南美蟛蜞菊霜霉病病原鉴定及系统发育分析

[目的]为从天敌病原生物方面探索外来入侵植物南美蟛蜞菊的生物防治,对新发现的南美蟛蜞菊霜霉病进行病原鉴定和系统发育分析。[方法]在广东省广州市对南美蟛蜞菊霜霉病的发生及危害情况进行调查,并通过病害症状识别、病原显微形态记录与比较、病原菌及其近似种ITS序列结构比较、LSU序列和ITS序列系统发育分析,对南美蟛蜞菊霜霉病病原进行鉴定和系统发育分析。[结果]南美蟛蜞菊霜霉病在广州零星发生,但该病害在华南农业大学校园内发生较严重,发病率达50%~70%,病情指数为30~35。经鉴定,其病原菌为南美蟛蜞菊单轴霉,是国内一新记录种。基于病原菌LSU序列和ITS序列的系统发育分析显示,侵染菊科植物的单轴霉属菌种聚在一个分枝,亲缘关系密切,与侵染其他不同科寄主植物的单轴霉亲缘关系较远。ITS序列结构比较显示,寄生于菊科向日葵族植物的单轴霉属菌种的ITS2区包含多个重复序列,不同菌种间的ITS2区重复序列相似度不同,说明侵染菊科向日葵簇植物的单轴霉属菌物可细分成多个种,而不是只有向日葵单轴霉。[结论]广州发生的南美蟛蜞菊霜霉病是该寄主上首次正式报道的病害,鉴定的病原菌也是国内一新记录种;寄生在菊科植物上的单轴霉属种类不尽相同,但亲缘关系紧密。     

中国腐霉属的水生种类

腐霉属是一个世界广布分类群,迄今为止已报道约100种.它们主要分布于土坡中,条件适合时侵染植物引起病害,造成多种经济植物的重大损失.腐霉也见水中,它们既可寄生于藻类及一些小动物上,也可腐生于动植物残骸上.在研究微生物与水质关系时,腐霉的作用是不可忽视的.在发酵工业上,腐霉可望用于生产多种酶类及转化街族化合物,所以它是一个经济意义较重要的类群.     

果樹的病害

果树的病害和一般植物病害一样可以分为寄生病害和非寄生病害。寄生病害中又有真菌病、细菌病、毒病和微小害虫寄生病害等;非寄生病害中有营养失调引起的病害,温度不当引起的病害,空气中气体成分不当引起的病害,日灼病,药害等。至于我国的果树病害,如苹果腐烂病则为苹果的主要病害(图1)。可是其他国家里苹果     

RNAi在植物寄生线虫中的研究及应用

植物寄生线虫寄生于植物体内,引起植物病害,危害寄主植物,其危害仅次于真菌病害,每年都会对全世界主要农作物造成严重损失。由于传统的防治植物寄生线虫策略的诸多局限性,近年来,随着RNAi技术日趋成熟,越来越多的研究者开始着手于运用该项技术来防治植物寄生线虫。本文主要介绍了RNAi在对线虫生长繁殖,侵染及运动起作用的基因的功能的研究,对培育转抗线虫基因作物的中应用及参与互作的植物基因沉默在抑制线虫方面的应用及研究进展。     

轴霜霉一新种—地榆轴霜霉

本文报道了采自我国阿勒泰山寄生于蔷薇科植物地榆上的轴霜霉新种－地榆轴霜霉。轴霜霉寄生于蔷薇科植物上是首次报道。对该种的形态作了拉丁文和汉文描述并附有特征图。     

分子生物学技术在腐霉菌分类上的应用研究

腐霉是一类世界性分布菌物,它可腐生、寄生或兼性寄生,又可陆生、水生或者水陆两栖生。目前世界各地被描述的腐霉种达250个,超过80种是植物重要的病原菌。腐霉主要引起各种植物根腐和幼苗猝倒,对农作物造成较大的损失。通过对近年来发展起来的腐霉分子生物学分类技术,诸如核糖体DNA(rDNA)转录内间隔区(ITS)的直接测序方法、分子杂交技术、PCR及改良PCR技术、基于线粒体DNA(mtDNA)的分析方法等进行了简述,为更快捷、准确的病原腐霉的鉴定及诊断技术的开发打下基础。     

