Origin of sclerotia-like cells in submerged Claviceps purpurea producing clavine alkaloids

Ultrathin sectioning of submerged mycelium of Claviceps purpurea Tul. producing clavine alkaloids revealed yeast-like budding resulting in asexual sporesblastospores. These deciduous spores were born by extended hyphal cells and retained the same ultrastructure of cell organelles. Both the extended hyphae and the blastospores resembled the cells of ergot sclerotial tissue. A surface culture of C. purpurea Tul. producing no alkaloids was used as a reference.     

Recovery from ethyl methanesulphonate-induced genetical damage in barley. Independence of sodium azide treatment

Barley seeds were treated for 3 h at 25°C with 240 mM ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS), washed for 18 h, treated with various concentrations of unbuffered sodium azide (pH 6.7–7.3) for 3 h at 25°C, re-dried to 30% water content and either sown immediately or stored at 25°C for 12 days and then sown. The synergistic action of sodium azide post-treatment has been demonstrated only for the EMS-induced M₁ germination reduction, while the EMS-induced M₁ sterility and the yield of M₂ chlorophyll mutants were unaffected. The ?storage” recovery from EMS-induced mutagenic effects was insensitive to sodium azide post-treatment. The 12 day-seed storage at 25°C brought about an improvement of M₁ germination, M₁ survival, M₁ fertility and a decrease in the amount of M₂ mutants, regardless of whether sodium azide post-treatment was applied or not.     

The effects of three rad genes on UV induced mutation rates in haploid and diploid Saccharomyces cells

Effects of the rad 2-20, rad 9-4, r1s, and the corresponding wild type RAD alleles in haploid and homozygous diploid Saccharomyces strains on UV induced mutation rates from adenine, lysine and histidine dependence to independence are reported. The UV induced mutation rates were similar for the RAD, r1s, and rad 9-4 haploids, whereas the rad 2-20 mutation causes a marked increase in the UV induced mutation rates. The diploid rad 2-20 strain also exhibits a marked increase in the UV induced mutation rates, whereas the rad 9-4 diploid has reduced mutation rates when compared to the wildtype. The UV induced mutation rates of haploid and diploid RAD strains are almost identical. For the rad 2-20 and rad 9-4 diploids, however, these rates are smaller than in the corresponding haploid strains. Differential effects of the rad genes on the ratio of locus to suppressor mutations were found. The implications of these findings on possible repair processes in yeasts are discussed.     

A contribution to the phenotype distribution of phosphoglucomutase in Czechoslovakia (the district of České Budějovice)

Summary A population sample of 416 unrelated donors from eské Budjovice (southorn Bohemia) was investigated for the phenotypes of phosphoglucomutase (PGM). The calculated frequencies of the allelles PGM ₁ ¹ and PGM ₁ ² , 0.770 and 0.230, respectively, correspond to the expected frequencies of the phenotypes PGM 1=0.593, PGM 2-1=0.354, and PGM 2=0.0529. No rare phonotype was detected.     

Studien über dieJungermannioideae (Hepaticae) 8.Jungermannia subg.Plectocolea und subg.Solenostoma in Australien,Neuseeland und Ozeanien

Die achte Studie über die SubfamilieJungermannioideae (Jungermanniaceae, Hepaticae) ist dén Arten der GattungJungermannia L. emend.Dum., die in Australien, Neuseeland und Ozeanien vorkommen, gewidmet. Die meist endemischen Arten, die auf Hawaii vorkommen, werden als eine selbständige (neunte) Studie bearbeitet. Im genannten Gebiet wurden 13 Arten der GattungJungermannia L. emend.Dum. festgestellt.J. (P.) hasskarliana (Nees) Steph.,J. (P.) obliquifolia (Schiffn.) Váňa,J. (P.) tetragona Lindenb.,J. (P.) hirticalyx Steph.,J. (P.) minutiverrucosa Amak.,J. (P.) wattsiana Steph.,J. (S.) ariadne Tayl.,J. (S.) totipapillosa Hodgs.,J. (S.) inundata Hook. fil. etTayl. emend.Mitt. undJ. (S.) orbiculata (Col.) Grolle sind eingehend taxonomisch bearbeitet,J. (P.) micrantha (Mitt.) Steph. wird in die nächste Studie eingereiht.J. (P.) boninensis (Horik.) Inoue wurde vonInoue (Inoue etIwatsuki 1969) eingehend beschrieben und abgebildet,Haplozia comptonii Pears. wurde schon im 2. Teil diskutiert. Die anderen aus dem Gebiet bekannten Arten sind mit den obenerwähnten Arten synonymisiert oder zu anderen Gattungen gestellt.     

