-80添加到野葛毛状根悬浮培养液中,研究在一定的作用时间内其对毛状根生长及次生代谢物合成与分泌的影响。结果表明,采用2％浓度处理较为适宜,不仅可以提高毛状根内葛根素的含量,而且有利于培养液中葛根素、大豆甙元及总异黄酮的积累,与对照相比,其含量可分别提高24．2％、50％和46．7％。在该浓度下连续处理毛状根72h后,发现毛状根仍生长旺盛,其生长量已是对照的1．5倍。但不同时间的连续处理对毛状根及培养液中几种异黄酮物质的积累与释放作用不同,其中以处理48h最有利于培养液中总异黄酮的累积,其含量是毛状根中的38倍。     

在肽库中筛选抗磷脂抗体的小肽抑制剂

β２糖蛋白Ⅰ（ｂｅｔａ－２－ｇｌｙｃｏｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ Ⅰ,β２ＧＰＩ）是一分子量为５０ ｋＤ的糖蛋白．从抗磷脂抗体综合症（Ａｎｔｉｐｈｏｓｐｈｏｌｉｐｉｄ ａｎｔｉｂｏｄｉｅｓ ｓｙｎｄｒｏｍ ,ＡＰＳ）患者身上获得的抗体可直接与β２ＧＰＩ作用．以β２ＧＰＩ为目标分子,在噬菌体十五肽库中筛选抗β２糖蛋白Ⅰ抗体的小肽抑制剂．通过四轮亲和性筛选,噬菌体的回收率从１．２６×１０－ ４％ 增加到３．１９×１０－ ２％ ．随机挑取噬菌体克隆测定其与β２ＧＰＩ的结合活性及其对β２ＧＰＩ与自身抗体结合的抑制活性,其中部分噬菌体克隆表现出４０％ 的抑制活性．经ＤＮＡ 序列测定,得到一组相关序列．该结果为研究β２ＧＰＩ的抗原表位奠定了良好的基础．     

Development and evaluation of a Taqman duplex real-time PCR quantification method for reliable enumeration of Legionella pneumophila in water samples

This study describes the development and evaluation of a specific Legionella pneumophila Taqman duplex real-time PCR (qPCR) for fast and reliable quantification of this human pathogen in suspected man-made water systems. The qPCR assay was 100% specific for all L. pneumophila serogroups 1-15 with a sensitivity of 60 genome units/l and an amplification efficiency of 98%. Amplification inhibitors were detected via an exogenous internal positive control, which was amplified simultaneously with L. pneumophila DNA using its own primer and probe set. Mean recovery rates of the qPCR assay for tap water and cooling circuit water, spiked with a known number L. pneumophila bacteria, were 93.0% and 56.3%, respectively. Additionally, by using the Ultraclean Soil DNA isolation kit, we were able to remove amplification inhibitors ubiquitously present in cooling water. The practical value of our qPCR assay was evaluated through analysis of 30 water samples from showers, taps, eyewash stations, fire sprinklers and recirculation loops with qPCR and traditional culture. In conclusion, the described L. pneumophila Taqman duplex real-time assay proved to be specific, sensitive and reproducible. This makes it a promising method complementing the current time-consuming culture standard method.     

Isolation of Legionella from water samples using various culture methods

The efficacy of a non-selective medium and two selective media were compared for the isolation of legionellas from water samples. The effect of acid wash treatment for decontamination of the water samples on the isolation frequency of legionellas was also studied. The 236 samples were taken from cooling, humidifying and drinking water systems; 21% were legionella-positive when inoculated directly on modified Wadowsky-Yee (MWY) medium and 26% were positive when concentrated (x 200) before cultivation on MWY or CCVC media. Inoculation on MWY medium after concentration followed by decontamination by the acid-wash technique gave the highest isolation frequency (31%). The lowest frequency (8%) was found with the non-selective BCYEα medium. An isolation frequency of 28% was achieved with the BCYEα medium after concentration and acid-wash treatment of the samples. Forty per cent of the samples were positive for legionellas when the results from all the culture methods were combined. Not all the legionella-positive samples were identified by a single culture method. Ninety-three of the 95 positive samples were detected with the two best combinations of three culture methods. The best culture method for detecting legionellas depended on the source of the water sample. Some water quality characteristics, like temperature and organic matter content, affected the isolation frequency of Legionella spp.     

