外源毒素对林地土壤养分的影响

杉木 (Ｃｕｎｎｉｎｇｈａｍｉａｌａｎｃｅｏｌａｔａ)人工林连栽导致地力退化是一个不争的事实[5] 。近年来许多研究表明 ,杉木连栽后的地力退化与植物化感作用有关[8,12 ,15,16] 。香草醛、对羟基苯甲酸是土壤中毒物质 ,早在 2 0世纪 6 0年代周崇莲等人在研究杉木连栽土壤氧化代谢能力时发现三耕土中香草醛的氧化代谢能力比头耕土高 ,为头耕土的 143% ,这证明三耕土中含有较多的土壤中毒物质[3 ] 。马越强等人的研究表明酚醛类化感物质会影响杉木种子发芽、幼苗生长和光合效率[1] ,Ｈｕａｎｇ等[12 ] 发现杉木根系水浸液中含有香草醛和对…     

杉木根桩和周围土壤酚含量的变化及其化感效应

研究了杉木根桩在分解过程中酚类物质的释放规律及其化感效应.结果表明,随着分解程度的加深,根桩中酚类物质的含量减少.根桩中酚类物质含量的梯度为根系>心桩>边桩;根桩在分解过程中酚类物质向外释放并会在土壤中积累,根桩周围土壤中酚类物质含量高于非根桩周围土壤.盆栽试验说明酚类物质会影响杉木种子的萌芽率.将田间调查的杉木树高、地径与根桩密度进行相关分析证明杉木根桩保留在造林地上,不利于下一代杉木的生长.建议改革杉木人工林的传统作业方式,造林前将根桩从造林地中清除.     

香草醛对杉木幼苗生长的影响

为了解杉木连栽土壤中有毒化感物质对杉木幼苗毒害作用 ,采用水培杉木幼苗方法 ,通过投加不同浓度香草醛 ,发现 1mg·kg- 1 香草醛显著抑制杉木种子胚根的伸长 (P<0 .0 5) ,只为对照的 70 % ;香草醛浓度达 1 0mg·kg- 1 时 ,叶绿素总量明显下降到对照的80 % ;超过 2 0mg·kg- 1 对杉木幼苗地径与高度生长产生明显抑制作用 ;50mg·kg- 1 以上将明显影响地上部分枝叶的正常生长发育 ,及至植株冠层的生长 ;超过 1 0 0mg·kg- 1 ,整个植株的生长受到显著抑制 .香草醛是连栽土壤中毒性较大的一种有毒化感物质 ,是杉木存活率低的重要原因之一 .     

凤丹(Paeonia ostii T.)自毒物质的检测及其作用机制

药用牡丹的种植中存在明显的连作障碍现象,为探讨其机制,利用已萌发长根的凤丹(Paeonia ostii)种子对凤丹根际土壤和根的水浸提液进行了自毒化感检测;采用高效液相色谱法(HPLC)对种植4a的凤丹根际土壤及其根皮中的化感自毒物质进行了定性和定量分析;在此基础上,利用外源法研究了盆栽凤丹幼苗对5种检出物质(阿魏酸、肉桂酸、香草醛、香豆素和丹皮酚)及其混合物在3种不同浓度下对植株生长的影响和生理响应.结果表明:(1)连续种植4a的凤丹根际土壤和根浸提液对已萌发种子根的生长有显著的抑制作用(p＜0.05),显示凤丹根分泌物具有自毒化感的潜势;(2)HPLC分析表明在凤丹根际土壤中存在5种以上的酚酸类物质 (阿魏酸、肉桂酸、香草醛、香豆素和丹皮酚),其中阿魏酸、肉桂酸、香草醛、香豆素为前人已报道的化感物质;(3)在实验室条件下,所设浓度范围内,5种物质及其混合物对凤丹幼苗的高度、根长及地下和地上生物量均有明显影响,尤其对根长和地下生物量的影响最为明显(p＜0.05),此结果与连作移栽幼苗时,根部首先发黑死亡的现象相一致;(4)凤丹幼苗的根系活力和叶绿素含量在各处理中表现出相似性,即低浓度时根系活力和叶绿素含量高,高浓度时根系活力和叶绿素含量低,低浓度的阿魏酸和香草醛对幼苗根系活力和叶绿素合成有促进作用.此结果显示自毒物质可能是通过影响根系酶活性和叶绿素合成来影响群体中其它个体的生长.本实验的结果显示栽培4a的凤丹土壤水提液具有抑制自身种子根系生长的活性,此提示栽培凤丹连作障碍可能主要与自身分泌到土壤中的酚酸类物质的自毒作用有关.     

