淡水水体底泥中厌氧氨氧化菌的原位鉴别

采用16S rRNA方法对江苏省新沂河的底泥样品进行了厌氧氨氧化菌的原位检测,建立了样品的16S rRNA克隆文库,共包括6个16S rRNA克隆序列.对文库中克隆序列利用ARB软件包进行了排队分析及系统发育树的绘制.分析结果表明,新沂河底泥样品中含有与已知厌氧氨氧化菌Candidatus“Brocadia anammoxidans”相似性为91%的16S rRNA基因,经鉴定为厌氧氨氧化菌Brocadia分支的新种类.样品中还含有组成Planctomycetes新分支的16S rRNA基因,它们与已知厌氧氨氧化菌序列的遗传距离较远,其微生物特性还有待进一步研究.厌氧氨氧化菌在淡水环境中的发现将有助于进一步研究厌氧氨氧化过程在受损淡水生态系统修复重建中的作用,重新认识其中的氮循环过程.     

A salamander’s toxic arsenal: review of skin poison diversity and function in true salamanders,genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salamandra</Emphasis>

Terrestrial salamanders of the genus Salamandra represent one of the most prominent groups of amphibians. They are mainly distributed across Europe but also reach Northern Africa and the Near East. Members of the six currently accepted species have long been known to be poisonous; however, work on their toxins was mostly published in German language, and therefore, many nuances of these studies have remained hidden from the majority of herpetologists and toxinologists. Several Salamandra species are called fire salamanders due to their highly contrasted, black-yellow colouration which probably serves to deter predators, although thorough evidence for aposematism in Salamandra is still lacking. Salamandra skin toxins do not only represent a potent antipredator defence but may also have antimicrobial effects. A better understanding of this dual function of Salamandra skin secretions is of utmost importance in the face of the emergence of a fungal disease causing catastrophic declines of fire salamanders in Central Europe, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. In this review, we summarize the knowledge on Salamandra toxins, providing a list of the compounds so far isolated from their secretion and focusing on the bioactivity of the major compounds in Salamandra secretions, the steroidal alkaloids. We identify priorities for future research, including a screening of co-occurrence of steroidal alkaloids and tetrodotoxins in salamandrids, chemical characterization of already identified novel steroidal compounds, elucidation of the presence and role of peptides and proteins in the secretion, and experimental in vitro and in vivo study of the interactions between bioactive compounds in Salamandra skin secretions and cutaneous fungal and bacterial pathogens.     

能源植物修复镉污染土壤对根际细菌网络结构的影响

选取油脂类能源植物大豆和碳水化合物类能源植物玉米,采用高通量测序方法研究大豆、玉米修复Cd污染土壤过程中根际土壤细菌群落组成,基于高通量测序数据采用分子生态网络分析细菌相互作用.结果表明,50 mg·kg-1Cd污染土壤中两种植物根部Cd浓度和积累量最高,转移系数TF分别为玉米0.78和大豆0.35.基于细菌16S r RNA基因的群落分析表明,大豆、玉米根际土壤细菌主要包括Proteobacteria(变形菌门)、Acidobacteria(酸杆菌门)31个门细菌组成,大豆、玉米种植均能影响土壤细菌群落组成,能影响Candidate division TM7 norank、Acidimicrobiales norank、Sphingomonas等丰度.分子生态网络分析表明种植大豆和玉米增加了细菌之间的相互作用,导致其网络结构更为复杂,关键细菌从不种植物处理的1个增加到种植大豆的6个和种植玉米的10个.     

