浙江古田山自然保护区木荷群落研究

通过对木荷群落特征进行分析,结果表明:木荷群落植物种类丰富,科属组成分散,区系成分复杂。从属的地理成分来看,热带分布的属多于温带分布的属。群落的生活型以高位芽植物为主,地下芽植物次之。该群落叶的性质以小型叶、单叶、草质、非全缘为主。群落垂直结构复杂,地上成层现象明显,可分为乔木层、灌木层和草本层,并有一定数量的层间植物。乔木层、灌木层和草本层的物种多样性大小依次为灌木层> 乔木层> 草本层。     

湖南三道坑自然保护区珍稀濒危植物鹅掌楸群落的研究

采用5个物种多样性指数对湖南三道坑自然保护区珍稀濒危植物鹅掌楸(Liriodendronchinense(Hemsl.)Sarg.)群落进行物种多样性测定,并分析了群落的种类组成、外貌、演替等。结果表明(:1)群落垂直结构明显,可分为乔木层、灌木层、草本层、地被层。共有维管束植物76种,隶属48科57属。群落生活型谱以高位芽植物占优势(68.42%),与其它亚热带常绿落叶阔叶林相似。(2)群落的物种多样性高,灌木层的各项物种多样性指数均高于乔木层和草本层。整个群落的丰富度高达76;Simpson指数D为0.9516,接近Dmax;Shannon-Wiener指数H为3.3247;基于Simpson指数的均匀度指数JS为0.5843,而基于Shannon-Wiener指数的均匀度指数JSW为0.8826。(3)从鹅掌楸种群的生势衰退和数量削减以及幼龄个体的贫乏来看,目前这个群落已处于发育过程的衰老阶段。     

海南俄贤岭石灰岩山地海南大戟灌丛群落研究

根据样方调查,对海南俄贤岭自然保护区海南大戟灌丛群落的种类组成、外貌、结构特征和物种多样性进行分析。结果表明,在700m2样地中,有维管植物77种,隶属于47科70属。群落中乔木的个体数量很少,主要由灌木和草本组成,灌木层主要优势种为海南大戟等。群落外貌常绿,生活型以小高位芽为主,占22.08%;按照Raunkiaer的频度等级定律,属于B级的种类最多,频度值为43.42。整个群落的物种丰富度Magarlef指数为8.56,Shannon-Wiener指数为1.38,Simposon为0.90,均匀度指数为0.32。群落各层次的丰富度格局表现为灌木层>草本层>乔木层>藤本植物,多样性格局为灌木层>乔木层>草本层<(>)藤本植物,均匀度格局为乔木层>藤本植物>灌木层>草本层。     

江西中南部观光木种群及所在群落特征研究

采用样地调查法,对赣中南观光木种群及群落特征进行了研究。结果表明:观光木种群分布格局呈集群分布,径级结构为衰退型。观光木所在群落有维管植物60科94属112种,植物生活型以高位芽植物为主,占总种数的69.64%。植物区系起源古老,成分复杂,具有明显的热带性质。群落除Pielou指数较高外,其它各种多样性指数偏低,各样地间多样性指数有一定的差异;测度观光木所在群落物种多样性时,4种多样性指数未表现出相同的趋势,Simpson指数和Pielou指数在群落不同层次的变化规律为:灌木层>草本层>乔木层,Shannon-wiener指数和物种丰富度指数在群落不同层次的变化规律为:灌木层>乔木层>草本层。观光木本身的生物学特性和人类掠夺式的破坏是导致观光木种群濒危的主要原因。     

草海国家级自然保护区华山松群落特征及物种多样性研究

为探讨喀斯特地区森林群落的演替动态和生物多样性维持机制,采用样地调查法对草海国家级自然保护区的华山松(Pinusarmandii)群落的物种组成、植物区系特征、种群结构和物种多样性等进行了分析。结果表明,样地内共有种子植物37科69属81种,其中乔木11种、灌木32种、草本38种;群落内植物的科、属区系成分类型多样,以温带成分为主;生活型谱主要以高位芽植物(46.91%)和地面芽植物(27.16%)为主;乔木层华山松的重要值达58%,为群落的单优势种;径级结构呈左偏正态型分布,树高分布集中在12～21 m,冠幅分布呈V型;乔木层与灌木层、草本层间的多样性差异显著(P0.05),物种丰富度指数S和D_M、多样性指数H和D_S均为草本层灌木层乔木层,物种均匀度指数J为灌木层草本层乔木层。因此,草海国家级自然保护区内的华山松群落特征和物种多样性具有明显的地域特点。     

