蛹虫草液体发酵产多糖的条件优化

多糖是蛹虫草Cordyceps militaris产生的重要活性成分。为提高其液体发酵胞外多糖的产量,通过单因素轮换法、方差分析、正交试验对蛹虫草菌株YCC-H产胞外多糖的发酵条件进行了优化。单因素结果表明液体发酵最适初始pH为5,最适葡萄糖浓度(质量分数)为6%,最适氮源为酵母膏,最适装液量为80 mL/250 mL,最适接种量(体积分数)为12%;在不同培养条件下菌体生物量变化较大;通过方差分析及正交试验进一步优化,结果显示：装液量(A)、氮源(B)、接种量(C)对蛹虫草产胞外多糖影响程度为B>A>C,最佳条件组合为A₂B₃C₂,即装液量80 mL/250 mL、酵母膏为唯一氮源、接种量(体积分数)为12%,其余因素选择单因素中最佳水平。经验证,该菌株合成胞外多糖的质量浓度达247.06 mg/L,较未优化前胞外多糖的产量23.67 mg/L提高了9.43倍。     

大球盖菇产胞外多糖液体优化培养条件初探

以菌丝生物量及胞外多糖(exopolysaccharides,EPS)含量为指标对大球盖菇产胞外多糖液体培养基组成和发酵条件进行了优化。结果表明,最适碳源是麦芽糖,最适氮源是酵母膏,正交试验确定最佳培养基组成为马铃薯150 g/L,麦芽糖20 g/L,酵母膏1 g/L,KH2PO41 g/L,MgSO4.7H2O 2.5 g/L。最佳发酵条件为28℃,摇床转速160 r/min,起始pH值6.5,装液量100 mL/250 mL、接种量10%,发酵时间6 d。在此条件下,大球盖菇菌丝生物量及EPS含量分别比对照增加了31.8%和51.6%。     

Act0988拮抗菌株鉴定及培养条件与菌株生长关系研究北大核心CSCD

Act0988菌株产对柑橘青霉等多种霉菌具抗菌活性的代谢产物,对菌株进行鉴定、研究培养条件与菌株生长的关系,以为后续开发菌株产抗菌物质的培养基筛选及发酵工艺技术的研究奠定基础。以菌株的形态、培养特征、生理生化特征及16S rDNA序列分析进行菌种鉴定,三角瓶液体振荡培养研究碳氮源、温度、pH及氧与菌株生长的关系。结果表明,Act0988菌株为多产色链霉菌(Streptomyces polychromogenes),菌株生长最佳碳源为可溶性淀粉,发酵液生物量5.8 mg/mL;酵母膏与蛋白胨为最佳氮源,生物量5.7 mg/mL左右。菌株最适温度28℃,生物量6.0 mg/mL。最适初始pH7.0,生物量6.2 mg/mL;最适装液量60 mL/500mL,生物量6.3 mg/mL。Act0988菌株易培养,发酵液抗菌活性强,菌株产抗菌物质具有突出的开发利用潜力。     

Act0988拮抗菌株鉴定及培养条件与菌株生长关系研究

Act0988菌株产对柑橘青霉等多种霉菌具抗菌活性的代谢产物,对菌株进行鉴定、研究培养条件与菌株生长的关系,以为后续开发菌株产抗菌物质的培养基筛选及发酵工艺技术的研究奠定基础。以菌株的形态、培养特征、生理生化特征及16S rDNA序列分析进行菌种鉴定,三角瓶液体振荡培养研究碳氮源、温度、pH及氧与菌株生长的关系。结果表明,Act0988菌株为多产色链霉菌(Streptomyces polychromogenes),菌株生长最佳碳源为可溶性淀粉,发酵液生物量5.8 mg/mL;酵母膏与蛋白胨为最佳氮源,生物量5.7 mg/mL左右。菌株最适温度28℃,生物量6.0 mg/mL。最适初始pH7.0,生物量6.2 mg/mL;最适装液量60 mL/500mL,生物量6.3 mg/mL。Act0988菌株易培养,发酵液抗菌活性强,菌株产抗菌物质具有突出的开发利用潜力。     

