The occurrence of body scales in Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin

Previously reported flagellar scales of spiral form on Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin extend to cover the whole body. These and the distribution of trichocysts are described in detail.     

四回毛枝蕨配子体发育的研究

采用MS培养基培养四回毛枝蕨孢子,利用光学显微镜详细观察记录了其孢子萌发、配子体发育及幼孢子体形成的整个过程。结果表明:成熟的孢子黑褐色,不透明,极面观圆球形,赤道面观蚕豆型,单裂缝,表面微褶皱。播种后8d左右萌发,萌发类型为书带蕨型,配子体发育为三叉蕨型。播种20d左右发育为片状体。播种30d左右形成幼原叶体,幼原叶体暂不对称,成熟原叶体呈蝴蝶形。原叶体边缘及背腹面都具毛状体,数量丰富,单细胞。播种50d左右开始有性器官出现,精子器近圆球形,由3细胞构成,成熟颈卵器颈部由5列细胞构成。原叶体受精后1月内可看到幼胚生成。     

球腺肿足蕨的配子体发育特征及其系统学意义

采用改良Knop’s营养液液体和固体培养基,对球腺肿足蕨的孢子进行人工培养,利用光学显微镜观察其孢子的萌发及配子体发育过程。结果表明:成熟的孢子深褐色,不透明,极面观为椭圆形,赤道面观为豆形,单裂缝,周壁具密集的波纹状褶皱。孢子萌发类型为书带蕨型,原叶体发育类型为三叉蕨型。孢子接种后7d左右萌发,30d左右形成为片状体,50d左右发育为幼原叶体,幼原叶体不对称,但成熟原叶体心脏形对称。原叶体边缘及背腹面都具乳头状毛状体。75d左右精子器出现,精子器近圆球形,由3个细胞构成。90d左右颈卵器出现,成熟颈卵器颈部由4～5列细胞构成,3～5层细胞高。原叶体受精后1个月内可看到幼孢子体生成。最后讨论其系统学意义。     

龙津蕨的配子体发育特征及其系统学意义

采用改良Knop's营养液液体培养基于25℃恒温培养箱中培养龙津蕨(Mesopteris tonkinensis)的孢子,每天光照12 h,黑暗12 h,光照强度为2 500 lx。用光学显微镜观察记录其孢子萌发、配子体发育的全过程,为龙津蕨系统学的研究提供配子体发育方面的详实资料。结果表明:成熟孢子深褐色,不透明,两侧对称,极面观椭圆形,赤道面观圆角三角形,具单裂缝,孢子周壁具密集的脊状褶皱。播种后15 d左右萌发,形成2~5个细胞长的丝状体。孢子萌发类型为书带蕨型(vittaria-type)。具单细胞假根,不含叶绿体,基部膨大。20 d左右发育成片状体,30 d左右形成幼原叶体,幼原叶体不对称,成熟原叶体心脏形对称,56 d左右形成成熟原叶体,原叶体发育类型为铁线蕨型(adiantum-type)。幼原叶体仅左右两翼顶端细胞产生乳突毛状体,成熟原叶体边缘及背腹面都具少量乳突毛状体,毛状体由单细胞构成。68 d左右精子器开始出现,精子器近圆球形,由基细胞、环细胞、盖细胞构成。75 d左右颈卵器出现,成熟颈卵器颈部由3层细胞构成。其侧面观柱状,顶面观为铜面状。颈卵器垂直于原叶体表或向原叶体基部倾斜。另外,根据已知的金星蕨科其他属的配子体发育特征,发现龙津蕨配子体发育的这些特征与他们存在较大的区别,因此龙津蕨系统学位置还有待于进一步研究。     

