茶树菇液体发酵条件的优化

对茶树菇(Agrocybe cylindracea)液体摇瓶培养的碳氮源、接种量、装液量以及培养时间进行了研究,筛选出了茶树菇液体培养的适宜条件。尝试将外源植物激素应用于茶树菇液体培养中,探讨其加快菌丝体繁殖的可能性。结果表明,茶树菇液体发酵适宜的培养基为:马铃薯20%+小麦粉2%+酵母粉0.1%+MgSO_4 0.3%+KH_2PO_40.2%+VB_1 10 mg/L。培养条件以250 mL摇瓶装液量120 mL,接种量10 mL/100 mL,培养9 d终止发酵为宜。培养基中添加10 mg/L的外源激素NAA,能显著提高菌丝的生物量。     

灵芝深层发酵优良菌株的筛选

灵芝种类多,种间与品种间的不同均可能引起有效成分在产量表达上的差异,为了能筛选适宜深层发酵法生产的灵芝菌株,以8个灵芝菌株为研究对象,比较不同菌株在固体培养基上的菌丝体及液体发酵的菌球萌发菌丝生长速度、液体发酵产物、子实体多糖等指标。结果表明:8个菌株菌丝体生长速度有一定差异,以灵芝G9、红芝早萌发且生长速度快,甜芝、紫芝、灵芝G8、血芝其次,灵芝5760、黑芝最慢。8个菌株深层发酵产物由于生物学特性不同而有差别,同时菌株菌丝体生物量与次生代谢产物多糖之间无必然的联系,甜芝菌丝体生物量最大但自溶速度最快,灵芝5760菌球细小,速度最慢,血芝次生代谢产物多糖最高。菌丝体多糖与子实体多糖比较,各个菌株的菌丝体多糖含量均高于子实体多糖含量。提取多糖工艺以超声波辅助破壁处理后,再以热水浸提法提取多糖的得率明显提高,紫芝、黑芝提高了2倍以上。     

药用真菌桑黄液体深层发酵条件的优化

以菌丝体生物量和多糖产量为主要指标,对桑黄(鲍氏层孔菌)的深层发酵条件进行了优化,通过单因素试验和四因素三水平正交试验筛选出了桑黄液体发酵的培养基,结果表明,最适培养基为:葡萄糖5g/L,玉米粉40g/L,豆饼粉20g/L,KH2PO41.5g/L,MgSO41g/L。进一步通过培养条件的优化,得到最适菌丝体生长的液体发酵条件为:培养温度28℃,摇床转速140r/min,pH值自然,接种量10%,装液量100mL(250mL三角瓶),发酵周期132h。     

卫星灵芝液体发酵富集硒锌的研究

研究不同浓度的硒、锌对卫星灵芝菌丝体生长的影响,初步探讨卫星灵芝菌丝体生物富集硒、锌的效应。采用平板培养法及液体发酵法研究锌、硒对卫星灵芝菌丝体生长的影响及富集效应。培养基中不同浓度的亚硒酸钠对菌丝体生长均具有不同程度的抑制作用,但灵芝菌丝体的富硒量随着硒浓度的增加而提高,当亚硒酸钠浓度为40 mg/L时,菌丝体中的生物量、富硒量及富硒转化率最高,分别为1.54%、2 131.55 mg/kg、32.91%;培养基中硫酸锌浓度低于150 mg/L的范围内对卫星灵芝菌丝体生长有明显的促进作用,硫酸锌浓度为60 mg/L时菌丝体中的锌含量和富锌转化率最高,分别为1 142.91 mg/kg、1.76%。培养基中同时添加40 mg/L的亚硒酸钠和60 mg/L硫酸锌,菌丝体生长量1.60%,富硒量301.85 mg/kg,富硒率4.84%;富锌量为540.41 mg/kg,富锌率为5.72%。     

黑木耳深层发酵工艺条件的研究

研究了碳源、氮源、接种量、初始pH、温度等对深层发酵黑术耳的生物量和多糖产量的影响,结果表明葡萄糖、酵母膏、豆饼粉有利于黑木耳菌体生长和胞外多糖的形成。在初始pH5．3、接种量10％、种龄6d,温度28℃、250ml摇瓶装液量80ml的条件下,黑木耳深层发酵结果最佳,在此基础上进行摇瓶发酵曲线测定。确定了黑木耳适宜发酵周期为96h,胞外多糖最高可达5.01g/L。     

