Aspergillus sp.脂肪酶发酵条件优化及酶学性质的研究

作者为了得到一种热稳定性较好的脂肪酶新酶种,通过研究分离白极端环境的Aspergillus sp．的最佳产酶条件及其所产脂肪酶的酶学性质,得出了该菌产酶的最佳发酵条件为：以1％黄豆饼粉为氮源、0．2％玉米淀粉为碳源,1．5％橄榄油为诱导物,起始pH6．0左右。装量10mL（250mL三角瓶。摇瓶转速180r／min）、发酵时间为96h。在最佳发酵条件下可得最大发酵酶活36U/mL。Aspergillus sp．所产的脂肪酶的酶学性质是：最适pH为9．0,在pH5．0—10．0于20℃下放置24h后,残余酶活仍保持在起始酶活的90％以上;该酶的最适温度为50℃,50℃保温60min后仍保留70％以上的酶活。Aspergillus sp．所产脂肪酶的热稳定性较好。     

α-亚麻酸甾醇酯的理化特性及氧化稳定性研究

本文研究了采用无溶剂直接酯化法合成得到的α-亚麻酸甾醇酯的理化特性、脂溶性、结晶特性、油脂氧化稳定性。结果表明,α-亚麻酸甾醇酯具有理想的理化特性,酸价和过氧化值分别为1.2 mg KOH/g和0.56meq/kg,反式脂肪酸含量小于0.1%,在不同植物油脂中的溶解性达到30%以上,结晶温度区间在-25.9～-29.6℃之间。α-亚麻酸甾醇酯在大豆油、油菜籽油和亚麻籽油中的浓度分别小于0.1%、0.1%和0.3%,油脂的氧化诱导时间随浓度增加而增加。因此α-亚麻酸甾醇酯良好的理化特性表明其在不同形态食品、保健品和医药产品等中将具有较广的应用范围,是一种具有较高营养价值的功能性食品添加剂。     

蜀南竹海毛竹林土壤物理性质空间异质性

土壤空间异质性是土壤的重要综合属性,对土壤的结构与功能以及植被的空间格局有重要影响。以蜀南竹海核心区毛竹林土壤为研究对象,采用1∶10000地形图为工作底图,按公里网格布点,应用地统计学方法,分析了土壤物理性质的空间异质性,旨在为研究区毛竹林的可持续经营提供基础数据和理论参考。结果表明:除土壤最大持水量和最小持水量外,研究区土壤粘粒、容重、非毛管孔隙度、毛管孔隙度和毛管持水量等5个土壤物理性质空间变异性明显,其半变异函数用指数、高斯和球状模型拟合,变程范围在1252.3—11887.1 m,块金值和基台值比值范围为0.03%—52.07%,表明各物理性质有不同程度的空间自相关性;土壤持水特性有较大的块金值,说明存在小尺度的空间异质性;普通克里格插值及物理性质空间分布图表明,土壤物理性质在空间分布上具有斑块性,在不同土层深度的空间分布有一致性。人为干扰是影响研究区土壤物理性质空间分布格局的一个主要原因。减少人为干扰,优化林分结构,维护与提高毛竹林生产力。     

Social learning in nest-building birds: a role for familiarity

It is becoming apparent that birds learn from their own experiences of nest building. What is not clear is whether birds can learn from watching conspecifics build. As social learning allows an animal to gain information without engaging in costly trial-and-error learning, first-time builders should exploit the successful habits of experienced builders. We presented first-time nest-building male zebra finches with either a familiar or an unfamiliar conspecific male building with material of a colour the observer did not like. When given the opportunity to build, males that had watched a familiar male build switched their material preference to that used by the familiar male. Males that observed unfamiliar birds did not. Thus, first-time nest builders use social information and copy the nest material choices when demonstrators are familiar but not when they are strangers. The relationships between individuals therefore influence how nest-building expertise is socially transmitted in zebra finches.     

Ecology and bioprospecting

Bioprospecting is the exploration of biodiversity for new resources of social and commercial value. It is carried out by a wide range of established industries such as pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and agriculture as well as a wide range of comparatively new ones such as aquaculture, bioremediation, biomining, biomimetic engineering and nanotechnology. The benefits of bioprospecting have emerged from such a wide range of organisms and environments worldwide that it is not possible to predict what species or habitats will be critical to society, or industry, in the future. The benefits include an unexpected variety of products that include chemicals, genes, metabolic pathways, structures, materials and behaviours. These may provide physical blueprints or inspiration for new designs. Criticism aimed at bioprospecting has been addressed, in part, by international treaties and legal agreements aimed at stopping biopiracy and many activities are now funded by agencies that require capacity-building and economic benefits in host countries. Thus, much contemporary bioprospecting has multiple goals, including the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable management of natural resources and economic development. Ecologists are involved in three vital ways: first, applying ecological principles to the discovery of new resources. In this context, natural history becomes a vast economic database. Second, carrying out field studies, most of them demographic, to help regulate the harvest of wild species. Third, emphasizing the profound importance of millions of mostly microscopic species to the global economy.     

