Essential oil composition of two endemic Centaurea species from Turkey, Centaurea mucronifera and Centaurea chrysantha, collected in the same habitat

The essential oils of two endemic Centaurea species from Turkey, C. mucronifera and C. chrysantha, collected in the same habitat, have been studied. The main compounds of the former were germacrene D (29.3%), β-eudesmol (17.4%) and β-caryophyllene (7.3%), while in the latter germacrene D (27.4%), caryophyllene oxide (9.5%) and bicyclogermacrene (5.4%) were detected among its major constituents. The two species produced many similar compounds in their essential oils that could be justified by the similar ecological conditions of their habitat, but also many differences were found that could confirm their taxonomic separation.     

大围山樱属植物群落结构及物种多样性

研究大围山樱属植物群落结构特征和物种多样性,为野生樱属植物保护和利用提供科学依据.结果 表明:大围山樱属植物有钟花樱桃群落、尾叶樱桃群落、华中樱桃群落和雪落樱桃群落,生活型结构以高位芽植物为主,植物区系组成以泛热带植物成分为主.物种多样性为灌木层＞乔木层,尾叶樱桃群落＞华中樱桃群落＞钟花樱桃群落＞雪落樱桃群落.种群以中...     

Flavonols and C-Glycosylflavonoids of the caryophyllales

A survey of 112 species of the Caryophyllales showed the presence of flavonols in all eleven families and of C-glycosylflavonoids in nine families, being absent from the Aizoaceae and Cactaceae. 18% of the species contained both classes of compound. C-glycosylflavonoids are reported for the first time in the Amaranthaceae, Basellaceae, Didieraceae, Nyctaginaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Portulacaceae and Molluginaceae. The Caryophyllaceae contained prodominantly C-glycosylflavonoids, suggesting they are the most advanced family in the order.     

后河保护区柳杉林中黏菌群落组成

柳杉是中国特有树种,对于广泛分布于森林生态系统的黏菌而言,单纯的柳杉林是一种特殊的生境。为探索柳杉林中黏菌的物种多样性,本研究在武陵山区东北部的湖北省后河国家级自然保护区柳杉林样地中采集柳杉树皮和凋落物,在120个培养湿室中,发生黏菌的湿室68个,占56.67%。从两种基物上获得黏菌6目7科12属24种,优势种为混淆筛菌Cribraria confusa,相对丰度达到19.01%。柳杉林凋落物上发生的黏菌种类和数量高于柳杉树皮,凋落物和柳杉树皮上发生的黏菌共有种为4种,种群间的Sørensen相似性系数为Cs=0.333。在不同季节间,黏菌物种的群落组成与多样性也表现出差异,春季Shannon-Wiener多样性指数Hʹ=0.2987±0.1564,夏季Hʹ=0.1105±0.0949,秋季Hʹ=0.1968±0.0589,冬季Hʹ=0.2726±0.0875。黏菌物种数量发生最多的是春季和冬季,均有15种,仅在春季发生的黏菌物种为粗壮发菌Comatricha suksdorfii、鲜黄绒泡菌Physarum luteolum、暗红团网菌Arcyria denudata和极小无丝菌Licea minima,仅在冬季发生的黏菌物种为钙丝绒泡菌Physarum decipiens、小筛菌Cribraria microcarpa和暗褐无丝菌Licea belmontiana。典型对应分析（canonical correspondence analyses,CCA）表明,影响柳杉林中黏菌物种群落组成与多样性的主要环境因素是基物类型。     

Protein-based complex medium design for recombinant serine alkaline protease production

