杜比亚蟑螂共生真菌次生代谢产物及其生物活性

为探究杜比亚蟑螂体内共生真菌种类,测定共生真菌次生代谢产物的抑菌活性和抗氧化活性,筛选出具有抗菌和抗氧化活性的菌株,本研究采用组织块分离法分离杜比亚蟑螂体内的共生真菌,通过形态学和分子生物学相结合的方法对分离到的共生真菌进行鉴定;分别采用薄层层析-生物自显影法和DPPH法测定共生真菌次生代谢产物的抗细菌活性和抗氧化活性。结果表明,从杜比亚蟑螂体内共分离鉴定得到5种不同的共生真菌,主要分布于青霉属(1株)、曲霉属(3株)和聚孢霉属(1株)。活性测定的结果表明,菌株Bdf-2、Bdf-4和Bdf-5表现出较好的抗菌活性,且菌液提取物的抗菌活性要强于菌丝。Bdf-1,Bdf-2和Bdf-3菌液次生代谢产物表现出抗氧化活性,IC 50值分别为0.26 mg/mL、2.20 mg/mL和0.75 mg/mL。杜比亚蟑螂共生真菌以青霉属和曲霉属为主,且具有抗菌和抗氧化活性的次生代谢产物主要分布于菌液中。     

Evidence of restoration cost in the annual gynodioecious Phacelia dubia

A negative pleiotropic effect on fitness of nuclear sex‐determining genes (cost of restoration) could explain nuclear–cytoplasmic gynodioecy but rarely has been demonstrated empirically. In a gynodioecious Phacelia dubia population, maternal lineages produce only hermaphroditic progenies irrespective of the pollen parent (N) or can segregate females (S). Natural progenies of N maternal plants had lower seed viability than that of S. Full‐sib progenies of unrelated hermaphrodites from all possible matings between N and S lineages had similar pollen filling but differed in sporophyte performance, mainly at seed germination stage. A discrete multivariate analysis reveals that the performance of N_♀ × S_♂ progeny at early stages of development was significantly lower than that of the other three types of mating in agreement with the silent‐cost‐of‐restoration hypothesis, affecting the sporophyte. The restoration cost and male sterility appear to be dominant and consequence of nuclear–cytoplasmic incompatibilities that may maintain nuclear–cytoplasmic polymorphism by frequency‐dependent selection.     

镉污染对水鳖的毒害影响

研究分析了不同浓度Cd^2 对水鳖叶片叶绿素含量、SOD、CAT、POD活性以及超微结构的影响。结果表明,叶绿素含量、SOD、CAT、POD添生均随Cd^2 浓度的增加而先升后降。电镜观察发现,Cd^2 处理下,细胞核变形,核仁解体,染色质凝集;类囊体片层膨胀,叶绿体双层膜破裂,线粒体中嵴突减少或消失,线粒体空泡化。     

印度蔊菜与无瓣蔊菜形态变异特征的比较及分类关系

印度蔊菜(Rorippa indica)与无瓣蔊菜(R. dubia)的分类关系仍存在较大争议, 为阐明二者的分类学关系, 本研究综合利用形态指标测量、DNA相对含量检测、体细胞染色体观察和基于SSR分子标记的遗传距离分析等方法, 系统地比较了二者的分类学特征和细胞遗传学差异。结果表明: 印度蔊菜(2n = 48)为六倍体, 无瓣蔊菜(2n = 32)为四倍体。同时, 前者DNA相对含量约为150, 是后者的1.5倍。通过45对SSR分子标记的遗传距离分析得出, 相对于球果蔊菜(R. globosa)与欧亚蔊菜(R. sylvestris), 二者亲缘关系较近, 独立聚类为一支, 但在遗传距离为0.23处可以明确划分为两个种。同时, 利用角果长度和结籽密度两个形态指标可以将二者明显区分为两个种。另外, 二者存在明显的生殖障碍, 通过正反交授粉实验得出: 印度蔊菜与无瓣蔊菜自花授粉的结实率分别为97.73%和95.65%, 而以印度蔊菜为母本的杂交处理结实率为0, 以无瓣蔊菜为母本的杂交处理结实率为47.06%, 但其种子萌发率为0。综上所述, 印度蔊菜与无瓣蔊菜为两个种。     

PRASINOPHYTES FORM INDEPENDENT LINEAGES WITHIN THE CHLOROPHYTA: EVIDENCE FROM RIBOSOMAL RNA SEQUENCE COMPARISONS1

Complete nuclear-encoded small-subunit ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences were determined from Nephroselmis olivacea Stein, Pseudoscourfieldia marina (Throndsen) Manton, Scherffelia dubia (Perty) Pascher, and Tetraselmis striata Butcher (Chlorophyta) to investigate the evolutionary position of these scaly green flagellates. Results of neighbor-joining and maximum parsimony phylogenetic analyses demonstrate at least two independent prasinophyte lineages defined by N. olivacea/P. marina and S. dubia/T. striata, which together with the Chlorophyceae, Pleurastrophyceae, and Ulvophyceae form a monophyletic group. Within this assemblage, N. olivacea and P. marina represent an early-diverging lineage that is evolutionarily distinct from the later-diverging S. dubia/T. striata clade. The branch point of the S. dubia/T. striata clade precedes the near-simultaneous radiation of the Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Microthamniales. Though interrelationships between these three latter groups of algae are not resolved, the phylogenetic analyses demonstrate that the Prasinophyceae (sensu Moestrup and Throndsen) and the Pleurastrophyceae (sensu Mattox and Stewart) are not monophyletic classes.     

