珍贵药材黄花倒水莲的群落结构及物种多样性研究

黄花倒水莲系华南民间常用且珍贵中药材。采用样方调查法对福建省三明地区黄花倒水莲群落的植物组成、群落结构和物种多样性进行了分析。结果表明,在26个样方、共计2600m2的样地内,群落有维管植物89科167属205种。种子植物属的区系成分划分为12个分布型和8个变型,热带性分布属稍占优势,占总属数的57.85%;温带性成分占总属数的40.7%。生活型谱分析显示群落包括藤本在内的高位芽植物占总种数的58.53%,其中以小高位芽和矮高位芽植物占优势;地面芽和地上芽占较大比例,以蕨类植物和多年生草本植物为主,地下芽和1年生植物很少。群落垂直结构分为乔木层、灌木层和草本层。物种丰富度指数、Simpson指数、Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou均匀度指数分析表明:群落垂直结构多样性特点为草本层>灌木层>乔木层>层外层,草本层的各项多样性指数均显著大于其他层次。为黄花倒水莲人工栽培选择适生环境提供参考,提出了开发利用和资源保护的建议。     

不同强度旅游干扰对黄山松群落物种多样性的影响

研究天柱山国家森林公园不同强度旅游干扰下黄山松群落的物种多样性,用物种丰富度指数S、Simpson指数D、ShannonWiener指数日和Pialou均匀度J比较分析了不同层次物种多样性变化。结果表明：乔木层中,低度干扰下多样性指数较大;其他层次中,中度干扰下多样性指数最高。整个群落分析表明,低度干扰下几种多样性指数分别为38、3．0976、0．9326、0．7515;中度干扰下,多样性指数最高,分别为44、3．2519、0．9421、O．8594,其中灌木层和草本层所起的作用较大;高度干扰下,多样性指数有很大程度的下降,分别为34、3．0095、0．9289、0．7834。利用群落优势度（C）衡量了不同干扰下黄山松群落的稳定性。结果发现中度干扰下的群落稳定性最低。表明中度干扰能一定程度增加群落的物种多样性,但可能会导致群落稳定性降低。     

连云港云台山规划造林区植物多样性及其与环境的关系

本文运用物种重要值、Shannon-wiener指数、Simpson指数、丰富度指数、Pielou均匀度指数以及Sorensen相似性系数,对连云港云台山规划造林区植物多样性进行研究,并对各个指数与环境因子作相关性分析。结果表明:该区域灌木层以毛壳竹最占优势,草本层中灰绿苔草重要值最高。植物多样性的各个指数基本上都是草本层>灌木层,Sorensen相似性系数表明样地相邻越近植物共有种数就越多。灌木多样性与土层厚度和坡向有关,而海拔和坡向对草本多样性有一定的影响。     

不同干扰方式对内蒙古典型草原植物种组成和功能群特征的影响

研究休牧、补播和自由放牧3种人为干扰方式对内蒙古典型草原群落植物种组成、功能群组成、群落物种多样性和地上生物量的影响.结果表明: 3种干扰方式对植物功能群结构及其多样性有显著影响,休牧方式下群落植物种数量、地上生物量、多样性指数和丰富度指数最大,分别为22种、171.32 g·m^-2、1.46和5.7,灌木半灌木和多年生禾草的重要值、物种所占比例、地上生物量、多样性指数、丰富度指数和均匀度指数显著高于其他干扰方式,多年生杂类草的重要值、物种所占比例、地上生物量、多样性指数和均匀度指数显著低于其他干扰方式,中生植物、C3和C4植物的地上生物量最大,分别为22.22、143.35和27.97 g·m^-2.补播方式下,中旱生植物地上生物量最大,为13.60 g·m^-2,旱生植物物种所占比例最小(48.5%),C4植物物种所占比例最大(28.8%).自由放牧方式下,一、二年生草本植物物种所占比例最大,达12.3%,中生植物和C4植物所占比例最小,分别为17.0%和20.9%.春季休牧措施有利于退化草原的恢复.     

山西历山种子植物区系研究

历山位于中条山山脉的东段,有种子植物966种,隶属于490属123科。种子植物属种区系成分复杂多样,以温带成分占优势(温带属290属,占总属数的66.36%;温带种504种,占总种数的53.22%)。对科属种区系成分和植被建群种和优势种组成的分析表明,历山具有典型的暖温带落叶阔叶林的特征。应用PCA排序和多样性指数对历山及部分山地植物属的区系地理成分进行了比较研究,结果表明,历山的植物区系成份与太白山、太岳山和泰山较为相似,而与关帝山、芦芽山和长白山有明显差异。     

青海玉树高原不同生境类型蝶类群落结构与多样性

2016年和2017年的5—8月,在玉树市选取森林、灌木、高寒灌丛、高寒草甸草原和裸岩5种生境进行蝴蝶种类资源和群落多样性的调查,共记录到蝶类个体数1580头,62种,隶属于7科40属。其中古北界19种,占总种数的30%,东洋界2种,占总种数的3%,两界共有种(广布种) 41种,占总种数的67%。蛱蝶科(535只)个体数量最多,占蝶类个体总数的34%。计算并分析了5种生境中蝴蝶多样性指数(H')、优势度指数(D)、物种丰富度指数(R)、均匀度指数(J)和相似性系数(I),结果表明:灌木生境具有最高的多样性指数,较高均匀度指数和物种丰富度指数以及最低的优势度指数;高寒草甸草原蝶类的多样性指数、均匀度指数、物种丰富度指数均为最低,而优势度指数最高。     

