林分耗水的尺度扩展研究进展

蒸散耗水是森林生态系统水分循环过程的主要构成,是现代生态水文研究的重点和难点。直接测定和尺度上推提供了两种获取蒸散量的技术手段。受限于复杂的冠层结构、非均质的下垫面和迥异的环境条件,直接测定难以准确获取林分水平的耗水信息,因此有必要讨论单木与冠层结构、环境因子之间的耦合关系,利用时空尺度扩展得到合理的耗水量。本文综述了理论基础相对牢固的3种尺度扩展技术:基于生物计量参数、遥感影像和水文模型的尺度扩展,剖析各模型的控制因子,探讨模型的适用性和优缺点,对尺度扩展技术的发展做了展望。     

普通烟草K^＋通道基因NKT4的克隆、序列和表达分析

通过比对拟南芥、胡萝卜、番茄和马铃薯的K+通道氨基酸序列得到了保守序列,设计1对简并引物,利用RT-PCR获得3条490bp的普通烟草K+通道基因中间片段.以其中一条中间片段设计特异性引物,应用RACE方法得到5′末端和3′末端cDNA序列.通过拼接并结合全长克隆及测序验证,获得一个未报道的普通烟草K+通道基因,并将其命名为NKT4(GenBank登录号为FJ233071).NKT4的cDNA全长为2937bp,其中5′非编码区45bp、编码区2679bp、3′非编码区213bp;编码区编码892个AA.构建了一个烟草、拟南芥及相关植物K+通道蛋白的系统进化树.基因表达分析表明,NKT4主要在烟草主根和侧根中表达,在烟草叶中也有少量表达.     

整治区植烟土壤养分空间变异及肥力适宜性等级评价

采用地理信息系统(GIS)技术和地统计学方法,研究了湖北省恩施市“清江源”现代烟草农业科技园区、恩施城郊和利川柏杨基地单元新整治区域的土壤属性和速效养分空间变异特征,并采用模糊数学法对其土壤肥力适宜性指数(SFI)进行评价.结果表明: 土地整治对土壤速效磷含量的变异和空间分布的影响较大,这种影响程度可能与地形地貌特征和整治程度有关;土地整治对土壤pH值的影响较小,但是柏杨土壤酸化严重(pH<5.5).77.6%的城郊土壤具有较低的SFI,而柏杨和清江源分别仅有17.1%和31.4%的土壤具有较低的SFI.柏杨需要重点解决土壤酸化问题,城郊需要重点解决整个区域土壤培肥和肥力均衡化问题,而清江源则需解决SFI较低区域的培肥问题.     

我国森林脑炎病毒森张株编码区序列测定

为鉴定我国森林脑炎病毒亚型,了解基因组结构与生物功能的关系,同时为森林脑炎病毒新型疫苗研制打下基础,对森林脑炎病毒森张株编码区序列进行测定.根据已发表的Sofjin-HO、Oshima5-10株序列设计9对重叠引物,通过RT-PCR扩增不同的cDNA片段,分别克隆至pGEM(R)-T载体,转化DH5 α菌,挑阳性克隆PCR、酶切鉴定后测序.结果表明森张株编码区全长10 245nt,编码3 414个氨基酸.我国森林脑炎病毒森张株与Oshima5.10、Sofjin-HO、Sofjin同源性最近,属于远东亚型.     

Broiler chicken cecal microbiocenoses depending on mixed fodder

Molecular genetic techniques (NGS sequencing and quantitative PCR) were used to determine the composition of the cecal bacterial community of broiler chickens fed with different mixed fodder. The cecal microbiome exhibited taxonomic diversity, with both typical inhabitants of avian intestine belonging to the families Clostridiaceae, Eubacteriaceae, and Lactobacillaceae and to the phylum Bacteroidetes, and new unidentified taxa, as well as bacteria of the families Lachnospiraceae and Ruminococcaceae, which were previously considered restricted to the rumen microbiota. Contrary to traditional concepts, enterococci and bifidobacteria were among the minor components of the community, lactate-fermenting species were absent, and typical avian pathogens of the genus Staphylococcus were detected but seldom. Members of the family Suterellaceae and the genus Gallibacterium, which are responsible for avian respiratory infections, were also detected. Significant fluctuations of abundance and composition of microbial groups within the cecal community and of the parameters of broiler productivity were found to occur depending on the feed allowance. Cellulose content in the feed had the most pronounced effect on the composition and structure of bacterial communities. Decreased cellulose content resulted in a decrease of bacterial abundance by an order of magnitude and in increased ratios of members of the phylum Bacteroidetes and the family Clostridiaceae, which possess the enzymes degrading starch polysaccharides. Abundance of the normal inhabitants of avian intestine belonging to the genus Lactobacillus and the order Bacillales decreased, while the share of Escherichia and members of the family Sutterellaceae increased, including some species capable of causing dysbiotic changes in the avian intestine. No significant change in the abundance of cellulolytics of the families Ruminococcaceae, Lachnospiraceae, and Eubacteriaceae was observed.     

