Ozone and hydrogen peroxide as strategies to control biomass in a trickling filter to treat methanol and hydrogen sulfide under acidic conditions

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology - The operation and performance of a biotrickling filter for methanol (MeOH) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) removal at acid pH was studied. Excess biomass in the...     

Adhesion of the genome-sequenced <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lactococcus lactis</Emphasis> subsp. <Emphasis Type="Italic">cremoris</Emphasis> IBB477 strain is mediated by specific molecular determinants

Understanding the nature of mucus-microbe interactions will provide important information that can help to elucidate the mechanisms underlying probiotic adhesion. This study focused on the adhesive properties of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris IBB477 strain, previously shown to persist in the gastrointestinal tract of germ-free rats. The shear flow-induced detachment of L. lactis cells was investigated under laminar flow conditions. Such a dynamic approach demonstrated increased adhesion to bare and mucin-coated polystyrene for IBB477, compared to that observed for the MG1820 control strain. To identify potential genetic determinants giving adhesive properties to IBB477, the improved high-quality draft genome sequence comprising chromosome and five plasmids was obtained and analysed. The number of putative adhesion proteins was determined on the basis of surface/extracellular localisation and/or the presence of adhesion domains. To identify proteins essential for the IBB477 specific adhesion property, nine deletion mutants in chromosomal genes have been constructed and analysed using adhesion tests on bare polystyrene as well as mucin-, fibronectin- or collagen IV-coated polystyrene plates in comparison to the wild-type strain. These experiments demonstrated that gene AJ89_07570 encoding a protein containing DUF285, MucBP and four Big_3 domains is involved in adhesion to bare and mucin-coated polystyrene. To summarise, in the present work, we characterised the adhesion of IBB477 under laminar flow conditions; identified the putative adherence factors present in IBB477, which is the first L. lactis strain exhibiting adhesive and mucoadhesive properties to be sequenced and demonstrated that one of the proteins containing adhesion domains contributes to adhesion.     

家燕和金腰燕的卵胚胎心率比较

胚胎心率是衡量胚胎新陈代谢速率的重要指标。鸟类的胚胎心率随新陈代谢的增加而呈上升趋势。对早成性鸟类的种间比较发现,胚胎心率平均值随卵重量的增大而减小,卵体积小的种类具有相对较高的胚胎心率。国内有关野生鸟类胚胎心率的研究较少。2014年5~8月,在黑龙江扎龙国家级自然保护区,利用红外胚胎心率测量仪对两种近缘鸟类家燕(Hirundo rustica,n=14)和金腰燕(Cecropis daurica,n=14)的卵胚胎心率及其变化进行了测量与比较。两种燕均在孵卵的第2天开始出现胚胎心率,并随胚龄增加心率呈上升趋势,但在第8天及第11~14天家燕的胚胎心率显著低于金腰燕(第8天:z=﹣2.602,P=0.009;第11天:z=﹣2.497,P=0.013;第12天:z=﹣2.354,P=0.019;第13天:z=3.424,P=0.001;第14天:z=﹣3.380,P=0.001)。家燕卵胚胎日均增长心率(19.0±3.1)次/min,金腰燕卵胚胎日均增长心率(16.1±3.4)次/min,二者差异不显著(z=﹣1.792,P=0.073)。两种燕的胚胎心率与卵容量和卵重均不存在显著相关性[家燕:卵容量(1.73±0.09)cm3,r=0.192,P=0.511;卵重(1.74±0.09)g,r=0.128,P=0.663。金腰燕:卵容量(1.74±0.08)cm3,r=0.040,P=0.891;卵重(1.51±0.09)g,r=0.054,P=0.855]。这可能表明,卵大小和卵重量对家燕与金腰燕的胚胎心率均影响不明显。     

