THE VIOLOGEN INDICATORS

The tabulation gives the normal potentials of the various indicators at 30°C.; referred to the normal hydrogen electrode, the accuracy is estimated to be ±0.002 volt. Normal potentials of the viologens at 30°C.: Methyl viologen –0.446 volts Ethyl viologen –0.449 volts Betaine viologen –0.444 volts Benzyl viologen –0.359 volts Supposing some solution brings about a coloration of one of these indicators to the extent of A per cent of the maximum color, the oxidation-reduction potential of this solution is E = E_o – 0.06 log See PDF for Equation where E_o is the normal potential according to the above tabulation. This normal potential is independent of pH.     

Blue and red shifts of bacteriochlorophyll absorption band around 880 nm in Rhodospirillum rubrum

The redox potential dependence of the light-induced absorption changes of bacteriochlorophyll in chromatophores and subchromatophore pigment-protein complexes from Rhodospirillum rubrum has been examined. The highest values of the absorption changes due to the bleaching of P-870 and the blue shift of P-800 in chromatophores and subchromatophore complexes are observed in the 360–410 mV redox potential range. At potentials below 300 mV (pH 7.0), the 880 nm band of bacteriochlorophyll shifts to shorter wavelengths in subchromatophore complexes and to longer wavelengths in chromatophores.

The data on redox titration show that the red and blue shifts of 880-nm bacteriochlorophyll band represent the action of a non-identified component (C₃₄₀) which has an oxidation-reduction midpoint potential close to 340 mV (n = 1) at pH 6.0–7.6. The E_m of this component varies by 60 mV/pH unit between pH 7.6 and 9.2.

The results suggest that the red shift is due to the transmembrane, and the blue shift to the local intramembrane electrical field. The generation of both the transmembrane and local electrical fields is apparently governed by redox transitions of the component C₃₄₀.     

The nitrogen fixation system of photosynthetic bacteria. I. Preparation and properties of a cell-free extract from Chromatium

The preparation and properties of cell-free extracts of the photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium which give consistent and appreciable nitrogen fixation are described. Nitrogen fixation required ATP and reducing power. Reducing power was supplied by reduced ferredoxin or, in its absence, by sodium dithionite or H₂, in the presence of catalytic amounts of a viologen dye. ATP was supplied by phosphocreatine and creatine phosphokinase, with a catalytic amount of free ATP.

The Chromatium nitrogenase complex was found to have the typical properties of other nitrogenases, i.e., reduction of N₂ to ammonia, and of acetylene to ethylene, ATP-dependent H₂ evolution and reductant-dependent ATP hydrolysis.     

凋落物去除和氮添加对亚热带阔叶林土壤不同组分碳、氮的影响

人类活动显著增加了氮沉降,对森林生态系统产生了不同程度的影响;凋落物在其分解过程中输入的大量有机碳、氮也会影响土壤碳氮的形成、稳定及转化.本研究选择亚热带常绿阔叶林,对样地进行8年氮添加[对照(0)、低氮(75 kg·hm^-2·a^-1)、高氮(150 kg·hm^-2·a^-1)]和控制凋落物处理(保留凋落物、去除凋落物),之后采集土壤样品,通过K₂SO₄、Na₂B₄O₇、Na₄P₂O₇、NaOH、H₂SO₄、Na₂S₂O₄、HF等化学试剂逐级浸提土壤,测定各浸提液和残渣中的碳、氮含量,研究凋落物及氮添加对土壤矿物结合态碳、氮的影响.结果表明: 整体上,胡敏素(humin,H)组分的土壤碳、氮含量均为最高,分别占土壤全量的33.5%和33.3%.Na₂B₄O₇溶液提取的土壤可溶性碳、氮含量最高,其次是NaOH和Na₄P₂O₇溶液,3种试剂提取的土壤可溶性总碳、可溶性总氮以及可溶性有机氮分别占提取总量的46.2%、47.9%和76.5%.与对照相比,氮添加增加了Na₂S₂O₄和H组分碳、氮含量;与保留凋落物比较,去除凋落物降低了Na₂B₄O₇、H₂SO₄、Na₂S₂O₄和H组分的碳含量,以及NaOH、HF和H组分的氮含量.保留凋落物和氮添加显著增加了K₂SO₄组分氮含量.可见,保留凋落物和外源氮通过影响化学稳定性不同的土壤组分的碳氮变化来改变土壤碳氮过程.     