Larviposition in the ovoviviparous blowfly Calliphora dubia

This study examined larviposition in Calliphora dubia Macquart (Diptera: Calliphoridae), an ovoviviparous blowfly of considerable forensic importance in Australia. Females in the field carried 22–83 live larvae, exhibiting a strong linear relationship between female size and the number of live larvae carried. Females took just over 1 min (mean 67.7 ± 7.7 s, n = 54) to larviposit live larvae on or near fresh liver in the laboratory. Females laid larvae at a mean rate of 1.2 ± 0.1 larvae/s, with the fastest rate being 3.4 larvae/s. Most females (70%) laid live larvae only, but 14% laid larvae and eggs at the same time and 16% laid eggs only (none of the eggs laid were viable). Females laying only live larvae laid a mean of 53.7 ± 2.3 larvae, whereas those laying only eggs laid a mean of 48.6 ± 2.8 eggs on each occasion. None of the eggs laid were viable. Most females (86%) laid all their larvae in a single spot, even if they engaged in several bouts of laying live larvae. Nearly one‐third of females did not lay all the live larvae in their ovisacs, but retained half of their complement of developed larvae. Females may be opting to spread their larvae across several carcasses in order to increase their survival and not to overcrowd small, ephemeral carcasses. The fact that a blowfly can lay either eggs or live larvae has enormous implications for the accurate determination of the post‐mortem interval (PMI) as the presence of larvae derived from eggs laid on the body add 6–18 h to the PMI. This paper represents the first report of the ability of female calliphorids to resorb some of their own live larvae.     

A nonoccluded virus in nymphs of the dragonfly Leucorrhinia dubia (Odonata,Anisoptera)

This work establishes the sequence of events as the water mold, Coelomomyces psorophorae, develops and enters mosquito larvae through the cuticles of these insects. The fungal cyst shows a number of adaptations for a parasitic function. A bulb-shaped appressorium is produced at germination which is initiated and/or maintained by a microtubular skeleton. The tip of the appressorium secretes a dense amorphous substance, then produces a narrow penetration tube which grows through the larval cuticle. The penetration tube maintains its narrow diameter as it grows inside the host epidermal cell. The parasite protoplasm is injected into a host epidermal cell. The protoplast is squeezed through the narrow tube by the (probably rapid) expansion of a vacuole in the cyst body at the end distal to the penetration point. There is a correlation of cuticular texture with adhesion patterns of cysts. A cuticular collar is always seen in successful penetrations. The sequence of development after attachment of the fungal zygotes is: germination between 1 and 2 hr; penetration between 3 and 4 hr; and injection between 6.5 and 8 hr.     

Secondary production and seasonal development of epiphytic Enallagma civile Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in a newly constructed urban wetland floodway ecosystem

Secondary production and seasonal development of the damselfly Enallagma civile Hagen, 1861 Hagen, H. (1861), Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Miscellaneous Collection.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar] were determined as part of an epiphytic macroinvertebrate study in the Dallas Floodway Extension Trinity River Project Lower Chain of Wetlands, Dallas, TX, USA. These wetlands were constructed to mitigate flooding of the Trinity River, but also provided quality wildlife habitat and removal of wastewater effluent contaminants. Variations in life history were observed between two macrophytes and three different wetlands of varying age, effluent source, and vegetation establishment. Mean annual production of E. civile was 1393 mg/m²/year, standing stock biomass was 1376 mg/m²/year, cohort production/biomass (P/B) ratio was 4.30/year, and annual P/B was 10.18/year. These values are in the upper range of known Odonata production values from a lentic system. Enallagma civile biomass growth rates were observed to be higher from populations on the better established macrophyte (Potamogeton nodosus Poiret, 1816) and in the longest established wetland.     

Checklist of the Anostraca

In this checklist, we number the named anostracan fauna of the world at 258 species and seven subspecies oraganized in 21 genera. The list contains all species described through 31 December 1993, and those new species names made available in previous pages of this volume. The most species rich genus isStreptocephalus with 58 described species level taxa.Chirocephalus with 43,Brachinecta 35, andBranchinella 33 occupy the next three places. With the exception ofBranchipodopsis andEubranchipus each having 16 species, all the other genera include less than 10 species each. The need for zoogeographic study of these animals is demonstrated by the fact that almost 25% of the named taxa are known only from their type localities.