氮源对灵芝菌丝体液态深层发酵合成灵芝三萜的影响

以沪农灵芝1号为供试菌株,葡萄糖作为碳源,用硫酸铵、氯化铵、鱼粉蛋白胨、胰蛋白胨和酵母粉作为氮源,研究不同种类氮源对灵芝菌丝体液态深层发酵过程的影响。首先,确定了N-10酵母自溶粉作为发酵的氮源,降低了发酵的复杂性和不确定性;其次,考察N-10酵母自溶粉不同浓度对灵芝菌丝体发酵合成灵芝三萜过程中菌丝体的生物量、葡萄糖消耗、灵芝三萜产量等方面的影响,确定了N-10酵母自溶粉的适宜添加浓度。在此基础上,采用响应面中心组合设计,对4因素最佳水平范围进行研究,结果表明,葡萄糖、N-10酵母自溶粉、磷酸二氢钾和七水硫酸镁的含量分别为31.06g/L、2.76g/L、1.77g/L和1.99g/L时,灵芝三萜的理论产量为21.166g/kg干菌丝体,实际发酵产量提高到21.153g/kg干菌丝体。与原工艺相比,新工艺的灵芝三萜产量提高了6.22%。     

珍稀药用真菌——樟芝深层发酵培养条件的优化

对樟芝深层发酵培养基进行了筛选,并在此基础上对发酵条件进行了优化。以樟芝深层发酵菌丝体三萜产量为主要目标产物,确定发酵培养条件为:40g/L葡萄糖,6g/L豆饼粉,1g/L K_2HPO_4,0．5g/L MgSO4,VB_1 100mg/L,自然pH,接种量为20%,装液量为100mL/250mL三角瓶,转速100r/min,26℃恒温培养6d,胞内三萜产量达15．25mg/100mL发酵液。     

响应面法优化蛹虫草与厚朴双向液体发酵工艺

为提高蛹虫草液体发酵胞外多糖含量和菌丝体生物量,以厚朴为药性基质,对蛹虫草进行双向液体发酵。在单因素实验的基础上,应用Box-Behnken实验设计,对发酵过程关键影响因素进行优化。结果表明,在厚朴添加量5g、接种量15.5mL、发酵温度25℃的条件下发酵9d,蛹虫草双向液体发酵产物中胞外多糖含量为3.11mg/mL,菌丝体生物量为18.81mg/mL。各发酵因素中,发酵液胞外多糖含量受接种量影响最大,菌丝体生物量则主要受发酵温度影响。优化所得发酵工艺可行性高、周期短、生产过程可控,为进一步提高人工培育蛹虫草质量、增加其关键活性产物的产量提供了参考。     

雅致放射毛霉液体培养工艺及其多糖的免疫调节作用研究

对雅致放射毛霉液体培养研究表明,其适宜碳源为饴糖和可溶性淀粉,适宜氮源为黄豆粉和酵母膏,最适培养基含黄豆粉3%、饴糖0.5%、磷酸二氢钾0.2%、硫酸镁0.2%、酵母膏0.1%。适宜液体培养条件是温度28℃,接种量5%,发酵前期通风量1∶0.8,之后将风量调至1∶1.5~1∶2.0,全程不搅拌培养至18h~20h,生物量为每100mL发酵液中菌丝鲜重达30g以上。菌丝体氨基酸含量为46.1mg/100mL。免疫调节作用检验表明,雅致放射毛霉多糖具有一定的增强免疫力作用。     

蝙蝠蛾拟青霉液体发酵工艺优化及菌丝体腺苷含量的检测

通过摇瓶液体培养的方法,以菌丝体生物量为主要考察指标,筛选蝙蝠蛾拟青霉PH-2菌株液体发酵的培养基成分和条件。进一步采用正交试验,以菌丝体生物量和腺苷含量为联合指标,确定PH-2菌株液体发酵高产菌丝体和腺苷的培养基配方。通过试验获得的最佳配方为：玉米淀粉40g/L,葡萄糖5g/L,玉米浆25g/L,硫酸镁·7H₂O 1g/L,磷酸二氢钾1g/L,硫酸锌1.5g/L,维生素B1 25mg/L;培养条件为：初始pH 6.0,装液量150mL/500mL,接种量8%（V/V）,温度26℃,转速120r/min,培养7d。在该工艺下,菌丝体生物量达到25.2g/L。应用高效液相色谱（HPLC）法,检测到菌丝体中腺苷含量为2.76mg/g。该方法简便、快速、准确,可作为蝙蝠蛾拟青霉菌丝体或其相关产品中腺苷的检测手段。本工艺的优化试验获得了较高的菌丝体收率,菌丝体质量良好。     

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.