北京市夏季空气微生物群落结构和生态分布

着重研究北京市夏季空气微生物的群落结构和生态分布特征。结果表明 :北京市夏季空气中革兰氏阳性菌明显多于革兰氏阴性菌 ,约占 70 %～ 85 % ,其中阳性球菌占总数的占 35 %～ 4 5 %。 3个功能区 (文教区、交通干线和公园绿地 )共发现 30属空气细菌 ,其中革兰氏阳性菌 2 0属 ,革兰氏阴性菌 10属。优势细菌属为微球菌属 (Micrococcus)、芽孢杆菌属 (Bacillus)、葡萄球菌属 (Staphylococcus)和假单胞菌属 (Pseudomonas)。 3个功能区共出现 10属空气真菌 ,优势菌属枝孢属 (Cladosporium)、链格孢属 (Alternaria)、无孢菌 (nonsporing)、青霉属 (Penicillium)和曲霉属 (Aspergillus) ,其中枝孢属是绝对优势菌属 ,占总数的4 8.2 %。空气细菌浓度交通干线和文教区明显高于公园绿地 ,而空气真菌浓度公园绿地和文教区明显高于交通干线。空气细菌浓度一日中 13:0 0时较低 ,0 9:0 0时和 17:0 0较高     

天梯山石窟壁画保存环境中空气细菌的季节性变化

【背景】微生物侵蚀是古代壁画常见生物病害,影响壁画的长久保存和安全陈展。空气微生物作为壁画病害菌的主要来源,近年在文物赋存环境监测和预防性保护中引起广泛重视。【目的】对天梯山石窟壁画的2处保存地,即天梯山原址和武威西夏博物馆壁画保存环境中的空气细菌浓度、群落结构及其季节变化规律进行分析。【方法】利用生物气溶胶采样器,在2016年春、夏、秋、冬4季分别采集各位点空气样品;基于传统培养方法获得空气中细菌浓度及纯培养菌株;通过提取细菌基因组DNA、扩增其16S rRNA基因、测序和系统发生关系分析等技术研究不同位点细菌群落时空动态变化规律;结合环境监测数据,分析影响文化遗产地空气细菌群落变化的主要因素。【结果】空气可培养细菌的总浓度在16.7-1 451.8 CFU/m3范围内变动。原址第18窟和第13窟,各季节细菌浓度无显著性差异,且呈明显季节性变动规律,总体特征为夏秋季低,冬春季高。西夏博物馆外空气细菌浓度在各季节均高于库房内,冬季最高。本研究共鉴定出19个细菌属,隶属于4个门;其中不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)、节杆菌属(Arthrobacter)、芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、考克氏菌属(Kocuria)、短波单胞菌属(Brevundimonas)、肉食杆菌属(Carnobacterium)、 Pseudoclavibacter和薄层菌属(Hymenobacter)为优势属。【结论】天梯山石窟空气细菌群落结构具有明显的时空分布特征;相对湿度、温度及季节性降水均会影响其变化;鉴定得到部分种属具备引起壁画生物腐蚀的潜势;本研究可为当地开展遗址和馆藏环境中文物预防性保护提供本底资料。     

麦积山石窟赋存环境中空气细菌的时空分布特征

【目的】空气微生物沉降及污染与文化遗产的微生物退化密切相关,本文对世界文化遗产地麦积山石窟赋存环境空气中细菌浓度和群落结构的季节性变化特征进行了系统研究,为石窟环境监测预警和文物预防性保护提供依据。【方法】利用生物气溶胶采样器,在2016年春、夏、秋和冬季分别采集空气样品;基于传统培养方法获得空气中细菌浓度及纯培养菌株;通过提取基因组DNA、扩增细菌16S rRNA、测序和系统发生树等分子技术研究细菌群落时空动态变化规律;结合环境监测数据,分析影响遗产地空气细菌变化的主要因素。【结果】监测期内,空气细菌浓度在(281.20–1409.20)CFU/m3之间,最高浓度出现在MJ4处的夏季,最低浓度出现在MJO处的春季;具有明显季节性变化特征,在空间层位分布上有所差异,但不显著(P0.05)。培养的细菌菌株经鉴定属于4个门11个属;芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、Paenarthrobacter、节杆菌属(Arthrobacter)、薄层菌属(Hymenobacter)和考克氏菌属(Kocuria)等为优势属。【结论】麦积山石窟空气细菌群落结构具有明显的季节性和空间分布动态变化特征;在石窟不同层位,空气中细菌群落分布与相对湿度、温度与降雨量相关;部分细菌种属如芽孢杆菌属、微球菌属(Micrococcus),为壁画及彩塑生物腐蚀的潜在病害菌;麦积山石窟及周边环境空气细菌的监测可为石窟保护和旅游开放管理提供重要参考。     