This work reports on the design of a complex medium based on simple and complex carbon sources, i.e. glucose, sucrose, molasses, and defatted-soybean, and simple and complex nitrogen sources, i.e. (NH₄)₂HPO₄, casein, and defatted-soybean, for serine alkaline protease (SAP) production by recombinant Bacillus subtilis carrying pHV1431::subC gene. SAP activity was obtained as 3050 U cm⁻³ with the initial defatted-soybean concentration C_soybean^o=20 kg m⁻³ and initial glucose concentration C_G^o=8 kg m⁻³; whereas, addition of the inorganic nitrogen source (NH₄)₂HPO₄ decreased SAP production considerably. Further increase in SAP production (3850 U cm⁻³) was obtained when sucrose was replaced with glucose at C_sucrose^o=15 kg m⁻³ and C_soybean^o=20 kg m⁻³. Nevertheless, when molasses was replaced with sucrose, the maximum activity was obtained with molasses having 10 kg m⁻³ initial sucrose concentration and C_soybean^o=15 kg m⁻³as 2130 U cm⁻³; moreover, when casein was replaced with defatted-soybean SAP production decreased considerably (ca. 250 U cm⁻³). Thereafter, the effects of inorganic ionic compounds were investigated; and except phosphate, inorganic compounds supplied from defatted-soybean were found to be sufficient for the bioprocess. The highest SAP activity was obtained as 5350 U cm⁻³ in the medium that contained (kg m⁻³): C_soybean^o=20, C_sucrose^o=15, C_Na2HPO4^o=0.021, and C_NaH2PO4^o=2.82, that was 6.5-fold higher than that of the SAP produced in the defined medium. By using the designed complex medium, oxygen transfer characteristics of the bioprocess were investigated; and, Damköhler number that is the oxygen transfer limitation increases with the cultivation time until t=14 h; and, at t>20 h both mass transfer and biochemical reaction resistances were effective. Overall oxygen transfer coefficient varied between 0.010 and 0.044 s⁻¹; volumetric oxygen uptake rate varied between 0.001 and 0.006 mol m⁻³ s⁻¹; and specific oxygen uptake rate varied between 0.0001 and 0.0022 mol kg⁻¹ DW s⁻¹ throughout the bioprocess.     

耳念珠菌耐药机制研究进展

耳念珠菌感染及其耐药问题已愈演愈烈,其临床耐药机制的研究已刻不容缓。本文整理了国内外耳念珠菌临床菌株对三大类抗真菌药物的耐药情况,并从外排泵异常表达、靶标蛋白突变、生物被膜和基因组可塑性4个方面总结了耳念珠菌已报道的或潜在的耐药机制,并与其他念珠菌耐药机制进行了对比。     

The glycoflavonoid pigments of wheat, Triticum aestivum, leaves

The C-glycosylflavone pigments found in wheat leaves are a varied mixture of compounds in the luteolin and apigenin series; iso-orientin, lutonarin, lucenin-1, lucenin-3, vicenin-2, and an unreported C-glycoside, wyomin, an iso-orientin derivative with rutinose at the 7-position. In addition, a 4′-O-glucosyl derivative of iso-swertisin was identified along with the previously reported flavone, tricin.     

Circadian Rhythms of Renal Hemodynamics in Unanesthetized, Unrestrained Rats

Catheters were placed in the jugular vein and femoral artery of male Sprague-Dawley rats and connected to a specially designed perfusor for continuous constant infusion of 0.9% NaCl and a syringe to perform simultaneous and intermittent blood collections. This permitted continuous 24-h study of renal hemodynamics, estimated by inulin (C_in) and p-amino-hippuric acid (C_PAH) clearances; C_in represents glomerular filtration rate and C_PAH renal plasma flow. Animals were individually housed in metabolism cages in a controlled environment with light/dark 12:12 h. Urine was collected every 4 h (12:00, 16:00, 20:00, 24:00, 04:00, and 08:00) and blood sampled at the midpoint of urine collection periods. Urine and plasma sodium, potassium, inulin, and PAH were spectrophotometrically assessed. During continuous infusion of isotonic saline, C_in exhibited circadian changes with large decrease between 12:00 and 20:00 h (0.9 ± 0.2 ml/min) and acrophase at 00:30 h. Rhythmicity in C_PAH was similar with the minimum between 16:00 and 20:00 h (2.5 ± 0.3 ml/min) and peak between 00:00 and 04:00 h (acrophase at 00:25 h). Water and electrolyte excretion were also circadian rhythmic with a similar nighttime enhancement and daytime minimum. Such circadian changes persisted during continuous 0.9% NaCl infusion for several consecutive days. The unanesthetized, unrestrained rat model enables investigations in renal chronopharmacology and chronotoxicology.     

四种野生苔草属植物的耐寒性评价

以采自泰山的白颖苔草、披针叶苔草、青绿苔草和低矮苔草为材料,观察越冬期间田间适应性并测定低温胁迫下抗寒相关的生理指标,计算半致死温度(LT₅₀),利用模糊隶属函数法对耐寒性进行综合评价.结果表明: 4种野生苔草属植物均能安全越冬,且翌春恢复生长良好,年绿期达到260～310 d,越冬期间枯叶率为12%～95%;LT₅₀为-18.65～-11.74 ℃.随着低温胁迫的加剧,4种苔草的丙二醛(MDA)含量、游离脯氨酸(Pro)和可溶性蛋白含量总体呈先上升后下降的趋势,可溶性糖含量呈上升趋势.除披针叶苔草表现为整体呈下降趋势外,其他3种苔草的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性均呈先上升后下降的趋势.耐寒性相对较弱的白颖苔草较早地积累MDA、Pro和可溶性糖.可溶性蛋白含量在低温处理后期达到最大值,且苔草的耐寒性越强其峰值越小.在低温处理初期披针叶苔草SOD活性显著高于其他3种苔草.4种苔草属植物的耐寒性强弱为:披针叶苔草>青绿苔草>低矮苔草>白颖苔草.     