黑曲霉GD-6纤维素酶液体发酵条件的研究

采用黑曲霉 (Aspergillusniger)GD 6液体发酵生产纤维素酶 ,研究了碳源、氮源、培养基起始 pH值、接种量、摇床转速、通气量对该菌株产纤维素酶活力的影响。结果表明 ,GD 6的最适发酵温度为 2 8～ 3 0℃ ,产酶pH为 5 .5～ 6.0 ,摇床最适转速为 1 5 0r/min ,最佳接种量为 1 0 %。在以 6.0 %稻草粉为碳源、1 %豆饼粉为氮源时产酶活力最高。在最适培养条件下 ,发酵周期为 1 2 0h,发酵液中CMC酶活为 1 88.6U/mL ,FP酶活为 2 7.0U/mL。     

白腐菌液体深层培养条件的研究

实验研究了碳源、氮源和无机盐及培养条件对白腐菌液体深层培养的影响。应用正交试验确定了最佳培养基组成为玉米粉 2 .0 % ,玉米浆 2 .0 % ,(NH4 ) 2 SO4 0 .0 1% ,KH2 PO4 0 .0 5 % ,MgSO4 ·7H2 O 0 .0 5 % ,VB1 0 .0 5 % ;最适培养条件为种子培养时间 72h,培养液初始pH5 .5 ,装液量 10 0ml 2 5 0ml三角瓶 ,接种量 10 % ,培养温度 30℃ ,摇床转速 180r min,培养时间 72h ,其最大生物量为 12 .6g L。同时进行了 5L自动发酵罐培养条件的初步研究。     

营养物质对桑黄菌丝生物量及胞外多糖产量的影响

研究了不同碳源、氮源和无机盐对桑黄深层培养菌丝生物量和胞外多糖产量的影响,结果表明：在培养温度为26℃、摇床转速为160r／min、发酵时间为10d的条件下,以桑黄菌丝生物量为指标,最适碳源、氮源和无机盐分别是果糖或葡萄糖、酵母粉或酵母膏、KH2P04或MgSO4·7H2O;菌丝生物量分别达到1．51、1．31、1．69、1．52、1．52、1．36g／100mL;以胞外多糖为指标,最适碳源、氮源和无机盐分别是葡萄糖、酵母膏、ZnSO4·7H2O,胞外多糖产量分别达到0．49、0．45、0．22g／100mL。     

红酵母类胡萝卜素形成的生理学研究

从数株红酵母中选出 1株产类胡萝卜素能力较强的红酵母RY 98(生物量、类胡萝卜素含量和产量分别为19.9g/L ,334 .8μg/ g和 6 .7mg/L) ;研究了该菌株产类胡萝卜素的最适营养与环境条件 ,获得了最佳的发酵生理学条件 :葡萄糖 40 g/L ,(NH4 ) 2 SO4 10 g/L ,酵母膏 3g/L ,蕃茄汁 2mL/L ,花生油 0 .5mL/L ,接种量 30mL/L ,初始pH 6 .0和通气量 (培养基装量 ) 4 0mL/ 2 5 0mL。在此初步优化的培养条件下 ,红酵母RY 98经 72h摇瓶发酵其生物量、类胡萝卜素含量和产量分别可达 2 6 .8g/L ,386 .9μg/ g和 10 .4mg/L ,依次比初筛中提高了 34 .7% ,15 .6 %和 5 5 .2 %。     

倍他洛尔立体拆分菌株培养条件优化

对倍他洛尔立体拆分菌株胶红酵(Rhodotorula mucilaginosa)DQ832198的培养基组成(碳源、氮源)和其它工艺条件(培养温度、初始pH、装液量)进行了研究。通过单因素试验和正交试验,确定了该菌株的最适培养条件为玉米浆1%、蛋白胨0.5%、甘油2%,初始pH 6.0,培养温度28℃,装液量为110 mL/250mL三角瓶。在此条件下,转化率达55.5%,比优化前提高了31.2%。     

