大型海藻与赤潮微藻以及赤潮微藻之间的相互作用研究

研究了2种大型海藻石莼(Ulva pertusa)和江蓠(Gracilaria lemaneiformis)对2种赤潮微藻:东海原甲藻(Prorocentrumdonghaiense)和塔玛亚历山大藻(Alexandum tamarense)生长的影响以及2种微藻之间的相互作用,结果发现:①在大藻(石莼或江蓠)-微藻(东海原甲藻或塔玛亚历山大藻)的共培养体系中,石莼和江蓠均能明显影响与其共培养的微藻的生长,石莼对微藻生长的影响强于江蓠的作用.②在东海原甲藻-塔玛亚历山大藻的双藻培养体系中,东海原甲藻的生长受到明显的抑制作用,最终被完全灭杀;体系中塔玛亚历山大藻的生长未受到明显的影响.另外,塔玛亚历山大藻的培养液滤液能明显抑制东海原甲藻的生长,但东海原甲藻滤液对塔玛亚历山大藻的生长几乎没有影响.实验室条件下模拟二者相互作用的结果显示,塔玛亚历山大藻对东海原甲藻的抑制作用是其被后者抑制作用的17倍左右.③在大藻(石莼或江蓠)-东海原甲藻-塔玛亚历山大藻的多藻培养体系中,东海原甲藻和塔玛亚历山大藻的生长变化与它们在共培养体系中的变化非常类似.半数致死时间(LT50)法的检测结果显示:多藻培养体系对东海原甲藻的联合作用是协同作用,而对塔玛亚历山大藻的作用是相加作用.     

羟基自由基对塔玛亚历山大藻DNA破坏研究

利用羟基自由基(·OH)压载水处理系统,采用大气压强电场放电技术制取·OH溶液对塔玛亚历山大藻(Alexandrlum tamarense)进行处理。通过普通光学显微镜,荧光显微镜和电子显微镜对·OH处理前后的塔玛亚历山大藻的细胞结构进行观测。结果表明,·OH能有效破坏藻细胞,从而造成藻类死亡。利用随机扩增多态性DNA(random amplification polymorphic DNA,RAPD)和实时定量PCR(RT-PCR)相结合的技术检测·OH对DNA链的破坏作用。共得到了3条有显著差异的扩增产物。这3条扩增产物经测序,并通过NCBI(national center of biotechnology information)的比对分析,最终得到1条可用RT-PCR检测·OH对DNA破坏作用的基因序列。以上的结果表明,·OH压载水处理系统能有效去除塔玛亚历山大藻,并对其DNA造成破坏。     

玉米叶对我国几种典型赤潮藻生长的影响研究

研究了玉米叶对塔玛亚历山大藻(Alexandrium tamarense)、海洋卡盾藻(Chattonella marina)、赤潮异弯藻(Heterosigma akashiwo)、东海原甲藻(Prorocentrum donghaiense Lu)和球形棕囊藻(Phaeocystis globosa)生长的影响,以期为筛选新的、无污染的、廉价高效的除藻剂提供思路,为不同的有害赤潮的治理提供参考.结果表明,玉米叶对塔玛亚历山大藻、海洋卡盾藻、赤潮异弯藻、东海原甲藻和球形棕囊藻生长的影响明显不同.玉米叶可显著抑制塔玛亚历山大藻、海洋卡盾藻和赤潮异弯藻的生长,但对东海原甲藻生长的影响不大,对球形棕囊藻的生长则有显著的促进作用.这些结果表明,玉米叶对赤潮藻生长的抑制作用存在一定的选择性,这种选择性与藻的种属与细胞结构并无明显的相关性.     

烷基糖苷季铵盐选择性抑藻活性研究

以甲藻门的东海原甲藻、塔玛亚历山大藻、裸甲藻,黄藻门的赤潮异弯藻,硅藻门的中肋骨条藻等典型的赤潮生物以及绿藻门的青岛大扁藻和亚心形扁藻两种非赤潮生物为目标生物,探讨了烷基糖苷季铵盐(APG-131)类表面活性剂的抑藻活性。结果表明,该表面活性剂在较低的浓度范围内(0.5 mg/L),对东海原甲藻、塔玛亚历山大藻和赤潮异弯藻等赤潮生物的生长有明显的抑制作用。当该季铵盐的浓度增加至1.0 mg/L以上时,可完全抑制中肋骨条藻的生长,而在相同的浓度范围内,对裸甲藻和所选2种非赤潮生物生长影响不明显,表现出了抑藻作用的种属特异性。结合各海洋微藻的脂肪酸组成分析,证实了该表面活性剂选择性抑藻作用与不同海洋微藻的多不饱和脂肪酸的含量明显相关。     

应用qPCR方法检测中国近海塔玛亚历山大藻复合种的研究

亚历山大藻属的部分藻种(Alexandrium spp.)能够产生麻痹性贝毒毒素(PST),是重要的有害藻华(HAB)原因种.由于亚历山大藻属中的有毒和无毒藻种形态相似,且海水中亚历山大藻的细胞密度通常很低,因此,高灵敏度、高特异性的分子生物学方法在亚历山大藻检测方面具有重要的应用前景.塔玛亚历山大藻和链状亚历山大藻是中国近海主要的有毒亚历山大藻藻种,大多属于塔玛亚历山大藻复合种第四类核糖体型(GroupⅣ,以往称为“亚洲温带核糖体型”).因此,本研究尝试将实时荧光定量PCR(qPCR)方法用于我国近海塔玛亚历山大藻复合种(GroupⅣ)的快速检测,并对方法的特异性和灵敏度进行了检验.研究表明,所建立的qPCR方法能够特异性地检测我国近海不同海域分离的塔玛亚历山大藻复合种(GroupⅣ),方法具有良好的线性响应关系和较高的灵敏度,最低可检出5个藻细胞,具有良好的应用前景.然而,实验也发现,自我国近海分离的塔玛亚历山大藻复合种的不同藻株之间,以及处于不同生长阶段的藻细胞之间,qPCR检测结果存在显著差异,反映了目标藻核糖体RNA基因拷贝数的差异和变化对qPCR检测结果的影响.因此,建议在将qPCR方法用于不同海域亚历山大藻样品检测时,应采用该海域分离的藻株专门构建标准工作曲线,以减小定量分析误差.     

应用荧光原位杂交方法检测亚历山大藻

采用PCR方法对三株亚历山大藻核糖体DNA 大亚基部分序列和ITS区序列进行了特异性扩增和序列测定.ITS区测序及BLAST比对结果显示,三株藻类分别为塔玛亚历山大藻(Alexandrium tamarense),链状亚历山大藻(A. catenella)和微小亚历山大藻(A. minimum).在此基础上,针对中国沿海分布的有毒亚历山大藻,根据其核糖体DNA大亚基(LSU rDNA)序列信息,设计了特异性的荧光标记探针,建立了基于荧光原位杂交技术(FISH)上的有毒亚历山大藻检测方法.结果表明,探针Alexp1较理想地标记选定的目标藻--塔玛亚历山大藻(YA 藻株),经探针标记的藻细胞在荧光显微镜下可以明显区分于其他非目标藻.     

海洋卡盾藻无细胞滤液对赤潮微藻的作用及其与微藻的共培养

实验模拟条件下,研究了海洋卡盾藻无细胞滤液对四种微藻生长的影响及其与东海原甲藻和塔玛亚历山大藻的共培养。结果表明:卡盾藻无细胞滤液对三角褐指藻、东海原甲藻和塔玛亚历山大藻细胞的生长速率都有显著的抑制效应(P<0.01),而对中肋骨条藻的生长抑制作用较弱,当卡盾藻滤液在高浓度(15 mL、20 mL)/40 mL下,中肋骨条藻的生长才受到显著抑制,而低浓度下没有明显影响。海洋卡盾藻与甲藻的共培养明显促进了卡盾藻的生长,抑制了甲藻的生长,对东海原甲藻的抑制作用较强。共培养的结果可能是由于海洋卡盾藻与甲藻之间存在化感作用或营养盐竞争作用,而无细胞滤液对微藻的作用表明海洋卡盾藻对微藻产生化感效应。     

溶藻细菌BS03分离、鉴定及其对塔玛亚历山大藻生长的影响

从福建漳江口红树林区筛选出一株对产贝毒赤潮原因藻——塔玛亚历山大藻(Alexandrium tamatense)具有强溶藻能力的细菌,命名为BS03,通过生理生化及16S rDNA序列分析对该菌株进行鉴定,并探讨了菌株BS03对塔玛亚历山大藻的溶藻特性和溶藻代谢产物的初步性质.结果发现,菌株BS03属于微泡菌属(Microbulbifer sp.)相似性达99％;对塔玛亚历山大藻的杀藻效果具有一定浓度效应,在一定浓度范围内处理浓度越高,溶藻效果越好;菌株BS03对处于不同生长时期的塔玛亚历山大藻都表现出较好的杀藻效果,其中对处于延滞期的塔玛亚历山大藻表现出最佳的杀藻效果,处理96 h后,抑藻率达98.17％;不同生长期菌株对塔玛亚历山大藻溶藻作用无明显差异;菌株BS03通过间接作用方式溶藻,所分泌的胞外活性物质的分子量小于1 kDa,耐酸碱、具热稳定性,推测为非蛋白质、非核酸和非多糖类物质.     

基于产毒基因sxtA的qPCR方法在长江口邻近海域有毒藻类检测中的应用初探

麻痹性贝毒(paralytic shellfish toxins)包括石房蛤毒素(saxitoxin)及其同系物,是一类具有神经毒性的生物毒素,主要由甲藻和蓝藻产生。近年来,在蓝藻和甲藻中相继发现了一些与石房蛤毒素合成密切相关的基因,并建立了基于特定产毒基因的有毒藻类检测方法。长江口邻近海域是我国近海有害藻华的高发区,本研究尝试应用基于麻痹性贝毒产毒基因sxtA的qPCR检测方法,与有毒塔玛亚历山大藻复合种(I型和IV型)的qPCR检测方法和麻痹性贝毒的高效液相色谱方法相结合,对2013年春季长江口邻近海域两条断面上有毒藻和藻毒素的分布及变动情况进行了分析。结果表明,基于sxtA的qPCR检测结果与IV型塔玛亚历山大藻复合种的数量存在较好的相关性(r2=0.52,P0.05),说明IV型塔玛亚历山大藻复合种是采样期间长江口邻近海域麻痹性贝毒的主要来源;而样品中藻毒素含量与两种qPCR方法得到的有毒藻数量之间并没有明显相关性。可见,基于产毒基因的检测方法在长江口邻近海域有毒藻类检测中具有一定优势,但不足以准确反映该海域藻毒素的水平。     

杉木粉对塔玛亚历山大藻生长的影响

研究了杉木粉对塔玛亚历山大藻生长的影响。结果显示,一定量的杉木粉对塔玛亚历山大藻的生长具有明显的抑制作用。杉木粉用量为0 .5g/L时,3d后对藻密度为2 .88×10 6 和6.0 8×10 6 /L的塔玛亚历山大藻的抑制率高达80 %。提示杉木粉可能是一种潜在的可有效控制赤潮的新材料。     

一种浮游植物快速浓缩及固定方法的可靠性分析

为验证一种浮游植物快速浓缩固定方法——滤膜浓缩法的可靠性,采用“鲁戈氏液固定沉降法”和“滤膜浓缩法”同时鉴定了不同浮游植物浓度梯度水样,并进行了对比分析,结果表明：鲁戈氏液固定沉降法与滤膜浓缩法整体上均鉴定出7门,32属,但不同梯度上滤膜浓缩法鉴定出的浮游植物种类较多.两种方法门水平上除裸藻门（P<0.05）外丰度均无明显差异（P>0.05）,属水平上相对丰度99%以内的浮游植物均无明显差异（P>0.05）,即无论是门还是属水平上,滤膜浓缩法对浮游植物丰度的鉴定是可行的.采用两种方法得到的不同梯度下藻密度拟合方程斜率差异较小（P>0.05）且相关性显著（R²=0.958,P<0.01）,但滤膜浓缩法鉴定出的浮游植物细胞密度更大.整体来看,滤膜浓缩法得到的藻类鉴定结果与鲁戈氏液固定沉降法基本一致.     

改性壳聚糖季铵盐的研制及其对高氯酸盐的吸附研究

通过将壳聚糖季铵盐改性以实现固定化,并用于水体中ClO 4-的吸附去除,研究了改性过程相关工艺参数对产物吸附能力的影响,考察了产物的吸附和再生性能.结果表明,戊二醛的交联性能优于甲醛和环氧氯丙烷的交联性能,戊二醛的最佳投加量为6.82%,最佳的反应温度为45℃,pH值在3～12之间交联反应均能很好地进行,从而实现壳聚糖...     

不同固定剂及保存时间对微微型浮游生物样品测定的影响

对比了用流式细胞术现场测定及用多聚甲醛、戊二醛及两者的混合物这三种常用固定剂进行固定保存对微微型浮游生物样品的影响。结果表明,在1个月内,细胞数量变化并不显著,但随着保存时间的增加,细胞数量明显减少,且散射光信号明显增大。除原绿球藻的藻红素荧光基本不变、微微型真核浮游植物的藻红素荧光大幅增加外,其余荧光信号均发生不同程度的减少。同时,戊二醛所引起的微微型真核浮游植物荧光信号的极大改变会影响类群的界定。如有可能,应该尽量现场测定微微型浮游生物样品,否则建议采用多聚甲醛或其与戊二醛的混合物作为固定剂,将样品保存于液氮中,待返回实验室后尽快进行测定。     

Detection of both the normal and mutant alleles in single cells of individuals heterozygous for the sickle cell mutation—prelude to preimplantation diagnosis

As a preliminary step to preimplantation diagnosis of sickle cell disease in unfertilized eggs or 8-cell embryos of heterozygous parents, we established quality control for detection of the mutant and normal alleles of the beta-haemoglobin gene using single buccal cells. Efficient polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a 680 base pair sequence of the beta-globin gene spanning the site of the sickle cell mutation was obtained for 79 per cent of single heterozygous cells. In 71 per cent of cases, both alleles were detected. With this current efficiency, we predict that a clinical preimplantation diagnosis at the 8-cell embryo stage could be carried out safely and reliably for a couple at risk of transmitting sickle cell disease to their children.     

Applicability of LIVE/DEAD BacLight stain with glutaraldehyde fixation for the measurement of bacterial abundance and viability in rainwater

Rainwater contains substantial bacteria and rain is an efficient pathway for the dissemination of bacteria from the atmosphere to land and water surfaces.However,quantitative information on rainwater bacteria is very limited due to the lack of a reliable method.In this study,the epifluorescence microscopy enumeration with the LIVE/DEAD BacLight Bacterial Viability Kit stain was verified to quantify the abundance of viable and non-viable bacterial cells in rainwater,with the 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole(DAPI) stain for the reference of total cell counts.Results showed that the total counts of bacterial cells by LIVE/DEAD BacLight staining were consistent with those by DAPI staining,and the average detection efficiency was(109 ± 29)%.The ratio of cell count with glutaraldehyde fixation to that without fixation was(106 ± 5)%on average.The bacterial concentration in negative control was usually an order of magnitude lower than that in rainwater samples.However,in case of small precipitation,the abundance in negative control could be more than that in rainwater samples.These results indicate that the enumeration with LIVE/DEAD BacLight bacterial viability assay coupled with glutaraldehyde fixation and careful negative control investigation is an approach applicable to the measurement of the concentration and viability of bacterial cells in rainwater.     

Efficacy of natural biocide on control of microbial induced corrosion in oil pipelines mediated by Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Desulfovibrio gigas

We compared the efficacy of a natural biocide with four chemical tetrakishydroxymethyl phosphonium sulfonate, benzyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, and formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, to control microbial induced corrosion in oil pipelines. The efficacy of biocides were monitored against Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Desulfovibrio gigas in experimental pipes by measuring cell counts, H2S production, Fe(II) production, production of extracellular polymeric substances and structure of biofilm. The treatment with cow urine had minimum planktonic cell counts of 3 102 CFU/mL as well as biofilm cell counts of 9 101 CFU/mL as compared with tetrakishydroxyl methyl phosphonium sulfonate, benzyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde. Sulfide production was the lowest with cow urine (0.08 mmol/L), followed by tetrakishydroxymethyl phosphonium sulfonate 0.72 mmol/L. On day 90 of treatment, Fe(II) production was also found to be the lowest with cow urine. The scanning electron microscopic studies indicated that the biofilm bacteria were killed by cow urine. These results demonstrate the cow urine mediated control of microbially induced corrosion, and this is indicative of its potential as a viable substitute of toxic biocides. To the best of our knowledge, this seems to be the first report which screens possible biocidal activity by cow urine as compared to the most common biocides which oil industry is currently using.     

Duplex,triplex and quadruplex PCR for the preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of cystic fibrosis (CF), an exhaustive approach

Most of cystic fibrosis (CF) pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) cases described to date are limited to the detection of ΔF508. Beside this predominant mutation, over 1000 mutations have been identified, rendering the development of a mutation-based PGD protocol impracticable. This is the reason why we, as well as the others, have developed PGD strategies on the basis of the identification of the pathogenic haplotype instead of the mutation(s). In a previous article, we reported the conditions for the co-amplification of two intragenic polymorphic markers and the F508 locus. Here we describe an improved protocol allowing the additional amplification of two new intragenic markers, intron 1 CA repeat (I1CA) and IVS17bTA. This new protocol should, theoretically, allow us to provide a diagnosis to all couples requiring PGD for CF. Using single lymphoblasts, we have tested four different PCR configurations, including one duplex, two triplexes and one quadruplex PCR. All of them gave results compatible with a clinical application. The number of single lymphoblasts tested in each series varied from 89 to 155. PCR efficiency ranged from 95.4 to 100%. A complete haplotype was achieved for 83.2 to 90.7% of the tested cells, with an allele drop out (ADO) rate comprised between 6.0 and 11.6%. We present here three cases that we performed either with the former test (one case using the triplex PCR combining F508, IVS8CA and IVS17bCA) or with the new one (one case using the triplex combining F508, I1CA and IVS17bTA and one case using a quadruplex test). We obtained two single pregnancies. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Allele-specific amplification for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of spinal muscular atrophy

We have developed a new allele-specific amplification method for the preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA; Werdnig-Hoffmann disease) from a single cell. This method is based on the detection of the deletion of exon 7 of the telomeric copy of the survival motor neurone (SMN^t) gene. An oligonucleotide was designed to be specific to the SMN^t nucleotidic sequence with exonic mismatch G (for SMN^t)→A (for SMN^c) at its 3′ end. This test produces reliable PCR products in 95% of single lymphoblasts (85/88) tested as well as in 16/16 blastomeres from normal controls. Specificity analysis showed that we were able to detect homozygous deletion of the SMN^t gene in 99% of single lymphoblasts (103/104) from a SMA patient. No contamination was detected in 68 blanks tested. Multiple cell and DNA dilution analysis revealed that the test is accurate and specific up to 100 pg DNA and should thus also be suitable for PGD at the blastocyst stage. This rapid procedure requires a single round of fluorescent PCR and no restriction digestion, while previously described single cell methods include nested PCR followed by restriction enzyme digestion. Two PGD cycles for SMA using this procedure were performed in our centre. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

碳源循环单级生物脱氮技术研究

开发了一种列管式固定化细胞生物反应器，其特征在于硝化菌和反硝化菌被混合固定于中空的PVA凝胶管的管壁之中，PVA凝胶管平行置于圆柱形筒体内，构成一个类似于列管式换热器的生物脱氮反应器。需要处理的氨氮废水在固定化细胞管的外侧与圆柱形壳体的内侧间流动，而反硝化所需的碳源（乙醇水溶液）则在PVA凝胶管内循环。研究了列管式固定化细胞生物反应器进行单级生物脱氮的可行性和连续运行的效果，并证明了在非纯菌种的固定化细胞单级生物脱氮过程化细胞生物反应器进行单级生物脱氮的可行性和连续运行的效果，并证明了在非纯菌种的固定化细胞单级生物脱氮过程中，存在着NH^ 4→NO^-2→N2的短积生物脱氮。     

富勒烯对PCR反应的抑制作用

以110bp单链DNA为模板,研究富勒烯(C60)对聚合酶链式反应(polymerase chain reaction,PCR)的影响.实验结果表明,随着C60浓度的增加,PCR反应被显著抑制;将Taq DNA聚合酶、单链DNA模板与C60孵育后,其PCR扩增产物均显著减少;增加PCR反应体系中的Taq DNA聚合酶量,可消除C60的抑制作用,但增加起始单链DNA模板的数量,效应不明显,上述研究结果说明,C60不仅可抑制Taq DNA聚合酶活性,同时对DNA模板也具有一定的损伤作用.