不同温度对念珠藻生理生化特性的影响

文章尝试比较不同温度对念珠藻（Nostocsp.）细胞生长和生理特性的影响。主要内容是分别在10℃、25℃、35℃和40℃环境中对念珠藻进行9 d的室内培养，然后测定不同温度下念珠藻的生物量、光合活性、总多糖、总蛋白质和总脂质含量。研究结果表明，低温（10℃）对念珠藻细胞生长的促进与光合活性的提高基本无影响；而高温（35℃、40℃）会促进藻细胞的生长和光合活性的提升。也就是说，低温时念珠藻细胞的多糖含量几乎不变，蛋白质含量与脂质含量先升高后降低；而高温时多糖含量和蛋白质含量增加，脂质含量降低。以上结果说明温度胁迫会使念珠藻对生物大分子物质进行调控用于抵抗环境变化。     

集胞藻PCC 6803中丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶SpkC对高温胁迫的响应

丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶是蓝藻感知和转导外界刺激的重要元件,但至今蓝藻中很多丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶的功能尚属未知。【目的】研究集胞藻PCC6803中的丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶Spk C是否参与对高温胁迫的响应。【方法】本研究采用同源重组的方法构建spC基因完全敲除突变株,检测突变株与野生株在高温胁迫下的生长状况、色素组成,并对高温胁迫下叶绿素荧光参数差异进行分析,比较光合系统Ⅱ活性差异。此外,通过测定生长速率来判断高温胁迫后藻株的恢复情况。【结果】经过42℃高温胁迫后,与野生株相比,突变株ΔspkC生长减缓,光合色素(叶绿素、类胡萝卜素和藻胆色素)的含量降低;45℃高温胁迫下突变株ΔspkC的光合系统Ⅱ活性下降幅度更大;经过5 d 42℃高温处理后,突变株生长几乎停滞,存活率较野生株明显降低。【结论】集胞藻PCC 6803中spkC基因的缺失导致突变株对高温胁迫响应出现缺陷,提示丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶SpkC参与响应高温胁迫。     

高温培养条件下爪哇伪枝藻的生理特性和超微结构特征

荒漠生物结皮广泛分布于干旱区环境,高温是影响生物结皮中藻类生存的重要环境因子。在实验室培养条件下,以生物结皮形成和发育中的重要优势种爪哇伪枝藻(Scytonema javanicum Born et Flah)为材料,研究高温胁迫对伪枝藻生理生化特性和细胞结构的影响。设置了25℃(对照)、35℃、40℃和45℃等不同高温处理,测定了短期(6h)和长期(15d)高温条件下,S.javanicum的光合活性、光合色素、多糖含量和丙二醛含量以及细胞超微结构的变化。结果表明,S.javanicum最大光化学量子产量Fv/Fm和PSII有效光化学量子产量ΦPSII在35℃下表现出最大值。40℃高温明显抑制藻体叶绿素a合成,35℃处理促进了叶绿素a合成(高于对照值),而40℃处理明显促进了藻体类胡萝卜素合成,高于对照处理和35℃处理。随温度升高,S.javanicum丙二醛、胞内可溶性糖和胞外多糖含量呈现出逐渐增大的趋势。透射电镜切片显示,40℃高温明显破坏了藻体细胞超微结构,如原生质体出现絮状形态和空泡化,35℃处理则有利于细胞形态结构的保持和稳定。以上结果初步证实了S.javanicum能够较好地耐受适当的高温(35℃)。研究对于了解S.javanicum对高温环境的耐受程度及对高温的适应性具有一定的理论意义,并对利用荒漠蓝藻治理荒漠化具有实际指导价值。     

温度胁迫下淫羊藿的膜脂过氧化和保护酶活性

采用分光光度法测定了箭叶淫羊藿在不同温度处理后的过氧化物酶（POD）活性,超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性及丙二醛（MDA）含量,发现在高温胁迫下POD活性,SOD活性,MDA含量均呈上升趋势,而在低温胁迫下,POD活性,SOD活性下降,而MDA含量在0℃以上低温下降,0℃以下低温又开始上升;在25℃时,POD活性,SOD活性,MDA含量均处于最低水平。     