绿僵菌Ma83几丁质酶的发酵研究

本实验从虫生真菌中筛选出金龟子绿僵菌M a83菌株,它的几丁质酶合成能力最强。其产酶的适宜条件是,碳源为胶体几丁质加葡萄糖,氮源为NaNO3,培养温度为28℃,培养基起始pH 6.0;接种量为5 mL液态种,最适装液量为5 mL,添加维生素C可以提高酶活;正交实验表明培养因子的最佳组合是:NaNO31 g/L,胶体几丁质0.6 g/L,酵母膏0.05 g/L,葡萄糖0.10 g/L。根据液态培养产酶过程结果可知,当M a83菌培养6天时,几丁质酶活力达到8.1 U/mL。     

Ectogenesis and the case against the right to the death of the foetus

Ectogenesis, or the use of an artificial womb to allow a foetus to develop, will likely become a reality within a few decades, and could significantly affect the abortion debate. We first examine the implications for Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, which argues for a woman’s right to withdraw life support from the foetus and so terminate her pregnancy, even if the foetus is granted full moral status. We show that on Thomson’s reasoning, there is no right to the death of the foetus, and abortion is not permissible if ectogenesis is available, provided it is safe and inexpensive. This raises the question of whether there are persuasive reasons for the right to the death of the foetus that could be exercised in the context of ectogenesis. Eric Mathison and Jeremy Davis have examined several arguments for this right, doubting that it exists, while Joona Räsänen has recently criticized their reasoning. We respond to Räsänen’s analysis, concluding that his arguments are unsuccessful, and that there is no right to the death of the foetus in these circumstances.     

On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics

The mythical concept of an impoverished tropical cladoceran fauna is refuted. On a planetary scale, around half of the cladoceran species presently known occur exclusively in the tropics-subtropics, often with considerable restriction to particular geographical subzones. On a regional (political) scale, the situation is often unclear because of the continued fragmentary nature of studies, and because political units are not a good basis for biogeographical comparisons. At the finest level of resolution (lake-perlake comparisons), there appears to be an upper limit of c. 50 cladoceran species per individual lake. No significant difference between lakes in the temperate zone and in the tropics could be established here. Daphnia is largely absent from the tropics, but is replaced by more Sidids, Moinids, and Bosminids, such that the average cladoceran community in the limnetic zone of a tropical lake is not characterized by less species but rather by lower population densities. This, in turn, is considered a consequence of higher prevalent predation levels in the tropics.     

Tubular networks in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human,the monkey,the cat and the dog

Summary A tubular network was found in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human, the monkey (Macaca mulatta), the cat and the dog. These tubules are arranged in close groups in the vicinity of the synaptic lamellae and the invaginated dendrites. According to the form, diameter, density of the tubules and to the consistence of the network formed by them one can distinguish at these places an initial type (type I), a transitory (type II) and a vesicular one (type III). In the the type III branching, bizarre forms are frequent. The diameter of all the tubules reaches 500–600 Å, their density and walls being the same as in the synaptic vesicles.Similar networks also occur in the axons of the visual receptor cells of the monkey.

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Zusammenfassung In den Endigungen der Photorezeptorzellen von Mensch, Affe (Macaca mulatta), Katze und Hund kommen aus Tubuli bestehende Komplexe vor. Organellenartig in geschlossenen Gruppen angeordnet, liegen sie in Nähe der synaptischen Lamellen und der invaginierten Dendriten. An diesen Stellen kann man nach Form, Durchmesser, Dichte und Konsistenz der von den Tubuli gebildeten Komplexe drei Typen unterscheiden: 1. einen initialen (Typus I), 2. einen Übergangstypus (Typus II) und 3. einen vesiculären Typus (Typus III). In letzterem kommen häufig verzweigte, bizarre Formen vor. Der Durchmesser sämtlicher Tubuli erreicht 500–600 Å. Ihre Dichte und ihre Wand gleicht denen der synaptischen Vesikel.Ähnliche Komplexe fanden wir auch in den Axonen der Photorezeptorzellen vom Affen.

