CONCENTRATION AND PURIFICATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE

1. A method for isolating a nucleoprotein from lysed staphylococci culture is described. 2. It is homogeneous in the ultracentrifuge and has a sedimentation constant of 650 x 10^–13 cm. dyne^–1 sec.^–1, corresponding to a molecular weight of about 300,000,000. 3. The diffusion coefficient varies from about 0.001 cm.²/day in solutions containing more than 0.1 mg. protein/ml. to 0.02 in solutions containing less than 0.001 mg. protein/ml. The rate of sedimentation also decreases as the concentration decreases. It is suggested, therefore, that this protein exists in various sized molecules of from 500,000–300,000,000 molecular weight, the proportion of small molecules increasing as the concentration decreases. 4. This protein is very unstable and is denatured by acidity greater than pH 5.0, by temperature over 50°C. for 5 minutes. It is digested by chymo-trypsin but not by trypsin. 5. The loss in activity by heat, acid, and chymo-trypsin digestion is roughly proportional to the amount of denatured protein formed under these conditions. 6. The rate of diffusion of the protein is the same as that of the active agent. 7. The rate of sedimentation of the protein is the same as that of the active agent. 8. The loss in activity when susceptible living or dead bacteria are added to a solution of the protein is proportional to the loss in protein from the solution. Non-susceptible bacteria remove neither protein nor activity. 9. The relative ultraviolet light absorption, as determined directly, agrees with that calculated from Gates'' inactivation experiments in the range of 2500–3000 Å. u. but is somewhat greater in the range of 2000–2500 Å. u. 10. Solubility determinations showed that most of the preparations contained at least two proteins, one being probably the denatured form of the other. Two preparations were obtained, however, which had about twice the specific activity of the earlier ones and which gave a solubility curve approximating that of a pure substance. 11. It is suggested that the formation of phage may be more simply explained by analogy with the autocatalytic formation of pepsin and trypsin than by analogy with the far more complicated system of living organisms.     

STUDIES ON BIOLUMINESCENCE : II. THE PARTIAL PURIFICATION OF CYPRIDINA LUCIFERIN

Some solubility, oxidation, reduction, and compound-forming characteristics of extracts of Cypridina luciferin have been presented. A method of purification has been described which increased the amount of luciferin per unit of dry weight, as measured by the total light emitted, to about two thousand times that in the dry starting material. The best yields were from 50 to 65 per cent.     

人工湿地系统对污水磷的净化效果

建立以亚热带湿生、水生植物为主的十二套下流行一上流－上行流人工湿地系统作为处理城镇生活污水的对策。以其中四套研究其在不同的水力负荷及气候条件下对污水中磷的去除效果。人工湿地系统随处理运行时间的推移趋于稳定,对污水中的总磷、无机磷显示较好的净化效率,平均去除率在冬季达到４０％以上,夏季达到６０％以上,出水达到国家地面水Ⅲ级标准。水生植物在系统中起到明显作用,有植物系统的除磷效率及稳定性均高于无植物对照,其中２号茭白－石菖蒲系统的效果最好,总磷平均去除率为６５％。４号9蔗－苔草系统在高水力负荷下的净效果优于２号。水力负荷的增加对系统的净效果没有明显影响。     

ON THE TITRATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE AND THE PARTICULATE HYPOTHESIS

1. The theory of the serial dilution method of titration of bacterio-phage has been worked out on the basis of the simple particulate hypothesis. 2. It has been shown that, if the dilution constant is .1, only about 60 per cent of parallel runs on the same solution should give the same end-point, the average being taken over a great number of titrations of each of a great variety of solutions. 3. The discrepancy between this figure, 60 per cent, and Dr. Bronfenbrenner''s estimate, 85 per cent, is considerable. 4. Inasmuch as the particulate hypothesis is well founded, no explanation of the discrepancy is suggested.     

细菌乳酸脱氢酶的纯化及其性质研究

从乳酸杆菌发酵液经过两次柱层析,可以得到纯度较高的乳酸脱氢酶,酶的比活力高达６７８．９ｕ／ｍｇ,纯度提高８５．７倍。酶的热稳定性好,ｐＨ稳定范围较宽,在临床上可用于雨氨酸氨基较移酶活力的测定。     

银杏叶聚戊烯醇的化学、纯化和药效研究

通过石油醚提取、水解、萃取和柱层析等分离,制得银杏叶叶聚戊烯醇纯样,其化学结构由NMR、IR和MS鉴定为桦木聚戊烯醇,异戊烯基单元数为15－21。另外,对聚戊烯醇的纯化工艺和毒、药理等进行了研究,提出纯化70％以上聚戊烯醇的方法,适合大指生产,为聚戊烯醇制剂的开发提供基础。     

THE INFLUENCE OF RENNET ON BACTERIOPHAGE INFECTION IN THE CHEESE VAT

SUMMARY: Early gelling of a lightly phage-infected culture of lactic streptococci in milk gave protection against phage attack. This protection was necessary only at acidities of less than 0·33% lactic acid (pH 5·36) and depended on the formation of isolated foci of infection in the gel structure.     