Autopoiesis: a review and a reappraisal

The aim of the paper is to review critically the notion of autopoiesis as presented by Maturana and Varela. In particular, recognizing that there are difficulties in obtaining a complete and clear picture from the primary literature, an effort is made to present a coherent view--also based on many years of personal contact with Francisco Varela. The paper begins with a few historical notes to highlight the cultural background from which the notion of autopoiesis arose. The basic principles of autopoiesis as a theory of cellular life are then described, emphasizing also what autopoiesis is not: not an abstract theory, not a concept of artificial life, not a theory about the origin of life--but rather a pragmatic blueprint of life based on cellular life. It shown how this view leads to a conceptually clear definition of minimal life and to a logical link with related notions, such as self-organization, emergence, biological autonomy, auto-referentiality, and interactions with the environment. The perturbations brought about by the environment are seen as changes selected and triggered by the inner organization of the living. These selective coupling interactions impart meaning to the minimal life and are thus defined by Maturana and Varela with the arguable term of "cognition". This particular view on the mutual interactions between living organism and environment leads these authors to the notion of "enaction", and to the surprising view that autopoiesis and cognition are two complementary, and in a way equivalent, aspects of life. It is then shown how cognition, so defined, permits us to build a bridge between biology and cognitive science. Autopoiesis also allows one to conceive chemical models of minimal cellular life that can be implemented experimentally. The corresponding work on "chemical autopoiesis" is then reviewed. The surprising impact of autopoiesis in the social sciences ("social autopoiesis") is also briefly discussed. This review also comments on why the theory of autopoiesis had, and still has, a difficult time being accepted into the mainstream of life-science research. Finally, it is pointed out that the new interest in system biology and complexity theories may lead to a reappraisal of autopoiesis and related notions, as outlined also by other authors, such as Tibor Ganti and Stuart Kauffmann.     

冶金粉尘硫容量的实验研究

在25-650温度范围内测定了由Fe 、Ca、 Zn 、Mn等氧化物组成的高炉冶金粉尘脱除H₂S的硫容量,结果表明,反应温度驵成对高炉冶金粉尘硫容量有较大影响,在25-650范围内,硫容量增加：当温度低于350时,CA,Zn,Mn氧化物对冶金粉尘硫容量起主要作用 ,且碳的存在于提高治金粉尘对H₂2S的吸附能力,可适度提高冶金粉尘硫容量;温度大于350时,氧化物对冶金粉尘硫容是起主要作用,碳含量对冶金粉尘硫容量的影响较小,高炉 冶金粉尘脱流主要受Fe氧化物脱硫反应及H₂2S氧化物脱硫反应及H₂2S在冶金粉中的扩散影响.     

Homology and phylogeny and their automated inference

The analysis of the ever-increasing amount of biological and biomedical data can be pushed forward by comparing the data within and among species. For example, an integrative analysis of data from the genome sequencing projects for various species traces the evolution of the genomes and identifies conserved and innovative parts. Here, I review the foundations and advantages of this "historical" approach and evaluate recent attempts at automating such analyses. Biological data is comparable if a common origin exists (homology), as is the case for members of a gene family originating via duplication of an ancestral gene. If the family has relatives in other species, we can assume that the ancestral gene was present in the ancestral species from which all the other species evolved. In particular, describing the relationships among the duplicated biological sequences found in the various species is often possible by a phylogeny, which is more informative than homology statements. Detecting and elaborating on common origins may answer how certain biological sequences developed, and predict what sequences are in a particular species and what their function is. Such knowledge transfer from sequences in one species to the homologous sequences of the other is based on the principle of 'my closest relative looks and behaves like I do', often referred to as 'guilt by association'. To enable knowledge transfer on a large scale, several automated 'phylogenomics pipelines' have been developed in recent years, and seven of these will be described and compared. Overall, the examples in this review demonstrate that homology and phylogeny analyses, done on a large (and automated) scale, can give insights into function in biology and biomedicine.     

氯化钙在型煤燃烧过程中固硫作用的研究

当高硫煤中加入钙基主固硫剂，然后加入适量的CaCl2及其它添加剂，燃煤固硫率明显提高。本文用X-射线荧光光谱法对灰渣样品进行分析，讨论了添加剂对固硫率的影响，并就其促进固硫作用的机理作了初步探讨。     

The interaction between emissions trading and renewable electricity support schemes. An overview of the literature

The public promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources coexists in many countries with the recent implementation of emissions trading schemes. As shown by several papers, this coexistence may lead to significant interactions between both instruments, in the form of synergies and conflicts. This paper provides an overview and analysis of the literature on such coexistence and interactions. A major conclusion is that policy measures aiming at exploiting the synergies between both instruments should be implemented. The greatest synergy effects from the use of both instruments take place through appropriate coordination of their targets. Another key finding is that, although some stylised facts can be inferred from the studies, some results from those complex interactions are context-specific since they depend on the design of the instruments in particular countries. In spite of the significant policy implications of such interactions for the effective and cost-effective functioning of both instruments, this is a surprisingly under searched field. It is so concerning, both, theoretical and empirical analysis.

