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Summary Measurements of litter fall and litter removal by crabs, in conjunction with estimates of litter decay by microbes and tidal export of litter from three high-intertidal mangrove forests were made during a year-long study in tropical northeastern Australia. In forests dominated by Ceriops tagal and Bruguiera exaristata, litter standing stocks remained low on the forest floor (mean 6 g·m-2), although litter fall was high; 822 and 1022 g·m-2·y-1, respectively. Sesarmid crabs removed 580 (Ceriops) and 803 (Bruguiera) g·m-2·y-1, or 71 and 79%, of the total annual litter fall from the forest floor. Relative to the rate of litter removal by crabs, microbial turnover of whole, unshredded litter was insignificant, accounting for <1% of annual litter fall. Export of litter by tides was estimated to remove 194 (Ceriops) and 252 (Bruguiera) g·m-2·y-1 or 24 and 25% of annual litter fall. In a forest dominated by Avicenniamarina, in which an ocypodid crab was more abundant than sesarmids, litter standing stocks were higher (mean 84 g·m-2) and crabs removed less litter; 173 g·m-2·y-1 or 33% of the annual litter fall of 519 g·m-2·y-1. Microbial turnover of intact litter was more important in the Avicennia forest (168 g·m-2·y-1 or 32% of annual litter fall), and tides exported 107 g·m-2·y-1 or 21% of litter production. In areas where sesarmid crabs were absent or rare in Ceriops forests, there were significantly higher standing stocks of litter and slower rates of leaf removal. Taking into account the probable assimilation efficiencies of sesarmid crabs feeding on mangrove leaves, we estimate that in Ceriops and Bruguiera forests leaf processing by crabs turns litter over at >75 times the rate of microbial decay alone, thus facilitating the high sediment bacterial productivity in these forests. The importance of litter processing by crabs increases with height in the intertidal in tropical Australia, in contrast to New World mangrove forests, where the reverse is true.Contribution No. 445 from the Australian Institute of Marine Science  相似文献   

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Summary Above- and belowground biomass of primary producers were estimated by the harvest method on 10 dates in 1969 in a mixed-prairie grassland. A range of estimates of above- and belowground net primary production is established using several methods of calculation. The range for aboveground production is 240 to 302 g·m-2 and 931 to 1221 g·m-2 for belowground production. Correlation analysis indicated that above- and belowground biomass dynamics are significantly (0.05) related to air and soil temperature, soil water, precipitation, and vapor pressure deficit. Analysis of energy flow through primary producers indicates a net storage of energy in the standing dead, litter, and belowground compartments. Accumulation in the standing dead was 63% of inputs, in the litter 8%, and belowground 37%. Belowground decomposition was 57% of belowground production and the same value aboveground was 50%.  相似文献   

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Summary Investigations were made into the improvement of growth yield (Y) of Pichia pinus MH 4 growing continuously on methanol by feeding formate so as to create an increasing concentration gradient (transient state). Under particular formate supply conditions, Y could be increased from 0.37 g·g-1 on methanol alone to 0.55 and 0.47 g·g-1 in the presence of formate at dilution rates (D) of 0.045 and 0.075 h-1, respectively. These differences could be explained as being due to a limiting formate consumption rate of 50–60 nmol·min-1·g-1 dry wt., coupled to a net-energy generation independent of D. Any further formate oxidation proceeded without energy gain. Deviations from optimum conditions of biomass increase are discussed in terms of different formate oxidizing systems and uncoupling properties of formate itself. These results are compared to and confirmed by steady-state considerations.Abbreviations a steepness of the formate gradient (g·l-1·h-1) - a acceleration of change of formate concentration in the fermenter (g·l-1·h-2) - D dilution rate (h-1) - Ft formate - S1 and S2 initial and final formate concentration of the gradient (g·l-1) - Y growth yield in g·g-1 methanol  相似文献   

