盐度对军曹鱼胚胎和仔鱼发育的影响

观察比较了不同盐度梯度(20、23、26、29、32、35、38、41和44)下军曹鱼受精卵的沉浮性、孵化率和畸形率以及测定了不同盐度梯度(10、14、18、22、26、30、34、38、42和44)下仔鱼不投饵存活系数SAI值。结果表明,受精卵在海水盐度32以上为完全浮性,26以下为完全沉性。军曹鱼受精卵孵化的最适盐度范围为29～38,适宜盐度范围为26～41,其中23～26和41～44分别视为受精卵孵化在低盐区和高盐区的两个临界区域,在此盐度上下,军曹鱼受精卵孵化率大幅度下降而仔鱼畸形率大幅度上升。试验盐度范围内军曹鱼仔鱼SAI值为2.32～16.24,仔鱼生长和存活的最适盐度范围为26～34,适宜盐度范围为22～38,而盐度18～22及38～42可分别视为军曹鱼仔鱼存活率在低盐区和高盐区的两个临界区域。     

盐度及pH对星斑裸颊鲷受精卵孵化和仔鱼耐饥饿能力的影响

比较观察了不同盐度(0、5‰0、10‰、15‰、20‰、25‰、30‰、35‰、40‰和45‰)及不同pH(5.5、6.0、6.5、7.0、7.5、8.0、8.5、9.0和9.5)条件下,星斑裸颊鲷(Lethrinus nebulosus)受精卵的孵化时间、孵出期、孵化率、畸形率及一定时间内(24h和48h)仔鱼成活率,并且在以上盐度和pH条件下对星斑裸颊鲷初孵仔鱼进行耐饥饿试验,测定其不投饵存活指数(survival activity index,SAI).结果表明,只有SAI值大于3的星斑裸颊鲷仔鱼才有可能被进一步培育成苗,低于3的将在数天内死亡;星斑裸颊鲷受精卵孵化的适宜盐度范围是10‰～45‰,最适宜盐度范围15‰～40‰,适宜pH是6.5～9.0,最适宜pH范围7.0～8.5;初孵仔鱼生存的适宜盐度范围是10‰～40‰,最适宜盐度范围20‰～25‰,适宜pH是5.5～9.5,最适宜pH范围7.0～8.5.     

四指马鲅(Eleutheronema tetradactylum)受精卵和仔鱼对不同盐度的耐受性

本文观察了11个盐度梯度(5、7、9、11、13、15、20、25、28、30、35、40、45,28作为对照组)下四指马鲅(Eleutheronema tetradactylum)不同发育阶段的受精卵的沉浮性质和孵化情况以及初孵仔鱼在不投饵条件下的存活情况,并测定不投饵存活系数(survival activity index,SAI)。结果表明:第一次分裂前和原肠期两发育阶段的受精卵在盐度低于25的海水中均呈沉性,盐度为25时则悬浮在水层中部,盐度28及以上呈浮性;第一次分裂前的受精卵对盐度改变较敏感,而原肠期受精卵对盐度胁迫产生一定的耐受性;盐度的改变对初孵仔鱼的存活率和SAI值影响比较大。综合分析孵化率、仔鱼畸形率以及SAI值,推测四指马鲅受精卵孵化的适宜盐度范围为25~35,最适孵化盐度为35。     

长江口纹缟虾虎鱼胚胎发育及早期仔鱼生长与盐度的关系

研究了长江口纹缟虾虎鱼(Tridentiger trigonocephalus)胚胎发育及早期仔鱼生长与盐度的相关性。纹缟虾虎鱼胚胎发育时,盐度4与6试验组效果较好,受精率分别达(76.28±2.73)%与(74.63±5.49)%,孵化率分别达(66.95±2.99)%与(62.15±2.18)%,出膜时间分别为(228.8±5.9)h与(221.5±5.2)h,器官发育特征较明显,畸形率较低。纹缟虾虎鱼仔鱼发育时,初孵仔鱼全长(2.534±0.078)mm,卵黄囊长径(0.421±0.047)mm,短径(0.369±0.038)mm,5日龄时卵黄囊基本消失,初步形成消化器官、循环器官和运动器官等。盐度8与10水体孵育的仔鱼畸形率达5―20%,其他试验组略低。盐度4与6试验组仔鱼的器官发育速度快于其他3个试验组。盐度0―6试验组纹缟虾虎鱼仔鱼生存活力指数（SAI）为41.83―46.83,仔鱼活力较好,而盐度8―10试验组SAI值为23.43―29.13,活力较差。综合各项指标表明,在盐度0―10范围内,长江口纹缟虾虎鱼胚胎发育的适宜盐度为4―6,早期仔鱼生长的适宜盐度为2―4。     