高分子螯合剂捕集重金属Pb2+的机理研究

探讨了当含铅废物中共存其他金属时,高分子螯合剂对捕集效果的影响,实验结果表明,此种螯合剂对铅去除率在９９．７％以上,不受钾,钠和钙离子存在的影响,并且也不受ｐＨ值变化的影响,当有铁禽子存在时,会降低铅的去除率,但钙离子的共存有利于铅的去除。     

扬子地体船山组碳酸盐岩中的核形石

扬子地体上石炭统船山组内核形石极为丰富,按照内部结构和构造可分五种纹层类型、二种壳层构造和四种核心结构。核形石并非过去所认为的单一的“葛万藻核形石”,而可以根据形态和壳层中的生物组合划分为十种基本类型,其沉积环境有滩、潮下低能带和泻湖等。 石炭纪晚期,由于全球的气候发生强烈分异,从而在低纬度地区产生大量分泌粘液的缠绕生物(藻类为主),核形石就是由这种缠绕生物捕集沉积质点围绕核心而成,其形成过程有四个阶段—核心形成阶段,壳层形成阶段、沉积搬运阶段和成岩后生阶段。 在成岩后生阶段,核形石岩可以产生大量的核间和核内溶孔,这对于油气、矿液的储集和运移是十分有利的。     

电石遇潮湿空气易燃危险性的评估方法及预防措施研究

针对电石遇潮湿空气释放乙炔的危险特性,以潮湿空气与电石粉尘及电石粉尘堆垛表面接触的方式,替代传统的遇湿易燃危险性测试方法,拟合得到了乙炔气体释放速率随潮湿空气相对湿度变化的方程式,提出了将乙炔气体浓度控制在低于发生火灾爆炸危险区域的潮湿空气相对湿度和稀释乙炔气体浓度的氮气保护进气流量(Q)计算公式。结果表明:电石遇潮湿空气释放乙炔气体的浓度受温度和相对湿度的影响,根据不同温度条件下潮湿空气中水汽的分压(Ps)和乙炔气体的密度(ρ乙炔),可计算得到一定气相空间内电石遇潮湿空气释放乙炔气体的浓度;潮湿空气的相对湿度可以有效表征乙炔气体的释放量,用于评估在一定气相空间内电石遇潮湿空气释放乙炔气体发生火灾爆炸的可能性。     

Cardiac Contractility: How Calcium Activates the Myofilaments

2+   concentrations tropomyosin is located at the edge of the thin filament, thereby interfering with the formation of strong actin-myosin linkages (blocked state). An increase in Ca²⁺ activity causes an azimuthal shift of tropomyosin around the filament (by about 30°), thereby increasing the probability of low-force crossbridge interaction, a process which by cooperative effects induces further tropomyosin movement (by an additional 10°) which results in the open state of the filament characterized by forceful crossbridge interaction. (This mechanism may be analogous to that in ligand-gated ion channels, where ligand binding increases the open probability of the pore.) The extent of activation then depends on the free Ca²⁺ concentration and on the calcium sensitivity of the thin filament that may be affected by protein phosphorylation, crossbridge attachment, the troponin isoform composition of the filament, and novel calcium-sensitizing drugs that act on the contractile or regulatory proteins and thus increase the force of the heart.     

沸石强化生化装置脱氮功能的效果及机理初探

针对石化工业废水开展沸石强化脱氮处理试验研究,通过比较沸石浓度25 mg/L与空白,以及沸石浓度25 mg/L与50 mg/L 2阶段脱氮效果,探讨了沸石促进脱氮功能的机理.结果表明,曝气池中投加沸石可明显提高氨氮和总氮的去除率,硝化细菌总数和硝化功能也得到增强.与空白对照组相比, 沸石浓度25 mg/L的试验组稳定运行后,氨氮去除率提高约10%～13%,总氮去除率约提高13%,出水中NO^-₃-N含量约提高100%,氨氮与总氮之比下降6%,内源硝化耗氧呼吸速率可提高138%,硝化细菌总数是空白对照组2.2倍.沸石浓度提高到50 mg/L后,试验组的脱氮效果略有增加,但效果不明显.通过对试验结果的关联分析,认为沸石提高系统脱氮能力的原因一方面是因为沸石对NH⁺₄及硝态氮的交换吸附,另一方面NH⁺₄离子富集于沸石表面及内部、沸石颗粒独特的好氧-缺氧微环境,以及沸石离解出CO^2-₃ 或HCO^-₃增加碱度等条件,促进了硝化细菌和反硝化细菌的生长,从而提高了系统脱氮能力.     

