贵州省鲤形目鱼类新纪录

2007年12月～2009年4月,在贵州省荔波地区进行的调查和对保存于贵州师范大学生命科学学院的标本整理中发现4种鱼类,均隶属鲤形目Cypriniformes鲤科Cyprinidea,经鉴定认为是贵州省新纪录,保存于贵州师范大学鱼类标本室.现记述如下.     

山西省金藻植物新纪录

通过对山西所采集的金藻植物标本的鉴定和统计整理,共报道山西省金藻植物新纪录34种1变种,隶属于6科15属。对这些藻类植物的形态、生境和地理分布做了简要描述,凭证标本存放于山西大学生命科学学院标本室(SXU)。     

秦岭地区蕨类植物新记录属——荚囊蕨属

为丰富并完善陕西秦岭山区蕨类植物种类记录,通过对秦岭山区的蕨类植物资料整理和野外调查,发现秦岭山区蕨类植物分布新记录属——荚囊蕨属,其属下种是荚囊蕨。该文描述了荚囊蕨在秦岭山区的形态特征和生境特点。凭证标本保存于湖南人文科技学院植物标本室。     

中国拱茧蜂属(膜翅目,茧蜂科,小腹茧蜂亚科)一新种记述

简述了拱茧蜂属Fornicia Brullé研究的历史沿革、中国的研究现状、属征及世界分布等,描述了1新种:长角拱茧蜂Fornicia longiantententenna sp.nov.,与其相似种作了比较.模式标本存放贵州师范大学地理与生物科学学院.     

科研结硕果，教育绽奇葩——杭州师范大学生命与环境科学学院

杭州师范大学生命与环境科学学院前身是1978年定名的杭州师范学院生物系,2000年与原杭州教育学院生农系和地理系合并成立生命科学学院,2006年明更名为生命与环境科学学院。     

中国陡胸茧蜂属(膜翅目,茧蜂科,小腹茧蜂亚科)两新种记述

简述了小腹茧蜂亚科陡胸茧蜂属的研究历史、现状和形态特征,描述了该属2新种:贵州陡胸茧蜂Snellenius guizhouensis sp.nov.和宽颊陡胸茧蜂Snellenius latigenus sp.nov,并与其近似种做了比较.两新种均采自贵州省,模式标本存放于贵州师范大学地理与生物科学学院.     

新疆蚁科昆虫42种中国新记录

用传统分类方法并结合电镜扫描技术,对采自新疆各地的蚁类标本进行整理、鉴定,发现有42种,均为中国首次记录。所有研究标本均保存在新疆大学生命科学与技术学院昆虫标本室。     

广西大戟科植物资料

<正> 广西的大戟科植物种类众多。作者对广西中草药原植物研究过程,将已采集的标本及华南植物所标本室(SCBI)和广东、广西主要标本室(均有注明)收藏的广西及其邻近地区的大戟科标本进行整理;现报道(一)、三宝木属植物摘记;有5种和3个新变种,其中广西产5种、1变种。(二)、广西白大凤属植物;1种。     

海南省植物增补

<正> 我们从1989年12月至今,参加海南省海岛综合调查的植被、植物资源等调查工作,在海南岛周围海域岛屿发现一些海南省尚未有记录的植物,现整理成文,以供有关方面参考。文中引用的标本,全藏存于海南师范学院热带生物资源研究所植物标本室中。     

中国植物标本馆数字化发展的缩影——江苏省中国科学院植物研究所标本馆(NAS)

江苏省中国科学院植物研究所标本馆(NAS)是中国最早的植物标本馆之一,也是国内最早开展植物标本数字化的标本馆,其标本数字化发展经历了4个阶段: 20世纪80年代后期尝试的标本文字信息数字化的起步阶段; 20世纪90年代末的标本图像数字化和文字信息数字化规范阶段; 2004年以后的标本批量数字化与信息网络共享快速发展阶段; 2018年后的标本数字化信息维护与优化阶段。这一过程集中代表和反映了中国植物标本数字化的发展历程。此外,近年来开始了发掘和利用江苏植物标本的数字化信息工作,包括建设江苏省级数字植物标本馆、开发江苏省维管植物标本时空分布可视化系统、开展标本采集-入库过程数字化等。今后,将不断深化标本数字化的工作,以期形成有NAS特色的数字化植物标本馆。     

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.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.