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Gram-negative, anaerobic gliding bacteria were isolated from normal supragingival plaque and from periodontal lesions. Isolates could be divided into two size classes: small 2.4–4.2 m×0.38–0.5 m and large 4.8–5.8 m×0.42–0.6 m cells. The outer membrane was either loose-fitting and wavy, or taut, and of variable thickness. An electron-dense fuzz was discernible on several of the isolates. The periplasmic region was of variable electron-density. The genus Capnocytophaga has been proposed for these organisms based on morphological and cultural characteristics. 相似文献
2.
Problems in estimating growth rates of marine phytoplankton from short-term14C assays 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Growth rate estimates () of phytoplankton populations that were sampled from nitrogen-limited continuous cultures and then incubated for short durations in batch culture with added14C-HCO3
– were significantly different than steady-state growth rates () for 3 of 5 marine phytoplankton species. Two diatoms,Thalassiosira weissflogii andChaetoceros simplex, displayed virtually identical growth rates (=) over a wide range of, whereas for a third diatom,Phaeodactylum tricornutum, was overestimated by an average of 40% compared to. In contrast, was underestimated by the14C technique for the two remaining species: up to 40% at a steady-state of 1.0 day–1 for the chlorophyteDunaliella tertiolecta and up to 100% at of 1.4 day–1 for the haptophytePavlova lutheri. For the latter two species the divergence between and appeared to increase with increasing steady-state. A simple model of labeled and total carbon flow between the aqueous phase and cellular biomass was constructed to demonstrate that respiration was negligible when=, but was significant when>. In the cases in which<, a rapid physiological alteration presumably took place once the steady state was disturbed and cells were placed in the incubation chambers, which perhaps was related to the nutritional state of the cultures at the time of sampling. Questions thus are raised regarding our ability to measure accurately primary productivity from shipboard experiments with confined samples of phytoplankton from nutrient-impoverished waters that probably are less hardy than the laboratory cultures used in these studies. 相似文献
3.
A callus induction and in vitro plantlet regeneration system for the endangered state flower of Uttaranchal (Saussurea obvallata) was optimized by studying the influence of explant type (root, hypocotyl, cotyledon and leaf), age and different concentrations of plant growth regulators. Explants from 10 to 15-day-old seedlings showed maximum callus induction. Callus formation and shoot differentiation was initiated on Murashige-Skoog (MS) medium containing 6-benzyladenine (BA) and -naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) in all explant types. The best results were obtained using leaf explants: 100% callusing was achieved in MS medium supplemented with 2.5 M BA and 1.0 M NAA, and 100% differentiation along with a multiplication rate of 12 shoots per explant with a combination of 5.0 M BA and 1.0 M NAA. However, the results reflected the existence of high inter-explant variability in response to growth regulators. In vitro rooting of shoots was achieved at an efficiency of 100% in one-half strength MS medium supplemented with 2.5 M indole-3-butyric acid. Application of this protocol has potential for mass multiplication of the target species in a limited time period. 相似文献
4.
