一株李氏禾内生细菌去除Cr(Ⅵ)的特性

李氏禾(Leersia hexandra)是中国境内发现的第一种铬超积累植物,该文对李氏禾内生菌及其除铬性能进行了研究。采用添加Cr(VI)的牛肉膏蛋白胨固体平板培养方法,从李氏禾根部分离筛选获得一株具有较强Cr(VI)抗性的内生细菌G04,分子生物学鉴定结果表明该菌株属于阴沟肠杆菌(Enterobacter cloacae)。采用摇瓶培养方法,以Cr(VI)去除率、总Cr(铬)的去除率以及菌体生物量为指标,考察了pH、温度、底物浓度、装液量、接种量、摇床转速以及反应时间等因素对Cr(VI)去除率、总铬去除率和菌株生长的影响。结果表明:在牛肉膏蛋白胨液体培养基中,菌株E. cloacae G04去除Cr(VI)的较优反应条件为初始pH5. 0、温度37℃、Cr(VI)浓度为100 mg·L~(-1)、装液量80 mL(250 mL三角瓶)、接种量15%、摇床转速为120r·min~(-1)、反应时间48 h。在此条件下,菌株E. cloacae G04对Cr(VI)和总铬的去除率分别为84%和8%。根据Cr(VI)去除率和总铬去除率的结果推测该菌株去除Cr(VI)的机制可能是以还原为主、吸附为辅。这表明李氏禾内生细菌E. cloacae G04菌株具有较好的应用潜力,既有可能直接用于土壤、水环境铬污染的修复,也有可能作为促植物修复铬污染的后备菌株,另外可为深入研究李氏禾的铬积累作用机制提供参考。     

铬还原菌的分离筛选及其在微生物燃料电池生物阴极中的应用

【目的】水溶性的Cr(Ⅵ)对环境及人类造成的危害是社会亟待解决的问题。Cr(Ⅵ)还原菌株的分离筛选、还原特性的分析和在微生物燃料电池中的应用为六价铬污染水体的微生物修复提供科学依据和新的方法。【方法】从黄河兰州段排污口采集样本,用平板法分离筛选获得具有Cr(Ⅵ)还原能力的菌株,并将Cr(Ⅵ)还原能力最强的LZU-26菌株应用到微生物燃料电池中,检测其产电能力和Cr(Ⅵ)还原特性。【结果】共分离得到21株具有Cr(Ⅵ)还原能力的菌株,其中LZU-26菌株Cr(Ⅵ)还原能力最强,属于Cellulosimicrobium cellilans。0.4 mmol/L初始Cr(Ⅵ)在LZU-26的作用下24 h铬还原率可达到95.89%,在48 h后达99.97%。将LZU-26运用在微生物燃料电池生物阴极,所获得的最大电压和最大功率密度分别为68 mV和6.8 W/cm~2。生物阴极Cr(Ⅵ)还原率(68.9%)也远高于化学阴极(14.7%)和对照组(2.7%)。【结论】利用Cr(Ⅵ)还原菌作为微生物燃料电池生物阴极处理含铬废水,将会是一种高效、节能和环境友好的方法。     