高温胁迫对粉带扦插苗形态和生理特征的影响

对粉带扦插苗进行高温处理,研究高温胁迫对其外观形态和生理生化指标的影响。结果表明,35℃高温胁迫或40℃高温胁迫短时间(2d)内,扦插苗受害指数和大部分生理生化指标均与对照差异不显著,粉带未产生热伤害;40℃高温胁迫长时间(3d)或45℃高温胁迫短时间(2d)内,粉带产生较严重的热伤害,但植株仍能自我调节和恢复,受害指数、可溶性蛋白、可溶性糖、Pro、MDA含量、SOD和CAT活性均急剧上升,叶绿素、类胡萝卜素含量明显减少,POD活性略有降低;45℃高温胁迫3d,对粉带产生热伤害,各项生理生化指标急剧下降,40%的扦插苗整株萎蔫枯死,大部分植株已无法通过自身调节恢复。粉带叶片的叶绿素、Pro、MDA含量和POD活性在高温胁迫时变化明显,且4种指标与受害指数之间具有显著相关性,其相关系数绝对值均在0.88(P0.001)以上,可作为耐热性鉴定指标。     

Hg^2＋和Cd^2＋胁迫对满江红生理和细胞超微结构的影响

研究了在梯度浓度Hg^2 和Cd^2 胁迫下,满江红（Azolla imbricata(Roxb.)Nakai)的叶绿素含量,叶绿素a/b比值,光合放氧速率,呼吸速率,抗氧化酶系（超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）,过氧化氢酶（CAT）,过氧化物酶（POD）和细胞超微结构受He^2 和Cd^2 的毒害影响。结果显示：随着胁迫程度的增大,叶绿素含量,叶绿素a/b比值,光合放氧速率明显下降,呼吸速率均在2mg/L浓度下达到峰值,尔后下降;SOD,CAT,POD的活性均出现不同程度的应激性升高（除POD在Cd^2 处理时下降）,尔后下降,电镜观察发现,随着污染物浓度的增加和胁迫时间的延长,叶绿体出现膨大,破损和解体;线粒体嵴突膨胀和线粒体变形及空泡化;核染色质凝集,核仁消失。核膜破裂,实验结果表明：Hg^2 和Cd^2 污染不仅损害植物的生理活性,而且也破坏细胞的超微结构,最终导致植物死亡,随着Hg^2 和Cd^2 为3.0-3.5mg/L。对满江红鱼腥藻（Anabaena azollae Strasburger)细胞的超微结构变化观察表明,满江红鱼腥藻对Hg^2 和Cd^2 的耐受性明显高于满江红。     

番茄高温高湿胁迫后的补偿生长

为了解高温高湿复合胁迫对番茄的影响,以番茄品种"金冠五号"(Jinguan 5)为对象,设计温度、相对湿度和处理天数三因素正交试验,温度设置4个水平(昼温/夜温),即32℃/22℃、35℃/25℃、38℃/28℃、41℃/31℃,相对湿度设置3个水平,为50%±5%、70%±5%、90%±5%,持续时间设为4个水平,为3、6、9、12 d。以28/18℃、50%～55%环境下处理的番茄幼苗为对照组(CK)。分别在高温高湿胁迫后及恢复生长的7、14、21、28 d进行取样,测定生长指标、抗氧化酶活性及叶绿素含量。结果表明:高温胁迫后,35、38、41℃处理下番茄干重显著降低,叶面积显著增加,41℃番茄干重较CK降低12.89%,高温处理后叶绿素a、叶绿素b、类胡萝卜素含量低于CK,SOD、POD、CAT酶活性均高于CK,且随温度升高,酶活性呈先上升后下降的趋势,38℃处理SOD、POD、CAT酶活性最高,分别较CK增加121.14%、35.41%、55.13%;从湿度来看,相同高温条件下,RH70%处理番茄的生长最好,RH70%处理番茄SOD、POD、CAT酶活性、叶绿素含量显著高于RH50%和RH90%湿度处理;适当的高温能够促进番茄的生长,增加抗氧化酶活性,32℃以下番茄生长呈超补偿;38℃及其以上番茄生长严重受阻;高温条件下,增加湿度能够一定程度上缓解高温对植株的胁迫,但这种作用也是有限的,并不能够完全抵消高温胁迫的伤害。     

