以甘油为唯一碳源的氧化葡糖杆菌适应性驯化及催化合成米格列醇中间体6NSL

氧化葡糖杆菌(Gluconobacter oxydans)来源的山梨醇脱氢酶可催化N-羟乙基葡萄糖胺合成6-脱氧-6-氨基(N-羟乙基)-α-L-呋喃山梨糖,即合成降血糖药物米格列醇的关键中间体。本文采用适应性驯化策略,以甘油为唯一碳源,通过40 g/L、60 g/L、80 g/L和100 g/L甘油梯度连续传代培养,筛选获得了一株以甘油为碳源的高活力菌株G.oxydans A-3-D,扫描电镜结果表明该细胞表面褶皱较原始菌株有显著增加。在80 g/L甘油培养基摇瓶培养24 h后,菌体浓度为4.58 g DCW/L,山梨醇脱氢酶的发酵体积酶活与比酶活分别为原始菌株G.oxydans ZJB-605的1.3倍及1.5倍。此外,在摇瓶培养条件下对影响催化反应进程的关键因素进行了考查,结果表明在摇瓶体系中,G.oxydans A-3-D的最适催化反应条件为80.0 g/L底物、2.0 g DCW/L菌体细胞、20 mmol/L Mg~(2+)浓度,15℃反应48 h后底物转化率达到90.8%,6NSL累积浓度为72.6 g/L,较G.oxydans ZJB-605有显著提升。     

The Light and Electron Microscopic Cytology of Janacekia adipophila N. Sp. (Microspora, Tuzetiidae), a Microsporidian Parasite of Ptychoptera paludosa (Diptera, Ptychopteridae)

ABSTRACT. The microsporidium Janacekia adipophila n. sp., a parasite of Ptychoptera paludosa larvae in Sweden, is described based on light microscopic and ultrastructural characteristics. Merogonial stages and sporonts are diplokaryotic. Merozoites are formed by rosette-like division. Sporonts develop into sporogonial plasmodia with isolated nuclei. These plasmodia give rise to 8–16 sporoblasts by rosette-like budding. A sporophorous vesicle is initiated by the sporogonial plasmodium. Sporoblasts and spores are enclosed in individual sporophorous vesicles. Granular inclusions of the vesicles, visible using light microscopy, discriminate sporogonial stages from stages of the merogony. The monokaryotic, fresh spores are oval with blunt ends, measuring 4.2-6.3 × 9.1-11.2 μm. Macrospores are formed in small numbers. The spore wall has three subdivisions and the exospore is electron-dense. The polaroplast has two parts: closely arranged lamellae anteriorly, wider sac-like compartments posteriorly. The isofilar polar filament, 191–264 nm wide, has 12-13 coils, which are arranged in one layer in the posterior half of the spore. The electron-dense inclusions of the sporophorous vesicle are modified during sporogony, and vesicles with mature spores are traversed by 21–27 nm wide tubules, which connect the exospore with the envelope of the vesicle. The walls of the tubules, the envelope of the vesicles, and the surface layer of the exospore are all identical double-layered structures. The microsporidium is compared to microsporidia of Ptychopteridae and Tipulidae and to related microsporidia of the family Tuzetiidae.     

The Use of Mycelia of Penicilium sp. as an Ingredient for Glass Eel Nutrition

Three isoproteic and isoenergetic diets containing fish meal as a protein source (control diet) or incorporating 10 and 20% of protein from mycelia Penicilium sp. as a fish meal substitute were tested during three months for eel fingerlings growth. Some preliminary “in vitro” experiments on the L-Lysin intestinal absorption in the presence and in the absence of Penicilin (500 mg/l) after 17 h of contact show a positive effect of this antibiotic. No residues of Penicilin were detected in carcass of eels fed 7 days with 100 mg/kg Penicilin in the food. The present results show that the use of Penicilin mycelia in eels diets will have the advantage of increasing growth without any appreciable change in the quality of the carcass and also, eventually, reductions of nitrogen excretion with a positive effect in effluent quality.     

Development and Use of an Aquatic Micro-Ecosystem as a Test System for Toxic Substances. Properties of an Aquatic Micro-Ecosystem IV

Experiments were performed using several modifications of a micro-ecosystem made up of three subsystems connected by a unidirectional flow of recirculating water. The three subsystems represent roughly the trophic levels of autotrophs (algae), herbivores (Daphnia magna), and decomposers (sandfilter with bacteria). The particle concentration was determined weekly, using a Coulter Counter, and the Daphnia population was counted. At regular intervals, the species composition of the algae was determined. The changes in the algal concentration and Daphnia population are described, and the different modifications are discussed. In several micro-ecosystems, the herbicide dichlobenil was introduced once or several times, and in one micro-ecosystem, the herbicide diuron was added. The response of the micro-ecosystems is discussed. For the periods without a toxic substance present, a normal operating range is suggested in relation to which the response of the systems to the introduced herbicide is discussed. Besides the separate analysis of the data, the algal concentrations and the Daphnia numbers were correlated to each other. This was done by regression analysis and according to a dynamic system approach. In both cases, the effect of herbicides was better discerned than in the separate analysis of the data. In the dynamic systems approach, a normalized ecosystem strain was defined as a parameter to measure effects of stress on the ecosystem level.     

The Use of 14C-Ethane Diol as a Quantitative Tracer for the Transpirational Volume Flow of Water and an Investigation of the Effects of Salinity upon Transpiration, Net Sodium Accumulation and Endogenous ABA in Individual Leaves of Oryza sativa L.

Yeo, A. R., Yeo, M. E., Caporn, S. J. M., Lachno, D. R. andFlowers, T. J. 1985. The use of ¹⁴C-ethane diol as a quantitativetracer for the transpirational volume flow of water and an investigationof the effects of salinity upon transpiration, net sodium accumulationand endogenous ABA in individual leaves of Oryza sativa L.—J.exp. Bot. 36: 1099–1109. Oryza sativa L. (rice) seedlings growing in saline conditionsexhibit pronounced gradients in leaf sodium concentration whichis always higher in the older leaves than the younger ones.Individual leaf transpiration rates have been investigated todiscover whether movement of sodium in the transpiration streamis able to explain these profiles from leaf to leaf. The useof ¹⁴C labelled ethane diol to estimate transpiration was evaluatedby direct comparison with values obtained by gas exchange measurements.Ethane diol uptake was linearly related to the transpirationalvolume flow and accurately predicted leaf to leaf gradientsin transpiration rate in saline and non-saline conditions. ¹⁴C-ethanediol and ²²NaCl were used to compare the fluxes of water andsodium into different leaves. The youngest leaf showed the highesttranspiration rate but the lowest Na accumulation in salineconditions; conversely, the older leaves showed the lower transpirationrates but the greater accumulation of Na. The apparent concentrationof Na in the xylem stream was 44 times lower into the youngerleaf 4 than into the older leaf 1. Exposure to NaCl (50 molm^–3) for 24 h elicited an increase in endogenous ABA inthe oldest leaf only, but no significant changes occurred inthe younger leaves. Key words: —Salinity, rice, Oryza sativa L., transpiration, volume flow, abscisic acid