2株高效溶赤潮异湾藻放线菌的鉴定及溶藻特性

从武汉周边土壤中分离得到2株具有强溶藻能力的放线菌,命名为B-10和G-11.研究了2株菌对赤潮异弯藻(Heterosigma akashiwo)、锥状斯克里普藻(Scrippsiella trochoidea)、微小原甲藻(Prorocentrum minimum)、金藻(Golden algae)的溶藻效果及溶藻方式,通过形态学特征、培养特征、生理生化鉴定、16S rDNA序列分析对其进行鉴定.研究结果表明,株放线菌对赤潮异湾藻和锥状斯克里普藻都有较好的溶藻效果,对微小原甲藻和金藻的生长也有抑制作用,且在传代5次后能够保持稳定的溶藻效果, 按1％的体积比接种5d后B-10和G-11对异湾藻的去除率分别为90%和99.44%.通过溶藻方式研究,发现2菌株都是通过释放胞外代谢物溶藻,且胞外代谢产物对温度敏感,当温度达到100℃时会使2种溶藻物质失活.经形态学特征、生理生化鉴定及16S rDNA序列分析结果,可初步判断,B-10菌株属于链霉菌属的细黄链霉菌(Streptomyces microflavus)类群,菌株G-11属于链霉菌属的变异链霉菌(Streptomyces variabilis )类群.     

北京市2009年8月大气颗粒物污染特征

为研究2008年8月北京奥运会1a之后北京市大气颗粒物的污染特征,于2009年8月对北京市大气颗粒物PM10、PM2.5样品进行采集,测量其质量浓度并对其中的水溶性离子组分进行分析.研究发现2009年8月北京市大气颗粒物PM10、PM2.5质量浓度日均值分别为176.9μg/m3和102.5μg/m3.PM10质量浓度比2008年观测值上升了180%,比2007年降低了10%; PM2.5质量浓度比2008年观测值上升了126%,比2007年上升了31%.水溶性离子是大气颗粒物的重要组分,分别占PM10和PM2.5质量浓度的43%和61%.对比发现,污染天气条件下PM2.5/PM10和NO3-/SO42-比值升高,移动源是北京地区主要的污染物来源.风向风速和降水等天气条件对颗粒物质量浓度有很大影响,其中0.5~1.0m/s的东南风条件下大气颗粒物污染最为严重.     

高温碱间歇式处理对互花米草厌氧发酵特性的影响

以互花米草为原料,采用中温(35±1)℃批式发酵的方式,考察了NaOH高温碱间歇式处理对互花米草厌氧消化过程的影响.结果表明,互花米草一次发酵至产气停止,单位TS产气量为263mL/g,发酵过程中出现酸化现象, pH值最低为5.17.二次发酵原料为一次发酵后的固体残余物,主要组分为可分解有机物以及一些难分解有机物,过程中未出现酸化现象, pH值经短暂下降后很快稳定在7.5左右,累积产气量在一次发酵的基础上提高了46%.互花米草单位TS产气量为383mL/g.消化液中有机酸乙酸含量最大,丙酸和丁酸含量相当.     

Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Grafted Starch Introducing a Novel Interphase in Poly(Lactic Acid)/Poly(Ethylene Glycol)/Starch Ternary Composites

The main purpose of this study is challenging to dramatically improve the toughness of poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/starch by adding poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) into the composites and grafting PEG molecules onto the surface of starch particles. It was found that the surface grafting of PEG onto starch induced the presence of PEG-rich regions located around the starch particles, caused by migration and aggregation of free PEG molecules. A novel interphase transition layer between PLA and starch was formed, which showed great ability for cavitation and vested large-scaled plastic deformation to PLA matrix. Further mechanical properties tests indicated the formation of interphase layer significantly increase the elongation at break from 10.2 to 254.5%, and notched impact strength from 1.56 to 2.37?kJ/m² for PLA/PEG/starch ternary composites. The influence of PEG component, ethanol extraction and annealing was also investigated.     