日本蹄盖蕨配子体发育的研究

采用混和土培养日本蹄盖蕨(Athyrium niponicum)孢子,显微镜下观察记录其孢子萌发及配子体发育过程。结果表明:孢子黑褐色,赤道面豆形,极面观椭圆形,单裂缝。播种7 d左右孢子萌发,萌发类型为向心型,配子体发育为铁线蕨型。丝状体7~11细胞时开始发育为片状体。播种14 d后发育形成幼原叶体,成熟原叶体呈心脏形。原叶体边缘可产生单细胞毛状体。播种后20 d左右精子器出现,精子器近圆球形,由3细胞组成。7 d后颈卵器出现,成熟颈卵器3~5层细胞高。精卵受精后14 d左右即可观察到从原叶体上生成的幼胚。     

Photoresponse in the heterotrophic marine dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina

Expressed rhodopsins were detected by proteomic analysis in an investigation of potential signal receptors in the cell membrane of the marine heterotrophic dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina (CCMP604). We inferred these to be sensory rhodopsins, a type of G-protein-coupled receptor trans-membrane signaling molecule. Because phototactic behavior based on sensory rhodopsins has been reported in other protists, we investigated the photosensory response of O. marina. This dinoflagellate exhibited strongest positive phototaxis at low levels (2-3 μE/m(2)/s) of white light when the cells were previously light adapted and well fed. Positive phototaxis was also found for blue (450 nm), green (525 nm), and red (680 nm) wavelengths. In a further test, O. marina showed significantly greater phototaxis toward concentrated algal food illuminated by blue light to stimulate red chlorophyll-a autofluorescence in the prey, compared with using bleached algae as prey. Concentration of a cytoplasmic downstream messenger molecule, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, a component of the signaling pathway of G-protein-coupled receptor molecules, rapidly increased in O. marina cells after exposure to white light. In addition, treatment with hydroxylamine, a rhodopsin signaling inhibitor, significantly decreased their phototactic response. Our results demonstrate that a heterotrophic marine dinoflagellate can orient to light based on rhodopsins present in the outer cell membrane and may be able to use photosensory response to detect algal prey based on chlorophyll autofluorescence.     

Antheridiogen production and response in Polypodiaceae species

Antheridiogen chemicals secreted by living fern gametophytes have been shown to influence production of male gametangia and thus mating systems in a large number of terrestrial fern species. Antheridiogens have not previously been thought to be prevalent in the Polypodiaceae, a large family composed mostly of tropical epiphytes. This study presents bioassay methods more sensitive than previously used to detect antheridiogen and demonstrates that antheridiogens are also operative in the Polypodiaceae and in epiphytic species. Seven species in six genera (Campyloneurum angustifolium, C. phyllitidis, Lepisorus thunbergianus, Microgramma heterophylla, Phlebodium aureum, Phymatosorus scolopendria, and Polypodium pellucidum) were tested for the presence of an antheridiogen system. All species tested except P. aureum were induced to produce antheridia precociously by their own antheridiogen and by that of Pteridium aquilinum (APt). Phlebodium aureum responded to APt and promoted antheridium formation in Onoclea sensibilis but did not respond to its own antheridiogen. Spores of all species except P. aureum were induced to germinate in darkness by antheridiogen of the same species and by APt and to form antheridia in the dark, further enhancing the possibility of intergametophytic mating.     

亮毛蕨的配子体发育特征及其系统学意义

采用原生境土培养方法对亮毛蕨(Acystopteris japonica)进行培养,并对其配子体发育过程进行了观察。结果表明:亮毛蕨植物的孢子二面体型,极面观为椭圆形,赤道面观肾形,单裂缝,无周壁,外壁具棒状纹饰,孢子萌发为书带蕨型(Vittaria-type),原叶体发育为铁线蕨型(Adiantum-type)。丝状体4～7个细胞,片状体小楔状,仅3～5个细胞宽,成熟原叶体心形,裸露,初生假根具叶绿体,颈卵器较短;配子体发育较迅速,假根具分枝和膨大,精子器囊由3个壁细胞构成,颈卵器略弯曲。本研究首次观察到亮毛蕨的颈卵器壁细胞内含有球形颗粒,但其功能不详。亮毛蕨的配子体发育过程兼有原始和进化的特点。在适宜的光照和温度下,土壤培养亮毛蕨原叶体的成苗率达95%以上,移栽成活率达89%以上。     

渐尖毛蕨和齿牙毛蕨的配子体发育研究

采用混合土培养渐尖毛蕨和齿牙毛蕨的孢子,显微镜下观察记录了它们的孢子萌发及配子体发育过程.结果表明:两者的孢子均为深褐色,极面观为椭圆形,赤道面观为半圆形,单裂缝;渐尖毛蕨的孢子萌发所需时间较渐尖毛蕨短,但两者萌发类型均为书带蕨型;丝状体阶段均发达;原叶体边缘均可产生少量毛状体;成熟原叶体均呈心脏形;由原叶体发育成幼孢...     

连续性干出对孔石莼生长和生化组成的影响

以孔石莼(Ulva pertusa)为试验材料,研究了连续性干出对其生长和生化组成的影响.结果表明:与对照组(0 h)相比,短时间的连续性干出促进孔石莼生长,表现在特定生长率( SGR)升高、叶绿素a含量上升;随着连续性干出时间延长,孔石莼SGR、叶绿素a、蛋白质含量下降,叶绿素b、可溶性糖含量上升;叶绿素a/b比值变化和可溶性糖含量变化有利于抵抗干出胁迫.     

龙头节肢蕨配子体发育的研究

采用原生境土、Knorp’s营养液和MS培养基的培养方法对龙头节肢蕨(Arthromeris lungtauensis Ching)的孢子进行对照培养,观察其孢子萌发和配子体发育过程。结果：孢子黄色,呈二面体型,赤道面观为肾形,极面观椭圆形,周壁瘤状,有刺,单裂缝;接种5 d后孢子开始萌发,萌发为书带蕨型（Vittaria-Type),原叶体的发育为槲蕨型(Drynaria-Type）;接种7 d后向丝状体发育,为3~8个细胞长;接种2周后向片状体发育,片状体呈长阔匙形,达6~8纵列细胞;接种6周后向原叶体发育,成熟的原叶体呈对称心形,毛状体二型（单细胞乳头状的毛状体和4~5个细胞分枝的毛状体）和假根分叉;接种9周后出现精子器,早于颈卵器1周出现和成熟;精子器具宽而短的柄,颈卵器的颈沟部较短而且通常弯曲。研究表明龙头节肢蕨的配子体发育过程中出现毛状体,假根分叉,颈卵器弯曲等进化特征,并对其分类学意义初步讨论。     

普通针毛蕨配子体发育的研究

采用混合土培养普通针毛蕨（Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaud.) Ching）孢子,显微镜下观察记录其孢子萌发及配子体发育过程。结果表明：孢子褐色,赤道面观为半圆形,极面观椭圆形,单裂缝。播种3 d左右孢子萌发,萌发类型为书带蕨型,配子体发育为槲蕨型。播种7 d左右发育为片状体,丝状体与片状体两阶段的界限不明显。原叶体边缘及背腹面均可产生毛状体。播种21 d左右发育形成幼原叶体,成熟原叶体呈心脏形。播种35 d左右开始有性器官出现,精子器近圆球形,由3个细胞组成,成熟颈卵器颈部由4列细胞组成,4～5层细胞高。原叶体受精后1个月内即可观察到从原叶体上生成的幼胚。     

石灰岩地区蕨类植物低头贯众的配子体发育研究

采用原生境腐殖土对低头贯众[Cyrtomium nephrolepioides (Christ) Cop.]孢子进行培养,在显微镜下详细观察了其配子体发育的全过程.结果表明:低头贯众孢子深棕褐色,二面体形,极面观椭圆形,孢子萌发不具假根或为书带蕨型(Vittaria-type);丝状体由3～8个细胞构成;片状体上偏斜具毛状体,宽达10个细胞;原叶体的发育为叉蕨型(Asplenium-type).成熟的原叶体为对称心形,具乳头状毛状体,假根分叉,根尖膨大,精子器壁由3细胞构成和颈卵器弯曲等表现出进化的特征,但假根含有叶绿体又表现了原始的系统学特征.研究认为孢子萌发较慢,假根尖膨大和毛状体等似乎是该种配子体对石灰岩土壤特殊生境的适应对策.     

Hyphal growth and fragmentation of Penicillium chrysogenum in submerged cultures

A previously derived population model describing the average properties of hyphal elements in submerged cultures of filamentous fungi was revised, and a term for the influence fo spore germination on the average total hyphal length was added. The model was derived from a general balance for the distribution function for the hyphal elements. Based on experimental data and the derived model, simple kinetic expressions for spore germination, tip extension, branching, and hyphal break-up were set up. It is concluded that spore germination can be quantified by three parameters: (1) the time at which spore germination is initiated, (2) the time at which spore germination terminates, and (3) the fraction of viable spores in a spore suspension. The frequency of spore germination can be described with the B-distribution. For growth kinetics it is concluded that the branching frequency is closely correlated with the total hyphal length and that the average tip-extension rate can be described with saturation kinetics with respect to the hyphal length. Finally, the rate of fragmentation is linearly related to the energy input to the bioreactor, and related to the effective hyphal length. (c) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

There are high levels of functional and genetic diversity in Oxyrrhis marina

Oxyrrhis marina, a widely distributed marine protist, is used to model heterotrophic flagellate responses in microbial food webs. Although clonal variability occurs in protists, assessments of intraspecific diversity are rare; such assessments are critical, particularly where species are used as models in ecological studies. To address the extent of intraspecific variation within O. marina, we assessed diversity among 11 strains using 5.8S rDNA and ITS sequences. The 5.8S rDNA and ITS regions revealed high divergence between strains: 63.1% between the most diverse. To compare O. marina diversity relative to other alveolates, 18S rDNA sequences for five strains were analysed with sequences from representatives of the major alveolate groups. 18S rDNA also revealed high divergence in O. marina. Additionally, consistent with phylogenies based on protein coding genes, maximum likelihood analysis indicated that O. marina was monophyletic and ancestral to the dinoflagellates. To assess ecophysiological differences, growth rates of seven O. marina strains were measured at 10 salinities (10-55 per thousand). Two salinity responses occurred: one group achieved highest growth rates at high salinities; the other grew best at low salinities. There was no clear correlation between molecular, ecophysiological, or geographical differences. However, salinity tolerance was associated with habitat type: intertidal strains grew best at high salinities; open-water strains grew best at low salinities. These data indicate the need to examine many strains of a species in both phylogenetic and ecological studies, especially where key-species are used to model ecological processes.     

THALLUS DIFFERENTIATION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS,GROWTH, REPRODUCTION,AND UV‐B SENSITIVITY IN THE GREEN ALGA ULVA PERTUSA (CHLOROPHYCEAE)1

The chlorophyte Ulva is perceived as a simple and uniform algal form, with little functional differentiation within a thallus. We compared morphology, pigmentation, photosynthesis, growth, reproduction, and UV‐B sensitivity between different thallus regions of Ulva pertusa Kjellman. Thallus thickness and cell size were significantly greater, whereas cell number was less in the basal region than in other regions. Photosynthetic pigment contents were lowest in the basal region and increased toward the marginal region. Photosynthetic capacity and photosynthetic efficiency normalized to fresh weight, area, volume, and cell number showed a progressive increase from the basal to marginal parts; however, on a chl basis those values were equal regardless of thallus part. Values of light saturation point were not statistically different between regions. Growth rates increased from marginal to basal and to middle parts of the thallus, whereas sporulation was highest in marginal (100%) followed by middle (30%) and basal parts (0%). Daily observation over 9 days showed that 56% of the basal cells divided once and did not produce spores, whereas every marginal cell went through its first division and 89% of the primary daughter cells also divided, resulting in 100% sporulation. A 7‐day treatment with PAR and PAR + UV‐A caused a significant decrease in the effective quantum yield of all thallus regions, followed by a recovery toward the initial values, whereas PAR + UV‐A + UV‐B irradiation led to greater photoinhibition and less recovery. Marked differences in the UV‐B sensitivity were observed, with marginal parts being more sensitive and basal parts most resistant.     

Inhibition of Ageratina adenophora on spore germination and gametophyte development of Macrothelypteris torresiana

Allalopathy of Ageratina adenophora plays an important role in its invasion. However, we have little knowledge of its allelpathic effects on ferns. In Petri dish bioassays, the inhibitory potential of aqueous leachates from roots, stems and leaves of A. adenophora was studied on the spore germination and gametophyte development of Macrothelypteris torresiana. All leachates Inhibited the spore germination and growth of the first rhizoid of M. torresiana and inhibitory effects Increased with increasing leachate concentrations. Root leachates proved most inhibitory. Gametophyte rhizoids of M. torresiana treated with stem and leaf leachates ofA. adenophora were erect, which was similar to those of the control. However, gametophyte rhizoids of M. torresiana treated with root leachates of A. adenophora were erect, but also curving or swollen. Moreover, curving and swollen rhizoids Increased with Increasing concentrations. As time went by, rhizoids treated with root leachates were not so curved and the swelling almost disappeared. Possible causes are discussed in the present study. The increasing concentrations of leaf leachates also delayed the stages of gametophyte development. With the treatment of root leachates, the delay was more obvious. Thus A. adenophora inhibited the spore germination and gametophyte development of M. torresiana and the root leachates were most inhibitory.     

阔鳞瘤蕨(水龙骨科)配子体形态发育的研究

利用光学显微镜详细观察记录了阔鳞瘤蕨孢子萌发、配子体发育及幼孢子体形成的整个形态发育过程。结果表明:成熟孢子黄色,极面观椭圆形,赤道面观肾形,近极单裂缝,表面具大小不一的球形颗粒。接种后6~8 d孢子萌发,萌发类型为书带蕨型,形成3~7个细胞的丝状体。原叶体发育为槲蕨型,接种后30 d左右进入片状体阶段,毛状体出现在片状体形成之后,幼原叶体短舌状,成熟原叶体心脏形。精子器在接种后60 d左右开始产生,颈卵器在精子器发生后10 d左右形成,每个原叶体上只能形成一个受精卵。培养基培养的片状体常在基部进行营养繁殖。     

Possible involvement of Ca<Superscript>2+</Superscript>-dependent protein kinases in spore germination of the fern<Emphasis Type="Italic">Osmunda Japonica</Emphasis>

Fern gametophyte is a good model system to investigate signal transduction in plant cells. In this work, we examined whether CDPKs are involved in the mechanisms of spore germination of the fernOsmunda japonica. A protein extract from the spores included four CDPK isoforms with relative molecular weights of 56, 53, 49, and 47 kDa, as detected by immunoblot analysis, and they showed CDPK-like activities, as detected by in-gel protein-kinase assay. It was also found that the inhibitors effective on CDPKs, such as a general protein kinase inhibitor, K252a, and a calmodulin antagonist, W-7, largely suppressed the spore germination, and that many proteins of the spores were phosphorylated in vivo in a calcium dependent manner in the period when the spores require external Ca²⁺ for the germination. Furthermore, we showed that Sr²⁺ and Mn²⁺, which could substitute for Ca²⁺ in the spore germination, were also able to activate theOsmunda CDPKs. From these results, we concluded that CDPKs would participate in the spore germination ofO. japonica.