     

Assessing the Physiological State of the Fucoids from the Barents Sea Littoral by the End of the Polar Night

Methods of amperometry and potentiometric titration were used to follow dark respiration (DR) and apparent photosynthesis (AP) in the fucoids Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol, Fucus vesiculosus L., and F. serratus L. from the Barents Sea littoral by the end of the 40-day-long polar night. The macroalgae were shown to manifest species-specific low rates of photosynthesis and respiration. However, in spite of their low photosynthetic status due to the effects of subzero temperature and prolonged low or zero illumination, the macroalgae have been able to restore DR and AP to the initial level already by the day 9; the ability to restore AP depended on the level of illumination. The study of the changes in the carbonate–bicarbonate system in the light and darkness demonstrated that the macroalgae grown in darkness, in contrast to those grown in twilight, could absorb bicarbonate in darkness; however, they lost this capacity after two-day-long illumination at an irradiance of 7 mol/(m² s). Bicarbonate uptake in darkness and the capacity to restore the systems of photosynthesis and respiration in fucoid cells are discussed in the context of algal energy metabolism under the polar night conditions.     

Arranging the elements of the potassium channel: the T1 domain occludes the cytoplasmic face of the channel

The voltage-gated potassium channel is currently one of the few membrane proteins where functional roles have been mapped onto specific segments of sequence. Although high-resolution structures of the transmembrane portions of three bacterial potassium channels, the tetramerization domain and the cytoplasmic ball are available, their relative spatial arrangement in mammalian channels remains a matter of ongoing debate. Cryo-electron microscopic images of the six transmembrane voltage-gated Kv channel have been reconstructed at up to 18 Å resolution, revealing that the T1 domain tetramerizes and is suspended below the transmembrane segments. However, the resolution of these images is insufficient to reveal the location of the third piece of the puzzle, the inactivating ball domain. We have used the aberrant interactions observed in a series of chimæric channels to establish that an assembled T1 domain restricts access to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, suggesting that the N-terminal ball and chain may be confined in the space between the T1 domain and the transmembrane portion of the channel.     

Feeding the vertebrate retina from the Cambrian to the Tertiary

The retina of the vertebrate eye is metabolically active and requires nutritive support. During the last 540 million years it has evolved into forms as complicated and nutritionally demanding as those found in avian or primate eyes. Diffusion from the choroid is generally able to supply the metabolic needs of thin retinae. However, when the thickness exceeds the limits of diffusion, structures are needed to supplement the vascular supply from the choroid. These supplemental nutritive devices include the choroidal gland, the falciform process and preretinal vascular plexus of fish, the conus papillaris of lizards, the pecten oculi of birds, the intraretinal vessels of mammals and a few novel systems that remain difficult to classify. These vascular systems are among the most variable features of the vertebrate eye. Here, we review classical and recent findings regarding such retinal nutrition systems, propose a three category classification for them based on histologic origins and speculate on the evolutionary forces which drove their development.     

Observations on the permeability of the choriocapillaris of the eye

Summary The choriocapillaris is a fenestrated capillary bed located posterior to the retinal pigment epithelium. It serves as the main source of supply to the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, and other cells of the outer retina. The permeability of these capillaries to intravenously injected ferritin (MW — approx. 480,000; mol. diam. 11 nm) was examined in the mouse, rabbit, and guinea pig, each of which is characterized by a different type of retinal vascularization. In all three species, the bulk of the ferritin remained in the capillary lumina, where it appeared to be blocked at the level of the diaphragmed fenestrae. Some ferritin was present in endothelial cell vacuoles. The results confirm previous work on the rat choriocapillaris and indicate that the barrier function of the choriocapillary endothelium is present even among species in which the retinal circulation differs significantly.Supported by NIH grant EY03418     

Separation of the pineal vesicle from the wall of the third ventricle during the post-hatching development of the chicken

Summary According to light- and electron-microscopic observations the pineal organ of the 3-day-old chicken consists of a prominent end vesicle and a tapering parenchymal stalk. During this stage the pineal lumen is in open communication with the third ventricle. However, in the 40-day-old chicken, which still possesses a well-developed end vesicle, the proximal portion of the pineal stalk displays regressive changes leading to local fragmentation. At this stage the pineal stalk is reduced, and the pineal lumen is missing. In 1-year-old chickens the parenchyma of the proximal portion of the stalk is further diminished, and in 3-year-old domestic fowl is completely displaced by bundles of collagenous fibers, only some nerve fibers being present. This post-hatching pineal development may reflect the sequence of changes leading from pineal sense organs to pineal glands.This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan