白木香内生真菌Aspergillus sp.A14的挥发性成分及其抗菌活性

通过溶剂萃取法提取白木香内生真菌A14(Aspergillus sp.)的挥发油,采用滤纸片琼脂扩散法分别测定了其对3种人体病原菌的体外抑菌活性。结果表明:A14挥发油对金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)、耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌(Methicillin-resistant S.aureus,MRSA)和白色念珠菌(Candida albicans)均表现出一定抑制作用。应用GC-MS技术,分析鉴定了内生真菌A14挥发油的14个化学成分,显示蜂蜜曲菌素是其中的主要成分,占挥发油峰面积的93.41%。     

新疆特色植物恰玛古块根内生真菌的分离与鉴定

植物体的内生真菌与其自身生长及生物防御均有密切关系,因此对健康恰玛古块根组织进行内生真菌分离与纯化,利用形态学结合分子鉴定方法对内生真菌群落多样性进行了初步研究。从恰玛古块根中共分离到可培养内生真菌29株,鉴定结果分属于8个属的11个种,其中支顶孢属(Acremonium sp.)和青霉属(Penicillium sp.)为优势属,分别占总菌株数的34.48%和27.59%。为国内外首次对新疆特色药用植物恰玛古内生真菌进行分离研究,并对其分类地位进行了确定。     

烟草内生真菌及其提取物的抗细菌活性(英文)北大核心CSCD

从健康烟草的根和茎中分离到38株内生真菌,对23株代表性内生真菌菌株进行了形态观察和ITS-r DNA分析,共鉴定出18个属,其中Acremonium(菌株Nitaf01和Nitaf02)、Fusarium(菌株Nitaf07、Nitaf08和Nitaf09)、Penicillium(菌株Nitaf18和Nitaf20)和Plectosphaerella(菌株Nitaf11和Nitaf12)为主要属,有13个属(Acremonium、Cladosporium、Clonostachys、Ilyonectria、Mortierella、Myriodontium、Petriella、Plectosphaerella、Podospora、Purpureocillium、Rhizopycnis、Stephanonectria和Thielavia)的真菌为首次从烟草中分离得到。5株内生真菌(Colletotrichum sp.Nitaf05、Fusarium sp.Nitaf07、Purpureocillium sp.Nitaf13、Penicillium sp.Nitaf20和Rhizopycnis sp.Nitaf22)的菌丝和发酵液提取物均表现出较强的抗细菌活性。结果表明烟草存在丰富的内生真菌,这些内生真菌具有生产抗菌活性成分和作为生防菌剂应用的潜力。     

烟草内生真菌及其提取物的抗细菌活性（英文）

从健康烟草的根和茎中分离到38株内生真菌,对23株代表性内生真菌菌株进行了形态观察和ITS-r DNA分析,共鉴定出18个属,其中Acremonium(菌株Nitaf01和Nitaf02)、Fusarium(菌株Nitaf07、Nitaf08和Nitaf09)、Penicillium(菌株Nitaf18和Nitaf20)和Plectosphaerella(菌株Nitaf11和Nitaf12)为主要属,有13个属(Acremonium、Cladosporium、Clonostachys、Ilyonectria、Mortierella、Myriodontium、Petriella、Plectosphaerella、Podospora、Purpureocillium、Rhizopycnis、Stephanonectria和Thielavia)的真菌为首次从烟草中分离得到。5株内生真菌(Colletotrichum sp.Nitaf05、Fusarium sp.Nitaf07、Purpureocillium sp.Nitaf13、Penicillium sp.Nitaf20和Rhizopycnis sp.Nitaf22)的菌丝和发酵液提取物均表现出较强的抗细菌活性。结果表明烟草存在丰富的内生真菌,这些内生真菌具有生产抗菌活性成分和作为生防菌剂应用的潜力。     

白木香内生真菌Fimetariella rabenhorstii的甾体类代谢产物

从白木香(Aquilaria sinensis(Lour.)Gilg)内生真菌Fimetariella rabenhorstii A20的发酵菌丝体中分离得到4个甾体类化合物.通过波谱分析,分别鉴定为5α,8α-桥氧-(22E,24R)-麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-醇(1)、3β,6β,7α-三羟基-(24R)麦角甾...     