Absence of metallothionein 3 expression in breast cancer is a rare but favorable marker that is under epigenetic control

Cadmium (Cd²⁺), a known carcinogen, mimics the effects of estrogen in the uterus and mammary gland suggesting its possible involvement in the development and progression of breast cancer. This lab showed through analysis of a small set of archival human diagnostic specimens that the third isoform of the classic Cd²⁺ binding protein metallothionein (MT-3) is not expressed in normal breast tissue, but is expressed in some breast cancers and that expression tends to correlate with a poor disease outcome. The goals of this study were to verify that overexpression of MT-3 in a large set of archival human diagnostic specimens tends to correlate with poor disease outcome and define the mechanism of MT-3 gene regulation in the normal breast epithelial cell. The results showed that MT-3 was expressed in approximately 90% of all breast cancers and was absent in normal breast epithelium. The lack of MT-3 staining in some cancers correlated with a favorable patient outcome. High frequency of MT-3 staining was also found for in situ breast cancer suggesting that MT-3 might be an early biomarker for breast cancer. The study also demonstrated that the MCF-10A cell line, an immortalized, non-tumorigenic model of human breast epithelial cells, displayed no basal expression of MT-3, nor was it induced by Cd²⁺. Treatment of the MCF-10A cells with the demethylation agent, 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine, or the histone deacetylase inhibitor, MS-275, restored MT-3 mRNA expression. It was also shown that the MT-3 metal regulatory elements are potentially active binders of protein factors following treatment with these inhibitors suggesting that MT-3 expression may be subject to epigenetic regulation.     

Arsenic species in the well water and sediments of the blackfoot disease area in Taiwan

The blackfoot disease (BFD) observed in southwestern Taiwan is due to drinking high arsenic concentrations in well water. This paper presents some results concerning the distributions of arsenic species in water and sediments collected in the BFD (well, river and coastal) area and the background (lake and ocean) area for comparison. The results show that the concentrations of arsenate (870 ± 26 ug/L) and arsenite (70.2 ± 2.6 ug/ L) in well waters, and the contents of arsenic (1640 ug/g) with high percentage of easily reducible (Fe and Mn oxides, 91.7%) and exchangeable and carbonate (4.6%) phases in well sediments were much higher than those in river, lake and coastal samples. Low arsenic (3.46–31.8 ug/g) with high percentages (73.8–97.3%) of detritus and minerals phase with low percentages (0.4–9.8%) of total carbonate and exchangeable phases were found in the river and coastal samples in the BFD area as well as the lake and ocean samples in background area. It might suggest that the higher concentrations of toxic As(III) in well water and arsenic with higher values of easily reducible, carbonate and exchangeable phases in the well sediments, combined with the higher values of dissolved organic carbon, humic and fulvic acids and aromatic carbon as well as the higher fluorescence indensity in the well water are the key factors to cause the BFD in Taiwan.     

Determination and QSPR analysis of log Kow and log Koc for fluorine containing benzene derivatives

Octanol‐water partition coefficients (Kow) and soil organic carbon sorption coefficients (Koc) were determined for 14 fluorinated benzene derivatives. Quantitative structure‐property relationships were developed using molecular connectivity indices and quantum chemical parameters to analyze the most significant factors influencing these physico‐chemical properties of the compounds. The substitution by F in benzene derivatives has greater influence on Koc than on Kow.     

会稽山古香榧群农业多功能价值评估

香榧（Torreya grandis cv.Merrillii）是我国古老的原产树种和世界稀有的经济树种,目前会稽山古香榧群已列为全球重要农业文化遗产和中国重要农业文化遗产候选地.利用农业多功能多维评价模型并结合会稽山古香榧群的特点,从经济功能、生物多样性保护功能、农业景观保留功能、农业文化传承功能和生态环境保护功能5个方面,对会稽山古香榧群进行综合评价.结果表明,会稽山古香榧群的农业文化传承功能指数值最高,为1,生态环境保护功能和农业景观保留功能指数分别为0.85和0.43,经济功能值和生物多样性保护功能指数值比较低,分别为0.25和0.29.说明会稽山古香榧群的主导功能是农业文化传承功能,其次是生态环境保护功能和农业景观保留功能.     

太原市多环芳烃(PAHs)排放清单与分布特征分析

根据太原市11种主要排放源的排放因子和活动量数据,估算了美国国家环境保护局(US EPA)优先控制污染物清单中16种多环芳烃(PAHs)的年排放量.结果表明2010年太原市16种PAHs的排放量约为332.10t,其中7种致癌性PAHs排放总量为35.11t.从排放源看,生活燃煤和炼焦煤是太原市排放PAHs的主要来源,占总排放量的65%以上.从各地区的PAHs排放情况看,排放量最大的地区是清徐县(87t/a),占总排放的27%.其次为古交市(54t/a)、晋源区(44t/a)、尖草坪区(40t/a).各地区人均收入与单位GDP排放量之间呈负相关 (R2=0.727);各地区PAHs排放量与农村人口之间呈正相关(R2=0.813),从排放谱看,排放以低环PAHs为主(81%),致癌性PAHs占总排放量的10.6%.结果表明,太原市PAHs的排放与太原市特殊的能源结构和人群结构有关.