Cr(Ⅵ)还原菌Microbacterium sp.BD6的分离鉴定及还原特性

【目的】从电镀厂下水道的淤泥中分离筛选Cr(Ⅵ)高效还原菌,并对其生长和还原特性进行研究,以期为Cr(Ⅵ)污染的生物修复提供优质的菌种资源和应用参考。【方法】采用富集培养法从淤泥中分离、筛选出Cr(Ⅵ)还原菌,通过生理生化及16S rRNA基因序列分析进行初步鉴定。采用单因素实验确定菌株的最佳培养条件和抵抗胁迫环境的能力,利用外加电子供体改善菌株的Cr(Ⅵ)还原能力,筛选出最佳电子供体研究对菌株还原的影响。【结果】经分离筛选得到1株Cr(Ⅵ)耐受还原菌,初步鉴定为微杆菌属(Microbacterium sp.),命名为BD6。菌株BD6适宜在中温、偏碱性的环境条件下生长,能耐受50.0 g/L NaCl的高盐环境。Mn~(2+)对菌种的生长表现出较高的抑制,Ni~(2+)、Zn~(2+)、Cd~(2+)的抑制作用较小,Cu~(2+)产生了一定的促进作用。Cr(Ⅵ)对BD6的最低抑菌浓度为1700 mg/L。添加甘油、果糖、乳糖、葡萄糖、丙酮酸钠作为电子供体促进了菌株对Cr(Ⅵ)的还原。选择甘油作为菌株还原Cr(Ⅵ)的最佳电子供体,无电子供体添加时菌株96 h内对100 mg/L Cr(Ⅵ)的还原率仅为69.63%,添加2 g/L的甘油菌株在36 h内的还原率达到了100%。通过加大甘油的添加量可以促进菌株对初始浓度较高Cr(Ⅵ)的还原,但要受到Cr(Ⅵ)的毒性限制。菌株的最适还原条件和最适生长条件吻合,在50.0 g/L NaCl的高盐条件和50 mg/L Cd~(2+)的毒性环境中,添加2 g/L的甘油,菌株对100 mg/L Cr(Ⅵ)的还原率分别为72 h 96.79%、54 h 99.86%。【结论】分离筛选得到的Microbacterium sp. BD6是一株潜在的可用于Cr(Ⅵ)污染生物还原修复的候选菌株。     

基于同位素标记相对和绝对定量技术研究耐铬(VI)菌株CM01的蛋白定量组学

【背景】六价铬[Cr(VI)]作为一种高毒性的重金属污染物,用微生物学方法还原Cr(VI)既经济又环保。【目的】探究耐铬菌株CM01中与耐受或还原铬Cr(VI)有关的蛋白或基因,从分子水平上阐述其耐铬Cr(VI)机制。【方法】运用同位素标记相对和绝对定量技术(isobarictagsforrelativeand absolute quantitation techniques,iTRAQ)分析耐铬菌株CM01在有无铬Cr(VI)胁迫下的蛋白表达差异。运用RT-qPCR技术验证4种与代谢途径有关的上调蛋白的m RNA表达量。运用紫外分光光度计测定细胞表面疏水性。【结果】共鉴定到2 570个蛋白,其中存在显著差异的蛋白数为646个,上调蛋白数量343个,下调蛋白数量303个。CM01中的Fe/Mn超氧化物歧化酶、甜菜碱醛脱氢酶、磷酸戊糖途径、磷酸肌醇代谢途径、氨基酸代谢共同参与了菌株对于外源性Cr(VI)的响应机制。RT-qPCR实验结果表明,与代谢途径有关的4种蛋白其基因转录水平和蛋白水平一致。对照组CM01的细胞表面疏水性高于实验组。【结论】初步探索了耐铬菌的Cr(VI)响应机制,为利用微生物治理环境污染提供了理论支持和新的研究思路。     

