Interspecies recombination, and phylogenetic distortions, within the glutamine synthetase and shikimate dehydrogenase genes of Neisseria meningitidis and commensal Neisseria species

Visual inspection showed clear evidence of a history of intraspecies recombinational exchanges within the neighbouring meningococcal shikimate dehydrogenase ( aroE  ) and glutamine synthetase ( glnA) genes, which was supported by the non-congruence of the trees constructed from the sequences of these genes from different meningococcal strains, and by statistical tests for mosaic structure. Many examples were also found of highly localized interspecies recombinational exchanges between the meningococcal aroE and glnA genes and those of commensal Neisseria species. These exchanges appear to have inflated the sequence variation at these loci, and have resulted in major distortions of the phylogenetic trees constructed from the sequences of the aroE and glnA genes of human pathogenic and commensal Neisseria species. Statistical tests for sequence mosaicism, and for anomalies within the Neisseria species trees, strongly supported the view that frequent interspecies recombination has occurred within aroE and glnA . The high levels of sequence variation, and intra- and interspecies recombination, within aroE and glnA did not appear to be due to a 'hitch-hiking' effect caused by positive selection for variation at a neighbouring gene. Our results suggest that interspecies recombinational exchanges with commensal Neisseria occur frequently in some meningococcal 'housekeeping' genes as they can be observed readily even when there appears to be no obvious selection for the recombinant phenotypes.     

多种通气策略下的高浓度乙醇生产

氧气在环境胁迫强的高浓度乙醇发酵中具有重要作用.考察了自絮凝酿酒酵母在多种通气策略下的乙醇发酵及絮凝状况.使用氧化还原电位(ORP)检测发酵液中氧浓度并划分了厌氧、微氧和好氧状态.厌氧条件下的终点乙醇浓度最低(119±1.5 g/L);微氧条件下使用ORP精密控制氧气供给取得较高的乙醇浓度(131±1.8和125±1.7 g/L);在通气量0.2 vvm的好氧条件下,生物量、甘油量和乙醇损失皆最大,与最优收率相比较乙醇收率降低了12.2％.高通气量增强了细胞的絮凝能力,增大了絮凝体粒径.绘制雷达图进行综合评价,恒定通气0.05 vvm的过程在乙醇生产和絮凝各方面表现均突出.     

Efficient Evergreen Plant Regeneration of <i>Cinnamomum japonicum</i> Sieb. through <i>in vitro</i> Organogenesis

Cinnamomum japonicum Sieb. is an excellent roadside tree and medicinal tree species with considerable ornamental and economic value. In this study, we successfully developed a large-scale micropropagation protocol for C. japonicum for the first time. Sterilized shoots were excised and used as explants for shoot induction on several basal media, supplemented with different concentrations of plant growth regulators (PGRs), such as Thidiazuron (TDZ), N⁶ -Benzyladenine (6-benzylaminopurine) (BA), α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and Gibberellic acid (GA₃). After comparison, the most efficient medium for shoot regeneration was 1/2 Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 0.5 mg L^–1 BA, 0.05 mg L^–1 NAA and 0.2 mg L^–1 GA₃, which resulted in an average number of induced shoots per explant and shoot length of 5.2 and 1.62 cm at 28 d, respectively. Then, elongated adventitious shoots were transferred to induce roots. 86.7% of shoots was able to root on 1/2 MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg L^–1 NAA and 0.1 mg L^–1 BA. The earliest rooting time observed was after 21 d and the average root length was up to 3.3 cm after 28 d. Our study shows that C. japonicum can be successfully regenerated through de novo organogenesis, which lays a foundation for future transformation research on this tree.     

酶法合成头孢环己二烯

以环己二烯甘氨酸甲酯盐酸盐为酰基供体,7-氨基脱乙酰氧基头孢烷酸为酰基受体,γ－氧化铝为载体的固定化巨大芽孢杆菌胞外青霉素G酰化酶为酰化剂,合成了头孢环己二烯。5％酰基供体,2％酰基受体,每毫升反应物加44IU固定化酶,pH7．5,25℃振荡反应5h,头孢环己二烯产率为81％。苯乙酸、苯氧乙酸和头孢霉素G对酶法合成有不同程度的抑制作用。     

肯塔基沙门菌的流行状况及其耐药性的研究进展

肯塔基沙门菌是引发人类和畜禽肠道疾病的重要人兽共患病原菌之一,普遍具备多重耐药性.近年来,肯塔基沙门菌在全球流行趋势逐渐上升,严重威胁畜禽健康和公共卫生安全.本文综述了国内外肯塔基沙门菌的流行状况、耐药性及防控措施研究进展,以期为肯塔基沙门菌病的防控提供参考和思路.     

