华南阔叶树种幼苗叶片的养分特征

研究了阔叶树种幼苗山杜英、红锥、海南红豆、火力楠、红花油茶、枫香、黎蒴、米老排和樟树的N、P、K浓度和单位叶面积含量。结果表明,海南红豆、黎蒴和樟树的N、P、K浓度较高,而红花油茶、黎蒴和樟树的单位叶面积N、P、K含量较高,9种树种的上部和下部叶片的平均养分浓度分别为N16．67和17．09g·kg^-1,P1．29和0．84g·kg^-1,K11．77和6．65g·kg^-1,平均养分含量分别为N0．871和1．069g·m^-2,P0．065和0．052g·m^-2,K0．608和0．426g·m^-2,各树种上部叶片的P和K浓度和含量大于下部叶片,从养分含量的角度考虑,红花油茶与其他8种树种混交,红锥或米老排与山杜英、枫香、海南红豆、黎蒴、樟树混交,火力楠与黎蒴、樟树混交是合理的。     

大鼠再生肝8种细胞的丝氨酸族氨基酸代谢相关基因的转录谱

为了解大鼠肝再生中8种肝脏细胞的丝氨酸族氨基酸代谢相关基因转录谱, 文章用Percoll密度梯度离心结合免疫磁珠分选分离大鼠的8种再生肝细胞, 用Rat Genome 230 2.0芯片等检测它们中丝氨酸族氨基酸代谢相关基因的表达变化, 用Cluster和Treeview等软件分析上述基因在肝再生中表达模式, 用生物信息学和系统生物学等方法分析上述细胞中丝氨酸族氨基酸代谢活动。结果表明, 在27个发生有意义表达变化的基因中, 肝细胞、胆管上皮细胞、卵圆细胞、肝星形细胞、窦内皮细胞、库普弗细胞、陷窝细胞、树突状细胞的基因数分别为13、16、11、14、13、11、12、14, 相应细胞的上调、下调和上/下调的基因数分别为7、6和0, 2、10和4, 2、8和1, 8、3和3, 6、5和2, 4、6和1, 2、10和0, 6、6和2。总的来看, 肝再生中各细胞的表达下调基因占优势, 但在肝再生启动阶段, 肝星形细胞和窦内皮细胞的表达上调基因占优势。上述丝氨酸族氨基酸代谢相关基因转录谱预示丝氨酸族氨基酸的合成主要在肝再生启动阶段的肝细胞、肝星形细胞、窦内皮细胞和库普弗细胞中增强, 它们的降解主要在肝再生进展阶段的肝细胞、胆管上皮细胞、陷窝细胞和树突状细胞中进行。     

科尔沁沙地沙漠化过程中土壤有机碳和全氮含量变化

通过地面调查,研究了沙漠化对科尔沁沙地农田和草地土壤有机碳和全氮含量的影响.结果表明,随着沙漠化的发展,科尔沁沙地土壤碳、氮含量明显下降.和非沙漠化农田相比,轻度、中度、重度和严重沙漠化农田土壤有机碳和全氮含量分别下降12.3%和15.3%、22.2%和24.7%、39.5%和44.7%、64.4%和63.5%;和非沙漠化草地相比,轻度、中度、重度和严重沙漠化草地土壤有机碳和全氮含量分别下降了56.3%和48.7%、78.4%和74.4%、88.9%和84.6%、91.6%和84.6%.截至2000年,科尔沁沙漠化总面积已经达到50197.5 km2,由于沙漠化而导致的土壤有机碳和全氮损失总量分别为36.39 Mt和7.89 Mt,其中草地分别占91.12%和86.06%,农田分别占8.88%和13.94%.相关分析结果表明,土壤有机碳和全氮的损失主要源于风蚀所引起的土壤粘粉粒的减少.因此,在科尔沁沙地,防治土壤风蚀对于减少农田和草地土壤碳、氮损失极为重要.     