Cr(Ⅵ)还原菌Microbacterium sp.BD6的分离鉴定及还原特性

【目的】从电镀厂下水道的淤泥中分离筛选Cr(Ⅵ)高效还原菌,并对其生长和还原特性进行研究,以期为Cr(Ⅵ)污染的生物修复提供优质的菌种资源和应用参考。【方法】采用富集培养法从淤泥中分离、筛选出Cr(Ⅵ)还原菌,通过生理生化及16S rRNA基因序列分析进行初步鉴定。采用单因素实验确定菌株的最佳培养条件和抵抗胁迫环境的能力,利用外加电子供体改善菌株的Cr(Ⅵ)还原能力,筛选出最佳电子供体研究对菌株还原的影响。【结果】经分离筛选得到1株Cr(Ⅵ)耐受还原菌,初步鉴定为微杆菌属(Microbacterium sp.),命名为BD6。菌株BD6适宜在中温、偏碱性的环境条件下生长,能耐受50.0 g/L NaCl的高盐环境。Mn^2+对菌种的生长表现出较高的抑制,Ni^2+、Zn^2+、Cd^2+的抑制作用较小,Cu^2)产生了一定的促进作用。Cr(Ⅵ)对BD6的最低抑菌浓度为1700 mg/L。添加甘油、果糖、乳糖、葡萄糖、丙酮酸钠作为电子供体促进了菌株对Cr(Ⅵ)的还原。选择甘油作为菌株还原Cr(Ⅵ)的最佳电子供体,无电子供体添加时菌株96 h内对100 mg/L Cr(Ⅵ)的还原率仅为69.63%,添加2 g/L的甘油菌株在36 h内的还原率达到了100%。通过加大甘油的添加量可以促进菌株对初始浓度较高Cr(Ⅵ)的还原,但要受到Cr(Ⅵ)的毒性限制。菌株的最适还原条件和最适生长条件吻合,在50.0 g/L NaCl的高盐条件和50 mg/L Cd^2+的毒性环境中,添加2 g/L的甘油,菌株对100 mg/L Cr(Ⅵ)的还原率分别为72 h 96.79%、54 h 99.86%。【结论】分离筛选得到的Microbacterium sp.BD6是一株潜在的可用于Cr(Ⅵ)污染生物还原修复的候选菌株。     

隐藏嗜酸菌Acidiphilium cryptum XTS的Cr(VI)还原特性及相关基因的差异表达

【目的】考察p H值、初始Cr（VI）浓度、Fe（III）的加入及氧气含量对隐藏嗜酸菌Acidiphilium cryptum XTS还原Cr（VI）的影响及其六价铬还原相关基因在不同培养条件下的差异表达。【方法】采用正交试验法L9（34）优选Cr（VI）还原最适条件;根据模式菌A.cryptum JF-5同源功能基因序列设计引物,对菌株XTS中的六价铬还原相关基因Acry₂099在不同培养条件下的基因差异表达进行分析。【结果】p H为2.9,初始Cr（VI）浓度为80 mg/L,Fe（III）浓度为100 mg/L的条件是该菌株还原Cr（VI）的最优化配合比,在该条件下处理24 h,Cr（VI）的还原率达到67.48%;从菌株XTS中成功克隆了Acry₂099基因,其序列与模式菌A.cryptum JF-5的同源功能基因序列一致性达到了99.7%;在不同p H值、初始Cr（VI）浓度及氧气含量下Acry₂099基因表达上调情况与Cr（VI）还原速率呈一致趋势,证明Acry₂099很可能参与还原Cr（VI）的代谢途径。虽然加入Fe（III）能促进Cr（VI）的还原,但是铁的加入对Acry₂099基因表达水平没有显著的影响。【结论】A.cryptum XTS对Cr（VI）的还原与p H值、初始Cr（VI）浓度、Fe（III）的存在等因素有关,较低的p H和较高的初始Cr（VI）浓度对该菌还原Cr（VI）具有促进作用。     

异化铁还原细菌LQ25还原重金属Cr (VI)的特性研究

[背景] 异化铁还原细菌能够在还原Fe （III）的同时将毒性较大的Cr （VI）还原成毒性较小的Cr （III）,解决铬污染的问题。[目的] 基于丁酸梭菌（Clostridium butyricum） LQ25异化铁还原过程制备生物磁铁矿,开展异化铁还原细菌还原Cr （VI）的特性研究。[方法] 构建以氢氧化铁为电子受体和葡萄糖为电子供体的异化铁培养体系。菌株LQ25培养结束时制备生物磁铁矿。设置不同初始Cr （VI）浓度（5、10、15、25和30 mg/L）,分别测定菌株LQ25对Cr （VI）还原效率以及生物磁铁矿对Cr （VI）的还原效率。[结果] 菌株LQ25在设置的Cr （VI）浓度范围内都能良好生长。当Cr （VI）浓度为15 mg/L时,在异化铁培养条件下,菌株LQ25对Cr （VI）的还原率为63.45%±5.13%,生物磁铁矿对Cr （VI）的还原率为87.73%±9.12%,相比菌株还原Cr （VI）的效率提高38%。pH变化能影响生物磁铁矿对Cr （VI）的还原率,当pH 2.0时,生物磁铁矿对Cr （VI）的还原率最高,几乎达到100%。电子显微镜观察发现生物磁铁矿表面有许多孔隙,X-射线衍射图谱显示生物磁铁矿中Fe （II）的存在形式是Fe （OH）₂。[结论] 基于异化铁还原细菌制备生物磁铁矿可用于还原Cr （VI）,这是一种有效去除Cr （VI）的途径。     