茄子自毒物质对辣椒种子萌发及枯萎菌的化感效应

运用模拟的方式,采用生物测定和室内培养的方法,研究了两种茄子自毒物质香草醛和肉桂酸各浓度对辣椒种子萌发和幼苗生长的化感效应,及其对辣椒枯萎菌菌丝生长的影响.结果表明:这两种自毒物质对辣椒种子萌发和幼苗生长具有低浓度促进,高浓度抑制的化感效应.香草醛和肉桂酸对辣椒和茄子种子的化感效应存在较大差异,辣椒种子受这两种自毒物质的抑制强度明显弱于茄子种子.香草醛和肉桂酸对辣椒枯萎菌菌丝生长表现为各浓度(0.1, 0.5, 1, 4mmol/L)下均具有抑制作用,作用强度随着浓度增加而增强,肉桂酸低浓度时对菌丝生长的抑制作用即达到显著水平.     

肉桂酸和香草醛对嫁接茄子根系生长及生理特性的影响

以“托鲁巴姆”茄子为砧木,“西安绿”茄子为接穗,采用盆栽试验研究了自毒物质肉桂酸和香草醛对嫁接、自根和砧木茄子根系生长及抗氧化酶活性、渗透调节物质含量的影响.结果表明：肉桂酸、香草醛对茄子根系生长及生理代谢的化感作用基本表现为“低促高抑”,两物质对自根茄子根系表现促进、抑制效应的临界浓度点分别为0.1和0.5 mmol·kg^-1;对嫁接、砧木茄子表现促进、抑制效应的临界浓度点分别为0.5和1 mmo·kg^-1.茄子根系对自毒物质耐性大小依次为：砧木茄>嫁接茄>自根茄;在较高浓度肉桂酸(0.5～4 mmol·kg^-1)和香草醛(1～4mmol·kg^-1)作用下,与自根茄子相比,嫁接茄子根系SOD活性提高了8.50%～24.50%,脯氨酸含量增加了9.39%～27.64%,可溶性糖含量增加了12.77%～81.81%,可溶性蛋白含量、根系鲜、干物质量和根系活力显著高于自根茄.表明嫁接换根使茄子根系具有了砧木抗自毒物质的特性,缓解了自毒物质给茄子根系生长带来的不良影响.     

不同外源酚酸化感物质组合对棉花种子萌发和幼苗生长的化感效应

为阐明不同外源酚酸类化感物质组合对棉花种子萌发及幼苗生长发育的化感效应, 选择在棉花连作30年土壤中检测到的对-羟基苯甲酸(P-HA)、香草醛(VA)、阿魏酸(FA)3种酚酸类化感物质, 以田间自然状态下含量为处理浓度研究对棉花种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响。结果表明: 3种酚酸化感物质对棉花种子萌发和幼苗生长有显著影响。对种子萌发有促进作用, 对幼苗生长有抑制作用,对幼苗生理酶活性有着不利影响。两种或两种以上化感物质混合时比一种酚酸化感物质对棉花的作用效果小, 说明对羟基苯甲酸、香草醛和阿魏酸三者之间存在拮抗效应。P-HA对VA和FA存在着抵消作用, 3种化感物质组合之间的拮抗效应与化感物质的浓度和作用效果密切相关。     