有机钙高温脱硫特性

为了控制燃煤二氧化硫气体的排放,采用智能定硫仪研究了有机钙的脱硫特性.原煤的硫析出速率曲线呈双峰形状,添加有机钙后,硫析出速率明显降低,曲线呈单峰状.1000℃下有机钙对长广煤的脱硫率比普通石灰石高1倍以上,其中醋酸钙镁的脱硫效果高达73.84%.煤的含硫量、反应温度、钙硫比、钙基添加剂粒径是影响有机钙脱硫效果的重要因素.煤的含硫量增大或钙基添加剂粒径减小都可以提高有机钙的脱硫率;随温度升高,高硫煤脱硫率下降幅度低于中硫煤和低硫煤,1 200℃高温下醋酸钙镁脱硫率为59.08%;按钙硫比为1添加有机钙可以获得较高的脱硫率,继续增加钙基添加剂,脱硫率的提高效果不明显.表明有机钙是一种脱硫效率较高的优良吸收剂,醋酸钙镁的脱硫效果最好.     

Tetrahedral homonuclear organoelement clusters and subhalides of aluminium,gallium and indium

This review is focused on the synthesis and the reactivity of tetrahedral organoelement clusters of the heavier elements of third main-group aluminium, gallium, and indium, which have been known for about a decade. They possess the elements in an unusually low oxidation state of +1 and have direct element–element interactions between their four constituents. Each cluster atom is further attached to one terminal and in most cases a bulky organic substituent, which prevents disproportionation by steric shielding. The synthesis of these compounds succeeds by different methods such as the reduction of suitable organoelement(III) halides with alkali metals and magnesium or the treatment of element(I) halides with lithium organyls. They are deeply coloured, and their bonding situation may best be described by delocalized molecular orbitals. They show a singular chemical reactivity, which results in the formation of many secondary products possessing unprecedented structures and properties. The synthesis of organoelement subhalides still containing the elements in low oxidation states is discussed in more detail in the second part of this review. These compounds are easily accessible by the careful oxidation of the clusters with halogen donors such as hexachloroethane or with AlX₃/X₂ mixtures. They produce dimers via halogen bridges, but in certain cases monomers were observed even for the solid state. They are very effective starting compounds for secondary reactions and the generation of new products containing the elements in unusual oxidation states by salt-elimination reactions, for instance.     

海洋酸化对青鳉鱼(Oryzias melastigma)耳石形态和成分的影响

海洋酸化导致海水中碳酸钙（CaCO₃）的饱和度下降,对海洋钙化生物影响较大。某些鱼类,如海水青鳉鱼（Oryzias melastigma）内耳中具有钙质的耳石,可能对海洋酸化敏感。海洋酸化对幼鱼耳石发育影响已有报道,但成鱼耳石的形态和化学组成是否受到影响的研究较少。本文模拟未来100~300 a的近岸海域可能的酸化水平,研究其对海水青鳉鱼成鱼耳石形态及主要元素成分的影响。研究发现,在高浓度CO₂（980 ppm、2900 ppm和4850 ppm）的酸化水体中养殖青鳉鱼成鱼45 d,青鳉鱼体长和体重与对照组差异不显著,内耳中矢耳石、星耳石和微耳石的形状,包括耳石表面积和圆趋近率,没有受到酸化的影响。然而,随着水体中CO₂浓度升高,矢耳石的重量则呈现下降的趋势,其中2900 ppm和4850 ppm高浓度组矢耳石重量显著低于对照组。在2900 ppm酸化处理组中,左右耳石不对称性趋势明显。而且,酸化处理组中,实验鱼耳石中C元素相对含量显著低于对照组。高浓度CO₂酸化海水对青鳉鱼成鱼的耳石形态和成分的影响,可能干扰其听觉,并对捕食、防御敌害等听觉相关行为造成影响。     

