UASB反应器结构与性能的研究

借助于刺激响应实验,发现本中试规模(15m³)uASB的布水系统能保证反应器起动后每3．8m²有一个布水点就可使摹质分布均匀;实验验证反应器的床部和层部可分别用两个完全混合流描述,而沉降区则近似于多级串联混合流,并且在床部存在沟流(<12．2%F)和死区(7．3％Vr),层一床之间存在着反向流(300％F),三相分离器的分离功能主要由两个循环流和沉降区的作用来完成,其内部污泥的分布与分离模型相一致,分离效率在实验的有机负荷范围内保持在80％一90％。     

UASB反应器中影响污泥颗粒化的工程因素

研究了具有不同微生物群系的接种污泥、流动方式和流速对上流式厌氧污泥床(UASB)反应器中活性污泥粒化的影响。颗粒化过程包括：微生物絮凝体的形成、亚核的形成,亚核增长和颗粒成熟四个阶段。微絮凝体的形成取决于酸化菌的作用。流体的动量传递和流体对悬浮物的剪切作用是影响亚核形成的关键性工程因素。为此提出最低流速概念,即形成污泥膨胀床的最低流速。合适的进料速率、污泥负荷、布水均匀性以及碱度控制是UASB反应器工程放大和过程控制的四大要素。     

豆腐废水UASB反应器中的原核生物多样性及主要功能菌群

通过构建16S rRNA基因文库,对豆腐废水UASB反应器中颗粒污泥的原核生物多样性进行了分析,并用MPN法对颗粒污泥中的互养产乙酸细菌和产甲烷菌进行了活菌数量测定。结果表明,33%的16S rRNA基因序列属于产甲烷菌,氢和乙酸盐营养型的产甲烷菌在颗粒污泥中数量最多,分别为1.1×10.9个/mL和4.5×10.8个/mL。低GC革兰氏阳性菌和δ-变形菌纲分支的细菌也是颗粒污泥中的主要菌群,它们的16S rRNA序列分别占22%和9%,其中互养产乙酸细菌在颗粒污泥中的数量可达4.5×10.7个/ml。绿色非硫细菌是另一类丰度很高的细菌,其16S rRNA序列占文库的12%。对各类微生物在颗粒污泥中可能的作用进行了讨论。通过研究不仅了解了特定环境中的微生物组成,还为从中分离特异类群的微生物提供了指导。     

UASB反庆器中影响污泥颗粒化的工程因素

研究了具有不同微生物群系的接种污泥,流动方式和流速对上流式厌氧污泥床（ＵＡＳＢ）反应器中活性污泥粒化的影响,颗粒化过程包括：微生物絮凝体的形成,亚核的形成,亚核增长和颗粒成熟四个阶段,微絮凝体的形成取决于酸化菌伯作用,流体的动量传递和流体对悬浮物的剪切作用是影响亚核形成的关键性工程因素,为此提高最低流速概念,即形成污泥膨胀床的最低流速。合适的进料速率,污泥负荷,布水均匀性以及碱度控制是ＵＡＳＢ反应     

UASB系统启动过程中颗粒污泥形成全过程的机理性分析

ＵＡＳＢ系统启动过程中颗粒污泥形成全过程的机理性分析谢汉方,苏希（辽宁省环境保护科学研究所,沈阳１１００３１）上流式厌氧污泥床（ＵＡＳＢ）作为高负荷厌氧反应器已得到公认,该反应器中培育成的颗粒污泥对提高处理效能极为有效。因此,育成颗粒污泥便成为启动过...     

Kinetics and characteristics of 70 °C, VFA-grown, UASB granular sludge

We studied in batch reactors the kinetics and characterization of 70 °C, volatile fatty acids (VFAs)-grown, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket granular sludge with 55 and 35 °C sludge as reference. The half-saturation constant (K _s), the inhibition constant (K _i), the maximum specific methane production rate (μ_CH4max), and the inhibition response coefficient (n) of the 70 °C sludge were 6.15 mM, 48.2 mM, 0.132 h⁻¹, and 2.48, respectively, while no inhibition occurred at 55 and 35 °C, where the K _s was 3.67 and 3.82 mM, respectively. At 70 °C, the highest initial specific methanogenic activity (ISMA, 0.311 gCH₄-COD per gram volatile solids per day) on VFAs was about 12–15% lower than that on acetate and three to four times less than the ISMA for the 55 and 35 °C sludge. In the acetate conversion study, residual acetate (79 mg l⁻¹) at 70 °C was three to five times higher than that at 55 and 35 °C. Further, the methane produced as percentage of the acetate consumed at 70 °C (89%) was lower than that at 55 (95%) and 35 °C (97%). At 70 °C, 10% of the ISMA remained after 15 days of starvation as compared to 26% (55 °C) and 92% (35 °C) after 30 days of starvation. Thus, the kinetics of the 70 °C granular sludge seem to differ from those at 55 and 35 °C. Received: 1 February 1999 / Accepted: 20 March 1999     

UASB底部活性污泥中优势微生物群系及其对PTA生产废水的降解作用

处理对苯二甲酸(PTA)生产废水的上流式厌氧生物滤床(UASB)底部活性污泥中的微生物分析表明,其优势群系为专性好氧菌和兼性厌氧菌。经分离得到156株微生物,分别为假单胞菌属、微球菌属、葡萄球菌属、不动细菌属、芽孢杆菌属和酵母菌属。其中大部分菌株可以PTA生产废水中某些成分为唯一碳源而生长,而以菌株T6对PTA降解活性为最高。经鉴定,该菌与类产碱假单胞菌(Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes)很相似,但存在某些差异,尚需进一步研究确定。     

对硝基苯酚冲击对UASB反应器中污泥活性和微生物种群的影响

研究了在稳定运行的上流式厌氧污泥床(Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket,UASB)反应器中,对硝基苯酚(p-NP)冲击对反应器活性的影响。采用PCR-DGGE技术监测了反应器受对硝基苯酚冲击后微生物种群多样性的变化。实验结果表明,p-NP冲击对污泥的产甲烷活性和COD去除活性均有严重的抑制,污泥活性的恢复需要较长时间;高浓度冲击比低浓度冲击产生更严重的影响,20mg/L和40mg/Lp-NP冲击后污泥活性的恢复期分别为16d和27d。p-NP冲击后,真细菌和古菌的多样性均发生了显著的变化,而且p-NP冲击对真细菌的影响大于对古菌的影响。p-NP冲击后甲烷产量下降的主要与Methanosaetasp.的活性下降以及Methanomicrobia sp.丰度的下降有关。而冲击后真细菌的主要变化表现为Chloroflexisp.、Bacteroidesp.和Anaerovibrio sp.的丰度均下降;Rheinheimera sp.在受到20mg/Lp-NP冲击时丰度下降,继续受到40mg/Lp-NP冲击时该种群消失。Flavobacteria sp.是p-NP冲击后新出现的细菌种群,可能与p-NP的降解有关。     

Did the evolution of the phytoplankton fuel the diversification of the marine biosphere?

We discuss the possible links between the fossil record of marine biodiversity, nutrient availability and primary productivity. The parallelism of the fossil records of marine phytoplankton and faunal biodiversity implicates the quantity (primary productivity) and quality (stoichiometry) of phytoplankton as being critical to the diversification of the marine biosphere through the Phanerozoic. The relatively subdued marine biodiversity of the Palaeozoic corresponds to a time of relatively low macronutrient availability and poor food quality of the phytoplankton as opposed to the diversification of the Modern Fauna through the Mesozoic–Cenozoic. Increasing nutrient runoff to the oceans through the Phanerozoic resulted from orogeny, the emplacement of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs), the evolution of deep-rooting forests and the appearance of more easily decomposable terrestrial organic matter that enhanced weathering. Positive feedback by bioturbation of an expanding benthos played a critical role in evolving biogeochemical cycles by linking the oxidation of dead organic matter and the recycling of nutrients back to the water column where they could be re-utilized. We assess our conclusions against a recently published biogeochemical model for geological time-scales. Major peaks of marine diversity often occur near rising or peak fluxes of silica, phosphorus and dissolved reactive oceanic phosphorus; either major or minor ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr peaks; and frequently in the vicinity of major (Circum-Atlantic Magmatic Province) and minor volcanic events, some of which are associated with Oceanic Anoxic Events. These processes appear to be scale-dependent in that they lie on a continuum between biodiversification on macroevolutionary scales of geological time and mass extinction.     

Is the Octomacridae the sister family of the Diplozodae?

Diplozoidae and Octomacridae are usually considered as sister families. Essentially this is because they are the only polyopisthocotyleans parasitising primary freshwater teleosts. Because of the lack of phylogenetically informative morphological characters to explore the pattern of colonisation of the primary continental freshwater teleosts and in order to understand the appearance of the "natural parabiosis" of Diplozoidae, a molecular phylogeny was inferred by comparing newly obtained partial 28S and 18S rDNA gene sequences of Eudiplozoon nipponicum and Diplozoon homoion with other already available sequences. The phylogenetic analysis seems to show that Diplozoidae and Octomacridae are not sister groups. Thus, the colonisation of primary freshwater teleosts by these two families could be independent.     

Imperfect Batesian mimicry—the effects of the frequency and the distastefulness of the model

Batesian mimicry is the resemblance between unpalatable models and palatable mimics. The widely accepted idea is that the frequency and the unprofitability of the model are crucial for the introduction of a Batesian mimic into the prey population. However, experimental evidence is limited and furthermore, previous studies have considered mainly perfect mimicry (automimicry). We investigated imperfect Batesian mimicry by varying the frequency of an aposematic model at two levels of distastefulness. The predator encountered prey in a random order, one prey item at a time. The prey were thus presented realistically in a sequential way. Great tits (Parus major) were used as predators. This experiment, with a novel signal, supports the idea that Batesian mimics gain most when the models outnumber them. The mortalities of the mimics as well as the models were significantly dependent on the frequency of the model. Both prey types survived better the fewer mimics there were confusing the predator. There were also indications that the degree of distastefulness of the model had an effect on the survival of the Batesian mimic: the models survived significantly better the more distasteful they were. The experiment supports the most classical predictions in the theories of the origin and maintenance of Batesian mimicry.     

Phytochemicals: the good, the bad and the ugly?

Phytochemicals are constitutive metabolites that enable plants to overcome temporary or continuous threats integral to their environment, while also controlling essential functions of growth and reproduction. All of these roles are generally advantageous to the producing organisms but the inherent biological activity of such constituents often causes dramatic adverse consequences in other organisms that may be exposed to them. Nevertheless, such effects may be the essential indicator of desirable properties, such as therapeutic potential, especially when the mechanism of bioactivity can be delineated. Careful observation of cause and effect, followed by a coordinated approach to identify the responsible entities, has proved extremely fruitful in discovering roles for phytochemical constituents. The process is illustrated by selected examples of plants poisonous to animals and include the steroidal alkaloid toxin of Veratrum californicum (Western false hellebore), piperidine alkaloids of Lupinus species (lupines), and polyhydroxy indolizidine, pyrrolizidine and nortropane alkaloids of Astragalus and Oxytropis species (locoweeds), Castanospermum australe (Moreton Bay chestnut) and Ipomoea species (morning glories).     

Effect of cortisone on the developmental pattern of the neutral and the acid β-galactosidases of the small intestine of the rat

1. The developmental pattern and effect of cortisone on acid beta-galactosidase and neutral beta-galactosidase were studied in postnatal rats by a recently proposed method for their independent determination. 2. After birth the acid beta-galactosidase activity increases in the ileum, whereas it decreases slightly in the jejunum. On day 16 after birth the activity in the ileum decreases and in 20-day-old rats activity in both parts of the intestine decreases to adult values. In suckling animals the activity in the ileum exceeds the jejunal activity severalfold and in adult animals the activity in the jejunum is slightly higher than that in the ileum. 3. Neutral beta-galactosidase activity is high after birth and decreases in both jejunum and ileum after day 20 after birth. In 12-20-day-old rats activity in both parts is essentially the same, but in adult animals jejunal activity exceeds ileal activity four-to five-fold. 4. Cortisone (0.5, 2.0 or 5.0mg/100g body wt. daily for 4 days) does not influence the activity of either enzyme in 60-day-old rats. Acid beta-galactosidase activity is decreased after cortisone treatment in 8-, 12-, 16-and 18-day-old rats, with sensitivity to cortisone increasing with the approach of weaning. No effect of cortisone on acid beta-galactosidase is seen in 8-day-old rats. Neutral beta-galactosidase activity is increased in the ileum of 8-, 12-, 16- and 18-day old rats, but only in the jejunum of 8-and 12-day-old rats.