毛壳属的一个中国新记录种

<正>A Chaetomium specimen isolated from sheep wool in the glacier park of Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China in 2007,     

中国毛壳菌科研究Ⅰ. ——毛壳菌属的种

报道了毛壳菌属的十一个种,旋丝毛壳 Chaetomium bostrychodes,反卷毛壳 C. convolutum,舟形毛壳 C. cymbiforme,高大毛壳 C. elatum,粪生毛壳 C. funicola,球孢毛壳 C. globosporum,球毛壳 C. globosum,细丽毛壳 C. gracile,六孢毛壳 C. hexagonosporum,印度毛壳 C. indicum和近缘毛壳C. subaffine。其中包括四个中国新记录种:舟形毛壳 C. cymbiforme,球孢毛壳 C. globosporum,六孢毛壳 C. hexagonosporum和近缘毛壳 C. subaffine。根据我国的标本和菌种对新记录种作了描述,并附了显微照片。标本与菌种保存在西北农林科技大学真菌标本室 (HMUABO)。     

中国毛壳菌科研究Ⅰ. ——毛壳菌属的种

报道了毛壳菌属的十一个种,旋丝毛壳 Chaetomium bostrychodes,反卷毛壳 C. convolutum,舟形毛壳 C. cymbiforme,高大毛壳 C. elatum,粪生毛壳 C. funicola,球孢毛壳 C. globosporum,球毛壳 C. globosum,细丽毛壳 C. gracile,六孢毛壳 C. hexagonosporum,印度毛壳 C. indicum和近缘毛壳C. subaffine。其中包括四个中国新记录种:舟形毛壳 C. cymbiforme,球孢毛壳 C. globosporum,六孢毛壳 C. hexagonosporum和近缘毛壳 C. subaffine。根据我国的标本和菌种对新记录种作了描述,并附了显微照片。标本与菌种保存在西北农林科技大学真菌标本室 (HMUABO)。     

新疆小圆孔壳属，锥毛壳属及座坚壳属的分类研究

本文报道了新疆子囊菌小圆孔壳属(Amphisphaerella),锥毛壳属(Coniochaeta)和座坚壳属(Rosellinia)的7个种及1个变种,即:忍冬小圆孔壳(A.xylostei),梭梭锥毛壳(C.haloxylonis),木生锥毛壳(C.ligniaria),粉被锥毛壳(C.pulveracea),毛锥毛壳(C.sordaria),附孢座坚壳(R.aquila),乳头座坚壳(R.thelena)及尖孢座坚壳大孢变种(R.apiculata var.macrospora)。其中,梭梭锥毛壳为新组合种。忍冬小圆孔壳,木生锥毛壳,乳头座坚壳及尖孢座坚壳大孢变种为我国新记录(属)种。这3个属的真菌新疆过去均未报道过,为新疆新记录属。     

中国毛壳菌科研究Ⅲ.毛壳菌属和梭孢壳属的种

报道了毛壳菌属和梭孢壳属5个新记录种,同丝毛壳Chaetomium homopifatum．刺毛壳C.spinosum,变绿毛壳C.virescens,小孢梭孢壳Thielava microspora,栖士梭孢壳T.terricola。根据所采集的标本和菌种对这些种进行了描述和照像。干制培养物标本和菌种保藏在西北农林科技大学真菌标本室（HMUABO）。     

中国毛壳菌科研究III.毛壳菌属和梭孢壳属的种

报道了毛壳菌属和梭孢壳属5个新记录种,同丝毛壳Chaetomiumhomopilatum,刺毛壳C.spinosum,变绿毛壳C.virescens,小孢梭孢壳Thielaviamicrospora,栖土梭孢壳T.terricola。根据所采集的标本和菌种对这些种进行了描述和照像。干制培养物标本和菌种保藏在西北农林科技大学真菌标本室(HMUABO)。     

中国毛壳菌科研究III.毛壳菌属和梭孢壳属的种(英文)