中国霜霉的几个新种

本文描述了霜霉属(Peronospora)两个新种。即:寄生于唇形科植物香薷(Elsholtziapatrnia Garcke)上的香薷霜霉(Peronospora elsholtziae sp.nov.)和寄生于大花益母草(Leonurusmacranthus Maxim.)上的大花益母草霜霉(Peronospora leonuri sp.nov);单轴霉属(Plasmopara)一个新种,寄生于车前草科植物车前草(Plantago major L.)上的车前草单轴霉(Plasmoparaplantaginicola sp.nov.,);盘梗霉属(Bremia)一个新种,寄生于石竹科植物莫石竹(Moehringialateriflora L.)上的莫石竹盘梗霉(Bremia moehringiae sp.nov.).这四个新种均有拉丁文和中文描述。还分别讨论了新种与同科近似种之间的区别。     

轴霜霉一新种——地榆轴霜霉

本文报道了采自我国新疆阿勒泰山寄生于蔷薇科(Rosaceae)植物地榆(Sanguisorba officinalis L.)上的轴霜霉新种——地榆轴霜霉(Plasmopara Sanguisorbae C.J.Li et al.sp.nov.)。轴霜霉寄生于蔷薇科植物上是首次报道。对该种的形态作了拉丁文和汉文描述,并附有特征图。     

中国单轴霉分类的研究*I．寄生在唇形科和苋科植物上的新种

本文描述了单轴霉属(Hasmopara)霜霉菌的二个新种。它们是： 寄生于唇形科植物香薷(Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb．)Hyland)上的香薷单轴霉(Plasmopara elsholtziae sp.Nov．)及苋科植物牛膝(Achyranthcs bidentata BI．)上的牛膝单轴霉(Plasmopara achyranthis sp．nov．)。牛膝单轴霉是本属真菌寄生于苋科植物的首次记录。 上述二新种都有拉丁文及汉文描述,还分别讨论了新种与其同科或不同科寄主上的近似种之间的区别。     

植物寄生线虫效应蛋白功能分析方法的研究进展

植物寄生线虫在侵染寄主过程中分泌许多与寄生相关的蛋白,这一类蛋白称为效应蛋白,这些效应蛋白在植物细胞内发挥各种作用,从而有利于线虫侵染、寄生和生长发育。研究这些效应蛋白的功能对于掌握线虫侵染植物的分子机理非常重要,也是寻找新的植物线虫病害防治方法的理论基础。对目前应用于研究植物寄生线虫效应蛋白功能的主要方法进行了概述。     

Evidence that the C-terminus of OprM is involved in the assembly of the VceAB-OprM efflux pump

Although the architecture of tripartite multiple drug resistance (MDR) efflux pumps of Gram-negative bacteria has been well characterized, the means by which the components recognize each other and assemble into a functional pump remains obscure. In this study we present evidence that the C-terminal domain of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa OprM and the α-helical hairpin domain of Vibrio cholerae VceA play an important role in the recognition/specificity/recruitment step in the assembly of a functional, VceAB-OprM chimeric efflux pump. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence directly linking the C-terminal domain of an outer membrane efflux protein to its recruitment during the assembly of a tripartite efflux pump.     

心脑血管疾病大额住院消费统计分析

通过对医院2004-2006年心脑血管疾病大额住院消费(消费大于50000元,以下简称大额消费)病例发病率高的前五种疾病的构成情况、药费、材料费消耗情况进行分析,认为加强大额病例中发病率高的病种的重点管理,是降低医疗费用的有效途径。建议制定常见病大额病种预定额付费方案和审查报销制度;采用适宜技术;控制药费,防止过度医疗,有效地遏制医疗费用的过快增长。     

Studies on the energy coupling sites of photophosphorylation IV. The relation of proton fluxes to the electron transport and ATP formation associated with Photosystem II

1. By using dibromothymoquinone as the electron acceptor, it is possible to isolate functionally that segment of the chloroplast electron transport chain which includes only Photosystem II and only one of the two energy conservation sites coupled to the complete chain (Coupling Site II, observed P/e₂ = 0.3–0.4). A light-dependent, reversible proton translocation reaction is associated with the electron transport pathway: H₂O → Photosystem II → dibromothymoquinone. We have studied the characteristics of this proton uptake reaction and its relationship to the electron transport and ATP formation associated with Coupling Site II.