异化铁还原细菌LQ25还原重金属Cr(Ⅵ)的特性研究

【背景】异化铁还原细菌能够在还原Fe(Ⅲ)的同时将毒性较大的Cr(Ⅵ)还原成毒性较小的Cr(Ⅲ),解决铬污染的问题。【目的】基于丁酸梭菌(Clostridiumbutyricum)LQ25异化铁还原过程制备生物磁铁矿,开展异化铁还原细菌还原Cr(Ⅵ)的特性研究。【方法】构建以氢氧化铁为电子受体和葡萄糖为电子供体的异化铁培养体系。菌株LQ25培养结束时制备生物磁铁矿。设置不同初始Cr(Ⅵ)浓度(5、10、15、25和30mg/L),分别测定菌株LQ25对Cr(Ⅵ)还原效率以及生物磁铁矿对Cr(Ⅵ)的还原效率。【结果】菌株LQ25在设置的Cr(Ⅵ)浓度范围内都能良好生长。当Cr(Ⅵ)浓度为15 mg/L时,在异化铁培养条件下,菌株LQ25对Cr(Ⅵ)的还原率为63.45%±5.13%,生物磁铁矿对Cr(Ⅵ)的还原率为87.73%±9.12%,相比菌株还原Cr(Ⅵ)的效率提高38%。pH变化能影响生物磁铁矿对Cr(Ⅵ)的还原率,当pH2.0时,生物磁铁矿对Cr(Ⅵ)的还原率最高,几乎达到100%。电子显微镜观察发现生物磁铁矿表面有许多孔隙,X-射线衍射图谱显示生物磁铁矿中Fe(II)的存在形式是Fe(OH)_2。【结论】基于异化铁还原细菌制备生物磁铁矿可用于还原Cr(Ⅵ),这是一种有效去除Cr(Ⅵ)的途径。     

细菌六价铬还原及吸附机制研究进展

六价铬[Hexavalent chromium,Cr(Ⅵ)]是一种致癌物,其毒性远大于三价铬,因此会对人体健康和生态环境造成危害。Cr(Ⅵ)污染场地中的细菌主要通过生物还原和生物吸附降低Cr(Ⅵ)的毒性和迁移能力。Cr(Ⅵ)还原细菌的抗性机制与还原过程已被多次讨论,但现有综述还缺乏细菌类别、铬酸盐还原酶活性与吸附机制的总结。因此,本文通过系统发育树展示常见Cr(Ⅵ)还原细菌的类别,归纳细菌的Cr(Ⅵ)还原机制,总结现阶段铬酸盐还原酶的酶活性参数与反应条件,并讨论环境影响因子对细菌Cr(Ⅵ)还原的影响。其次,本文综述了细菌对Cr(Ⅵ)的吸附现象与机理。最后,本文对未来细菌修复Cr(Ⅵ)污染的机理研究进行了展望,以期加深对细菌Cr(Ⅵ)还原和吸附过程的了解。     