夏枯草药材和种植土壤中农药及重金属残留分析

采用气相色谱及ICP-AES法测定了安徽庐江和江苏洪泽2个种植基地的土壤和夏枯草(Prunella vulgaris L.)果穗及全草中有机氯农药及重金属含量,并根据污染指数和相关标准对土壤及药材的安全性进行了评价.测定结果表明:来源于2个基地的土壤及药材中有机氯农药及重金属含量有明显差异.庐江产果穗和全草中Pb、Cd、Cu、Cr、As及BHC含量分别为3.361和3.953、0.172和0.190、8.258和7.722、3.423和2.658、0.284和0.355、0.003和0.004 mg·kg-1,Hg和DDT未检出;洪泽产果穗和全草中Pb、Cd、Cu、Cr、Hg及BHC含量分别为2.399和1.558、0.155和0.111、7.682和6.756、4.259和3.801、0.077和0.102、0.003和0.006 mg·kg-1,As未检出,果穗中也未检出DDT.庐江基地土壤中Cd、Cu、Cr、As、Hg、BHC和DDT含量分别为0.001、12.943、47.417、1.008、0.003、0.003和0.002 mg·kg-1,Pb未检出;洪泽基地土壤中Pb、Cd、Cu、Cr、As、Hg和BHC含量分别为3.443、0.002、18.655、63.385、3.701、0.141和0.004 mg·kg-1,DDT未检出.比较结果表明:夏枯草果穗中重金属残留量均高于全草,但均低于国家限量标准;土壤中有机氯农药及重金属单项污染指数均小于1,且庐江和洪泽基地土壤的综合污染指数分别为0.286和0.399,因此,土壤污染等级属安全级且污染水平为清洁级.     

南昌市不同植物类群叶片氮磷浓度及其化学计量比

对南昌大学前湖校区89种主要植物叶片的N、P浓度及其化学计量比进行了研究,结果表明:乔灌、常绿、针叶、种子、裸子和单子叶植物类群的N浓度分别低于相对应的草本、落叶、阔叶、蕨类、被子和双子叶植物类群,而C3和C4植物差异不显著;乔灌、常绿和裸子植物类群的P浓度含量分别低于相对应的草本、落叶和被子植物类群,而针叶和阔叶、蕨类和种子、单子叶和双子叶、C3和C4植物类群间差异不显著;乔木、阔叶、被子和双子叶植物类群叶片N/P分别高于相对应的灌草、针叶、裸子和单子叶植物类群,而常绿和落叶、蕨类和种子、C3和C4植物类群之间差异不显著.可见,不同类型植物对N和P的吸收利用存在差异,且对不同养分供应采取不同的适应对策.结合研究区土壤养分现状,建议优先选择常绿、针叶、裸子和单子叶植物类群作为城市园林植物.     

三种昆虫的营养成分测定

黄粉虫、蝇蛆和大麦虫是市场上最常见的饲用昆虫.本试验采用或借鉴饲料营养成分测定的国家标准方法,测定了3种昆虫的常规营养成分、矿物元素、氨基酸和中长链脂肪酸的含量.结果表明,黄粉虫、蝇蛆和大麦虫的粗蛋白含量(％)依次为50.20、45.62和45.08,粗脂肪含量(％)依次为28.96、30.10和41.71,总能含量(KJ/g)依次为26.16、25.95和28.66;蝇蛆中钙、磷、铁和锰的含量(mg/100 g)最高,依次为500.0、885.7、1.17和3.06,黄粉虫中铜和锌的含量(mg/100 g)最高,分别为1.49和10.51;黄粉虫中支链氨基酸、直链氨基酸、必需氨基酸和总氨基酸的含量(％)均最高,依次为8.51、5.71、16.76和39.88,蝇蛆中苯丙氨酸、谷氨酸和赖氨酸的含量(％)较高,依次为2.71、6.29和3.19;黄粉虫中C14∶0和顺C18∶2的相对含量较高,分别为6.15％和33.17％,蝇蛆中C16∶0和C16∶1的相对含量较高,分别为39.62％和4.08％,大麦虫中C18∶0和顺C18∶1的相对含量较高,依次为23.33％和43.54％.上述结果表明,三种昆虫均具有较高的营养价值,可用于养殖业中蛋白质饲料原料的开发.     

江西省茶园土壤肥力特征及其影响因子

为探明江西省典型茶园土壤养分状况和肥力特征,选取江西省21个地区372个典型茶园,分析茶园土壤养分的差异性、空间性、相关性及与地形、土壤类型、海拔和建园时间的关联性。结果表明: 江西省茶园土壤pH、有机质、碱解氮、速效磷、速效钾、全氮、全磷和全钾分别达到优质高效高产茶园土壤营养指标的53.9%、60.1%、56.1%、22.9%、38.5%、43.7%、11.1%和95.5%,其中速效磷为强变异;有效铜、锌、铁、锰和硼达到土壤微量元素含量分级一级标准的占比分别为76.3%、74.2%、96.8%、73.1%和0.0%。江西茶园土壤养分以赣中地区最高,其次是赣东北和赣西北地区,赣南地区最低。除全钾外,土壤pH与有机质、碱解氮、速效磷、速效钾、全氮和全磷均呈显著正相关。不同地形土壤养分以平地最高,高山次之,山地和丘陵最低;不同土壤类型土壤养分以水稻土、砂壤和山地黄棕壤较高,其次是黄壤、红黄壤和紫色土,红壤最低;土壤pH、有机质和全钾随海拔上升而递增,而速效磷随海拔上升而递减;土壤有机质、碱解氮、全氮、速效磷和全磷随建园时间的增加而递增,而土壤pH随建园时间的增加而递减。综上,江西省茶园土壤肥力总体水平良好,有机质、全钾、有效铜、锌、铁和锰均较丰富,但土壤偏酸,速效磷和全磷偏低,有效硼严重缺乏。赣中应提高土壤pH和钾肥,赣东北增加钾和氮肥,赣西北增加有机质和磷肥,赣南应增加氮磷钾肥并配施有机肥;高山茶园补充速效磷和钾肥,山地茶园提高氮和磷肥;红黄壤茶园提高土壤pH和全钾,红壤茶园应提高氮磷钾肥并配施有机肥,黄壤和山地黄棕壤茶园需要增施磷肥,紫色土茶园需提高土壤有机质;茶园需要逐年增加白云石粉、生理碱性肥料和有机肥等,防治茶园土壤酸化。     

玫瑰种群生物学研究进展

玫瑰(Rosa rugosa Thunb.)原产于我国东部沿海、日本、朝鲜半岛和俄罗斯远东地区,18世纪作为园艺种引入欧洲后逃逸并入侵至北海和波罗的海周边多个国家以及北美沙质海岸,而中国野生种群却在过去30年间持续萎缩,成为珍稀濒危物种。从玫瑰种群生物学角度,通过文献比较和综合,在阐明玫瑰生态学特性和野生分布变化的基础上,全面论述了玫瑰种群在我国的生境退化、种群动态、种子繁殖、遗传多样性、濒危机理、保育方面的成果和悬疑问题;并结合欧洲入侵种群分布范围和敏感生境、对本地群落和物种的影响、种子繁殖、遗传变异、种群扩张和模拟预测、管理和控制方面的研究进展,分析了濒危种群和入侵种群数量动态、群落组成、幼苗更新、遗传变异、管理策略方面的差异及其影响因素;进而提出未来的玫瑰研究可从濒危种群和入侵种群的比较研究、种群和灌丛的动态监测、适合度相关性状的变异及其遗传基础、基于种群生物学的保育或控制4个方面为切入点,集中探索玫瑰种群濒危和入侵动态的规律、遗传基础和主要驱动力,为玫瑰保育和管理提供理论依据,为相似物种的适应和进化机制研究提供例证。     

温州大学生命与环境科学学院介绍

温州大学生命与环境科学学院动物学教研室现有教授4人,副教授2人,其中博士和硕士4人,是一支以中、青年教师为骨干的学术水平高,科研能力强,结构合理,充满活力的教学和科研梯队。主要研究方向有:1)动物生理生态学:以爬行类、鸟类和小型哺乳类动物为研究对象,采用生理学、细胞学、分子生物学、生态学和进化论的方法和技术手段,运用现代进化生物学的理论和思想,从分子、细胞、组织、器官、个体和种群等多层次,揭示动物的生理多样性及其功能进化意义,探索动物对不同环境的生理适应机理和生存策略。目前重点研究动物能量代谢和产热调节机制、分子…     

八种水生植物对重金属富集能力的比较研究

通过野外采样和系统分析方法,研究了芜湖市四褐山工业区附近水域中Cu、Pb、Cd、Zn和Mn5种重金属的含量及其在8种水生植物体内的积累特性。结果表明,工业区水体污染严重,重金属含量严重超标,分别为标准值的9、10.1、400、3和438倍;8种水生植物的重金属积累量均较大,其中以水鳖根、茎叶的Cu、Pb、Cd、Zn含量最高,分别为水体中重金属浓度的9.12和2.59倍、33.41和5倍、0.8和0.3倍、26.9和9.1倍,明显高于其它7种水生植物;8种水生植物不同器官对Cu、Pb、Zn的富集系数均>1,富集能力较强。其中,香蒲对Pb、Cd的吸收能力表现为茎叶>根。结果表明,在Cu、Pb和Zn等重金属复合污染水域的植物治理中,浮萍、香蒲、水鳖、中华慈姑、芦苇、空心莲子草等植物有着较大的发展潜力和应用前景。     

The use of biological activities to monitor the removal of fuel contaminants—perspective for monitoring hydrocarbon contamination: a review

Soil biological activities are vital for the restoration of soil contaminated with hydrocarbons. Their role includes the biotransformation of petroleum compounds into harmless compounds. In this paper, the use of biological activities as potential monitoring tools or bioindicators during bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil are reviewed. The use of biological activities as bioindicators of hydrocarbon removal in soil has been reported with variable success. This variability can be attributed partially to the spatial variability of soil properties, which undoubtedly plays a role in the exposure of organisms to contaminants. Widely used bioindicators have been enzyme activities, seed germination, earthworm survival and microorganisms or microbial bioluminescence. A mixture of some successful utilization of biological activities and several failures, and inconsistencies reported, show that at this stage there is no general guarantee of successful utilization of biological activities as monitoring tools. Wherever possible, the use of biological activities as bioindicators of hydrocarbon removal must be used to complement existing traditional monitoring tools.     

The crystal structure of cholesteryl dodecanoate: co-packing of steroid skeleta and hydrocarbon chains

The crystal structure of cholesteryl dodecanoate has been determined. The compound shows a co-packing of cholesterol skeleta and hydrocarbon chains. There are two molecules in the asymmetric unit both almost fully extended. The hydrocarbon chain axes are however somewhat bent in order to get a good close-packing side by side with the rigid cholesterol skeleta. The two non-symmetry related skeleta show different packing surroundings. One skeleton packs with both hydrocarbon chains and other skeleta while the other skeleton is completely surrounded by hydrocarbon chains. The latter packing is of particular interest as it is considered to indicate important packing principles in biological lipid bilayers.     

Determination of aromatic hydrocarbons and their metabolites in human blood and urine

Methods for the biological monitoring of aromatic hydrocarbons and their metabolites in the human blood and urine are reviewed. For the determination of the unchanged aromatic hydrocarbon in blood, gas chromatographic head-space analysis is recommended. The metabolites can be monitored by photometric, thin-layer chromatographic, high-performance liquid chromatographic and gas chromatographic methods. For the assessment of health risks caused by aromatic hydrocarbons, reference values and occupational limit values, expressed as biological tolerance values and biological exposure indices, have to be considered.     

The cuticular hydrocarbons of the giant soil-burrowing cockroach Macropanesthia rhinoceros saussure (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Geoscapheinae): analysis with respect to age, sex and location

The cuticular hydrocarbons of a widespread species of soil-burrowing cockroach, Macropanesthia rhinoceros, have been sampled from most of its known geographical locations. Analysis of extracts from individual insects has enabled a study of differences within a population as well as among geographical locations. In the case of M. rhinoceros, except for newly hatched first-instar nymphs, variations in hydrocarbon composition among individuals of different cohorts of M. rhinoceros, based on age and sex, are no greater than those among individuals of a single cohort. Geographical populations of this species are variable in hydrocarbon composition unless they occur within a few kilometres of each other. A few populations showed very different hydrocarbon patterns but, in the absence of any correlating biological differences, it is uncertain whether this signifies the presence of otherwise unrecognizable sibling species or just extreme examples of the geographical variation characteristic of this group of insects.     

Mutagenicity of reactive derivatives of carcinogenic hydrocarbons: evidence of DNA repair

The ability of cellular DNA repair enzymes, which are active on ultraviolet light-induced lesions in DNA, to recognize and repair damage induced in DNA by exposure to carcinogenic polycylic hydrocarbons was investigated and the effect of such repair processes on the mutagenicity of the hydrocarbons determined. The carcinogenic hydrocarbos, 7-bromomethylbenz[a]anthracene (7-BrMeBA) and 7-bromomethyl-12-methylbenz[a]anthracene (7-BrMe-12-MeBA), chosen for this study because they form well characterized, stable products with DNA, were dissolved at various concentrations in acetone, added under mild conditions to biologically active DNA isolated from Bacillus subtilis, and the reaction stopped by ethanol precipitation. The hydrocarbons were determined by specific radioactivity to be covalently linked to DNA at a frequency of from 1–5 per 1000 nucleotides. An increased frequency of bound hydrocarbon molecules was directly correlated with a decrease in the buoyant density of the DNA as measured in analytical CsCl centrifugation studies. The samples of hydrocarbon-bound DNA were tested for survival of biological activity and for the frequency of induced forward mutations in two recipient strains (hcr⁺ and hcr^?) of Bacillus subtilis which differ in their ability to repair ultraviolet light-induced lesions in DNA. The survival of the biological activity was significantly higher in the repairing strain (hcr⁺). A higher frequency of mutations was detected in the repairing strain as well. The loss of transforming activity and the increase in the frequency of mutations (up to 20-fold) was directly proportional to the amount of hydrocarbon bound to the DNA samples. The majority of these mutations proved unable to revert spontaneously. Finally, the ability of highly purified rat liver endonuclease, shown to recognize lesions in UV-irradiated DNA, to recognize such hydrocarbon lesions was investigated. Tritiated 7-BrMeBA-treated DNAs exposed to the enzyme were found to sustain single-strand nicks in proportion to the amount of hydrocarbon bound while untreated DNA remained substantially intact. The action of the endonuclease appeared to result in an increase in the biological activity of DNA containing hydrocarbon residues when this was assayed in the hcr^? mutant.     