不同干扰类型对高寒草甸群落结构和植物多样性的影响

对高寒草甸天然草地进行了施肥、围栏和放牧 中牧和重牧 处理,研究不同干扰类型对草地植物多样性的影响.结果表明,施肥使草地植物群落物种组成贫乏,群落结构趋于简单,物种多样性减少;中等程度放牧增加了群落结构的复杂性,丰富度指数和多样性指数均最高,支持 中度干扰理论 ;重度放牧,由于干扰过于剧烈而减少了物种优势度和多样性;而轻度干扰的围栏草地,群落由少数优势种所统治,多样性也不高.物种数 S 、丰富度指数 Ma 、Shannon-Wiener指数 H' 、Simpson指数 D 的排列顺序均为:施肥草地<围栏草地<重牧草地<中牧草地;均匀度指数 Jsw 的变化趋势与上述各指数相同;优势度指数的变化趋势则相反,为施肥草地>围栏草地>重牧草地>中牧草地.4种干扰类型草地群落的生活型功能群基本一致,均由多年生禾草、多年生杂类草和莎草类组成,但各功能群在群落中所占比重及各功能群内所含物种数则大不相同.说明不同干扰类型对草地植物群落的物种组成、多样性格局及系统功能等方面产生不同的影响.     

黄山风景区旅游干扰对植物群落及其土壤性质的影响

为了解黄山风景区旅游开发的生态影响,采用样方法对黄山风景区主要游览线路两侧植物群落及其土壤进行了调查,通过比较距游径0m、5m、10m,15m等干扰强度不同地段植物群落及其土壤性质变化特征,分析了旅游干扰对植物群落及其土壤性质的影响.结果表明:旅游干扰对植物群落乔木层影响不大,但对乔木层的更新有一定影响;对灌木层盖度影响较为明显,随距游径距离的增加,灌木层盖度趋于上升;对草本层影响最为显著,游径边缘5m以内干扰强度最大地段草本层高度明显降低,但草本层盖度未显示出随干扰强度变化的规律性,旅游干扰增加了草本层物种多样性,对草本层物种组成也有明显影响.旅游干扰对植物的影响范围可达游径外10m.旅游干扰对枯枝落叶层的影响最为显著,随干扰强度增加,枯枝落叶层厚度明显减少,其影响范围至少可达游径外15m.旅游干扰对植物群落的土壤性质也有较为明显的影响,随干扰强度的增加,土壤有机质含量、土壤全氮、全磷含量趋于下降,土壤pH值、全钾含量则趋于上升.土壤受旅游干扰影响范围可达游径外15m左右,但以5m内最为显著.     

历山森林群落物种多样性与群落结构研究

采用多样性指数、丰富度指数和均匀度指数对山西历山森林群落物种多样性进行了研究.结果表明,各群落类型的物种多样性指数的顺序为：青榨槭＋五角枫林>青榨槭＋鹅耳枥林>辽东栎林>栓皮栎林>华山松＋红桦林>油松＋栎林>白桦林>侧柏＋栓皮栎林>红桦林>华山松林>侧柏林>油松林>红桦＋山杨林;森林群落灌木层多样性指数和丰富度指数大于草本层和乔木层,而均匀度指数在乔木层、灌木层和草本层则表现出多样化的趋势;海拔1 000～1 920 m之间,Shannon-Wiener指数、Hill多样性指数及物种丰富度与海拔梯度均呈正相关(P<0.05),海拔大于1 920 m则呈现负相关;这些指数沿海拔梯度的变化呈现出“中间高度膨胀”的规律,即中等海拔高度上物种多样性高而低海拔和高海拔物种多样性低.这主要是由于在中海拔（约1 900 m）地段水热条件组合较好,人类活动干扰较少所致.     

雾灵山落叶阔叶林采伐迹地物种多样性和植物种群动态变化研究

在对永久样地连续５ 年定位观测的基础上,应用Ｓｈａｎｎｏｎ 物种多样性和均匀度指数,研究了雾灵山落叶阔叶林采伐前后更新苗木、草本植物和灌木群落的物种多样性、群落均匀度和种群动态变化．结果表明,在林分采伐后的４ 年内,迹地上苗木的物种多样性和群落均匀度指数均高于伐前林分．从无到有并迅速繁衍的树种为山杨,伐前林分中有林木存在,但迹地上缺乏幼苗的树种为油松．灌木的物种多样性和均匀度指数呈增加趋势．始终处于优势的树种为锦带花和胡枝子,后期迅速繁衍的树种为山楂叶悬钩子．草本植物的物种多样性和群落均匀度指数均是在林分采伐后第３ 年达到最大值,第４ 年开始下降．主要草本植物种群的动态变化可归纳为８ 种类型．阳性植物充分发育,阴性或耐荫植物逐渐衰退,是草本植物种群最明显的表现．     

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.