不同微生境中水光温变化对毛尖紫萼藓叶绿素荧光特性的影响

毛尖紫萼藓（Grimmia pilifera）多生长在裸岩表面且具有多种微生境,其生长过程受到水分、光照和温度等环境因素的交互影响,但其光合生理特征如何响应这种变化的环境条件尚不清楚。开展原位（荫蔽和向阳裸岩2种微生境）和室内模拟实验,分析了不同水分（模拟降水量和降水频次）、光照、温度及其复合梯度处理对毛尖紫萼藓叶绿素荧光特性的影响。原位实验结果显示荫蔽生境原位生长毛尖紫萼藓光化学效率显著高于向阳生境。在室内相同培养条件下,脱水过程中来自荫蔽生境植株有效光合效率保持时间比向阳生境明显缩短,表现出较低的脱水耐受性。水-光-温复合模拟实验显示,降水频次和光-温变化对毛尖紫萼藓光化学效率均有极显著影响且存在一定的交互作用,而降水量的影响相对较弱;弱光低温及1次/（2 d）的降水频率条件下毛尖紫萼藓具有最高的光合活性。总体来看,荫蔽生境、弱光低温条件及中等频次降水有利于毛尖紫萼藓生长,但向阳生境毛尖紫萼藓则具有更强的环境耐受性。     

洱海低污染水处理湿地中应用海菜花的可行性

人工湿地因其成本低、效率高、地区适宜性强等特点,成为洱海低污染水处理的优先考虑手段之一。人工湿地的建设及运行不仅仅是技术问题,而是要充分考虑当地的实际,挖掘其资源（植物产品）价值。从技术、环境、生态以及经济角度论证了将乡土经济植物海菜花应用于湿地系统中的可行性,结果表明：1）海菜花人工种植技术较为成熟,能为洱海低污染水处理湿地中海菜花的存活和丰产提供保障;2）洱海气候适宜应用湿地系统,低污染水营养足以保证海菜花生长。而海菜花四季生长旺盛,具有一定的净水能力。就环境可行性来讲,海菜花完全可以应用到洱海低污染水湿地净水系统中去;3）将海菜花应用到洱海低污染水湿地净水系统中,有助于增加洱海的生态景观效益,不仅可以规避外来物种入侵风险,而且有利于濒危物种的恢复,生态可行性较好;4）将海菜花应用到湿地净水系统中,可以充分利用来水中营养盐,变废为宝,同时持续稳定地产生较好地经济效益,为因湿地建设而失地的农民提供生活保障。     

互花米草入侵下湿地土壤碳氮磷变化及化学计量学特征

为阐明外来物种入侵对生态系统的改变,对闽江河口区本土植物短叶茳芏和不同入侵年限的互花米草湿地土壤总碳(TC)、总氮(TN)、总磷(TP)含量进行了测定与分析.结果表明: 互花米草入侵后0～50 cm深度各层土壤TC、TN和TP含量均有不同程度的增加,其中TC、TN的变化比较一致,而TP的变化滞后;TC的增加引起土壤C/N持续增加,而TP是调节互花米草入侵过程中湿地土壤C/P和N/P的关键因子,C/P和N/P的变化基本一致.土壤TC、TN、TP的变化受到土壤盐度、容重、含水量和黏粒组成的影响,而它们之间计量比主要受土壤盐度、粒径组成的影响;C/N和C/P对互花米草湿地的土壤固碳效应具有良好的指示作用.互花米草入侵引起生物量和湿地生境改变,导致土壤碳氮磷含量及其生态化学计量比发生显著变化,且随入侵时间延长表现出不同的变化特征.     

大别山地区两栖爬行动物区系调查

为掌握大别山地区两栖爬行动物资源现状,于2006年9月起至2013年6月通过53条样线对大别山地区进行实地考察。调查结果显示,在大别山地区共发现两栖爬行动物56种,隶属4目16科。其中两栖动物2目8科21种,爬行动物2目8科35种。大别山地区两栖、爬行动物的分布型主要为南中国型,动物区系类型则主要为华中型和华南型。黄喉拟水龟(Mauremys mutica)、黄脊游蛇(Coluber spinalis)、平鳞钝头蛇(Pareas boulengeri)、棕黑腹链蛇(Amphiesma sauteri)和福建颈斑蛇(Plagiopholis styani)为该地区的新纪录,大别山原矛头蝮(Protobothrops dabieshanensis)为近期在大别山地区发现的蛇类新种。东方蝾螈(Cynops orientalis)、中华大蟾蜍(Bufo gararizans)、泽陆蛙(Fejervarya multistriata)、黑斑侧褶蛙(Pelophylax nigromaculatus)、中国林蛙(Rana chensinensis)为两栖类的优势种,中国石龙子(Eumeces chinensis)、蝘蜓(Sphenomorphus indicus)、北草蜥(Takydromus septentrionalis)、赤链蛇(Dinodon rufozonatum)、王锦蛇(Elaphe carinata)、虎斑颈槽蛇(Rhabdophis tigrinus)和乌梢蛇(Zaocys dhumnades)为爬行类的优势种。鉴于大别山两栖爬行动物多样性的丰富度和动物区系的代表性,应加强对该地区两栖爬行动物的保护工作。     

蚜害茶树挥发物组分变化的聚类分析

舒茶早(Camellia sinensis cv. ‘shuchazao’)是皖西南产区一种茶树品种。为研究茶蚜取食为害诱导的茶树挥发物释放特征,运用气相色谱-质谱联用技术,比较了健康茶梢和蚜害茶梢的挥发物组成和相对含量。结果显示,健康茶梢挥发物种类(16种)和相对含量较少,而蚜害茶梢挥发物种类(24种)较为丰富且相对...     

Biological characteristics and whole-genome analysis of the potential probiotic,Lactobacillus reuteri S5

Lactic acid bacteria are micro-organisms used for probiotic purposes and form major parts of human and mammalian intestinal microbiota, exerting important health-promoting effects on the host. Here, we evaluated Lactobacillus reuteri strain S5 isolated from the intestines of healthy white feather broilers. Lactobacillus reuteri S5 grew best after 20 h of incubation in MRS medium. Lactic acid production was 1·42 mmol l⁻¹ at 24 h, which was well tolerated. Activities of T-AOC, GSH-Px and T-SOD in the cell-free fermentation supernatant of L. reuteri S5 were higher than those in the bacteria, and the strain showed good hydrophobicity in vitro. The dominant carbon and nitrogen sources of L. reuteri S5 were glucose and soybean meal. A high-quality complete genome map of L. reuteri S5 was obtained using a Pacbio nanopore third-generation sequencing platform. The results showed that L. reuteri S5 possesses a complete primary metabolic pathway, encoding the main functional enzymes of the glycolysis pathway and pentose phosphate pathway. The genome contains genes encoding antioxidants and conferring tolerance to inorganic salt ions, acids and bile salts. This study shows that L. reuteri S5 is a probiotic strain with excellent probiotic characteristics and has great potential for the development of feed additives to promote animal health.     

Aging of cerebellar Purkinje cells

Cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs), the sole output neurons in the cerebellar cortex, play an important role in the cerebellar circuit. PCs appear to be rather sensitive to aging, exhibiting significant changes in both morphology and function during senescence. This article reviews such changes during the normal aging process, including a decrease in the quantity of cells, atrophy in the soma, retraction in the dendritic arborizations, degeneration in the subcellular organelles, a decline in synapse density, disorder in the neurotransmitter system, and alterations in electrophysiological properties. Although these deteriorative changes occur during aging, compensatory mechanisms exist to counteract the impairments in the aging PCs. The possible neural mechanisms underlying these changes and potential preventive treatments are discussed.