Electron microscopic study of alpha-actinin.

Electron microscopic studies of the structure of purified α-actinin alone and in complex with F-actin have determined the molecular shape and size of this protein. α-Actinin molecules represent rods of about 300 Å in length and about 20 Å in diameter.     

Monthly fluctuations in radial growth of individual lobes of the lichenParmelia conspersa (Erhr. ex Ach.) Ach.

The radial growth (RG) of 120 lobes from 35 thalli of the foliose lichenParmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Ach. was studied monthly over 22 months in south Gwynedd, Wales, UK. Autocorrelation analysis of each lobe identified three patterns of fluctuation: I) random fluctuations (58% of lobes), 2) a cyclic pattern of growth (23% of lobes), and 3) fluctuating growth interrupted by longer periods of very low or zero growth (19% of lobes). In 80% of thalli, two or three patterns of fluctuation were present within the same thallus. Growth fluctuations were correlated with climatic variables in 31% of lobes, most commonly with either total rainfall or number of rain days per month. Lobes correlated with climate were not associated with a particular type of growth fluctuation. RG of a lobe was positively correlated with the degree of bifurcation of the lobe tip. It is hypothesised that lobes ofP. conspersa exhibit a cyclic pattern of growth due in part to lobe division. The effects of climate, periods of zero growth, and microvariationsin the environment of a lobe are superimposed on this cyclic pattern resulting in the random growth of many lobes. Random growth fluctuations may contribute to the maintenance of thallus symmetry inP. conspersa.     

The Life-History of Marginariella urvilliana (Ach. Rich.) Tandy

In Marginariella urvilliana gametes are produced in the thirdyear and then annually for several years. On germination ofthe egg a single primary rhizoid is formed. Its early subdivisioninto four main branches is unusual amongst the Fucaceae. Growthof both the main axis and of the receptacles is carried outby a three-sided apical cell. The oogonia develop earlier thanthe antheridia. Nuclear divisions are completed within the conceptacle,often several weeks before extrusion of oospheres. The liberatedoosphere is held in a tubular stalk until after fertilizationand the sporeling has begun to develop. Marginariella has affinities with the other endemic submergedAustralasian fucoids, and together these form a rather isolatedgroup, probably rightly included within the Fucaceae.     

荷叶离褶伞生物学特性研究

荷叶离褶伞菌丝生长的温度范围是5~35℃,最适温度25℃;子实体分化的温度范围13~22℃,最适温度19℃;0~3℃的温差有利于子实体的分化,温差大于9℃子实体不能形成;孢子萌发的温度范围是10~25℃,最适温度20℃;菌丝能在pH4~11范围内生长,最适pH4~5;菌丝和孢子的致死温度分别是45℃30min和50℃15min。能利用淀粉、蔗糖、葡萄糖、果糖、玉米粉、乳糖和甘露糖作碳源,但蔗糖和葡萄糖为碳源生长势强,果糖生长势弱;甘氨酸、蛋白胨、硫酸铵、黄豆粉、硝酸铵、谷氨酸和麦麸均可作为氮源,在麦麸上生长速度快,长势旺盛;硫酸铵、硝酸铵和谷氨酸虽能作为氮源,但长势很弱;能在C/N15/1~50/1的范围内生长,C/N为50/1时生长速度最快。在完全黑暗的条件下不能形成子实体,连续光照和12h光暗交替两种处理都可形成子实体,且两种处理间差异不显著。     

中国丝盖伞属Inocybe(Fr.)Fr.名录(英文)

我国记载的丝盖伞属Inocybe(Fr.)Fr.共有98个分类单位,包括90种5变种3变型。根据CABI数据库和《国际植物命名法规》(维也纳法规)订正了文献中的部分拉丁学名,将曾经报道的、但应作为属内异名的名称列在其正名之后,错误拼写和错误引用均在相应名称后有所说明;已组合到其他属和不合格发表的名称补充于名录之后。在以往报道的名称中有16个为属内异名,1个已被组合到其他属,5个拉丁学名存在错误拼写,1个为错误引用,4个为不合格发表名称。订正后的名录含丝盖伞属88个名称,包括78种7变种3变型,并记载了各分类群的地理分布。     

Development of Sporangiophores of Peronospora parasitica (Pers. ex Fr.) Fr.

