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STYLIANOS MICHAIL SIMAIAKIS EVEN TJØRVE GABRIELE GENTILE ALESSANDRO MINELLI MOISIS MYLONAS 《Biological journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London》2012,105(1):146-159
The present study article examines the shapes of centipede species–area relationships (SARs) in the Mediterranean islands, compares the results of the linear form of the power model between archipelagos, discusses biological significance of the power model parameters with other taxa on the Aegean archipelago, and tests for a significant small‐island effect (SIE). We used 11 models to test the SARs and we compared the quality‐of‐fit of all candidate models. The power function ranked first and Z‐values was in the range 0.106–0.334. We assessed the presence of SIEs by fitting both a continuous and discontinuous breakpoint regression model. The continuous breakpoint regression functions never performed much better than the closest discontinuous model as a predictor of centipede species richness. We suggest that the relatively low Z‐values in our data partly reflect better dispersal abilities in centipedes than in other soil invertebrate taxa. Longer periods of isolation and more recent island formation may explain the somewhat lower constant c in the western Mediterranean islands compared to the Aegean islands. Higher breakpoint values in the western Mediterranean may also be a result of larger distance to the mainland and longer separation times. Despite the differences in the geological history and the idiosyncratic features of the main island groups considered, the overall results are quite similar and this could be assigned to the ability of centipedes to disperse across isolation barriers. © 2011 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, 105 , 146–159. 相似文献
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TJ Beveridge 《Biotechnic & histochemistry》2001,76(3):111-118
The Gram stain differentiates bacteria into two fundamental varieties of cells. Bacteria that retain the initial crystal violet stain (purple) are said to be 'Gram-positive,' whereas those that are decolorized and stain red with carbol fuchsin (or safranin) are said to be 'Gram-negative.' This staining response is based on the chemical and structural makeup of the cell walls of both varieties of bacteria. Gram-positives have a thick, relatively impermeable wall that resists decolorization and is composed of peptidoglycan and secondary polymers. Gram-negatives have a thin peptidoglycan layer plus an overlying lipid-protein bilayer known as the outer membrane, which can be disrupted by decolorization. Some bacteria have walls of intermediate structure and, although they are officially classified as Gram-positives because of their linage, they stain in a variable manner. One prokaryote domain, the Archaea, have such variability of wall structure that the Gram stain is not a useful differentiating tool. 相似文献
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Replication slippage may cause parallel evolution in the secondary structures of mitochondrial transfer RNAs 总被引:9,自引:4,他引:5
Presence of the dihydrouridine (D) stem in the mitochondrial cysteine tRNA
is unusually variable among lepidosaurian reptiles. Phylogenetic and
comparative analyses of cysteine tRNA gene sequences identify eight
parallel losses of the D-stem, resulting in D-arm replacement loops.
Sampling within the monophyletic Acrodonta provides no evidence for
reversal. Slipped-strand mispairing of noncontiguous repeated sequences
during replication or direct replication slippage can explain repeats
observed within cysteine tRNAs that contain a D-arm replacement loop. These
two mechanisms involving replication slippage can account for the loss of
the cysteine tRNA D-stem in several lepidosaurian lineages, and may
represent general mechanisms by which the secondary structures of
mitochondrial tRNAs are altered.
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A new distinctive strain of Aspergillus nomius that produces the potent mycotoxins, aflatoxins, is described from pistachio, pecan, and fig orchards in California. Similar
to the typical strain of A. nomius (as represented by the ex-type), the O strain produced both B and G aflatoxins but not cyclopiazonic acid, had similar conidial
ornamentation, and grew poorly at 42°C. Furthermore, previous published DNA sequence supports that the new strain is very
closely related to the ex-type of A. nomius. However, the O strain differs from the ex-type in several morphological characters. The ex-type was initially described
as producing “indeterminate sclerotia” that appear as large (up to 3 mm long) elongated sclerotia on surfaces of media. The
O strain produces only small spherical sclerotia (mean diameter <0.3 mm) submerged in the medium. In addition, the O strain
has predominantly uniseriate conidial heads, whereas the typical strain of A. nomius has predominantly biseriate heads. The O strain colony color on both Czapek solution agar and Czapek yeast extract agar was
more yellowish than the ex-type of A. nomius and other common aflatoxin-producing fungi. Isolates of the O strain reported here from several orchards represent the first
report of A. nomius in California. 相似文献
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Aims: To design the Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus -specific primers and a real-time PCR assay for quantification of the conidial density in soil.
Methods and Results: Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus -specific DNA primers were designed based on internal transcribed spacer sequences to distinguish these two species and from other Aspergillus and other fungal species. A method of pathogen DNA extraction directly from soil samples was developed. Using the designed primers, a real-time PCR assay was developed to quantitatively determine the conidial density of each A. flavus and A. parasiticus in soil, after generating corresponding standard curves. Known conidial densities of each A. flavus or A. parasiticus in soil significantly correlated with those tested with the real-time PCR.
Conclusions: This study demonstrated the applicability of the real-time PCR assay in studies of quantifying A. flavus and A. parasiticus in soil as inoculum sources.
Significance and Impact of the Study: The A. flacus and A. parasitic -specific primers can be widely used in aflatoxin research. The real-time PCR assay developed in this study provides a potential approach to quantify the plant pathogen density from not only soil but also other sources in relation to aflatoxin contamination from environment, food and feed commodities. 相似文献
Methods and Results: Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus -specific DNA primers were designed based on internal transcribed spacer sequences to distinguish these two species and from other Aspergillus and other fungal species. A method of pathogen DNA extraction directly from soil samples was developed. Using the designed primers, a real-time PCR assay was developed to quantitatively determine the conidial density of each A. flavus and A. parasiticus in soil, after generating corresponding standard curves. Known conidial densities of each A. flavus or A. parasiticus in soil significantly correlated with those tested with the real-time PCR.
Conclusions: This study demonstrated the applicability of the real-time PCR assay in studies of quantifying A. flavus and A. parasiticus in soil as inoculum sources.
Significance and Impact of the Study: The A. flacus and A. parasitic -specific primers can be widely used in aflatoxin research. The real-time PCR assay developed in this study provides a potential approach to quantify the plant pathogen density from not only soil but also other sources in relation to aflatoxin contamination from environment, food and feed commodities. 相似文献
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The response regulator protein is a core element of two-component signaling pathway. In this study, we investigated functions
of BRRG-1 of Botrytis cinerea, a gene that encodes a putative response regulator protein, which is homologous to Rrg-1 in Neurospora crassa. The BRRG-1 gene deletion mutant ΔBrrg1-62 was unable to produce conidia. The mutant showed increased sensitivity to osmotic stress mediated
by NaCl and KCl, and to oxidative stress generated by H2O2. Additionally, the mutant was more sensitive to the fungicides iprodione, fludioxonil, and triadimefon than the parental
strain. Western-blot analysis showed that the Bos-2 protein, the putative downstream component of Brrg-1, was not phosphorylated
in the ΔBrrg1-62. Real-time polymerase chain reaction assays showed that expression of BOS-2 also decreased significantly in the mutant. All of the defects were restored by genetic complementation of the ΔBrrg1-62
with the wild-type BRRG-1 gene. Plant inoculation tests showed that the mutant did not show changes in pathogenicity on rapeseed leaves. These results
indicated that Brrg-1 is involved in the regulation of asexual development, sensitivity to iprodione, fludioxonil, and triadimefon
fungicides, and adaptation to osmotic and oxidative stresses in B. cinerea. 相似文献
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