点滴复膜酵母兔源分离株基因组测序及比较分析

点滴复膜酵母Cyniclomyces guttulatus是一种定殖及生长于犬、兔、豚鼠、龙猫、大鼠和小鼠等动物胃肠道内的真菌。与大多数传统酵母相比,点滴复膜酵母具有耐酸(pH 1.5-4.5)、耐高温(38-42 ℃)的独特生长特性,可在体外快速增殖。腹泻动物粪便中可见大量点滴复膜酵母,尽管没有直接证据表明感染点滴复膜酵母会引起明显病状,但其被认为是多种动物的机会性致病菌。本研究通过全基因组测序和转录组测序明确点滴复膜酵母的基因结构和注释信息,获得点滴复膜酵母的系统性基因组和转录组数据。结果显示基因组大小为29.71 Mb,包含11 307个基因,转录组大小为17.67 Mb,GC含量分别为43.02%和43.09%;mRNA、CDS、外显子和内含子的平均长度分别为1 476、1 447、1 374和540 bp;点滴复膜酵母存在517个独特的基因家族,共包括1 162个基因,该酵母的独特基因特点为后续研究奠定基础。比较分析结果表明,点滴复膜酵母的基因组大小和数量明显大于其他12种酵母,提示该酵母可能存在全基因组复制,这可能与其独特的胃肠道定殖、耐酸和耐高温生长特性密切相关。     

忍冬桑黄和蛹虫草共发酵联产真菌多糖初步研究

忍冬桑黄和蛹虫草两种药用真菌均可产活性多糖,共发酵模式是产生新化合物或提高化合物含量或药效的潜在方式.本研究尝试用忍冬桑黄和蛹虫草共发酵联产真菌多糖,并对其共发酵所得的菌丝体多糖开展抗氧化活性试验.结果表明,当忍冬桑黄和蛹虫草预先分别发酵3d和1d后再同时接种共发酵,两菌可以较好地进行共生长,菌体总量和总多糖得率显著高...     

希木龙念珠菌研究进展

希木龙念珠菌Candida haemulonii是一种与耳念珠菌亲缘关系十分相近的物种。近年来,由其引发的侵袭性真菌疾病的发病率不断升高。作为一种多重耐药真菌,希木龙念珠菌对常见抗真菌药物的耐药性甚至超过耳念珠菌。体外药敏试验证实大部分希木龙念珠菌菌株对唑类、多烯类以及棘白菌素类等抗真菌药物耐药,尤其是对两性霉素B具有天然抗性。不仅如此,临床传统的生化方法难以对该菌准确鉴定,常用的商品化鉴定产品往往将其错误鉴定为毕赤酵母或者新型隐球菌。为了进一步加深对希木龙念珠菌的认识,本文结合国内外的流行病学数据与研究进展,从感染现状、生物学特征、耐药性进行综述,同时总结该菌目前诊断、治疗和预防措施。     

Temperature dependence of the germination of tomato seeds

1. 1.|The germination of tomato “C38” seeds exposed to periodical white incandescent light occurs from 6.0° ± 0.2°C to 37.5° ± 0.2°C, being rate-limited for 10.3° T 25.9°C, and elsewhere limited by the germination capacity.

2. 2.|Rate averages are linearly T-dependent outside their optimum range (25.9° T 29.5°C) and rate variances are typically heterogeneous.

3. 3.|The smooth curvilinear Arrhenius plot indicates that diffusion processes cannot be rate-limiting outside the interval 25.9° T 29.5°C, whereas phase transitions and (or) transconformation of proteins may limit the rate above 34.9°C and, by opposite effects, below 15.3°C.

4. 4.|The thermal communication between the environment and the germinating seed proceeds by a temperature signal which is quenched by random thermal noise at T 11.2°C and at T 34.0°C.

蛹虫草组学研究进展

作为虫草属的模式种,蛹虫草是目前虫草类真菌中研究和应用最为广泛的物种之一。随着基因组序列的公布,蛹虫草组学水平的研究近年来取得了明显的进展。本文从基因组、线粒体基因组、甲基化组、转录组、蛋白质组、代谢网络等角度对蛹虫草组学水平的研究现状进行综述,期望对进一步推动蛹虫草的深入研究提供帮助。     

中国青褶伞时空分布研究

近年来在中国,蘑菇中毒已成为食物中毒事件中威胁人民生命健康的重要因素,其中青褶伞Chlorophyllum molybdites是最常见的毒蘑菇种类。为切实预防该种中毒,揭示其在我国的时空分布特征及规律就显得尤为重要和紧迫。本研究通过系统收集、整理、分析青褶伞在中国的时空分布信息,发现该种在1978-2020年中的20个年份中共出现于我国包含台湾省在内的17个省份,主要集中在热带和亚热带地区,东北地区（黑龙江和内蒙古东部）偶有分布,华北和西北没有记载。青褶伞在我国不同地区一年四季均有分布,具体时间为3-12月份,集中出现在6-10月份。该种最早于仲春出现在华南地区（广东）,随即向热带、亚热带的华南其他地区、华东、华中和西南地区扩散并持续至中秋,从晚秋至初冬,该种分布范围不断南移萎缩至西南热带地区（云南勐腊县）;在温带至寒温带,该种仅在夏末秋初出现在东北地区。     

中亚热带不同演替阶段的马尾松和米槠人工林的细根生产量研究

对不同演替阶段的树种细根生产动态及其对环境因子响应的差异目前仍缺乏了解。为此, 在福建省三明市选择了中亚热带演替前期的马尾松(Pinus massoniana)和演替后期的米槠(Castanopsis carlesii)两种人工林为研究对象, 采用微根管法对两种人工林的细根根长生产量及其动态进行了为期2年的观测, 并分析了细根生产量的径级和土层分布, 及月生产量动态与气温、降水、土壤温度、土壤含水率等环境因子间的关系。结果表明: 1)两种林分的细根生产量有显著差异, 马尾松人工林细根年根长生产量约为米槠人工林细根年根长生产量的4倍; 两种林分的细根生产量呈现显著的月变化, 峰值均出现在夏季, 且2年内总细根生产量以夏季的细根生产量最大。2)两林分均是直径0-0.3 mm的细根所占细根生产量比例最大; 土层分布上, 马尾松人工林0-10 cm土层细根所占生产量的比例最大, 米槠人工林30-40 cm土层细根所占生产量比例最大。3)偏相关分析表明, 两林分细根月生产量均与气温、土壤温度极显著相关或显著正偏相关, 与降水、土壤含水率的偏相关均不显著; 一元线性回归分析表明, 演替早期马尾松人工林细根月生产量与气温、土壤温度的相关性明显高于米槠人工林。该研究表明, 与演替后期的米槠人工林相比, 中亚热带演替早期的马尾松人工林细根生产量大, 且与温度间的相关性更高。     

大把子杯桩菇：产自山西的一个新物种

基于多基因片段的系统发育分析显示,山西省吕梁山区俗称为大把子的一种传统野生食用蘑菇是隶属于假杯伞科Pseudoclitocybaceae杯桩菇属Clitopaxillus的一个分类学新物种,本研究将其定名为大把子杯桩菇C. dabazi。该种与分布于欧洲的C. alexandri和C. fibulatus形态特征相似并且有密切的亲缘关系。大把子杯桩菇的鉴别特征为菌盖半球形,菌盖边缘稍内卷,土黄褐色至灰白褐色,菌柄粗棒状,具蘑菇香味。大把子杯桩菇在秋季发生,在整个吕梁山脉均有分布,在中北部的管涔山、关帝山区域,主要生长于云杉Picea sp.、落叶松Larix sp.林内的草地上;而在南部的五鹿山一带,则发生于松Pinus sp.、栎Quercus spp.混交林内草地上。本文还提供了杯桩菇属已知3个物种的分种检索表。     

Fine root production of Pinus massoniana plantation and Castanopsis carlesii plantation at different successional stages in subtropical China