不同规格中华绒螯蟹母本子代的生长特性比较

为研究中华绒螯蟹(Eriocheir sinensis)不同规格母本子代的生长发育,本实验在生态池塘中放置网箱养殖中华绒螯蟹,按照母本规格不同设置4个组,组A、B、C和D分别为母本体重(175.7±5.3)g、(150.4±5.8)g、(125.6±5.5)g和(100.2±5.9)g的子代,4组的父本体重无显著差异,每个组4个平行,每个平行雄蟹10只、雌蟹20只。每个网箱放养中华绒螯蟹大眼幼体500只,以水花生(Altemanthena philoxeroides)为隐蔽物,保持生长环境尽量相同且适宜生长。经过158 d的养殖,A、B、C和D组个体的体重从(6.0±0.5)mg分别增长到(7 599.8±954.8)mg、(6 232.7±638.7)mg、(6 112.4±854.6)mg、(5 316.0±745.3)mg,分别增长了1 266.6、1 038.8、1 018.7和886.0倍,且A组特定生长率显著高于D组(P0.05)。蜕壳11次成长为1龄蟹种后综合指标(体重、壳长、壳宽、体高)最好的是A组,A组显著好于B、C、D组(P0.05);次之为B、C组,再者是D组,B与C组差异不显著(P0.05),但均显著好于D组(P0.05)。B组成活率最高,分别比A、D、C组高1.4%、3.6%、4.6%;次之为A组,分别比D、C组高2.2%、3.2%;再者为D组,比C组高1.4%。综合研究表明,在1龄蟹种阶段,大规格母本后代生长性状表现出优于小规格母本后代的趋势。     

鹰鹃对白腹短翅鸲的巢寄生

2015年4~8月,在贵州宽阔水国家级自然保护区,记录到1巢白腹短翅鸲(Hodgsonius phaenicuroides)被鹰鹃(Cuculus sparverioides)寄生,寄生率为1/16(n=16)。发现时白腹短翅鸲巢内有1枚白色的寄生卵和2枚蓝色的寄主卵,且卵已凉,疑为亲鸟弃巢。鹰鹃卵重6.09 g,卵大小20.20 mm×27.73 mm;两枚白腹短翅鸲的卵重分别为2.34 g和2.40 g,大小分别为20.05 mm×14.94 mm和19.95 mm×15.09 mm。鹰鹃的卵重量(6.09 g)和大小(27.73 mm×20.20 mm)均明显大于白腹短翅鸲的卵。卵色光谱测量结果表明,鹰鹃和白腹短翅鸲卵色的反射光谱图差别明显,鹰鹃卵在色度和色调上明显低于白腹短翅鸲,但卵色亮度却明显比白腹短翅鸲卵高,为典型的非模拟寄生卵。     

四川裂腹鱼脑型芳香化酶Cyp19b基因组织分布及温度对其表达水平的影响

为研究脑型芳香化酶基因Cyp19b在四川裂腹鱼(Schizothorax kozlovi)早期性别分化中的作用,采用RACE方法从四川裂腹鱼脑中扩增得到该基因c DNA全长序列,并应用荧光定量RT-PCR技术测定该基因m RNA的相对表达量,探讨该基因在不同规格四川裂腹鱼鳃、脑、心、肝、脾、肾、肌肉、精巢、卵巢组织中的表达差异,以及温度对其早期仔鱼阶段该基因表达的影响。四川裂腹鱼Cyp19b基因的c DNA全长序列共3 021 bp,共编码507个氨基酸,属于脑型芳香化酶基因;四川裂腹鱼Cyp19b基因编码的氨基酸序列与其他鱼类脑型芳香化酶基因编码的氨基酸序列同源性可达70%以上,而与性腺型芳香化酶基因编码的氨基酸序列同源性较低,为64%左右;四川裂腹鱼Cyp19b基因仅在脑组织中表达,具有比较高的组织特异性,且随着个体的增长,逐渐呈现显著的雌雄差异;对不同温度处理12日龄仔鱼6 d后,低温(10℃和14℃)能显著促进Cyp19b基因表达量的升高,但高温(26℃)却对其表达量无显著影响。由此推测,脑型芳香化酶基因Cyp19b可能在低温导致四川裂腹鱼雌性化过程中发挥着重要作用。