高温菌16S rRNA与耐热性关系的初步研究

通过对80多种超高温菌的基因组G＋C含量,16S rRNA G＋C含量进行统计分析,结果显示高温菌耐热性与基因组G＋C含量之间没有直接关系,而与16S rRNA G＋C含量之间明显存在上正相关。16S rRNA 18 helix的二级结构分析显示高温菌生长温度越高,其16S rRNA热稳定性越高。     

新疆艾比湖嗜盐菌的细菌视紫红质和16S rRNA基因序列的研究

为了研究分析嗜盐古生菌物种与细菌视紫红质(BR)蛋白基因资源,从40份土壤、湖水及淤泥样品中分离出148株嗜盐菌,对其中6株菌采用聚合酶链式反应(PCR)方法对其编码螺旋C至螺旋G的蛋白基因片段和16SrRNA基因进行了扩增,并测定了基因的核苷酸序列。与已报道的相应片段进行对比,ABDH10,ABDH1I和ABDH40中的螺旋C至螺旋G的蛋白与其他菌株差异显著。基于16SrRNA序列的同源性比较以及系统发育学研究表明,ABDH10和ABDH40是Natronorubrum属下的新成员和Natrinema属下的新成员,ABDH40的16SrRNA序列已登录到GenBank,其序列号为AY989910。ABDH11中的螺旋C至螺旋G的蛋白与其他菌株差异显著。     

小麦和水稻叶绿体基因组进化中核苷酸替代的种属特异性

以玉米叶绿体基因组为参照序列,采用三序列比较法系统分析了小麦和水稻分化过程中叶绿体基因组核苷酸替代的发生方式.结果表明,小麦中存在(A+T)/(G+C)替代偏差,水稻则无,该差异对小麦和水稻分化后叶绿体基因组G+C含量产生不同的影响,替代使小麦叶绿体基因组G+C含量降低、水稻叶绿体基因组G+C含量表现增加.无论在编码区、非编码区,还是不同功能基因区,小麦叶绿体基因组转换与颠换的比值都显著低于水稻.小麦和水稻叶绿体基因组进化中核苷酸替代呈现种属特异性.     

青枯菌致病性与基因组之间的关系

青枯菌是引起植物毁灭性青枯病的病原菌。青枯菌基因组约5.8Mb,具有高(G C)含量和约5120个可能的编码基因。该菌基因组由3.7Mb的染色体和2.1Mb的大质粒所组成,其独特的基因组构成与Ⅲ型分泌系统等主要的致病因子密切相关。综述了青枯菌的致病性与其基因组之间关系的新近研究进展。     

利用不同G+C含量细菌基因组评估细菌ncRNA基因预测工具

【目的】为识别已完成全测序细菌基因组中的ncRNA基因,对3个常用ncRNA预测工具s RNAPredict、PORTRAIT和s RNAscanner进行评估。【方法】选择了细菌ncRNA数据库BSRD收录的含有已知ncRNA基因数目大于30的9个细菌基因组,并按基因组G+C含量进行分类,比较s RNAPredict和PORTRAIT工具的预测准确性。提取不同G+C含量基因组中ncRNA基因转录起始和终止区的序列特征,对s RNAscanner预测结果进行评估。【结果】s RNAPredict对细菌ncRNA基因的预测特异性和阳性检出率均高于PORTRAIT,而敏感性则较差;两种工具预测效果均随基因组G+C含量不同而产生明显变化。在不同G+C含量的细菌基因组中,ncRNA基因启动子和终止子区域的序列特征有明显差异。利用这些序列特征能提高s RNAscanner预测ncRNA基因的平均水平。【结论】3种ncRNA基因工具预测效果随基因组G+C含量变化而不同。不同G+C含量基因组中ncRNA基因的转录起始和终止区特征可作为ncRNA基因预测的重要参数之一。     