The morphology of developing sporangiophores of Peronosporaparasitica from wallflower is described, and morphogenesis maybe divided into the following five stages: the sporangiophoreprimordium, unbranched sporangiophore, branched sporangiophore,spore formation and maturation, and formation of the cross wall.The growth of individual sporangiophores in a humidity chamberwas followed under the microscope, and increase in height andincrease in volume measured. The greatest increase in volumewas during spore formation, when the sporangiophore volume mightquadruple within an hour.     

Electron microscopic study of troponin

Troponin and its components or fragments were observed in an electron microscope by the use of the rotary shadowing technique. In freshly prepared troponin with low viscosity, globular particles were mainly observed. The size of the long axis of the particles was 13.2 +/- 1.3 nm and the size perpendicular to the long axis was 9.5 +/- 1.2 nm. The mean axial ratio was 1.4 +/- 0.3. Most of the particles observed in a stored troponin preparation, having a higher viscosity than that of fresh troponin, had a globular head with a thin tail, with the total length of 25.4 +/- 1.4 nm (head-tail type particles). The axial size of the globular portion was 8.3 +/- 1.2 nm and the tail length was 17.1 +/- 1.6 nm. Observation of various particles during the transitional stages indicated that, in the globular particles, the tail region of head-tail type particle was associated along the globular head region. Troponin T was a filamentous particle with 16.9 +/- 1.5 nm length. The 26K fragment of troponin T, which was devoid of the N-terminal 45 residues from troponin T, was a filamentous particle with the length of 14.4 +/- 1.3 nm. Troponin T1, one of two chymotryptic subfragments of troponin T, was a filamentous particle of 11.6 +/- 1.4 nm length. Troponin C.T in the presence of Ca2+ was a particle with a globular head (7 nm in size) and a tail of about 17 nm length. The Fab fragment of anti-troponin T1 formed regular transverse striations along the thin filament of rabbit skeletal muscle with a 38 nm period.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Phytochemical and chemotaxonomic study on Fallopia dentatoalata (Fr. Schm.) Holub

Phytochemical study of Fallopia dentatoalata gave seventeen compounds, two sterols (8 and 10), three anthraquinones (5, 16 and 17), one chromone (13), two stilbenes (3 and 4), two amides (11 and 12), six flavonoids (1, 2, 6, 7, 14 and 15) and one fatty acid (9). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods and in comparison with the reported data. Compound 11 was obtained from genus Fallopia for the first time, and all of the compounds were firstly isolated from F. dentatoalata. The chemotaxonomic significance of these compounds was also discussed, which demonstrated the relationships between F. dentatoalata and some other species of genus Fallopia.     

Parietin in the tolerant lichen Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. increases protection of Trebouxia photobionts from cadmium excess

Secondary metabolites of lichens can be involved in production of chelates with heavy metals. We hypothesized that parietin plays important role in protection of photobiont cells in Xanthoria parietina from an excess of cadmium ions. Two types of X. parietina lichen thalli, natural with presence of secondary metabolite parietin (p+) as well as without parietin (p−) were exposed to different doses of cadmium (up to 300 μmol g⁻¹ dw). Based on determination of the total and intracellular Cd-accumulation, ergosterol and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) content did not show statistically significant differences in the response of both types of thalli (p+ and p−). However, a stronger toxic effect of the highest Cd-dose on photosynthetic pigment content and chlorophyll a fluorescence was observed in the parietin-depleted thalli. The protective role of parietin against Cd excess was better supported and concluded from the differences observed in the production of non-protein thiol compounds (cysteine, glutathione and phytochelatins) involved in Cd detoxification. In the p+ thalli Cys content was stable but GSH content slightly decreased in the studied Cd range, while in the p− thalli these compounds were completely absent at high Cd doses. At Cd doses higher than 37.5 μmol Cd g⁻¹ dw, toxic to both types of X. parietina thalli, Cys and GSH contents were significantly higher in p+ than in p− thalli. Also, the photobiont partner in the p+ thalli was better protected of the metal exposition, and able to produce phytochelatins (PCs) over the whole range of metal, while in the p− thalli the production was completely inhibited at 75 μmol Cd g⁻¹ dw and higher concentrations, together with the inhibition of cysteine (Cys) and reduced glutathione (GSH) production. The obtained results indicate that the parietin layer is a natural barrier decreasing Cd access to algal cells in X. parietina. Comparison of PCs production appeared to be the most sensitive marker for estimation of Cd availability to photobiont in the symbiotic system.     

Corticopontine projection in the guinea pig. Electron microscopic study

Guinea pigs were subjected to unilateral thermocoagulation of the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital cortex, and were allowed to survive 4 and 7 days. Routine electron microscopic technique was employed to examine orthograde degenerative changes in the ipsilateral pontine nuclei. Following four days survival the degenerating corticofugal synaptic boutons (d.s.b.) exhibited features attributed to all three basic degeneration types: dark, filamentous, and light. Most of the synaptic boutons arising in the frontal, parietal and occipital cortex display filamentous degenerative changes, and measure approximately 3 micrometers. The temporopontine axons terminate as dark d.s.b. Also, some d.s.b. following frontal ablation (collaterals of the corticospinal tract?), and a small number of occipitopontine d.s.b. (visual associative cortex?), develop dark degenerative changes. Most of the dark d.s.b. measure less than 2 micrometer. The light d.s.b., with mean diameter 2 micrometer, are rarely found following frontal and occipital lesions. Following 7 days survival almost exclusively dark d.s.b. are to be observed--a great part of them, apparently, representing the late stage of the evolution of the filamentous and light degeneration. No d.s.b. were encountered in the pontine nuclei contralateral to the cortical lesion. In good agreement with preceding studies in other animal species, the present study provides a morphological evidence for a complex, multichannel relationships between the various regions of the cerebral cortex and the pontine nuclei.     

Extracellular polysaccharidases synthesized by the epiphytic lichen Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach.

Evernia prunastri Ach., an epiphytic lichen growing on Quercus rotundifolia Lam., produces a -1,4-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.4) and a polygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15). The activity of these polysaccharidases increases as a response to incubation of the lichen with carboxymethylcellulose or sodium polygalacturonate, respectively. This increase in activity is thought to be the result of enzyme induction because it is inhibited by both cycloheximide and 8-azaguanine. Both polysaccharide-degrading enzymes are partially secreted into the incubation media.     

Electron microscopic study of Bacillus subtilis protoplast fusion.

When protoplasts derived from sporulating cells of Bacillus subtilis were fused by exposure to polyethylene glycol (PEG) and fixed immediately thereafter, protoplasts with two enclosed prespores could be seen by electron microscope. The number of fusion events was greatly increased, and multiply fused protoplasts appeared, when the PEG-treated suspension was diluted in hypertonic broth and reincubated before fixation. This post-PEG incubation effect is taken to indicate a fusion mechanism of two steps: a short, PEG-dependent step of membrane activation, followed by a slow, metabolism-requiring step completing fusion. When prespore-bearing protoplasts from two genetically different strains were mixed and fused, the extent of fusion could also be followed by counting clones of recombinant bacteria. Maximal from the start, their number (1% of each parent type protoplast present) was unaffected by post-PEG incubation. Fusion in this case is apparently completed after plating on the wall-regeneration medium. After optimal post-PEG incubation, the majority of the protoplasts were seen to participate in fusion, and the cytological fusion observed, corrected for wall-regeneration frequency, accounted quantitatively for the prototrophic bacteria eventually recovered. These results are in good agreement with those obtained independently by Sanchez-Rivas and Garro (J. Bacteriol. 137:1340--1345, 1979).