氮浓度对铜绿微囊藻、大型溞和金鱼藻三者相互作用的影响

为了解氮浓度对生物操纵和草-藻竞争的影响, 选取铜绿微囊藻、大型溞和金鱼藻分别作为浮游植物、浮游动物和沉水植物的代表, 在温度25℃, 光强2600 lx, 光暗比14h﹕10h, 磷浓度1.5 mg/L时, 研究5种氮浓度(0.5、2、4、8和16 mg/L, 用KNO₃溶液配制)下, 溞-藻, 草-藻和溞-草-藻共培养时各自的增长率和培养液中氮磷削减率的变化。结果表明: 在单独培养铜绿微囊藻时, 氮浓度控制在1.97 mg/L以下, 可有效降低培养液中藻的增长率。在溞-藻共培养时, 大型溞有效控藻的氮浓度范围为0.5—4 mg/L; 在草-藻共培养时, 有效控藻的氮浓度范围为0.5—2 mg/L, 对应氮浓度下(0.5和2 mg/L), 实验末期铜绿微囊藻细胞密度分别是溞-藻共培养的23.89%和21.51%, 控藻效果更好; 在溞-草-藻三者共培养时, 有效控藻的氮浓度范围为0.5—16 mg/L, 且氮浓度为0.5—4 mg/L时, 大型溞和金鱼藻的增长率均显著大于铜绿微囊藻, 铜绿微囊藻的增长率均为负值, 控藻效果最好。大型沉水植物的加入, 可以有效提高生物操纵的控藻效果, 减少水中氮磷含量, 长期有效地改善水质。     

氮磷浓度对藻-溞-草间相互作用的影响

为了解氮磷浓度对生物操纵效果的影响, 以小球藻、大型溞和金鱼藻分别作为浮游植物、浮游动物和大型沉水植物的代表, 建立了它们之间相互作用的水生微宇宙模型。研究了在25℃、2000—3000 lx 的温度和光照下, 不同氮磷浓度对三者生长的影响。结果表明: 两者共培养时, 在高氮(10.5 mg/L)条件下, 磷浓度小于0.1 mg/L 对大型溞繁殖和金鱼藻的生长有利; 磷浓度介于0.1—2 mg/L 时小球藻呈大暴发趋势, 而金鱼藻的生长则明显受抑制。在低氮(0.5 mg/L)条件下, 磷浓度不大于0.5 mg/L, 大型溞对小球藻有较好的抑制作用, 金鱼藻与小球藻无显著互抑现象; 磷浓度增大为2 mg/L 时, 小球藻对金鱼藻生长产生明显抑制。在0.05—2 mg/L 的磷浓度范围及高氮和低氮条件下三者共培养时, 大型溞数量及金鱼藻生物量均不同程度的升高,且小球藻数量得到了有效抑制, 以磷浓度为0.1—0.5 mg/L 时效果最佳; N/P 比值对藻、溞、草间的相互作用有重要影响, 在藻-溞系统中, 大型沉水植物的加入可以大大提高控藻效果, 减小N/P 比值波动带来的不利影响。与低氮情况相比, 高氮条件对金鱼藻、大型溞及小球藻的增长均存在一定抑制作用。磷浓度为0.5 mg/L时的水体氮磷去除效果好于其他磷浓度梯度。       

磷浓度对小环藻、大型溞和金鱼藻三者相互作用的影响

为了解磷浓度对水生植被恢复和生物操纵效果的影响, 分别用小环藻(Cyclotella sp.)、大型溞(Daphnia magna)和金鱼藻(Ceratophyllum demersum)代表浮游植物、浮游动物和大型沉水植物建立水生微宇宙模型, 在25℃、2600 lx光强和11 mg/L氮浓度条件下, 分别研究小环藻与大型溞、小环藻与金鱼藻、小环藻-大型溞-金鱼藻共培养时4种磷浓度(0.05、0.1、0.5和2 mg/L)下小环藻、大型溞、金鱼藻的增长率以及培养液中氮磷去除率的变化。结果表明: 小环藻与大型溞、小环藻与金鱼藻两两共培养时, 磷浓度为0.05-2 mg/L时, 金鱼藻和大型溞均生长良好, 小环藻受到明显抑制, 其密度保持较小幅度的正增长。在小环藻-大型溞-金鱼藻三者共培养时, 在0.05-2 mg/L的磷浓度范围内大型溞和金鱼藻生长良好, 与两两共培养相比, 小环藻则受到了更大程度的抑制, 在磷浓度为0.05-0.1 mg/L时藻密度呈现负增长. 这说明在水生态系统中, 大型浮游动物和沉水植物对浮游藻类的联合控制效果远好于各自单独的控制效果, 该控制效果随磷浓度的提高而减弱, 以0.1 mg/L的磷浓度为最佳。在实验结束后测定氮磷去除率发现, 在最低磷浓度(0.05 mg/L),即磷限制时, 水中磷去除率最高, 在最高磷浓度(2 mg/L), 即氮限制时, 水中氮去除率最高。     

铜绿微囊藻对萼花臂尾轮虫与大型溞竞争关系的影响

为探究铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aeruginosa)浓度变化对浮游动物竞争关系的影响, 通过控制实验法, 评估了在 3个铜绿微囊藻浓度梯度下, 萼花臂尾轮虫(Brachionus calyciflorus)和大型溞(Daphnia magna)之间的种间竞争关系。结果表明不同浓度铜绿微囊藻对萼花臂尾轮虫、大型溞的增长及二者种间竞争影响具有差异, 并且在3种铜绿微囊藻浓度下均以大型溞为主要优势类群。低浓度(5×104 cells/mL)铜绿微囊藻仅促进大型溞种群增长(P<0.01), 大型溞占据主要优势地位; 中浓度(1×105 cells/mL)铜绿微囊藻对萼花臂尾轮虫和大型溞增长均有显著影响(P<0.01), 在此浓度下大型溞在种群竞争中依旧占优势地位, 使得萼花臂尾轮虫种群衰亡; 在高浓度铜绿微囊藻(5×105 cells/mL)环境中种群生长均受到抑制(P<0.01), 在共培养体系中仅大型溞种群存活。在无其他外在影响因素存在时, 实验结果显示在不同浓度的铜绿微囊藻下, 大型溞均占优势, 说明铜绿微囊藻的浓度可能不是影响大型溞与萼花臂尾轮虫的竞争地位的主要因素。研究不同浓度铜绿微囊藻条件下浮游动物种间竞争关系对于理解蓝藻水华暴发的生态效应有重要意义。     

铜绿微囊藻和四尾栅藻对铵态氮的响应

为探讨铵态氮在藻类种群演替中的作用,采用纯培养和共培养的方法,研究了铵态氮对铜绿微囊藻和四尾栅藻生长、生理和细胞形态的影响。结果表明:在纯培养条件下,5.0~20 mg·L~(-1)的铵态氮浓度适宜于铜绿微囊藻和四尾栅藻的生长,但铜绿微囊藻比四尾栅藻对铵态氮的响应更敏感;铵态氮浓度达到50 mg·L~(-1)时,铜绿微囊藻的光合活性在第2天时由0.35降低至0.07,四尾栅藻的光合活性则在第4天时由0.63降低至0.47;随着培养时间和铵态氮浓度的增加,四尾栅藻色素体的损伤情况加剧;铵态氮浓度≥10 mg·L~(-1)时,四尾栅藻易形成两细胞形态的结构,铵态氮浓度低于10 mg·L~(-1)时,四尾栅藻易形成四细胞形态的结构;在共培养条件下,适宜四尾栅藻和铜绿微囊藻生长的铵态氮浓度范围分别是0.5~2.0和5.0~20 mg·L~(-1);铜绿微囊藻是喜高铵(5.0~20 mg·L~(-1))的藻类,控制铵态氮浓度在一个较低水平(≤2.0 mg·L~(-1))可以作为防治微囊藻水华发生的策略。     

不同藻类对大型溞存活和生殖的影响

通过生命表技术观察了大型溞（Daphnia magna）在实验室恒定温度（25 ℃）下分别以梅尼小环藻、铜绿微囊藻905、铜绿微囊藻469和斜生栅藻为饵料时的存活率和生殖量变化,并据此探讨了不同藻类对大型溞生活史特征的影响。结果表明：大型溞食用梅尼小环藻和铜绿微囊藻469后生长良好,大型溞在斜生栅藻中也能较好生长,而铜绿微囊藻905对大型溞的生长和繁殖均有不良影响;大型溞对不同藻类的净生殖率(R₀)、世代历期(T)和内禀增长率(r_m)及存活率有不同的影响,梅尼小环藻分别为44.35、11.86、0.32、5%;铜绿微囊藻469分别为48.20、14.25、0.27、30%;斜生栅藻分别为8.10、12.47、0.17、15%;铜绿微囊藻905分别为0、0、0、0。     