濒危植物中甸刺玫群落特征研究

采用样方调查法,对中甸刺玫(Rosa praelucens)的群落特征进行分析。结果表明：(1)中甸刺玫群落中共有维管植物24科71属97种,其中,蕨类植物2科5属6种,裸子植物1科1属1种,被子植物21科65属90种;(2)群落垂直结构可分为乔木层、灌木层、草本层。乔木层及灌木层不发达,草本层较发达。根据Raunchier生活型谱划分,高位芽植物占优势（39.56%）。     

塔里木盆地塔里木沙拐枣群落特征

塔里木沙拐枣(Calligonum roborowskii)主产塔里木盆地,是该地区主要防风固沙先锋树种。以塔里木盆地5个天然塔里木沙拐枣群落为研究对象,通过样方调查,对物种组成,区系成分,群落结构,物种丰富度和多样性等要素进行了初步研究,结果表明:塔里木沙拐枣天然群落共出现种子植物11种,分属6科10属;该群落植物种类组成贫乏,区系成分简单。从属的地理成分分析来看,古地中海成分明显多于温带成分;群落生活型以高位芽植物占优势,1年生植物次之;群落的垂直结构简单,可分为灌木层、草本层;从多样性指数的数量特征来看,Shannon-Wiener多样性指数的变化范围为0.808—1.175,Simpson多样性指数的变化范围为0.489—0.641。     

浙江古田山自然保护区甜槠群落特征研究

甜槠林是古田山自然保护区常绿阔叶林主要类型之一。通过对甜槠群落特征进行分析和研究 ,结果表明 :甜槠群落中 ,甜槠的优势明显 ,呈单优势群落。群落外貌以小型和中型叶、单叶、非全缘、革质及草质的小、中高位芽植物组成为特征。群落垂直结构复杂 ,可分为乔木层、灌木层和草本层 ,并有一定数量的层间植物。乔木层物种多样性指数偏低 ,垂直结构各层次间物种多样性大小依次为灌木层 >乔木层 >草本层。     

赤水桫椤国家级自然保护区桫椤群落特征及物种多样性研究

桫椤(Alsophila spinulosa),为中生代古老孑遗物种,国家二级保护植物。贵州赤水桫椤国家级自然保护区是以桫椤及其生存环境为保护对象的自然保护区,是拥有世界上数量最多、面积最广的桫椤林区之一。该文采用植物生态学、区系学等方法,对保护区内群落及物种多样性、伴生物种区系成分、生活型谱、群落结构等进行研究。结果表明:(1)群落内维管植物共计60科96属122种,其中蕨类植物12科14属17种,裸子植物2科2属2种,被子植物46科80属103种。(2)群落内植物的科、属区系成分类型多样,热带成分占优势,温带成分次之,表现出从热带区系向温带区系过渡的特征。(3)生活型谱以高位芽植物为主(占57.38%),反映出中亚热带森林以高位芽植物为优势的特点。(4)群落垂直分层显著,乔木层树高在4~12m的比例最大为76.64%;灌木层树高在2~3m的比例最大为69.78%;草本层各区间分布较为均匀,但以0~0.2 m的比例较大,群落层次明显。(5)毛竹(Phyllostachys heterocycla cv.pubescens)和桫椤在该地乔木组成中占主导地位;灌木层中,桫椤为最优物种;草本层主要以红盖鳞毛蕨(Dryopteris erythrosora)、翠云草(Selaginella uncinata)为主;物种丰富度分析显示,乔木层灌木层草本层;多样性指数、均匀度指数分析表明,乔木层为聚集分布、组成较简单,灌木层和草本层为均匀分布,但数量较少。     

衡山青冈栎群落结构及物种多样性研究

利用样方法进行野外群落调查,共设计了15个样方,每个样方大小为20m×5 m,对衡山青冈栎(Cyclobalanopsis glauca)群落的种类组成、外貌、结构特征及物种多样性进行了研究.结果表明:在1 500 m2样地中,共有维管束植物26科37属46种,其中优势科为壳斗科、山茶科和蔷薇科等;该群落主要是以青冈栎为主的单优种群落,生活型谱以高位芽植物占绝对优势,叶级谱以中、小型叶为优势的特点,群落季相不明显;群落分层较明显,乔木层树种很少,灌木层种类较丰富,对群落物种多样性具有较大影响;物种多样性分析显示该群落多样性指数偏低,其多样性复杂程度由高到低的顺序为灌木层、藤本层、乔木层、草本层.     

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.