三七重茬根际土壤中化感物质的测定及其对 三七根腐菌的生长作用

目的研究三七重茬根际土壤中化感物质的组成及其对病原微生物的化感作用。方法采用乙酸乙酯提取三七重茬根际土壤中的化感物质,利用GC-MS对萃取液进行物质组成分析,并研究检测中出现的特征性化感物质对羟基苯甲酸、邻苯二甲酸二异丁酯对三七根腐病菌(F.oxysporum Schlecht)的化感作用。结果采集的三七重茬土壤中共检测到29种化感物质,其中2种特征性化感物质对羟基苯甲酸、邻苯二甲酸二异丁酯对三七病原菌的生长呈现低促高抑的现象,且当对羟基苯甲酸浓度为5mmol/L时能促进病菌小孢子的产生。结论检测到的化感物质组分为苯甲酸及其衍生物类、酚类、酯类、饱和烃类等物质。这些物质在低浓度时有利于病原菌的生长,对病害的发生具有促进作用。     

化感物质对植物根系形态属性影响的meta分析

植物化感作用是通过释放到环境中的化感物质直接或间接影响受试植物生长而实现的。化感物质主要作用于根系,所以植物根系属性是化感作用研究的重要指标之一。目前,关于受试植物形态属性对外源化感物质的响应模式尚缺乏整体的认识。为此,本文对61篇有关纯化感物质(包括酚类、萜类和含氮化合物等)对植物根系形态属性(尤其是根长)影响的文献进行整合分析。结果发现: 整体上化感物质处理显著抑制根长,而对根生物量、根表面积和根体积等形态属性影响较小;酚类对根长的抑制效应最大,且化感物质对草本植物根长的抑制率高于木本、作物和其他植物;酚类与根长抑制效应呈显著的线性相关。进一步量化了4种典型酚酸——阿魏酸、对羟基苯甲酸、香草酸和肉桂酸的浓度-效应关系,证实了黄酮对受试植物根长的抑制效应显著高于酚酸类化感物质。受试植物根系属性对化感物质的响应主要受化感物质类型和添加浓度、植物种类与培养条件等多因素影响,建议未来研究在土壤环境条件下综合评价化感物质对受试植物根系形态和生理属性以及根系构型等参数的影响机制。     

三七自毒与化感作用初步研究

采用生物测定方法,对三七的自毒与化感作用进行初步研究。结果表明:(1)三七种子萌发过程中的自毒作用随其播种密度不同而有一定差异,但无明显规律性。三七种子萌发过程中的分泌物对油菜生长具有化感作用,主要表现为对油菜种子发芽率、发芽指数及苗高的抑制效应;(2)三七水浸液对不同受体植物的化感作用不尽相同,对小麦主要表现为对苗鲜重、苗干重、根鲜重、苗高及须根数有不同程度的促进或抑制作用;对油菜则表现为对其种子发芽率具有抑制作用,而对苗鲜重、苗干重、根鲜重、最长根长具有促进作用;(3)三七存在明显的化感自毒作用,其自毒物质可能为影响其连作的一个重要因素。     

Lactobionic and cellobionic acid production profiles of the resting cells of acetic acid bacteria

Lactobionic acid was produced by acetic acid bacteria to oxidize lactose. Gluconobacter spp. and Gluconacetobacter spp. showed higher lactose-oxidizing activities than Acetobacter spp. Gluconobacter frateurii NBRC3285 produced the highest amount of lactobionic acid per cell, among the strains tested. This bacterium assimilated neither lactose nor lactobionic acid. At high lactose concentration (30%), resting cells of the bacterium showed sufficient oxidizing activity for efficient production of lactobionic acid. These properties may contribute to industrial production of lactobionic acid by the bacterium. The bacterium showed higher oxidizing activity on cellobiose than that on lactose and produced cellobionic acid.     