氮磷对青岛大扁藻和牟氏角毛藻单养和共培养生长的影响

通过实验生态学的方法,分别以KNO3和KH2PO4为氮源和磷源,研究青岛大扁藻(Platymonas helgolandicavar.tsingtaoensis)和牟氏角毛藻(Chaetoceros muelleri Lemmerman)单培养和共培养时的生长状况。结果显示,不同氮磷处理对两种藻的单培养和共培养都有显著影响(P<0.05)。共培养时,青岛大扁藻的最大藻密度与氮磷浓度呈正相关。氮处理时,当培养液中KNO3为110 mg/L时,取得最大值;磷处理时,青岛大扁藻的最大藻密度在KH2PO4为9 mg/L时取得最大值;而牟氏角毛藻分别在KNO3为70 mg/L和KH2PO4为5 mg/L时取得最大值。共培养时两种藻的藻密度都低于单培养。另外,无论低氮高磷还是高氮低磷都不利于两种藻获得较大的终细胞密度。     

铜绿微囊藻、斜生栅藻对氮磷饥饿的耐受能力研究

在太湖微囊藻水华暴发期间 , 监测了梅梁湾水体中叶绿素 a 和氮磷营养盐的动态变化, 并通过批量培养实验研究了氮磷缺乏对铜绿微囊藻和斜生栅藻生长的影响 , 以探讨两种藻对氮磷饥饿的耐受能力对微囊藻水华形成的影响。结果表明 , 在水华期间 , 水体的氮磷营养盐浓度并不高, 并处于波动状态; 铜绿微囊藻和斜生栅藻对氮磷饥饿的耐受能力存在很大差异 : 在无磷培养基中 , 铜绿微囊藻能保持 8 天的指数生长, 而斜生栅藻在无氮或无磷培养基中生长都非常缓慢。两种藻对磷饥饿的耐受能力均高于氮。通过生长速率的比较, 发现铜绿微囊藻对磷饥饿的耐受能力明显高于斜生栅藻, 因此更能够适应波动的营养供给条件。对营养盐饥饿耐受能力的不同导致两种藻在营养盐波动的情况下微囊藻更易取得优势, 成为水华期间浮游植物的优势种。     

铜绿微囊藻和斜生栅藻非稳态营养盐限制条件下的生长竞争特性

采用“脉冲”添加方法进行了非稳态条件下铜绿微囊藻（M.）和斜生栅藻（S.）分别在氮磷单营养盐和双营养盐限制时的共培养试验。试验结果显示：当添加频率为1d时,无论何种营养盐限制,M.均成为优势藻种。氮限制条件下,氮时均浓度范围在0.3—2.4 mg/L时,M.始终具有竞争优势。磷限制条件下,磷浓度范围在0.018—0.035 mg/L时,S.只在生长初期阶段占优。氮磷双营养盐限制条件下,添加液的氮磷质量比为35:1（设定为最优比）,添加频率为8 d时,两种藻表现出共生特征;而偏离最优比时（N:P=70:1,17:1）,在不同的添加频率下均未出现共生现象,且氮的时均浓度为0.6—4.8 mg/L时（70:1）,M.具有竞争优势,而降低为0.15—0.3 mg/L时（17:1）,S.占优。随着添加频率的变化,两种藻的细胞大小也会随之改变,S.随着营养盐浓度的降低而增大,且在双营养盐限制条件下变化更显著。上述试验结果分析表明：两种藻竞争能力与添加频率相关,在藻种浓度的变化上,按照‘拾遗－机会’交替竞争理论,M.表现出机会主义者特征,而S.则表现出拾遗者的特征,两者的共生特征也符合‘中度干扰’假说。藻细胞大小变化表明,两种藻均可以改变大小实现最大限度争夺受限营养盐。在低浓度时,S.细胞大小的变化同样也变现出了“拾遗者”的特征。     