Modeling Harvest Intensity of Sooty Shearwater Chicks by Rakiura Māori in New Zealand

Abstract: Cultural evidence suggests that sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) chicks have been harvested by Rakiura Māori on islands in southern New Zealand since prehistoric times. Concerns exist that modern harvests may be impacting sooty shearwater abundance. We modeled human-related and ecological determinants of harvest (total no. of individuals harvested) of sooty shearwater chicks on 11 islands and examined the relationship between shearwater abundance and harvesting rates (chicks/hr) and harvester behavior throughout the harvesting season. Models best explaining variation in harvest between harvesting areas (manu), for both the early and late parts of the harvesting season, included harvester-days (included in all models with change in deviance information criteria [ΔDIC], ΔDIC < 8.36 and ΔDIC < 11.5, for the early and late periods, respectively). Other harvest determinants included shearwater density, size of the manu, and number of people helping harvesters (all included in the top 5 models within ΔDIC = 2.25 for the late period). Areas harvested by several families under a common-property harvesting system had higher harvest intensity for their size (24% points higher, 95% credible interval 11–36%) than those managed as an exclusive resource for one family. The slowest harvesters spent more time harvesting but on average only harvested 36% (95% credible interval 15–65%) and 34% (95% credible interval 12–63%) of the harvest taken by the fastest harvesters during the early and late periods, respectively. Our results highlight the possibility of elevated harvest intensity as the population of harvesters increases. However, our models suggested that a corresponding reduction in harvesting rate at low prey densities during the most productive period could potentially regulate harvest intensity. Future research will integrate these results into prospective shearwater demographic models to assess the utility of a range of harvesting strategies in ensuring harvest sustainability.     

中温碱性脂肪酶的研究——Ⅲ.扩展青霉PF868变株碱性脂肪酶的纯化及其酶学性质

扩展青霉PF868变株发酵液经硫酸铵盐析和Sephadex-G-200及Sepharose4B柱层析纯化,获得纯化倍数为32.4的酶粉.该酶分子量为23442Dal.酶学特性表明:该酶的最适作用温度为32℃,50℃保温30min仍保留50%酶活性,最适pH为9.0,作用pH稳定范围在7.0—10.0之间.Ca~(2+)Mg~(2+)对酶有激活作用.Fe~(2+)、Cu~(2+)和Mn~(2+)对酶活力有抑制作用.     

一类竞争扩散方程组在Neumann边条件下解的渐近行为

本文主要采用比较方法讨论了一类竞争扩散方程组在Neumann边条件下解的渐近行为,得到了解的稳定性区域．     

On the relation between surface area and partitioning of particulates in two-polymer aqueous phase systems

Partitioning in dextran-poly(ethylene glycol) aqueous two-phase systems is an established method for the separation of biomaterials. Size and surface properties are generally regarded as parameters which contribute to the determination of the materials' partition coefficients, K. While molecular weight or surface area can be one of the determinants of the K value of biomaterials in the size range of macromolecules to very small particulates (e.g. some viruses), partitioning liposomes of identical surface properties and different but distinct sizes indicate that surface areas greater than about 0.2 μm² do not affect the K value obtained. Analysis of available partitioning data of much larger particulates (i.e. cells) reveals that surface properties per unit area outweigh surface area per se in determining the K value in non-charge-sensitive, charge-sensitive and biospecific affinity phase systems.     

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ACE GENE VARIATION AND AEROBIC CAPACITY IN WINTER ENDURANCE DISCIPLINES

The aim of the study was to examine the possible relationship between I/D polymorphism of ACE gene and selected indices of aerobic capacity among male and female athletes practising winter endurance sports. Sixty-six well-trained athletes (female n = 26, male n = 40), aged 18.4 ± 2.8 years, representing winter endurance sports (cross-country skiing, n = 48; biathlon, n = 8; Nordic combined, n = 10) participated in the study. Genotyping for ACE I/D polymorphism was performed using polymerase chain reaction. Maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂max), maximal running velocity (V_max) and running velocity at anaerobic threshold (V_AT4) were determined in an incremental test to volitional exhaustion on a motorized treadmill. The ACE genotype had no significant effect on absolute VO₂max, relative VO₂max (divided by body mass or fat free body mass), V_AT4 or V_max. No interaction effect of gender x ACE genotype was found for each of the examined aerobic capacity indices. ACE gene variation was not found to be a determinant of aerobic capacity in either female or male Polish, well-trained endurance athletes participating in winter sports.