Production of polymalic acid and malic acid by Aureobasidium pullulans fermentation and acid hydrolysis

Malic acid is a dicarboxylic acid widely used in the food industry and also a potential C4 platform chemical that can be produced from biomass. However, microbial fermentation for direct malic acid production is limited by low product yield, titer, and productivity due to end‐product inhibition. In this work, a novel process for malic acid production from polymalic acid (PMA) fermentation followed by acid hydrolysis was developed. First, a PMA‐producing Aureobasidium pullulans strain ZX‐10 was screened and isolated. This microbe produced PMA as the major fermentation product at a high‐titer equivalent to 87.6 g/L of malic acid and high‐productivity of 0.61 g/L h in free‐cell fermentation in a stirred‐tank bioreactor. Fed‐batch fermentations with cells immobilized in a fibrous‐bed bioreactor (FBB) achieved the highest product titer of 144.2 g/L and productivity of 0.74 g/L h. The fermentation produced PMA was purified by adsorption with IRA‐900 anion‐exchange resins, achieving a ～100% purity and a high recovery rate of 84%. Pure malic acid was then produced from PMA by hydrolysis with 2 M sulfuric acid at 85°C, which followed the first‐order reaction kinetics. This process provides an efficient and economical way for PMA and malic acid production, and is promising for industrial application. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2013; 110: 2105–2113. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Lactic acid bacteria isolated from fish gut produce conjugated linoleic acid without the addition of exogenous substrate

The production of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) by four strains of lactic acid bacteria isolated from fish, i.e., Leuconostoc mesenteroides H20, Leuconostoc mesenteroides H22, Leuconostoc lactis H24 and Lactobacillus pentosus H16, was evaluated in MRS broth and on MRS agar. The bioconversion and production of CLA by resting cells were also assessed. Linoleic acid was detected in cultures grown on agar at percentages of up to 18.3% (w/w) of total fatty acid, and conjugated isomers were found in the fatty acid profiles of Lactobacillus pentosus H16. The percentage of CLA relative to total fatty acid increased from 5.68 ± 1.65% to 23.69 ± 0.79% when resting cells were removed from agar plates and incubated without the addition of exogenous linoleic acid as a substrate. When Lactobacillus pentosus H16 cells were incubated with linoleic acid, cyclization and changes in monounsaturated fatty acid percentages were observed instead of conjugation. These results show that growth on a solid support is required for CLA production. More significantly, an increase in the CLA content could be achieved by incubating resting cells without exogenous substrate.     

Fatty acid composition and the characterization of a novel dioxo C18-fatty acid in the latex of Hevea brasiliensis

The fatty acids of the triacylglycerol fraction of the latex of the rubber plant consists of 97% of a C₁₈ furanoid fatty acid, 10,13-epoxy-11-methyloctadeca-10,12-dienoic. The free fatty acid fraction is composed of a more equally distributed mixture of 16:0, 18:0, 18:1, 18:2 and the furanoid acid. A novel dioxo fatty acid, 10,13-dioxo-11-methyloctadecanoic, was also isolated and characterized.     

3-Hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoic acid is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of benzoic acid and salicylic acid but benzaldehyde is not

Stable-isotope-labelled (²H₆,¹⁸O) 3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoic acid, a putative intermediate in the biosynthesis of benzoic acid (BA) and salicylic acid (SA) from cinnamic acid, has been synthesized and administered to cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and Nicotiana attenuata (Torrey). Analysis of the products by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry revealed incorporation of labelling into BA and SA, but not into benzaldehyde. In a separate experiment, 3-hydroxy- 3-phenylpropanoic acid was found to be a metabolite of phenylalanine, itself the primary metabolic precursor of BA and SA. These data suggest that cinnamic acid chain shortening is probably achieved by β-oxidation, and that the proposed “non-oxidative” pathway of side-chain degradation does not function in the biosynthesis of BA and SA, in cucumber and N. attenuata. Received: 10 February 2000 / Accepted: 18 April 2000     

Study on the extraction, purification and quantification of jasmonic acid, abscisic acid and indole-3-acetic acid in plants