青岛市秋季空气微生物群落多样性

采用KC-6120空气综合采样器采集空气微生物样品,通过构建16S/18SrDNA克隆文库方法分析青岛市市区街道秋季空气微生物群落结构特征.结果表明： 空气细菌分布在6大类,分别为变形菌门(78.8%)、厚壁菌门(14.6%)、放线菌门(4.0%)、浮霉菌门(1.3%)、蓝藻门(0.7%)和栖热菌门(0.6%),优势菌属为不动杆菌属(39.7%)、葡萄球菌属(11.3%)、鞘脂单胞菌属(8.6%)和副球菌属(6.0%).空气真菌分布在子囊菌门(97.5%)和担子菌门(2.5%),优势菌属为核腔菌属(76.5%)、炭角菌属(13.6%)和外瓶霉属(2.5%).空气微生物中存在不动杆菌属、鞘脂单胞菌、葡萄球菌等致病菌或条件致病菌,以及引发多种农作物枯萎死亡的麦类核腔菌、团炭角菌和角状平脐疣孢等真菌.     

北京城市空气细菌群落结构与动态变化特征

在北京市选择3个典型的功能区,通过定点系统取样,运用BIOLOG鉴定技术,着重研究了北京城市空气细菌的群落结构与动态变化特征。结果表明:北京市空气中革兰氏阳性菌明显多于革兰氏阴性菌,约占80%~85%,其中阳性球菌占总数的50%~55%。不同功能区共发现47属空气细菌,其中革兰氏阳性菌31属,革兰氏阴性菌16属。优势菌属依次为微球菌属(Micrococcus)、葡萄球菌属(Staphylococcus)、芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、棒杆菌属(Corynebacterium)和假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas),它们总和约占50%。在优势菌属中,微球菌属约占总数的20%~30%,是北京市空气中比例最大的菌属,假单胞菌属约占2.5%~5.0%。文教区和交通干线细菌浓度明显高于公园绿地(P<0.01);并且文教区和交通干线空气细菌浓度四季变化特征显著,夏季和秋季较高,春季和冬季较低,公园绿地空气细菌浓度四季没有显著差异;3个功能区13:00时的细菌浓度明显低于9:00时和17:00。     

青岛市秋季空气微生物群落多样性

采用KC-6120空气综合采样器采集空气微生物样品,通过构建16S/18SrDNA克隆文库方法分析青岛市市区街道秋季空气微生物群落结构特征.结果表明： 空气细菌分布在6大类,分别为变形菌门(78.8%)、厚壁菌门(14.6%)、放线菌门(4.0%)、浮霉菌门(1.3%)、蓝藻门(0.7%)和栖热菌门(0.6%),优势菌属为不动杆菌属(39.7%)、葡萄球菌属(11.3%)、鞘脂单胞菌属(8.6%)和副球菌属(6.0%).空气真菌分布在子囊菌门(97.5%)和担子菌门(2.5%),优势菌属为核腔菌属(76.5%)、炭角菌属(13.6%)和外瓶霉属(2.5%).空气微生物中存在不动杆菌属、鞘脂单胞菌、葡萄球菌等致病菌或条件致病菌,以及引发多种农作物枯萎死亡的麦类核腔菌、团炭角菌和角状平脐疣孢等真菌.     

