C3和C4植物光合途径的适应性变化和进化

 高等植物大多为C₃植物, C₄植物和景天酸代谢(Crassulacean acid metabolism, CAM)植物是由C₃植物进化而来的。C₄途径的多源进化表明, 光合途径由C₃途径向C₄途径的转变相对简单。该文分析研究了植物光合途径的进化前景, 指出C₄植物是从C₃植物进化而来的高光效种类, 且地质时期以来降低的大气CO₂浓度和升高的大气温度以及干旱和盐渍化是C₄途径进化的外部动力。C₃植物的C₄途径的发现说明植物的光合途径并非是一成不变的, C₃和C₄植物的光合特征具有极大的可塑性, 某些环境的变化会引起植物光合途径在C₃和C₄途径之间转变。C₃植物具有的C₄途径是环境调控的产物, 是对逆境的适应性进化结果, 因而光合途径的转变也适用于干旱地区植被的适应性生存机理研究。该文还利用国外最新的C₄光合进化模型介绍了植物在进化C₄途径中所经历的7个重要时期(从分子基础到形态基础、结构基础, 再到物质代谢水平、光合酶活水平, 直到C3和C4途径协调运转时期, 最后达到形态与功能最优化阶段), 并结合全球气候变化的特点对国内外相关领域的研究进行了分析, 总结了植物光合途径的适应性转变和进化的研究成果, 为今后的相关工作提出建议。     

3种C3木本植物绿色组织C4酶活性、色素含量及叶绿素荧光参数的比较

对3种C₃木本植物丁香（Syringa meyeri）、杨树（Populus alba）、落叶松（Larix gmelinii）叶片和树枝绿色组织相关指标分析发现：3种植物叶片Chl.a+b含量均显著高于树枝,但是树枝较叶片Chl.a/b比值差异不明显（丁香、落叶松）（p>0.05）或显著高（杨树）(p<0.05)。单位叶绿素内各酶活性显示,丁香树枝PEPC、PEPCK、PPDK、NADP-ME、NADP-MDH酶活性分别是叶片的2.4、4.1、3.2、4.5和1.9倍;杨树树枝分别是叶片的2.1、15、6.3、6.3和2.8;落叶松树枝分别是叶片的6.8、6.3、4.3、4和5.5倍,而单位鲜重内各酶活性显示出的树枝与叶片的差异均小于单位叶绿素的相应结果。种间比较发现,杨树叶片和树枝5种酶活性均显著高于丁香和落叶松。树枝绿色组织内C₄酶活性普遍高于相应叶片的事实说明,木质化绿色组织内可能存在C₄酶相关的生化过程。丁香与落叶松树枝的电子传递速率、PSⅡ效率大于叶片,杨树叶片的相应值大于树枝,相关分析表明,这种高的C₄酶活性并没有显著影响叶绿素荧光参数（p>0.05）,显示出树枝绿色组织和C₃植物叶片内C₄酶对光合影响的复杂性。     

超高产杂交稻两优培九的光合作用、光抑制和C4途径酶特性

比较研究了超高产杂交稻(Oryza sativa L.)两优培九和常规杂交稻汕优63剑叶的光合气体交换、光抑制, 以及其剑叶和稃片中的C₄酶活性. 发现两优培九和汕优63的光饱和同化速率(Asat)与汕优63相差无几, 但是, 其表观量子效率(AQY)、羧化效率(CE)和CO₂同化的量子效率(FCO₂)都远远高于汕优63. 强光条件下, 超高产杂交稻两优培九表现出比汕优63更强的抗光抑制能力, 并且具有较高的以叶黄素循环为量度的非辐射能量耗散. 此外, 两优培九的剑叶和稃片中的C₄途径酶活性均高于汕优63. 这些结果表明, 较高的光能和CO₂利用效率、较强的抗光抑制能力, 以及剑叶和稃片中C₄途径的较高表达可能是超高产杂交稻两优培九高产的重要保证.     

孝顺竹愈伤组织增殖培养基优化研究

为筛选适宜孝顺竹愈伤组织继代增殖培养基,控制褐变发生,提高再生体系效率,对培养基组成如5种基本培养基、6种有机添加物、7种糖类和5种大量元素等因子进行试验分析。结果表明：培养20 d,基本培养基以MS效果较好,愈伤组织增殖2.8倍,白至淡黄色,致密;有机添加物以1.0 g·L^-1脯氨酸效果较显著,愈伤组织增殖3.64倍,淡黄色,致密均一;碳源以30 g·L^-1麦芽糖效果较好,愈伤组织增殖2.96倍,白至淡黄色,致密。5种大量元素中NH₄NO₃对孝顺竹愈伤组织增殖的影响达到显著水平,以825 mg·L^-1为较佳浓度,培养29 d愈伤组织增殖可达5倍以上,部分出现根分化;适宜孝顺竹愈伤组织培养的大量元素组合为：KNO₃ 475 mg·L^-1+NH₄NO₃ 825 mg·L^-1+MgSO₄·7H₂O 185 mg·L^-1+KH₂PO₄ 340 mg·L^-1+CaCl₂·7H₂O 440 mg·L^-1。     

大兴安岭森林火灾中主要乔木树种含碳气体释放总量的估算

应用排放因子法估算了1980—2005年间大兴安岭林区森林火灾中5种主要乔木树种含碳气体总的释放量.结果表明：不同乔木树种燃烧释放含碳气体的排放因子不同,其中樟子松的CO₂平均排放因子最大, 山杨的CO₂平均排放因子最小;落叶松和山杨的CO和C_xH_y平均排放因子最大,山杨和落叶松的CO和C_xH_y平均排放因子最小.结合5种主要乔木树种各器官的含碳率和总生物量,得出25年间5种乔木共释放CO₂ 16.58 Tg、CO 1.61 Tg、C_xH_y 0.54 Tg. 其中落叶松的CO₂、CO和C_xH_y释放量分别为5.00、0.63和0.05 Tg; 樟子松为0.225、0.023和0.003 Tg; 白桦为11.22、0.83和0.41 Tg;山杨为0.022、0.004和0.00034 Tg;蒙古栎为3.12、0.13和0.062 Tg.     

水产源芽胞杆菌的分离鉴定及生物学功能分析

筛选具有较好生物学功能的芽胞杆菌(Bacillus),用以改善池塘养殖过程饲料等有机物降解、抑制水体中的病原菌,对从健康养殖鱼虾塘水体中分离的菌株,进行生化试验和16S rDNA序列分子鉴定;通过产酶、耐酸、耐高温试验,抑菌试验以及安全性试验研究分离菌株的生物学功能。试验共筛选出8株细菌,经生化试验及16S rDNA序列的分子鉴定,确定菌株ZHX17、ZHX18、ZHX31为贝莱斯芽胞杆菌（Bacillus velezensis）,菌株ZHX14、ZHX15为地衣芽胞杆菌（Bacillus licheniformis）、菌株NSX4、NSX7、NSX9为枯草芽胞杆菌（Bacillus subtilis）。试验结果表明,8株芽胞杆菌均具有较强的耐酸、耐高温特性,其中3株贝莱斯芽胞杆菌具有较强的分泌淀粉酶、纤维素酶、蛋白酶的能力,抑菌效果好于其他5株芽胞杆菌。安全性试验结果表明,8株芽胞杆菌对草鱼、罗非鱼相对安全。8株芽胞杆菌同时具备分泌淀粉酶、纤维素酶和蛋白酶3种胞外酶的能力,其中贝莱斯芽胞杆菌具有较强的病原菌抑菌能力,可以作为病原拮抗益生菌做进一步研究。     

水稻BAC在玉米有丝分裂染色体上FISH杂交体系的构建

 以水稻细菌人工染色体(BAC)为探针在玉米有丝分裂的细胞学制片上进行荧光原位杂交(FISH),探讨玉米基因组C_ot DNA对BAC探针重复序列的封阻、杂交后洗脱的严谨度、杂交液中FAD的浓度变化、水稻BAC探针的特异性重复序列的封阻对FISH杂交信号特异性的影响.初步形成了一套以水稻BAC探针在玉米有丝分裂染色体上进行BAC-FISH杂交的优化技术体系.研究结果表明：使用玉米基因组C_ot DNA来封阻水稻BAC探针的重复序列玉米基因组C _ot DNA的C_ot值应小于50,同时还需根据不同探针调整C_ot DNA的C_ot值及与探针的比例;而降低杂交液中FAD浓度和适度控制杂交后洗脱的严谨度,尤其是使用水稻BAC探针本身特异的重复序列的封阻对BAC-FISH杂交信号特异性的改善具有较好的效果.     

西鄂尔多斯地区强旱生小灌木的水分参数

应用PV技术研究了西鄂尔多斯地区绵刺、红沙、四合木和霸王柴4种超旱生灌木的水分关系参数膨压(ψ_P)、细胞弹性模量(ε)、细胞体积比(RCV)及其相互关系.结果表明：在4种荒漠旱生灌木中,红沙保持最大膨压的能力最强(a=2.4593).不同荒漠旱生灌木保持膨压的方式不同：绵刺通过弹性调节保持膨压(ε_max=8.4005 MPa);红沙通过渗透调节来保持膨压(ψ_π100=-3.1302 MPa;ψ₀=-3.5074 MPa);四合木通过渗透调节和弹性调节的协同作用来维持膨压;霸王柴通过渗透调节来保持膨压,而弹性调节能力较弱.绵刺具有柔软而高弹性的细胞壁,是构成其根茎系统快速吸收和传导水分能力的因素之一.四合木具有较柔软而高弹性的细胞壁且ψ_P的变化随RCV减小而趋于缓慢,说明四合木具有较强的持水能力和抗脱水能力.     

中国东北样带羊草群落C3和C4植物功能群生物量及其对环境变化的响应

在全球动态植被模型的发展中, 受限于人力、物力和财力使得在物种水平上的研究变得既不可能也无必要。 植物功能群的划分是从生态学的, 而不是系统发育的角度来相互比较地对待不同地区的植物, 从而削减了植被变化研究中植物分类群的数量, 已成为研究植被变化及生物多样性对生态系统功能作用的重要单位。 植物的不同光合途径(C₃、C₄和CAM)从叶片组织结构到生理功能, 从生态适应到地理分布均表现出对不同水、热、光环境的响应, 是理想的植物功能群分类。 为此,分析了中国东北样带以羊草(Leymus chinensis)为建群种或共建种的草原群落植物光合类型功能群生物量及其与群落初级生产力和环境变化的关系。 结果表明:  (1)C₄植物生物量具有明显的变化规律, 且对环境变化的响应显著, 其变异性较高, 更能反映样地间环境变化的差异; (2)C₄与C₃植物变化具有明显的互补性, 并且多数C4植物常在逆境中起到更大作用, 如干旱化、盐碱化和放牧干扰; (3)C₄植物种类少,在所有调查样方中仅出现7种,占总出现种类的9.72%。这些特点说明C₄植物可以考虑作为评估和预测我国温带草原植被及其生态系统变化的重要植物功能群。     

C差异与气体交换参数

在苗木生长的不同时期对13个毛白杨(Populus tomentosa)杂种无性系叶片碳同位素δ¹³C和气体交换参数(净光合速率P_n、蒸腾速率T_r、瞬时水分利用效率WUE_i、气孔导度G_s和胞间CO₂浓度C_i)的差异进行研究, 分析不同无性系间δ¹³C与气体交换参数的相互关系, 目的在于探求δ¹³C在筛选高光合及高水分利用效率毛白杨杂种无性系中的应用价值。结果表明: 不同生长时期和不同无性系间δ¹³C、T_r、WUE_i、G_s和C_i的差异均显著, δ¹³C和WUE_i表现为9月＞7月, T_r、G_s和C_i表现为7月＞9月, P_n在不同生长时期差异不显著。季节变化是引起毛白杨杂种无性系叶片δ¹³C差异的主要原因。同一时期, 无性系间δ¹³C和WUE_i表现出较好的一致性, 即WUE_i较高的无性系30、42、46、83、BL2和BL5, 其δ¹³C值也较高, WUE_i较低的无性系B331和TG34, 其δ¹³C值也较低, 且不同时期(7月和9月) δ¹³C和WUE_i呈较强的正相关, 相关系数r分别为0.739 0和0.545 8, 高δ¹³C可以作为筛选高WUE_i毛白杨的有效指标, 且在苗木生长旺盛时期选育能得到更为可靠的结果。对毛白杨而言, 高WUE_i的无性系, 一般具有适中或较低的G_s和C_i, 但不一定具有很高的P_n, 气孔调节使得毛白杨在不影响光合作用的同时保持较高的WUE。     

Total biodegradation of the oestrogenic mycotoxin zearalenone by a bacterial culture

A mixed culture of bacteria, enriched from soil collected at a coal gasification site, proved capable of removing the potent oestrogenic mycotoxin zearalenone from culture media. The bacteria grew rapidly when zearalenone was provided as the sole source of carbon and energy. HPLC and ELISA analysis of culture extracts revealed no zearalenone or zearalenone-like products. Fourteen bacterial isolates from the mixed culture were identified and purified. The ability to degrade zearalenone was lost upon purification and recombination of the bacterial members of the mixed culture. A strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens capable of degrading polychlorinated biphenyls was unable to degrade zearalenone. This is the first report of the complete degradation of zearalenone by bacteria. The present study suggests the potential of mixed cultures in the biodegradation of zearalenone.     

Nitrogen utilization in bacterial isolates from the equine cecum

A total of 114 bacterial isolates were obtained from the cecal contents of two mature cecally fistulated horses on a habitat-simulating medium containing 40% energy-depleted cecal fluid. Of these isolates, 108 were maintained in pure cultures and were tentatively grouped on the basis of cell morphology and physiological characteristics. Gram-negative rods (50.9%), gram-positive rods (22.8%), and gram-positive cocci (21.9%) represented the largest groups isolated from these animals. Fifty isolates were tested for their ability to grow in media containing urea, ammonia, peptones, or amino acids as sole nitrogen sources. None of the isolates had a unique requirement for urea or ammonia since nitrogen derived from peptones, amino acids, or both supported growth as well as did ammonia or urea in a low nitrogen medium. Of the cecal isolates, 18% were able to use urea for growth, and 20.5% were able to grow with ammonia as the sole nitrogen source. All organisms grew in the experimental media containing peptones as the sole nitrogen source. Urease activity was detected in only 2 of 114 isolates tested. The inability of isolates to use urea or ammonia as nitrogen sources may have been a reflection of growth conditions in the habitat-stimulating medium used for isolation, but it could also suggest that many cecal bacteria require nitrogen sources other then ammonia or urea for growth.     

Nitrogen utilization in bacterial isolates from the equine cecum.

A total of 114 bacterial isolates were obtained from the cecal contents of two mature cecally fistulated horses on a habitat-simulating medium containing 40% energy-depleted cecal fluid. Of these isolates, 108 were maintained in pure cultures and were tentatively grouped on the basis of cell morphology and physiological characteristics. Gram-negative rods (50.9%), gram-positive rods (22.8%), and gram-positive cocci (21.9%) represented the largest groups isolated from these animals. Fifty isolates were tested for their ability to grow in media containing urea, ammonia, peptones, or amino acids as sole nitrogen sources. None of the isolates had a unique requirement for urea or ammonia since nitrogen derived from peptones, amino acids, or both supported growth as well as did ammonia or urea in a low nitrogen medium. Of the cecal isolates, 18% were able to use urea for growth, and 20.5% were able to grow with ammonia as the sole nitrogen source. All organisms grew in the experimental media containing peptones as the sole nitrogen source. Urease activity was detected in only 2 of 114 isolates tested. The inability of isolates to use urea or ammonia as nitrogen sources may have been a reflection of growth conditions in the habitat-stimulating medium used for isolation, but it could also suggest that many cecal bacteria require nitrogen sources other then ammonia or urea for growth.     

Self-immobilized bacterial cultures with potential for application as ready-to-use seeds for petroleum bioremediation

Two hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial isolates, an Arthrobacter sp. and a Gram-negative bacillus isolated from Kuwait oil lakes, exhibited considerable cell-surface hydrophobicity without production of exopolysaccharides in complex media. However, the bacteria produced copious amounts of exopolysaccharides in a low nutrient medium. When incubated with sawdust, Styrofoam or wheat bran, as carriers, under low nutrient conditions, stable exopolysaccharide-mediated immobilized cultures were formed. Such immobilized cultures when air-dried at room temperature survived storage for 6 weeks at 45 °C and still retained the ability to degrade hydrocarbons. Viability was retained by the immobilized Arthrobacter sp. and the Gram-negative bacterium at 45 °C storage for up to 6 and 12 months, respectively.     

Investigation of the biodegradation of pentachlorophenol by the predominant bacterial strains in a mixed culture

A pentachlorophenol (PCP) degrading mixed culture contained three predominant strains identified as Flavobacterium gleum, Agrobacterium radiobacter and Pseudomonas sp. The relative abilities of the three strains to degrade PCP were tested individually and in combination. Rates of PCP degradation by individual isolates were lower than that observed for the three isolates combined. Of the individual strains, Flavobacterium gleum manifested highest PCP degradation ability. A biodegradation medium inoculated with a combination of the three isolates exhibited PCP degradation patterns similar to the original mixed culture. Varying low amounts of tetrachlorophenol were found in degradation medium inoculated with individual isolates, but this intermediate was absent from media inoculated with the mixed culture.     

Degradability of polychlorinated phenols by bacterial populations in soil

The biodegradabilities of polychlorinated phenols including 5 isomers of trichlorophenols, 3 isomers of tetrachlorophenols and pentachlorophenol, were tested with 170 samples of soil collected from various environments. After the samples were inoculated into a succinate-containing mineral medium and incubated, the cultures were acclimatized to phenol concentrations from 10 to 100 ppm. Twenty six samples (15%) were observed to degrade 2, 4, 6-trichlorophenol (246TrCP) and a mixed sample of soil degraded 2, 3, 4, 6-tetrachlorophenol, but no degradation was seen with other chlorophenols. All of the mixed cultures acclimatized to and degrading 246TrCP also degraded phenol. For the degradation of 246TrCP, the NO₃′ ion was preferred to the NH₄⁺ ion as a nitrogen source. At concentrations below 500 ppm, 246TrCP was degraded completely within 8 d and the chloride ion was detected in the culture broth at an amount corresponding to that of the chlorinated phenol, although cell growth was inhibited at a 246TrCP concentration of 1,000 ppm. No possible intermediate product of 246TrCP was detected in the cultures.     

Atrazine degradation by stable mixed cultures enriched from agricultural soil and their characterization

Aims:  The aim of this work was to enrich stable mixed cultures from atrazine-contaminated soil. The cultures were examined for their atrazine biodegradation efficiencies in comparison with J14a, a known atrazine-degrading strain of Agrobacterium radiobacter . The cultures were also characterized to identify community structure and bacterial species present.
Methods and Results:  The cultures were enriched and then stabilized in bacterial media. The stable mixed cultures and J14a were tested in a medium containing 100 μg l⁻¹ of atrazine. For all cultures, atrazine was removed 33–51% within 7 days and the cell optical density increased from 0·05 to between 0·50 and 0·70. Four isolates designated ND1, ND2, ND3 and ND4 were purified from the mixed cultures and identified based on sequence analysis of the 16 S rRNA gene as Alcaligenes faecalis , Klebsiella ornithinolytica , Bacillus megaterium and Agrobacterium tumefaciens , respectively. An atrazine-degrading gene, atzA , was present in ND2 and ND4.
Conclusions:  The stable mixed cultures obtained could degrade atrazine. Klebsiella ornithinolytica ND2 and Ag. tumefaciens ND4 are atrazine degraders.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  The novel stable mixed cultures could be used for bioremediating crop fields contaminated with atrazine. This is the first report of the atzA gene in Kl. ornithinolytica .     

A novel pathway for mineralization of the thiocarbamate herbicide molinate by a defined bacterial mixed culture

A bacterial mixed culture able to mineralize molinate was established, through enrichment, using mineral medium with molinate as the only carbon, nitrogen and energy source. The combination of five cultivable isolates, purified from the enrichment culture, permitted the reconstitution of a degrading consortium. Both enrichment and defined cultures were able to mineralize molinate without accumulation of degradation products by the end of the growth. Among the five isolates constituting the defined mixed culture, an actinomycete, strain ON4, was essential for biodegradation, being involved in the cleavage of the thioester bond of molinate, the initial step of the degradation pathway. Isolate ON4 was able to grow on molinate at concentrations below 2 mM, with the accumulation of ethanethiol and diethyl disulphide. These sulphur compounds were toxic to strain ON4 when accumulating at higher concentrations. However, this inhibitory effect was avoided by the presence of other members of the mixed culture, out of which isolates ON1 and ON2 were observed to consume ethanethiol and diethyl disulphide. In this way, interactions among defined mixed culture members involve metabolic and detoxifying association.     

广西甘蔗根际高效联合固氮菌的筛选及鉴定

对广西主要甘蔗产区的根际联合固氮细菌进行了收集和评价,拟筛选获得对甘蔗具有潜在促生性能的联合固氮菌,为甘蔗生产节肥减耗提供依据。结合nifH基因扩增和固氮酶活性分析方法筛选获得36个固氮细菌菌株;进一步对所获得固氮菌株的固氮能力、溶磷性、分泌植物生长素IAA的特性等促进植物生长潜能进行评价,获得了5个同时具有较强固氮能力、降解无机磷和分泌植物生长激素IAA的功能菌株;通过Biolog鉴定系统和16S rRNA序列分析对5个具有较好应用潜力的固氮菌进行分类鉴定。结果表明这5个菌株分别属于Klebsiella sp.、Bacillus megaterium、Pseudomonas sp.、Pantoea sp.和Burkholderia sp.。本研究结果表明广西甘蔗根际联合固氮菌具有较大的开发利用潜力。     

一株高效解无机磷细菌BS06的鉴定及其解磷能力分析

【目的】对一株来源于广西甘蔗根际土壤的高效解无机磷细菌BS06的分类和解磷能力进行探讨,以期为解磷微生物在广西甘蔗生产上的开发和应用提供理论依据。【方法】通过形态观察、生理生化测定及16S rRNA基因序列同源性分析,进一步结合种特异的recA基因序列分析对解磷菌BS06进行分类鉴定;通过改变无机磷培养基中的碳源、氮源对菌株解磷能力的影响,分析菌株的解磷特性;通过盆栽试验了解菌株对甘蔗品种粤糖00236、桂糖28磷素吸收的影响。【结果】分类鉴定结果表明菌株BS06属于洋葱伯克霍尔德菌(Burkholderia cepacia);菌株在以乳糖为碳源条件下具有较强的解磷能力,其发酵液中水溶性磷含量为262.71 mg/L;在以硝酸钠为氮源条件下有较强解磷能力,其发酵液中水溶性磷含量达到305.85 mg/L;接种BS06菌株显著促进甘蔗组培苗的生长并提高甘蔗植株的含磷量。【结论】解磷细菌BS06具有较大的开发利用潜力。