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Jean-Bernard Pouvreau Michèle Morançais Joël Fleurence Pierre Pondaven 《Journal of applied phycology》2007,19(3):263-270
This paper describes a new approach for quantifying marennine, a blue-green pigment synthesized by the marine diatom Haslea ostrearia, which is known to be responsible for the greening of cultured oysters in French coastal areas. The method uses gel-filtration
HPLC interfaced with a photodiode-array detector (PDA). Under the chromatographic conditions applied, the peak of marennine
is identified on the dextran pattern at 674 nm by its elution time (ET = 21–22 min) and its UV-Visible absorption spectrum.
After calibration with pure marennine sample as external standard, consisting in plotting peak area as a function of marennine
concentration, one can back-calculate concentrations of unknown samples. Results for quantitative determination of marennine
using this procedure are validated and discussed in relation to those obtained by the spectrophotometric methods, the most
often employed until now. 相似文献
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Pilot-scale production of butanol by Clostridium beijerinckii BA101 using a low-cost fermentation medium based on corn steep water 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
To improve the economic competitiveness of the acetone/butanol/ethanol fermentation process, glucose/corn steep water (CSW)
medium was used on a pilot scale for the production of solvents. The production of butanol by the Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 parent strain and the solvent-hyperproducing BA101 mutant was compared. In a 20-l fermentation using 5% glucose/CSW
medium, C. beijerinckii 8052 produced 8.5 g butanol/l and 5 g acetone/l, while C. beijerinckii BA101 produced 16 g butanol/l and 7.5 g acetone/l. Further studies were carried out on a larger scale using an optimized
6% glucose/CSW medium. In a 200-l pilot-scale fermentor, C. beijerinckii 8052 produced 12.7 g butanol/l and 6 g acetone/l following 96 h of fermentation. C. beijerinckii BA101 produced 17.8 g/l and 5.5 g/l butanol and acetone respectively, following 130 h of fermentation. These results represent
a 40% increase in final butanol concentration by the C. beijerinckii BA101 mutant strain when compared to the 8052 parent strain. The total solvents (acetone, butanol, and ethanol) produced
by C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and BA101 in a 200-l fermentation were 19.2 g/l and 23.6 g/l respectively. This is the first report of pilot-scale
butanol production by the solvent-hyperproducing C. beijerinckii BA101 mutant employing an inexpensive glucose/CSW medium.
Received: 26 May 1998 / Received revision: 21 September 1998 / Accepted: 11 October 1998 相似文献
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Development of a cost-effective glucose-corn steep medium for production of butanol by Clostridium beijerinckii 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
M Parekh J Formanek H P Blaschek 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》1998,21(4-5):187-191
Corn steep water (CSW) medium (1.6% solids plus 6% glucose) was evaluated for growth and butanol production by Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 wild-type and hyper-amylolytic, hyper-butanol-producing mutant strain BA101. CSW alone was not a suitable substrate,
whereas addition of glucose supported growth and butanol production by both strains. In a batch-scale fermentation using an
optimized 6% glucose-1.6% solids CSW medium, C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and strain BA101 produced 10.7 g L−1 and 14.5 g L−1 of butanol, respectively. The total solvents (acetone, butanol, and ethanol) produced by C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and strain BA101 were 14 g L−1 and 20 g L−1, respectively. Initial fermentation in small-scale flasks containing 6% maltodextrin-1.6% solids concentration CSW medium
resulted in 6 g L−1 and 12.6 g L−1 of butanol production by C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and strain BA101, respectively. CSW can serve as an economic source of nitrogen, vitamins, amino acids, minerals,
and other nutrients. Thus, it is feasible to use 6% glucose-1.6% solids CSW medium in place of semi-defined P2 medium.
Received 9 February 1998/ Accepted in revised form 1 September 1998 相似文献
4.
Addition of sodium acetate to chemically defined MP2 medium was found to increase and stabilize solvent production by Clostridium beijerinckii BA101, a solvent-hyperproducing mutant derived from C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052. C. beijerinckii BA101 demonstrated a greater increase in solvent production than C. beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 when sodium acetate was added to MP2 medium. In 1-l batch fermentations, C. beijerinckii BA101 produced 32.6 g/l total solvents, with butanol at 20.9 g/l, when grown in MP2 medium containing 60 mM sodium acetate
and 8% glucose. To our knowledge, these values represent the highest solvent and butanol concentrations produced by a solventogenic
Clostridium strain when grown in batch culture.
Received: 29 September 1998 / Received revision: 13 February 1999 / Accepted: 26 February 1999 相似文献
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The influence of toluene concentration on the specific growth rate, cellular yield, specific CO2, and metabolite production by Pseudomonas putida F1 (PpF1) was investigated. Both cellular yield and specific CO2 production remained constant at 1.0 ± 0.1 g biomass dry weight (DW) g−1 toluene and 1.91 ± 0.31 g CO2 g−1 biomass, respectively, under the tested range of concentrations (2–250 mg toluene l−1). The specific growth rate increased up to 70 mg toluene l−1. Further increases in toluene concentration inhibited PpF1 growth, although inhibitory concentrations were far from the application range of biological treatment processes. The specific
ATP content increased with toluene concentration up to toluene concentrations of 170 mg l−1. 3-Methyl catechol (3-MC) was never detected in the cultivation medium despite being an intermediary in the TOD pathway.
This suggested that the transformation from toluene to 3-MC was the limiting step in the biodegradation process. On the other
hand, benzyl alcohol (BA) was produced from toluene in a side chain reaction. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first
reported case of methyl monoxygenation of toluene by PpF1 not harboring the pWW0 TOL plasmid. In addition, the influence of 3-MC, BA, and o-cresol on toluene degradation was investigated respirometrically, showing that toluene-associated respiration was not significantly
inhibited in the presence of 10–100 mg l−1 of the above-mentioned compounds. 相似文献
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The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a rapid, sensitive, and specific reversed-phase high-performance liquid
chromatography method for the quantitative determination of native tenofovir (TNF) for various applications. Different analytical
performance parameters such as linearity, precision, accuracy, limit of quantification (LOQ), limit of detection (LOD), and
robustness were determined according to International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines. A Bridge™ C18 column (150 × 4.6 mm,
5 μm) was used as stationary phase. The retention time of TNF was 1.54 ± 0.03 min (n = 6). The assay was linear over the concentration range of 0.1–10 μg/mL. The proposed method was sensitive with LOD and LOQ
values equal to 50 and 100 ng/mL, respectively. The method was accurate with percent mean recovery from 95.41% to 102.90%
and precise as percent RSD (relative standard deviation) values for intra-day, and inter-day precision were less than 2%.
This method was utilized for the estimation of molar absorptivity of TNF at 259 nm (ε
259 = 12,518 L/mol/cm), calculated from linear regression analysis. The method was applied for determination of percentage of
encapsulation efficiency ( 22.93 ± 0.04%), drug loading (12.25 ± 1.03%), in vitro drug release profile in the presence of enzyme (43% release in the first 3 h) and purification analysis of hyaluronic acid-based
nanomedicine. 相似文献
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H. -S. Lin C. van der Toorn K. J. J. M. Raemakers R. G. F. Visser M.J. De Jeu E. Jacobsen 《Plant cell reports》2000,19(5):529-534
Stem segments of seedlings from two Alstroemeria breeding lines, cultured on media supplemented with 4 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 0.5–1.0 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine
(BA), initiated soft callus, which became compact after subculture on a medium with only 0.5 mg/l BA. Friable embryogenic
calli were initiated from compact callus on a medium supplemented with 10 mg/l picloram. Proembryos developed from friable
embryogenic calli via embryos into plants after subculture on medium supplemented with 0.1 mg/l BA. The proembryos formed
friable embryogenic calli again after culture on medium supplemented with 10 mg/l picloram. The total time needed to regenerate
a complete plantlet from friable callus was approximately 6 months. This system for the production of embryogenic material
is considered to have valuable applications for genetic transformation in Alstroemeria.
Received: 22 April 1999 / Revision received: 16 July 1999 · Accepted: 20 July 1999 相似文献
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A new, simple, and fast method for preconcentration and determination of trace amount of lead from biological samples was
developed by modified silver nanoparticle-based solid-phase extraction technique and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry.
In this study, morin was used as a complexing agent. Some factors influencing the recovery of lead including pH, sample flow
rate, type, flow rate, and least amount of the eluent for elution of the lead from silver nanoparticles were studied and optimized.
Under the optimum conditions, the detection limit of this method was 68 ng L−1, and the relative standard deviation was 4.1% (n = 10, c = 20 μg L−1). The developed procedure was validated by the analysis of certified reference material and applied to the recovery and determination
of lead in biological samples. 相似文献
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Annual and interannual variability in phytoplankton at a permanent station off Kerguelen Islands, Southern Ocean 总被引:4,自引:4,他引:0
From November 1992 to February 1995 a quantitative and qualitative phytoplankton study was conducted at a permanent station
(Kerfix) southwest off the Kerguelen Islands, in the vicinity of the Polar Front (50°40′S–68°25′E). Phytoplankton populations
are low in this area both during summers and winters. They consist, in order of decreasing cell abundance, of pico- and nanoflagellates
(1.5–20 μm), coccolithophorids (<10 μm), diatoms (5–80 μm) and dinoflagellates (6–60 μm). Flagellates form the dominant group
throughout the year and attain the highest summer average of 3.0 × 105 cells l−1. Next in abundance year-round are coccolithophorids with the dominant Emiliania huxleyi (highest summer 1992 average 1.9 × 105 cells l−1), diatoms (summer 1992 average 1.0 × 105 cells l−1) and dinoflagellates (average 3.8 × 104 cells l−1). Winter mean numbers of flagellates and picoplankton do not exceed 8.4 × 104 cells l−1; those of the three remaining algal groups together attain 2 × 104 cells l−1. Summer peaks of diatoms and dinoflagellates are mainly due to the larger size species (>20 μm). The latter group contributes
most to the total cell carbon biomass throughout the year. Dominant diatoms during summer seasons include: Fragilariopsis kerguelensis, Thalassionema nitzschioides, Chaetoceros dichaeta, C. atlanticus, Pseudonitzschia heimii, and P. barkleyi/lineola. This diatom dominance structure changes from summer to summer with only F. kerguelensis and T. nitzschioides retaining their first and second positions. Any one of the co-dominant species might be absent during some summer period.
The variable diatom community structure may be due to southward meandering of the Polar Front bringing “warmer” species from
the north, and to the mixing of the water masses in this area. The entire community structure characterized both during summer
and winters by the dominance of flagellates can be related to deep mixing (ca. 40–200 m) of the water column as the probable
controlling factor.
Received: 13 November 1997 / Accepted: 11 May 1998 相似文献
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A novel method for the determination of microbial growth kinetics on hydrophobic volatile organic compounds (VOC) has been
developed. A stirred tank reactor was operated as a fed-batch system to which the VOC was continuously fed via the gas phase,
assuring a constant VOC concentration in the mineral medium. A flow of air was saturated with the VOC, and then mixed with
a further flow of air, to obtain a predetermined VOC concentration. Thus, different VOC concentrations in the mineral medium
could be obtained by altering the VOC concentration in the feed gas. The growth kinetics of Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 on 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) and of Pseudomonas sp. strain JS150 on MonoChloroBenzene (MCB) were assessed using this method. The growth of strain JS150 was strongly inhibited
at MCB concentrations higher than 160 mg l−1, and the results were fitted using a piecewise function. The growth kinetics of strain GJ10 were described by the Luong model
where maximum growth rate μmax = 0.12 h−1, substrate saturation constant K
S = 7.8 mg l−1, and maximum substrate concentration S
m (above which growth is completely inhibited) = 1080 mg l−1. Varying nitrogen and oxygen flows enabled the effect of oxygen concentration on the growth kinetics of Pseudomonas JS150 to be determined.
Received: 30 November 1998 / Received revision: 19 March 1999 / Accepted: 20 March 1999 相似文献
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We examined properties of adaptive walks by the fittest on “rough Mt. Fuji-type” fitness landscapes, which are modeled by
superposing small uncorrelated random component on an additive fitness landscape. A single adaptive walk is carried out by
repetition of the evolution cycle composed of (1) mutagenesis process that produces random d-fold point mutants of population size N and (2) selection process that picks out the fittest mutant among them. To comprehend trajectories of the walkers, the fitness
landscape is mapped into a (x, y, z)-space, where x, y and z represent, respectively, normalized Hamming distance from the peak on the additive fitness landscape, scaled additive fitness
and scaled non-additive fitness. Thus a single adaptive walk is expressed as the dynamics of a particle in this space. We
drew the “hill-climbing” vector field, where each vector represents the most probable step for a walker in a single step.
Almost all of the walkers are expected to move along streams of vectors existing on a particular surface that overlies the
(x, y)-plane, toward the neighborhood of a characteristic point at which a mutation-selection-random drift balance is reached.
We could theoretically predict this reachable point in the case of random sampling search strategy.
Received: 1 March 2000 / Published online: 3 August 2000 相似文献
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Michael Gleeson Andrew K. Blannin Neil P. Walsh Christine N. E. Field Jeanette C. Pritchard 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,77(3):292-295
Eccentric muscle actions are known to induce temporary muscle damage, delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and muscle weakness
that may persist for several days. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether DOMS-inducing exercise affects
blood lactate responses to subsequent incremental dynamic exercise. Physiological and metabolic responses to a standardised
incremental exercise task were measured two days after the performance of an eccentric exercise bout or in a control (no prior
exercise) condition. Ten healthy recreationally active subjects (9 male, 1 female), aged 20 (SD 1) years performed repeated
eccentric muscle actions during 40 min of bench stepping (knee high step; 15 steps · min−1). Two days after the eccentric exercise, while the subjects experienced DOMS, they cycled on a basket loaded cycle ergometer
at a starting work rate of 150 W, with increments of 50 W every 2 min until fatigue. The order of the preceding treatments
(eccentric exercise or control) was randomised and the treatments were carried out 2 weeks apart. Two days after the eccentric
exercise, all subjects reported leg muscle soreness and exhibited elevated levels of plasma creatine kinase activity (P < 0.05). Endurance time and peak V˙O2 during cycling were unaffected by the prior eccentric exercise. Minute volume, respiratory exchange ratio and heart rate
responses were similar but venous blood lactate concentration was higher (P < 0.05) during cycling after eccentric exercise compared with the control condition. Peak blood lactate concentration, observed
at 2 min post-exercise was also higher [12.6 (SD 1.4) vs 10.9 SD (1.3) mM; P < 0.01]. The higher blood lactate concentration during cycling exercise after prior eccentric exercise may be attributable
to an increased rate of glycogenolysis possibly arising from an increased recruitment of Type II muscle fibres. It follows
that determination of lactate thresholds for the purpose of fitness assessment in subjects experiencing DOMS is not appropriate.
Accepted: 27 September 1997 相似文献
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Purification and properties of a novel raw starch degrading cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase from Bacillus firmus 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
B. N. Gawande A. Goel A. Y. Patkar S. N. Nene 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》1999,51(4):504-509
A novel raw starch degrading cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase; E.C. 2.4.1.19), produced by Bacillus firmus, was purified to homogeneity by ultrafiltration, affinity and gel filtration chromatography. The molecular weight of the
pure protein was estimated to be 78 000 and 82 000 Da, by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration, respectively. The pure enzyme had a
pH optimum in the range 5.5–8.5. It was stable over the pH range 7–11 at 10 °C, and at pH 7.0 at 60 °C. The optimum temperature
for enzyme activity was 65 °C. In the absence of substrate, the enzyme rapidly lost its activity above 30 °C. K
m and k
cat for the pure enzyme were 1.21 mg/ml and 145.17 μM/mg per minute respectively, with soluble starch as the substrate. For cyclodextrin
production, tapioca starch was the best substrate used when gelatinized, while wheat starch was the best substrate used when
raw. This CGTase could degrade raw wheat starch very efficiently; up to 50% conversion to cyclodextrins was obtained from
150 g/l starch without using any additives. The enzyme produced α-, β- and γ-cyclodextrins in the ratio of 0.2:9.2:0.6 and
0.2:8.6:1.2 from gelatinized tapioca starch and raw wheat starch with 150 g/l concentration respectively, after 18 h incubation.
Received: 25 September 1998 / Received revision: 15 December 1998 / Accepted: 21 December 1998 相似文献
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Yohana de Oliveira Fernanda Pinto André Luís Lopes da Silva Ivan Guedes Luiz Antonio Biasi Marguerite Quoirin 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2010,46(2):192-197
Melaleuca alternifolia is cultivated for the production of an essential oil useful in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Despite the economic
importance of this species, there is little knowledge about its in vitro propagation. The aim of this study was to establish an efficient protocol for micropropagation of M. alternifolia. With the goal of in vitro multiplication by axillary shoot proliferation, both solid and liquid MS and WPM media were tested with supplementation with
BA at 0, 0.55, 1.11, 2.22, 3.33, and 4.44 μM. The best result for shoot multiplication was obtained when either 0.55 μM BA
was added into solid MS medium or 1.11 μM BA was added into liquid MS medium, with 5.6 and 11.8 shoots per explant generated,
respectively. On solid or liquid WPM medium supplemented with 0.55 μM BA, the proliferation rates were 5.5 and 4.7, respectively.
Three auxins (NAA, IAA, and IBA) were tested at 0.53 and 2.64 μM during the rooting stage. Several sucrose concentrations
(15, 30, and 45 g L−1) were compared to a sucrose-free medium. Rooting performances on four culture media were then compared: MS, half-strength
MS (MS/2), MS + activated charcoal (AC), and MS/2 + AC. The results showed that auxin addition to culture medium is not necessary
for in vitro rooting. Rooted microcuttings from different culture media were acclimatized in a greenhouse, and the survival percentage was evaluated.
All shoots cultured in an auxin-free MS medium supplemented with sucrose (30 g L−1) produced roots, and all plants survived during acclimatization. Activated charcoal added in rooting medium reduced rooting
rates. 相似文献
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A feeding trial was conducted to study the effect of montmorillonite superfine composite (MSC) on growth performance and tissue
lead levels in pigs. Sixty barrows were randomly divided into two groups. They were fed the same basal diet supplemented with
0 or 0.5% MSC, respectively, for 100 days. Serum samples were collected and analyzed to study growth hormone secretion pattern.
The mean lead concentration in selected tissues was analyzed. The results showed that average daily gain, average daily feed
intake, and feed conversion ratio of pigs were improved by 8.97% (p < 0.05), 3.90% (p < 0.05), and 4.76% (p < 0.05), respectively, with the supplementation of MSC compared to the control group. Serum sample analysis indicated that
peak amplitude, base-line level, and mean level of growth hormone were increased by 117.14% (p < 0.01), 42.78% (p < 0.01), and 51.75% (p < 0.01), respectively. Supplementation of MSC in the diet was found to significantly reduce lead concentration of tissues
in blood, brain, liver, bone, kidney and hair. 相似文献
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Production of flavour compounds by yogurt starter cultures 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
D Beshkova E Simova G Frengova Z Simov 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》1998,20(3-4):180-186
The present work studied the production of carbonyl compounds and saturated volatile free fatty acids by pure cultures of
Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and by starter cultures for Bulgarian yogurt during cultivation and cooling. The mixed cultures formed volatile aromatic
compounds more actively than the pure cultures. A guiding factor in the preparation of the starter cultures was the biochemical
activity of Lactobacillus bulgaricus in synthesizing the major carbonyl compounds, acetaldehyde, diacetyl and the volatile fatty acids C2–C10. The activity of the yogurt cultures in synthesizing carbonyl compounds was at its highest during milk coagulation and cooling,
up to 7 h. However, maximum concentration was reached by 22–31 h. In the cooled 22–h starter cultures, acetaldehyde predominated
(1415.0–1734.2 μg per 100 g) followed by diacetyl (165.0–202.0 μg per 100 g), acetoin (170.0–221.0 μg per 100 g), acetone
(66.0–75.5 μg per 100 g), ethanol (58.0 μg per 100 g), and butanone-2 (3.6–3.8 μg per 100 g). The thermophilic streptococcus
and lactobacillus cultures, and the starter cultures contained predominantly acetic, butyric and caproic acids.
Received 19 June 1997/ Accepted in revised form 10 January 1998 相似文献
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J D Haddock D A Pelletier D T Gibson 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》1997,19(5-6):355-359
The ferredoxin component (ferredoxinBPH) of biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase was purified to homogeneity from crude cell extract of Pseudomonas sp strain LB400 using ion exchange, hydrophobic interaction and gel filtration column chromatography. The protein was a
monomer with a molecular weight of 15000 and contained 2 gram-atoms each of iron and acid-labile sulfur. Ultraviolet-visible
absorbance spectroscopy showed peaks at 325 nm and 460 nm with a broad shoulder around 575 nm. The spectrum was partially
bleached in the visible region upon reduction by reductaseBPH with NADPH as the source of electrons. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometry showed no signals for the oxidized
protein. Upon reduction with sodium dithionite, signals with gx = 1.82, gy = 1.92 and gz = 2.02 were detected. These results indicate that the protein contains a Rieske-type (2Fe-2S) iron-sulfur center. FerredoxinBPH was required for the oxidation of biphenyl by the terminal oxygenase component of the enzyme and is probably involved in
the transfer of reducing equivalents from reductaseBPH to the terminal oxygenase during catalysis.
Received 01 November 1996/ Accepted in revised form 27 May 1997 相似文献
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Veena Agrawal Pratima Rani Sardar 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant》2007,43(6):585-592
In vitro regeneration through somatic embryogenesis as well as organogenesis using cotyledon of a woody medicinal legume, Cassia angustifolia is reported. The cotyledons dissected from semi-mature seeds, if inoculated on Murashige and Skoog’s medium (MS) supplemented
with auxin alone or in combination with cytokinin, produced direct and indirect somatic embryos. A maximum of 14.36 ± 2.26
somatic embryos per 20 mg of explants including callus were produced in 70% cultures on MS medium with 2.5 μM benzyladenine
(BA) + 10 μM 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Although the percentage of embryogenic cultures was higher (83.33%) at
10 μM 2,4-D + 1 μM BA, the average number of somatic embryos was much less (7.6 ± 0.85) at this level, whereas at 2.5 μM BA
and 5 μM 2,4-D, there was a simultaneous formation of both somatic embryos and shoots. The somatic embryos, although started
germinating on the same medium, developed into full plantlets only if transferred to MS basal with 2% sucrose. Cytokinins
alone did not induce somatic embryogenesis, but formed multiple shoots. Five micromolar BA proved optimum for recurrently
inducing shoots in the competent callus with a maximum average of 12.04 ± 2.10 shoots and shoot length of 2.26 ± 0.03 cm.
Nearly 91.6% shoots (2–2.5 cm in size) organized an average of 5.12 ± 0.58 roots on half strength MS + 10 μM indole-3-butyric
acid. All the plantlets have been transferred successfully to soil. Types of auxin and its interaction with cytokinin significantly
influenced somatic embryogenesis. 相似文献
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An efficient protocol was developed for micropropagation of an economically important timber-yielding multipurpose tree, Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. Multiple shoots were induced from cotyledonary nodes (CNs) derived from 18-d-old axenic seedlings on Murashige and
Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with thidiazuron (TDZ) (0.1–10 μM). The highest shoot regeneration frequency (90%) and maximum
number (15.2 ± 0.20) of shoots per explant was recorded on MS medium amended with 0.4 μM TDZ. Continuous presence of TDZ inhibited
shoot elongation. In the primary medium, TDZ-initiated cultures were transferred to the secondary medium supplemented with
another cytokinin, 6-benzyladenine (BA), for shoot growth and elongation. Maximum (90%) shoot elongation with an average shoot
length of 5.4 ± 0.06 cm was observed at 5 μM BA. To further enhance the number of shoots per explant, mother tissue was repeatedly
subcultured on fresh shoot induction medium after each harvest of newly formed shoots. Thus, by adopting this strategy, an
average of 44 shoots per explant could be obtained. About 65% of in vitro regenerated shoots produced a maximum number (4.4 ± 0.2) of roots per shoot by a two-step culture procedure employing pulse
treatment and subsequent transfer of treated shoots to a low concentration of 0.2 μM indole-3-butyric acid along with phloroglucinol
(3.96 μM). The in vitro-raised plantlets were successfully acclimatized first under culture room conditions, then to greenhouse with 70% survival
rate. 相似文献