金佛山方竹自然扩散生态效应初步分析

为探索金佛山方竹在自然扩散过程中对其他物种造成的影响,选择了草地、灌木林和乔木林三种不同的植被布设样方,连续五年观测和统计了金佛山方竹自然扩散过程中各试验点物种种类、各类群物种的平均高度和平均盖度的变化。调查发现,各试验点共有乔木14种、灌木23种、草本41种;随着金佛山方竹的扩散,乔木层植物的种类基本保持不变,其平均高度变化十分微弱,兰花试验点乔木层平均盖度下降约4.6%,上茨盖坝试验点的平均盖度上升12.5%;灌木层植物种类逐渐减少,平均盖度逐渐降低,平均高度呈现出先降低后上升的趋势;草本层植物的物种种类、平均高度和平均盖度均明显降低。     

红菜薹雄性不育系花药败育的细胞形态学观察

采用石蜡切片技术,在光学显微镜下系统研究了红菜薹(Brassica campestris L.ssp．chinensis L.var．utilis TsenetLee．)波里马胞质雄性不育系(Polima CMS)、红菜薹萝卜胞质雄性不育系(Ogura CMS)及相应保持系花药发育过程的细胞形态学特征。观察结果表明：红菜薹Polima CMS花药发育受阻于孢原细胞阶段,不形成花粉,属无花粉型,此不育系花药不形成绒毡层和中层;而红菜薹Ogura CMS花药败育发生于小孢子母细胞期或四分体时期,表现为绒毡层细胞异常,挤压四分体,导致四分体和绒毡层同时解体而败育。     

一种新的食品酵母表达系统:产朊假丝酵母

由于其安全性及高效性,产朊假丝酵母表达系统受到越来越广泛的重视。该酵母具有以下特点：严格好气的条件下生长不会产生乙醇,发酵密度高,在廉价的糖蜜中能生长,本详细介绍了该系统的生物学特点,转化方法和应用前景。     

Elevated glutathione production by adding precursor amino acids coupled with ATP in high cell density cultivation of Candida utilis

Aims: Three precursor amino acids and adenosine triphosphate ( ATP) are necessary for fermentative production of glutathione. In this study, our aims were to develop a strategy to enhance glutathione production by adding three precursor amino acids coupled with ATP in high cell density (HCD) cultivation of Candida utilis. Methods and Results: A high-glutathione yeast strain, C. utilis WSH 02-08, was used in this study. Whole fermentative process for glutathione production was divided into two phases of cell growth and glutathione synthesis. Cells concentration was increased by HCD cultivation. Meanwhile, intracellular glutathione content was enhanced by the addition of three precursor amino acids. Concentrations of three precursor amino acids added at stationary phase were optimized by response surface methodology. Moreover, the addition of ATP 15 h after the addition of the three amino acids can further enhance glutathione production. Based on aforementioned phenomenon, a strategy of adding three precursor amino acids coupled with ATP was developed to enhance glutathione production. Conclusion: Without the addition of three precursor amino acids and the ATP, a total glutathione of 1123 mg l⁻¹ was achieved after 60-h cultivation. In comparison, addition of three precursor amino acid counterparts resulted in a total glutathione of 1841 mg l⁻¹. Moreover, by adding amino acids combined with ATP, a total glutathione of 2043 mg l⁻¹ was achieved after 72-h cultivation, increased by 81·9% and 11%, respectively, as compared with the control and the one without ATP addition. Significance and Impact of the Study: This is the first report on investigating changes of the intracellular three precursor amino acids and ATP, and γ-glutamylcysteine synthase activity in HCD cultivation of C. utilis for glutathione production. A strategy of combining addition of three precursor amino acids with ATP was developed to enhance glutathione production in C. utilis.     