报道了毛壳菌属和梭孢壳属5个新记录种,同丝毛壳Chaetomiumhomopilatum,刺毛壳C.spinosum,变绿毛壳C.virescens,小孢梭孢壳Thielaviamicrospora,栖土梭孢壳T.terricola。根据所采集的标本和菌种对这些种进行了描述和照像。干制培养物标本和菌种保藏在西北农林科技大学真菌标本室(HMUABO)。     

毛壳属Chaetomium真菌的生长温度特征及其分类学价值

对毛壳属25个种50个菌株的最低生长温度、最适生长温度、最高生长温度、致死温度以及在最适生长温度下的菌落日生长速率进行了系统比较。结果表明,毛壳属不同的物种具有稳定的特征性最高生长温度,这一温度指标可作为该属物种鉴定,特别是区分形态相似种的重要生理性状;其他温度指标在种内变异大,在种间存在明显交叉,不具分类学价值。在此基础上,测定了42个种的最高生长温度,为毛壳属物种鉴定提供了一个重要的生理性状指标。     

子囊具四个孢子的皱赤壳属一新种

描述了分布于中国热带、亚热带地区的丛赤壳科皱赤壳属Rugonectria一新种。对中国材料进行形态学和DNA序列分析相结合的研究表明,它们与日本报道的栗生皱赤壳R. castaneicola较为接近,但存在形态学和DNA序列上的明显差异,代表该属一个新种。     

Protein expression patterns in two Spiraea species in response to cold treatment

We analyzed the different cold-resistance species Spiraea trichocarpa Nakai and Spiraea bumalda ‘Goldmound’ for low-temperature protein expression, protein types identification, and investigated the cold resistance mechanisms under different levels of low temperature by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and mass spectrometry. An average of 668 and 559 protein spots were detected by 2-DE of S. bumalda ‘Goldmound’ and S. trichocarpa Nakai, respectively, under different low-temperature treatments. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy identified 48 proteins, with varying expression, related to metabolism, amino acid synthesis, transportation, stress responses and oxidation–reduction reactions. The results showed that the photosynthesis of S. bumalda ‘Goldmound’ had been affected, enzymes (RuBisCO large and small subunits) involved in the Calvin cycle were up- and down-regulated, and ATP synthase in photophosphorylation was down-regulated. Cytosolic malate dehydrogenase expression weakened in the TCA cycle, while amino acid synthesis strengthened. The activity of four antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase [Cu–Zn], L-ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione peroxidase and peroxidase) was reduced under varying low temperatures. Enzymes (ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase and RuBisCO small chain precursor) involved in the photosynthesis of S. trichocarpa Nakai showed obvious up- and down-regulation under low temperatures. Cold treatment influenced the photosynthesis of S. trichocarpa Nakai and S. bumalda ‘Goldmound’, but the results showed significant differences between the two species, which were supposed to the fact that low temperature modified the metabolic mechanisms and led to the weaker cold resistance in S. bumalda ‘Goldmound’ than in S. trichocarpa Nakai.     

Different excystment patterns in two calcareous cyst-producing species of the dinoflagellate genus Scrippsiella

Scrippsiella rotunda and Scrippsiella trochoidea var. aciculifera (order Peridiniales, subfamily Calciodinelloideae) are autotrophic orthoperidinioid dinoflagellates producing calcareous resting cysts which are at times abundant in coastal marine sediments. We have carried out laboratory experiments to investigate features of cyst germination in the two species, including dormancy length, germination pattern and germination success, over an annual cycle and under different light and temperature conditions. The maturation period for S. rotunda cysts was between 17 and 24 weeks, while that of S. trochoidea var. aciculifera was much shorter, ranging between 2 and 5 weeks. Both species required exposure to light for germination, while temperature shifts (from 14 to 20C) in the dark did not induce excystment of mature cysts. In both species, germination was not synchronous, but distributed over a variable time interval, suggesting a high physiological diversity within the cyst pool. Moreover, exposure to light of S. rotunda cysts that had not completed maturation impaired the germination of a great percentage of the cysts. Differences in dormancy length may partially explain the distinct cyst production patterns observed for the two species in the Gulf of Naples.      

The genus Chaetomium in Iran, a phylogenetic study including six new species

Twenty-one species of Chaetomium known from Iran were compared on the basis of morphological and molecular characters. Six new species are recognized, five isolated from cereals and one from nematode cysts. A combined sequence dataset of the ITS region, partial LSU rDNA, and β-tubulin gene sufficiently resolved five species groups of Chaetomium that are largely concordant with combined features of peridium structure, ascospore shape and germ pore position. Among the new species C. undulatulum is a close relative of C. globosum, C. rectangulare is close to C. elatum, C. interruptum and C. grande are close to C. megalocarpum, altogether forming the C. globosum species group. Chaetomium iranianum and C. truncatulum are members of the C. carinthiacum species group, characterized by spirally coiled ascomatal hairs and fusiform ascospores. A chrysosporium-like anamorph is newly described for C. acropullum.     

The morphological variability of four species of the euphausiid genus Thysanoessa Brandt, 1851 from Kamchatkan waters

The morphological variability of four species of the euphausiid genus Thysanoessa from Kamchatka waters was studied. The neglecta form and 18 variants of the abdomen structure were found in Th. inermis. Th. raschii and Th. inermis exhibited four variants of eye shape; Th. longipes had three variants. In Th. longipes and Th. raschii, a tooth on the lateral edge of the carapace can be positioned closer to the middle. The most variable morphological features in Th. raschii were the location of a tooth on the carapace; in Th. longipes, the length of the second pair of thoracic legs and the position of a tooth on the carapace; in Th. inspinata, the length of the second pair of legs; in Th. inermis, the eye shape and the structure of the abdomen. A new key for the identification of euphausiids of the genus Thysanoessa that inhabit the Russian Far Eastern seas is proposed.     

Gas exchange of two CAM species of the genus Cissus (vitaceae) differing in morphological features

NADP-malate dehydrogenase extracted from darkened leaves of the C₃ plants pea, barley, wheat and spinach was activated by reduced glutathione, a monothiol, as well as by dithiothreitol (DTT). However, in the C₄ plants maize and Flaveria trinervia, only dithiothreitol could effectively activate the enzyme. There was no activation of the maize enzyme and little or no activation of the F. trinervia enzyme by glutathione. The failure of glutathione to activate NADP-MDH in leaf extracts of maize and F. trinervia may indicate there is some difference in disulfide groups of the protein compared to the C₃ plant enzyme. Both DTT and glutathione could activate NADP-malate dehydrogenase in a partially purified enzyme preparation from pea leaves with or without addition of partially purified thioredoxin. However, the required concentration of reductant was lower with addition of thioredoxin than in its absence. In extracts of C₃ species and the partially purified pea enzyme the level of activation after 40 to 60 min under aerobic conditions was higher (up to twofold) with DTT than with glutathione. Under anaerobic conditions, the initial rate of activation was about twice as high with DTT as with glutathione, but the total activation after 40 to 60 min was similar. Ascorbate was totally ineffective as a reducing agent in activating NADP-MDH from C₃ or C₄ plants, possibly due to its more positive redox potential.Abbreviations Chl Chlorophyll - DTT Dithiothreitol - GSH Reduced Glutathione - NADP-MDH NADP-malate Dehydrogenase     

Protein polymorphisms in six species of the genus Calanus

Isoelectric focusing was used to study total protein patterns and allozyme variations of six species of the genus Calanus. Each species could be characterized by total protein patterns. The results of the allozyme study indicated, in agreement with previous morphological studies, that the six Calanus species belong to three different groups: the C. finmarchicus group C. finmarchicus, C. glacialis and C. marshallae the C. helgolandicus group (C. helgolandicus, C. pacificus), and C. hyperboreus, which stands apart. There is no indication that there are more loci coding for the proteins studied in species with larger genome sizes. Nor is the degree of enzyme polymorphism related to genome size in these species.     

Analysis of allozyme variability in three Plantago species and a comparison to morphological variability

Summary The level of electrophoretic variability in three Plantago species, P. major, P. coronopus, and P. lanceolata, was analyzed in relation to their breeding systems and compared with their morphological variability. From each species several populations were analyzed. The outcrossing P. lanceolata had the highest level of electrophoretic variability and the lowest population differentiation. The inbreeding P. major showed the opposite: a low level of electrophoretic variability and a high population differentiation. P. coronopus, with an intermediate breeding system, had an intermediate level of variability and differentiation. In comparing the species, it appeared that P. coronopus and P. major showed good concordance in the distribution of both kinds of variability, each having only a slightly higher morphological than electrophoretic differentiation between populations. P. lanceolata showed a higher morphological than electrophoretic differentiation between populations. A comparison of populations, within species, revealed good concordance of electrophoretic and morphological variability only within P. coronopus, while some populations of the other two species had relatively lower morphological variability compared with electrophoretic variability.Grassland Species Research Group Publication No. 182     

Seasonal patterns of diet and ranging in two species of tamarin monkeys: Stability versus variability

From June through December, data were collected on the diet and ranging patterns of moustached (Saguinus mystax) and saddle-back (Saguinus fuscicollis) tamarin monkeys in the Amazon Basin of northeastern Peru. During this 7-month period, insects and nonleguminous fruits accounted for 83% of tamarin feeding and foraging time. Despite marked seasonal variation in rainfall and forest productivity, patterns of habitat utilization, day range, dietary diversity, resource exploitation, and activity budget remained relatively stable throughout the year. Moustached and saddle-back tamarins appear to solve problems of food acquisition and exploit patchily distributed feeding sites using a relatively limited set of foraging patterns. In general, these primates concentrate their daily feeding efforts on several trees from a small number of target plant species. These feeding sites are uncommon, produce only a small amount of ripe fruit each day, and are characterized by a high degree of intraspecific fruiting and flowering synchrony. Trees of the same species are frequently visited in succession, and individual feeding sites are revisited several times over the course of 1–2 weeks. This type of foraging pattern occurred during both dry and wet seasons and when exploiting fruit, nectar, legume, and exudate resources. Seasonal variation in the percentage of feeding and foraging time devoted to insectivory was also limited. In this investigation, there was no consistent evidence that temporal changes in overall forest fruit production had a major impact on the feeding, foraging, or ranging behavior of either tamarin species.     

Comparative cytogenetics and heterochromatic patterns in two species of the genus Acanthostracion (Ostraciidae: Tetraodontiformes)

Some groups of fish, such as those belonging to the Order Tetraodontiformes, may differ significantly in the amount and location of heterochromatin in the chromosomes. There is a marked variation in DNA content of more than seven-fold among the families of this Order. However, the karyoevolutionary mechanisms responsible for this variation are essentially unknown. The largest genomic contents are present in species of the family Ostraciidae (2.20–2.60 pg). The present study cytogenetically characterized two species of the family Ostraciidae, Acanthostracion polygonius and A. quadricornis, using conventional staining, C-bandings, Ag-NOR, CMA₃/DAPI, AluI, PstI, EcoRI, TaqI and HinfI restriction enzymes (REs) and double FISH with 18S and 5S rDNA probes. The karyotypes of both species showed 2n = 52 acrocentric chromosomes (FN = 52; chromosome arms) and pronounced conserved structural characteristics. A significant heterochromatic content was observed equilocally distributed in pericentromeric position in all the chromosome pairs. This condition is unusual in relation to the karyotypes of other families of Tetraodontiformes and probability is the cause of the higher DNA content in Ostraciidae. Given the role played by repetitive sequences in the genomic reorganization of this Order, it is suggested that the conspicuous heterochromatic blocks, present in the same chromosomal position and with apparently similar composition, may have arisen or undergo evolutionary changes in concert providing clues about the chromosomal mechanisms which led to extensive variation in genomic content of different Tetraodontiformes families.