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Summary Zymomonas mobilis is able to convert glucose and fructose to gluconic acid and sorbitol. The enzyme, glucose-fructose oxidoreductase, catalysing the intermolecular oxidation-reduction of glucose and fructose to gluconolactone and sorbitol, was formed in high amounts [1.4 units (U)·mg-1] when Z. mobilis was grown in chemostats with glucose as the only carbon source under non-carbon-limiting conditions. The activity of a gluconolactone-hydrolysing lactonase was constant at 0.2 U·mg-1. Using glucose-grown cells for the conversion of equimolar fructose and glucose mixtures up to 60% (w/v), a maximum product concentration of only 240 g·1-1 of sorbitol was found. The gluconic acid accumulated was further metabolized to ethanol. After permeabilizing the cells using cationic detergents, maximum sorbitol and gluconic acid concentrations of 295 g·1-1 each were reached; no ethanol production occurred. In a continuous process with -carrageenan-immobilized and polyethylenimin-hardened, permeabilized cells no significant decrease in the conversion yield was observed after 75 days. The specific production rates for a high yield conversion ( > 98%) in a continuous two-stage process were 0.19 g·g-1·h-1 for sorbitol and 0.21 g·g-1·h-1 for gluconic acid, respectively. For the sugar conversion of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-treated -carrageenan-immobilized cells a V max of 1.7 g·g-1·h-1 for sorbitol production and a K m of 77.2 g·1-1 were determinedOffprint requests to: B. Rehr  相似文献   

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The primary production of phytoplankton in Lake Vechten   总被引:6,自引:6,他引:0  
The primary production of the phytoplankton of Lake Vechten (The Netherlands) (area, 4.7 ha; mean depth, 6 m), an unpolluted and stratified sandpit was investigated from 1969 to 1980 (except in 1971, 1975 and 1976) by the in situ 14C-technique. Other data collected include: solar radiation, transparency, oxygen and thermal structure. In winter and spring diatoms, Cryptophyceae and Chlorococcales were important algal groups, while in summer Dinophyceae and Chrysophyceae were important. The chlorophyll-a concentration was compared to the cellular biovolumes (= fresh weight) of the most abundant phytoplankton species. The primary production maxima occurred in winter, spring and during the summer stratification. The vertical profiles of photosynthesis exhibit light inhibition at surface to a maximum of 4 m. The maximum of zooplankton grazing in May–June caused a sharp decrease in the phytoplankton biomass and seston concentration accompanied by the highest transparency (clear water phase).The values for cellular C-fixation range from 10 to 1307 mg C · M–2 · day–1 (annual mean of 280 mg C · m–2 · day–1). High dark fixation (up to 100%) was encountered in the metalimnion and hypolimnion from July to October together with peaks of 14C-fixation due to a crowding of phytoplankton and phototrophic anoxic bacteria. Extracellular excretion by phytoplankton, investigated in 1977 to 1979, was 15% of the annual mean of the total C-fixation. The photosynthetic efficiency, turnover rates, and activity coefficients were low, particularly in the summer months when Ceratium hirundinella was predominant. The seasonal variations were controlled mainly by solar radiation and probably phosphate, the former being more important in the non-stratification period and the latter during the stratification period.  相似文献   

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Summary Free-living or immobilized Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells photoproduce ammonium from nitrite in a medium containing 1 mM of l-methionine-d,l-sulphoximine (MSX). Ammonium is accumulated in the medium to 8 mM final concentration, which inhibits nitrite uptake by the MSX-treated cells and consequently the excretion of ammonium is blocked. However, if ammonium was removed from the medium and nitrite and MSX periodically restored, the photoproduction process could be maintained over 96 h, with a final ammonium concentration of about 18 mM for free-living cells and 28 mM for immobilized ones. The MSX-treated cells showed a photoproduction productivity of 1300 mol NH 4 + · mg chlorophyll (Chl)-1, with an average production rate of 14 mol NH 4 + · mg Chl-1 per hour, for calcium alginate-entrapped cells, while the corresponding data for free-living ones was 650 mol NH 4 + · mg Chl-1 and 6.7 mol NH 4 + · mg Chl-1 per hour, respectively. Immobilized cells showed a significant increase in the nitrite uptake rate, probably due to a change in membrane permeability as a consequence of cell-matrix interactions.  相似文献   

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Summary Cell recovery by means of continuous flotation of the Hansenula polymorpha cultivation medium without additives was investigated as a function of the cultivation conditions as well as of the flotation equipment construction and flotation operational parameters. The cell enrichment and separation is improved at high liquid residence times, high aeration rates, small bubble sizes, increasing height of the aerated column, and diameter of the foam column. Increasing cell age and cultivation with nitrogen limitation reduce the cell separation.Symbols CP cell mass concentration in medium g·l–1 - CR cell mass concentration in residue g·l–1 - CS cell mass concentration in foam liquid g·l–1 - V equilibrium foam volume cm3 - V gas flow rate through the aerated liquid column cm3·s–1 - VF feed rate to the flotation column ml/min - 1 V S/V foaminess s - mean liquid residence time in the column s  相似文献   

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Sailer H  Nick P  Schafer E 《Planta》1990,180(3):378-382
Gravitropic stimulation of maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings resulted in a continuous curvature of the coleoptiles in a direction opposing the vector of gravity when the seedlings were rotated on a horizontal clinostat. The orientation of this response, however, was reversed when the gravitropic stimulation was preceeded by symmetric preirradiation with blue light (12.7 mol photons·m–2). The fluence-response curve of this blue light exhibited a lower threshold at 0.5 mol·m–2, and could be separated into two parts: fluences exceeding 5 mol·m–2 reversed the direction of the gravitropic response, whereas for a range between the threshold and 4 mol·m–2 a split population was obtained. In all cases a very strong curvature resulted either in the direction of gravity or in the opposite orientation. A minor fraction of seedlings, however, curved towards the caryopsis. Furthermore, the capacity of blue light to reverse the direction of the gravitropic response disappeared with the duration of gravitropic stimulation and it depended on the delay time between both stimulations. Thistonic blue-light influence appears to be transient, which is in contrast to the stability observed fortropistic blue-light effects.This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.  相似文献   

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Summary Analysis of a large number of experimental data from the cultivation of Bacillus subtilis formed the basis for a kinetic model of the process explaining the effect of composition of the culture medium and of the growth rate on the rate of enzyme production. The resulting rate of formation of -amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) reflects the sum of the rate of enzyme production and the rate of its degradation as affected by the environment. The kinetic dependence confirms the previously described mechanism of regulation of enzyme biosynthesis. The mathematical model of the process served here to determine the optimal conditions for enzyme biosynthesis which were then verified in a fed-batch cultivation. The production of the enzyme in fed-batch culture was found to be twice that found in a batch cultivation.Symbols X biomass concentration, g·l-1 - t time, h - S 1 caseinate concentration, g·l-1 - S 2 starch concentration, g·l-1 - P product concentration, U·ml-1 - r P specific rate of product formation, U·g-1·h-1 - R P total rate of product formation, U·l-1·h-1 - Y yield coefficient - specific growth rate, h-1  相似文献   

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J. J. Sauter  S. Kloth 《Planta》1986,168(3):377-380
The minimum radial translocation rate of sugars has been determined from the starchaccumulation rate for the wood rays of Populus x canadensis Moench robusta, and related to ultrastructural peculiarities of the cell walls to be passed. The minimum radial flux or flow of sugars through the tangential walls, the pit fields, and per plasmodesma was 80.7 pmol · cm-2 · s-1, 400 to 800 pmol · cm-2 · s-1, and 1.0 to 1.7 · 10-7 pmol · plasmodesma-1 · s-1, respectively. These values exclude a transmembrane flux mechanism and indicate that the radial translocation in this tissue must proceed via plasmodesmata. In the isolation cells of the ray center we found 39 plasmodesmata per m2 of pit field, 8.0 per m2 of tangential wall, and 1.98% of the wall occupied by plasmodesmata. Cells of the ray margins show plasmodesmata on only 1.16% of their tangential wall area and thus appear to be slightly inferior for radial translocation. As judged from both the observed plasmodesmatal frequencies and the translocation rates, the ray parenchyma cells are comparable to cells specialized in short-distance translocation.Abbreviations CCR contact-cell row - IC isolation cell - ICR isolation-cell row  相似文献   

