Molecular phylogeny of Stentor (Ciliophora: Heterotrichea) based on small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences

To determine the phylogenetic position of Stentor within the Class Heterotrichea, the complete small subunit rRNA genes of three Stentor species, namely Stentor polymorphus, Stentor coeruleus, and Stentor roeseli, were sequenced and used to construct phylogenetic trees using the maximum parsimony, neighbor joining, and Bayesian analysis. With all phylogenetic methods, the genus Stentor was monophyletic, with S. roeseli branching basally.     

Functional significance of genetically different symbiotic algae Symbiodinium in a coral reef symbiosis

The giant sea anemone Condylactis gigantea associates with members of two clades of the dinoflagellate alga Symbiodinium, either singly or in mixed infection, as revealed by clade-specific quantitative polymerase chain reaction of large subunit ribosomal DNA. To explore the functional significance of this molecular variation, the fate of photosynthetically fixed carbon was investigated by (14)C radiotracer experiments. Symbioses with algae of clades A and B released ca. 30-40% of fixed carbon to the animal tissues. Incorporation into the lipid fraction and the low molecular weight fraction dominated by amino acids was significantly higher in symbioses with algae of clade A than of clade B, suggesting that the genetically different algae in C. gigantea are not functionally equivalent. Symbioses with mixed infections yielded intermediate values, such that this functional trait of the symbiosis can be predicted from the traits of the contributing algae. Coral and sea anemone symbioses with Symbiodinium break down at elevated temperature, a process known as 'coral bleaching'. The functional response of the C. gigantea symbiosis to heat stress varied between the algae of clades A and B, with particularly depressed incorporation of photosynthetic carbon into lipid of the clade B algae, which are more susceptible to high temperature than the algae of clade A. This study provides a first exploration of how the core symbiotic function of photosynthate transfer to the host varies with the genotype of Symbiodinium, an algal symbiont which underpins corals and, hence, coral reef ecosystems.     

中国淡水绿藻纲新记录属麦可属(Mychonastes)

从我国滇池分离、培养获得2株超微真核藻, 对其进行形态学、细胞超微结构和18S rRNA基因序列分析。结果表明: 藻株在细胞形态、结构和繁殖方式具麦可属(Mychonastes Simpson Van Valkenburg)特征, 细胞壁2层, 外层细胞壁表面具不规则肋网和典型的暗-明-暗结构; 具备一套简单的细胞器, 包括细胞核、不具蛋白核的叶绿体和线粒体各1个, 叶绿体周生、杯状, 占据细胞大部分体积; 以似亲孢子方式繁殖。结合18S rRNA序列分析, 将其归为麦可属, 属于绿藻纲、绿藻门, 是该属在我国淡水湖泊的首次描述。     

The Contribution of Ciliated Protozoa to Zooplankton Biomass in an Acidic, Subtropical Lake

Ciliated protozoa accounted for up to 50% of the mean daily zooplankton biomass in McCloud Lake, a small (5 ha), oligotrophic, acidic (pH 4.7) lake in north-central Florida. Food resources (algae and bacterioplankton) were limiting for crustacean and rotifer zooplankton during much of the year. Myxotrophic ciliates were a dominant component of the planktonic food web. Stentor niger , an uncommon species in the plankton of lakes, dominated the ciliate assemblage and usually comprised >90% of total ciliate biomass. Stentor niger always contained high densities of photosynthetic zoochlorellae and contributed an estimated 30% to the total autotrophic biomass.     

温州蜜柑果实发育进程中光合产物运输分配及糖积累特性

测定了温州蜜柑果实发育进程中糖的积累动态,并用14C示踪方法研究了果实发育不同阶段源叶的光合产物在果实中的运输分配特性.结果表明(1)果实组织中的糖含量随果实发育持续上升,果皮以积累己糖为主而其它组织则以积累蔗糖为主或略多.(2)在果实完熟之前,汁囊分配到的光合产物均占果实的50%以上,为果实中的光合产物分配中心;而到完熟阶段分配到汁囊的14C光合产物与其它组织接近,不再有明显的分配中心.(3)汁囊中的14C放射性比活度随着果实发育呈下降趋势,尤其在后期下降极为明显.(4)维管束/囊瓣表皮和囊瓣表皮/汁囊的14C放射性比活度的比率都随果实发育进程而增大,但后者的比率要大大高于前者,表明韧皮部后运输是光合产物进入汁囊的限速阶段.(5)输入到汁囊的14C光合产物主要以蔗糖形式存在,说明光合产物是以蔗糖为主体输入汁囊参与糖积累和代谢的.     

中国水螅属一新种(水螅纲,水螅科)

报道采自广东省肇庆市的淡水水螅1新种,多形水螅Hydra polymorphus sp.nov.,研究标本均来自1只水螅的单系繁殖群体,测量数据经生物统计学处理。新种的钩刺丝囊外形及内部刺丝盘旋均有多种形态,故新种名以此命名。所有研究标本保存于深圳大学生命科学学院。     

光同化产物在裙带菜（Undaria pinnatifida）中的运转

本文报告了用１４Ｃ标记的光同化产物在裙带菜［Ｕｎｄａｒｉａｐｉｎｎａｔｉｆｉｄａ（Ｈａｒｙ．）Ｓｕｒ］孢子体中的运转现象。观察到光同化产物约需２０ｍｉｎ才能从叶片表皮进入中肋的髓部。在自然条件下,光同化产物主要自叶片梢部经中肋向生长部运转,在叶片梢部和生长部之间存在明显的源一库关系。运转速度约为４２～４８ｃｍ／ｈ。用组织放射自显影的方法证实了髓部的喇叭丝是主要的运转组织。向下运转的溶于酒精的光同化产物中,甘露醇占５０％以上。还在光同化产物中观察到游离的谷氨酸、天门冬氨酸和丙氨酸。     