缙云山4种林分土壤无机磷与活性铝的含量及分布

为探索不同林分对土壤中无机磷与活性铝的含量及分布的影响,以及无机磷与活性铝之间的相互关系,以在我国西南地区酸性土壤上的农林经营管理提供理论和实践依据。研究以缙云山广泛分布的4种林分类型：山莓、马尾松、楠竹和柑橘林土壤为对象,采用酸性土壤无机磷分级方法和铝试剂比色法测定了土壤剖面A、B和C层中各形态的无机磷与活性铝的含量,分析了不同林分土壤中无机磷和活性铝的含量和分布特征。结果表明,林分类型显著影响土壤中无机磷与活性铝的含量与分布,且铁磷(Fe-P)、交换态铝(Ex-Al)和羟基铝(Hy-Al)的含量和比例还受到土壤层次的影响。4种林分相比,山莓林能促进闭蓄态磷(O-P)的形成,而马尾松、楠竹和柑橘林则有利于Al-P、Fe-P和Ca-P的形成;柑橘林有利于低活性的腐殖酸铝(Al-AH)形成,而山莓、马尾松和楠竹林促进高活性的Ex-Al或Hy-Al溶出;Ex-Al、Al-P和Fe-P在土层的分布上有表层富集现象,而Hy-Al集中分布于B层。此外,土壤Ex-Al和Al-P与Fe-P之间,Hy-Al和Ca-P之间均呈显著(P<0.05)正相关。因此,林分类型显著影响土壤无机磷与活性铝的含...     

基于地表水与地下水分割校正的漓江流域水供给服务时空格局研究

喀斯特区域水循环过程与其他地区存在显著区别,其水供给服务也具有独特的空间分布特征。然而,目前针对喀斯特地区产水量的时空变化研究较少考虑喀斯特生态系统的特殊性,导致产水量的空间模拟结果存在一定偏差。根据喀斯特地貌形态和地下水补径排泄特征提出了一种产水量分割方法,并基于水量平衡原理建立了地表水与地下水分割校正概念模型。选取喀斯特山区典型区域漓江流域为研究区,通过上述方法校正了InVEST模型产水量模拟结果,从栅格、地貌分区和子流域3个尺度分析了漓江流域2000—2020年产水量校正前与校正后时空分布格局。研究结果表明：(1)漓江流域2000—2020年InVEST模型产水量呈现先减后增再减的趋势,水供给服务空间分布格局为北高南低。产水深度在岩溶区和非岩溶区几乎没有差异,但在岩溶区内部差异明显：裸露型岩溶区产水深度高于覆盖型和埋藏型,峰林平原产水深度高于峰丛洼地。子流域分区平均产水深度排序为漓江上游区>漓江中游区>恭城河区>荔浦河区>漓江下游区。(2)利用地表与地下水分割校正后,水供给服务空间分布格局为四周高于中部,西北部高于东南部。非岩溶区产水深度明显高于岩溶区,埋...     

一株猪源化脓隐秘杆菌的鉴定、生物学特性研究与基因组分析

[背景] 化脓隐秘杆菌作为一种条件致病菌,常与蓝耳病病毒、猪圆环病病毒、巴氏杆菌等混合感染猪,引起各种非特异性化脓性感染,部分临床症状与副猪嗜血杆菌相似。本试验从江西某猪场一起因呼吸道症状急性死亡病猪的肺脏分离到一株具有β溶血特性、疑似化脓隐秘杆菌的细菌病原。[目的] 鉴定该病原的菌属种类、生物学特性及基因组特征,为该菌疾病的基础研究与临床防控奠定理论基础。[方法] 采用透射电镜、扫描电镜结合PCR鉴定等方法对菌属种类进行鉴定;通过动物实验、药敏试验,分析菌株的生物学特性;借助全基因组测序、生物信息学等技术发掘该菌的基因组特征。[结果] 形态观察、16S rRNA基因鉴定及系统发育分析证实,该分离菌株是化脓隐秘杆菌,命名为JX18;药敏试验表明,该菌株对克林霉素和林可霉素不敏感,对其余所选药物均敏感;动物实验结果显示,对小鼠腹腔攻毒后,小鼠腹部出现明显脓肿病灶,最高剂量组的小鼠全部死亡;全基因组测序结果表明,该菌株携带plo、nanH、nanP、fimA、fimC、fimE等重要毒力基因,并且与其他化脓隐秘杆菌菌株毒力基因的相似性较高;根据同源基因数据库（Cluster of Orthologous Groups,COG）预测,菌株JX18中参与碳水化合物代谢的基因占比最高;通过毒力基因数据库（virulence factor database,VFDB）、UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot等数据库预测,JX18菌株基因组中携带有多个组氨酸激酶、反应调节因子等与细菌双组分调控系统相关基因,以及多种与粘附、侵入及分泌系统相关的毒力基因。[结论] 在江西省分离鉴定出一株猪源强致病性化脓隐秘杆菌,丰富了猪源化脓隐秘杆菌病原信息,为进一步开展猪源化脓隐秘杆菌相关研究与防控奠定了理论依据。