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Summary The dynamic reactions of B. glabrata on intravasal loads of 20–1000 g glucose·g live fresh wt-1 were studied in standard fed snails (SFS). Starved snails (SS) and snails infected with S. mansoni (IS) were given 100–500 g glucose·g fresh live wt-1. Mean hemolymph glucose level was 12.1 mg·100 ml-1 in SFS. It was not significantly lower in SS (10.7 mg·100 ml-1), but significantly reduced in IS (8.5 mg·100 ml-1). Since hemolymph volumes were significantly increased in SS, the amount of circulating glucose (pool) did not change (75 g·g body weight-1) compared to SFS (62 g·g-1). It was, however, reduced to 41 g·g-1 in IS. In SFS the circulating glucose pool had to be doubled to induce significantly elimination of the injected glucose. Tripled pools were eliminated with half-times of 45 min, whereas lower and higher glucose loads were eliminated significantly slower (half-times: 80–105 min). Glucose tolerance of SS was reduced: half-times were doubled, and metabolization of injected glucose was reduced. Since tissue fresh weights were lowered by 40%, absolute incorporation of 14C from labeled glucose was lowered, but specific incorporation (per mg) was higher than in SFS and IS. Glucose tolerance of IS was increased: metabolic clearance rates rose by 70% and half-times were shortened by 30%, though absolute and specific rates of 14C incorporation were lowered. However, IS lost 25% of the label to the water, whereas SFS lost 12% and SS only lost 8%. Using the antimetabolite 2-deoxyglucose, 80% of the losses proved to be glucose in IS, and 50% in SFS. The present results suggest the existence of a glucostatic regulation in B. glabrata with lower sensitivity and capacity than in mammals. As to glucose tolerance, the often reported parallelism in metabolic shifts induced by starvation and parasitic infection was not confirmed.Abbreviations SFS standard fed snails - SS starved snails - IS infected snails - MGG midgut-gland-gonad - RB rest of the bodymass - MCR metabolic clearance rate  相似文献   

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Summary Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) were frozen to-2.5°C under five distinct cooling regimes to investigate the effect of cooling rate on survival. Frogs survived freezing when cooled at -0.16°C · h-1 or -0.18°C · h-1, but mortality resulted at higher rates (-0.30°C · h-1,-1.03°C · h-1, and -1.17°C · h-1). Surviving frogs in the latter groups required longer periods to recover, and transient injury to the neuromuscular system was evident. Some of the frogs that died had patches of discolored, apparently necrotic skin; vascular damage, as indicated by hematoma, also occurred. It is concluded that slow cooling may be critical to the freeze tolerance of wood frogs. Additional studies examined the effect of cooling rate on physiological responses promoting freeze tolerance. Mean glucose concentrations measured in plasma (15–16 mol · ml-1) and liver (42–45 mol · g-1) following a 2-h thaw did not differ between slowly- and rapidly-cooled frogs but in both groups were elevated relative to unfrozen controls. Thus freezing injury to rapidly-cooled frogs apparently was not mitigated by the presence of elevated glucose. Water contents of liver tissue, measured 2 h post-thawing, did not differ between slowly-cooled (mean = 77.6%) and rapidly-cooled (mean = 78.5%) frogs. However, the mean hematocrit of slowly-cooled frogs (48%) was significantly higher than that (37%) of frogs cooled rapidly, possibly owing to differences in the dynamics of tissue water during freezing.  相似文献   