Effect of impurities on desulfurization properties of limestone during coal gasification

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Effects of several amendments on rice growth and uptake of copper and cadmium from a contaminated soil

Heavy metals in variable charge soil are highly bioavailable and easy to transfer into plants. Since it is impossible to completely eliminate rice planting on contaminated soils, some remediation and mitigation techniques are necessary to reduce metal bioavailability and uptake by rice. This pot experiment investigated the e ects of seven amendments on the growth of rice and uptake of heavy metals from a paddy soil that was contaminated by copper and cadmium. The best results were from the application of limestone that increased grain yield by 12.5–16.5 fold, and decreased Cu and Cd concentrations in grain by 23.0%–50.4%. Application of calcium magnesium phosphate, calcium silicate, pig manure, and peat also increased the grain yield by 0.3–15.3 fold, and e ectively decreased the Cu and Cd concentrations in grain. Cd concentration in grain was slightly reduced in the treatments of Chinese milk vetch and zinc sulfate. Concentrations of Cu and Cd in grain and straw were dependent on the available Cu and Cd in the soils, and soil available Cu and Cd were significantly a ected by the soil pH.     

碳酸化对不同碱度飞灰中重金属的长期影响

通过对不同地区生活垃圾焚烧飞灰进行碳酸化处理,采用XRF,SEM以及XRD分析飞灰理化特性,通过pH值测定、重金属浸出实验以及重金属形态分析探究CO₂对不同焚烧飞灰中超标重金属Zn、Pb、Cd的长期影响研究.结果表明,由于焚烧过程中烟气排放限值降低需喷入大量氢氧化钙等脱酸剂,导致焚烧飞灰呈现不同碱度特性.根据醋酸缓冲溶液法浸出实验后的飞灰浸出液pH值,将飞灰分为“酸灰”与“碱灰”,并对两类飞灰进行长期碳酸化实验.对比碳酸化前后飞灰中重金属的浸出毒性,“酸灰”中重金属浸出毒性远大于“碱灰”,但是碳酸化处置后“酸灰”中重金属Zn、Cd的浸出浓度分别降低10%~18%和9%~30%;“碱灰”中重金属Zn和Cd的浸出浓度显著增大,且浸出浓度最大超过《生活垃圾填埋场污染控制标准》的1.46与63.2倍;碳酸化对“酸灰”与“碱灰”中的两性重金属Pb的浸出不具有规律性,但总体而言,碳酸化对“碱灰”中重金属Pb的影响更大.最后通过BCR连续分级提取法分析碳酸化前后飞灰中重金属形态的变化规律,碳酸化后,“酸灰”中重金属Zn、Cd的浸出浓度受到T4赋存占比增加的影响呈下降趋势,但部分样品中T1赋存占比有增加现象,说明此类重金属仍存在浸出风险,而“碱灰”碳酸化后重金属Zn、Cd的浸出浓度受到T1赋存占比增加的影响呈增加趋势.因此在填埋处置前应重点关注不同碱度飞灰中的重金属浸出特性,为飞灰长期稳定填埋提供保障.     

Lethal fighting between honeybee queens and parasitic workers (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Apis mellifera</Emphasis>)

Pheromonal signals associated with queen and worker policing prevent worker reproduction and have been identified as important factors for establishing harmony in the honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony. However, "anarchic workers", which can evade both mechanisms, have been detected at low frequency in several honeybee populations. Worker bees of the Cape honeybee, Apis mellifera capensis, also show this anarchistic trait but to an extreme degree. They can develop into so called "pseudoqueens", which release a pheromonal bouquet very similar to that of queens. They prime and release very similar reactions in sterile workers to those of true queens (e.g. suppress ovary activation; release retinue behavior). Here we show in an experimental bioassay that lethal fights between these parasitic workers and the queen (similar to queen–queen fights) occur, resulting in the death of either queen or worker. Although it is usually the queen that attacks the parasitic workers and kills many of them, in a few cases the workers succeeded in killing the queen. If this also occurs in a parasitized colony where the queen encounters many parasitic workers, she may eventually be killed in one of the repeated fights she engages in.