Cladistics and the comparative morphology of linyphiid spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Linyphiidae)

This paper provides the first quantitative cladistic analysis of linyphiid morphology. Classical and novel homology hypotheses for a variety of character systems (male and female genitalia, somatic morphology, spinneret silk spigot morphology, etc.) are critically examined and studied within a phylogenetic context. Critical characters have been illustrated. A sample of linyphiid taxa (nine genera in four subfamilies), five species of Pimoa (Pimoidae), and two other araneoid families (Tetragnathidae and Araneidae, represented by Tetragnatha and Zygiella , respectively) were used to study the implications of the phylogeny of Pimoidae for the systematics of linyphiids. The phylogenetic relationships of these 16 exemplar taxa, as coded for the 47 characters studied, were analysed using numerical cladistic methods. In the preferred cladogram Pimoidae and Linyphiidae are sister groups, Stemonyphantinae are sister group to the remaining linyphiids, and Mynogleninae are sister group to the clade composed of Erigoninae plus Linyphiinae. These results agree with the relationships recently proposed by Wunderlich, except by finding erigonines as the sister group to linyphiines rather than to mynoglenines.     

Desulphurization of dibenzothiophene by bacteria

Four out of 187 strains, from enrichment cultures of dibenzothiophene (DBT), grew on DBT or thiophene 2-carboxylate as S sources. The four isolates, presumptively identified as Agrobacterium sp., Xanthomonas sp. and Corynebacterium spp., individually and together desulphurized DBT, producing 2-hydroxybiphenyl and sulphate.M. Constanti and A. Bordons are with the Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, and J. Giralt is with the Departament d'Enginyeria Química, both of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Pl. Imperial Tarraco 1, 43005 Tarragona, Catatonia, Spain     

Specific DNA probes for the identification of the fish pathogen,Renibacterium salmoninarum

To obtain specific DNA probes for the identification of the fish pathogen, Renibacterium salmoninarum, a discriminatory recombinant DNA library was constructed using selective fragments of the bacterial genome. Three renibacterial clones, pMAM29, pMAM46 and pMAM77, containing 149, 73, and 154 bp respectively, were isolated and characterized. The specificity of the probes was confirmed by dot-blot and Southern hybridization analyses. Bacterial hybridization experiments revealed that pMAM29 discriminates the R. salmoninarum genome from that of other fish pathogens such as Aeromonas salmonicida, Yersinia ruckeri, Flexibacter columnaris, Lactobacillus piscicola, Vibrio ordalii, Vibrio anguillarum and Aeromonas hydrophila. Thus, this probe may provide a new means to diagnose bacterial kidney disease in asymptomatic fish and ova.The authors are with the instituto de Bioquímica, Universidad Austral de Chile, P.O. Box 567, Valdivia, Chile     

Inhibition of Bacillus spores by combinations of heat,potassium sorbate,NaCl and pH

Viability of spores of Bacillus cereus was totally inhibited at 85°C over 30 min by adding 0.4% (w/v) potassium sorbate with 6% (w/v) NaCl at pH 4.5. Viability of B. stearothermophilus spores was totally inhibited at 95°C for 45 min in a buffer at pH 4.2 containing 0.8% (w/v) potassium sorbate and 8% (w/v) NaCl. A synergistic inhibitory effect was demonstrated in some of the combinations. The inhibition may be due to interference with the heat-resistance apparatus of the spores.O.B. Oloyede was and J. Scholefield is with the Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Food Science Division, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1SD, UK. O.B. Oloyede is now with the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.     

Comparison of phylogenetic relationships based on phospholipid fatty acid profiles and ribosomal RNA sequence similarities among dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria

Abstract Twenty-five isolates of dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria were clustered based on similarity analysis of their phospholipid ester-linked fatty acids (PLFA). Of these, 22 showed that phylogenetic relationships based on the sequence similarity of their 16S rRNA directly paralleled the PLFA relationships. Desulfobacter latus and Desulfobacter curvatus grouped with the other Desulfobacter spp. by 16S rRNA comparison but not with the PLFA analysis as they contained significantly more monoenoic PLFA than the others. Similarly, Desulfovibrio africanus clustered with the Desulfovibrio spp. by 16S rRNA but not with them when analyzed by PLFA patterns because of higher monoenoic PLFA content. Otherwise, clustering obtained with either analysis was essentially congruent. The relationships defined by PLFA patterns appeared robust to shifts in nutrients and terminal electron acceptors. Additional analyses utilizing the lipopolysaccharide-lipid A hydroxy fatty acid patterns appeared not to shift the relationships based on PLFA significantly except when completely absent, as in Gram-positive bacteria. Phylogenetic relationships between isolates defined by 16S rRNA sequence divergence represent a selection clearly different from the multi-enzyme activities responsible for the PLFA patterns. Determination of bacterial relationships based on different selective pressures for various cellular components provides more clues to evolutionary history leading to a more rational nomenclature.     

酶电泳资料和系统与进化植物学研究综述

酶电泳资料和系统与进化植物学研究综述葛颂（中国科学院植物研究所系统与进化植物学开放研究实验室北京１０００９３）关键词同工酶,电泳,植物系统学,进化ＥＬＥＣＴＲＯＰＨＯＲＥＴＩＣＤＡＴＡＡＮＤＳＴＵＤＩＥＳＯＦＰＬＡＮＴＳＹＳＴＥＭＡＴＩＣＳＡＮＤＥＶ...     

等位酶分析的遗传学基础（续）

在等位酶分析中,对酶谱的正确解释是获取遗传学资料的基础,酶谱作为酶基因的表现型,是由该种酶蛋白质的四级结构情况（亚基的数目）、在亚细胞分室中的分布（位点的数目）以及所分析样品的倍性和基因型的情况所决定的。术语“酶型”被建议用来记录和描述各种情况下酶谱的不同。在进行分子系统学研究中,如果直接把酶谱上带的数目的多少作为遗传多样性大小的指标,或把带的多少及迁移率的大小作为数量性状进行聚类和分枝分析将会得出非常错误的结论。     

鼻咽癌与细菌L型的关系

大量研究表明,鼻咽癌与ＥＢ病毒有关。通过对９８例鼻咽癌组织的切片革兰氏染色Ｌ型检查、电镜和Ｌ型抗体免疫组化染色等研究,发现鼻咽癌组织中细菌Ｌ型亦甚常见,切片革兰氏染色有７８例查见细菌Ｌ型,其阳性率为７９．６％;免疫细化染色Ｌ型抗原检出阳性率为６２．２％,电镜不仅在细胞间质见到细菌Ｌ型,而且在癌细胞、巨噬胞细等细胞胞质内也见到细菌Ｌ型。提示,细菌Ｌ型与鼻咽癌关系十分密切,很可能是鼻咽癌致癌因子之一。     

吩噻嗪衍生物在体内外对肠道细菌的作用

本工作测试了７种吩噻嗪衍生物在体外对５株好氧或兼性厌氧菌和８９株厌氧菌的最小抑菌浓度,结果表明,吩噻嗪衍生物对细菌（尤其是球菌和厌氧菌）具有一定的抑制作用,但携带可拮抗艰难梭菌肠道定植屏障菌群的悉生小鼠接受２周或４周的Ｃｈｌｏｒｐｒｏｍａｚｉｎｅ（０．２ｍｇ／小鼠／天）并不会使菌群屏障遭破坏。