Eradication of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salmonella</Emphasis> Typhimurium infection in a murine model of typhoid fever with the combination of probiotic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lactobacillus fermentum</Emphasis> ME-3 and ofloxacin

Background  

The aim of the study was to detect whether in experimental Salmonella enterica Typhimurium infection the probiotic Lactobacillus fermentum ME-3 in combination with fluoroquinolone therapy would eradicate S. Typhimurium, prevent the development of liver and spleen granulomas and improve the indices of oxidative stress in the ileum mucosa.     

Fluorometric assay for determining epoxide hydrolase activity

We have developed a rapid screening procedure that enables the screening of hundreds of enzyme samples or variants for epoxide hydrolase activity towards any substrate. The procedure detects the products of the enzymatic reaction via periodate cleavage and remaining fluorescence of carboxyfluorescein.     

辽西北风沙地区不同无性系桑树抗旱性

为选育适合辽西北风沙地区生长的优良桑树品种,以沈阳农业大学选育的"沈桑1号"(SS)、辽宁省阜新市彰武县优株(ZW)、吉林省通化市集安县桑树优株(JS)3种优质桑树无性系以及东北主栽品种"龙桑1号"(LS)为试验材料,通过测定不同无性系桑树在干旱胁迫下的叶片光合色素含量、光响应曲线、不同光强对气体交换参数的影响以及光系...     

一中国白酒酒曲中的丝状真菌菌群

采用6种不同的培养基,分别于25℃、32℃、42℃以及50℃培养分离从而对某一中国白酒酒曲中的丝状真菌菌群进行研究.从酒曲中共分离得到886株丝状真菌,分属于接合菌,子囊菌和无性型真菌的20属,45种.其中最为丰富的是无性型真菌(28种),其次是接合菌(10种)和子囊菌(7种).对发酵起主要作用的为那些嗜热和耐热的种属,包括:宛氏拟青霉,伞枝梨头霉,梳棉状嗜热丝孢菌,微小根毛霉,金孢霉属一种和红曲属的几个种.文中还对一些在发酵中起重要作用的丝状真菌的特性进行了探讨.     

Flow cytometry-assisted rapid isolation of recombinant Plasmodium berghei parasites exemplified by functional analysis of aquaglyceroporin

The most critical bottleneck in the generation of recombinant Plasmodium berghei parasites is the mandatory in vivo cloning step following successful genetic manipulation. This study describes a new technique for rapid selection of recombinant P. berghei parasites. The method is based on flow cytometry to isolate isogenic parasite lines and represents a major advance for the field, in that it will speed the generation of recombinant parasites as well as cut down on animal use significantly. High expression of GFP during blood infection, a prerequisite for robust separation of transgenic lines by flow cytometry, was achieved. Isogenic recombinant parasite populations were isolated even in the presence of a 100-fold excess of wild-type (WT) parasites. Aquaglyceroporin (AQP) loss-of-function mutants and parasites expressing a tagged AQP were generated to validate this approach. aqp^? parasites grow normally within the WT phenotypic range during blood infection of NMRI mice. Similarly, colonization of the insect vector and establishment of an infection after mosquito transmission were unaffected, indicating that AQP is dispensable for life cycle progression in vivo under physiological conditions, refuting its use as a suitable drug target. Tagged AQP localized to perinuclear structures and not the parasite plasma membrane. We suggest that flow-cytometric isolation of isogenic parasites overcomes the major roadblock towards a genome-scale repository of mutant and transgenic malaria parasite lines.     

广东金山温泉沉积物中原核与真核微生物多样性初步分析

[目的]本研究旨在采用不同的PCR引物对广东省恩平市金山温泉的高温水底沉积物微生物多样性进行初步的分析.[方法]采用改进的玻璃珠法抽提温泉沉积物中环境基因组DNA,通过对用4对引物分别扩增得到的原核微生物16S rRNA基因和真核微生物ITS序列的分析,将所得到的数据与国际基因数据库GenBank进行相似性比较并构建系统发育树.[结果]研究发现原核类群G的 14个优势克隆中7个都属于蛭弧菌属(Bdellovibrio).与它们最相似的序列是从海洋中分离到的两个菌株 Bacteriovorax sp. NE1 (EF092445)和Bdellovibrio sp. JS5 (AF084859),相似性分别为96%和99%.原核类群X的4个序列主要属于蓝细菌类群,其中JS-X2与在美国黄石公园温泉发现的Uncultured Cyanobacterium (L35331)有95%的相似性,并且与已经全基因组测序的嗜热蓝细菌聚球藻Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 (47118315)有89%的相似性.真核类群Z有三个类群,分别是Penicillium sp.,Lodderomyces sp.和Gloeotinia sp..其中大部分序列与青霉属相似性在88%～ 90%之间.[结论]所得到的结果显示金山温泉中的微生物多样性十分丰富.     

Phylogenetics of early branching eudicots: Comparing phylogenetic signal across plastid introns, spacers, and genes

Recent phylogenetic analyses revealed a grade with Ranunculales,Sabiales,Proteales,Trochodendrales,and Buxales as first branching eudicots,with the respective positions of Proteales and Sabiales still ...     

节肢动物线粒体基因组与系统发生重建

对mt基因组的比较研究是探讨节肢动物系统发生的有效手段之一。基因的排列和DNA序列可以为重建节肢动物的系统发生提供有用的信息。目前,已测定mt基因组全序列的节肢动物已增加到44种。归纳、总结了节肢动物mt基因组的基本特征、基因顺序、基因重排的发生和机制等。简要评述基于mt基因组的节肢动物系统发生研究。