结核菌L型感染与无反应性结核病关系的研究

本文应用改良抗酸染色及免疫组织化学染色等方法对４２例非特异性炎、肉芽肿性炎及肿瘤进行抗酸及免疫组化染色,观察抗酸菌Ｌ型感染与无反应性结核病的关系进行了初步研究。抗酸染色结果阳性率为８０．９５％;免疫组化染色为７８．５７％。     

嗜热菌Anoxybacillu sp.产淀粉酶培养基优化及产酶条件研究

目的：对产淀粉酶嗜热菌Anoxybacillu sp.菌株进行培养基优化及产酶条件研究,以便提高菌株的产酶能力,并为下一步菌 株的诱变育种研究提供基础。方法：常规方法液体培养菌株,用平板初筛和DNS法复筛选择产淀粉酶能力较高的菌株;单因素筛 选培养基最适的碳源、氮源、Ca2+浓度和Mg2+浓度,对单因素筛选的最佳碳源、氮源、Ca2+和Mg2+的三个较佳浓度进行四因素三 水平正交试验优化培养基;对培养基不同pH值及不同培养温度进行培养条件研究。结果：产淀粉酶菌株筛选结果显示：六株菌中 淀粉酶酶活力值最大的是菌株Anoxybacillu sp.DL4,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。培养基单因素筛选结果显示：最适碳源为麦芽糖、最适氮源为 硝酸铵、最适Ca2+、Mg2+浓度均为0.02%,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。培养基优化结果显示：C 源0.1 %,N源0.2 %,Mg2+ 0.04%, Ca2+ 0.04 %为最佳的培养基成分组合。产酶条件筛选结果显示：培养基pH 值为6、培养温度为55 ℃时菌株产酶水平最高,差异有 统计学意义（P＜0.05）。结论：培养基的优化及最适的产酶条件能提高嗜热菌Anoxybacillu sp.DL4 产淀粉酶能力,Ca2+、Mg2+离子 对菌株产淀粉酶有促进作用。     

The synthesis of enzyme-bound ATP by the F1-ATPase from the thermophilic bacterium PS3 in the presence of organic solvents

Synthesis of enzyme-bound ATP was demonstrated with purified TF₁ (F₁-ATPase from thermophilic bacterium PS3) from medium inorganic phosphate (P_i) and enzyme-bound ADP in the presence of organic solvents such as dioxane, ethanol, dimethylformamide, methanol, acetone, acetonitrile or ethyleneglycol. The optimal concentrations of dimethylformamide, ethanol or methanol were 50%, 30% and 40% and the half-maximal concentrations of P_i were 13 mM, 20 mM and 18 mM, respectively. Thus it is evident that the effect of dimethylsulfoxide on TF₁ to form enzyme-bound ATP [8] is not due to a specific interaction between dimethylsulfoxide and the enzyme, but to a decrease in polarity of the medium. In the presence of methanol, the dependence of ATP synthesis on various divalent metal ions was compared to that for the ATP-hydrolyzing activity and the ATP-driven proton-translocating activity of TF₁. While Mn²⁺, Co²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Cd²⁺ are as effective as Mg²⁺ for the ATP-hydrolyzing activity of TF₁, Zn²⁺ and Cd²⁺ are either less or not effective for proton translocation and for ATP synthesis. This result appears to be consistent with the idea that the TF₁-ATP complex formed in organic solvents represents one of the intermediates in the reaction sequences of ATP synthesis by H⁺-ATPase using the proton gradient.     

Occurrence of two l-threonine (l-serine) dehydratases in the thermophile Chloroflexus aurantiacus

The thermophilic phototrophic prokaryote, Chloroflexus aurantiacus was shown to contain high constitutive l-threonine (l-serine) deaminating activity. Separation of cellular proteins by DE 52-cellulose chromatography and by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with subsequent activity staining of the gels yielded two bands, one representing an isoleucine-sensitive, the other one an isoleucine-insensitive form of l-threonine dehydratase. Both enzymes had a molecular weight of 120,000 but were distinguished by their different affinities to the two substrates, l-threonine and l-serine.Abbreviations SDH l-serine dehydratase - TDH l-threonine dehydratase     

Change in chemical composition of membrane of Bacillus caldotenax after shifting the growth temperature

Membranes from Bacillus caldotenax contain neutral lipids and phospholipids such as phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidyl glycerol and cardiolipin. Each of the lipids has almost the same fatty acid composition. When the growth temperature decreases, not only the fatty acid composition but also the lipid composition changes such that the membrane fluidity increases, and the composition of membrane-bound proteins also changes. On shifting the growth temperature from 65° to 45°C, the bacterium grows immediately with a doubling time at 45°C, but the compositions of proteins and lipids in membranes gradually change and reach the compositions typical of cells growing at 45°C one doubling time after the temperature shift, respectively. It is concluded that the change in chemical composition of membrane of the bacterium on the temperature shift from 65° to 45°C is not prerequisite for growth at 45°C.     

Physiological diversity amongst some moderately thermophilic iron-oxidising bacteria

Abstract Three strains of moderately thermophilic and acidophilic bacteria capable of oxidising ferrous iron, isolated from different sources, were compared with each other and with an earlier isolate, TH1. The isolates displayed different rates of carbon dioxide fixation and incorporation of glucose and glycine; only one could be subcultured continuously in organic-free ferrous sulfate medium. Two of the isolates readily oxidised elemental sulfur, and all were capable of solubilising pyrite and chalcopyrite, though at different rates; there was no correlation between rates of ferrous iron and pyrite oxidation. Reduction of ferric iron by two of the isolates was observed in unshaken cultures containing 10 mM glucose. The DNA base composition of the isolates varied from 43–68 mol% G + C.     

Amino acid metabolism in the thermophilic phototroph,Chloroflexus aurantiacus: properties and metabolic role of two l-threonine (l-serine) dehydratases

Two l-threonine (l-serine) dehydratases (EC 4.2.1.16) of the thermophilic phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus Ok-70-fl were purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by procedures involving anion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. Only one of the two enzymes was sensitive to inhibition by l-isoleucine (K _i=2 M) and activation by l-valine. The isoleucine-insensitive dehydratase was active with l-threonine (K _m=20 mM) as well as with l-serine (K _m=10 mM) whereas the other enzyme, which displayed much higher affinity to l-threonine (K _m=1.3 mM), was inactivated when acting on l-serine. Both dehydratases contained pyridoxal-5-phosphate as cofactor. When assayed by gel filtration techniques at 20 to 25° C, the molecular weights of both enzymes were found to be 106,000±6,000. In sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the two dehydratases yielded only one type of subunit with a molecular weight of 55,000±3,000. The isoleucine-insensitive enzyme was subject to a glucose-mediated catabolite repression.Abbreviations A absorbance - ile isoleucine - PLP pyridoxal-5-phosphate - SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate - TDH threonine dehydratase - U unit     

An extremely thermophilic Methanococcus from a deep sea hydrothermal vent and its plasmid

An extremely thermophilic methanogen was isolated from a hydrothermal vent core sample from Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, at a depth of 2003 m. The isolate, designated strain AG86, was a coccoid autotroph using H₂-CO₂ as energy and carbon source with a growth temperature range of 48 to 92°C, optimum, 85°C. AG86 required NaCl and Mg²⁺ and trace amounts of selenite and tungstate. Vitamins were not required. However, yeast extract, Casamino acids and Trypticase stimulated growth significantly. When grown in the presence of these stimulants and at the optimal growth temperature and pH 6.5, the minimum doubling time was 20 min. Cells were fragile and readily lysed by detergents. The mol% G+C was 33%. These results and partial 16S rRNA sequencing indicated that AG86 belonged to the genus Methanococcus and closely resembled Methanococcus jannaschii. Tests for extrachromosomal DNA revealed a plasmid in AG86 and two plasmids in M. jannaschii. Different patterns were obtained from restriction endonuclease digestion of the three plasmids, and no homology was observed with DNA-DNA hybridization.Abbreviations CCC DNA covalently close circular DNA - DM defined marine medium - G+C Guanine plus cytosine - MPN most probable number     

13th International Congress of Biochemistry

Cytochrome caa₃ (cytochrome oxidase) from the thermophilic bacterium PS3 can exhibit full catalytic activity in the presence of ascorbate and TMPD or other electron donors and in the absence of added soluble c-type cytochromes. It appears to possess only a low-affinity and not a high-affinity site for the soluble cytochromes. Proteoliposomal cytochrome caa₃ develops an effective membrane potential in the presence of ascorbate and TMPD or PMS, in the absence of added soluble cytochrome c. Reduction of the a₃ centre is blocked in the presence of cyanide. During reductive titrations of the cyanide-inhibited enzyme, electrons initially equilibrate among three centres, the c haem, the a haem and one of the associated Cu atoms. During steady-state turnover, electrons probably enter the complex via the bound c haem; the a haem and perhaps an associated Cu_A atom are reduced next. It is concluded that, despite its size and hydrophobic association with the aa₃ complex, the haem c-containing subunit can behave in an analogous way to that of mammalian cytochrome c, bound at the high-affinity site of the eucaryotic enzyme.     

LTSE—新的大肠菌群快速检测法

本文报道快速简易、结果准确、应用广泛、效益明显,总大肠菌群和粪大肠菌群在15～18小时内同时检出,费用比部颁三步发酵法(GB)节省75～84%的大肠菌群检测新方法。笔者研究出 Lactose-Tryptone-Sodium Dodecyl sulfate-Trace Elements[简称 LTSE]培养基,加上几种鉴定验证试验的 LTSE 法,用来快速检测水质、食品、冷饮、餐具等各类样品703件,结果与国标法(GB)对照总符合率为99.3%;同时与美国《水和废水标准检验法》(16版1985年)新发展的现行标准检测粪大肠菌群的正式 A-1法相比较特异性强,灵敏度高,能提高检出率,并节约经费38.1%.