GABAA受体在酒精依赖中作用的研究进展

酒精依赖的产生机制是由特定的GABAA受体亚单位介导的,并且能够影响其它GABAA受体亚单位,使其对一定剂量的酒精敏感.此外酒精还可以通过细胞内信号转导途径影响GABA在大脑不同区域及核团单元的表达.焦虑、抗惊厥、镇静催眠、认知功能障碍等由酒精依赖产生的现象或者机制,均与GABA受体的介导有关.这些机制包括酒精对GABAA受体的直接或间接的作用,以及GABA的合成和释放.因此对GABAA受体功能的研究,将有助于人们关注酒精依赖现象及其治疗手段,为寻找酒精依赖治疗药物和治疗酒精中毒的机制的提供新线索.     

民勤绿洲生态需水与生态恢复对策

生态需水是当前水问题的一个研究热点,对于生态环境急剧恶化的内陆干旱区,这一研究尤为紧迫。以民勤绿洲作为研究区,采用阿维里扬诺夫估算方法,对其生态需水量进行了计算。结果表明,民勤绿洲现有植被最低生态需水量为1.4927×108m3,而目前的生态用水量只有0.3525×108m3,远没有达到维持极限抗性面积下的生态需水量。民勤绿洲生态用水的严重不足,主要是受到农田灌溉用水的严重挤占,从而加快了生态环境的日益恶化。通过分析,提出了生态恢复的对策与建议。     

江西省2010年柯萨奇病毒A组24型变异株的全基因组序列分析

急性出血性结膜炎(Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis,AHC)是目前人类最常见的眼病之一,柯萨奇病毒A组24型变异株(Coxsackievirus A24 variant,CV-A24v)是近年来报道引起该病的主要病原体。本研究选取10株来自江西省2010年AHC暴发疫情的CV-A24v,采用特异性引物扩增并测定其全基因组序列。对该10条CV-A24v的全基因组序列进行系统发育分析以及重组分析,计算本研究测定的江西10条以及GenBank中所有22条CV-A24v的全基因组序列的氨基酸置换熵值,并预测其正向选择位点。结果表明,在江西10条CV-A24v基因组序列中未检测到重组。基于全基因组序列构建的最大似然树表明江西10株CV-A24v属于GIV基因型,且分处于两条传播链。对上述32条CV-A24v序列的氨基酸置换熵值计算,共得到25个易突变位点(熵值>0.6),易突变概率最高的区段为2A区。基于Datamonkey中FUBAR和FEL模型分析,发现位于结构蛋白VP2区的234位氨基酸为两种模型共同获得的CV-A24v的正向选择位点。本研究分析了江西10株CV-A24v的全基因组序列特征,为CV-A24v引起的AHC防控工作提供了基础资料。     

Activation of acid growth in germinating horse chestnut seeds

The validity of the acid-growth hypothesis is proved for the case of cell elongation initiation in germinating seeds of horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.), the embryo axes of which are known to extend during the first stages of germination only by cell elongation. During seed imbibition, H⁺-ion excretion was firstly low; it increased several times prior to radicle emergence and was maintained at a high level during growth initiation and further cell elongation. Cell wall acidification and radicle emergence were enhanced in the presence of 0.02 mM fusicoccin, thus indicating the involvement of the plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase in the execution of acid growth. The presence of this enzyme and its activator (14-3-3 protein) in microsomal fractions obtained from radicles and hypocotyls of the embryo axes during and after initiation of cell elongation was demonstrated immunochemically. It is supposed that the initiation of cell elongation at early germination occurs via the activation of the plasma membrane H⁺-ATPase and results in the acidification of cell walls, leading to their higher extensibility, in accordance with the hypothesis of acid growth.