不同浓度噻虫嗪对点蜂缘蝽种群的跨代效应

【目的】为探明不同浓度噻虫嗪对点蜂缘蝽Riptortus pedestris种群的跨代效应。【方法】点蜂缘蝽3龄若虫用不同浓度[LC₁₀(5.2 mg/L), LC₂₀(11.2 mg/L), LC₃₀(19.6 mg/L), LC₄₀(31.6 mg/L)和LC₅₀(49.4 mg/L)]噻虫嗪药液浸渍处理的大豆籽粒喂食24 h,存活若虫继续饲养至成虫羽化,继续繁殖建立其F₁代种群,并系统记录其F₁代种群的生长发育和繁殖情况,采用年龄-龄期两性生命表分析F₁代种群生物学参数。【结果】点蜂缘蝽3龄若虫取食不同浓度噻虫嗪处理的大豆籽粒后,其F₁代种群的发育历期和产卵前期均有所延长,其中LC₅₀噻虫嗪处理卵历期和若虫历期最长,较对照(清水)的分别延长了1.01和8.39 d; LC₂₀噻虫嗪处理成虫产卵前期最长,较对照的延长了3.54 d。噻虫嗪处理不...     

重度霾污染时空气细菌群落特征及与关键环境因子的相关性

【背景】近年来频繁发生的霾污染事件严重威胁着人类的正常生活和社会经济发展。目前对霾污染颗粒物的重要组成部分生物气溶胶的关注较少。【目的】明确霾污染时空气微生物的特征,为进一步研究空气微生物对霾污染的形成及反馈机制奠定基础。【方法】采集了北京地区重度霾污染的样品,测定颗粒物的化学组分,通过高通量测序技术分析空气细菌群落结构特征,并明确其与环境因子的相关性。【结果】霾污染显著改变空气细菌群落结构、降低α多样性。霾污染使空气中变形菌门相对丰度显著上升,放线菌门相对丰度下降。颗粒物浓度及化学组分是重度霾污染中影响空气细菌群落结构的关键环境因子。与气态污染物SO₂和NO₂相比,水溶性离子硫酸盐、硝酸盐和铵盐对空气细菌群落结构的影响更大。【结论】解析了重度霾污染时空气细菌群落特征和关键环境因子之间的相关性,为大气环境微生物的研究、空气质量的评价及霾污染的有效防治提供了数据参考。     

河套平原不同深度高砷地下水硫酸盐还原菌群落分布特征及环境意义

【目的】探究不同深度的高砷含水层中硫酸盐还原菌的丰度、群落组成和多样性的差异,并结合硫酸盐硫同位素等多种水化参数,揭示不同深度高砷地下水中硫酸盐还原菌群落分布特征及其环境意义。【方法】以我国典型高砷地下水分布区河套平原为研究区,采集不同深度含水层中的高砷地下水样品,测定水化参数,采用qPCR对样品16S rRNA基因和dsrB基因进行定量;通过dsrB基因高通量测序对硫酸盐还原菌群落进行分析,并将dsrB基因相对丰度、群落组成及多样性与水化因子结合,进行统计学分析。【结果】基于dsrB基因的定量结果表明,浅层地下水中dsrB基因相对丰度高于深层地下水。浅层地下水中,dsrB基因相对丰度与CH₄浓度呈显著正相关,且δ³⁴S-SO₄^2–与CH₄浓度显著正相关。而深层高砷地下水中,dsrB基因相对丰度与SO₄^2–浓度、DOC浓度存在显著正相关性。高通量测序结果表明,深层地下水中硫酸盐还原菌的α多样性显著高于浅层地下水。研究区内硫酸盐还原菌可...     

阿维菌素对白背飞虱发育和繁殖的亚致死效应（英文）

【目的】探究阿维菌素对白背飞虱Sogatella furcifera的亚致死效应。【方法】采用稻茎浸渍法，分别以阿维菌素亚致死浓度LC₁₀(0.016 mg/L)和LC₂₅(0.031 mg/L)处理白背飞虱3龄若虫，统计F₀代雌雄成虫寿命、单雌产卵量；记录F₁代的发育历期、繁殖力、存活率及雌雄成虫寿命、内禀增长率(r)、周限增长率(λ)、净增殖率(R₀)和平均世代周期(T)，组建年龄-阶段两性生命表。【结果】与对照(蒸馏水)相比，白背飞虱3龄若虫在LC₁₀和LC₂₅浓度阿维菌素的胁迫下，F₀代单雌产卵量均显著降低，但孵化率未受影响；LC₂₅浓度阿维菌素处理后，白背飞虱雄成虫寿命与对照组相比显著延长，但LC₁₀阿维菌素处理显著缩短了雌成虫寿命。在F₁代中，LC₁₀和LC₂₅浓度处理组的单雌产卵量分别为17...     

贝氏小奥林螨连续饲养的草栖钝绥螨生命表参数和捕食能力

【目的】替代食物是饲养扩繁生物防治剂的重要组成部分,但连续单一食物可能会对天敌的存活、繁殖和捕食能力产生影响。本研究旨在明确以贝氏小奥林螨Oulenziella bakeri饲养的草栖钝绥螨Amblyseius herbicolus生长发育状况、繁殖和捕食能力。【方法】利用年龄-龄期两性生命表和捕食功能反应分别测定以贝氏小奥林螨为替代猎物的F₂, F₄和F₆代草栖钝绥螨生命表参数和对二斑叶螨Tetranychus urticae的捕食能力。【结果】在F₂, F₄和F₆代,草栖钝绥螨幼螨期随着饲养代数的增加逐渐延长,而雌成螨和雄成螨的寿命逐渐缩短,但卵、第1若螨和第2若螨的发育历期在各代之间无显著差异。在F₂, F₄和F₆代之间,草栖钝绥螨的存活率和种群参数无显著变化;种群参数中,不同饲养代数的内禀增长率(r)和周限增长率(λ)分别为0.19~0.20和1.21~1.22/d。F₂, F₄和F₆代草栖钝绥螨雌成螨对二斑叶螨若螨和雌成螨的捕食量无显著差异,其捕食功能反应均符合HollingⅡ型。【结论】以贝氏小奥林螨为替代猎物时,草栖钝绥螨能正常发育和繁殖,其种群数量呈增长趋势。本研究表明贝氏小奥林螨可以作为草栖钝绥螨人工饲养的潜在替代猎物。     

硝酸盐对牛粪梭菌甲酸脱氢酶缺失型Wood-Ljungdahl途径固碳的影响

【背景】异于同型产乙酸菌通常利用Wood-Ljungdahl途径将2分子CO₂还原为1分子乙酰辅酶A,Clostridium bovifaecis缺失Wood-Ljungdahl途径甲基支路第1步将CO₂还原为甲酸的甲酸脱氢酶,需甲酸存在时将1分子甲酸和1分子CO₂还原为乙酰辅酶A发生葡萄糖的同型产乙酸型发酵。已有报道显示,硝酸盐也可作为同型产乙酸菌的电子受体,而且对不同同型产乙酸菌的代谢影响有所不同,然而硝酸盐对这种独特的甲酸脱氢酶缺失型Wood-Ljungdahl途径固碳的影响尚不清楚。【目的】探究硝酸盐对C.bovifaecis甲酸脱氢酶缺失型Wood-Ljungdahl途径固碳的影响。【方法】硝酸盐浓度分别为10 mmol/L和30 mmol/L时,以未添加硝酸盐为对照实验,研究C.bovifaecis在葡萄糖+甲酸+CO₂为基质条件下的细菌生长、底物消耗和产物生成情况。【结果】10 mmol/L和30 mmol/L硝酸盐存在时,主要产物乙醇浓度分别为5.80 mmol/L和1.66 mmo...     

泸型酒酒醅细菌群落的发酵演替规律

【目的】考察泸型酒发酵过程中酒醅细菌群落的演替规律,探讨菌群演替与环境因素变化的相关性。【方法】采用高通量测序技术分析泸型酒酒醅细菌群落的演替规律,并运用Mantel test分析不同发酵阶段的细菌群落演替与环境因素变化的相关性。【结果】酒醅发酵过程中有397个属的微生物,其中Lactobacillus、Bacillus、Weissella、Dysgonomonas、Comamonas以及Ruminococcaceae为优势属(相对丰度1.0%)。通过聚类分析可将酒醅发酵过程划分为3个阶段:阶段I (0–5 d),阶段II (6–17 d)和阶段III(18–40d),且3个阶段的酒醅菌群结构差异显著(P0.05)。Metastats分析结果表明,与阶段I相比,阶段II酒醅细菌群落中Lactobacillus和unclassifiedLactobacillaceae相对丰度显著升高(P0.05),而unclassifiedBacillaceae、 Staphylococcus、 Bacillus、 unclassified Enterobacteriaceae、 Lactococcus、Pseudomonas、Thermoactinomyces、Leuconostoc、Staphylococcus相对丰度显著降低(P0.05)。与阶段II相比,阶段III酒醅细菌群落中Lactobacillus相对丰度显著增长(P0.05),Comamonas、Acetobacter、unclassified Bacilli、Clostridium、Bacillus、Ruminococcus、unclassified Porphyromonadaceae和unclassified Streptophyta相对丰度显著下降(P0.05)。结果表明,阶段I的细菌菌群演替与酒醅温度、水分和乙醇浓度变化线性相关(P0.05);阶段II和阶段III的细菌菌群演替与酒醅温度、水分、酸度、乙醇浓度均没有相关性(P0.05)。【结论】泸型酒酒醅中细菌群落在不同发酵阶段结构差异显著,且温度、水分以及乙醇浓度对酒醅发酵前期(0–5 d)细菌群落演替具有重要作用。     

褐煤强化产甲烷菌群的群落分析及条件优化

【目的】以白音华褐煤为底物,利用从我国多地煤矿及污水处理厌氧罐中富集-混合-驯化得到的高效混合菌群进行产气,分析其群落组成并优化产气条件。【方法】采用Miseq高通量测序分析混合菌群结构,通过Plackett-Burman(P-B)和Box-Behnken(B-B)试验对褐煤产气影响因素和条件进行筛选和优化。【结果】本源和外源微生物样本混合样品(HN+MD+WT)经驯化后菌群产气效率最高。该样品菌群中细菌群落多样性丰富,以变形菌门的脱硫弧菌属Desulfovibrio(15.07%)、拟杆菌门的屠场杆状菌属Macellibacteroides(14.6%)、厚壁菌门的梭菌属Clostridiaceae(9.77%)、互营菌门的脱硫代硫酸盐弧菌属Dethiosulfovibrio(8.76%)以及热袍菌门Oceanotoga属(8.66%)为主。古菌全部为广古菌门,其群落多样性则较为单一,其中甲烷卵圆形菌属Methanocalculus(80.28%)占据绝对优势。Plackett-Burman(P-B)试验结果表明温度、CoCl_2添加量和NiCl_2添加量是影响褐煤产气的关键因素;Box-Behnken(B-B)试验结果表明最优产气条件为:温度36°C,CoCl_2添加量0.17 g/L,NiCl_2添加量0.02 g/L,最优条件下褐煤累计产甲烷量(周期20 d)达到159.33μmol/g。【结论】经过驯化可以得到高效的产气菌群,优化培养条件可使产气效率明显提高。     

大柳塔长焰煤中灰分和无机矿物对生物产气的影响

【目的】以不同密度等级大柳塔长焰煤作为产气底物,前期驯化培养厌氧菌群进行生物模拟产气实验,研究不同密度等级煤中的灰分和无机矿物对生物产气的影响。【方法】利用小浮沉将大柳塔长焰煤分成不同密度等级的煤样,采用工业分析、XRD、XRF分析小浮沉处理得到煤样的理化性质,利用这些煤样进行生物产气模拟实验,以甲烷产量作为评价指标,分析不同密度等级煤样中灰分对产气的影响。最后,通过添加几种标准矿物方式比较了煤中无机矿物对生物产气的可能影响。【结果】不同密度等级煤样中灰分对产气量存在一般显著影响(P=0.035),且灰分与甲烷含量呈负相关关系,其灰分中的无机矿物如高岭土、菱铁矿、氧化亚铁镁等的积累对产气有抑制作用。不同矿物配比产气实验证实低含量的粘土矿物促进甲烷的生成,高含量的粘土矿物抑制产气。【结论】不同密度等级煤中的灰分对生物产气存在一般显著的影响,高灰分煤的产气量低,而低灰分煤的产气量高。     

冷藏温度对日本刀角瓢虫存活及生长发育的影响

【目的】本研究旨在调查不同冷藏温度下日本刀角瓢虫Serangium japanicum成虫生物学特性及F₁代的生长发育,明确日本刀角瓢虫成虫最适冷藏温度。【方法】将日本刀角瓢虫成虫置于不同低温(7,10,13和16℃),贮藏10 d时测定其存活率、单雌产卵量、寿命和对烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci 4龄若虫的日捕食量,以及日本刀角瓢虫F₁代存活率和发育历期;qRT-PCR测定日本刀角瓢虫成虫体内热激蛋白基因Hsp70和Hsp90的相对表达量。【结果】日本刀角瓢虫成虫在16℃低温贮藏10 d时,其存活率、雌雄成虫寿命、单雌产卵量和日捕食量以及F₁代存活率均与贮藏在26℃的对照无显著差异(存活率：99%vs 100%;雌成虫寿命：110.65 d vs 106.87 d;雄成虫寿命：123.12 d vs 108.79 d;单雌产卵量：399.19粒vs 422.63粒;日捕食量：34.70头vs 31.95头;F₁代存活率：80.39%vs 94.12%);但其F₁代发育历期...     

Unambiguous through-bond sugar-to-base correlations for purines in 13C, 15N-labeled nucleic acids: The HsCsNb,HsCs(N)bCb,and HbNbCb experiments

Summary A set of three 3D (¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁵N) triple-resonance correlation experiments has been designed to provide H1-H8 intraresidue sugar-to-base correlations in purines in an unambiguous and efficient manner. Together, the H_sC_sN_b, H_sC_s(N)_bC_b, and H_bN_bC_b experiments correlate the H1 sugar proton to the H8 proton of the attached base by means of the {H1, C1, N9, C8, H8} heteronuclear scalar coupling network. The assignment strategy presented here allows for unambiguous H1-H8 intraresidue correlations, provided that no two purines have both the same H1 and C1 chemical shifts and the same C8 and N9 chemical shifts. These experiments have yielded H1-H8 intraresidue sugar-to-base correlations for all five guanosines in the [¹³C, ¹⁵N] isotopically labeled RNA duplex r(GGCGCUUGCGUC)₂.     

Crystal structure of the ternary FimC-FimF(t)-FimD(N) complex indicates conserved pilus chaperone-subunit complex recognition by the usher FimD

Type 1 pili, anchored to the outer membrane protein FimD, enable uropathogenic Escherichia coli to attach to host cells. During pilus biogenesis, the N-terminal periplasmic domain of FimD (FimD(N)) binds complexes between the chaperone FimC and pilus subunits via its partly disordered N-terminal segment, as recently shown for the FimC-FimH(P)-FimD(N) ternary complex. We report the structure of a new ternary complex (FimC-FimF(t)-FimD(N)) with the subunit FimF(t) instead of FimH(p). FimD(N) recognizes FimC-FimF(t) and FimC-FimH(P) very similarly, predominantly through hydrophobic interactions. The conserved binding mode at a "hot spot" on the chaperone surface could guide the design of pilus assembly inhibitors.     

μ- and μ4-η coordination of A2H2 (A = C, Si, Ge, Sn and Pb) ligands with transition metals

The heavier analogs of C₂H₂ have been studied at the B3LYP level for their μ and μ₄-η² coordination properties with the transition metals. Based on known alkyne compounds, transition metal fragments [W₂(μ-NH)(Cp)₂(Cl)₂] and [Fe₄(CO)₁₂] have been chosen. The SBKJC relativistic effective core potentials and their associated basis sets were used on W, Fe, Sn and Pb, and the 6-31G(d) basis set was used on all other elements. All the complexes of Si₂H₂, Ge₂H₂, Sn₂H₂ and Pb₂H₂ are found to be local minima. The trans-twist nature of the ligand A₂H₂ (A = Si-Pb) is large in μ-coordinated complexes of W, and it is very small in μ₄-η² coordinated complexes of Fe. The electronic structure of these complexes was investigated using fragment molecular orbital method (FMO).     

Acetylcholinesterase/Butyrylcholinesterase inhibition activity of some new carbacylamidophosphate deriviatives

Eight newly synthesized carbacylamidophosphates with the general formula RC(O)NHP(O)Cl₂ with R = pCl–C₆H₄ 1a, pBr–C₆H₄ 2a, C₆H₅ 3a, and pMe–C₆H₄ 4a and RC(O)NHP(O)(NC₄H₈O)₂ R = pCl–C₆H₄ 1b, pBr–C₆H₄ 2b, C₆H₅ 3b, pMe–C₆H₄ 4b, were selected to compare the inhibition kinetic parameters, IC₅₀, K_i, k_p and K_D, on human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) and bovine serum butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), Also, the in vivo inhibition potency of compound 2a, 2b and 3a, were studied. The data demonstrates that compound 2a and compound 2b are the potent sensitive as AChE and BuChE inhibitors respectively, and the inhibition of hAChE is about 10-fold greater than that of BuChE.     

Antibacterial properties of recombinant human non-pancreatic secretory phospholipase A2

Human non-pancreatic secretory phospholipase A₂ (hnpsPLA₂) is a group IIA phospholipase A₂ which plays an important role in the innate immune response. This enzyme was found to exhibit bactericidal activity toward Gram-positive bacteria, but not Gram-negative ones. Though native hnpsPLA₂ is active over a broad pH range, it is only highly active at alkaline conditions with the optimum activity pH of about 8.5. In order to make it highly active at neutral pH, we have obtained two hnpsPLA₂ mutants, Glu89Lys and Arg100Glu that work better at neutral pH in a previous study. In the present study, we tested the bactericidal effects of the native hnpsPLA₂ and the two mutants. Both native hnpsPLA₂ and the two mutants exhibit bactericidal activity toward Gram-positive bacteria. Furthermore, they can also kill Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium. The two mutants showed better bactericidal activity for E. coli at neutral pH than the native enzyme, which is consistent with the enzyme activities. As hnpsPLA₂ is highly stable and biocompatible, it may provide a promising therapy for bacteria infection treatment or other bactericidal applications.     

Introduction: A Close Look at the Vacuolar ATPase

The vacuolar ATPases (V-type ATPases) are a family of ATP-dependent ion pumps and found in two principal locations, in endomembranes and in plasma membranes. This family of ATPases is responsible for acidification of intracellulare compartments and, in certain cases, ion transport across the plasma membrane of eucaryotic cells. V-ATPases are composed of two distinct domains: a catalytic V₁ sector, in which ATP hydrolysis takes place, and the membrane-embedded sector, V₀, which functions in ion conduction. In the past decade impressive progress has been made in elucidating the properties structure, function and moleculare biology. These knowledge sheds light also on the evolution of V-ATPases and their related families of A-(A₁A₀-ATPase) and F-type (F₁F₀-ATPases)ATPases.     

Earthworm effects on gaseous emissions during vermifiltration of pig fresh slurry

Treatment of liquid manure can result in the production of ammonia, nitrous oxide and methane. Earthworms mix and transform nitrogen and carbon without consuming additional energy. The objective of this paper is to analyse whether earthworms modify the emissions of NH₃, N₂O, CH₄ and CO₂ during vermifiltration of pig slurry.The experiment used mesocosms of around 50 L, made from a vermifilter treating the diluted manure of a swine house. Three levels of slurry were added to the mesocosms, with or without earthworms, during one month, in triplicate. Earthworm abundance and gas emissions were measured three and five times, respectively.There was a decrease in emissions of ammonia and nitrous oxide and a sink of methane in treatments with earthworms. We suggest that earthworm abundance can be used as a bioindicator of low energy input, and low greenhouse gas and ammonia output in systems using fresh slurry with water recycling.     

Assessing the Impact of Advected African Dust on Air Quality and Health in the Eastern United States

Large quantities of African dust are carried into the southeastern United States each summer with concentrations typically in the range of 10 to 100?µg m^?3. Because approximately one-third to one-half of the dust mass is in the size range under 2.5?µm diameter, the advection of African dust has implications for the EPA's newly implemented standard for PM_2.5 particulate matter and for the assessment of human health effects. It will be difficult to assess the impact of African dust events on air quality because they occur during the summer (maximum in July) when photochemical pollution events are frequent and intense in the eastern United States. Indeed, the presence of dust could affect the evolution of photochemical dust events. In order to assess the role of African dust in air quality in the United States, it will be necessary to develop a set of diagnostic indicators; it appears that dust mineralogy and elemental composition might be useful for this purpose. Various satellite products can be used to characterize the spatial coverage of dust events and, when coupled with meteorological tools, to predict impact regions.     

Crystal structure of the archaeal A1Ao ATP synthase subunit B from Methanosarcina mazei Gö1: Implications of nucleotide-binding differences in the major A1Ao subunits A and B

The A1Ao ATP synthase from archaea represents a class of chimeric ATPases/synthases, whose function and general structural design share characteristics both with vacuolar V1Vo ATPases and with F1Fo ATP synthases. The primary sequences of the two large polypeptides A and B, from the catalytic part, are closely related to the eukaryotic V1Vo ATPases. The chimeric nature of the A1Ao ATP synthase from the archaeon Methanosarcina mazei G?1 was investigated in terms of nucleotide interaction. Here, we demonstrate the ability of the overexpressed A and B subunits to bind ADP and ATP by photoaffinity labeling. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used to map the peptide of subunit B involved in nucleotide interaction. Nucleotide affinities in both subunits were determined by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, indicating a weaker binding of nucleotide analogues to subunit B than to A. In addition, the nucleotide-free crystal structure of subunit B is presented at 1.5 A resolution, providing the first view of the so-called non-catalytic subunit of the A1Ao ATP synthase. Superposition of the A-ATP synthase non-catalytic B subunit and the F-ATP synthase non-catalytic alpha subunit provides new insights into the similarities and differences of these nucleotide-binding ATPase subunits in particular, and into nucleotide binding in general. The arrangement of subunit B within the intact A1Ao ATP synthase is presented.