杉木连栽对土壤细菌群落及其抑病能力的影响

连栽导致土壤退化是制约杉木初级生产力实现的重要障碍因素,而土壤对病原菌的抑制能力决定着植物能否有效抵御病原菌侵害,是人工林土壤地力状况的重要表现。以一代、二代、三代杉木人工林和天然次生林为对象,采用平板隔空、直接对峙的方法,分析了不同代际杉木林土壤细菌群落对尖孢镰刀菌和立枯丝核菌的抑制能力。进一步利用高通量测序技术,研究了杉木林土壤细菌群落影响土壤抑病能力的生态过程。结果表明：土壤磷元素随连栽呈显著积累趋势,而土壤pH和有机质(SOM)等含量随连栽代数的增加而下降,但这些下降指标在三代杉木林与天然林土壤间无显著差异。而杉木连栽导致土壤对病原菌的抑制能力逐代降低,天然林土壤较杉木人工林对病原菌具有显著的高抑制能力。同时杉木连栽显著改变了土壤细菌群落组成,而对群落整体α-多样性影响较小,说明土壤中一些关键类群对杉木连栽响应的敏感性高于整体细菌群落的变化。进一步利用随机森林模型预测与回归分析,揭示了杉木连栽引起的土壤一些关键细菌类群丰度的降低是土壤抑病能力下降的重要原因,这些类群主要受土壤pH、SOM、TP等土壤理化因子的调控。由此,杉木长期连栽会引起土壤微环境失衡,致使土壤抑制病原菌能力下...     

LINC00628 suppresses migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma by its conserved region interacting with the promoter of VEGFA

Accumulated evidence revealed that numerous long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been found to be involved in the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). LINC00628, a member of lncRNAs, has been reported to act as a tumor suppressor in gastric cancer and breast cancer. However, its potential role in HCC still remains unknown. Herein, we characterized the function of LINC00628 in HCC. Our investigation has revealed that LINC00628 were dramatically decreased in HCC tissues and cells, and inhibited the migration and invasion of HCC cells in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, LINC00628 exerted its tumor suppressive function by repressing the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) promoter activity. A highly conserved region element in LINC00628 was identified by a cross-species comparative analysis, which is required for LINC00628 exerted its function. Dual-luciferase reporter assay showed that the conserved sequence mediated the interaction with a specific region of VEGFA promoter, resulting in a decrease of VEGFA expression. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that LINC00628 could function as a tumor suppressor in HCC via its conserved sequence elements interacting with a particular region of VEGFA promoter, suggesting that LINC00628 may serve as a novel promising target for diagnosis and therapy in HCC.     

云南辛德毕斯病毒的生物学性状研究

本文对云南首次分离到的Sindbis病毒进行了滤过试验、耐酸耐醚试验、致细胞病变、动物敏感性试验、血凝特性、空斑和毒力等试验研究,结果符合披膜病毒科的病毒特性。交叉血抑试验和免疫荧光试验,以及空斑减少中和试验进一步证实为甲病毒属的Sindbis病毒。其空斑纯化株的生物学特性也与原株相符,纯化株的制备为该株病毒分子生物学研究的准确性和一致性提供了条件。云南Sindbis病毒的首次分离具有重要的流行病学意义,其生物学特性研究结果对我省该病的诊断和防治具有重要的指导意义。     

卡他莫拉菌UspA1蛋白多克隆抗体的制备及鉴定

为制备抗卡他莫拉菌(Moraxella catarrhalis,Mc)表面蛋白UspA1胞外结构域的多克隆抗体(PcAb),对UspA1蛋白进行生物信息学分析,获取胞外结构域中抗原表位最为丰富的肽段,找到其对应的基因序列并引入大肠杆菌偏好性密码子,对其优化后化学合成全基因序列。将该基因序列按常规方法克隆入表达载体p ET-28a(+)后表达重组UspA1-His融合蛋白并纯化。以该纯化抗原免疫新西兰大白兔,经4次免疫后,用Protein A亲和层析柱从抗血清中纯化出抗UspA1-His融合蛋白PcAbIgG。经免疫荧光法、酶联免疫吸附法及Western blotting鉴定,抗UspA1-His融合蛋白PcAb能特异性识别UspA1蛋白的表面暴露区。该多抗的制备为下一步建立卡他莫拉菌快速检测技术奠定了基础。