Evidence for two modes of Ca2+ entry following muscarinic stimulation of a human salivary epithelial cell line 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Xinjun He Xiaozai Wu R. James Turner Bruce J. Baum 《The Journal of membrane biology》1990,115(2):159-166
Summary We have investigated muscarinic receptor-operated Ca2+ mobilization in a salivary epithelial cell line, HSG-PA, using an experimental approach which allows independent evaluation of intracellular Ca2+ release and extracellular Ca2+ entry. The carbachol (Cch) dose response of intracellular Ca2+ release indicates the involvement of a single, relatively low-affinity, muscarinic receptor site (K
0.510 or 30 m, depending on the method for [Ca2+]
i
determination). However, similar data for Ca2+ entry indicate the involvement of two Cch sites, one consistent with that associated with Ca2+ release and a second higher affinity site withK
0.52.5 m. In addition, the Ca2+ entry response observed at lower concentrations of Cch (2.5 m) was completely inhibited by membrane depolarization induced with high K+ (>55mm) or gramicidin D (1 m), while membrane depolarization had little or no effect on Ca2+ entry induced by 100 m Cch. Another muscarinic agonist, oxotremorine-M (100 m; Oxo-M), like Cch, also induced an increase in the [Ca2+]
i
of HSG-PA cells (from 72±2 to 104±5nm). This response was profoundly blocked (75%) by the inorganic Ca2+ channel blocker La3+ (25–50 m) suggesting that Oxo-M primarily mobilizes Ca2+ in these cells by increasing Ca2+ entry. Organic Ca2+ channel blockers (verapamil or diltiazem at 10 m, nifedipine at 1 m), had no effect on this response. The Oxo-M induced Ca2+ mobilization response, like that observed at lower doses of Cch, was markedly inhibited (70–90%) by membrane depolarization (high K+ or gramicidin D). At 100 m Cch the formation of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) was increased 55% above basal levels. A low concentration of carbachol (1 m) elicited a smaller change in IP3 formation (25%), similar to that seen with 100 m Oxo-M (20%). Taken together, these results suggest that there are two modes of muscarinic receptor-induced Ca2+ entry in HSG-PA cells. One is associated with IP3 formation and intracellular Ca2+ release and is independent of membrane potential; the other is less dependent on IP3 formation and intracellular Ca2+ release and is modulated by membrane potential. This latter pathway may exhibit voltage-dependent gating. 相似文献
5.
The physical origin and functional significance of the near infra-red light scattering changes observable upon flash illumination of diluted suspensions of magnetically oriented, permeabilised frog retinal rods has been reinvestigated with particular attention paid to the degree with which transducin remains attached to the membrane. In the absence of GTP, the so called binding signal is shown to include two components of distinctive origins, widely different kinetics, and whose relative amplitudes depend on the dilution of the suspension and resulting detachment of transducin from the disc membrane. The fast component is a consequence of the fast interaction between photoexcited rhodopsin (R*) and the transducin remaining on the membrane. Its kinetics monitors a structural modification of the discs caused by a change in electrostatic interaction between closely packed membranes upon the formation of R*-T complexes. The slow component monitors the slow rebinding to the membrane and possible subsequent interaction with excess R* of T-GDP which, in spite of its low solubility, had eluted into solution given the high dilution of the permeated rods. In the presence of GTP, the so called dissociation signal includes a fast, anisotropic release component that specifically monitors the release into the interdiscal space of T
-GTP formed from the membrane-bound pool, and a slower isotropic loss component monitoring the leakage from the permeated rod of the excess T
-GTP which did not interact with the cGMP phosphodiesterase. The amplitudes of both components depend exclusively on the membrane bound T-GDP pool. The kinetics of the loss component is limited by the size and degree of permeation of the rod fragments, rather than by the dissociation rate of T
-GTP from the membrane.Abbreviations ROS
rod outer segment
- R
rhodopsin
- R*
photoactivated rhodopsin
-
T, T-GDP, T
-GDP, T
-GTP, T
transducin and its various forms
-
T
mb, T
sol: T
bound to membrane or soluble
- PDE
cGMP-phosphodiesterase
- GTP
guanosine 5-triphosphate
- GDP
guanosine 5-diphosphate
- GDP S
guanosine 5-O-(2-thiodiphosphate)
- cGMP
guanosine-3-5 cyclic-monophosphate
- DTT
dithiothreitol
- HEPES
4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazine-ethane sulfonic acid
- TRIS
Tris (hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
- SDS
sodium dodecyl sulfate 相似文献
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The presence of active mitochondria and oxidative metabolism is shown to be essential to maintain low inhibition levels by ethanol of the growth rate (), fermentation rate (v) or respiration rate () of Saccharomyces cerevisiae wild type strain S288C. Cells which have respiratory metabolism show K
i (ethanol inhibition constant) values for , v and , higher (K
i>1 M) than those of petite mutants or grande strains grown in anaerobiosis (K
i=0.7 M). In addition, the relationship between or v and ethanol concentration is linear in cells with respiratory metabolism and exponential in cells lacking respiration. When functional mitochondria are transferred to petite mutants, the resulting strain shows K
i values similar to those of the grande strain and the inhibition of and v by increasing ethanol concentrations becomes linear. 相似文献
7.
Masayasu Hamaji M.D. Masahiko Miyata Yasunaru Kawashima 《Cell and tissue research》1985,240(2):277-280
Summary The intra-glandular vascular arrangement in the adrenal has been studied using non-radioactive microspheres injected by three different routes: in-vivo injection into the left ventricle under pentobarbital anesthesia, postmortem orthograde, and postmortem retrograde injection. The doses of microspheres were 105 (average size 24.7 m), 106 (15.8 m) and 107 (9.9 m). The entrapment rate of microspheres by the medulla as compared with the whole gland was measured in the serially sectioned tissue (section thickness 60 m).The entrapment rates of 25-m microspheres differed between the orthograde and retrograde injections, while the entrapment rates for 15-m microspheres were essentially similar irrespective of the route of injection.Our results support the conclusion from previous microangiographic studies that the adrenal cortex and medulla are supplied by different arteries but have a common venous outflow, and that direct communication between cortical and medullary sinusoids is not likely. The medullary blood flow per gram tissue weight is estimated to be larger than cortical blood flow. 相似文献
8.
Summary The biological activities of the aldehyde and alcohol of gibberellins (GAs) A12 and A14, 3-OH-GA15, 3-OH-GA15 wrong lactone (i.e. GA37 wrong lactone) and the four major decomposition products of GA3 (isogibberellic, allogibberic, epiallogibberic and 9(11)-dehydroallogibberic acids) were tested over a wide range of concentrations on 13 plant bioassays in order to ascertain certain of the structural requirements for biological activity. Generally modification of the basic GA-molecule decreased its activity in all assays except for derivatives of GA12 and GA14 (suggesting conversion of these derivatives to more polar, active GAs). Modification of the 3-OH from the usual 3 to 3 configuration markedly reduced activity. Neither the presence of an inverted lactone ring (i.e. 3-OH-GA15 wrong lactone) nor changes to the lactone ring of GA3 (410) to form iso-GA3 (42) appreciably reduce activity. Further decomposition of GA3 to allogibberic and 9(11)-dehydroallogibberic acid reduced activity only slightly, but epimerization of allogibberic acid at C-9 essentially eliminated biological activity. 相似文献
9.
Somatic embryo formation was induced from cotyledon explants of Styrian pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo var. styriaca Greb.) by using a solid MS medium supplemented with 16.11M NAA and 4.44M BA or 26.85M NAA and 13.32M BA. The callus proliferation was more efficient on medium supplemented with 26.85M NAA and 13.32M BA. In contrast, the embryogenic response was higher on medium with lower concentrations of growth regulators (16.11M NAA and 4.44M BA). The time needed for embryo induction did not depend on medium composition. Embryos in globular stage were transferred to three different maturation media, containing 2.89M GA3 in combination with 0.54M NAA, 11.42M IAA and growth regulator-free medium. The germination rate was the highest when embryos were cultured on medium with 11.42M IAA. Plantlets grown on this medium achieved maturity suitable for transplantation into soil within 9 to 10weeks. The regenerated plants were successfully transferred into field and developed fertile flowers and set fruits. Biochemical analysis showed significant lower total glutathione levels among in vitro grown plantlets compared to seedlings grown in soil. When the plantlets were transferred into soil, they reached a normal size within a month and the glutathione concentration was comparable to seed-derived plants at the same developmental stage. Transmission electron microscopy was used to investigate possible differences in the ultrastructure of cells from callus cultures, and leaf cells of regenerated and seed-derived plants. Differences in the ultrastructure were found within chloroplasts which contained only single thylakoids, large starch grains and small plastoglobuli in callus cells in comparison to leaf cells, which possessed a well developed thylakoid system, small starch grains and large plastoglobuli. 相似文献
10.
Summary Suspensions of endocrine pancreas cells were prepared by shaking collagenase-isolated rat islets of Langerhans in calcium-free buffer. When incubated with 1.0 mM substrate at pH 7.4, the cells split,P
i from 5-AMP at a rate of 87 nmol/h per g DNA, and from-glycerophosphate at a rate of 25 nmol/h per g DNAK
m for 5 AMP was about 54 M. Adenosine or theophylline inhibited the 5-AMP hydrolysis. Homogenization of the cells increased the activity toward 5-AMP by 23% and that toward-glycerophosphate by 115%. Injecting rats with cortisone had no effect on the 5-AMP hydrolysis by whole cells but significantly increased the activity in cell homogenates; the intracellular activity toward 5-AMP was more than doubled by the cortisone treatment. Staining whole islet cells for 5-AMP-splitting activity resulted in a demarcation of the cell periphery in control rats. Cells from cortisone-treated rats showed heavier deposits of reaction product, and their cell periphery did not stand out as clearly. It is suggested that 5-nucleotidase is largely an ectoenzyme in normal rat islet cells. The cells also contain an as yet unidentified intracellular phosphatase that seems to be solely responsible for the increased hydrolysis of 5-AMP in cortisone-treated rats. 相似文献
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A method has been developed for the preparation of zoospores from Phytophthora palmivora which allows the ionic composition of the suspension medium to be closely controlled. Sub-micromolar concentrations of calcium ions have been shown to play a key role in maintaining the zoospore state and in the transition to the cyst stage. Restriction of free Ca2+ to between 0.2 and 1 M resulted in zoospores which could be maintained for several hours before they finally encysted and germinated. When exposed to citrus-pectin, or 3 mM SrCl2, or to vigorous shaking, these zoospores underwent rapid synchronous encystment. At free Ca2+ concentrations below 0.1 M, zoospores lysed slowly. If exposed to inducers of encystment before lysis had occurred, the zoospores failed to respond to pectin or to vigorous shaking. However, they did differentiate in response to SrCl2 addition. Provided the free Ca2+ was maintained between 0.02 and 0.2 M, zoospores survived gentle centrifugation, a procedure which previously had resulted in encystment.Abbreviations IM (ion-mix)
release medium containing 100 M KCl, 10 M CaCl2, and 10 M MgCl2 相似文献
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Two constitutive acetoacetyl-CoA (AcAc-CoA) reductases were purified from Methylobacterium rhodesianum MB 126, an NADPH-linked d(-)--hydroxybutyryl-CoA forming reductase (enzyme A) and an NADH-and NADPH-linked l(+)--hydroxybutyryl-CoA forming reductase (enzyme B). Enzyme A and B give apparent K
m values of 15 M and 30 M for AcAc-CoA, 18 M for NADPH and 30 M for NADH, respectively. They are inhibited by AcAc-CoA at concentrations higher than 25 M and 50 M, respectively. The contribution of the two reductases to poly--hydroxybutyrate synthesis is discussed. 相似文献
13.
Control of yeast fed-batch process through regulation of extracellular ethanol concentration 总被引:3,自引:3,他引:0
At high growth rates, the biomass yield of bakers yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) decreases due to the production of ethanol. For this reason, it is standard industrial practice to use a fed-batch process whereby the specific growth rate, , is fixed at a level below the point of ethanol production, i.e., crit. Optimally, growth should be maintained at crit, but in practice, this is difficult because crit is dependent upon strain and culture conditions. In this work, growth was maintained at a point just above crit by regulating ethanol concentration in the bioreactor. The models used for control design are shown, as are the experimental results obtained when this strategy was implemented. This technique should be applicable to all microorganisms that exhibit an overflow type metabolism. 相似文献
14.
David R. Wolstenholme 《Chromosoma》1971,33(4):396-402
DNA molecules from lysates of microsporocytes at different stages of meiosis of Lilium longiflorum were examined in the electron microscope. In all of the preparations, only linear (non-circular) molecules were found. They had a mean length of between 59 and 75 , and a range of lengths which varied from 1 to 115 , to 1 to 210 . From the data obtained, there was no indication of a change in molecular form or size of DNA molecules associated with the process of meiosis. 相似文献
15.
The effects of the average light irradiance (I) on growth and nitrate uptake kinetics of the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii, in nitrate-limited chemostat cultures, were studied. Light was nonsaturating for I <9.4 Wm–2, for all growth rates () studied. However, was throughout limited by the availability of nitrate. Under light-saturating conditions the kinetics of nitrate-limited growth could be adequately described by both the Monod and Droop equations. Under light-non-saturating conditions the internal nitrogen content (Q) was a function of both and I, for which new formulas were derived. The high uptake capacity (V
max) of nitrate-limited cells was independent of , but was significantly increased for cells growing at I <9.4 Wm–2. The half-saturation constant for nitrate uptake (K
s
u
) increased with increasing , but was independent of the prevailing light conditions. The effects of light during nitrate-limited growth were associated with the regulation in the nitrogen-containing pigments.The results reported herein have important consequences for the use of Q, K
s
u
and V
max values as indicators of nutrient-deficiency of natural populations. 相似文献
16.
Jacques Raymond Brahim Mimouni Jean-Louis Azanza 《Plant Systematics and Evolution》1994,193(1-4):69-79
The seed storage globulins from sixHelianthus and four hybrids were studied using mono and bidimensional gel SDS electrophoresis (+ 2 mercaptoethanol). The polypeptide composition of each subunit was determined. Different pairs are specifically expressed according to the species studied. Three typical patterns were discriminated. All the studied species exhibit five subunits: two of them are expressed in all the species (11 and 22). The subunit corresponding to the 11 pair is present inH. petiolaris and in the three populations ofH. annuus studied. The 2b2 pair is common toH. annuus andH. argophyllus. H. petiolaris presents two specific 2a2 and 44 pairs andH. annuus a specific 33 pair. InH. argophyllus 11 33 or 44 are never observed but are replaced by 13 and 31 pairs. Some globulins, poorly represented, are of forms but present chains of higher molecular weights (in the range 54–56 kDa). Expressing variations in the banding patterns between these species by the use of a similarity index reveals complete identity between the three populations ofH. annuus. Identity between the twoH. petiolaris studied is also observed.H. annuus andH. argophyllus appear to be closer to each other thanH. petiolaris concerning the seed storage globulins. 相似文献
17.
M. Pokkinen Z. R. Flores Bustamante H. Asama I. Endo P. Linko 《Bioprocess and biosystems engineering》1992,7(7):319-323
The on-line calculated specific rates of growth, substrate consumption and product formation were used to diagnose microbial activities during a lactic acid fermentation. The specific rates were calculated from on-line measured cell mass, and substrate and product concentrations. The specific rates were more sensitive indicators of slight changes in fermentation conditions than such monitored data as cell mass or product concentrations.List of Symbols
1/h
specific rate of cell growth
-
1/h
specific rate of substrate consumption
-
1/h
specific rate of product formation
-
*
dimensionless specific rate of cell growth
-
*
dimensionless specific rate of substrate consumption
-
*
dimensionless specific rate of product formation
-
max 1/h
maximum specific rate of cell growth
-
max 1/h
maximum specific rate of substrate consumption
-
max 1/h
maximum specific rate of product formation
-
X g/l
cell mass concentration
-
S g/l
substrate concentration
-
S
*
dimensionless substrate concentration
-
S
0 g/l
initial substrate concentration
-
P g/l
product concentration 相似文献
18.
Roy J. Baerwald 《Cell and tissue research》1974,151(3):385-394
Summary Freeze-fracture studies were conducted on the membranes of normal cockroach hemocytes. The plasmalemma is asymmetric with the A fracture face containing 80–100 Å membrane intercalated particles at a concentration of 2500/2. The B fracture face contains 120–150 Å particles with a relatively low density (800/2). The nuclear envelope displays an asymmetry with the A fracture face containing 1500 particles/2 and the B face containing 300/
2. No significant particle size differences were observed in nuclear envelope fracture faces. Two types of symmetric membranes were also found in these cells. Both A and B fracture faces of the membrane surrounding the numerous cytoplasmic inclusion bodies contain particle sizes and concentrations similar to the B face of the plasmalemma. A second type of symmetry was observed in cells apparently engaged in exocytosis. Vesicles (0.1 D) from this process were completely particle free on both fracture faces. Such particle free vesicles could be found in the cytoplasm, attached to the plasmalemma, or completely separated from the cell.Supported by a Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Foundation Fellowship.The author wishes to thank Ms. Annalena K. Charla for assistance in plate preparation, Dr. Julius Schultz and the Papanicolaou Cancer Research Institute for use of the freeze-etch device, and Dr. David Smith for the electron microscope facilities. 相似文献
19.
Desana Li >sková José Ruiz Ordóñez Alexander Lux Alfredo Piñeyro López 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》1994,36(3):339-343
Isolated embryos ofKarwinskia humboldtiana were cultured in vitro. The growth of embryos and development to plantlets on woody plant medium supplemented with indole-3-acetic acid 6.10-2 mol l–1, gibberellic acid (GA3) 3.10-2 mol l–1, and 6-benzylaminopurine (BA) 2 mol l–1 was obtained. Multiplication of shoots and rooting of excised shoots has been achieved. Callus formation on modified Murashige-Skoog medium supplemented with 1-naphthaleneacetic acid 10 mol l–1, GA3 14 mol l–1, and kinetin 5 mol l–1 on hypocotyls, or on root cultures on medium supplemented with 2.4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid 10 mol l–1 and BA 10 mol l–1 was induced.Abbreviations BA
6-benzylaminopurine
- 2,4-d
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- GA3
gibberellic acid
- IAA
indole-3-acetic acid
- NAA
1-naphthaleneacetic acid
- TEM
transmission electron microscopy 相似文献
20.
Conversion of methanol to CH4 has a large isotope effect so that a small contribution of methanol-dependent CH4 production may decrease the 13CH4 of total CH4 production. Therefore, we investigated the role of methanol for CH4 production. Methanol was not detectable above 10 M in anoxic methanogenic rice field soil. Nevertheless, addition of 13C-labeled methanol (99% enriched) resulted in immediate accumulation of 13CH4. Addition of 0.1 M 13C-methanol resulted in increase of the 13CH4 from –47 to –6 within 2 h, followed by a slow decrease. Addition of 1 M 13C-methanol increased 13CH4 to +500 within 4 h, whereas 10 M increased 13CH4 to +2500 and continued to increase. These results indicate that the methanol concentrations in situ, which diluted the 13C-methanol added, were 0.1 M and that the turnover of methanol contributed only about 2% to total CH4 production at 0.1 M. However, contribution increased up to 5 and 17% when 1 and 10 M methanol were added, respectively. Anoxic rice soil that was incubated at different temperatures between 10 and 37 °C exhibited maximally 2–6% methanol-dependent methanogenesis about 1–2 h after addition of 1 M 13C-methanol. Only at 50 °C, contribution of methanol to CH4 production reached a maximum of 10%. After longer (7–10 h) incubation, however, contribution generally was only 2–4%. Methanol accumulated in the soil when CH4 production was inhibited by chloroform. However, the accumulated methanol accounted for only up to 0.7 and 1.2% of total CH4 production at 37 and 50 °C, respectively. Collectively, our results show that methanol-dependent methanogenesis was operating in anoxic rice field soil but contributed only marginally to total CH4 production and the isotope effect observed at both low and high temperature. 相似文献