中国桃花水母属的修订（淡水水母目，笑水母科）

作者对我国的桃花水母属Craspedacusta的2亚种和2变种重新通过形态学观察,并与国内外已发表的Craspeda-custa属7种相比较,其刺丝囊疣的形状和排列及生殖腺的形状和颜色均存在明显的差异。故认为此2亚种和2变种应提升为种,即信阳桃花水母Craspedacusta xinyangensis He,1980,杭州桃花水母Craspedacusta hangzhouensis He,1980、乐山桃花水母Craspedacusta kiatingi Gaw and Kung,1939和宜昌桃花水母Craspedacusta kawaii(Oka,1907)。本文将全世界11种桃花水母的形态特征作了比较并附以系统检索。     

中国桃花水母属的修订(淡水水母目,笠水母科)

作者对我国的桃花水母属Craspedacusta的2亚种和2变种重新通过形态学观察,并与国内外已发表的Craspeda-custa属7种相比较,其刺丝囊疣的形状和排列及生殖腺的形状和颜色均存在明显的差异.故认为此2亚种和2变种应提升为种,即信阳桃花水母Craspedacusta xinyangensis He,1980,杭州桃花水母Craspedacusta hangzhouensis He,1980、乐山桃花水母Craspedacusta kiatingi Gaw and Kung,1939和宜昌桃花水母Craspedacusta kawaii(Oka,1907).本文将全世界11种桃花水母的形态特征作了比较并附以系统检索.     

福建沿海水螅水母四新种记述：（裸鞘花水母亚纲,被鞘软水母亚纲）

本文报道福建沿海类４新种,既六辐拟线水母Ｎｅｍｏｐｓｉｓ ｈｅｘａｃａｎａｌｉｓ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,福建无垂水母Ｏｒｔｈｏｐｙｘｉｓ ｆｕｊｉａｎｅｎｓｉｓ ｓｐ ｎｏｖ．、短柄和平水母Ｅｉｒｅｎｅ ｂｒｅｖｉｓｔｙｌｕｓ．ｎｏｖ．、乳突多管水母Ａｅｑｕｏｒｅａ ｐａｐｉｌｌａｔａ ｓｐ．ｍｏｖ．。     

我国的桃花水母

2003年7月9日至10月16日于浙江省宁波市鄞州和象山分别采得多个桃花水母标本,经鉴定这两种桃花水母为信阳桃花水母。鉴于这几年,我国许多地方相继报道发现有桃花水母出没,在此基础上,参阅了我国在研究桃花水母方面的相关资料,介绍了目前我国关于桃花水母的研究现状, 并指出其研究价值所在,以期为今后桃花水母的研究提供参考依据。     

桃花水母

介绍了桃花水母的生活习性、形态、生理、分类、分布,讨论了桃花水母的研究意义及经济价值。     

浙江4地桃花水母的rDNA-ITS序列分析

采用PCR和DNA测序技术,对浙江省4个地点桃花水母(Craspedacusta)的核糖体RNA基因内转录间隔区(rDNA-ITS)进行了扩增与测序,并与GenBank中已有的桃花水母ITS区基因序列进行比对分析,计算了它们的遗传距离,利用MEGA 4.1构建了系统发育树。结果显示:这4个地点的桃花水母与索氏桃花水母(Craspedacusta sowerbyi)的ITS区基因相似度极高,同源性都在97%以上,遗传距离保持在0～0.008之间,在进化树中与索氏桃花水母聚为同一支。研究结果表明,这4地的桃花水母都属于索氏桃花水母(C.sowerbyi)。     

安徽省桃花水母的初步研究

桃花水母属Craspedacusta隶属于刺胞动物门Cnidaria水螅纲Hydrozoa淡水水母目Limnomedusae笠水母科Olindiidae。我国的桃花水母种类丰富,分布广泛,近年来多地有新种和分布新纪录的报道。安徽曾发现桃花水母,但均未进行详细描述和研究。本文对采自安徽省金寨县梅河河谷水潭内的桃花水母进行了初步研究,依据其伞形、缘膜宽度、触手及平衡囊数目、刺丝囊疣形状和排列方式、生殖腺形状和颜色等形态特征对其进行初步的分类鉴定。结果表明,此次在金寨县发现的桃花水母更接近于宜昌桃花水母Craspedacusta kawaii Oka,1907。这是对安徽省发现的桃花水母首次进行较为明确的分类鉴定和初步的形态学研究。     

桃花水母的采集培养与固定方法

通过对桃花水母自然生活环境观测分析和水质监测,结合室内实验生态研究,总结提出了一套桃花水母的采集培养与麻醉固定方法。并提出用冰水麻醉固定桃花水母是一种简单易行的好方法。     

桃花水母

桃花水母是水螅纲有世代交替的一类淡水生活的刺胞动物。由于我国的秭归桃花水母的生境在三峡水库蓄水后将被淹没,它的生存受到各方的关注。近期媒体也做了较多的报道,为有利于读者了解这一方面的知识,介绍了桃花水母的螅状体和水母体的形态和生活习性,以及世代交替的情况,提出了有关对桃花水母的研究和保护的一些看法。     

我国桃花水母分布近况

桃花水母是世界的珍稀动物,它具有重要的学术价值和观赏价值.1880年首次在英国发现,订名为索氏桃花水母Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester 1880.1880～1939年共发现5种,1980年以后相继报道了6种.1959年台湾省台北市台湾师范大学校园一人工水池中发现桃花水母,共采得4个标本,作者订为一新种C. koui Shieh and Wang 1959.Kramp(1961)认为此非新种,乃为C.sowerbyi,这有待证实.作者在其论文中只称刺丝囊成丛,没描述刺丝囊疣的形状,对生殖腺的形状描述不清,未说明其颜色.为此,台湾的桃花水母难以鉴定.至于前苏联报道的一新种C.vovasi Naumov and Stepanjants 1971,共得16个标本,采自南Sakhalin的Bousset咸水湖.我们认为这不是淡水水母,应是一种海产的水螅水母.Stepanjants于1988年宣告此种无效,他认为此标本是Eperetmus typus Biglow 1915的一个新变种E.typus var.vovasi.因此,目前世界上桃花水母已记录11种,9种分布在我国.     

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.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细     

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.