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M. Y. Shukor M. F. Rahman Z. Suhaili N. A. Shamaan M. A. Syed 《World journal of microbiology & biotechnology》2009,25(7):1225-1234
A bacterium that was able to tolerate and reduce as high as 50 mM of sodium molybdate to molybdenum blue has been isolated
from a metal recycling ground. The isolate was tentatively identified as Serratia sp. strain Dr.Y8 based on the carbon utilization profiles using Biolog GN plates and partial 16S rDNA molecular phylogeny.
ANOVA analysis showed that isolate Dr.Y8 produced significantly higher (P < 0.05) amount of Mo-blue with 3, 5.1 and 11.3 times more molybdenum blue than previously isolated molybdenum reducers such
as Serratia
marcescens strain Dr.Y6, E. coli K12 and E. cloacae strain 48, respectively. Its molybdate reduction characteristics were studied in this work. Electron donor sources such as
sucrose, mannitol, fructose, glucose and starch supported molybdate reduction. The optimum phosphate, pH and temperature that
supported molybdate reduction were 5 mM, pH 6.0 and 37°C, respectively. The molybdenum blue produced from cellular reduction
exhibited a unique absorption spectrum with a maximum peak at 865 nm and a shoulder at 700 nm. Metal ions such as chromium,
silver, copper and mercury resulted in approximately 61, 57, 80, and 69% inhibition of the molybdenum-reducing activity at
1 mM, respectively. The reduction characteristics of strain Dr.Y8 suggest that it would be useful in future molybdenum bioremediation. 相似文献
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The tropane alkaloid (TA) scopolamine is suggested to protect Brugmansia suaveolens (Solanaceae) against herbivorous insects. To test this prediction in a natural environment, scopolamine was induced by methyl jasmonate (MJ) in potted plants which were left 10?days in the field. MJ-treated plants increased their scopolamine concentration in leaves and herbivory decreased. These findings suggest a cause?Ceffect relationship. However, experiments in laboratory showed that scopolamine affect differently the performance of the specialist larvae of the ithomiine butterfly Placidina euryanassa (C. Felder & R. Felder) and the generalist fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith): the specialist that sequester this TA from B. suaveolens leaves was not negatively affected, but the generalist was. Therefore, scopolamine probably acts only against insects that are not adapted to TAs. Other compounds that are MJ elicited may also play a role in plant resistance against herbivory by generalist and specialist insects, and deserve future investigations. 相似文献
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MN Kaggwa N Straubinger-Gansberger M Schagerl 《African Journal of Aquatic Science》2018,43(2):123-129
Nine small artificial dams located in different climatic regions of Kenya were studied. The local communities use the stored water for various purposes, such as irrigation, domestic use, watering of livestock and cage fish farming. Such intense use is commonly accompanied by eutrophication, including fast growth of cyanobacteria, which at times produce cyanotoxins threatening human and animal life. We studied the pelagic community, analysed abiotic variables and identified microcystins by means of high performance liquid chromatography and ELISA kits at monthly intervals over a period of one year. Mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was used to identify structural variants of microcystins by their protonated masses (M + H). Three dams contained microcystins, with the highly toxic Microcystin-LR being identified as the most prominent substance. Cell content of the toxin varied from 7.2 to 686.7 fg cell?1. Basic limnological variables that indicate the probability of toxin presence were also recorded. Non-parametric Mann–Whitney U-test revealed significant differences in soluble reactive phosphorous, nitrate-N, water depth, total hardness and post-Nauplii stages sampled between toxin-producing and non-toxin-producing dams. Although most of the samples did not contain high amounts of cyanobacteria, the cyanotoxin-problem was evident, suggesting the need for regular cyanotoxin monitoring programs. 相似文献
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It is generally believed that tropical forests suffer more herbivory, as a proportion of leaf area, than do temperate forests.