一株耐铅、锌、铬菌株的分离鉴定及其吸附能力

【背景】采矿带来的土壤重金属污染问题对生态环境和人类健康产生了极大的危害,因此矿区重金属污染问题亟待解决。生物修复法成本低、资源广、没有二次污染,是修复土壤重金属污染的有效途径。【目的】以山东省曲阜市某煤矸石山周围土壤为材料,采用平板划线法分离筛选一株同时对铅、锌、铬有高耐性且吸附能力强的菌株。【方法】通过形态学特征、生理生化鉴定、分子生物学方法鉴定菌种;采用原子吸收分光光度计测量各重金属的浓度。【结果】鉴定菌株为蜡状芽孢杆菌(Bacillus cereus),命名为Bacillus cereus MZ-11。菌株MZ-11在pH为5.5?8.5、温度为15?45 °C、NaCl质量分数为2%?8%时可正常生长。菌株MZ-11最高耐铅、锌、铬浓度高达1 000、1 200、1 600 mg/L。在培养基中铅、锌、铬3种重金属浓度分别为初始浓度(含Pb2+、Zn2+、Cr6+浓度分别为50、60、80 mg/L)、初始浓度的5倍、10倍、20倍的条件下,MZ-11对Cr6+和Zn2+的吸附比例则随浓度的提高逐渐增大,吸附百分比均在98%?99%以上。对Pb2+的吸附比例有一个最高值,并且Pb2+的浓度为初始浓度的5倍时,MZ-11对Pb2+的吸附比例达最大值97.01%。【结论】菌株MZ-11对铅、锌、铬有高耐性和较好的吸附能力,为生物法修复矿区复合重金属污染和矿区生态环境提供了有力的理论支持。     

Bacterial respiration of arsenic and selenium

Oxyanions of arsenic and selenium can be used in microbial anaerobic respiration as terminal electron acceptors. The detection of arsenate and selenate respiring bacteria in numerous pristine and contaminated environments and their rapid appearance in enrichment culture suggest that they are widespread and metabolically active in nature. Although the bacterial species that have been isolated and characterized are still few in number, they are scattered throughout the bacterial domain and include Gram-positive bacteria, beta, gamma and epsilon Proteobacteria and the sole member of a deeply branching lineage of the bacteria, Chrysiogenes arsenatus. The oxidation of a number of organic substrates (i.e. acetate, lactate, pyruvate, glycerol, ethanol) or hydrogen can be coupled to the reduction of arsenate and selenate, but the actual donor used varies from species to species. Both periplasmic and membrane-associated arsenate and selenate reductases have been characterized. Although the number of subunits and molecular masses differs, they all contain molybdenum. The extent of the environmental impact on the transformation and mobilization of arsenic and selenium by microbial dissimilatory processes is only now being fully appreciated.     

Dissimilatory arsenate and sulfate reduction in Desulfotomaculum auripigmentum sp. nov.

A newly discovered arsenate-reducing bacterium, strain OREX-4, differed significantly from strains MIT-13 and SES-3, the previously described arsenate-reducing isolates, which grew on nitrate but not on sulfate. In contrast, strain OREX-4 did not respire nitrate but grew on lactate, with either arsenate or sulfate serving as the electron acceptor, and even preferred arsenate. Both arsenate and sulfate reduction were inhibited by molybdate. Strain OREX-4, a gram-positive bacterium with a hexagonal S-layer on its cell wall, metabolized compounds commonly used by sulfate reducers. Scorodite (FeAsO₄2· H₂O) an arsenate-containing mineral, provided micromolar concentrations of arsenate that supported cell growth. Physiologically and phylogenetically, strain OREX-4 was far-removed from strains MIT-13 and SES-3: strain OREX-4 grew on different electron donors and electron acceptors, and fell within the gram-positive group of the Bacteria, whereas MIT-13 and SES-3 fell together in the ɛ-subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Together, these results suggest that organisms spread among diverse bacterial phyla can use arsenate as a terminal electron acceptor, and that dissimilatory arsenate reduction might occur in the sulfidogenic zone at arsenate concentrations of environmental interest. 16S rRNA sequence analysis indicated that strain OREX-4 is a new species of the genus Desulfotomaculum, and accordingly, the name Desulfotomaculum auripigmentum is proposed. Received: 22 October 1997 / Accepted: 16 June 1997     

Chemical and biological mobilization of Fe(III) in marsh sediments

Iron reduction in marine sulfitic environments may occur via a mechanism involving direct bacterial reduction with the use of hydrogen as an electron donor, direct bacterial reduction involving carbon turnover, or by indirect reduction where sulfide acts to reduce iron. In the presented experiments, the relative importance of direct and indirect mechanisms of iron reduction, and the contribution of these two mechanisms to overall carbon turnover has been evaluated in two marsh environments. Sediments collected from two Northeastern US salt marshes each having different Fe (III) histories were incubated with the addition of reactive iron (as amorphous oxyhydroxide). These sediments were either incubated alone or in conjunction with sodium molybdate. Production of both inorganic and organic pore water constituents and a calculation of net carbon production were used as measures to compare the relative importance of direct bacterial reduction and indirect bacterial reduction. Results indicate that in the environments tested, the majority of the reduced iron found results from indirect reduction mediated by hydrogen sulfide, a result of dissolution and precipitation phenomena, or is a result of direct bacterial reduction using hydrogen as an electron donor. Direct iron reduction plays a minor role in carbon turnover in these environments.     

Biogeochemical cycling of iron and sulphur in leaching environments

Abstract: Bacterial dissimilatory reduction of iron and sulphur in extremely acidic environments is described. Evidence for reduction at two disused mine sites is presented, within stratified 'acid streamers' growths and in sediments from an acid mine drainage stream. A high proportion (approx. 40%) of mesophilic heterotrophic acidophiles were found to be capable of reducing ferric iron (soluble and insoluble forms) under microaerophilic and anoxic conditions. Mixed cultures of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidiphilium -like isolate SJH displayed cycling of iron in shake flask and fermenter cultures. Oxido-reduction of iron in mixed cultures was determined by oxygen concentration and availability of organic substrates. Some moderately thermophilic iron-oxidis- ing bacteria were also shown to be capable of reducing ferric iron under conditions of limiting oxygen when grown in glycerol/yeast extract or elemental sulphur media. Cycling of iron was observed in pure cultures of these acidophiles. Sulphate-reducing bacteria isolated from acid streamers could be grown in acidified glycerol/yeast extract media (as low as pH 2.9), but not in media used conventionally for their laboratory culture. An endospore-forming, non-motile rod resembling Desulfotomaculum has been isolated. This bacterium has a wide pH spectrum, and appears to be acid-tolerant rather than acidophilic.     

Anaerobic Benzene Biodegradation: A Microcosm Survey

Benzene-amended microcosms prepared with saturated soil or sediment from five hydrocarbon-contaminated sites and one pristine site were monitored for a year and a half to determine the rate of benzene biodegradation under a variety of electron-accepting conditions. Sustainable benzene degradation was observed under specific conditions in microcosms from four of the six sites. Significant differences were observed between sites with respect to lag times before the onset of degradation, rates of degradation, sustainability of the activity, and environmental conditions supporting degradation. Benzene degradation was observed under sulfate-reducing, nitrate-reducing, and iron(III)-reducing conditions, but not under methanogenic conditions. The presence of competing substrates such as toluene, xylenes, and ethylbenzene was found to inhibit anaerobic benzene degradation in microcosms where sulfate or possibly nitrate was the electron acceptor for benzene degradation, but not in microcosms from where iron(III) was the electron acceptor. The presence of organic matter, indicated by a high fraction organic carbon (f_oc), also appeared to inhibit the biodegradation of benzene; microcosms constructed with soils with the highest f_oc exhibited the longest lag times before the onset of benzene degradation. The initial extent of hydrocarbon contamination did not appear to correlate with anaerobic benzene-degrading activity.     

Effect of Degree of Weight Loss on Health Benefits

Although most dieters strive to achieve “ideal” body weight, clinical and laboratory evidence clearly supports the value of a modest weight loss goalto attain health and emotional benefit. Weight loss as low as 5% has been shown to reduce or eliminate disorders associated with obesity, though several questions remain partially or completely unanswered regarding the roles of degree of weight loss, method of weight loss, distribution of fat reduction, and other variables. This paper reviews the effect of degree of weight loss on specific disease states and risk factors and discusses the impact of ethnic background at distribution, age, and mode of weight loss on outcome.     

