利用原生质体诱变技术筛选脱落酸高产菌株

以葡萄孢属TB-3菌株为出发菌株制备其原生质体．在纤维素酶浓度为20g／L，蜗牛酶浓度为3g／L的酶解系统中，25℃酶解3h，其原生质体制备数可达67×105mL-1，在KYM上的再生率为46．1％，在KPDA上的再生率为33．6％，经过3轮原生质体紫外线诱变后回复再生，及对大量再生突变株进行发酵筛选，获得高产稳定株TB－3H8，其发酵液中ABA的质量浓度可达1．4g／L     

组合工艺在养猪废水处理中的工程应用研究

针对某猪场养殖废水排放所造成的严重污染问题,采用“固液分离+ UBF厌氧反应器+接触氧化+曝气生物滤池”的组合工艺,对废水中的COD、BOD、氨氮、SS去除效果明显,去除率分别为93.7％、94.4％、95％、77.1％,处理后的水质达到《国家畜禽养殖业污染物排放标准》.该工程运行费用仅为1.509元/m3,处理成本低.同时UBF池中产生的沼气可以收集并利用,猪粪和污泥可制作有机肥,实现了废物资源化利用.     

中国北方某流域畜禽养殖污染与防治对策研究

通过实地调研和等标污染负荷模型等研究方法,对北方某流域内畜禽养殖产生的环境污染进行定量化研究.结果表明:研究区规模化大型畜禽养殖和小户养殖都比较多,管理混乱;流域内畜禽养殖污染向水体排放污染物主要是COD,占排污总量的82.73％;等标污染负荷研究显示流域主要污染物是TN和TP,在对畜禽污染的治理中应着重治理TN和TP的污染;研究区应在合理规划布局选址基础上,建立畜禽粪便治理和综合利用设施,实现资源利用的最大化,促进流域的可持续发展.     

Prenatal diagnosis in three cases of iniencephaly with unusual postmortem findings

Iniencephaly is a rare and lethal congenital malformation of the neural tube characterized by occipital bone defect, cervical dysraphism, fixed retroflexion of the fetal head and severe lordosis of the cervicothoracic spine. The etiology is unknown. Prenatally diagnosed cases of iniencephaly are rare because careful and early ultrasonographic evaluation is necessary. We present three cases of iniencephaly prenatally diagnosed by sonography at 20–22 weeks' gestation in which therapeutic abortion was induced. The sonographic findings were compatible with the postmortem findings. The present cases of iniencephaly were found to carry unusual associated malformations such as two lobes in the right lung and chorangiosis of the placenta. Only hypoplastic lungs have been reported by previous authors. We also studied the 677C→T mutation on the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene in the parents in one of the present cases. The mother was found to be heterozygous for the 677CT polymorphism. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC)-based prenatal diagnosis for tuberous sclerosis

Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is a frequent autosomal-dominant condition (affecting 1 in 6000 individuals) caused by various mutations in either the hamartin (TSC1) or the tuberin gene (TSC2). This allelic and non-allelic heterogeneity makes genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis difficult, especially as a significant proportion of TSC cases are due to de novo mutations. For this reason the identification of the disease causing mutation is mandatory for accurate counseling, yet current mutation detection methods such as single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) or denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) are labor intensive with limited detection efficiency. Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) is a high-throughput, semi-automated mutation detection system with a reported mutation detection rate close to 100% for PCR fragments of up to 800 bp. We used a recently described DHPLC assay allowing the efficient detection of mutations in TSC1 to analyze the DNA extracted from a chorion villus sample in order to perform a prenatal diagnosis for TSC. The fetus was found not to have inherited the deleterious mutation and the DHPLC diagnosis was confirmed by haplotype analysis. This represents the first DHPLC-based prenatal diagnosis of a genetic disease. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Manipulation of Olfactory Signaling and Mate Choice for Conservation Breeding: a Case Study of Harvest Mice

Abstract:  Mate choice by females can introduce difficulties to captive breeding programs because there may be a conflict between the conservation manager's choice of mate (based on random allocation or maximizing heterogeneity) and the females' own preferences, often resulting in incompatibility and aggression. Similar effects are caused by inappropriate social contexts at the time of pairing. We manipulated the social experience of male and female harvest mice ( Micromys minutus ) to investigate whether we could enhance compatibility between randomly allocated mates by altering female preferences. In one experiment, we used a choice test to identify female preferences between two males and then varied the competitive context of unpreferred males by transferring competitor's scent marks into their cages. The manipulation caused them to increase their investment in a form of olfactory signaling (scent marking), which female rodents use as an indicator of male quality when choosing mates. The manipulation increased their attractiveness relative to the initially preferred male when the choice test was repeated. In a second experiment, we tested the effect of females' familiarity with the odor of males by transfer of male scent marks to female cages. Females preferred familiar males in choice tests and were less aggressive toward them when pairs were introduced than females paired with unfamiliar males. This kind of approach can influence mate choice, and transferring scent marks between cages or collections is an effective and practical behavioral means of improving success in conservation breeding programs.