三种耧斗菜属植物柱头的特征

为了深入了解植物捕获花粉的机制和生殖策略,我们对3种耧斗菜属Aquilegia L.植物华北耧斗菜A. yabeana Kitagawa、无距耧斗菜A. ecalcarata Maxim.和秦岭耧斗菜A. incurvata P. K. Hsiao的雌蕊进行了扫描电镜和荧光显微镜观察,发现其柱头发育的特殊式样。其柱头位于花柱的腹缝面,由花柱腹缝两侧细胞发育成柱头乳突,在花期中从顶端朝花柱基部渐次成熟。伴随花柱向外弯曲,成熟的柱头表面相继呈现,逐渐增加了花粉落置的空间。这种柱头发育的式样通过延长柱头的可授期,增加了植物在不可预测的传粉环境下的繁殖机会。     

大肠杆菌K88菌毛蛋白发酵工艺的初步研究

采用液体培养基包括牛肉膏蛋白胨培养基和强化营养肉汤培养基对大肠杆菌K88进行发酵培养,采用不同摇瓶培养时间和不同pH值的培养基观察发酵结果,研究菌体和菌毛生产量的相关性,并通过紫外分光光度计UV751于600nm处测量菌体OD值以对菌种发酵情况进行检测.热激分离菌体和菌毛蛋白,(NH4)2SO4盐析分离纯化K88菌毛蛋白并用分光光度计于280nm处测定其OD值.透析后经SDSP-AGE检测菌毛蛋白纯度.根据实验结果优化发酵培养条件,确定菌种的最佳发酵工艺,以收获最多的K88菌毛蛋白.经过实验研究,最终确定了大肠杆菌K88在pH值为6.5、转速为250r/min的条件下发酵18个h,菌体和菌毛生产量均达到高峰,同时得出菌毛蛋白和菌体成正相关.     

不同采样密度下县域森林碳储量仿真估计

采用浙江省台州市仙居县森林资源二类调查样地实测地上部分碳储量数据,结合Landsat TM影像数据,利用序列高斯协同仿真(SGCS)算法、序列高斯块协同仿真(SGBCS)算法,以4种地面采样密度(SD)SD_1=0.012%、SD_2=0.010%、SD_3=0.007%、SD_4=0.005%,估计全县森林碳储量及其空间分布,分析不同地面采样密度对区域森林碳储量及其分布格局估计精度的影响。结果表明:1)不同采样密度下SGCS和SGBCS估计的森林碳储量分布趋势相似,SGCS估计在采样密度为SD_2时可以满足精度要求,且均值与实测最相符;SGBCS估计受采样密度影响较小,在四种采样密度下均可满足精度要求。2)SGCS、SGBCS估计的不确定性随着采样密度的降低均呈现出整体升高的趋势,增长速率在SD_2采样密度时最低,相对SD_1分别升高1.08%、-1.71%;当SGBCS算法的采样密度由SD_2变为SD_3时,样地数的减少对不确定性影响最大,但对区域空间变异格局估计没有实质性影响。3)将采样密度控制在SD_2(0.010%)水平,利用SGCS和SGBCS算法均能得到准确可靠的森林碳储量及其分布信息,同时能节省至少20%左右的森林调查工作量。     

Processing of Auditory Midbrain Interspike Intervals by Model Neurons

A question central to sensory processing is how signal information is encoded and processed by single neurons. Stimulus features can be represented through rate coding (via firing rate), temporal coding (via firing synchronization to temporal periodicities), or temporal encoding (via intricate patterns of spike trains). Of the three, examples of temporal encoding are the least documented. One region in which temporal encoding is currently being explored is the auditory midbrain. Midbrain neurons in the plainfin midshipman generate different interspike interval (ISI) distributions depending on the frequencies of the concurrent vocal signals. However, these distributions differ only along certain lengths of ISIs, so that any neurons trying to distinguish the distributions would have to respond selectively to specific ISI ranges. We used this empirical observation as a realistic challenge with which to explore the plausibility of ISI-tuned neurons that could validate this form of temporal encoding. The resulting modeled cells—point neurons optimized through multidimensional searching—were successfully tuned to discriminate patterns in specific ranges of ISIs. Achieving this task, particularly with simplified neurons, strengthens the credibility of ISI coding in the brain and lends credence to its role in auditory processing.     

洞庭湖森林生态系统空间结构均质性评价

以东、南、西洞庭湖区域君山岛、龙山、赤山岛龙虎山林场、明朗山、常德林场、和洑林场和桃源县天然次生林为对象,借鉴生态学有关生态系统内部均衡和均质原理,在森林生态系统(斑块)尺度,从空间结构的混交、竞争、空间分布格局3个方面分析提出空间优化的均质性目标、均质性指数及均质性评价方法和评价标准.结果表明:15个洞庭湖湿地调查林分平均均质性评价指数为0.2517.均质性评价的5个等级中处于l级和2级的林分为12个,占80％,处于3级的林分只有3个,仅占20％.说明洞庭湖各林分整体上在空间结构、生长环境和树种优势度等方面不具有明显优势,离理想空间结构差距太大;按照高程不同,洞庭湖湿地从湖沼到丘陵岗地,林分空间结构均质性特征逐渐增强.森林生态系统空间优化均质性目标及均质性指数的提出是森林可持续经营空间途径的拓展,为森林经营的理想空间结构及其表达探索一条新途径.     