AimsOur objectives were to determine differences in fine root production, its relationships with environmental factors, and its diameter- and depth-related distribution patterns between plantations of two subtropical tree species differing in successional stages. MethodsPlantation forests of an early-successional species, Pinus massoniana, and a late-successional species, Castanopsis carlesii, in Sanming, Fujian Province, were selected. Fine root production was monitored for two years using minirhizotrons methods. At the same time, environmental factors including monthly air temperature, monthly precipitation, soil temperature, and soil water content were determined.Important findings 1) During the two years, there was significant difference in annual fine root length production between these two forests, with annual production of P. massoniana plantation nearly four times that of C. carlesii plantation. Fine root length production under both forests showed significant monthly dynamics and maximized in summer, a season when most of fine roots were born. 2) Roots of 0-0.3 mm in diameter accounted for the largest proportion of total fine root length production. Fine roots were concentrated mostly at the 0-10 cm soil depth in P. massoniana plantation, but happened mostly at the 30-40 cm soil depth in the C. carlesii plantation. 3) Partial correlation analysis suggested that, monthly fine root production of both forests was significantly correlated with both air temperature and soil temperature, while it had no significant correlation with either rainfall or soil water content. Linear regression analysis illustrated that monthly fine root production was more correlated with air temperature and soil temperature in the P. massoniana plantation than in the C. carlesii plantation. It was concluded that fine root production in the early-successional P. massoniana plantation was not only much higher in amount, but also more sensitive to temperature, than that in the late-successional C. carlesii plantation.     

Wide intra-genomic G+C heterogeneity in human and chicken is mainly due to strand-symmetric directional mutation pressures: dGTP-oxidation and symmetric cytosine-deamination hypotheses

The intra-strand Parity Rule 2 of DNA (PR2) states that A=T and G=C within each strands. Useful corollaries of PR2 are G/(G+C)=A/(A+T)=0.5, G/(G+A)=C/(C+T)=G+C, G/(G+T)=C/(C+A)=G+C. Here. A, T, G, and C represent relative contents of the four nucleotide residues in a specific strand of DNA, so that A+T+G+C=1. Thus, deviations from the PR2 is a sign of strand-specific (or asymmetric) mutation and/or selection pressures. The present study delineates the symmetric and asymmetric effects of mutations on the intra-genomic heterogeneity of the G+C content in the human genome. The results of this study on the human genome are: (1) When both two- and four-codon amino acids were combined, only slight departures from the PR2 were observed in the total ranges of G+C content of the third-codon position. Thus, the G+C heterogeneity is likely to be caused by symmetric mutagenesis between the two strands. (2) The above result makes the deamination of cytosine due to double-strand breathing of DNA [Mol. Biol. Evol. 17 (2000) 1371] and/or incorporation of the oxidized guanine (8-oxo-guanine) opposite adenine during DNA replication (dGTP-oxidation hypothesis) as the most likely candidates for the major cause of the diversities of the G+C content. (3) Patterns of amino acid-specific PR2-biases detected by plotting PR2 corollaries against the G+C content of third codon position revealed that eight four-codon amino acids can be divided into three types by the second codon letter: (a) C₂-type (Ala, Pro, Ser4, and Thr), (b) G₂-type (Arg4 and Gly), and (c) T₂-type (Leu4 and Val). (4) Most of the asymmetric plot patterns of the above three classes in PR2 biases can be explained by C₂→T₂ deamination of C₂pG₃ of C₂-type to T₂pG₃ (T₂-type) in both human and chicken. This explains the existence of some preferred codons in human and chicken. However, these biases (asymmetric) hardly contribute to the overall G+C content diversity of the third codon position.     

柞蚕蛹虫草继代培育其活性物质变化规律

柞蚕蛹虫草中含有虫草素、腺苷、多糖等多种活性成分,具有提高免疫力、抗疲劳、保护心脑血管、抗癌等方面的作用,是冬虫夏草的良好替代品。以柞蚕蛹虫草的继代培育为基础,分别检测蛹虫草菌在不同传代次数时柞蚕蛹虫草子实体生长状态、蛹虫草中腺苷、虫草素、虫草多糖含量及蛹虫草菌菌丝、分生孢子中活性氧的分布。第1代蛹虫草菌接种后柞蚕蛹出现腐烂现象;第2、3代培育的子实体生长量、腺苷及虫草素含量均较高;第4代子实体生长量、腺苷及虫草素含量均出现大幅下降的现象。柞蚕蛹虫草中虫草多糖含量在传代过程中也逐渐降低,但降低幅度较腺苷和虫草素缓慢。第2代培育的柞蚕蛹虫草子实体生长状态优于第3代,故第2代蛹虫草菌更适合应用于批量生产。蛹虫草菌退化后含有活性氧的分生孢子比例增大,这可能是发生退化的表象之一。