温度和盐度对中华多刺鱼胚胎发育过程的影响

2006年3-5月,在北京怀柔水库入库河流怀九河的西四渡河河段,采集性成熟的中华多刺鱼(Pungitius sinensis),人工干法授精获取受精卵,观察并记录受精卵的胚胎发育历程;设置温度和盐度梯度,观察温度和盐度对中华多刺鱼胚胎发育过程的影响。结果表明:北京地区的中华多刺鱼胚胎发育的起始温度(生物学零度)为4.7℃,适宜的发育水温为14.0℃-16.0℃,与中华多刺鱼繁殖盛期(4月中下旬)自然水体的水温相近;平均水温14.0℃时,中华多刺鱼完成胚胎发育约需183h;水温升至22.5℃时,胚胎的孵化率仅为22.2%;水温升至25.0℃时,受精卵不能孵化,此温度应是中华多刺鱼胚胎发育温度的上限。实验表明,北京地区中华多刺鱼的胚胎对盐度的耐受力较为有限,在与自然水体相同的盐度下(0‰)其孵化率接近100%;随着盐度的升高,孵化率降低,8‰盐度时,仅有56%的受精卵孵化;至20‰时,受精卵全部死亡,此盐度应为中华多刺鱼胚胎发育的盐度上限。     

不同盐度下条石鲷胚胎及卵黄囊仔鱼的形态变化

为了研究盐度对条石鲷(Oplegnathus fascltus)胚胎及卵黄囊仔鱼生长发育的影响,将条石鲷的受精卵置于不同盐度的水体中, 观察盐度胁迫下条石鲷胚胎的沉浮情况、卵径、油球径、孵化率、畸形率, 以及孵化后卵黄囊仔鱼的形态变化和营养物质的消耗状况。结果表明:条石鲷受精卵在盐度25(含25)以下的水体中为沉性, 在盐度30(含30)以上的海水中全部漂浮于水表层, 在对照组盐度26的水体中大部分胚胎浮在水上层;在水温22.5 ℃～24.0 ℃的条件下, 条石鲷受精卵经24～30 h可孵化成仔鱼, 盐度对孵化时间影响不显著(P＞0.05);盐度为20～50都能孵出仔鱼, 但孵化率和畸形率因盐度不同而有显著差异;综合分析表明,条石鲷受精卵孵化的适合盐度范围为25～35,理论上的最适孵化盐度范围为28.5～30.5;受精卵卵径与孵化盐度呈反比,盐度与卵黄囊被吸收程度呈正比,与全长和体高呈反比,油球径不因盐度不同而改变。     

牛蒡抗虫活性及抗虫成分的初步研究

在水温(23±0.5)℃、pH 7.0～8.0、溶解氧＞5 mg· L-1的条件下,研究孵化过程中不同盐度对拟目乌贼胚胎发育和孵化率的影响.结果表明,拟目乌贼卵透明略带奶油色,近椭圆形,短径为0.596～1.758 cm,长径为1.452～3.136 cm,刚产出的卵重约2g;孵化完成时,卵膜内的重量达到4.5g.在盐度为28‰时,经过28～30 d孵化,卵的短径和长径平均分别增加了0.601、0.615 cm,孵化率为57.0％;盐度为23‰时,卵的长径和短径也相应增加,增幅分别为0.567、1.263 cm,孵化率为13.5％;盐度为33‰时,经过28～30 d孵化,卵短径平均增长0.150 cm,而长径却缩短了0.141 cm,孵化率为9.5％;在盐度为13‰、18‰、38‰和43‰条件下,胚胎停止发育,孵化率为0.结果表明,拟目乌贼属于狭盐性种类,盐度变化对拟目乌贼胚胎发育和孵化有直接影响.     

环境因素对缢蛏受精卵孵化率影响的研究

本文主要探讨了几种环境因素(温度、盐度、pH值、密度、化肥施用量及藻类)对缢蛏受精卵孵化率的影响。研究结果表明:受精卵孵化最佳条件为:温度20—25℃;pH值为7.0—8.5;适盐范围随亲蛏来源不同而异,来自低盐区的,最适盐度8—12‰,而来自高盐区的,15—30‰,温度可影响其适盐范围,25℃左右,其范围最广;受精卵的密度以50粒/毫升以下为宜;保持低浓度的藻类对其孵化有利;施用2ppm以下的硫酸铵和尿素,可促进藻类繁殖,对受精卵孵化的影响不大。     

盐度对条石鲷胚胎发育的影响

为了确定条石鲷胚胎孵化的适宜盐度,在试验水温为23.0℃～25.2℃条件下,设置了8个盐度组进行条石鲷胚胎孵化试验,研究了盐度对条石鲷胚胎发育的影响。结果表明:低盐度和高盐度对胚胎有持续性伤害,均可造成胚胎和卵黄球在卵裂期收缩而死亡,一部分胚胎在原肠期之后收缩死亡;低盐度可造成初孵仔鱼畸形率增加,主要引起仔鱼脊柱"L"形和"C"形弯曲,而高盐度可导致胚体胚孔关闭以后尾部的畸形发育;通过分析各盐度组的孵化率、仔鱼畸形率和盐度之间的关系,得出健康仔鱼比例(PHL)和盐度(S)的关系式为PHL=-0.0018S2-0.1135S-0.8853(R2=0.948),以PHL70%为适宜孵化盐度范围,以PHL90%为最适孵化盐度范围,由此确定在23.0℃～25.2℃条件下,条石鲷的适宜孵化盐度范围为21～42(PHL70%),最适为30～33(PHL90%)。     

盐度对裸项栉鰕虎鱼繁殖和生长的影响

目的探索裸项栉鰕虎鱼繁殖和育苗的适宜盐度。方法比较不同盐度梯度条件下裸项栉鰕虎鱼的产卵率、孵化率和生长存活情况。结果裸项栉鰕虎鱼性腺成熟、产卵和孵化的适宜盐度为10‰-20‰,过低或过高盐度该鱼产卵量少,孵化率极低;适宜的盐度有利于裸项栉鰕虎鱼的生长。结论裸项栉鰕虎鱼适盐范围广,适宜的繁殖、生长盐度较低。     

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.     

Identification key for European strand-forming house-rot fungi

An identification key for 20 common strand-forming indoor wood decay fungi is given. The key is based on observations of material from affected buildings and on wood samples that have been incubated in the laboratory. The key is with macro- and microscopic photographs.     

Parasites, emerging disease and wildlife conservation

In this review some emerging issues of parasite infections in wildlife, particularly in Australia, are considered. We discuss the importance of understanding parasite biodiversity in wildlife in terms of conservation, the role of wildlife as reservoirs of parasite infection, and the role of parasites within the broader context of the ecosystem. Using a number of parasite species, the value of undertaking longitudinal surveillance in natural systems using non-invasive sampling and molecular tools to characterise infectious agents is illustrated in terms of wildlife health, parasite biodiversity and ecology.     

Phylogenetic relationships among Southeast Asian climbing bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) and the Bambusa complex

A phylogenetic analysis of Bambusa and allies based on the plastid DNA non-coding regions rps16-trnQ, trnC-rpoB, trnH-psbA and trnD-T, and a partial nuclear GBSSI gene, was carried out. This included representatives from all four Bambusa subgenera (including type species), a group of segregate Southeast Asian genera distinctive by their climbing–scrambling culms (Dinochloa, Holttumochloa, Kinabaluchloa, Maclurochloa, Soejatmia, Sphaerobambos), and two other Bambusinae genera (Dendrocalamus, Gigantochloa). The results do not support the present subgeneric classification of Bambusa. The climbing Southeast Asian genera, all of which include species previously placed in Bambusa, are distinct from the “core Bambusa group” (type species and alliance) and the Bambusa complex generally.     

Two common and problematic leucochrysine species – Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider) and L. (L.) pretiosa (Banks) (Neuroptera,Chrysopidae): redescriptions and synonymies

We dedicate this article to the memory of Sergio de Freitas, FCAV-UNESP, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil (deceased, 2012). He was an active and enthusiastic Neuropterist and the cherished mentor and friend of Francisco Sosa.Leucochrysa McLachlan is the largest genus in the Chrysopidae, yet it has received relatively little taxonomic attention. We treat two problematic and common Leucochrysa species – Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider, 1851) and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa (Banks, 1910). Both are highly variable in coloration and were described before the systematic importance of chrysopid genitalia was recognized. Recent studies show that these species occur within a large complex of cryptic species and that they have accumulated a number of taxonomic problems. We identify new synonymies for each of the species–for Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) ampla (Walker, 1853), Leucochrysa internata (Walker, 1853), and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) walkerina Navás, 1913; for Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) erminea Banks, 1946. The synonymy of Leucochrysa delicata Navás, 1925 with Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa is stabilized by the designation of a neotype. The following species, which were previously synonymized with Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia or Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa, are reinstated as valid: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) phaeocephala Navás, 1929, Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) angrandi (Navás, 1911), and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) variata (Navás, 1913). To help stabilize Leucochrysa taxonomy, lectotypes are designated for Allochrysa pretiosa and Allochrysa variata. Finally, Leucochrysa vegana Navás, 1917 is considered a nomen dubium.     

The identification of microRNAs in the whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) liver by Illumina sequencing

MicroRNAs are indispensable players in the regulation of a broad range of biological processes. Here, we report the first deep sequencing of the whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) liver. We mapped 91 miRNAs in the Callorhinchus milii genome that have previously been described in the Danio rerio, Fugu rubripes, Oryzias latipes, Xenopus laevis, Xenopus tropicalis, Homo sapiens, and Mus musculus. In addition, 156 new putative candidate (PC) C. plagiosum miRNAs were identified. From these 247 miRNAs, 39 miRNA clusters were identified, and the expression of these clustered miRNAs was observed to vary significantly. A total of 7 candidate miRNAs were selected for expression confirmation by stem-loop RT-PCR. This study resulted in the addition of a significant number of novel miRNA sequences to GenBank and laid the foundation for further understanding of the function of miRNAs in the regulation of C. plagiosum liver development.     

Gene polymorphism analysis of Yersinia enterocolitica outer membrane protein A and putative outer membrane protein A family protein

Background

Yersinia enterocolitica outer membrane protein A (OmpA) is one of the major outer membrane proteins with high immunogenicity. We performed the polymorphism analysis for the outer membrane protein A and putative outer membrane protein A (p-ompA) family protein gene of 318 Y. enterocolitica strains.

Results

The data showed all the pathogenic strains and biotype 1A strains harboring ystB gene carried both ompA and p-ompA genes; parts of the biotype 1A strains not harboring ystB gene carried either ompA or p-ompA gene. In non-pathogenic strains (biotype 1A), distribution of the two genes and ystB were highly correlated, showing genetic polymorphism. The pathogenic and non-pathogenic, highly and weakly pathogenic strains were divided into different groups based on sequence analysis of two genes. Although the variations of the sequences, the translated proteins and predicted secondary or tertiary structures of OmpA and P-OmpA were similar.

Conclusions

OmpA and p-ompA gene were highly conserved for pathogenic Y. enterocolitica. The distributions of two genes were correlated with ystB for biotype 1A strains. The polymorphism analysis results of the two genes probably due to different bio-serotypes of the strains, and reflected the dissemination of different bio-serotype clones of Y. enterocolitica.