Chlorella-bearing ciliates dominate in an oligotrophic North Patagonian lake (Lake Pirehueico, Chile): abundance, biomass and symbiotic photosynthesis

1. Large mixotrophic ciliates ( Stentor araucanus , S. amethystinus and Ophrydium naumanni ) were a characteristic component of a temperate, oligotrophic lake in North Patagonia. During a 1-year study, the abundance, biomass and primary production of these large Chlorella -bearing ciliates were compared with those of the total plankton community.
2. Mixotrophic ciliates peaked in spring and from late summer to autumn, accounting for 1.6–43% (annual average: 16.3%) and 67–99% (annual average: 92%) of total ciliate abundance and biomass, respectively. Their contribution to total zooplankton biomass, including flagellates, rotifers, ciliates and crustaceans, was 14–76%, or 47% as an annual average. Endosymbiotic algae accounted for up to 25% of total autotrophic biomass (annual mean: 3.9%).
3. Maximum cell-specific photosynthetic rates of S. araucanus and S. amethystinus at light saturation varied between 80 and 4400 pg C ciliate^–1 h^–1 with high values during autumn and winter, and low values during summer. The depth-integrated rates of photosynthesis (0–40 m) of algal endosymbionts contributed 1–25% to total photosynthesis (annual mean: 6.5%).
4. A comparison of calculated ingestion rates with photosynthetic rates of Stentor indicates that photosynthate produced by endosymbionts generally exceeded heterotrophic food supply of Stentor during autumn and winter, but was much lower during summer, when food supply was high.
5. The mixotrophic ciliates represent an important 'link' between nanoplankton and higher trophic levels within the plankton community because of their high heterotrophic biomass and considerable contribution to total photosynthesis.     

Stentor tartari sp. n. from India

A species of Stenior isolated from freshwater ponds and tanks in and around Bangalore, India, showed striking differences from those that have been described so far. The ciliate is red in color and has 2 spherical macronuclei and 2 small micronuclei. On the basis of the nuclear apparatus and pigmentation of the body, it is believed to be a new species, named in honor of Professor Vance Tartar as Stentor tartari. n. sp.     

国内外产业共生网络研究比较述评

产业共生网络是指基于物质及能量交换以及知识及基础设施共享而形成的在不同产业主体之间的合作共赢网络,是产业转型升级的重要保障。作为产业共生的运作方式,产业共生网络的研究国外从20世纪90年代开始从概念到实例就展开了一系列探讨,国内自2002年也开始在网络结构等方面开展相关研究。尤其在2008年以后,产业共生网络的研究方向不断拓宽,研究成果丰富多样。为明晰国内外产业共生网络研究的发展态势,促进产业共生网络理论体系的发展并使其得到有效应用。本文从共生网络内涵、结构、功能及评价、演化、管理调控等方面比较分析了国内外产业共生网络的研究进展,并对产业共生网络的发展前景做了展望。未来产业共生网络研究在不同尺度的比较及推演、数据信息平台的搭建以及产业共生网络演化模拟及管理调控的耦合等方面需重点关注。     

基于光合产物动态分配的玉米生物量模拟

光合产物分配是作物生长发育及生物量形成的关键环节,也是作物生长模拟的重要内容.本研究依据光合产物分配机理,结合玉米不同生长阶段的光合产物分配特点,构建了玉米光合产物分配模型.与WOFOST模型的CO₂同化模块相结合,实现了对玉米各器官生物量动态的逐日模拟.利用锦州农田生态系统野外观测站5年的春玉米大田试验资料对模拟效果进行了验证.结果表明: 模型能解释总生物量变化的95.4%;对营养器官生物量变化的解释率达87.0%;对叶、根、茎生物量变化的解释率分别达85.3%,67.9%和76.5%;对穗生物量变化的解释率达87.5%.模型可实现玉米各器官的生物量动态的准确模拟.     

Shoot/root assimilate allocation and nodulation ofVigna unguiculata seedlings as influenced by shoot light environment

Spectral balance of light received by southern pea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] seedling shoots affected photoassimilate allocation among leaves, stems and roots. A higher ratio of far-red (FR) relative to red (R) light resulted in longer stems, higher shoot/root biomass ratio, less massive roots and fewer nodules. The same response pattern to FR/R ratio was obtained in a controlled environment with artificial light sources, or in sunlight where the FR/R ratio was modified by reflection from different colored soil surfaces or by FR reflected from competing plants. The importance of early shoot/root photoassimilate allocation and nodulation may differ according to soil nitrogen availability and moisture content.     

Diel Pattern of Photosynthate Partitioning in Phytoplankton Population in an Oligomesotrophic Lake

The aim of this study was to measure the short-term changes in inorganic carbon allocation into various macromolecular compounds (proteins, polysaccharides and lipids) throughout a diurnal cycle in the oligomesotrophic Lake Pavin (Massif Central of France) at the depths of 5, 15 and 30 m. Biochemical fractionation was done by consecutive differential extractions in order to separate proteins, polysaccharides, lipids and low molecular weight compounds (LMW) by virtue of their relative solubilities in different extraction solvents. Over the entire diurnal cycle inorganic carbon was preferentially incorporated into proteins (M = 30%), then into polysaccharides (M = 28%), LMWs (M = 27%) and lipids (M = 15%). However, at 5 m, diurnal variations were reflected by the high percentage of the inorganic carbon incorporated into polysaccharides during periods of high light intensity and decreased at dawn and dusk. The reverse pattern was observed for the allocation of inorganic carbon to proteins.