青檀SRAP-PCR体系优化设计方案

以青檀(Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim.)叶片为材料,采用正交设计和均匀设计两种方法对SRAP-PCR反应体系进行优化,并对这两种设计方案优化出的最佳反应体系进行比较,结果表明:两种设计均可用于青檀SRAP-PCR体系的优化,但与正交设计相比,均匀设计在多因素多水平条件下,得到的条带更清晰、稳定性更好。通过实验比较筛选出的青檀SRAP-PCR最佳反应体系为:2.5μL 10×PCR buffer,20 ng模板DNA,Mg2+2.5 mmol/L,dNTP150μmol/L,引物0.2μmol/L,Taq DNA聚合酶1.0 U,总体积25μL。     

Resource recovery from low strength wastewater in a bioelectrochemical desalination process

In this research, low strength synthetic wastewaters with chemical oxygen demand less than 300 mg L^?1 were treated at different concentrations in a bioelectrochemical desalination process. A process optimization model was utilized to study the performance of the photosynthetic bioelectrochemical desalination process. The variables include substrate (chemical oxygen demand) concentration, total dissolved solids, and microalgae biomass concentration in the cathode chamber. Relationships between the chemical oxygen demand concentration, microalgae, and salt concentrations were evaluated. Power densities and potential energy benefits from microalgal biomass growth were discussed. The results from this study demonstrated the reliability and reproducibility of the photosynthetic microbial desalination process performance followed by a response surface methodology optimization. This study also confirms the suitability of bioelectrochemical desalination process for treating low substrate wastewaters such as agricultural wastewaters, anaerobic digester effluents, and septic tank effluents for net energy production and water desalination.     

适应性实验室进化技术在微生物育种中的应用进展

适应性实验室进化(Adaptive laboratory evolution,ALE)技术已成为微生物学基础研究和工业微生物育种的强大工具,被广泛用来研究影响菌株表型、性能和稳定性的进化潜力以及快速获取含有有益突变的工业生产菌株。近年来,随着基因组测序技术的进步,关于微生物新陈代谢机理和动力学方面的研究变得更加广泛和深入,这也极大促进了适应性实验室进化技术的快速发展。文中主要介绍了长期、短期适应性实验室进化技术在微生物育种方面的应用实例,并总结归纳了该技术在快速高效构建优良菌株过程中的方式与作用。最后分析了目前ALE技术面临的瓶颈问题及其可能的解决方法,以期能够为该技术的未来发展提供有价值的参考依据。     

附子白绢病菌拮抗菌的鉴定、发酵条件优化及抑菌效果

【背景】附子白绢病是由齐整小核菌(Sclerotiumrolfsii)引起的一种土传细菌性病害,该病原菌严重影响附子的生产。【目的】筛选出对附子白绢病具有生防效果的菌株,并将其用于病害防治。【方法】利用平板涂布法和划线法从黄粉虫蛹体分离菌株,平板对峙法筛选对齐整小核菌具有较强拮抗能力的菌株,通过形态学观察、生理生化试验、16S rRNA基因测序分析确定其分类地位;以单因素试验对发酵条件进行优化,并初步测定拮抗菌的菌悬液、挥发性气体和发酵液对齐整小核菌菌丝的抑制效果。【结果】筛选出的拮抗菌株将其编号为N2,初步鉴定为暹罗芽孢杆菌(Bacillus siamensis);菌株N2最佳培养基配方(g/L)：胰蛋白胨10.0,酵母浸粉5.0,蔗糖20.0;最佳培养条件：初始pH 6.0,温度36℃,转速240 r/min,装液量30 mL,接菌量0.05%;其菌悬液、挥发性气体和发酵液均能有效抑制白绢病菌菌丝的生长;胞外酶测定结果显示该菌株可产生蛋白酶和纤维素酶,不产嗜铁素。【结论】菌株N2对附子白绢病具有较好的抑制效果,在生物防治中具有较好的应用潜力和较高的研究价值。     

A general model of intra‐annual tree growth using dendrometer bands

Tree growth is an important indicator of forest health, productivity, and demography. Knowing precisely how trees' grow within a year, instead of across years, can lead to a finer understanding of the mechanisms that drive these larger patterns. The growing use of dendrometer bands in research forests has only rarely been used to measure growth at resolutions finer than yearly, but intra‐annual growth patterns can be observed from dendrometer bands using precision digital calipers and weekly measurements. Here we present a workflow to help forest ecologists fit growth models to intra‐annual measurements using standard optimization functions provided by the R platform. We explain our protocol, test uncertainty in parameter estimates with respect to sample sizes, extend the optimization protocol to estimate robust lower and upper annual diameter bounds, and discuss potential challenges to optimal fits. We offer R code to implement this workflow. We found that starting values and initial optimization routines are critical to fitting the best functional forms. After using a bounded, broad search method, a more focused search algorithm obtained consistent results. To estimate starting and ending annual diameters, we combined the growth function with early and late estimates of beginning and ending growth. Once we fit the functions, we present extension algorithms that estimate periodic reductions in growth, total growth, and present a method of controlling for the shifting allocation to girth during the growth season. We demonstrate that with these extensions, an analysis of growth response to weather (e.g., the water available to a tree) can be derived in a way that is comparable across trees, years, and sites. Thus, this approach, when applied across broader data sets, offers a pathway to build inference about the effects of seasonal weather on growth, size‐ and light‐dependent patterns of growth, species‐specific patterns, and phenology.