Iron, sulfur, and chlorophyll deficiencies: A need for an integrative approach in plant physiology

Green plants deficient in nitrogen, sulfur, or iron develop a similar yellow coloration. In each case, the yellow coloration is accompanied by a lowered chlorophyll concentration. This review attempts to collate some of the biochemical information concerning these three seemingly diverse nutritive deficiencies and bares a need for a more integrative approach to plant physiology. The biochemical and biological roles of nitrogen, sulfur and iron in living systems are examined, with emphasis on sulfur and iron. Mechanistically, iron and/or sulfur are highly reactive components of many enzymes. Indeed, iron and sulfur sometimes form Fe₂S₂, Fe₃S₄, or Fe₄S₄ clusters which are very active electron transfer agents. Recently, iron‐sulfur clusters have been reported to serve as sensors of oxidative stress, to couple photosynthesis with several metabolic pathways, to participate in the reduction of sulfite and nitrite, and to participate in regulation of gene expression. Thus, there are several mechanisms by which a deficiency of nitrogen, sulfur, or iron could produce the same low‐chlorophyll, yellow phenotype in plants. Unless the interactions and coordination of the various pathways connected to chlorophyll synthesis are elucidated, it is unlikely that we will select the quickest and most direct path to plant improvement.     

Copper and Iron as Determinant Factors of Antibiotic Production by Pseudomonas reptilivora

Production by Pseudomonas reptilivora of three antibiotics, named A, B₁ and B₂, took place in media containing either an inorganic or organic nitrogen source but only in the presence of available copper and iron. Higher yields were obtained in media containing inorganic nitrogen. Antibiotic synthesis was mediated by definite levels of copper and iron which determined the production of (a) the iron and copper-dependent activity A, (b) the two copper-dependent activities B₁ and B₂, or (c) a mixture of the three.     

Reactions of oxobis(acetylacetonato)- vanadium(IV) with some purine and pyrimidine bases and nucleosides

A study of the reactions of purine and pyrimidine bases has been initiated with the V(IV) complex [V(O)(acac)₂]. Two distinct modes of reaction have been recognized depending on the nature of the base. Simple adduct formation occurs when the base contains a sufficiently basic lone pair, but when bases contain acidic protons bound to nitrogen (inosine, thymine), cleavage of one acetylacetonate ligand occurs to give potentially polymeric species. This behavior is in contrast to that of the inert [Co(NO₂)₂(acac)₂]⁻ ion.     

光催化降解敌百虫农药废水的影响因素分析

在TiO₂悬浮体系,对农用敌百虫有机磷农药进行光催化氧化降解反应。发现光催化降解过程中适当补充NaOH溶液,可以维持较高的有机磷降解率,对于处理有机磷农药废水保持一定的pH值有作用。敌百虫农药有机磷含量起始浓度处于3.1mg·L^-1和31mg·L^-1之间,在50mg的催化剂TiO₂作用下90min内无机磷浓度变化符合零级反应,而且反应速率常数和敌百虫起始浓度呈线形关系,实验中探讨了降解过程中出现的影响因素。     

Intracellular localization of the hydrogenase in Desulfotomaculum orientis

Abstract Cell extracts of Desulfotomaculum orientis , grown with H₂ plus sulfate as sole energy source, revealed hydrogenase activities between 0.3 and 2 μmol H₂ per min and mg protein when methyl viologen was used as electron acceptor. With benzyl viologen, methylene blue, FAD or FMN, lower activities were found; NAD was not reduced. The hydrogenase activity was strongly inhibited by CuCl₂; however, copper inhibition was not observed with whole cells, indicating that the hydrogenase is located intracellularly. After high-speed centrifugation of cell-free extracts, varying proportions, between 11 and 90%, of the hydrogenase were detected in the soluble fraction, the rest being associated with the membrane fraction.     

A nitrite reductase with cytochrome oxidase activity from Micrococcus denitrificans

The formation of nitrite reductase and cytochrome c in Micrococcus denitrificans was repressed by O₂. The purified nitrite reductase utilized reduced forms of cytochrome c, phenazine methosulphate, benzyl viologen and methyl viologen, respectively, as electron donors. The enzyme was inhibited by KCN, NaN₃ and NH₂OH each at 1 mM, whereas CO and bathocuproin, diethyl dithiocarbamate, o-phenanthroline and ,'-dipyridyl at 1 mM concentrations were relatively ineffective. The purified enzyme contains cytochromes, probably of the c and a₂ types, in one complex. A K_m of 46 μM for NO₂⁻ and a pH optimum of 6.7 were recorded for the enzyme. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be around 130000, and its anodic mobility was 6.8·10⁻⁶ cm²·sec⁻¹·V⁻¹ at pH 4.55.

The most highly purified nitrite reductase still exhibited cytochrome c oxidase activity with a K_m of 27 μM for O₂. This activity was also inhibited by KCN, NaN₃ and NH₂OH and by NO₂⁻.

A constitutive cytochrome oxidase associated with membranes was also isolated from cells grown anaerobically with NO₂⁻. It was inhibited by smaller amounts of KCN, NaN₃ and NH₂OH than the cytochrome oxidase activity of the nitrite reductase enzyme and also differed in having a pH optimum of about 8 and a K_m for O₂ of less than 0.1 μM. Spectroscopically, cytochromes b and c were found to be associated with the constitutive oxidase in the particulate preparation. Its activity was also inhibited by NO₂⁻.

The physiological role of the cytochrome oxidase activity associated with the purified nitrite reductase is likely to be of secondary importance for the following reasons: (a) it accounts for less than 10% of total cytochrome c oxidase activity of cell extracts; (b) the constitutive cytochrome c oxidase has a smaller K_m for O₂ and would therefore be expected to function more efficiently especially at low concentrations of O₂.     

Fluorescence of bacteriochlorophyll as related to the photochemistry of chromatophores of photosynthetic bacteria

Time courses and the emission spectra of fluorescence and light-induced absorption changes of P890 in chromatophores of the photosynthetic bacteria Chromatium D, Rhodopseudomonas spheroides and Rhodospirillum rubrum were investigated.

The time course of fluorescence in chromatophores was separated into two phases, i.e. an initial rapid rise (ƒ_i) and a subsequent slow increase towards a steady level of emission (ƒ_v). The ƒ_i and the ƒ_v components showed different emission spectra having different peak position. The ƒ_v component was emitted from the longest wavelength-absorbing form of bulk bacteriochlorophyll (B890), the ƒ_i component from both B890 and B850.

The magnitude of the ƒ_v component depended on experimental conditions controlling the states of the cyclic electron transport in chromatophores, including changes in levels of redox potential of the medium, additions of electron donors and inhibitors. The magnitude of the ƒ_i component was not affected by these experimental conditions. It was, therefore, concluded that only the ƒ_v component is related to the cyclic electron transport, and that the magnitude of ƒ_v is controlled by the oxidation-reduction state of the primary electron acceptor for the photochemical reaction center in chromatophores.     

有机肥和化肥配施对不同熟期大白菜土壤生物特性及产量品质的影响

以早熟和晚熟品种大白菜为试材,根据化肥氮(尿素)、有机肥氮(生物有机肥)配施比例设置4个施肥处理,测定不同施肥处理下不同熟期大白菜土壤酶活性、可培养微生物数量及产量、品质的变化特征.结果 表明:早熟品种'德高16'大白菜莲座期和结球紧实期均以配施1/2生物有机肥(T2)处理的土壤蔗糖酶、土壤脲酶、土壤过氧化氢酶活性较强...     

有机无机肥混施对水稻土CH4排放的影响

通过网室水稻盆栽试验,探讨几种有机无机肥混施方式对CH₄排放的影响.结果表明,水稻土CH₄排放有明显的逐日变化,在水稻分蘖末期和抽穗前期出现CH₄排放高峰.不同有机无机肥混施方式对CH₄排放的影响明显,最高和最低的CH₄排放量分别为8.12和5.72g·m^-2,两者相差42.0%.粒状有机无机复肥的CH₄排放量高,但稻谷产量也高,因而其单位稻谷产量的CH₄排放量反而较低.     

长江流域稻麦轮作条件下冬小麦适宜施氮量

为推动长江流域稻茬冬小麦氮肥的合理施用,研究了施氮量(0、120、210、300 kg·hm^-2,分别表示为N₀、N₁、N₂、N₃)对土壤硝态氮含量、土壤-植株系统氮素平衡和产量的影响。结果表明: 土壤剖面的硝态氮含量随施氮量的增加而增加,至拔节期,不同施氮处理的硝态氮均显著运移至60 cm土层。拔节后追施氮肥显著提高了N₁、N₂处理0～40 cm土层和N₃处理0～60 cm土层的硝态氮含量;而成熟期的硝态氮主要积累于0～40 cm土层。氮素平衡分析表明,氮素吸收、残留、损失因小麦不同生育阶段而异,越冬至拔节期是氮素表观损失的主要时期;小麦全生育期植株的氮素积累量、无机氮残留量和土壤氮素表观损失量均随施氮量的增加而显著增加。通过环境经济学的Coase原理和边际收益综合分析,稻茬小麦兼顾生产、生态和经济效益的适宜氮肥用量为250 kg·hm^-2,基肥与拔节肥的比例为5∶5,相应获得的籽粒产量为6840 kg·hm^-2。     

Purification of Thionin, Azure A, Azure B and Methylene Blue

Column and paper chromatography of four thiazin dyes revealed both inorganic and organic impurities. In thionin, azure A, azure B and methylene blue, sodium and other metal cations were found as inorganic impurities. The analysis for organic impurities revealed that the dyes were mixtures; specifically each dye contained one or more of the other dyes as impurities. Inorganic impurities were detected by ashing the dyes in the presence of H₂SO₄ and chromatographing the sulfate salts on paper. They were removed by filtration through ion exchange resins. Organic impurities were detected by paper chromatography and removed by column chromatography on Woelm's neutral alumina.     

氮肥对不同无机碳含量土壤二氧化碳释放的影响

施用氮肥会导致土壤pH值降低,其对不同无机碳含量的土壤二氧化碳(CO₂)释放的影响如何,尚不清楚.采用室内密闭培养试验研究了氮肥及其配施硝化抑制剂(DCD)对不同无机碳含量土壤pH、矿质态氮和CO₂释放的影响.结果表明:与不施氮肥相比,施用氮肥不同程度地降低了水稻土、砂姜黑土、塿土3类供试土壤的pH,提高了土壤碳累积释放量,49 d培养结束时,土壤碳累积释放量分别提高了39.4%、23.4%和71.8%;氮肥配施DCD后显著抑制了土壤硝化作用的进行,至培养结束时,3类供试土壤pH值均显著高于仅施氮肥处理,水稻土、砂姜黑土CO₂平均释放量与仅施氮肥相比无显著性差异,塿土CO₂平均释放量比纯施氮肥平均降低了12.5%.土壤无机碳能有效缓冲由氮肥施入而导致的土壤酸化,氮肥施入后石灰性土壤CO₂释放不仅来源于土壤有机碳的矿化,可能还有一部分来源于无机碳的溶解释放.我国不同地区间土壤无机碳含量各有差异,长期大量氮肥投入下土壤酸化和无机碳库消耗问题应引起足够的重视.     

估测水稻叶层氮浓度的新型蓝光氮指数

基于不同氮素水平与品种类型的多个田间试验,综合分析了水稻冠层高光谱植被指数与叶层氮浓度的定量关系.结果表明：对氮反应最敏感的波段为红光665～675 nm、蓝光490～500 nm和红边区域波段680～760 nm.400～2500 nm波段范围内两波段植被指数与水稻叶层氮浓度相关性最好的是550～600 nm与500～550 nm,属绿光波段组合,决定系数（R²）最高的是比值指数SR(533,565).以3个蓝光波段构建的光谱参数R₄₃₄/(R₄₉₆+R₄₀₁)（蓝光氮指数）与水稻叶层氮浓度呈极显著的直线相关关系,与SR(533,565)相比,该参数显著提高了对叶层氮浓度的预测性.独立资料检验结果显示,R₄₃₄/(R₄₉₆+R₄₀₁)对水稻叶层氮浓度具有较好的预测性,检验根均方差（RMSE）和相对误差（RE）值分别为9.67%和8%,是一种适合于水稻叶层氮浓度估测的良好高光谱植被指数.     

The interaction of polymeric viologens with hydrogenases from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Clostridium pasteurianum.

The interaction between hydrogenases from either Desulfovibrio desulfuricans or Clostridium pasteurianum and electron donors methyl viologen or polymeric viologens was examined. Extracts from each organism contained a single gel electophoretic band of active hydrogenase. The hydrogenase of D. desulfuricans was much more stable than that of Cl. pasteurianum. With methyl viologen apparent Km and Vm values were 0.5 mM and 0.62 mumole H2/min per milligram protein for the Cl. pasteurianum and 0.7 and 6.2 mumole H2/min per milligram protein, respectively, for the D. desulfuricans enzyme. The hydrogenases bound the polymeric viologens more tightly than methyl viologen, more so for the enzyme of D. desulfuricans than for Cl. pasteurianum. Maximal rate of hydrogen production was less with the polymeric than with methyl viologen. The results suggest that the D. desulfuricans enzyme in conjunction wiion than that from Cl. pasteurianum.     

Elevated CO2 and nitrogen influence exudation of soluble organic compounds by ectomycorrhizal root systems

Root and mycelial exudation contributes significantly to soil carbon (C) fluxes, and is likely to be altered by an elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration and nitrogen (N) deposition. We quantified soluble, low-molecular-weight (LMW) organic compounds exuded by ectomycorrhizal plants grown under ambient (360 p.p.m.) or elevated (710 p.p.m.) CO₂ concentrations and with different N sources. Scots pine seedlings, colonized by one of five different ectomycorrhizal or nonmycorrhizal fungi, received 70 μM N, either as NH₄Cl or as alanine, in a liquid growth medium. Exudation of LMW organic acids (LMWOAs), dissolved monosaccharides and total dissolved organic carbon were determined. Both N and CO₂ had a significant impact on exudation, especially of LMWOAs. Exudation of LMWOAs was negatively affected by inorganic N and decreased by 30–85% compared with the organic N treatment, irrespective of the CO₂ treatment. Elevated CO₂ had a clear impact on the production of individual LMWOAs, although with very contrasting effects depending on which N source was supplied.     

连续施用无害化污泥堆肥对沙质潮土活性有机氮组分的影响

以河南省沙质潮土为研究对象,通过2012-2016年田间连续定位试验,在小麦-玉米轮作制度下,研究单施化肥(CK)、添加污泥堆肥(CS)15 t·hm^-2(CS₁)、30 t·hm^-2(CS₂)和45 t·hm^-2(CS₃)对土壤活性氮各组分及其分配比例的影响.结果表明: 连续施用污泥堆肥能够显著提高土壤含水率,降低土壤pH,提高土壤有机碳、全氮和速效养分含量,其中全氮(TN)含量显著增加了93.1%～284.3%;施用污泥堆肥45 t·hm^-2显著提高了土壤轻组有机氮(LFON)、颗粒有机氮(PON)和微生物生物量氮(MBN).污泥堆肥促进了颗粒态有机氮(PON/TN)和微生物生物量氮(MBN/TN)分配,在CS₂处理下分别显著提高了12.3%和539.9%,而降低了土壤轻组有机氮(LFON/TN)和溶解性有机氮(DON/TN)分配,分别降低了17.3%～40.1%和38.5%～71.3%.总体上,活性氮组分对TN的贡献为:PON>LFON>DON>MBN.主成分分析表明,CS₂和CS₃处理下活性氮含量及其分配比例载荷值较高;冗余分析表明,土壤理化指标(pH除外)和生物学指标与活性氮含量及其分配比例呈正相关.污泥堆肥可提供大量稳定性有机物质,影响土壤物理、化学和生物学特性,促进土壤氮素向活性氮的形式转化,当污泥堆肥施用量达30、45 t·hm^-2时培肥效果显著,可用作沙质潮土的改良材料.