2. The initial phase of H⁺ uptake, analyzed by a flash-yield technique, exhibits linear kinetics (0–3 s) with no sign of transient phenomena such as the very rapid initial uptake (“pH gush”) encountered in the overall Hill reaction with methylviologen. Thus the initial rate of H⁺ uptake obtained by the flash-yield method is in good agreement with the initial rate estimated from a pH change tracing obtained under continuous illumination.

3. Dibromothymoquinone reduction, observed as O₂ evolution by a similar flash-yield technique, is also linear for at least the first 5 s, the rate of O₂ evolution agreeing well with the steady-state rate observed under continuous illumination.

4. Such measurements of the initial rates of O₂ evolution and H⁺ uptake yield an H⁺/e⁻ ratio close to 0.5 for the Photosystem II partial reaction regardless of pH from 6 to 8. (Parallel experiments for the methylviologen Hill reaction yield an H⁺/e⁻ ratio of 1.7 at pH 7.6.)

5. When dibromothymoquinone is being reduced, concurrent phosphorylation (or arsenylation) markedly lowers the extent of H⁺ uptake (by 40–60%). These data, unlike earlier data obtained using the overall Hill reaction, lend themselves to an unequivocal interpretation since phosphorylation does not alter the rate of electron transport in the Photosystem II partial reaction. ADP, P_i and hexokinase, when added individually, have no effect on proton uptake in this system.

6. The involvement of a proton uptake reaction with an H⁺/e⁻ ratio of 0.5 in the Photosystem II partial reaction H₂O → Photosystem II → dibromothymoquinone strongly suggests that at least 50% of the protons produced by the oxidation of water are released to the inside of the thylakoid, thereby leading to an internal acidification. It is pointed out that the observed efficiencies for ATP formation (P/e₂) and proton uptake (H⁺/e⁻) associated with Coupling Site II can be most easily explained by the chemiosmotic hypothesis of energy coupling.     

Partial purification and properties of Galleria mellonella larvae proteolytic inhibitors acting on Metarhizium anisopliae toxic protease

Gel permeation, preparative isoelectric focusing, and affinity chromatography were used to purify three inhibitors of proteolytic activity from perchloric acid extracts of last instar Galleria mellonella larvae. Electrofocusing experiments revealed three isoinhibitors with different isoelectric points: inhibitor I-1 with p1 of pH 5.6, inhibitor I-2, pH 7.7, and inhibitor I-3 (of small inhibitory activity), pH 8.6. By affinity chromatography on trypsin-Sepharose 4B the I-1 was purified 9.7 ×, but 71.1% of inhibitory activity was lost. Molecular mass of the inhibitory complex was 12,600 Da. I-1 and I-2 are relatively stable to heat at several pHs with minor stability at pH 10. I-1 and I-2 inhibit serine proteases about 2.5 times as much as sulfhydryl proteases. In the same ratio protease P-1 and protease P-2 from Metarhizium anisopliae are inhibited.     

