活性污泥中PFU原生动物群落的作用和意义

原生动物是水生生态系统食物链中重要环节,发挥着十分重要的生态功能作用.在水环境质量变化评价与发展趋势预测中,在水质监测应用方面,PFU原生动物群落显示了其它较高等生物类群无法比拟的很多优点.文章阐述了活性污泥中PFU原生动物群落的特征,重点介绍了活性污泥中PFU原生动物的应用,同时指出了应用中该注意的问题.     

环境因素对原生动物群落特征的影响

1999年12月至2000年11月，对华中科技大学华瑜池的原生动物群落进行了研究，共检出原生动物125种，其中植鞭毛虫19种，动鞭毛虫28种，纤毛虫64种，肉足虫14种，对原生动物群落结构和功能的研究表明：1）自然条件下，PFU原生动物群落的种类组成数及原生动物群落的群集速度相对稳定；2）自然条件下，PFU原生动物群落结构和功能不受季节变化的影响；3）当PFU原和动物群落受到外界胁迫时，不管这种胁迫来自物化因素或是生物因素，其群落结构和功能都会发生破坏性变化；4）用PFU法进行原生动物群落生态学和毒理学研究，所得的结构参数及功能参数能反映客观状况，具有环境现实意义。     

沉箱结构体对水体原生动物种群的影响研究

针对天津外环河富营养化现状,采用微宇宙结构控制试验技术与正交试验分析方法,研究沉箱微宇宙控制因素对原生动物数量和种类的影响,共观测到各类原生动物9种,其中鞭毛纲3种,纤毛纲4种,肉足纲2种。夏季的优势种群为纤毛纲+肉足纲+鞭毛纲,而秋季的优势种群为鞭毛纲,原生动物种群的此类变化说明了这种结构控制体对夏秋季原生动物的影响有着显著的自然调控作用。结果表明最佳沉箱微宇宙结构体的控制条件是箱体为陶粒箱,基质为页岩,植物为金钱蒲+雨久花的结构组合;同时箱体材料、基质种类和植物配置在夏秋两季对原生动物数量的影响均为极显著。     

生物膜法污水处理工艺中微生物量的对比研究

采用生物膜法污水处理工艺,对深圳布吉秀峰工业城污水进行现场中试研究.出水中有机物BOD₅,COD_Cr及悬浮物去除率一般在80%以上,曝气生物滤池工艺中的污泥质量浓度2倍于生物接触氧化工艺,曝气生物滤池中的原生动物及后生动物密度比生物接触氧化工艺高出1～2个数量级.试验中曝气生物滤池的去除效果比生物接触氧化工艺稍好,从反应器中污泥质量浓度(ρ(MLSS))及原生动物、后生动物数量的比较进一步证实这一结论.      

Effects of Invasive Parasites on Bumble Bee Declines

Abstract: Bumble bees are a group of pollinators that are both ecologically and economically important and declining worldwide. Numerous mechanisms could be behind this decline, and the spread of parasites from commercial colonies into wild populations has been implicated recently in North America. Commercial breeding may lead to declines because commercial colonies may have high parasite loads, which can lead to colonization of native bumble bee populations; commercial rearing may allow higher parasite virulence to evolve; and global movement of commercial colonies may disrupt spatial patterns in local adaptation between hosts and parasites. We assessed parasite virulence, transmission mode, and infectivity. Microparasites and so‐called honey bee viruses may pose the greatest threat to native bumble bee populations because certain risk factors are present; for example, the probability of horizontal transmission of the trypanosome parasite Crithidia bombi is high. The microsporidian parasite Nosema bombi may play a role in declines of bumble bees in the United States. Preliminary indications that C. bombi and the neogregarine Apicystis bombi may not be native in parts of South America. We suggest that the development of molecular screening protocols, thorough sanitation efforts, and cooperation among nongovernmental organizations, governments, and commercial breeders might immediately mitigate these threats.     