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The light-dependent rate of photosystem-II (PSII) damage and repair was measured in photoautotrophic cultures of Dunaliella salina Teod. grown at different irradiances in the range 50–3000 mol photons · m–2· s–1. Rates of cell growth increased in the range of 50–800 mol photons·m–2·s–1, remained constant at a maximum in the range of 800–1,500 mol photons·m–2 ·s–1, and declined due to photoinhibition in the range of 1500–3000 mol photons·m–2·s–1. Western blot analyses, upon addition of lincomycin to the cultures, revealed first-order kinetics for the loss of the PSII reaction-center protein (D1) from the 32-kDa position, occurring as a result of photodamage. The rate constant of this 32-kDa protein loss was a linear function of cell growth irradiance. In the presence of lincomycin, loss of the other PSII reaction-center protein (D2) from the 34-kDa position was also observed, occurring with kinetics similar to those of the 32-kDa form of D1. Increasing rates of photodamage as a function of irradiance were accompanied by an increase in the steady-state level of a higher-molecular-weight protein complex ( 160-kDa) that cross-reacted with D1 antibodies. The steady-state level of the 160-kDa complex in thylakoids was also a linear function of cell growth irradiance. These observations suggest that photodamage to D1 converts stoichiometric amounts of D1 and D2 (i.e., the D1/D2 heterodimer) into a 160-kDa complex. This complex may help to stabilize the reaction-center proteins until degradation and replacement of D1 can occur. The results indicated an intrinsic half-time of about 60 min for the repair of individual PSII units, supporting the idea that degradation of D1 after photodamage is the rate-limiting step in the PSII repair process.Abbreviations Chl chlorophyll - PSI photosystem I - PSII photosystem II - D1 the 32-kDa reaction-center protein of PSII, encoded by the chloroplast psbA gene - D2 the 34-kDa reactioncenter protein of PSII, encoded by the chloroplast psbD gene - QA primary electron-accepting plastoquinone of PSII The work was supported by grant 94-37100-7529 from the US Department of Agriculture, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.  相似文献   

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Summary The effect of various culture conditions on growth kinetics of an homofermentative strain of the lactic acid bacterium Streptococcus cremoris were investigated in batch cultures, in order to facilitate the production of this organism as a starter culture for the dairy industry. An optimal pH range of 6.3–6.9 was found and a lactose concentration of 37 g·l-1 was shown to be sufficient to cover the energetic demand for biomass formation, using the recommended medium. The study of the effect of lactic acid concentration on growth kinetics revealed that the end-product was not the sole factor affecting growth. The strain was characterized for its tolerance towards lactic acid and a critical concentration of 70 g·l-1 demonstrated. With the product yield of 0.9 g·g-1 at non-lactose limiting conditions the lactic acid concentration of 33 g·l-1 could not explain the low growth rates obtained, implicating a nutritional limitation.Symbols t f fermentation duration (h) - X Biomass concentration (g·l-1) - X m maximum biomass concentration (g·l-1) - S lactose concentration (g·l-1) - S r residual lactose concentration (g·l-1) - P produced lactic acid concentration (g·l-1) - P a added lactic acid concentration (g·l-1) - P c critical lactic acid concentration (g·l-1) - specific growth rate (h-1) - max maximum specific growth rate (h-1) - R x/S biomass yield (g·g-1) calculated when =0 - R P/S product yield (g·g-1)  相似文献   