Introduction  – Jasmonic acid (JA), abscisic acid (ABA) and indole‐3‐acetic acid (IAA) are important plant hormones. Plant hormones are difficult to analyse because they occur in small concentrations and other substances in the plant interfere with their detection. Objective  – To develop a new, inexpensive procedure for the rapid extraction and purification of IAA, ABA and JA from various plant species. Methodology  – Samples were prepared by extraction of plant tissues with methanol and ethyl acetate. Then the extracts were further purified and enriched with C₁₈ cartridges. The final extracts were derivatised with diazomethane and then measured by GC‐MS. The results of the new methodology were compared with those of the Creelman and Mullet procedure. Results  – Sequential elution of the assimilates from the C₁₈ cartridges revealed that IAA and ABA eluted in 40% methanol, while JA subsequently eluted in 60% methanol. The new plant hormone extraction and purification procedure produced results that were comparable to those obtained with the Creelman and Mullet's procedure. This new procedure requires only 0.5 g leaf samples to quantify these compounds with high reliability and can simultaneously determine the concentrations of the three plant hormones. Conclusion  – A simple, inexpensive method was developed for determining endogenous IAA, ABA and JA concentrations in plant tissue. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Substitution of aspartic acid with glutamic acid increases the unfolding transition temperature of a protein

Proteins from thermophiles are more stable than those from mesophiles. Several factors have been suggested as causes for this greater stability, but no general rule has been found. The amino acid composition of thermophile proteins indicates that the content of polar amino acids such as Asn, Gln, Ser, and Thr is lower, and that of charged amino acids such as Arg, Glu, and Lys is higher than in mesophile proteins. Among charged amino acids, however, the content of Asp is even lower in thermophile proteins than in mesophile proteins. To investigate the reasons for the lower occurrence of Asp compared to Glu in thermophile proteins, Glu was substituted with Asp in a hyperthermophile protein, MjTRX, and Asp was substituted with Glu in a mesophile protein, ETRX. Each substitution of Glu with Asp decreased the Tm of MjTRX by about 2 degrees C, while each substitution of Asp with Glu increased the Tm of ETRX by about 1.5 degrees C. The change of Tm destabilizes the MjTRX by 0.55 kcal/mol and stabilizes the ETRX by 0.45 kcal/mol in free energy.     

Separation and simultaneous determination of nalidixic acid, hydroxynalidixic acid and carboxynalidixic acid in serum and urine by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography

Separation in capillary electrophoresis is governed by various factors, including buffer type, buffer concentration, pH, temperature, voltage and micelles. Through proper adjustment of these parameters, nalidixic acid and its two major metabolites, 7-hydroxynalidixic and 7-carboxynalidixic, could be separated by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography using an electrophoretic electrolyte consisting of 50 mM borate buffer (pH 9) containing 25 mM sodium dodecyl sulphate and 10% acetonitrile. A linear relationship between concentration and peak area for each compound was obtained in the concentration range 0.15–100 μg ml⁻¹, with a correlation coefficient greater than 0.999 and detection limits in the 0.2–0.7 ng ml⁻¹ range. Intra- and inter-day precision values of about 0.8–1.2% RSD (n=11) and 1.3–2.0% RSD (n=30), respectively, were obtained. The method has been applied to the analysis of nalidixic acid and its two major metabolites in serum and urine with limits of sensitivity lower than 0.8 ng ml⁻¹.     

A role for 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaric acid in the biosynthesis of pseudomonic acid A

Abstract [3-¹⁴C]3-Hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaric acid (HMG) was incorporated (0.9%) into pseudomonic acid A when administered to a shaken flask fermentation of Pseudomonas fluorescens 4, 9 and 14 h after inoculation. [2-¹⁴C]-Mevalonic acid was not incorporated into pseudomonic acid. Experimental evidence supports the previous deduction that pseudomonic acid biosynthesis might directly involve HMG, an apparently unusual intermediary metabolite in prokaryotes.     

Analysis of creatinine, vanilmandelic acid, homovanillic acid and uric acid in urine by micellar electrokinetic chromatography

A simultaneous determination of vanilmandelic acid, homovanillic acid, creatinine and uric acid using capillary electrophoresis was investigated. The optimum conditions of buffer concentration, pH and surfactant concentration were studied, and high resolution was obtained using a 30 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) containing 150 mM sodium dodecyl sulfate. The detection was by UV absorbance at 245 nm and the column was a fused-silica capillary of 67 cm×75 μm I.D.. The determination of these metabolites in human urine was completed within 15 min without any interferences.