Quantitative real-time Legionella PCR for environmental water samples: data interpretation

Quantitative Legionella PCRs targeting the 16S rRNA gene (specific for the genus Legionella) and the mip gene (specific for the species Legionella pneumophila) were applied to a total of 223 hot water system samples (131 in one laboratory and 92 in another laboratory) and 37 cooling tower samples (all in the same laboratory). The PCR results were compared with those of conventional culture. 16S rRNA gene PCR results were nonquantifiable for 2.8% of cooling tower samples and up to 39.1% of hot water system samples, and this was highly predictive of Legionella CFU counts below 250/liter. PCR cutoff values for identifying hot water system samples containing >10(3) CFU/liter legionellae were determined separately in each laboratory. The cutoffs differed widely between the laboratories and had sensitivities from 87.7 to 92.9% and specificities from 77.3 to 96.5%. The best specificity was obtained with mip PCR. PCR cutoffs could not be determined for cooling tower samples, as the results were highly variable and often high for culture-negative samples. Thus, quantitative Legionella PCR appears to be applicable to samples from hot water systems, but the positivity cutoff has to be determined in each laboratory.     

Detection and quantification of Legionella pneumophila in water samples using competitive PCR

The presence of high levels of Legionella pneumophila in man-made aquatic systems correlates with the incidence of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease. This requires a rapid, reliable, and sensitive quantification of L. pneumophila concentrations in suspected water systems. In this research, a homologous competitor was developed and evaluated in a L. pneumophila competitive polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) to quantify this human pathogen in a quick, cost-effective, and reliable way. Accuracy of cPCR was evaluated by analyzing cooling tower and tap water samples spiked with known concentrations of L. pneumophila bacteria, in parallel with the standard culture method. Legionella pneumophila amounts detected and calculated from cPCR and culture correlated very well: r = 0.998, P = 0.002 for tap water and r = 0.990, P = 0.009 for cooling tower water. Nevertheless, for both kinds of water samples, mean numbers of L. pneumophila calculated from cPCR results were always higher than those obtained by culture. This study makes it clear that the rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective L. pneumophila cPCR is a promising alternative to the standard time-consuming culture method and expensive real-time PCR to enumerate L. pneumophila bacteria in environmental water samples.     

Cell preservation in a programmed cooling machine: the effect of variations in supercooling

When cells are cryopreserved in programmed cooling machines, they supercool to a variable and uncontrolled extent. Experiments were carried out with three cell-types (human peripheral lymphocytes, Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts, and mouse lymphoma cells) to determine whether there was any effect of supercooling on cell survival. Samples were cooled at 1 °C min^?1 in the presence of 12% v/v dimethyl sulphoxide (Me₂SO) to ?100 °C, and then thawed rapidly in a 37 °C water bath. There was no correlation between the extent of supercooling or the maximum cooling rate after freezing and cell survival, but the time taken for the sample temperature to return to the temperature at which freezing occurred did influence the survival of the two tissue culture cell lines. These results are interpreted on the basis of current theories according to which cells require sufficient time to lose water as they cool in order to avoid subsquent intracellular freezing, but must be cooled sufficiently rapidly to minimise solution effects. It is concluded that the variations in supercooling that occur in programmed cooling machines present no particular difficulties, providing appropriate cooling rates are chosen.     

Quantitative Real-Time Legionella PCR for Environmental Water Samples: Data Interpretation

Quantitative Legionella PCRs targeting the 16S rRNA gene (specific for the genus Legionella) and the mip gene (specific for the species Legionella pneumophila) were applied to a total of 223 hot water system samples (131 in one laboratory and 92 in another laboratory) and 37 cooling tower samples (all in the same laboratory). The PCR results were compared with those of conventional culture. 16S rRNA gene PCR results were nonquantifiable for 2.8% of cooling tower samples and up to 39.1% of hot water system samples, and this was highly predictive of Legionella CFU counts below 250/liter. PCR cutoff values for identifying hot water system samples containing >10³ CFU/liter legionellae were determined separately in each laboratory. The cutoffs differed widely between the laboratories and had sensitivities from 87.7 to 92.9% and specificities from 77.3 to 96.5%. The best specificity was obtained with mip PCR. PCR cutoffs could not be determined for cooling tower samples, as the results were highly variable and often high for culture-negative samples. Thus, quantitative Legionella PCR appears to be applicable to samples from hot water systems, but the positivity cutoff has to be determined in each laboratory.     