THE GROWTH OF BACTERIOPHAGE AND LYSIS OF THE HOST

1. A new strain of B. coli and of phage active against it is described, and the relation between phage growth and lysis has been studied. It has been found that the phage can lyse these bacteria in two distinct ways, which have been designated lysis from within and lysis from without. 2. Lysis from within is caused by infection of a bacterium by a single phage particle and multiplication of this particle up to a threshold value. The cell contents are then liberated into solution without deformation of the cell wall. 3. Lysis from without is caused by adsorption of phage above a threshold value. The cell contents are liberated by a distension and destruction of the cell wall. The adsorbed phage is not retrieved upon lysis. No new phage is formed. 4. The maximum yield of phage in a lysis from within is equal to the adsorption capacity. 5. Liberation of phage from a culture in which the bacteria have been singly infected proceeds at a constant rate, after the lapse of a minimum latent period, until all the infected bacteria are lysed. 6. If the bacteria are originally not highly in excess, this liberation is soon counterbalanced by multiple adsorption of the liberated phage to bacteria that are already infected. This leads to a reduction of the final yield.     

姜黄色素增溶的研究

本研究以脂溶性姜黄色素为材料,探讨其增溶后的水溶性、耐光性、耐加热性、安全性及增溶费用.结果表明,增溶后的姜黄色素不仅水溶性好,而且色泽鲜艳、着色力强,耐光性、耐加热性也较好;增溶后的姜黄色素安全无毒;增溶费用低.从而为工业化生产水溶性姜黄色素提供了理论依据.     

THE PREPARATION OF RELATIVELY PURE BACTERIOPHAGE

The method described above, based on the electrophoretic migration of bacteriophage particles into an agar gel and their subsequent re-suspension in a suitable medium, has the following advantages: It is simple and can be readily carried out on a comparatively large scale by merely inserting additional units between the same electrode cups. It requires but one extraction and the resulting phage suspension is strongly lytic, an average sample being capable of completely lysing susceptible bacteria at a dilution of 10^–16. The suspension contains no proteins demonstrable by the biuret, alcohol, xanthoproteic, Millon or Hopkins-Cole reactions and yields but 0.044 mg. N/cc. directly attributable to the phage. Each corpuscle contains no more nitrogen than a single molecule of protein. In addition the method is applicable to determinations of the electric charge carried by biologically active substances of small dimensions, e.g., phage, toxins, and perhaps some viruses. It offers as well a possible means of purification of these substances. The purified bacteriophage obtained by such a procedure or similar ones is relatively unstable. Work now in progress indicates that it does not possess nearly the resistance to chemical agents, drying, etc., that non-purified phage displays. It is suggested that experiments designed to test the therapeutic value of bacteriophage be conducted, when possible, with purified suspensions thereby avoiding any possibility of obscure non-specific reactions due to other constituents of the lysates.     

大叶黄杨长毛斑蛾的生物学研究

大叶黄杨长毛斑蛾于1990年在山东威海地区首次发现,是为害大叶黄杨的重要害虫,一年发生1代,以卵在枝条上越冬,翌年4月初出现幼虫,5月中旬初开始结茧化蛹,10月底始见成虫,作于1990-1993年对该虫的形态特征,生活史及为害习性进行了观察研究,并提出综合防治措施。     

白鱀豚饲养的研究

饲养池水使用自来水是切实可行的。水温在冬季不低于4℃,夏季不超过33℃。白暨豚以淡水鱼类为食,其日食量一般占体重的10—11%,炎夏减到8—9%,寒冬可增到12%。豢养四年的淇淇,其体长和体重增长的关系式为:y=-237.4 2.2x。饲养的关键有二:一是水质,经常洗池换水以保持水质清洁;二是食物,饲料鱼要挑选健康、新鲜,无污染的鱼类,喂前进行消毒,每天还要给以维生素类药品,以作营养补充。     

芸香甙热裂解研究

在 5 0 0℃和 770℃两种温度下 ,采用热解直接进样的方式 ,研究了烟草中主要的多酚类化合物———芸香甙的热裂解产物。分别鉴定出了 2 4个和 2 3个裂解化合物。通过比较和分析这两种温度下的裂解产物发现 ,芸香甙可以裂解产生大量具有香味的产物。不同温度下的热裂解产物中 ,其中有 16个热裂解产物是相同的 ,但它们的相对含量却不一样。     

STUDIES ON THE PHOTOLYSIS OF PYRETHRUM

The rates of photolysis of films of pyrethrum were studied to determine the factors which could contribute to their increased stability.
The claims that the green colouring matter (referred to as chlorophyll) present in crude oleoresin contributed to the rapid photolysis of pyrethrum films were verified. Evidence was accumulated to show that light of a wide range of wavelengths could effect photolysis.
The action of para -aminoazobenzene as a stabilizer was studied in detail and the experimental evidence obtained strongly suggested that this compound did not exert its action by virtue of its light-absorbing properties but as a direct or indirect inhibitor of a chemical reaction. Assays of the four active principles in extract before and after irradiation showed that the PAAB protected primarily the cinerin II and pyrethrin II.
Sudan IV and p -methoxyazobenzene and Spirit Red were shown to have similar stabilizing properties to PAAB.