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The effects of light intensity, oxygen concentration, and pH on the rates of photosynthesis and net excretion by metalimnetic phytoplankton populations of Little Crooked Lake, Indiana, were studied. Photosynthetic rates increased from 1.42 to 3.14 mg C·mg–1 chlorophylla·hour–1 within a range of light intensities from 65 to 150E·m–2·sec–1, whereas net excretion remained constant at 0.05 mg C·mg–1 chlorophylla·hour–1. Bacteria assimilated approximately 50% of the carbon released by the phytoplankton under these conditions. Excreted carbon (organic compounds either assimilated by bacteria or dissolved in the lake water) was produced by phytoplankton at rates of 0.02–0.15 mg C·mg–1 chlorophylla·hour–1. These rates were 6%–13% of the photosynthetic rates of the phytoplankton. Both total excretion of carbon and bacterial assimilation of excreted carbon increased at high light intensities whereas net excretion remained fairly constant. Elevated oxygen concentrations in samples incubated at 150E· m–2·sec–1 decreased rates of both photosynthesis and net excretion. The photosynthetic rate increased from 3.0 to 5.0 mg C·mg–1 chlorophylla· hour–1 as the pH was raised from 7.5 to 8.8. Net excretion within this range decreased slightly. Calculation of total primary production using a numerical model showed that whereas 225.8 g C·m–2 was photosynthetically fixed between 12 May and 24 August 1982, a maximum of about 9.3 g C·m–2 was released extracellularly.  相似文献   

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The calcium vesicles of the green alga Mougeotia (G. Wagner and R. Rossbacher, 1980, Planta 149, 298–305) were isolated for characterization in vitro by fractionation of algal homogenate on sucrose density gradients. A new technique, based on vital staining by neutral red or rhodamine B, permitted isolation. Minimum dye binding to the calcium vesicles prevented desintegration, and for isolation a single, thoroughly defined centrifugation step sufficed, facilitated by the exceptionally high vesicular density of 1.3 g· cm-3. Neutral red in particular seems to be accumulated by the vesicles via hydrogen bonds to abundant phenolic hydroxyl groups which, reversibly bound to an as yet undefined vesicle core, may well provide coordination sites for the observed calcium binding.Dedicated to Professor Wilhelm Nultsch on the occasion of his 60th birthdayA preliminary version of this paper has been presented at Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie (Grolig and Wagner 1985). This paper is part of the Ph. D. thesis of F. Grolig at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen  相似文献   

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Summary Hemolymph was examined in young (ca. 86 days old), mature (ca. 163 days old), and old (ca. 294 days old) Aplysia for age-related changes in constituent proteins. In young, mature, and old animals protein concentrations were 1.6±0.27, 1.41±0.53, and 1.45±0.43 mg·ml-1, respectively. The copper-containing respiratory protein, hemocyanin, measured by determining the copper concentration, was found to increase significantly from young (0.98±0.51 g·ml-1) to mature (2.02±0.95 g·ml-1) Aplysia, with little change between mature and old (1.92±0.43 g·ml-1) animals. These findings were consistent with the results obtained when hemocyanin was directly measured by spectrophotometric absorption at 340 nm. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was present in the hemolymph of Aplysia. Its activity was highest in mature animals (3121±1627 units·mg-1) and least in old animals (1463±599 units·mg-1). Young animals had intermediate levels (2080±762 units·mg-1). SDS-PAGE revealed a distinct pattern of protein bands for hemolymph from each age group; hemolymph from the young group contained six prominent protein bands with molecular weights (MW) from 13 to 300 kDa. Hemolymph of mature and old animals exhibited four and three prominent protein bands, respectively, with MW between 45 and 300 kDa. A prominent band at 97 kDa was present in samples from the mature group, but was faint in samples from the old group and absent in samples from the young group. Under non-denaturing conditions the hemolymph protein band patterns for each group differed from the others, thereby demonstrating that the age-dependent differences in the protein profiles are intrinsic to hemolymph in vivo. Isoelectric focusing of the hemolymph samples revealed that the proteins were all acidic (pI ca. 3.0–6.5). The hemolymph from the young differed from the other two groups in having an additional acidic protein (pI ca. 4.0). A possible link between age-related changes in hemolymph proteins and age-related changes in the nervous system is proposed.Abbreviations 2-ME 2-mercaptoethanol - AChE acetylcholinesterase - FMRFamide amidated tetrapeptide containing phenylalanine, methionine, arginine and phenylalanine - MW molecular weight - PAS periodic acid-Schiff - SDS-PAGE sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis - TRIS tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane  相似文献   