镇海水库拟柱孢藻的分离鉴定和氮磷对其生长的影响

以分离自广东省镇海水库的拟柱孢藻N8为对象, 探究其在不同磷浓度及氮磷浓度组合下的生长情况。结果表明, 拟柱孢藻N8对磷的适应范围很宽, 在0.025.12 mg/L磷浓度下均能生长, 最适生长磷浓度范围为0.165.12 mg/L, 磷浓度的升高能显著延长拟柱孢藻的对数生长期和提高生物量。动力学分析表明, 拟柱孢藻N8有较低的KSP值, 对磷元素的亲和性较高, 在磷营养贫乏的环境下更容易形成优势。在氮磷组合实验中, 低氮(0.5 mg/L)显著抑制拟柱孢藻的生长, 且这种生长抑制不受磷浓度的影响; 而在低磷(0.04 mg/L)条件下, 水体中氮浓度的增加会显著促进拟柱孢藻的生长, 拟柱孢藻在高氮中磷和高氮高磷下的生长显著优于其他氮磷组合条件。研究表明, 广东省水库拟柱孢藻的生长受磷的限制较弱, 氮是其生长的决定因子。       

Interconversion of trans, trans and cis, trans farnesol by enzymes from Andrographis

When trans, trans-farnesol [4,8,12-¹⁴C₃,1-³H₂] is isomerized to cis, trans-farnesol by soluble enzymes from Andrographis paniculata tissue cultures, 50% of the tritium label is lost. The same loss is observed when isomerization occurs in the opposite direction. This is in accordance with the proposed mechanism for isomerization via aldehydes.     

Dinuclear ruthenium sawhorse-type complexes containing bridging ligands with ferrocenyl substituents in endo/endo, endo/exo and exo/exo orientations

The dinuclear ruthenium complexes Ru₂(CO)₄(OOCC₅H₄FeC₅H₅)₂L₂ (L = NC₅H₅: 1, L = PPh₃: 2) have been synthesized from Ru₃(CO)₁₂, ferrocene carboxylic acid and pyridine or triphenylphosphine, respectively. The single-crystal X-ray structure analysis reveals for 1 and 2 a Ru₂(CO)₄ sawhorse backbone with the two ferrocenyl substituents of the two carboxylato bridges being endo/exo with respect to each other in the solid state. With the new pyridine derivative NC₅H₄OOCC₅H₄FeC₅H₅ (4-ferrocenoyl pyridine) (3) as axial ligand, the complex Ru₂(CO)₄(OOCC₅H₄FeC₅H₅)₂(NC₅H₄OOCC₅H₄FeC₅H₅)₂ (4) was obtained, the single crystal X-ray structure analysis showing an exo/exo orientation of the two carboxylato bridges in the solid state. The endo/endo orientation is found in the solid-state structure of Ru₂(CO)₄(HNOCC₅H₄FeC₅H₅)₂(PPh₃)₂ (5), the two OCNH bridges being transoïd with respect to each other; this complex is accessible from Ru₃(CO)₁₂, ferrocenamide and triphenylphosphine.     

Nitrogen-containing non-steroidal secondary metabolites of Solanum, Cyphomandra, Lycianthes and Margaranthus

Of the 49 species of Solanum studied, cuscohygrine has been detected in 25, solamine and related amines in 17 and solamine-derived amides in 16. Five species of Cyphomandra examined all contained both amines and amides. From roots of Margaranthus solanaceus cuscohygrine has been isolated which probably occurs, too, in roots of Lycianthes rantonnettii. The distribution of these compounds throughout the taxa could be of chemotaxonomic value.     

Cortinarius sect. Brunnei (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) in North Europe

The section Brunnei was extensively studied based on material from North Europe. To stabilise the nomenclature we studied the relevant types of taxa included in this section. Phylogenetic relationships and species limits were investigated using rDNA ITS sequences and the results were compared with the morphological data. We recognised 11 species: Cortinarius brunneus, C. clarobrunneus comb. nov., C. coleoptera, C. ectypus, C. gentilis, C. glandicolor (neotypified), C. pseudorubricosus, and four species described as new C. caesiobrunneus, C. albogaudis, C. carabus, and C. cicindela. They are described here and their taxonomy, ecology, distribution, and relationships are discussed. In addition, a key to species of the section Brunnei is provided. A total of 77 new sequences of 11 species are published including nine type sequences. Also the taxonomic assignments of sequences in the public databases belonging to the section Brunnei are revised.     

Iridoid glucosides in Griselinia, Aralidium and Toricellia

From three of five investigated species of Griselinia a new iridoid glucoside, griselinoside, was isolated. It was found to be present also in foliage of Aralidium pinnatifidum and Toricellia angulata, accompanied in the former by aralidioside another novel iridoid glucoside. The structures and absolute configurations of the two iridoids were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy and chemical conversions. From G. littoralis and T. angulata the glucosides magnolioside and syringoside respectively were isolated. ¹³C NMR spectra are given for thirteen iridoid derivatives.     