一株源自孔雀的新型支原体的鉴定及其致病性和基因组分析

【背景】Mycoplasma gallinaceum (MGC)是禽源支原体的一种,仅在南非、英国等地发生,我国鲜有报道。【目的】从患呼吸道病的孔雀气管中分离到一株支原体,命名为Peacock20181011,确定其分类、致病性和基因组特征。【方法】利用微生物学常规方法,结合分子生物学检测和基因组序列,对其进行鉴定;通过对Special pathogenic free(SPF)鸡、鸡胚的致病性研究和最小抑菌浓度(minimal inhibitory concentration,MIC)测定,确定其致病性和药敏性。【结果】通过对分离菌的培养、纯化、形态学和染色观察,结合生化试验和16SrRNA基因测序证实,该菌为一株新的MGC,与模式菌株NCTC10183的16S rRNA基因相似性高达99.86%,系统发育树显示该菌与MGC属同一分支;人工感染实验表明该菌对SPF鸡无致病性,但可造成SPF鸡胚发育迟缓,爪部蜷缩;MIC结果显示该菌对单硫酸卡那霉素和氟苯尼考等敏感。基因组序列表明,该菌基因组长度为1 183 913 bp,(G+C)mol%含量为28.7%,含有898个Coding sequences (CDS),拥有4个拷贝的16S rRNA基因和6个质粒,预测有20个毒力因子基因和2个耐药基因。【结论】明确了MGC在我国的存在,丰富了中国禽源支原体的种类,为支原体病的防控提供了依据。     

栖热菌目、科、属、种*

阐述了栖热菌的发现和分类鉴定研究进程。现已发表有效种 1 4个 ,涉及 4个属 50多个菌株 ,未获有效公布种及未定种的菌株 50多个。形态、生理、G +C含量、DNA杂交、脂肪酸组成、 1 6SrRNA同源性和二级结构分析是栖热菌分类鉴定的主要方法。     

栖热菌目、科、属、种

阐述了栖热菌的发现和分类鉴定研究进程。现已发表有效种14个,涉及4个属50多个菌株,未获有效公布种及未定种的菌株50多个。形态、生理、G C含量、DNA杂交、脂肪酸组成、16SrRNA同源性和二级结构分析是栖热菌分类鉴定的主要方法。     

一株高产PLC的CW-W-90-3菌的鉴定

198 9年 ,筛选了 1株高产 phospholipaseC(PLC)的CW W 90 3菌株[1,2 ] ,据其形态特征、生理生化反应 ,初步将其归于弧菌科气单胞菌属[3 ] ,由于该菌株的许多生理生化特性与粘质沙雷氏菌相同。但其极生单鞭毛和无色素及少许生理生化特性与粘质沙雷氏菌相异。后经AutomatedBacteriaIdentificationSystem BiologMicroStationSystem检测 96种C源和N源的利用及其个体群体发育 ,说明其与粘质沙雷氏菌 (Serratiamarcescens)相符 ;并在基因组水平上研究该菌株的系统发育 ,从分子水平上对该菌株进行 16SrRNA序列分析煌同源性比较。根据CW W 90 3菌株 16SrRNA与GeneBank数据库中Serratiamarcescens的 16SrRNA的序列具有 99%的同源性 ,终将CW W 90 3菌株鉴定为粘质沙雷氏菌武汉株 (SerratiamarcescensWuhanstrain)。     

一株芝麻香型白酒高温大曲的施莱格尔氏菌的分离与鉴定

从芝麻香型白酒高温大曲中分离到一株革兰氏阴性高温细菌Zm91,并对其进行形态学、生理生化代谢特征以及细胞代谢酶活性和药物敏感性分析,结合16S rRNA基因序列分析结果,Zm91鉴定为水生施莱格尔氏菌(Schlegelella aquatica).该菌株是首次从我国芝麻香型白酒高温大曲中分离得到的施莱格尔氏菌,其G+C mol％含量为67.5％,具有碱性磷酸盐酶、酯酶(C4)、脂酯酶(C8)、白氨酸芳胺酶、颉氨酸芳胺酶、胰凝乳蛋白酶、萘酚-AS-BI-磷酸水解酶及α葡萄糖苷酶活性,对青霉素、氨苄西林、链霉素、利福平敏感.     

