Succession of Chironomus Meigen Species (Diptera,Chironomidae) in Newly Filled Ponds

The colonization by Chironomus spp. of two ponds filled after a dry period was investigated. Field data were collected by means of quantitative benthic samples and emergence traps. C. melanescens. C. annularius, C. riparius, C. piger, C. luridus, C. obtusidens, C. plumosus, C. dorsalis and Camptochironomus tentans were determined cytotaxonomically in ponds investigated. C. melanescens and C. annularius appear to be the most characteristic species colonizing in high numbers in newly filled ponds. Larvae of C. annularius grew more slowly in ponds compared with the former one which resulted in a characteristic succession of both larval types. Most species mentioned disappeared completely from the ponds investigated after the metamorphosis of a single cohort. They were replaced by C. plumosus which was often attended by C. annularius in smaller ponds.     

Patterns of colonization, evolution and gene flow in species of the genus Patella in the Macaronesian Islands

The study of phylogeographical patterns may contribute to a better understanding of factors affecting the dispersal of organisms in ecological and historical times. For intertidal organisms, islands are particularly suitable models allowing the test of predictions related to the efficacy of pelagic larvae dispersal. Here, we study the phylogeographical patterns and gene flow within three groups of species of the genus Patella present in the Macaronesian Islands that have been previously shown to be monophyletic. The genetic variability of around 600 bp of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I was studied by single strand conformation polymorphism and/or sequencing for seven species of limpets. A total of 420 samples were analysed from the Macaronesian archipelagos, North Africa, and Atlantic and Mediterranean shores of the Iberian Peninsula. No clear geographical pattern or temporal congruence was found between the three groups of species, pointing to independent histories and colonization events. However, for the three groups, the split between the Macaronesian and the mainland forms most probably occurred before 3.9 million years ago, predating the establishment of the current circulation patterns. The presence of pelagic larvae in these species is shown to be insufficient to ensure gene flow between continental and Macaronesian populations and between the Macaronesian archipelagos. In the endangered Azorean populations of Patella candei, there is restricted gene flow to Flores and Graciosa.     

从新疆哈萨克族2型糖尿病患者粪便中分离的气单胞菌对小鼠的作用研究

目的 从新疆哈萨克族2型糖尿病患者粪便中分离培养气单胞菌,并回接到小鼠体内,检测其对小鼠血糖、血脂等2型糖尿病相关中间表型的作用。方法 （1）收集新鲜哈萨克族２型糖尿病患者的粪便样本,用气单胞菌专属培养基进行分离培养,微量生化反应管进行初步鉴定;提取所得菌株的DNA,使用气单胞菌属引物对此DNA进行特异性扩增,结合全自动细菌鉴定仪对菌株进行鉴定;（2）将气单胞菌菌液回接小鼠,采用羰花青素染料（CM-Dil）标记法对菌定植力情况进行检测。（3）检测气单胞菌菌液对小鼠体重、随机血糖（GLU）、空腹血糖（FBG）、总胆固醇（TC）和甘油三酯（TG）的作用,进行葡萄糖耐量（OGTT）、胰岛素耐量（ITT）试验。结果 （1）所得到的菌株经全自动细菌鉴定仪确定为气单胞菌;（2）从小鼠粪便中分离培养后的细菌能检测到荧光标记;（3）与正常饮食组小鼠相比,气单胞菌稀释液、原液、浓缩液组小鼠体重均升高;气单胞菌原液组小鼠GLU升高。小鼠FBG、TC和TG在各组间差异均无统计学意义;气单胞菌菌液组小鼠口服葡萄糖耐量试验血糖曲线下面积增加;气单胞菌原液、浓缩液组小鼠胰岛素耐量试验血糖曲线下面积增加。结论 （1）从新疆哈萨克族2型糖尿病患者粪便中分离培养得到气单胞菌;（2）从糖尿病患者粪便中分离的气单胞菌可定植于小鼠体内,并使小鼠的体重增加,GLU升高,给予气单胞菌稀释液、菌原液、菌浓缩液后第8周,小鼠出现糖耐量受损,胰岛素敏感性下降。     

柽柳（Tamarix spp．ammodendron））和梭梭（Haloxylon的“肥岛”效应

灌丛“肥岛”是全球干旱生态系统中的普遍现象,其发生和发展对干旱灌木、草原生态系统的结构和功能都具有重要影响,但其物种效应容易得到忽视。对准噶尔盆地南缘柽柳（Tamarix spp．）和梭梭（Haloxylon ammodendron）这两种不同地表形态灌木的冠下、冠缘和灌丛间地3种生境的土壤进行了采样、分析,结果表明：（1）柽柳和梭梭都存在“肥岛”现象,主要表现在土壤表层,其土壤性状与“岛”外土壤的差异随土壤深度增加而减弱;（2）生物性限制土壤养分由“岛”内向外梯度递减,而非生物性限制土壤要素可能高于、也可能低于“岛”外土壤,或者两者无显著差异;（3）从“肥岛”的空间尺度来看,柽柳“肥岛”的水平范围可能超出了本身冠幅覆盖区,而梭梭“肥岛”要小于本身冠幅覆盖区,其深度亦小于柽柳“肥岛”;（4）相对于不同土壤要素而言,即使是同一物种,其“肥岛”也具有不同的空间范围。总的来看,研究区灌丛“肥岛”的发育具有明显的物种效应,相对梭梭而言,柽柳“肥岛”发育更广、更深,养分聚集更明显,其原因主要是柽柳的半球型树冠更利于保护和捕获凋落物,而较多的凋落物输入与土壤结构和土壤养分间的正反馈机制使柽柳冠下加速的生物地球化学循环能达到更广、更深的范围。灌丛“肥岛”的发育是干旱景观中生物过程与物理过程交互作用的产物,全面揭示其形成机理,探讨其对干旱生态系统结构、功能与动态的影响,需要更系统的研究。     

不同绿僵菌定殖水稻根系及其促生效应

【背景】 绿僵菌(Metarhizium spp.)是一种重要的昆虫病原真菌,近年来发现它也可以定殖于植物根系促进植物生长,但对水稻生长的影响及促生机制尚不明晰。此外,不同种绿僵菌的定殖及促生效应的差异也有待研究。【目的】 明确罗伯茨绿僵菌(Metarhizium robertsii)和蝗绿僵菌(Metarhizium acridum)在水稻根内的定殖及对水稻生长影响的差异。【方法】 通过选择培养、显微镜观察、分子生物学鉴定确定罗伯茨绿僵菌和蝗绿僵菌在水稻根系的定殖情况,同时比较在土培和水培条件下两株绿僵菌对水稻种子萌发、株高、根长、鲜重、干重、叶绿素含量和根系活力的影响。【结果】 罗伯茨绿僵菌能够在水稻根内定殖并促进水稻种子萌发及生长。土培条件下,罗伯茨绿僵菌对水稻株高、根长、鲜重、干重、叶绿素含量和根系活力增效最高分别为45.2%、72.3%、30.5%、72.6%、92.3%和63.7%;水培条件下,对水稻株高、根长、鲜重、干重和叶绿素含量增效最高分别为59.3%、17.9%、90.9%、28.4%和64.8%。土培条件下,罗伯茨绿僵菌对水稻根长、干重和叶绿素含量增效高于水培条件,而株高和鲜重增效低于水培。【结论】 罗伯茨绿僵菌能够定殖在水稻根内并促进水稻生长,而蝗绿僵菌对水稻生长无显著影响,这为绿僵菌水稻促生机制的研究提供了一定的理论依据。     

Interactions between the soil-borne bacteriophage Fo-l and Pseudomonas spp. on sugarbeet roots

The large plaquing (24 mm²) soilborne bacteriophage, Fo-l, did not affect the colonization ability on sugarbeet roots of its host, fluorescent Pseudomonas sp. strain B26. Phage Fo-l did not increase in numbers on sugarbeet roots when seeds were coated with less than 10⁶ CFU (colony forming units) of B26 and when less than 300 PFU (plaque forming units) of phage Fo-l was added per g of soil (dry weight). Above these threshold values, phage replication occurred and up to 2 × 10⁶ PFU per root system could be recovered.     

Bio-deposition of Amorphous Silica by an Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium,Thermus spp.

The bio-deposition of amorphous silica, which occurred in vitro by exposure to the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus spp. began from the latter part of the exponential phase of growth of the bacteria. The concentration with which the deposition occurred exceeded the solubility of amorphous silica of neutral pH at the temperature 60~85°C. Our observations suggest that Thermus spp. promotes the formation of siliceous minerals in a geothermal environment.     

Tropical fruitflies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Krakatau Archipelago in 1990 and comments on faunistic changes since 1982

Three of the Krakatau islands, in Sunda Strait, some 40 km from both Java and Sumatra, are believed to have been totally devastated by the famous cataclysmic eruption of 1883. The fourth, Anak Krakatau, is an emergent volcanic island which rose from Krakatau's submerged 1883 caldera in 1930, suffered a self-devastating eruption in 1952/3 and several severely damaging ones since then. In 1990 the tephritid fauna was monitored on all the islands with Steiner traps. Nine species were found, five of which appeared to have been found by Yukawa in 1982 (Yukawa 1984) using similar methods and lures, when he noted a total of six species. As in 1982, the fauna in 1990 was characterized by the numerical dominance ofBactrocera albistrigata (de Meijere) although this appeared to be less marked than in 1982 andBactrocera papayae Drew & Hancock appeared to have increased in relative numbers. The distribution of three species over the islands of the archipelago had increased and four species not found in 1982 were present. Rakata, Krakatau's remnant and by far the largest and highest island, carried seven species (six in 1982), Sertung three (two in 1982), Panjang four (one in 1982) and Anak Krakatau four (one in 1982). Capture rates were lower than in 1982 but still higher than those obtained on the Javan mainland in 1982. There was a marked difference between the tephritid faunas of Anak Krakatau's two forelands, which were at different stages of biotic succession.     

Isolation and identification of methylobacterium species from the tap water in hospitals in Japan and their antibiotic susceptibility

Contamination of tap water by Methylobacterium species has become a serious concern in hospitals. This study was planned to examine the distribution of Methylobacterium species inhabiting tap water used in Japanese hospitals and antibiotic sensitivity of the isolates in 2004. Species identification of 58 isolates was performed based on the homology of a partial sequence of 16S rDNA. The dominant Methylobacterium species in hospital water were M. aquaticum and M. fujisawaense. To examine the biochemical properties of these isolates, a carbon source utilization was tested using an API50CH kit. The phenotypic character varied widely, and was not necessarily consistent with the results of phylogenic analysis based on the partial 16S rDNA sequence, suggesting that the biochemical properties are not suitable for identification of Methylobacterium species. The isolates were also subjected to antibiotic sensitivity tests. They were resistant to 8 antibiotics, but highly sensitive to imipenem (MIC90 = 1 microg/ml) and tetracycline (MIC90 = 8 microg/ml). These findings concerning the isolates revealed the presence of Methylobacterium species with resistance to multiple antibiotics in hospital tap water.     

黄土丘陵半干旱区土壤水资源利用限度

以柠条为对象,采用中子水分仪对黄土丘陵半干旱区人工植被恢复过程中土壤水分与植物生长进行长期定位观测.结果表明:撂荒地播种后,随着时间推移,植物群落保持水能力增强,根系吸收利用水分的土层深度增加、土壤含水量下降.林地土壤出现干层,且干层土壤的深度和厚度逐年增加.植物对土壤水资源的利用限度为干层土壤深度等于最大补给深度时的土壤储水量.在黄土丘陵半干旱区人工柠条林地土壤水资源利用限度是0～290 cm土层的土壤储水量为249.4 mm.当人工林地土壤水资源接近或等于土壤水资源利用限度时,需要采取措施降低土壤水分消耗,或增加土壤水分补给,维持根系吸收利用水资源的相对稳定.     

Isolation and differentiation of Rivulus hartii across Trinidad and neighboring islands

Diversification of freshwater fishes on islands is considered unlikely because the traits that enable successful colonization—specifically, broad salinity tolerances and the potential for oceanic dispersal—may also constrain post‐colonization genetic differentiation. Some secondary freshwater fish, however, exhibit pronounced genetic differentiation and geographic structure on islands, whereas others do not. It is unclear what conditions give rise to contrasting patterns of differentiation because few comparative reconstructions of population history have been carried out for insular freshwater fishes. In this study, we examined the phylogeography of Hart’s killifish (Rivulus hartii) across Trinidad, with reference to neighboring islands and northern South America, to test hypotheses of colonization and differentiation derived from comparable work on co‐occurring guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Geographic patterns of mitochondrial DNA haplotype variation and microsatellite genotype variation provide evidence of genetic differentiation of R. hartii among islands and across Trinidad. Our findings are largely consistent with patterns of geographically structured ancestry and admixture found in Trinidadian guppies, which suggests that both species share a history of colonization and differentiation and that post‐colonization diversification may be more common among members of insular freshwater fish assemblages than has been previously thought.