Reviews so far have compared studies performed by different authors using very different methodologies. Here we carried out
studies on 125 samples at 86 localities in eastern North America and on 75 samples taken at five localities in Malaysia and
Singapore, including both mature secondary and primary forest. Samples in North America were spread over 3 years. In tropical
Asia, the samples were taken at four time slices at least 8 months apart, scattered over a 4-year period. Total herbivore
damage during the lifetime of tree leaves was estimated from the percentage area damaged in recently fallen, undecayed leaves
from the forest floor, using scanner-linked software. In terms of percentage damage per leaf, the results suggest that lowland
tropical forest has significantly higher leaf herbivory (5.82%) than temperate forest (5.48%). This is in accord with the
general expectation that aseasonal tropical forests should have more herbivory damage. However, when percentage damage ‘per
unit time of growing season’ is calculated based on an estimate of leaf lifetime in the tropics, tropical lowland herbivory
damage turns out to be a fraction (about one half) of that in the temperate zone. Thus, these results tend to put in question
the widely held view that herbivore damage is markedly more intense in the tropics. Over total leaf lifetime, the intensity
of damage in the tropical area is only slightly higher than temperate regions. In terms of intensity of herbivory on leaves
per unit of time, the opposite seems to be the case. It is uncertain which index should be taken as more significant in interpreting
the selection pressure for anti-herbivore defenses in the tropics. 相似文献
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Batai (Falcataria moluccana) is a valuable tree species for forest plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia. Since 1993, a gall rust disease has caused
severe damage to all growth stages, from seedlings in the nursery to mature trees in the field. To identify the fungus causing
gall rust disease on F. moluccana in Malaysia and Indonesia, study of the mode of infection and changes in the anatomy of infected cells were carried out in
the anatomy laboratory. The disease in Malaysia and Indonesia is caused by Uromycladium tepperianum. The fungus produces three longitudinally ridged teliospores on each head, with spores measuring 13–20 μm wide and 17–28 μm
long. The fungus is microcyclic, completing its entire life cycle on F. moluccana. This study confirmed that the teliospores themselves cannot infect the host. Under favorable conditions, about 10 h after
inoculation, teliospores germinate to produce basidiospores that form penetration pegs about 6 h later, and it is this peg
which penetrates the host cells directly through the epidermis. Pycnia, recognized as small brown pustules, break through
the epidermis about 7 days after inoculation. 相似文献
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Thirty five females and 15 males of New Zealand White mature rabbits about 6 months of age, were assigned to 1–5 dietary treatments (7 does+3 bucks for each): uncontaminated control diet, naturally aflatoxin contaminated diet without or with 1,2 and 3% bentonite. Rabbit fed with the aflatoxin-diet had a decreased (P<0.01 or 0.05) physical semen characteristics of bucks and a reproductive performance traits of does. The values of conception rate (%), gestation length (days), litter size (n) and litter weights (g) at birth and viability (%) of litters of doe rabbits, fed with the aflatoxin-diet, recorded, respectively: 64.5; 31.0; 4.4; 275.0 and 57.1 versus 85.6; 30.3; 7.9; 508.0; and 100 for those fed with the uncontaminated diet. Addition of bentonite to the aflatoxin contaminated diet improved in general the physical semen characteristics of buck and reproductive performance traits of doe rabbits. The results of the study demonstrate that adding 1% of Egyptian raw bentonite to the naturally aflatoxin contaminated rabbit diets can provide an effective, cheap and safe practical technique for preventing the aflatoxicosis in mature rabbits. 相似文献
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Glutathione S-transferase (GST) from the 4th instar larvae of the dengue vector Aedes albopictus was purified by glutathione-agarose affinity chromatography and characterised using SDS-PAGE. The expression of the purified enzyme in the life stages and insecticide treated populations of Ae. albopictus as well as its cross-reactivity with larval GST of two dipteran species Aedes aegypti and Batrocera papayae were observed using western blotting. The purified GST had a specific activity of 196.0 ± 11 μmol/min/mg with a purification fold and yield of 28 and 69%, respectively. The SDS-PAGE analysis of the purified GST depicted a single band size of 23 kDa. The GST was expressed in all the larval and adult stages of Ae. albopictus with the exception of the pupal stage. However, the expression level in the adult stage was visibly reduced as compared to the larval stages. Western blotting analysis showed no cross-reactivity with the GST of Ae. aegypti (4th instar) and B. papayae (3rd instar) larvae. The expression of this enzyme was not inducible by exposure to the insecticides dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (1.25 mg/L) and malathion (0.3125 mg/L). 相似文献
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H. Li E. Veenendaal N.A. Ab Shukor J.R. Cobbinah C. Leifert 《Letters in applied microbiology》1995,21(5):322-326
H. LI, E. VEENENDAAL, N.A. AB SHUKOR, J.R. COBBINAH AND C. LEIFERT. 1995. Yeast populations found on the tropical timber tree species Milicia excelsa showed very little diversity at the genus and species level. Of 62 isolates, 87% were Cryptococcus laurentii , 5% Candida humicola , 3% Candida curvata , 1.5% Candida membranaefaciens , 1.5% Rhodotorula minuta and 1.5% Rhodotorula rubra . Approximately half of the Crypt. laurentii strains had unusual metabolic profiles when compared with the Crypt. laurentii strains in the profile library of the APILAB yeast identification software. All isolated strains were non-pathogenic and did not show antagonism against Botrytis cinerea in an in vitro plate assay. However, three strains of Crypt. laurentii suppressed disease development of B. cinerea in a leaf disk bio-assay. This indicates that protection of leaves against opportunistic fungal diseases may be part of the ecological function of Crypt. laurentii populations on Milicia leaves and the potential of this yeast species for biological control. 相似文献
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