水稻秸秆还田时间对土壤真菌群落结构的影响

为揭示水稻秸秆还田对土壤真菌群落结构的长期影响,采用荧光定量PCR和PCR-DGGE技术分析了秸秆还田90,180,270 d和360 d的土壤真菌基因丰度和群落结构组成演变趋势,并利用冗余分析(RDA)研究土壤真菌群落结构变化与环境因子的关系。结果表明:随着秸秆还田时间的增加,土壤真菌群体数量和多样性指数(H、R和E)显著增加,在360 d时达到最高。对DGGE图谱的特征条带进行胶回收、测序,系统进化分析表明,土壤真菌主要种群包括:接合菌(Zygomycete sp.)、盐腐霉菌(Pythium salinum)、肉盘菌(Uncultured Sarcosomataceae)、牛粪盘菌(Ascobolus stercorarius)、大链壶菌(Lagenidium giganteum)、青霉菌(Penicillium sp.)、曲霉属真菌(Aspergillus sp.)和疏绵状丝孢菌(Thermomyces lanuginosus)、灰绿曲霉菌(Aspergillus glaucus)、禾谷多粘菌(Polymyxa graminis)和枝顶孢霉菌(Acremonium sp.),其中青霉菌(Penicillium sp.)、曲霉属真菌(Aspergillus sp.)和枝顶孢霉菌(Acremonium sp.)具有纤维素降解能力,而枝顶孢霉菌(Acremonium sp.)在90 d时成为新的优势菌群。RDA分析表明,90 d和180 d秸秆还田与对照土壤的真菌群落结构较为类似,270 d和360 d的秸秆还田与对照土壤的真菌群落结构发生了明显变化。土壤有机碳、pH和速效磷是引起土壤真菌群落结构及多样性变异的主要因素。     

滇牡丹内生真菌Alternaria sp.PR-14的代谢产物研究

从滇牡丹内生真菌交链孢霉属(Alternaria sp.)菌株PR-14的发酵液提取物中分离得到6个化合物,通过波谱技术分别鉴定为交链孢酚(1)、djalonensone(2)、脑苷酯B(3)、脑苷酯C(4)、(2S,3S,4R,2’R)-2-(2’-hydroxytetracosanoylamino)octadecane-1,3,4-triol(5)和甘露糖醇(6),以上化合物均为首次从滇牡丹内生真菌中分离得到。     

益母草内生真菌分离与初步鉴定

利用平板分离法从药用植物益母草(Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet)中分离到15株内生真菌,来源于根、茎、叶分别有2,6,7株。经形态学观察和染色等方法,初步鉴定了益母草内生真菌有3个属,曲霉属(Aspergillus sp.)2株、头孢霉属(Cephalosporiumsp.)3株和囊孢霉属(Capsule sp.)10株。益母草内生真菌生物多样性较为单一,但不同部位内生菌的数量、种类及分布存在明显差异。     

两种栽培型广藿香内生真菌群落组成变化

为探索内生真菌与广藿香互作间对宿主活性成分形成机制的影响,该研究以成分差异较大的牌香和湛香为对象,采用传统形态学方法对所获菌株归类,通过真菌通用引物ITS1/ITS4扩增菌株rDNA-ITS序列,鉴定其分类地位并研究其多样性。结果表明：(1)用PDA和LBA培养基对苗期、分枝期和成株期广藿香茎叶组织块进行内生真菌分离,共获得3 070株菌株,其中牌香(PX)分离出1 624株,鉴定出1 319株,分属于36属;湛香(ZX)分离出1 446株,鉴定出994株,分属于33属。牌香分离出7种特有内生真菌,分别为香柱菌(Epichloe typhina)、盘长孢状刺盘孢菌(Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)、座腔孢菌(Botryosphaeria sp.)、丝核菌(Rhizoctonia sp.)及截盘多毛孢菌(Truncatella sp.),并首次分离到疫霉菌(Phytophthora sp.)和指疫霉菌(Sclerophthora sp.),这2种菌属于卵菌门内生菌。湛香分离出拟青霉菌(Paecilomyces sp.)和尾孢菌(Cercospora sp.)...     

北细辛内生真菌的分离鉴定及代谢产物的生物活性

采用表面消毒法分别从3种北细辛中分离获得10株形态特征不同的优势内生真菌,经形态学和18S rDNA ITS分子分类学分析鉴定为小丛壳属(Glomerella sp.)、叶点霉属(Phyllosticta sp.)、柄孢壳菌属(Po-dospora sp.)、刺盘孢属(Colletotrichum sp.)和镰孢属(Fusarium sp.)。对北细辛优势内生真菌的发酵产物进行体外抗肿瘤和抗菌活性检测,结果表明:除菌株E3、E4和E10外,其余菌株均有不同程度的抗肿瘤和抗菌活性;镰孢属(Fusarium sp.)菌株E9对A549、MDA-MB-231和PANC-1肿瘤细胞抑制率达75%以上;小丛壳属(Glomerella sp.)菌株E1和叶点霉属(Phyllosticta sp.)菌株E2靶向FabI的抗菌活性较强,抑制率达59%。     

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.