香山黄栌叶片内生细菌的分离与鉴定

通过微生物培养方法对北京香山黄栌叶片内生细菌进行分离及筛选,共得到81株内生细菌,经形态学观察、16S rDNA扩增及系统发育分析,将其归为变形菌门(Proteobacteria)中的欧文氏菌属(Erwinia)和志贺氏菌属(Shigella);厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)中的芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、柯恩氏菌属(Cohnella)、类芽孢杆菌属(Paenibacillus)和葡萄球菌属(Staphylococcus);放线菌门(Actinobacteria)中的短小杆菌属(Curtobacterium)。这是国内外首次利用培养方法针对黄栌叶片内生细菌进行研究的报道。     

生物过滤法处理城市污水处理厂臭气

对某城市污水处理厂沉砂池的臭气进行了生物过滤处理。生物过滤池滤料层高1.5m,滤料体积55m³,臭气处理量为12000m³·h^-1。对除臭效果120d的监测和研究结果表明,进气中H₂S浓度在1.96～4.63mg·m^-3之间,NH₃的浓度为2.21～5.68mg·m^-3。处理后,出气中H₂S的浓度在0.03～0.97mg·m^-3间,去除率均达80%以上,NH₃浓度最高值仅为0.46mg·m^-3,低于1.0mg·m^-3的一级排放标准。生物除臭复合微生物主要包括细菌、酵母和霉菌,其中细菌含量最高,每克干滤料细菌含量达1.8～3.1×10⁸CFU。菌种鉴定结果表明,除臭菌主要有芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)、动胶菌属(Zoogloea)、不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)、硫杆菌属(Thiobacillus)、酵母属(Saceharomyces)、假丝酵母属(Candida)、曲霉属(Aspergillus)、青霉属(Penicillium)、根霉属(Rhizopus)等种属的微生物。     

北京市三个功能区空气微生物中值直径及粒径分布特征

空气中微生物对人类健康的危害除了与微生物的种类和浓度有关外,还与微生物粒子的大小密切相关,并且不同粒径的空气微生物对人们健康影响的作用机理不同。通过定点试验调查,运用国产安德森生物粒子取样器着重研究北京市3个功能区(文教区-中国科学院生态环境研究中心所在区域、交通干线-西直门和公园绿地-北京植物园)空气微生物的中值直径和粒径分布。结果表明,不同功能区空气微生物的粒径分布相同,空气细菌,真菌与放线菌的粒径分布各不相同。空气细菌粒径呈偏态分布,空气真菌呈对数正态分布,空气放线菌的分布特征与空气真菌相反,主要分布在>8.2μm和<2.0μm级中。不同属真菌的粒径分布也不相同,枝孢属、青霉属和曲霉属呈对数正态分布,链格孢属和无孢菌为偏态分布。空气细菌的中值直径明显大于空气真菌和放线菌。交通干线和公园绿地空气细菌和真菌粒子中值直径明显大于文教区,放线菌粒子中值直径交通干线明显高于文教区和公园绿地。空气微生物中值直径在一年各月中没有明显的变化规律。     

重庆中国三峡博物馆临时展厅内空气微生物调查检测

目的调查重庆中国三峡博物馆临时展厅内空气微生物的数量和种类,进而为博物馆等公共场所的环境安全提供评估依据。方法利用空气采样器对博物馆不同楼层的临时展厅进行空气微生物采样,利用纯培养的方法对空气微生物进行数量检测,利用全自动生化鉴定仪对微生物种类进行生化鉴定。,结果四楼临时展厅中的细菌数量达到（509±65．06）CFU／m3,显著高于其他楼层的临时展厅（P〈0．05）,而一楼临时展厅内的真菌数量为（14±5．29）CFU／m3,显著高于二楼和i楼临时展厅（P〈0．05）,但与四楼临展内比较差异尤统计学意义（P〉0．05）。临时展厅内空气微生物中的真菌以曲霉属（Aspergillus）为主,还包括毛霉属（Mucor）、青霉属（Penicillium）、孢子丝菌属（Sporothrix）以及根霉属（Rhizopus）;细菌则以微球菌属（Micrococcus）为主,还包括芽孢杆菌属（BaciUus）、假单胞菌属（Pseudomonadaceae）、葡萄球菌属（Staphylococcus）、棒状杆菌属（Corynebacterium）、放线菌属（Actinomyces）、苏黎世菌属（Turicella）和黄杆菌属（Flavobacterium）。结论普通参观日内,重庆中国三峡博物馆临时展厅内空气微生物浓度能够满足我国《室内空气质量标准》（GBT18883—2002）的要求,且微生物种类以条件性致病菌为主,正常条件下不会导致传染性疾病的发生。     