高温胁迫对花生幼苗光合速率、叶绿素含量、叶绿体Ca2+-ATPase、Mg2+-ATPase及Ca2+分布的影响

将水培后盆栽的花生幼苗,置于培养箱42℃高温培养,定时测定幼苗叶光合速率、叶绿素含量和叶绿体Ca2 -ATPase、Mg2 -ATPase的相对活性,并观察幼叶细胞内Ca2 分布的变化。试验结果表明:高温胁迫过程中,光合速率及叶绿素含量都随处理时间的延伸而下降,并呈显著正相关;叶绿体Ca2 -ATPase和Mg2 -ATPase高温胁迫过程中相对活性呈先升后降趋势,Ca2 -ATPase热敏性高于Mg2 -ATPase;高温胁迫过程中,Ca2 具有从胞外转运到胞质内和叶绿体中的趋势,Ca2 能够稳定高温胁迫下叶肉细胞膜和叶绿体的超微结构。     

共生与非共生爪哇伪枝藻对高温胁迫的响应

研究以自由生长的爪哇伪枝藻(Free-living S. javanicum, fs)和分离自地衣的爪哇伪枝藻(Symbiotic S. javanicum, ss)为研究对象, 探究了不同生长状态爪哇伪枝藻对高温(45℃)胁迫的响应。结果发现在高温胁迫下, 爪哇伪枝藻光合活性、叶绿素a及类胡萝卜素含量下降; 丙二醛(MDA)、胞外多糖及可溶性蛋白含量上升。在高温处理下, 与fs相比, ss光合活性下降较慢, 且高温处理后ss的叶绿素a及类胡萝卜素含量也明显高于fs。高温处理下, 与fs相比, ss的MDA含量和增长速度均较低; 并且在面临高温胁迫时, ss能够更快的分泌胞外多糖和可溶性蛋白质, 从而在一定程度上达到自我保护的目的。研究结果表明, 在暴露于高温胁迫时, 相较于自由生长状态, 来自地衣的爪哇伪枝藻具有更高的自我保护效率。     

高温胁迫对筛豆龟蝽成虫抗氧化能力的影响

为探索筛豆龟蝽Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius)对高温的耐受性及其体内抗氧化系统对极端高温胁迫的响应机制.以25℃为对照温度,经高温37℃、40℃、43℃和46℃胁迫处理4h后,测定筛豆龟蝽成虫存活率及其体内超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)的活性以及总抗氧化(T-AOC)能力和丙二醛(MDA)含量的变化.在37℃～46℃高温胁迫下,筛豆龟蝽成虫存活率与对照无显著差异,其体内SOD和CAT活性较对照组均显著增加,其中,SOD活性在37℃最高,随着温度进一步升高,其活性有所下降,但仍显著高于对照.CAT一直保持较高活性,随着处理温度的升高CAT活性呈逐渐升高趋势,在极端高温46℃时其活性最高.POD活性在37℃～ 40℃显著高于对照,43℃和46℃处理与对照无显著差异.T-AOC活性在各处理温度下均显著高于对照,且随着处理温度的升高T-AOC活性呈先升高后降低趋势.各处理MDA含量与对照无显著差异.筛豆龟蝽体内3种抗氧化酶的活力、总抗氧化能力和MDA在适应高温胁迫过程中发挥了重要作用.     

Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of South Viet Nam

Between 1974 and 1978, 2,842 identifications of plant-parasitic nematodes were made from more than 1,700 soil and plant samples collected in eight provinces of South Viet Nam. Species in nine genera—Helicotylenchus, Criconemoides, Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, Tylenchorhynchus, Hoplolaimus, Hirschmanniella, Xiphinema, and Rotylenchulus—comprised 96.1% of the identifications; the remaining 3.9% were species of 11 genera. Fourteen genera were associated with rice which was grown on about 2,500,000 ha in 1970. Of these, Ditylenchus, Hirschmanniella, and Meloidogyne were most important. Ditylenchus angustus caused severe damage to about 50,000 ha of flooded rice in the Mekong Delta in 1976. Hirschmanniella spp. were found in all samples examined from flooded rice fields. Meloidogyne spp. were common in rice seedbeds, upland rice, and rice not kept flooded continuously. Meloidogyne and Pratylenchus spp. were found in roots of 22 of the 32 crop plants sampled. Little or no attempt was made in South Viet Nam to control nematodes.     

Study of types of some species of "Filaria" (Nematoda) parasites of small mammals described by Von Linstow and Molin

Parasitic nematodes from the Berlin (ZMB) and Vienna (NMW) Museum collections referred to the genus Filaria Mueller, 1787 by von Linstow or Molin were studied. Three samples were in good condition and the specimens redescribed. Litomosa hepatica (von Linstow, 1897) n. comb., sample ZMB Vermes Entozoa 3368, from the megachiropteran Pteropus neohibernicus, Bismarck Archipelago, resembles L. maki Tibayrenc, Bain & Ramanchandran, 1979, from Pteropus vampyrus, in Malaysia, but the buccal capsule differs. Both species display particular morphological characters which differ from species of Litomosa parasitic in microchiropterans. The remaining material originates from Brazil. The spicule morphology of Litomosoides circularis (von Linstow, 1899) Chandler, 1931, sample ZMB Vermes Entozoa 1059 from Hesperomys spec. (= Holochilus brasiliensis), Porto Alegre, confirms that it belongs to the sigmodontis group; the microfilaria presents characters of the genus Litomosoides, e.g. body attenuated at both extremities and salient cephalic hook. Taxonomic discussions by others confirm that species of Litomosoides belonging to the sigmodontis group and described subsequently are distinct from L. circularis. Litomosoides serpicula (Molin, 1858) Guerrero, Martin, Gardner & Bain, 2002, is redescribed, sample NMW 6323 from the bat Phyllostoma spiculatum (= Sturnira lilium), Ypanema. It is very close to L. brasiliensis Almeida, 1936, type host Moytis sp., but distinguished by a single ring in the buccal capsule, rather than two, supporting previous conclusions that the taxon L. brasiliensis, as generally regarded, may represent a complex of species. Samples NMW 6322 and NMW 6324, from other bats and also identified by Molin (1858) as Filaria serpicula, contain unidentifiable fragments of Litomosoides incertae sedis. Filaria hyalina von Linstow, 1890, sample ZMB Vermes Entozoa Q 3905 from Sorer vulgaris (= Sorex araneus), is incertae sedis because it contains two unidentifiable posterior parts of male, which might be an acuarid, Stammerinema sp. Filaria vesperuginis von Linstow, 1885, sample ZMB Vermes Entozoa Q 3929, from the bat Vesperugo serotinus (= Eptesicus serotinus), contains encysted nematode larvae and is a nomen dubium.     

Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Aeromonas

A broad multilocus phylogenetic analysis (MLPA) of the representative diversity of a genus offers the opportunity to incorporate concatenated inter-species phylogenies into bacterial systematics. Recent analyses based on single housekeeping genes have provided coherent phylogenies of Aeromonas. However, to date, a multi-gene phylogenetic analysis has never been tackled. In the present study, the intra- and inter-species phylogenetic relationships of 115 strains representing all Aeromonas species described to date were investigated by MLPA. The study included the independent analysis of seven single gene fragments (gyrB, rpoD, recA, dnaJ, gyrA, dnaX, and atpD), and the tree resulting from the concatenated 4705 bp sequence. The phylogenies obtained were consistent with each other, and clustering agreed with the Aeromonas taxonomy recognized to date. The highest clustering robustness was found for the concatenated tree (i.e. all Aeromonas species split into 100% bootstrap clusters). Both possible chronometric distortions and poor resolution encountered when using single-gene analysis were buffered in the concatenated MLPA tree. However, reliable phylogenetic species delineation required an MLPA including several “bona fide” strains representing all described species.     

Molecular phylogeny of Phoma and allied anamorph genera: Towards a reclassification of the Phoma complex

The present generic concept of Phoma is broadly defined, with nine sections being recognised based on morphological characters. Teleomorph states of Phoma have been described in the genera Didymella, Leptosphaeria, Pleospora and Mycosphaerella, indicating that Phoma anamorphs represent a polyphyletic group. In an attempt to delineate generic boundaries, representative strains of the various Phoma sections and allied coelomycetous genera were included for study. Sequence data of the 18S nrDNA (SSU) and the 28S nrDNA (LSU) regions of 18 Phoma strains included were compared with those of representative strains of 39 allied anamorph genera, including Ascochyta, Coniothyrium, Deuterophoma, Microsphaeropsis, Pleurophoma, Pyrenochaeta, and 11 teleomorph genera. The type species of the Phoma sections Phoma, Phyllostictoides, Sclerophomella, Macrospora and Peyronellaea grouped in a subclade in the Pleosporales with the type species of Ascochyta and Microsphaeropsis. The new family Didymellaceae is proposed to accommodate these Phoma sections and related anamorph genera. The present study demonstrated that Phoma radicina, the type species of Phoma sect. Paraphoma and Phoma heteromorphospora, the type species of Phoma sect. Heterospora can be assigned to the Phaeosphaeriaceae and Leptosphaeriaceae respectively.     

Fate map of the distal portion of Drosophila proboscis as inferred from the expression and mutations of basic patterning genes

The late-third-instar labial disc is comprised of two disc-proper cell layers, one representing mainly the ventral half of the anterior compartment (L-layer) and the other, the dorsal half of the anterior compartment and most, if not all, of the posterior compartment (M-layer). In the L-layer, Distal-less represses homothorax whereas no Distal-less-dependent homothorax repression occurs in the M-layer where Distal-less is coexpressed with homothorax. In wild-type labial discs, clawless, one of the two homeobox genes expressed in distal cells receiving maximum (Decapentaplegic+Wingless) signaling activity in leg and antennal discs, is specifically repressed by proboscipedia. A fate map, inferred from data on basic patterning gene expression in larval and pupal stages and mutant phenotypes, indicates the inner surface of the labial palpus, which includes the pseudotracheal region, to be a derivative of the distal portion of the M-layer expressing wingless, patched, Distal-less and homothorax. The outer surface of the labial palpus with more than 30 taste bristles derives from an L-layer area consisting of dorsal portions of the anterior and posterior compartments, each expressing Distal-less. Our analysis also indicates that, in adults and pupae, the anterior-posterior boundary, dividing roughly equally the outer surface of the distiproboscis, runs along the outer circumference of the inner surface of distiproboscis.     

Microbial transformation of zaluzanin-D

Microbial transformation of zaluzanin-D using different fungi gave 11,13-dihydrozaluzanin-C, zaluzanin-C, 4,16,11,13 - tetrahydro zaluzanin-C, estafiatone, dihydroestafiatol and dihydroestafiatone.     

