Embryos,polyps and medusae of the Early Cambrian scyphozoan Olivooides

The Early Cambrian organism Olivooides is known from both embryonic and post-embryonic stages and, consequently, it has the potential to yield vital insights into developmental evolution at the time that animal body plans were established. However, this potential can only be realized if the phylogenetic relationships of Olivooides can be constrained. The affinities of Olivooides have proved controversial because of the lack of knowledge of the internal anatomy and the limited range of developmental stages known. Here, we describe rare embryonic specimens in which internal anatomical features are preserved. We also present a fuller sequence of fossilized developmental stages of Olivooides, including associated specimens that we interpret as budding ephyrae (juvenile medusae), all of which display a clear pentaradial symmetry. Within the framework of a cnidarian interpretation, the new data serve to pinpoint the phylogenetic position of Olivooides to the scyphozoan stem group. Hypotheses about scalidophoran or echinoderm affinities of Olivooides can be rejected.     

Cell Culture and Selection of High Flavonoids- producing Cell Lines in Saussurea medusa

Explants of stems and leaves of Saussurea medusa Maxim. were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/L BA, 2 mg/L NAA, and from which factors, such as the media, plant hormones and culture temperature, as well as the addition of phenylalanine to the medium, that affect the callus growth, were investigated. The results showed that cells grew appropriately in MS medium supplemented with 2 mg/L NAA at 25 ℃. Phenylalanine was not suitable for cell growth in solid culture but it increased flavonoid production. The calli could be distinguished by colour with naked eyes into two cell lines, a faint yellow (A) and a red coloured (B), representing respectively the different colour of metabolite accumulations. A sensitive and rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic as well as a UV spectrophotometric method have been developed for detecting the flavonoids in cultured cells. It revealed that the A line contained 1.9% flavonoids and 0.42% jaceosidin, which was 2.5 times and 3.9 times more than B line; 2.6 and 4.2 times more than the initial callus cells respectively.     

水母雪莲两种再生系统的建立

Two kinds of regeneration system on Saussurea medusa Maxim. have been established. The shoots can be induced from cotyledons, leaf segments and somatic embryos at 25℃. The regeneration system by organic have advantages such as shorter period, higher efficiency, better synchronism and bigger average number of shoot than the others.The content of total flavonoids in shoots is 4%, which is 3-4 times of it in wild type.     

水母雪莲Myb转录调控因子SmP基因的克隆及序列分析

采用TDPCR(Touch down PCR)法从水母雪莲(Saussurea medusa Maxim)红色系愈伤组织cDNA文库中筛选并克隆了雪莲Myb转录调控因子SmP (S.medusa Maxim Mybrelated P gene)基因。序列分析表明该基因全长969bp,包括一个771bp的完整开放阅读框架（ORF）,编码一个256氨基酸残基的蛋白质。氨基酸序列的同源性分析表明在N-端具有两个典型的R2R3-Myb-DNA结合结构域。C-端富含亲水的丝氨酸S(18.38%),且以寡聚体的形式存在,具有转录调控因子激活结构域常见的特征。     

水母雪莲体细胞胚胎发生及其植株再生

水母雪莲（Saussurea medusa Maxim.)茎和叶片的切段接种于MS＋2mg/L NAA 0.5mmg/L 6-BA的培养基上,20d后产生黄褐色的愈伤组织,经过几个月的继代培养,愈伤组织仍保持旺盛的增殖能力,但部分由黄褐色逐渐变为红色,将红色愈伤组织转到MS＋0．1mg/L NAA＋0．2mg/L 6-BA 5mg/L GA3的培养基上,30d后可分化出大量的体细胞胚,体细胞胚成熟后转到1／2MS＋0．2mg/L IAA 0.5%活性炭的培养基上,30d后可长出2－4cm的根,带根的小苗经锻炼后移栽到土壤中,成活率达76％,细胞组织学观察表明,发育成熟的体细胞胚具有胚根,胚轴和胚芽的完整结构,具有独立的维管系统。     

水母雪莲查尔酮合酶基因的克隆、表达及酶活分析

从水母雪莲Saussurea medusa Maxim. cDNA文库中得到一段查尔酮合酶基因 (SmCHS) 片段,然后通过RT-PCR得到完整的查尔酮合酶基因cDNA。序列分析表明SmCHS全长1 313 bp,其开放阅读框为1 170 bp,编码389个氨基酸,预测表达蛋白的分子量为43 kDa。构建原核表达质粒pET28a(+)-SmCHS,重组质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),获得表达菌株。经IPTG诱导表达后,对表达产物进行SDS-PAGE分析,结果显示,表达的融合蛋白以部分可溶的形式存在。用Ni-NTA预装柱对融合蛋白进行亲和纯化,对纯化蛋白进行酶活检测,结果表明融合蛋白具有查尔酮合酶活性,可催化底物4-香豆酰辅酶A和丙二酰辅酶A缩合生成产物柚皮素查尔酮。     

水母雪莲愈伤组织培养和黄酮类化合物的形成

８种基本培养基对水母雪莲（Ｓａｕｓｓｕｒｅａ ｍｅｄｕｓａ Ｍａｘｉｍ）愈伤组织生长和黄酮类形成影响不同,ＭＳ培养基较有利于愈伤组织生长和黄酮类形成。碳源、氮源、植物激素对愈伤组织生长和黄酮类形成影响较为显著。从ＭＳ培养基修饰得到的Ｍ－１３培养基培养的愈伤组织生长量和黄酮类产量比原培养基分别提高３３％和８２％,达到２１．００ｇＤＷ／Ｌ和１．８９ｇ／Ｌ。通过ＴＬＣ和ＨＰＬＣ初步分析和鉴定,证明Ｍ－１     

The Association between Medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna (Scyphomedusae, Rhizostomeae) and Decapod Libinia spinosa (Brachyura, Majidae) Recorded for the First Time in Neritic Waters of Argentina

The paper discusses the first record of the association between the medusa Lychnoriza lucerna Haeckel, 1880 and the decapod Libinia spinosa Milne-Edwards, 1934 in neritic waters of Argentina. Our results allow us to conclude that the symbiotic relation between these two species is a common phenomenon. The crab L. spinosa is located in the subgenital pockets of L. lucerna such that one-half of its cephalothorax is exposed to the outside. The crabs feed at the expense of the medusa, ingesting some portion of its food. A few specimens of the crab have been found, mostly females; the only male was of a somewhat larger size.     

Reproduction and life history strategies of the common jellyfish, Aurelia aurita, in relation to its ambient environment

The scyphozoan Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus) is a cosmopolitan species, having been reported from a variety of coastal and shelf sea environments around the world. It has been extensively studied over the last 100 years or so, and examination of the literature reveals three striking features: (1) the presence of populations in a wide range of environmental conditions; (2) large inter-population differences in abundance and life history patterns over large and small spatial scales; and (3) inter-annual variability in various aspects of its population dynamics. A. aurita is clearly a highly flexible species that can adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions. While various physiological and behavioural characteristics explain how A. aurita populations can take advantage of their surrounding environment, they do not explain what governs the observed temporal and spatial patterns of abundance, and the longevity or lifespan of populations. Understanding these features is necessary to predict how bloom populations might form. In a given habitat, the distribution and abundance of benthic marine invertebrates have been found to be maintained by four factors: larval recruitment (sexual reproduction), migration, mortality and asexual reproduction. The aims of this review are to determine the role of reproduction and life history strategies of the benthic and pelagic phases of A. aurita in governing populations of medusae, with special attention given to the dynamic interaction between A. aurita and its surrounding physical and biological environment.