Ectogenesis and the case against the right to the death of the foetus

Ectogenesis, or the use of an artificial womb to allow a foetus to develop, will likely become a reality within a few decades, and could significantly affect the abortion debate. We first examine the implications for Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, which argues for a woman’s right to withdraw life support from the foetus and so terminate her pregnancy, even if the foetus is granted full moral status. We show that on Thomson’s reasoning, there is no right to the death of the foetus, and abortion is not permissible if ectogenesis is available, provided it is safe and inexpensive. This raises the question of whether there are persuasive reasons for the right to the death of the foetus that could be exercised in the context of ectogenesis. Eric Mathison and Jeremy Davis have examined several arguments for this right, doubting that it exists, while Joona Räsänen has recently criticized their reasoning. We respond to Räsänen’s analysis, concluding that his arguments are unsuccessful, and that there is no right to the death of the foetus in these circumstances.     

On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics

The mythical concept of an impoverished tropical cladoceran fauna is refuted. On a planetary scale, around half of the cladoceran species presently known occur exclusively in the tropics-subtropics, often with considerable restriction to particular geographical subzones. On a regional (political) scale, the situation is often unclear because of the continued fragmentary nature of studies, and because political units are not a good basis for biogeographical comparisons. At the finest level of resolution (lake-perlake comparisons), there appears to be an upper limit of c. 50 cladoceran species per individual lake. No significant difference between lakes in the temperate zone and in the tropics could be established here. Daphnia is largely absent from the tropics, but is replaced by more Sidids, Moinids, and Bosminids, such that the average cladoceran community in the limnetic zone of a tropical lake is not characterized by less species but rather by lower population densities. This, in turn, is considered a consequence of higher prevalent predation levels in the tropics.     

Tubular networks in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human,the monkey,the cat and the dog

Summary A tubular network was found in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human, the monkey (Macaca mulatta), the cat and the dog. These tubules are arranged in close groups in the vicinity of the synaptic lamellae and the invaginated dendrites. According to the form, diameter, density of the tubules and to the consistence of the network formed by them one can distinguish at these places an initial type (type I), a transitory (type II) and a vesicular one (type III). In the the type III branching, bizarre forms are frequent. The diameter of all the tubules reaches 500–600 Å, their density and walls being the same as in the synaptic vesicles.Similar networks also occur in the axons of the visual receptor cells of the monkey.

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Zusammenfassung In den Endigungen der Photorezeptorzellen von Mensch, Affe (Macaca mulatta), Katze und Hund kommen aus Tubuli bestehende Komplexe vor. Organellenartig in geschlossenen Gruppen angeordnet, liegen sie in Nähe der synaptischen Lamellen und der invaginierten Dendriten. An diesen Stellen kann man nach Form, Durchmesser, Dichte und Konsistenz der von den Tubuli gebildeten Komplexe drei Typen unterscheiden: 1. einen initialen (Typus I), 2. einen Übergangstypus (Typus II) und 3. einen vesiculären Typus (Typus III). In letzterem kommen häufig verzweigte, bizarre Formen vor. Der Durchmesser sämtlicher Tubuli erreicht 500–600 Å. Ihre Dichte und ihre Wand gleicht denen der synaptischen Vesikel.Ähnliche Komplexe fanden wir auch in den Axonen der Photorezeptorzellen vom Affen.

     

Assessing the Physiological State of the Fucoids from the Barents Sea Littoral by the End of the Polar Night

Methods of amperometry and potentiometric titration were used to follow dark respiration (DR) and apparent photosynthesis (AP) in the fucoids Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol, Fucus vesiculosus L., and F. serratus L. from the Barents Sea littoral by the end of the 40-day-long polar night. The macroalgae were shown to manifest species-specific low rates of photosynthesis and respiration. However, in spite of their low photosynthetic status due to the effects of subzero temperature and prolonged low or zero illumination, the macroalgae have been able to restore DR and AP to the initial level already by the day 9; the ability to restore AP depended on the level of illumination. The study of the changes in the carbonate–bicarbonate system in the light and darkness demonstrated that the macroalgae grown in darkness, in contrast to those grown in twilight, could absorb bicarbonate in darkness; however, they lost this capacity after two-day-long illumination at an irradiance of 7 mol/(m² s). Bicarbonate uptake in darkness and the capacity to restore the systems of photosynthesis and respiration in fucoid cells are discussed in the context of algal energy metabolism under the polar night conditions.     