Spectrophotometric investigation of products formed following the initial one-electron electrochemical reduction of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)

On electrolysis of NAD⁺ in aqueous solution at a potential corresponding to the initial one-electron reduction of NAD⁺ to a free radical, a greenish-yellow color appears which fades when electrolysis is complete. Literature ultraviolet absorption data for the resulting dimer show considerable variation. When the electrolysis is conducted in darkness, the colored product has ?₃₄₀ of approx. 5700 M^?1 · cm^?1 and ?₂₅₉ of approx. 31000 M^?1 · cm^?1. On ultraviolet and visible illumination, the color disappears, the 340-nm peak decreases and the 259-nm peak increases. On only visible illumination, the color disappears, both peaks increases, the dimer's polarographic oxidation wave decreases and the wave due to 1-substituted nicotinamide reduction increases. The data suggest that the dimer decomposes to NAD⁺ and 1,4-NADH.     

The interaction between dimethylsulfoxide and nitrate reducing pathways in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Abstract The interaction between nitrate- and dimethyl-sulphoxide (DMSO)-reducing pathways was demonstrated in intact cells of Rhodobacter capsulatus AD2 removed from cultures grown under different conditions. The results provide evidence of competition between the DMSO and nitrate reductases for a common electron pool. Furthermore, strong inhibition was observed of the anaerobic dark DMSO-dependent growth of R. capsulatus by nitrate in the growth medium. This phenomenon is also discussed.     

Increase in respiratory cost at high growth temperature is attributed to high protein turnover cost in Petunia x hybrida petals

It is widely believed that turnover of nitrogenous (N) compounds (especially proteins) incurs a high respiratory cost. Thus, if protein turnover costs change with temperature, this would influence the dependence of respiration rate on growth temperature. Here, we examined the extent to which protein turnover cost explained differences in N-utilization costs (nitrate uptake/reduction, ammonium assimilation, amino acid and protein syntheses, protein turnover and amino acid export) and in respiration rate with changes in growth temperature. By measurements and literature data, we evaluated each N-utilization cost in Petunia x hybrida petals grown at 20, 25 or 35 degrees C throughout their whole lifespans. Protein turnover cost accounted for 73% of the integrated N-utilization cost on a whole-petal basis at 35 degrees C. The difference in this cost on a dry weight basis between 25 and 35 degrees C accounted for 75% of the difference in N-utilization cost and 45% of the difference in respiratory cost. The cost of nitrate uptake/reduction was high at low growth temperatures. We concluded that respiratory cost in petals was strongly influenced by protein turnover and nitrate uptake/reduction, and on the shoot basis, C investment in biomass was highest at 25 degrees C.     

Geovibrio ferrireducens,a phylogenetically distinct dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium

A new, phylogenetically distinct, dissimilatory, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium was isolated from surface sediment of a hydrocarbon-contaminated ditch. The isolate, designated strain PAL-1, was an obligately anaerobic, non-fermentative, motile, gram-negative vibrio. PAL-1 grew in a defined medium with acetate as electron donor and ferric pyrophosphate, ferric oxyhydroxide, ferric citrate, Co(III)-EDTA, or elemental sulfur as sole electron acceptor. PAL-1 also used proline, hydrogen, lactate, propionate, succinate, fumarate, pyruvate, or yeast extract as electron donors for Fe(III) reduction. It is the first bacterium known to couple the oxidation of an amino acid to Fe(III) reduction. PAl-1 did not reduce oxygen, Mn(IV), U(VI), Cr(VI), nitrate, sulfate, sulfite, or thiosulfate with acetate as the electron donor. Cell suspensions of PAL-1 exhibited dithionite-reduced minus air-oxidized difference spectra that were characteristic of c-type cytochromes. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of PAL-1 showed that the strain is not related to any of the described metal-reducing bacteria in the Proteobacteria and, together with Flexistipes sinusarabici, forms a separate line of descent within the Bacteria. Phenotypically and phylogenetically, strain PAl-1 differs from all other described bacteria, and represents the type strain of a new genus and species, Geovibrio ferrireducens. Received: 26 September 1995 / Accepted: 28 February 1996