Recent advances in the cryopreservation of shoot-derived germplasm of economically important fruit trees of Actinidia, Diospyros, Malus, Olea, Prunus, Pyrus and Vitis

This paper presents the advances made over the last decade in cryopreservation of economically important vegetatively propagated fruit trees. Cryopreservation protocols have been established using both dormant buds sampled on field-grown plants and shoot tips sampled on in vitro plantlets. In the case of dormant buds, scions are partially dehydrated by storage at − 5 °C, and then cooled slowly to − 30 °C using low cooling rates (c.a. 1 °C/h) before immersion in liquid nitrogen. After slow rewarming and rehydration of samples, regrowth takes place either through grafting of buds on rootstocks or excision of apices and inoculation in vitro. In the case of shoot tips of in vitro plantlets, the cryopreservation techniques employed are the following: controlled rate cooling procedures involving slow prefreezing followed by immersion in liquid nitrogen or vitrification-based procedures including encapsulation–dehydration, vitrification, encapsulation–vitrification and droplet-vitrification. The current status of cryopreservation for a series of fruit tree species including Actinidia, Diospyros, Malus, Olea, Prunus, Pyrus and Vitis is presented. Routine application of cryopreservation for long-term germplasm storage in genebanks is currently limited to apple and pear, for which large cryopreserved collections have been established at NCGRP, Fort Collins (USA), using dormant buds and in vitro shoot tips, respectively. However, there are a growing number of examples of pilot scale testing experiments under way for different species in various countries. Progress in the further development and application of cryopreservation techniques will be made through a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in the induction of tolerance to dehydration and cryopreservation in frozen explants.     

Rhizobium pisi sv. trifolii K3.22 harboring nod genes of the Rhizobium leguminosarum sv. trifolii cluster

The taxonomic status of the Rhizobium sp. K3.22 clover nodule isolate was studied by multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of 16S rRNA and six housekeeping chromosomal genes, as well as by a subsequent phylogenic analysis. The results revealed full congruence with the Rhizobium pisi DSM 30132^T core genes, thus supporting the same taxonomic position for both strains. However, the K3.22 plasmid symbiosis nod genes demonstrated high sequence similarity to Rhizobium leguminosarum sv. trifolii, whereas the R. pisi DSM 30132^Tnod genes were most similar to R. leguminosarum sv. viciae. The strains differed in the host range nodulation specificity, since strain K3.22 effectively nodulated red and white clover but not vetch, in contrast to R. pisi DSM 30132^T, which effectively nodulated vetch but was not able to nodulate clover. Both strains had the ability to form nodules on pea and bean but they differed in bean cultivar specificity. The R. pisi K3.22 and DSM 30132^T strains might provide evidence for the transfer of R. leguminosarum sv. trifolii and sv. viciae symbiotic plasmids occurring in natural soil populations.     

Performance of Anisantha (Bromus) tectorum and Rumex acetosella in sandy calcareous soil

Many plants are adapted to an eroded landscape with a large proportion of virgin soil. Open and disturbed soils are today almost only restricted to agricultural fields with high loads of fertilizers. We conducted a pot experiment in order to investigate growth and nutritional constraints of one calcicole species, Anisantha (syn. Bromus) tectorum, and one calcifuge species, Rumex acetosella, in decalcified topsoil and recently exposed calcareous subsoil from a field experiment in sandy grassland. In the pot experiment we implemented one treatment where we limed topsoil with CaCO₃ to the same amount as in subsoil.The subsoil had approximately 10% CaCO₃ and both species grew less in this soil compared to the topsoil, which had less than 1% CaCO₃. Germination rate of A. tectorum was higher in subsoil than in topsoil or limed topsoil. P fertilization of the limed topsoil counteracted the negative liming effect for A. tectorum, but only partly so for R. acetosella. P fertilization of subsoil increased the shoot biomass of A. tectorum, but not of R. acetosella. P concentration in plants was not reduced when growing on subsoil or limed topsoil compared to topsoil. The results show that lime addition may reduce the P availability also to calcicole species such as A. tectorum and we found indications for that Ca toxicity may be a causing factor for the calcifuge behavior of R. acetosella. The significance of the results for conservation management practices in sandy grasslands is discussed.