固态发酵下酵母自溶的工艺优化

固态下酵母自溶可以有效促进菌体内多种活性物质的释放,进而提高酵母类产品的品质。通过优化自溶温度、自溶时间及自溶促进剂锌离子浓度以获得固态发酵下酵母自溶的最佳工艺,对固态发酵物料中游离氨基酸、可溶性蛋白、α-氨基氮含量和A260/A280等指标的分析来确定固态酵母自溶工艺条件,在此基础上以自溶温度40 ℃、50 ℃、55 ℃;作用时间12、18、24 h;锌离子添加浓度2、4、8 mg/kg设置L9(33)正交试验,进一步优化固态酵母自溶的工艺参数。结果表明酵母自溶的最佳工艺条件为：自溶温度55 ℃、作用时间18 h、锌离子浓度2 mg/kg,此时其可溶性蛋白含量可达9.31 mg/g、游离氨基酸14.36 mg/g、α-氨基氮10.16 μg/g、A260/A280为1.73。经工艺优化后,可显著提高酵母自溶产物可溶性蛋白、游离氨基酸和α-氨基氮的含量,从而明显提高了复合菌培养物的品质。     

Bayesian adaptive biased-coin designs for clinical trials with normal responses

Adaptive designs are used in phase III clinical trials for skewing the allocation pattern toward the better treatments. We use optimum design theory to derive a skewed Bayesian biased-coin procedure for sequential designs with continuous responses. The skewed designs are used to provide adaptive designs, the performance of which is studied numerically and theoretically. Important properties are loss and the proportion of allocation to the better treatment.     

蛋白质谷氨酰胺酶的发酵及初步分离和应用研究

研究了不同发酵条件对于产吲哚金黄杆菌（Chryseobacterium indologenes）生产蛋白质谷氨酰胺酶能力的影响,酶的分离和初步的应用。通过考察种子的生长曲线,发酵的温度、转速、摇瓶装液量,碳源和氮源,得出最大产酶能力的发酵条件为：30℃,200r/min,装液量25ml/250ml,蔗糖为碳源,多聚蛋白胨为氮源,发酵10~12h。初步分离研究表明在4倍超滤浓缩和4倍乙醇沉淀条件下,酶活力回收率均为最高,分别为84.99%和76.07%。该酶与酪蛋白37℃温育2h时,酪蛋白的脱酰胺度为41.03%,到24h后,脱酰胺度不再增加,并且酪蛋白的溶解性也有所增加。     

Optimization of Nitrate and Manganese Removal by Bacterium Pseudomonas sp. H117 in Mixotrophic Condition

Previous study has revealed that Pseudomonas sp. H117 could exhibit excellent performance on autotrophic and heterotrophic denitrification in polluted groundwater. However, a novel character of simultaneous denitrification and manganese removal by the bacteria remained to be further explored. In this study, we investigated optimum conditions of nitrate and Mn(II) removal by the strain H117 in mixotrophic condition. Different factors (temperature, initial pH, nitrate concentration, and Mn(II) concentration) were investigated and optimized by response surface methodology (RSM), demonstrating that the highest nitrate removal ratio (100%) in the mixotrophic condition occurred at the temperature of 30.20?°C, pH of 6.90, and Mn(II) concentration of 61.81?mg/l. Meanwhile, the optimal Mn(II) removal (73.34%) conditions were at the temperature of 29.33?°C, pH of 7.22, and nitrate concentration of 20.74?mg/l. Furthermore, microbial development pattern, cellular metabolites, and bioprecipitation were characterized by the excitation emission matrix (EEM), meteorological chromatography analysis, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) methods, respectively. These results demonstrated that strain H117 can have good adaptability to the environment, thus exhibiting an efficient ability for bioremediation of groundwater polluted by nitrate and Mn(II).     

Influence of Temperature and Light Conditions on Germination,Growth and Conidiation of Oidium neolycopersici

The effect of temperature and light conditions (spectral quality, intensity and photoperiod) on germination, development and conidiation of tomato powdery mildew (Oidium neolycopersici) on the highly susceptible tomato cv. Amateur were studied. Conidia germinated across the whole range of tested temperatures (10–35°C); however, at the end‐point temperatures, germination was strongly limited. At temperatures slightly lower than optimum (20–25°C), mycelial development and time of appearance of the first conidiophores was delayed. Conidiation occurred within the range of 15–25°C, however was most intense between 20–25°C. Pathogen development was also markedly influenced by the light conditions. Conidiation and mycelium development was greatest at light intensities of approximately 60 μmol/m² per second. At lower intensities, pathogen development was delayed, and in the dark, conidiation was completely inhibited. A dark period of 24 h after inoculation had no stimulatory effect on later mycelium development. However, 12 h of light after inoculation, followed by continuous dark, resulted in delayed mycelium development and total restriction of pathogen conidiation (evaluated 8 days postinoculation). When a longer dark period (4 days) was followed by normal photoperiod (12 h/12 h light/dark), mycelium development accelerated and the pathogen sporulated normally. When only inoculated leaf was covered with aluminium foil while whole plant was placed in photoperiod 12 h/12 h, the intensive mycelium development and slight subsequent sporulation on covered leaf was recorded.     

除虫菊发状根的诱导及培养条件优化

以除虫菊（Pyrethrum cinerariifolium Trey.）无菌苗为外植体,研究除虫菊发状根的诱导、培养条件优化,并对发状根中的除虫菊素进行检测和生物活性测定。结果显示,乙酰丁香酮能促进除虫菊下胚轴和子叶发状根的诱导,当乙酰丁香酮浓度为150 μmol/L时除虫菊下胚轴和子叶的诱导率为对照的2.29倍和2.66倍,预培养6 d时,下胚轴发状根诱导率为对照的2.25倍,发根农杆菌A4的诱导率均高于ATCC15834,愈伤组织较适合发状根的诱导,愈伤组织侵染后适合在无激素的MS培养基上进行发状根诱导,250 mL三角瓶中添加50 mL MS培养基较适合发状根的生长。对除虫菊发状根进行PCR检测发现,发根农杆菌含有的Ri T-DNA的rolB基因已整合进入发状根基因组中。通过GCMS检测发现,愈伤组织中除虫菊素的6种成分均未检测到,而发状根中检测到瓜菊素Ⅰ、茉酮菊素Ⅰ和茉酮菊素Ⅱ 3种成分,发状根对粘虫的拒食作用明显优于愈伤组织。本研究为通过组织培养方式生产除虫菊素奠定了基础。     

Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Vietnam 3: Synoptic key to Vietnamese species of the polistine genus Ropalidia, with notes on taxonomy and distribution

Nineteen species of the paper wasp genus Ropalidia are recorded from Vietnam, of which three are new records for Vietnam. A key to all of the species, distribution records and taxonomic remarks are given. New synonymies proposed are: Ropalidia bicolorata parvula van der Vecht, 1962, under R. bicolorata van der Vecht, 1962; R. hongkongensis juncta van der Vecht, 1941, under R. hongkongensis (de Saussure, 1854); Icaria jucunda Cameron, 1898, and R. marginata sundaica van der Vecht, 1941, under R. marginata (Lepeletier, 1836); R. rufocollaris atrata van der Vecht, 1941, under R. rufocollaris (Cameron, 1900); and R. stigma rufa van der Vecht, 1941 and R. stigma nigrolineata van der Vecht, 1962, under R. stigma (Smith, 1858).     

Silver‐spoon upbringing improves early‐life fitness but promotes reproductive ageing in a wild bird

Early‐life conditions can have long‐lasting effects and organisms that experience a poor start in life are often expected to age at a faster rate. Alternatively, individuals raised in high‐quality environments can overinvest in early‐reproduction resulting in rapid ageing. Here we use a long‐term experimental manipulation of early‐life conditions in a natural population of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), to show that females raised in a low‐competition environment (artificially reduced broods) have higher early‐life reproduction but lower late‐life reproduction than females raised in high‐competition environment (artificially increased broods). Reproductive success of high‐competition females peaked in late‐life, when low‐competition females were already in steep reproductive decline and suffered from a higher mortality rate. Our results demonstrate that ‘silver‐spoon’ natal conditions increase female early‐life performance at the cost of faster reproductive ageing and increased late‐life mortality. These findings demonstrate experimentally that natal environment shapes individual variation in reproductive and actuarial ageing in nature.     

Experimental simulations of climate change induced mismatch in oak and larval development rates impact indicators of fitness in a declining woodland moth

Consequences of climate change-driven shifts in the relative timing of spring activities of interacting species are insufficiently understood, especially for insects. We use a controlled experiment which simulates a trophic mismatch scenario in which lepidopteran larvae predominately feed on older leaves due to foliage developing faster than larvae growth rates. As a case study our experiment uses Orthosia cerasi, which is a widespread but declining woodland moth whose UK declines appear to be driven by warming temperatures. In the control experiment larvae are fed young oak Quercus robur leaves (bud burst stages six and seven), whilst in the treatment newly emerged larvae are fed young leaves but then gradually transition to feed on older leaves (post bud burst stage seven). We assess impacts on duration of the larval stage, pupal size and overwintering duration and survival. Larvae in the phenological mismatch treatment had a longer larval period, and smaller and lighter pupae. Larval diet did not carry over to influence emergence dates as earlier pupation of control larvae was balanced by an equivalent increase in the duration of the pupal stage. Increased time spent as larvae could increase predation rates from avian predators, whilst slowing the seasonal decline in food availability for those bird species. Reduced pupal size and weight are indicators of lower fecundity in emerging adults. Notably, we find that adults emerging from the mismatch treatment exhibited greater rates of abnormal vestigial wing development, which is likely to further reduce fitness. Trophic mismatches in which caterpillars have reduced availability of young leaves may thus contribute to the population declines observed in many woodland moth species due to increased mortality at larval stages, and adverse effects of early life conditions that reduce the reproductive success of emerging adults.