转基因油菜的基因流及生态风险

综合评述了转基因油菜的基因流及其生态风险.油菜作为最早的转基因作物之一目前已在加拿大和澳大利亚大面积商业化应用.(常)异花授粉作物油菜的天然异交率可达30%左右,也易与其它芸苔属作物杂交,因此转基因油菜的生态风险已引起各国科学家的高度重视.转基因油菜主要通过与其野生近缘种的花粉交换和与非转基因油菜的花粉交换两种方式进行花粉的输出.基因可能逃逸到相关野生近缘种,但在大田环境下能够得到杂种的可能性很小;由于基因的漂流在油菜田块间确实存在,因此在种植转基因油菜的过程中必须考虑其间隔距离.     

芥菜型油菜和白菜型油菜种间杂种遗传分析

种间杂交是一种拓宽栽培作物遗传基础和转移优良性状的重要手段,已经广泛地用于作物品质的改良。本研究通过芥菜型油菜（Brassica juncea L.）和白菜型油菜（Brassica rapa L.）种间杂交,将芥菜型油菜的有利性状转移到白菜型油菜中,创造新型白菜型油菜,以改良白菜型油菜的农艺性状、提高抗逆性和拓宽其遗传基础。研究结果表明：以芥菜型油菜作母本、白菜型油菜作父本的杂交组合较易获得杂交种子,杂种F1植株营养生长具有较明显的杂种优势,但花粉完全不育;以白菜型油菜回交获得的BC1植株间表型差异明显,平均花粉可染率为34.8%,介于 0~84%之间,群体自交不亲和;BC1F1和BC2群体变异广泛,出现自交亲和植株和黄籽植株,平均花粉可染率分别为79.7%和79.1%。     

油菜蜂花粉的化学成分

最近几年,掀起一股“花粉热”。文献报道花粉含有丰富的营养物质。许多厂家、科研单位花费力量进行研究,不少花粉食品相继投入市场。我们在1986年对蜜源油菜花粉的主要成分——高级脂肪酸、碳水化合物和氨基酸进行分析,还测定了花粉     

梨花和油菜花朵特征对蜜蜂访花偏爱性的影响

为探究蜜蜂访花偏爱性与花朵特征之间的相互关系,本研究进行了砀山酥梨Pyrus bretshneideri Dangshan、巴梨Pyrus communis Bartlett、黄梨Pyrus bretschneideri Huang和油菜Brassica campestris L.蜜蜂访花行为的观察,及其花朵特征：花蜜糖含量（液相色谱示差折光检测法）、花粉中18种氨基酸含量（氨基酸自动分析仪法）及挥发性物质（固相微萃取和气相色谱-质谱联用技术）的检测和分析。结果表明：9∶00-17∶00,油菜的访花蜜蜂数量数量多于砀山酥梨;7∶00-17∶00,巴梨的访花蜜蜂数量均高于黄梨和砀山酥梨;油菜的蜜蜂访花频率（28.35 朵/min）显著高于巴梨（19.91 朵/min）、黄梨（18.02 朵/min）、砀山酥梨（11.72 朵/min）,且巴梨、黄梨的显著高于砀山酥梨（P<0.05）。巴梨花蜜蔗糖含量为0.001 mg/mL,显著低于砀山酥梨和黄梨（0.194 mg/mL、0.112 mg/mL）。花粉氨基酸各组分占比基本相同,巴梨半胱氨酸（Cys）高于其它,砀山酥梨精氨酸（Arg）高于油菜。黄梨、砀山酥梨、巴梨和油菜的花朵分别检测出21、21、28和22种挥发性物质。其中萜烯类（40.23%）、柠檬烯（6.58%）在油菜中相对含量最高,仅在油菜中检测到石竹烯（8.67%）、α-法呢烯（2.42%）,只在巴梨中检测到芳樟醇（4.43%）。由此可见,蜜蜂可能偏爱访问花蜜蔗糖含量少、花粉中低含量的Cys和高含量的Arg的花朵,而且蜜蜂的访花偏爱性可能与萜烯类、柠檬烯、芳樟醇、石竹烯等物质在挥发性物质中的相对含量有关。这为下一步诱导蜜蜂为梨树授粉提供理论参考。     

转基因抗除草剂油菜对近缘作物的基因漂移

以转基因抗除草剂油菜 Q3和 HCN- 19为花粉供体材料 ,油菜近缘作物为花粉受体材料 ,在自然授粉条件下研究甘蓝型油菜与芸薹属近缘作物间的基因漂移频率。结果表明 ,油菜对芸薹属 6个种甘蓝、黑芥、埃芥、芥菜型油菜、白菜型油菜和甘蓝型油菜的基因漂移率分别为 0、0 .0 2 4 %～ 0 .2 4 3%、 0 .0 2 8%～ 0 .0 92 %、 0 .10 9%～ 0 .95 1%、 0 .4 79%～ 0 .879%、 1.2 5 2 %～2 .191%。且基因漂移频率受多种因素影响 ,其中与杂交亲和性、花期同步率、种植面积等高度相关。通过花粉将抗除草剂基因漂移给近缘作物 ,油菜是需要特别关注的作物     

大灰食蚜蝇成虫室内饲养研究

在室内分别用油菜鲜花粉fresh pollen of rape、玉米花粉pollen of maize、大麻花粉pollen of hemq、油菜蜂花粉bee pollen from rape及玉米蜂花粉bee pollen from maize饲养大灰食蚜蝇成虫,表明大灰食蚜蝇的产卵量、孵化率、产卵前期、产卵期及成虫寿命均受花粉种类及其新鲜程度的影响.用玉米花粉、油菜蜂花粉和玉米蜂花粉饲养产卵量均显著高于大麻花粉,用油菜蜂花粉饲养产卵前期最短,用油菜鲜花粉饲养能明显延长产卵期及成虫寿命.     

甘蓝型油菜和紫菜苔花粉原生质体的大量分离

第一次由两种芸苔属作物甘蓝型油菜(Brassica napus L.)和紫菜苔(B.campestris var-purpurea)的成熟花粉中成功地分离出大量原生质体。分离率最高分别达66.7%与70.4%。绝大多数花粉原生质体是生活的。在分离技术上,改进了原来在几种单子叶植物中所用的水合与酶解同时进行的“一步法”,建立了适于油菜和紫菜苔的“二步法”,即:首先将花粉经长时间水合吸胀,脱去外壁获得仅有内壁的花粉;然后通过酶解除去内壁获得花粉原生质体。研究了影响水合与酶解两个过程的各种因素。     

油松、白皮松和青木千花粉营养成分的研究

通过对我国有巨大生产量和应用潜力的油松、白皮松和青木千花粉的18种氨基酸、蛋白质、维生素A、维生素E、维生素C、磷脂、葡萄糖氧化酶等重要营养成分含量的测定,发现这三种花粉的以上成分含量都很高.其中青木千花粉的维生素A含量达70641.6IU/100g,氨基酸总量达24.443mg/100mg.从营养的角度来看,青木千花粉是较优秀的花粉.     

油菜孤雌生殖的遗传学研究

我们开展了人工诱发油菜孤雌生殖的研究,并将诱发的孤雌生殖纯合自交系初步应用于杂交油菜的生产。通过几年来研究,在理论上和应用方面取得了以下结果: 1.初步找到了人工诱发油菜孤雌生殖的有效方法。以胜利油菜作材料,用化学的、物理的和生物的因素来诱发孤雌生殖,试验结果表明,用远缘花粉授粉,特别是种间花粉授     

油松、白皮松和青杄花粉营养成分的研究

通过对我国有巨大生产量和应用潜力的油松、白皮松和青木千花粉的 1 8种氨基酸、蛋白质、维生素A、维生素E、维生素C、磷脂、葡萄糖氧化酶等重要营养成分含量的测定 ,发现这三种花粉的以上成分含量都很高。其中青木千花粉的维生素A含量达 70 641 .6IU/ 1 0 0g ,氨基酸总量达 2 4 .443mg/ 1 0 0mg。从营养的角度来看 ,青木千花粉是较优秀的花粉。     

Chemical Studies on the Cell Walls of Leptospira biflexa Strain Urawa and Treponema pallidum Strain Reiter

The preparation and chemical poperties of the cell walls of Leptospira biflexa Urawa and Treponema pallidum Reiter are described. Both cell walls are composed mainly of polysaccharides and peptidoglycans. The data of chemical analysis indicate that the cell wall of L. biflexa Urawa contains rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, galactose, glucose and unidentified sugars as neutral sugars, and alanine, glutamic acid, α,ε-diaminopimelic acid, glucosamine and muramic acid as major amino acids and amino sugars. As major chemical constituents of the cell wall of T. pallidum Reiter, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, galactose, glucose, alanine, glutamic acid, ornithine, glycine, glucosamine and muramic acid have been detected. The chemical properties of protein and polysaccharide fractions prepared from the cells of T. pallidum Reiter were also partially examined.     

Exopolysaccharides, proteins and lipids in Pleurotus pulmonarius submerged culture using different carbon sources

For many years mushrooms have been consumed and appreciated by their nutritional value, and medicinal properties. The traditional mushroom cultivation takes too long and the macrofungi biotechnology has not been explored in its full potential yet. The goal of this work was to observe if different carbon sources could improve the yield and diversify fungi nutrient composition in submerged culture.Pleurotus pulmonarius mycelia and exopolysacharide productions were evaluated using glucose, galactose, xylose and arabinose. The mycelia yield varied depending on the culture medium, and galactose showed to be the best carbon source to produce EPS. Samples that showed the highest protein contents were grown with xylose (19.44%) and arabinose (26.05%). Furthermore, the biomass cultivated with these carbohydrates and with galactose showed five essential amino acids. All cultured biomass showed low lipid contents (∼1%), being composed mainly of unsaturated fatty acids. All EPS fractions showed as main structures glucans and mannogalactans.     

Soluble Cell Wall Polysaccharides Released from Pea Stems by Centrifugation : II. EFFECT OF ETHYLENE

The effect of ethylene on cell wall metabolism in sections excised from etiolated pea stems was studied. Ethylene causes an inhibition of elongation and a pronounced radial expansion of pea internodes as shown by an increase in the fresh weight of excised, 1-cm sections. Cell wall metabolism was studied using centrifugation to remove the cell wall solution from sections. The principal neutral sugars in the cell wall solution extracted with H₂O are arabinose, xylose, galactose, and glucose. Both xylose and glucose decline relative to controls in air within 1 hour of exposure to ethylene. Arabinose and galactose levels are not altered by ethylene until 8 hours of treatment, whereupon they decline in controls in air relative to ethylene treatment. When alcohol-insoluble polymers are fractionated into neutral and acidic polysaccharides, xylose and glucose predominate in the neutral fraction and arabinose and galactose in the acidic fraction. Ethylene depresses the levels of xylose and glucose in the neutral fraction and elevates arabinose and galactose in the acidic fraction. Ethylene treatment does not affect the level of uronic acids extracted with H₂O; however, the level of hydroxyproline-rich proteins in this water-extracted cell wall solution is increased by ethylene. Extraction of sections with CaCl₂ results in an increase in the levels of neutral sugars particularly arabinose. Ethylene depresses the yield of arabinose in calcium-extracted solution relative to controls in air. Similarly, extraction with CaCl₂ increases the yield of extracted hydroxyproline in ethanol-insoluble polymers and ethylene depresses its level relative to controls. Metabolism of uronic acids and neutral sugars and growth in response to ethylene treatment contrast markedly with auxin-induced polysaccharide metabolism and growth. With auxin, sections increase mostly in length not radius, and this growth form is associated with an increase in the levels of xylose, glucose, and uronic acids. With ethylene, on the other hand, stem elongation is suppressed and expansion is promoted, and this growth pattern is associated with a decrease in xylose and glucose in the ethanol-insoluble polysaccharides.     

Molecular properties of extracellular Botrytis cinerea laccase

Two molecular forms of extracellular laccase induced by different phenolics were studied in Botrytis cinerea. The enzyme induced by grapejuice had a MW of 38 000 and contained 80 % sugar while that induced by gallic acid had a MW of 36 000 and contained 70 % sugar. Both forms contained arabinose, xylose, mannose, galactose and glucose but differed markedly in the relative content of these sugars. Tunicamycin, which inhibits glycosylation of peptide chains, considerably reduced the level of laccase in both hyphae and medium. The two enzyme forms differed also in their isoelectric focusing pattern and amino acid composition, the grape juice enzyme being richer in basic amino acids and poorer in acidic ones. A third form, induced by p-coumaric acid, resembled the laccase induced by gallic acid in many of its properties but was apparently not identical to it. The possible significance of the various forms in relation to the infection process by the fungus is discussed.     

Lipid production in batch and fed-batch cultures of Rhodosporidium toruloides from 5 and 6 carbon carbohydrates

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Microbial lipids are a potential source of bio- or renewable diesel and the red yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides is interesting not only because it can accumulate over 50% of its dry biomass as lipid, but also because it utilises both five and six carbon carbohydrates, which are present in plant biomass hydrolysates. METHODS: R. toruloides was grown in batch and fed-batch cultures in 0.5 l bioreactors at pH 4 in chemically defined, nitrogen restricted (C/N 40 to 100) media containing glucose, xylose, arabinose, or all three carbohydrates as carbon source. Lipid was extracted from the biomass using chloroform-methanol, measured gravimetrically and analysed by GC. RESULTS: R. toruloides was grown on glucose, xylose, arabinose or mixtures of these carbohydrates in batch and fed-batch, nitrogen restricted conditions. Lipid production was most efficient with glucose (up to 25 g lipid L1, 48 to 75% lipid in the biomass, at up to 0.21 g lipid L1h1) as the sole carbon source, but high lipid concentrations were also produced from xylose (36 to 45% lipid in biomass). Lipid production was low (15-19% lipid in biomass) with arabinose as sole carbon source and was lower than expected (30% lipid in biomass) when glucose, xylose and arabinose were provided simultaneously. The presence of arabinose and/or xylose in the medium increased the proportion of palmitic and linoleic acid and reduced the proportion of oleic acid in the fatty acids, compared to glucose-grown cells. High cell densities were obtained in both batch (37 g L1, with 49% lipid in the biomass) and fed-batch (35 to 47 g L1, with 50 to 75% lipid in the biomass) cultures. The highest proportion of lipid in the biomass was observed in cultures given nitrogen during the batch phase but none with the feed. However, carbohydrate consumption was incomplete when the feed did not contain nitrogen and the highest total lipid and best substrate consumption were observed in cultures which received a constant low nitrogen supply. CONCLUSIONS: Lipid production in R. toruloides was lower from arabinose and mixed carbohydrates than from glucose or xylose. Although high biomass and lipid production were achieved in both batch and fed-batch cultures with glucose as carbon source, for lipid production from mixtures of carbohydrates fed-batch cultivation was preferable. Constant feeding was better than intermittent feeding. The feeding strategy did not affect the relative proportion of different fatty acids in the lipid, but the presence of C5 sugars did.     

Biosynthesis of Poly-beta-Hydroxyalkanoates from Pentoses by Pseudomonas pseudoflava

The potential of Pseudomonas pseudoflava to produce poly-beta-hydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from pentoses was studied. This organism was able to use a hydrolysate from the hemicellulosic fraction of poplar wood as a carbon and energy source for its growth. However, in batch cultures, growth was inhibited completely at hydrolysate concentrations higher than 30% (vol/vol). When P. pseudoflava was grown on the major sugars present in hemicelluloses in batch cultures, poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) accumulated when glucose, xylose, or arabinose was the sole carbon source, with the final PHB content varying from 17% (wt/wt) of the biomass dry weight on arabinose to 22% (wt/wt) of the biomass dry weight on glucose and xylose. Specific growth rates were 0.58 h on glucose, 0.13 h on xylose, and 0.10 h on arabinose, while the specific PHB production rates based on total biomass ranged from 0.02 g g h on arabinose to 0.11 g g h on glucose. PHB weight-average molecular weights were 640,000 on arabinose and 1,100,000 on glucose and xylose. The absolute amount of PHB in the cells decreased markedly when nitrogen limitation was relaxed by feeding ammonium sulfate at the end of the PHB accumulation stage of the arabinose and xylose fermentations. Copolymers of beta-hydroxybutyric and beta-hydroxyvaleric acids were produced when propionic acid was added to shake flasks containing 10 g of glucose liter. The beta-hydroxyvaleric acid monomer content attained a maximum of 45 mol% when the initial propionic acid concentration was 2 g liter.     

A heteroxylan from the husk of Sorghum grain

Polysaccharide H-1 from the husk of Sorghum bicolor contains xylose, arabinose, glucose, galactose, glucuronic acid and 4-O-methylglucuronic ac     

Studies on Frankia sp. LLR 02022 from Casuarina cunninghanmiana and its mutant LLR 02023

Frankia sp. LLR 02022, isolated from nodules of Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq., and its spontaneous mutant LLR 02023, show similar morphology but slight differences in cell chemistry and major differences in carbohydrate utilization. The mutant has the same phospholipids, phospholipid fatty acids and menaqmnones as the parent, but shows quantitative differences in peptidoglycan composition, pigment production and triglyceride fatty acids. The parent utilizes only rhamnose; the mutant also utilizes arabinose, glucose and xylose under certain conditions of growth. The significance of these findings is discussed.     

Amino acid production from rice straw and wheat bran hydrolysates by recombinant pentose-utilizing <Emphasis Type="Italic">Corynebacterium glutamicum</Emphasis>

Corynebacterium glutamicum wild type lacks the ability to utilize the pentose fractions of lignocellulosic hydrolysates, but it is known that recombinants expressing the araBAD operon and/or the xylA gene from Escherichia coli are able to grow with the pentoses xylose and arabinose as sole carbon sources. Recombinant pentose-utilizing strains derived from C. glutamicum wild type or from the l-lysine-producing C. glutamicum strain DM1729 utilized arabinose and/or xylose when these were added as pure chemicals to glucose-based minimal medium or when they were present in acid hydrolysates of rice straw or wheat bran. The recombinants grew to higher biomass concentrations and produced more l-glutamate and l-lysine, respectively, than the empty vector control strains, which utilized the glucose fraction. Typically, arabinose and xylose were co-utilized by the recombinant strains along with glucose either when acid rice straw and wheat bran hydrolysates were used or when blends of pure arabinose, xylose, and glucose were used. With acid hydrolysates growth, amino acid production and sugar consumption were delayed and slower as compared to media with blends of pure arabinose, xylose, and glucose. The ethambutol-triggered production of up to 93 ± 4 mM l-glutamate by the wild type-derived pentose-utilizing recombinant and the production of up to 42 ± 2 mM l-lysine by the recombinant pentose-utilizing lysine producer on media containing acid rice straw or wheat bran hydrolysate as carbon and energy source revealed that acid hydrolysates of agricultural waste materials may provide an alternative feedstock for large-scale amino acid production.