Review and perspective on the use of mixed-function oxygenase enzymes in biological monitoring

It is often suggested that changes in simple biochemical/physiological responses may be useful for predicting the impacts of pollutants at population and community levels of biological organization. There are serious conceptual constraints to such a thesis and its seems likely that such simple responses can go no further than serving as early warning systems for delineating potential areas of pollutant impact--areas which (if shown to be significant in size) can then be subjected to more detailed population and community type studies. Environmental testing is a prerequisite for any response suggested to have value as a biological monitoring index and the induction of mixed-function oxygenase (MFO) enzymes has now been validated in a large number of field studies worldwide. Investigations have progressed from documenting induction near localized sources of hydrocarbon contamination to more diffuse sources of mixed organic pollution originating from industrial and domestic sources. Studies in the Great Lakes and Europe have demonstrated that the induction of MFO enzymes is a biological response of sufficient sensitivity to discriminate water quality differences over broad geographical areas. We suggest that as an early warning system, the induction of these enzymes can fulfill the requirement of "most sensitive biological response" for assessing a variety of organic pollution conditions. Given the high level of sensitivity of the MFO enzyme response, negative as well as positive field trials can be of value in addressing concerns about the toxicological significance of "high-profile" chemicals (and potent inducers) such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines. MFO enzyme induction can also be an economical tool for environmental managers for reacting to real or perceived concerns about pollution such as effects on commercial fish stocks at sites of petroleum hydrocarbon development in the oceans.     

Microbial consortia involved in the anaerobicdegradation of hydrocarbons

In this review, we examine the energetics of well-characterized biodegradation pathways and explore the possibilities for these to support growth of multiple organisms interacting in consortia. The relevant phenotypic and/or phylogenetic characteristics of isolates and consortia mediating hydrocarbon degradation coupled with different terminal electron-acceptingprocesses (TEAP) are also reviewed. While the information on metabolic pathways has been gained from the analysis of individual isolates, the energetic framework presented here demonstrates that microbial consortia could be readily postulated for hydrocarbon degradation coupled to any TEAP. Several specialized reactions occur within these pathways, and the organisms mediating these are likely to play a key role in defining the hydrocarbon degradation characteristics of the community under a given TEAP. Comparing these processes within and between TEAPs reveals biological unity in that divergent phylotypes display similar degradation mechanisms and biological diversity in that hydrocarbon-degraders closely related as phylotypes differ in the type and variety of hydrocarbon degradation pathways they possess. Analysis of microcosms and of field samples suggests that we have only begun to reveal the diversity of organisms mediating anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation. Advancements in the understanding of how hydrocarbon-degrading communities function will be significantly affected by the extent to which organisms mediating specialized reactions can be identified, and tools developed to allow their study in situ.     

Hydrocarbon Stapled Antimicrobial Peptides

Antimicrobial peptides are promising candidates for anti-infective pharmaceuticals. Unfortunately, because of their low proteolytic and chemical stability, their usage is generally narrowed down to topical formulations. Until now, numerous approaches to increase peptide stability have been proposed. One of them, peptide hydrocarbon stapling, a modification based on stabilizing peptide secondary structure with a side-chain covalent hydrocarbon bridge, have been successfully applied to many peptides. Moreover, constraining secondary structure of peptides have also been proven to increase their biological activity. This review article describes studies on hydrocarbon stapled antimicrobial peptides with respect to improved drug-like properties.     

THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASES OF LIPID-WATER SYSTEMS

Some simple lipid-water systems have been studied by x-ray scattering techniques, as a function of lipid concentration and temperature. Several liquid-crystalline phases have been found, and their structure has been determined: only one of these is lamellar. In all these phases the hydrocarbon part of the lipid molecules has a disordered, liquid-like structure. One biological phospholipid, a human brain extract, has been studied by the same technique, and two liquid-crystalline phases have been found: a lamellar phase, built up by an ordered sequence of lipid and water planar sheets, and a hexagonal phase, which is a hexagonal array of circular cylinders, each cylinder being a thin water channel covered by the hydrophilic groups of the lipid molecules, the hydrocarbon chains filling the gap between the cylinders. The interpretation of the electron microscope observations of the structure of lipoprotein membranes is discussed, and some possible biological implications are suggested.