Using the Flow Cytometry to Quantify the Giardia Cysts and Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Water Samples

The flow cytometry (FC) has been used to detect Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts quantitatively and instantaneously in this study. The experimental results showed that FC is potential to become a more precise method for the detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in water. This study also evaluated the staining efficiencies for three commercial antibodies. After staining Cryptosporidium oocysts with direct immunofluorescent antibodies in water samples, two populations were detected in the scatter-plots (FL1 versus SSC) of the FC. The Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts are significantly separated from other particles while stained with direct immunofluorescent antibodies produced by Meridian Diagnostics and Waterborne^TM Inc.     

Systematic analysis of microfauna indicator values for treatment performance in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant

The indicator values of microfauna functional groups and species for treatment performancewere systematically evaluated based on the continuous monitoring of the entire microfauna communities including both protozoa and metazoa over a period of 14 months, in two parallel full-scale municipalwastewater treatment systems in a plant in Beijing, China. A total of 57 species of ciliates, 14 species (units) of amoebae, 14 species (units) of flagellates and4 classes of small metazoawere identified,with Arcella hemisphaerica, Vorticella striata, Vorticella convallaria, Epistylis plicatilis and small flagellates (e.g. Bodo spp.) as thedominant protozoa, and rotifers as thedominant metazoa. The abundance of the sessile ciliateswas correlatedwith the removals of BOD 5 (Pearson’s r = 0.410, p < 0.05) and COD Cr (r = 0.397, p < 0.05)while the testate amoebaewas significantly positively related to nitrification (r = 0.523, p < 0.01). At the same time, some other associationswere also identified: the abundances of the large flagellates (r = 0.447, p < 0.01), the metazoa (r = 0.718, p < 0.01) and species Aspidisca sulcata (r = 0.337, p < 0.05)were positively related to nitrification; the abundance of Aspidisca costatawas correlated to the TN (total nitrogen) removal (r = -0.374, p < 0.05 ); the abundances of the sessile species Carchesium polypinum (r = 0.458, p < 0.01) and E. plicatilis (r = 0.377, p < 0.05)were correlatedwith the removal of suspended solids.     

四膜虫彗星实验在环境水质检测中的应用

介绍四膜虫作为生物材料在彗星实验水质检测中的应用,探讨了将单细胞原生生物应用于彗星实验在环境水质检测、遗传毒性检测等方面的应用优势和发展前景。研究结果表明:过氧化氢浓度与细胞损伤之间呈现良好的剂量-效应关系,东湖水和长江水未造成四膜虫DNA的损伤,印染厂污水对细胞有严重的损伤作用,可能会影响正常的生态环境。     

五氯苯酚对原生动物群落的毒性研究

五氯苯酚(PCP)是一种曾被广泛使用的木材防腐剂、杀菌剂和除草剂,目前已经造成了世界范围内土壤和水体的污染.以生物曝气池原生动物群落为靶生物对五氯苯酚进行了12小时急性毒性试验研究,结果表明,此原生动物群落急性中毒的最大无致死和最小全致死浓度范围是0.4￣40mg·L-1,半数致死浓度为2.40mg·L-1.在PCP染毒条件下,原生动物群落结构表现出简单化趋势,随着PCP浓度的增加,原生动物种类越来越少.肉足类原生动物对PCP耐受能力最差,鞭毛类稍强,纤毛类耐受能力最好,且PCP浓度越大,其耐受优势越明显.     

热排水对原生动物群落的影响

在水温20—50℃范围内,应用PFU和挂片法收集原生动物群落。根据MacArthur-Wilson区系平衡模型S_i=S_(aq)(1-e~(-GT),用最小二乘法迭代,求得不同温度下群集过程的三个功能参数:S_(aq),G,t_(90)％。讨论了原生动物群落结构和功能参数与温度的关系。结果表明,原生动物群落的种类数和数量在30℃左右最多;原生动物群落的结构和功能以30℃为最佳,继续增温将使群落结构变简单,功能下降.