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The effects of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) on ventilation were investigated by continuous measurements of intrabuccal pressure in unrestrained eel. Intravenous administration of 5-hydroxytryptamine (30 g·kg-1) caused a large increase in ventilatory frequency (+100%) and amplitude (+140%). The 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced hyperventilation was blocked by the 5-HT3-receptor antagonists metoclopramide (1.0 mg·kg-1) or MDL72222 (1.0 mg·kg-1), and was insensitive to the 5-HT1/2-receptor antagonist methysergide (3.0 mg·kg-1) and to the 5-HT4-receptor antagonist DAU 6285 CL (3.0 mg·kg-1). The hyperventilatory response to 5-hydroxytryptamine could be mimicked by the 5-HT3 receptor agonist 1-phenylbiguanide (300 g·kg-1). These results strongly implicate the 5-HT3-receptor as the mediator of the 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced hyperventilation in eel.Abbreviations a.u. arbitrary units - 5-HT 5-hydroxytryptamine - SEM standard error of mean - VA ventilatory amplitude - VF ventilatory frequency - RBI 1-phenylbiguanide  相似文献   

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F. Schiemer 《Oecologia》1982,54(1):122-128
Summary The food dependence of larval duration, fecundity and the intrinsic rate of natural increase follow a hyperbolic form, which can for the former be described by the Michaelis-Menten function.Maximal larval duration at 20° C is 62 h, maximal fecundity is 153 eggs per female and r max is 1.136 per day. The lower food threshold is 108 E. coli cells·ml-1 (=0.06 mg dry weight·ml-1) for larval growth and 2·108 cells·ml-1 for reproduction and r. 50% of maximal performances (K s ) are attained at 5·108 and 7.5·108 cells·ml-1 respectively.Reproductive effort at dense food is highest immediately after maturation (e.g. 50% of the total eggs produced by a female are laid within 2 days after onset of egg production). At lower food densities the reproductive effort is delayed.Larval mortality increases strongly below 109 cells·ml-1.The results reported sofar were obtained with E. coli cells which were harvested at the phase of decreasing population growth in batch cultures. With cells from the exponential and the stationary phase, performances are increased and decreased respectively. This is partly due to differences in bacterial biomass per unit cell, partly an expression of the change of nutritive value of bacterial cells with growth phases.  相似文献   

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Summary Some environmental affects on cell aggregation described in the literature are briefly summarized. By means of a biomass recirculation culture (Contact system), using the yeast Torulopsis glabrata, the aggregation behavior of cells in static and in dynamic test systems is described. Sedimentation times required to obtain 50 g · l–1 yeast dry matter in static systems were always higher than in dynamic ones.In addition to, influencing the biomass yield, the specific growth rate of the yeast also affected cell aggregation. The specific growth rate and therefore the aggregation could be regulated by the biomass recirculation rate as well as by the sedimenter volume.Abbreviations fo Overflow flow rate (l·h–1) - fR Recycle flow rate (l·h–1) - ft0t Total flow rate through the fermenter (l·h–1) - g Gram - h Hour - DR Fermenter dilution rate due to recycle (h–1) - DS Fermeter dilution rate due to substrate (h–1) - Dtot Total fermenter dilution rate (h–1) - l Liter - Specific growth rate (h–1) - PF Fermenter productivity (g·l–1·h–1) - PFS Overall productivity (g·l–1·h–1) - RpM Rates per minute - RS Residual sugar content in the effluent with respect to the substrate concentration (%) - Y Yield of biomass with respect to sugar concentration (%) - Sed 50 Sedimentation time to reach a YDM of 50 g·l–1 (min) - V Volume (l) - VF Fermenter volume (l) - VSed Sedimenter volume (l) - VVM Volumes per volume and minute - XF YDM in the fermenter (g·l–1) - XF YDM in the recycle (g·l–1) - XS Yeast dry matter due to substrate concentration (g·l–1) - YDM Yeast dry matter (g·l–1)  相似文献   

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