Animal-microbial symbioses in changing environments

The environments in which animals have evolved and live have profound effects on all aspects of their biology. Predictable rhythmic changes in the physical environment are arguably among the most important forces shaping the evolution of behavior and physiology of animals, and to anticipate and prepare for these predictable changes, animals have evolved biological clocks. Unpredictable changes in the physical environment have important impacts on animal biology as well. The ability of animals to cope with and survive unpredictable perturbations depends on phenotypic plasticity and/or microevolution. From the time metazoans first evolved from their protistan ancestors they have lived in close association with a diverse array of microbes that have influenced, in some way, all aspects of the evolution of animal structure, function and behavior. Yet, few studies have addressed whether daily or seasonal rhythms may affect, or be affected by, an animal’s microbial symbionts. This survey highlights how biologists interested in the ecological and evolutionary physiology of animals whose lifestyles are influenced by environmental cycles may benefit from considering whether symbiotic microbes have shaped the features they study.     

Microbial landscapes on the outer tissue surfaces of the reef-building coral <Emphasis Type="Italic">Porites compressa</Emphasis>

Microbial-coral interactions are increasingly recognized as important for coral health and disease. Visualizing these interactions is important for understanding where, when, and how the coral animal and microbes interact. Porites compressa, preserved using Parducz fixative and examined by scanning electron microscopy, revealed a changing microbial landscape. The external cell layers of this coral were invariably clean of directly adhering microbes, unlike coral-associated mucus. In colonies with expanded polyps, secreted mucus rapidly dissipated, although blobs of new mucus were common; the coral epidermal cells expressed cilia, which are presumably used to clean the surface, and coral-associated microbes were present as flocs, possibly enmeshed in mucus. In colonies with permanently contracted polyps, the coral epidermis had lost cilia and a stable, multi-lamellar mucous sheet covered the surface of the animal. This sheet became heavily colonized by both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes, however these microbes did not penetrate the mucous sheet and the animal’s epidermal cell surfaces remained sterile. These observations show that relationships between this coral animal and associated microbes are highly dynamic.     

微生物组学研究的“淘金时代”

人体及动物肠道中生存着数量庞大的共生微生物;这些微生物无时无刻不参与着宿主的生命活动。揭示这些共生微生物在宿主体内的变化规律、与宿主之间的依存和博弈关系等,将使人类更加全面的认知高等生物体的生命本质。本专刊从肠道微生物与疾病、肠道微生物群落结构、肠道微生物与宿主互作、肠道微生物资源和肠道微生物研究方法 5个层面展示了我国科研工作者在肠道微生物研究领域的新进展及新观点。     

Host Biology in Light of the Microbiome: Ten Principles of Holobionts and Hologenomes

Groundbreaking research on the universality and diversity of microorganisms is now challenging the life sciences to upgrade fundamental theories that once seemed untouchable. To fully appreciate the change that the field is now undergoing, one has to place the epochs and foundational principles of Darwin, Mendel, and the modern synthesis in light of the current advances that are enabling a new vision for the central importance of microbiology. Animals and plants are no longer heralded as autonomous entities but rather as biomolecular networks composed of the host plus its associated microbes, i.e., "holobionts." As such, their collective genomes forge a "hologenome," and models of animal and plant biology that do not account for these intergenomic associations are incomplete. Here, we integrate these concepts into historical and contemporary visions of biology and summarize a predictive and refutable framework for their evaluation. Specifically, we present ten principles that clarify and append what these concepts are and are not, explain how they both support and extend existing theory in the life sciences, and discuss their potential ramifications for the multifaceted approaches of zoology and botany. We anticipate that the conceptual and evidence-based foundation provided in this essay will serve as a roadmap for hypothesis-driven, experimentally validated research on holobionts and their hologenomes, thereby catalyzing the continued fusion of biology''s subdisciplines. At a time when symbiotic microbes are recognized as fundamental to all aspects of animal and plant biology, the holobiont and hologenome concepts afford a holistic view of biological complexity that is consistent with the generally reductionist approaches of biology.     