THE DEATH OF BIOETHICS (AS WE ONCE KNEW IT)

Fast forward 50 years into the future. A look back at what occurred in the field of bioethics since 2010 reveals that a conference in 2050 commemorated the death of bioethics. In a steady progression over the years, the field became increasingly fragmented and bureaucratized. Disagreement and dissension were rife, and this once flourishing, multidisciplinary field began to splinter in multiple ways. Prominent journals folded, one by one, and were replaced with specialized publications dealing with genethics, reproethics, nanoethics, and necroethics. Mainstream bioethics organizations also collapsed, giving way to new associations along disciplinary and sub‐disciplinary lines. Physicians established their own journals, and specialty groups broke away from more general associations of medical ethics. Lawyers also split into three separate factions, and philosophers rejected all but the most rigorous, analytic articles into their newly established journal. Matters finally came to a head with global warming, the world‐wide spread of malaria and dengue, and the cost of medical treatments out of reach for almost everyone. The result was the need to develop plans for strict rationing of medical care. At the same time, recognition emerged of the importance of the right to health and the need for global justice in health. By 2060, a spark of hope was ignited, opening the door to the resuscitation of bioethics and involvement of the global community.     

Strategy for Stabilizing Enzymes Part Two: Increasing Enzyme Stability by Selective Chemical Modification

The molecular mechanisms of change in the thermal stability of proteins modified with low molecular weight reagents are discussed. The choice of stabilization mechanisms to be used as a general strategy for increasing enzyme stability by chemical modification is addressed. Hydrophilization of nonpolar surface areas is the most simple and reliable approach to artificial stabilization of enzymes for use in applied biochemistry and biotechnology.     

Survival and metabolism of the harpacticoid copepod Thompsonula hyaenae (Thompson) fed on different diatoms

Survival times and oxygen consumption rates have been determined for a benthic harpacticoid copepod, Thompsonula hyaenae (Thompson), when fed different algal diets. Nauplii and adults lived slightly longer on a diet of Navicula sp. than did those fed N. pelliculosa or a mixture of both naviculoid species. Mean numbers of harpacticoids hatched were significantly higher in cultures of N. pelliculosa. Metabolic rates of non-gravid females fed for one week on N. sp. were significantly lower than those fed N. pelliculosa or the mixture. There was no significant difference in oxygen uptake between animals fed N. pelliculosa and those fed the mixed culture. The smaller size and lower food energy content of N. pelliculosa are reflected in the higher respiratory rates of animals led this diatom species.Based on a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the M.S. degree in Marine Science at the University of South Carolina. Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research Contribution No. 114. Research supported by the Oceanography Section, National Science Foundation, NSF Grant DES72-01573 A01.     

Primeval cells: Possible energy-generating and cell-division mechanisms

Summary It is proposed that the first entity capable of adaptive Darwinian evolution consisted of a liposome vesicle formed of (1) abiotically produced phospholipidlike molecules; (2) a very few informational macromolecules; and (3) some abiogenic, lipid-soluble, organic molecule serving as a symporter for phosphate and protons and as a means of high-energy-bond generation. The genetic material had functions that led to the production of phospholipidlike materials (leading to growth and division of the primitive cells) and of the carrier needed for energy transduction. It is suggested that the most primitive exploitable energy source was the donation of 2H⁺+2e^– at the external face of the primitive cell. The electrons were transferred (by metal impurities) to internal sinks of organic material, thus creating, via a deficit, a protonmotive force that could drive both the active transport of phosphate and high-energy-bond formation.This model implies that proton translocation in a closed-membrane system preceded photochemical or electron transport mechanisms and that chemically transferable metabolic energy was needed at a much earlier stage in the development of life than has usually been assumed. It provides a plausible mechanism whereby cell division of the earliest protocells could have been a spontaneous process powered by the internal development of phospholipids. The stimulus for developing this evolutionary sequence was the realization that cellular life was essential if Darwinian survival of the fittest was to direct evolution toward adaptation to the external environment.     

用离散量的方法识别蛋白质的超二级结构

用离散量的方法,对2208个分辨率在2.5I以上的高精度的蛋白质结构中四类超二级结构进行了识别。从蛋白质一级序列出发,以氨基酸(20种氨基酸加一个空位)和其紧邻关联共同为参数,当序列模式固定长取8个氨基酸残基时,对“822”序列模式3交叉检验的平均预测精度达到78.1%,jack-knife检验的平均预测精度达到76.7%;当序列模式固定长取10个氨基酸残基时,对“1041”序列模式3交叉检验的平均预测精度达到83.1%,jack-knife检验的平均预测精度达到79.8%。