甜菜夜蛾SeGluCl剪接变异体的敲除及其对杀虫剂敏感性的影响

【目的】本研究旨在利用CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术,探索甜菜夜蛾Spodoptera exigua谷氨酸门控氯离子通道(glutamate-gated chloride channels, GluCls)基因不同转录变异体编码的SeGluCls对杀虫剂敏感性是否存在差异。【方法】采用RT-PCR和RACE技术获得甜菜夜蛾SeGluCl的全长cDNA序列,并对其进行生物信息学分析;利用CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术敲除SeGluCl两个剪接变异体SeGluCl 3a和SeGluCl 3b,并构建甜菜夜蛾敲除品系(3a-KO和3b-KO),生物测定甜菜夜蛾敏感品系WH-S(对照品系)及3a-KO和3b-KO品系的3龄幼虫对阿维菌素、甲维盐和氟虫腈3种杀虫剂敏感性的差异。【结果】获得了甜菜夜蛾SeGluCl全长cDNA序列,并发现其2种剪接变异体(SeGluCl 3a和SeGluCl 3b),SeGluCl 3a(GenBank登录号：OM304353)的开放阅读框(open reading frame, ORF)长1 362 bp,编码454个氨基酸,SeGluCl 3b(Gen...     

Effects of the Herbicide Barban and its Commercial Formulation Carbyne on Soil Micro-organisms

At high concentrations barban, its commercial formulation Carbyne or the formulating solvent, initially increased soil respiration. Increased respiration due to Carbyne or the solvent was accompanied by bacterial proliferation in response to the organic carbon of the solvent. There was no initial increase in bacterial population in barban-treated soil. Soil respiration was inhibited after Carbyne treatment during the later stages of incubation (up to 220 days) despite a bacterial population larger than in untreated soil. Barban and Carbyne depressed the rate of glucose utilization and increased phosphatase activity in soil; it is suggested that barban interferes with the respiratory processes of soil micro-organisms. Low concentrations (2 parts/10⁶) of 3-chloroaniline were detected in soil treated with either barban or Carbyne. Carbyne and its ingredients also affected the growth and physiological properties of soil bacteria and fungi.     

Cortical Pattern in Non-dividers, Dividers and Reorganizers of an Austrian Population of Paraurostyla weissei (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida): A Comparative Morphological and Biometrical Study

The morphology and the regulation of cortical pattern associated with the cell size, division, and reorganization of Paraurostyla weissei (Stein, 1859) were investigated. The ranges of variation of the Austrian, Polish, and American strains were compared by biometrical analyses. The Austrian population most frequently shows 4 frontal cirri in the anteriormost and 2 in the posterior row, 4 ventral rows, 8 transverse cirri, and 7 dorsal kineties. The oral primordium originates next to the postoral ventral row. The undulating membrane field and 3 frontal-ventral-transverse(FVT)-streaks for the opisthe develop as a result of the dispersion of the basal bodies of 1 or 2 cirri of the 1st ventral row. The farthest-right ventral row is of composite origin from 2 FVT-streaks. Three short dorsal bristle rows originating beside the right marginal row are a constant feature. In reorganizers the oral primordium characteristically possesses a group of kinetosomes extending toward the anterior right, fusing with the undulating membrane field. The development of dorsal primordia always starts in the 3rd dorsal kinety. These results provide important criteria for future species discrimination, if the examination of non-morphological characters supplies evidence that P. weissei is a complex of sibling species.     

Fine Structure of Pseudokeronopsis carnea (Ciliophora,Hypotrichida)1

ABSTRACT Two kinds of pigment structures, pigment vacuoles and pigmentocysts, cause the orange-red color of Pseudokeronopsis carnea (Cohn, 1866). The pigment vacuoles are undischargeable and two to five layers of them form a characteristic ectoplasmic zone. The pigmentocysts mainly surround the infraciliature and show a unique channel which is probably used for extrusion. Previous data on the fine structure of subpellicular granules and extrusomes of hypotrich ciliates are summarized. Their obviously diverse organization argues for a great value of these structures in species identification. The basic structural features of the infraciliature and the cytoplasmic organelles of P. carnea are similar to those found in other hypotrichs; however, a special kind of linear microtubular array borders the longer sides of the cirral bases and the margins of the adoral membranelles and those of the membranes in the right buccal area. To the left of the endoral membrane, these microtubular arrays result in a highly ordered structure reminiscent of oral ribs. This peculiar arrangement of microtubules in cirri and paramembranelles has also been found in the related form, Thigmokeronopsis jahodai, probably indicating a homogeneity of the fine structure of urostylid hypotrichs. In P. carnea, the basal bodies of the paroral membrane are proximally connected like a polykinetid. Its cilia are unlinked, whereas those of the endoral membrane are fused by microfibrillar material. The terms diplostichomonad and polystichomonad only refer to quantitative aspects and omit the evident, high diversity of microtubular and microfibrillar associates occurring in the membranes in the right buccal area. These terms need to be redefined on the basis of more material that is better described.