Molar microwear and dietary reconstructions of fossil cercopithecoidea from the Plio-Pleistocene deposits of South Africa

The South African Plio-Pleistocene cave deposits have yielded a diverse cercopithecoid fauna. In this study, the possible dietary proclivities of these extinct species are examined using details of molar microwear. Although sample sizes are often small, wear patterns suggest possible temporal changes in the diets of Parapapio jonesi from Makapansgat to Sterkfontein, of Papio robinsoni from Sterkfontein to Swartkrans, and Cercopithecoides williamsi from Makapansgat to Sterkfontein to Swartkrans. However, there does not appear to have been a significant change in the dietary habits of Parapapio broomi over time. The microwear patterns of the two temporally successive congeners, Theropithecus darti and T. oswaldi show no significant differences from one another. The sympatric congeners, Parapapio broomi and Pp. jonesi, have microwear signatures that differ significantly at Makapansgat (Members 3 and 4) but not at Sterkfontein (Member 4). Finally, the microwear analyses suggest that the extinct cercopithecoid species did not necessarily have diets similar to those of their closest living relatives.     

Vascular Streak Dieback of cacao in Southeast Asia and Melanesia: in planta detection of the pathogen and a new taxonomy

Vascular Streak Dieback (VSD) disease of cacao (Theobroma cacao) in Southeast Asia and Melanesia is caused by a basidiomycete (Ceratobasidiales) fungus Oncobasidium theobromae (syn. =Thanatephorus theobromae). The most characteristic symptoms of the disease are green-spotted leaf chlorosis or, commonly since about 2004, necrotic blotches, followed by senescence of leaves beginning on the second or third flush behind the shoot apex, and blackening of infected xylem in the vascular traces at the leaf scars resulting from the abscission of infected leaves. Eventually the shoot apex is killed and infected branches die. In susceptible cacao the fungus may grow through the xylem down into the main stem and kill a mature cacao tree. Infections in the stem of young plants prior to the formation of the first 3-4 lateral branches usually kill the plant. Basidiospores released from corticioid basidiomata developed on leaf scars or along cracks in the main vein of infected leaves infect young leaves. The pathogen commonly infects cacao but there are rare reports from avocado. As both crops are introduced to the region, the pathogen is suspected to occur asymptomatically in native vegetation. The pathogen is readily isolated but cultures cannot be maintained. In this study, DNA was extracted from pure cultures of O. theobromae obtained from infected cacao plants sampled from Indonesia. The internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), consisting of ITS1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA and ITS2, and a portion of nuclear large subunit (LSU) were sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequences placed O. theobromae sister to Ceratobasidium anastomosis groups AG-A, AG-Bo, and AG-K with high posterior probability. Therefore the new combination Ceratobasidium theobromae is proposed. A PCR-based protocol was developed to detect and identify C. theobromae in plant tissue of cacao enabling early detection of the pathogen in plants. A second species of Ceratobasidium, Ceratobasidium ramicola, identified through ITS sequence analysis, was isolated from VSD-affected cacao plants in Java, and is widespread in diseased cacao collected from Indonesia.     

Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis to parasitic and free-living life-stages of nematode parasites of livestock

A collection of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains (Bts) were screened for activity against the free-living larval stages of nematode parasites of livestock. Two strains were identified with significant activity in inhibiting larval development of Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Ostertagia circumcincta. These strains were also toxic to the adult parasitic stages of these nematode species in vitro. Adult H. contortus and O. circumcincta showed complete cessation of movement within 2 and 4 days, respectively. Trichostrongylus colubriformis adults were less affected, however, movement was still significantly reduced compared with controls. The in vitro activity against the larval stages was of a magnitude similar to or greater than that seen with the anthelmintic drugs thiabendazole and levamisole. N-terminal amino acid sequencing indicated that the two Bts contained either Cry5A and Cry5B proteins, or a Cry13 protein, and the presence of the corresponding cry5A, cry5B and cry13 genes was confirmed by PCR and sequencing. Bacillus thuringiensis spore-crystal suspensions exposed to acidic pH conditions (pH相似文献