夏季蓝藻水华期间太湖河口区和敞水区纤毛虫群落组成及水平分布

在太湖北部主要河口区及敞水区域采集纤毛虫样品, 并用定量蛋白银法进行分析。河口区设10个采样点, 敞水区设14个采样点。调查中共检出3纲15目60属的105种纤毛虫, 种类最多的是钩刺目（21种）, 其次是寡毛目（20种）。纤毛虫优势种及其在河口区和敞水区占总丰度比例分别为: 寡毛目的双叉弹跳虫Halteria bifurcate Tamar （12.3%、18.1%）、大弹跳虫H. grandinella Dujardin （12.3%、10.9%）、短列裂隙虫Rimostrombidium brachykinetum Krainer （8.0%、13.4%）、圆筒状似铃壳虫Tintinnopsis cylindrata Kofoid Campbell （11.8%、4.5%）、盾纤目的银灰膜袋虫Cyclidium glaucoma Mller （3.1%、10.8%）。其他常见种类还有: 前口目的趣尾毛虫Urotricha farcta Claparde Lachmann、寡毛目的杯铃壳虫Codonella cratera Leidy、小裂隙虫R. humile Penard、奇异急游虫Strombidium mirabile Penard、小筒壳虫Tintinnidium pusillum Entz、缘毛目的水生钟虫复合种Vorticella aquadulcis complex和钟形钟虫V. campanula Ehrenberg。河口区和敞水区纤毛虫平均丰度分别为31407 cells/L（范围1 600-80 900 cells/L）和18618 cells/L（范围1225 -36000 cells/L）, 平均生物量分别为1322.6 g/L（范围44.6-3119.7 g/L）和543.6 g/L（范围44.0-1570.4 g/L）。两个区域的优势类群相似, 均以寡毛目、前口目、盾纤目和缘毛目为主。但河口区纤毛虫生物多样性（种类丰富度、Simpson多样性指数、Margalef多样性指数、Shannon多样性指数）显著高于敞水区的（P0.05）。统计分析发现, 食藻种类与叶绿素a含量之间无显著相关, 而食菌种类的丰度和叶绿素a含量呈显著正相关关系（P0.001）。由此推测, 纤毛虫群落结构的空间差异可能与水华暴发程度有较大关系。       

甘肃天水麦积山风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫的物种多样性

用活体观察和固定染色方法对麦积山风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫物种多样性进行了研究。共鉴定到隶属于3纲12目41科55属的土壤纤毛虫115种,其中包括11个未定名种和26个中国土壤纤毛虫新纪录种。街子温泉景区、曲溪景区、麦积山石窟区、石门山和仙人崖景区各分布有47、46、44、33和26种,大弹跳虫、似织毛虫、膨大肾形虫、僧帽肾形虫、迅捷肾形虫、吻四膜虫、长刀口虫和苔藓刀口虫为广布物种。前口目和下毛目为风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫群落中的优势类群,肾形目和盾纤目为次优势类群,侧口目、吸管目和寡毛目为罕见类群。风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫物种多样性与我国已有研究报道的其他地区的均极不相似。研究结果表明,风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫物种十分丰富,特有和稀有物种繁多,群落结构复杂而特殊;土壤和水生纤毛虫群落物种组成极不相似,土壤和水生纤毛虫群落是不同的2个独立群落。     

甘肃天水麦积山风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫的物种多样性

用活体观察和固定染色方法对麦积山风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫物种多样性进行了研究。共鉴定到隶属于3纲12目41科55属的土壤纤毛虫115种，其中包括11个未定名种和26个中国土壤纤毛虫新纪录种。街子温泉景区、曲溪景区、麦积山石窟区、石门山和仙人崖景区各分布有47、46、44、33和26种，大弹跳虫、似织毛虫、膨大肾形虫、僧帽肾形虫、迅捷肾形虫、吻四膜虫、长刀口虫和苔藓刀口虫为广布物种。前口目和下毛目为风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫群落中的优势类群，肾形目和盾纤目为次优势类群，侧口目、吸管目和寡毛目为罕见类群。风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫物种多样性与我国已有研究报道的其他地区的均极不相似。研究结果表明，风景名胜区土壤纤毛虫物种十分丰富，特有和稀有物种繁多，群落结构复杂而特殊；土壤和水生纤毛虫群落物种组成极不相似，土壤和水生纤毛虫群落是不同的2个独立群落。     

甘南高原沼泽湿地秋季纤毛虫物种多样性及其与环境因子的关系

用非淹没培养皿法、活体观察法和蛋白银染色法,对甘南高原沼泽湿地秋季纤毛虫物种多样性进行了研究,并采用灰色系统关联分析法分析了各样点纤毛虫群落组成参数与其生存环境因子间的关系.结果表明:6个样点共鉴定出157种纤毛虫,隶属于3纲11目34科53属,其中包括1个新种,24个未定名种,4个国内新纪录种.在鉴定到的纤毛虫中,下毛目为优势类群,前口目为次优势类群,寡毛目和袋形目为罕见类群,常见类群包括肾形目、篮口目、管口目、膜口目、盾纤目、异毛目和缘毛目.甘南高原沼泽湿地纤毛虫物种丰富,群落结构复杂,生境类群构成特殊,罕见种和特有种所占比例较大,广布种所占比例较小.灰色系统关联分析表明,各采样点纤毛虫物种丰度与其微生境环境因子密切相关,其中有机质和铵态氮是影响高原沼泽湿地纤毛虫群落稳定性的主要因素.     

低盐度围隔调控环境浮游纤毛虫群落结构与动态

为了解施肥与水质调控对养殖水体中原生动物的影响,2008年6-10月,对低盐度围隔调控环境中浮游纤毛虫种群结构及动态变化进行了研究.通过活体观察和标本固定染色法共检测到浮游纤毛虫48种,分属于3纲11目37属,其中寡毛目纤毛虫种类8种;缘毛目7种,腹毛目和盾纤目均为6种;优势种多为富营养化水体中或耐污性种类,如圆筒状拟铃壳虫(Tintinnopsis cylindrata)、球形急游虫(Stranbidium globosaneum)、海洋帆口虫(Pleuronema marinum)、蚤状中缢虫(Mesodinium pulex)、毛板壳虫(Coleps hirtus)、瓜形膜袋虫(Cyclidium citrullus)等.围隔不同施肥处理,对纤毛虫的群落组成与动态变化影响显著,试验期间,围隔中纤毛虫种类平均值最高为9种,最低为4种;密度平均值最高为112.30cells·ml-1,最低为19.50 cells·ml-1;10个围隔中纤毛虫种类平均分别为6～7种,密度平均为52.56 cells·ml-1;施有机肥培藻的围隔,优势种始终是嗜污性较强的纤毛虫.纤毛虫动态与浮游藻类动态变化密切相关,二者的密度变化特点为前期和后期低,中期较高;但多样性的变化规律相反,纤毛虫的多样性表现为前期和后期低,中期较高,藻类的多样性表现为前期和后期高,中期较低.     

兰州八里镇蔬菜基地春季土壤纤毛虫群落特征

2005年4月至2007年6月,用活体观察和固定染色方法对兰州八里镇蔬菜基地春季土壤纤毛虫的群落特征进行了研究.共鉴定出土壤纤毛虫67种,其中包括2个未定名种和14个中国土壤纤毛虫新纪录种.在八里镇蔬菜基地的土壤中鉴定到纤毛虫34种,隶属于3纲、7目、17科、18属;下毛目、肾形目、前口目为其优势类群;吻吴氏虫(Woodruffia rostrata)、近亲游仆虫(Euplotes afflnls)、苔藓圆纤虫(Strongylidium muscorum)、鱼形瘦尾虫(Uroleptus piscis)、似膜袋虫(Cyclidium simulans)等为其优势种.在对照样点(兰山)中鉴定到纤毛虫49种,隶属于3纲、9目、23科、30属;下毛目、盾纤目、肾形目和篮口目为其优势类群;苔藓游仆虫(E.muscicola)、近缘殖口虫(Gonostomum affine)、皮速体虫(Tachysoma pellionella)、食藻斜管虫(Cyclidium simulans)等为其优势种.八里镇蔬菜基地和对照样点的Gleason-Margalef物种多样性指数分别为3.672、5.393;与对照样点土壤纤毛虫的群落Jaccard相似系数为0.239.结果表明,八里镇蔬荣基地春季土壤纤毛虫的物种多样性与对照样点相比有所降低,其群落结构简单化.     

甘肃小陇山麻沿林区土壤纤毛虫群落特征

2006年7月和2007年11月,用活体观察和固定染色方法对小陇山麻沿林区土壤纤毛虫群落特征进行了研究.研究中共鉴定到土壤纤毛虫91种,其中包括8个未定名种.林区土壤纤毛虫群落结构复杂,计有3纲11目28科42属91种,下毛目为优势类群,肾形目和前口目为次优势类群,侧口目、缘毛目和寡毛目为偶见类群,膨胀肾形虫(Colpoda inflata)、长篮环虫(Cyrtolophosis elongata)、大口薄咽虫(Leptopharynx eurystoma)和长圆膜袋虫(Cyclidium oblongum)为优势种.林区各样点之间的土壤纤毛虫群落相似性为极不相似到中等不相似.结果表明,小陇山麻沿林区土壤纤毛虫群落物种丰富,特有和稀有物种繁多;林区各样点之间的小生境不同,土壤纤毛虫群落结构出现较大的差异.从林区生态环境的复杂性和独特性方面讨论了保护区土壤纤毛虫群落的特点.     

三亚珊瑚礁水域纤毛虫种类组成和数量分布及与环境因子的关系

2004年8月通过对三亚珊瑚礁水域纤毛虫进行表、底层采集分析,共鉴定6纲14目33属58种浮游纤毛虫,其中旋毛纲41种,叶口纲6种,寡膜纲5种,叶咽纲4种,前口纲和伪纤毛纲各1种。在14个目中,以旋毛纲环毛亚纲砂壳目纤毛虫种类最多,达到31种。主要优势种为布氏拟铃虫 Tintinnopsis bütschlii、小拟铃虫 Tintinnopsis minuta、丁丁急游虫Strombidium tintinnodes和具沟急游虫Strombidium sulcatum等,底层纤毛虫数量和种类都较表层高,底、表层平均丰度分别为375个/L和346 个/L,表、底层纤毛虫种类差异明显,表层主要由浮游纤毛虫组成,以旋毛纲环毛亚纲砂壳目纤毛虫为主,急游目纤毛虫次之;而底层主要由缘毛目组成,如长圆靴纤虫 Cothurnia oblonga、透明鞘居虫Vaginicola crystalline、钟虫Vorticella sp.以及吸管目的壳吸管虫 Acineta sp. 等。结果显示,在活珊瑚覆盖率高的站位（S4,S7和S9）纤毛虫数量明显低于珊瑚覆盖率低或没有珊瑚覆盖的站位,这暗示了珊瑚对纤毛虫的摄食作用。典型对应分析结果表明,影响三亚湾海域纤毛虫分布的主要因素有Chla、颗粒悬浮物SS和活性磷,以及水体溶解有机碳含量。通过对纤毛虫数量与环境因子关系的分析表明,三亚湾珊瑚礁水域纤毛虫的数量与叶绿素呈明显的正相关性。     

刘家峡水库网箱养鱼场纤毛虫群落特征

2006年3月至2007年2月, 用活体观察法和直接计数法对刘家峡水库网箱养鱼场纤毛虫群落进行了研究.共鉴定到77种纤毛虫, 其中包括4个未定名种, 隶属于3纲11目34科43属.下毛目为优势类群, 前口目为次优势类群, 异毛目为偶见类群.善变膜袋虫、长圆膜袋虫、珍珠映毛虫、钩刺斜管虫和大口瞬目虫为春季群落优势种; 善变膜袋虫、颗粒膜袋虫和珍珠映毛虫为夏季群落优势种; 颗粒膜袋虫和善变膜袋虫为秋季群落优势种; 冬季无明显优势种.纤毛虫物种数的周年动态呈单峰型, 8、9月份物种数最多, 有52种, 3月份最少, 只有18种; 物种数的季节动态为: 夏季＞秋季＞春季＞冬季.纤毛虫丰度的周年动态呈三峰型, 高峰分别出现在4月、6月和9月份, 5月份采样前夕水库调水导致丰度骤降是造成三峰型的主要原因; 纤毛虫丰度的季节动态为: 夏季＞秋季＞春季＞冬季.纤毛虫物种多样性指数的周年动态为: 8月份最大, 3月份最小.相关性分析结果表明, 对网箱养鱼场纤毛虫物种数影响最大的因子是水温, 其次是透明度和pH值, 投放饲料量的影响最小; 对网箱养鱼场纤毛虫丰度影响最大的是投放饲料量, 其次是水温和pH值, 透明度的影响最小.     

对映-贝壳杉烷型二萜类化合物对土壤纤毛虫群落的毒性效应

选取小陇山自然保护区麻沿林区的土壤纤毛虫并通过盆栽实验从纤毛虫的群落结构、丰度和食性三方面研究了对映-贝壳杉烷型二萜类化合物对纤毛虫群落的毒性作用。纤毛虫群落结构采用"非浸没式培养法"进行分析,物种鉴定采用活体观察和蛋白银染色法,同时采用直接计数法分析土壤纤毛虫的丰度。共鉴定到纤毛虫 88 种,隶属于3纲11目29科42属,其中对照组 75 种;分析表明二萜化合物可导致土壤纤毛虫群落结构的衰退演替;双因子方差分析显示纤毛虫物种数在二萜化合物各浓度处理组间呈现极显著差异 (F_5,9=137.776,P＜0.01),并在不同时间处理组间呈显著差异 (F_5,9=2.607,P＜0.05);线性回归分析显示土壤纤毛虫总物种数随着二萜类化合物浓度的升高有下降趋势,具有良好的直线线性关系(R² =0.9521)。当二萜类化合物浓度超过 32.5 mg/kg 时土壤纤毛虫优势种由膨胀肾形虫、长篮环虫、大口薄咽虫和长圆膜袋虫演替为膨胀肾形虫、长篮环虫、苔藓膜袋虫、水藓薄咽虫和大弹跳虫,且C/P系数从小于1变为大于1,当施药浓度超过 62.5 mg/kg时,优势种演替为大弹跳虫、小尖毛虫、有肋薄咽虫和一种前口虫。同时,分析还显示肾形目对二萜化合物有较高的耐受能力,下毛目、前口目和篮口目对二萜类化合物有一定的耐受能力。对纤毛虫食性研究发现二萜类化合物对纤毛虫的影响还与纤毛虫的食性有关,尤其对肉食性纤毛虫危害最大。比较分析显示,在相同暴露时间,不同施药浓度下土壤纤毛虫丰度与对照组相比均有极明显的降低,而同一施药浓度,随着暴露时间逐渐延长,纤毛虫的数量逐渐回升,但即使土壤中二萜类化合物残留浓度很低,也对纤毛虫群落有显著的抑制作用。非参数多个独立样本检验分析结果表明各浓度组间纤毛虫的丰度存在极显著差异。结果表明,不同浓度的对二萜化合物对土壤纤毛虫群落结构在种类组成和丰度方面均成具有强烈的扰动作用。     

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.