Enhanced intracellular glutathione synthesis and excretion capability of Candida utilis by using a low pH-stress strategy

AIMS: To study the effect of low pH stress on glutathione (GSH) synthesis and excretion capability of GSH fermentation production in Candida utilis. METHODS AND RESULTS: When C. utilis WSH 02-08 was cultivated in a glucose-ammonium sulfate medium without pH control, GSH leakage occurred when the pH of the medium decreased to 1.5. However, analysis of the cell viability indicated that the cells were not lysed. To further study the effect of low pH stress on GSH production, pH-controlled batch cultures were conducted, where the pH was switched from 5.5 to 1.2 at 24 h and maintained at 1.2 for 6 h. Nearly all intracellular GSH was leaked into the medium and the cell viability decreased dramatically, conceiving a long-term exposure of strain WSH 02-08 at low pH environment led to a complete cell lysis. A critical point (treated at pH 1.2 for 3 h) was experimentally determined, where most cells were alive but suffering a low pH stress. Low pH-stressed C. utilis cells displayed an increased intracellular GSH synthesis and export capability, which protected the cells against short-term low pH treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Using this knowledge, a low pH-stress strategy was developed and applied in fed-batch production of GSH and 197.3 mg l-1 of GSH was secreted into the medium. The GSH-specific production yield could be increased from 2.11 to 2.67% (w/w), and the total GSH concentration could reach 737.1 mg l-1 and increased by 24.9%. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This is the first report of GSH secretion of C. utilis at low pH. This study demonstrated the importance of the physiology-based fermentation strategy in the production of useful metabolites.     

The inactivation of hexokinase activity does not prevent glucose repression in Candida utilis

Abstract High hexokinase activity was not related to glucose repression in Candida utilis IGC 3092. The addition of Cibacron Blue 3G-A to growing cells in batch culture led to a permanent in vivo hexokinase inactivation, decreased growth rate and inhibited alcohol dehydrogenase. Hexokinase inactivation up to 90% did not alleviate glucose repression of α-glucosidase, as has been described for Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other yeasts. Moreover, when cells were physiologically derepressed by growing them in a chemostat at low glucose concentrations, the highest hexokinase activity was shown by the derepressed cells, and decreased as repression increased. Thus, in our strain of C. utilis , hexokinase activity was inversely proportional to glucose repression.     

粉锈宁在菜心离体快速繁殖中的应用

应用植物生长延缓剂粉锈宁于菜心离你快速繁殖,试验结果表明,低浓度（1—5μmol／L）的粉锈宁可以明显提高菜心茎尖继代培养时芽的繁殖系数．同时发现低浓度粉锈宁可降低试管苗的玻璃化程度,促进叶片数增加,改善试管苗生长状况,有利于壮苗培育．适当提高粉锈宁浓度还具有促进试管苗生根的作用．粉锈宁可作为一种优良的植物生长调节剂用于菜心离体快速繁殖。     

东京根霉(Rhizopus tonkinense No.9212)用于木薯淀粉生料发酵生产单细胞蛋白的研究

我国华南地区盛产木薯,是制造淀粉的主要原料之一。据测定,鲜木薯含水分70.3％、淀粉21.5％、糖分5.1％、粗蛋白1.1％、粗脂肪0.4％、粗纤维1.1％,灰分0.5％、菜豆苷(又称亚麻苦苷)0.01～0.04％。 木薯的淀粉含量虽很高,但蛋白质含量比较低。若能通过微生物发酵使其中一部分淀粉转化为单细胞蛋白,将可在很大程度上缓解我国饲料蛋白不足的矛盾。淀粉生料发酵,具有能耗低,工艺简便等优点。当前,     

Protein phosphorylation and trehalase activation in Candida utilis

Abstract Candida utilis cells contain a regulatory trehalase enzyme (280 kDa) which can be activated by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation. A 100-fold purification of this enzyme activity results in the enrichment of a protein band of apparent M _r 70 000 as identified by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). This component is phosphorylated in vivo under conditions in which trehalase activation occurs in whole cells. It is concluded that the trehalase enzyme might be a tetramer, composed of 4 identical 70-kDa subunits.