The effect of cooling rate and of dimethyl sulfoxide concentration on the ultrastructure of neonatal rat heart cells after freezing and thawing

The ultrastructure of neonatal rat heart cells in suspension and in tissue culture after freezing at optimal, suboptimal, and supraoptimal cooling rates with 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10% DMSO was investigated. The effect of DMSO treatment only on the structure of the cells was also studied. A comparison was made with the survival in culture.Without freezing, increasing DMSO concentrations caused an increase of morphological damage, correlating with a decrease of the survival in culture. With 2.5% DMSO there was no difference with untreated cells. At higher DMSO concentrations, the ultrastructural damage increased from spaces between cell membrane and cytoplasm at 5% DMSO to interrupted cell membranes, swollen or destroyed mitochondria, and nuclei with clumped chromatin at 10% DMSO.After freezing at optimal or nonoptimal cooling rates with 5 or 7.5% DMSO, the ultrastructure correlated well with the survival. After freezing with 2.5 or 10% DMSO at optimal or nonoptimal cooling rates, differences in survival were found, which were not reflected in the ultrastructure of the cell. After 8 days of culturing, cells which were frozen at all the different cooling rates and DMSO concentrations appeared to have a normal structure.     

Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from water systems: methods and preliminary results.

A preliminary survey of water systems in hospitals and hotels showed that Legionella pneumophila may be found in water storage and distribution systems as well as in the recirculating cooling water of air-conditioning plants. Altogether 42 isolates of L pneumophila were made from 31 establishments, six of which were associated with cases of legionnaires'' disease but in 25 of which there was no known association with disease. In the six establishments implicated epidemiologically as the source of legionnaires'' disease, these organisms were found in each of their water-distribution systems and also in the cooling water from each of the three with cooling towers. In establishments not associated with cases, water from three out of nine cooling towers, four out of 24 taps or showers, and one out of 15 storage tanks was found to contain legionellae. The organisms were isolated by guinea-pig inoculation and subsequent culture of their peritoneal fluid, liver, and spleen. Finding L pneumophila in water systems in the absence of cases of legionnaires'' disease should not at present be an indication for attempts at eradication.     

Selective Brain Cooling Reduces Water Turnover in Dehydrated Sheep

In artiodactyls, arterial blood destined for the brain can be cooled through counter-current heat exchange within the cavernous sinus via a process called selective brain cooling. We test the hypothesis that selective brain cooling, which results in lowered hypothalamic temperature, contributes to water conservation in sheep. Nine Dorper sheep, instrumented to provide measurements of carotid blood and brain temperature, were dosed with deuterium oxide (D₂O), exposed to heat for 8 days (40◦C for 6-h per day) and deprived of water for the last five days (days 3 to 8). Plasma osmolality increased and the body water fraction decreased over the five days of water deprivation, with the sheep losing 16.7% of their body mass. Following water deprivation, both the mean 24h carotid blood temperature and the mean 24h brain temperature increased, but carotid blood temperature increased more than did brain temperature resulting in increased selective brain cooling. There was considerable inter-individual variation in the degree to which individual sheep used selective brain cooling. In general, sheep spent more time using selective brain cooling, and it was of greater magnitude, when dehydrated compared to when they were euhydrated. We found a significant positive correlation between selective brain cooling magnitude and osmolality (an index of hydration state). Both the magnitude of selective brain cooling and the proportion of time that sheep spent selective brain cooling were negatively correlated with water turnover. Sheep that used selective brain cooling more frequently, and with greater magnitude, lost less water than did conspecifics using selective brain cooling less efficiently. Our results show that a 50kg sheep can save 2.6L of water per day (~60% of daily water intake) when it employs selective brain cooling for 50% of the day during heat exposure. We conclude that selective brain cooling has a water conservation function in artiodactyls.     

Quantifying irrigation cooling benefits to maize yield in the US Midwest

Irrigation is an important adaptation strategy to improve crop resilience to global climate change. Irrigation plays an essential role in sustaining crop production in water‐limited regions, as irrigation water not only benefits crops through fulfilling crops' water demand but also creates an evaporative cooling that mitigates crop heat stress. Here we use satellite remote sensing and maize yield data in the state of Nebraska, USA, combined with statistical models, to quantify the contribution of cooling and water supply to the yield benefits due to irrigation. Results show that irrigation leads to a considerable cooling on daytime land surface temperature (?1.63°C in July), an increase in enhanced vegetation index (+0.10 in July), and 81% higher maize yields compared to rainfed maize. These irrigation effects vary along the spatial and temporal gradients of precipitation and temperature, with a greater effect in dry and hot conditions, and decline toward wet and cool conditions. We find that 16% of irrigation yield increase is due to irrigation cooling, while the rest (84%) is due to water supply and other factors. The irrigation cooling effect is also observed on air temperature (?0.38 to ?0.53°C) from paired flux sites in Nebraska. This study highlights the non‐negligible contribution of irrigation cooling to the yield benefits of irrigation, and such an effect may become more important in the future with continued warming and more frequent droughts.