Farm animal proteomics--a review

In agricultural sciences as in all other areas of life science, the implementation of proteomics and other post-genomic tools is an important step towards more detailed understanding of the complex biological systems that control physiology and pathology of living beings. Farm animals are raised in large-scale operations, with the aim to obtain animal products for human consumption. Hence, understanding the biological traits that impact yield and quality of these products is the specific aim of much biological experimentation. However, most of the data gathered from experiments on e.g. swine and cattle are relevant not only for farm animal sciences, but also for adding to our understanding of complex biological mechanisms of health and disease in humans. The aim of this review is to present an overview of the specific topics of interest within farm animal proteomics, and to highlight some of the areas where synergy between classic model organism proteomics and farm animal proteomics is rapidly emerging. Focus will be on introducing the special biological traits that play an important role in food production, and on how proteomics may help optimize farm animal production.     

Chlamydiae, rickettsiae, and their cell wall defective variants.

Inapparent chlamydial and rickettsial infections are an important source of the dissemination of the parasites and may cause explosive outbreaks of severe diseases in man and animal. However, it is engimatic how these obligate intracellular microbes induce latency and why or how inapparent infections convert into active disease. Currently, microbiologists believe that chlamydiae and rickettsiae are gram-negative bacteria unique in their intracellular habitat. This review presents evidence that these organisms have another peculiarity; namely, defective cell walls present throughout much of their life cycle. In this survey, the properties of the small and large forms of chlamydiae and rickettsiae are reexamined with regard to the current knowledge of cell wall defective variants of free-living bacteria. Data are presented in support of the concept that chlamydiae and rickettsiae are cell wall defective microbes whose small 'bacterial' forms have lost the ability to reproduce as bacteria during evolution; the large forms including ultrafilterable phases of the life cycle of these parasites are responsible for inapparent infections of healthy carriers, whereas conversion into small 'bacterial forms may cause, under appropriate conditions manifest diseases. This concept may provide challenging and profitable directions in the search to explain puzzling phenomena associated with chlamydiae and rickettsiae.     

Axenic and gnotobiotic insect technologies in research on host–microbiota interactions

Insects are one of the most important animal life forms on earth. Symbiotic microbes are closely related to the growth and development of the host insects and can affect pathogen transmission. For decades, various axenic insect-rearing systems have been developed, allowing further manipulation of symbiotic microbiota composition. Here we review the historical development of axenic rearing systems and the latest progress in using axenic and gnotobiotic approaches to study insect–microbe interactions. We also discuss the challenges of these emerging technologies, possible solutions to address these challenges, and future research directions that can contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of insect–microbe interactions.     

Association with a sea anemone alters the skin microbiome of clownfish

Coral Reefs - Host-associated microbes play important roles in animal health. Clownfish and anemones form a mutualistic relationship where external surfaces are in constant contact with one...     

Virulence or Niche Factors: What's in a Name?

The increasing interest in the human microbiota raises some interesting questions about the terminology we use to describe some of the structures and strategies employed by commensal and pathogenic microbes to compete in these complex biological ecosystems. For example, all microbes arriving in the alimentary tract face the task of surviving passage through the stomach, coping with bile, interacting with the immune system, competing with the established microbiota, and obtaining sufficient nutrients to gain a foothold in this hostile environment. It is not surprising then that many gastrointestinal microbes (both pathogens and commensals) use similar strategies to overcome the challenges associated with this particular biological niche. Given that many of these structures and strategies were discovered and characterized in pathogens and because they often play important roles in establishing and maintaining an infection, they have often been characterized as virulence factors. It would be misleading to describe the same strategies and structures found in harmless commensals as “virulence factors,” since they represent a sine qua non for life in the gastrointestinal tract. It may be time to reconsider and refer to them as “niche factors,” both in terms of providing scientific accuracy but also in light of the growing interest in using gut microbes as probiotics, where the distinction between virulence factors and niche factors is likely to be very important from a regulatory perspective.