阳离子皂荚多糖在洗发水中的应用性能研究

将自制的阳离子皂荚多糖(取代度0.161)添加到洗发水配方中,对不同添加量的梳理性、硅油沉积量、泡沫性能、粘度稳定性进行了研究。试验结果:阳离子皂荚多糖的适宜添加量为0.5%;自制的阳离子皂荚多糖胶和取代度相近的阳离子瓜尔胶对硅油的沉降功能相近;添加阳离子皂荚多糖后,泡性性能、粘度稳定性均较好。综合其试验结果,阳离子皂荚多糖胶可以作为洗发水调理剂,其性能与传统的阳离子瓜尔胶相近,可作为后者的替代产品。     

Sphingomonas sp. X20絮凝特性及培养条件研究

目的:对分离筛选获得絮凝剂产生菌Sphingomonas sp.X20絮凝特性及培养条件进行研究.方法:采用单因素和正交实验确定最适产絮凝剂培养条件.结果:研究发现,菌株X20的微生物絮凝剂对高岭土悬液具有良好的絮凝效果,在温度为37℃、培养基初始pH7.0、摇床转速为100r/min条件下培养12h获得的絮凝剂絮凝活性最好,絮凝率达92.8%.正交实验结果表明,菌株Sphingomonas sp.X20产絮凝剂最佳培养基的组成:淀粉15g/L,NH4Cl 1.Og/L,KH2P04,2g/L,K2HP04 5g/L,NaC1 O.lg/L,MgS04·7H2O 0.2g/L,pH7.0.结论:菌株X20是一株高效的产絮凝剂菌,具有很好的应用前景.     

一株生物絮凝剂产生菌的筛选及絮凝活性研究

从活性污泥中筛选到一株产絮凝剂的菌株WJ-100。该菌株产絮凝剂的适宜pH塑6．5。适宜温度为25℃～40℃,摇床速度为80～240r／min;Na^＋、K^＋、Ca^2＋、Fe^3＋均有较好的促絮凝作用,Ca^2＋尤为显著;WJ-100以多种糖类为良好碳源,絮凝率达99.2％、99．8％甚至100％;该菌株在高岭土悬液pH2．0～10．0范围均有较好的絮凝效果。WJ-100在较大的pH、温度、碳源、摇床速度、搅拌速度等范围内均具有很高的絮凝活性,显示出重要的研究和应用价值。     

一株絮凝剂产生菌的筛选鉴定及培养条件

从淤泥中筛选到1株高效微生物絮凝剂产生菌JX18,经过对其形态特征、生理生化特性、以及16SrRNA序列分析初步鉴定为荧光假单胞菌。该菌培养40h进入稳定期,48h时絮凝活性达到最大。进一步研究表明:菌株JX18最适培养基初始pH值7.0,培养温度30°C,摇床转速160r/min,最佳碳源和氮源分别为葡萄糖和蛋白胨。最适培养条件下,所产絮凝剂对高岭土悬浮液的絮凝活性达到90.56%。     

甲壳素季铵盐的均相合成及絮凝性能研究

将天然甲壳素直接溶于Na OH/尿素水溶液,以2,3-环氧丙基三甲基氯化铵为醚化剂,均相合成甲壳素季铵盐(QC)。产物用FT-IR、1H NMR、XRD和热分析仪分别进行了表征;并以QC为阳离子型絮凝剂,研究其对蒙脱土悬浮液的絮凝性能,考察了絮凝剂的浓度、絮凝时间、温度和p H值对QC絮凝性能的影响。结果表明:Na OH/尿素水体系下成功均相制备了甲壳素季铵盐,其取代度为0.41,季铵基团的引入明显改变了多糖的聚集态结构和热稳定性能;常温下,当QC浓度为0.5%,絮凝时间为30 min时,其对较宽p H值范围的蒙脱土悬浮液均有较好的絮凝效果,絮凝效率(FE)最高可达98%。     

植物单宁的絮凝研究

研究了利用超临界CO2萃取技术提取的植物单宁提取液对高岭土悬浊液的絮凝效果。通过烧杯混凝试验进行单因素试验研究,确定了植物单宁对高岭土悬浊液的最佳浓度、投加量、沉淀时间、pH值和温度。试验表明,植物单宁具有一定的絮凝作用,对高岭土悬浊液的絮凝处理效果较好,得到较适宜的絮凝处理条件为：处理浓度20mL／L,投加量60mL,沉淀时间5min,pH值3．0,温度25℃。     

磁性羧甲基壳聚糖微球结构及性能表征及其用于造纸废水处理研究

采用反相悬浮法制备改性壳聚糖磁性微粒絮凝剂,并探讨了该絮凝剂对造纸废水的絮凝作用,着重考察了絮凝剂的投入量、体系pH值、搅拌速度、搅拌时间、沉降时间对造纸废水中COD去除率的影响。结果表明在最佳条件下该絮凝剂对造纸废水的COD去除率可达56.52%,且具有投入量少、pH应用范围广、絮凝时间和沉降时间短的优点,说明改性壳聚糖磁性微粒作为絮凝剂对造纸废水的处理切实可行。     

微生物絮凝剂产生菌的筛选及其培养条件优化

从广西大学食用菌废弃料中分离出7株絮凝剂产生菌,以发酵液对高岭土悬浮液絮凝效果为指标衡量其絮凝活性及产絮凝剂能力,经过初筛与复筛,筛选到一株絮凝剂高产菌F00,初步确定属曲霉属(Aspergillus),并对其产生絮凝剂的条件进行优化.     

磁性羧甲基壳聚糖微粒结构及性能表征及其用于造纸废水处理研究

采用反相悬浮法制备改性壳聚糖磁性微粒絮凝剂,并探讨了该絮凝剂对造纸废水的絮凝作用,着重考察了絮凝剂的投入量、体系pH值、搅拌速度、搅拌时间、沉降时间对造纸废水中COD去除率的影响。结果表明在最佳条件下该絮凝剂对造纸废水的COD去除率可达56.52%,且具有投入量少、pH应用范围广、絮凝时间和沉降时间短的优点,说明改性壳聚糖磁性微粒作为絮凝剂对造纸废水的处理切实可行。     

微生物絮凝剂产生菌的筛选及其絮凝特性初步研究

目的:从海口市白沙门污水处理厂活性淤泥中分离微生物絮凝剂产生菌,并对其絮凝特性进行初步研究。方法:稀释平板法进行菌株分离,高岭土悬浊法进行菌株的筛选以及菌株产絮凝剂特性、絮凝剂活性成分和热稳定性的研究;通过形态学和生理生化试验进行菌株的初步鉴定。结果:筛选到2株具有高絮凝活性的产生菌XN-6和XN-8,分别属于乳杆菌属(Lactobacillus sp.)和不动杆菌属(Acinetobater sp.)。菌株XN-6和XN-8发酵液絮凝率最高时,菌株XN-6的最佳pH值、最适温度和最佳转速分别为7、30℃、120r/min;XN-8的最佳pH值、最适温度和最佳转速分别为8、32℃、120r/min;菌株产絮凝剂活性成分热稳定性较差。菌株XN-6和XN-8单独处理污水的絮凝率分别为81.01%和76.78%,联合处理污水的絮凝率为79.08%,基本上不存在协同作用。结论:菌株XN-6和XN-8可作为原始菌株用于开发微生物絮凝剂,有望能应用于污水的处理。     

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.