Arranging the elements of the potassium channel: the T1 domain occludes the cytoplasmic face of the channel

The voltage-gated potassium channel is currently one of the few membrane proteins where functional roles have been mapped onto specific segments of sequence. Although high-resolution structures of the transmembrane portions of three bacterial potassium channels, the tetramerization domain and the cytoplasmic ball are available, their relative spatial arrangement in mammalian channels remains a matter of ongoing debate. Cryo-electron microscopic images of the six transmembrane voltage-gated Kv channel have been reconstructed at up to 18 Å resolution, revealing that the T1 domain tetramerizes and is suspended below the transmembrane segments. However, the resolution of these images is insufficient to reveal the location of the third piece of the puzzle, the inactivating ball domain. We have used the aberrant interactions observed in a series of chimæric channels to establish that an assembled T1 domain restricts access to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, suggesting that the N-terminal ball and chain may be confined in the space between the T1 domain and the transmembrane portion of the channel.     

Feeding the vertebrate retina from the Cambrian to the Tertiary

The retina of the vertebrate eye is metabolically active and requires nutritive support. During the last 540 million years it has evolved into forms as complicated and nutritionally demanding as those found in avian or primate eyes. Diffusion from the choroid is generally able to supply the metabolic needs of thin retinae. However, when the thickness exceeds the limits of diffusion, structures are needed to supplement the vascular supply from the choroid. These supplemental nutritive devices include the choroidal gland, the falciform process and preretinal vascular plexus of fish, the conus papillaris of lizards, the pecten oculi of birds, the intraretinal vessels of mammals and a few novel systems that remain difficult to classify. These vascular systems are among the most variable features of the vertebrate eye. Here, we review classical and recent findings regarding such retinal nutrition systems, propose a three category classification for them based on histologic origins and speculate on the evolutionary forces which drove their development.     

Observations on the permeability of the choriocapillaris of the eye

Summary The choriocapillaris is a fenestrated capillary bed located posterior to the retinal pigment epithelium. It serves as the main source of supply to the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, and other cells of the outer retina. The permeability of these capillaries to intravenously injected ferritin (MW — approx. 480,000; mol. diam. 11 nm) was examined in the mouse, rabbit, and guinea pig, each of which is characterized by a different type of retinal vascularization. In all three species, the bulk of the ferritin remained in the capillary lumina, where it appeared to be blocked at the level of the diaphragmed fenestrae. Some ferritin was present in endothelial cell vacuoles. The results confirm previous work on the rat choriocapillaris and indicate that the barrier function of the choriocapillary endothelium is present even among species in which the retinal circulation differs significantly.Supported by NIH grant EY03418     

Separation of the pineal vesicle from the wall of the third ventricle during the post-hatching development of the chicken

Summary According to light- and electron-microscopic observations the pineal organ of the 3-day-old chicken consists of a prominent end vesicle and a tapering parenchymal stalk. During this stage the pineal lumen is in open communication with the third ventricle. However, in the 40-day-old chicken, which still possesses a well-developed end vesicle, the proximal portion of the pineal stalk displays regressive changes leading to local fragmentation. At this stage the pineal stalk is reduced, and the pineal lumen is missing. In 1-year-old chickens the parenchyma of the proximal portion of the stalk is further diminished, and in 3-year-old domestic fowl is completely displaced by bundles of collagenous fibers, only some nerve fibers being present. This post-hatching pineal development may reflect the sequence of changes leading from pineal sense organs to pineal glands.This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan