应用变性梯度凝胶电泳研究厦门西海域超微型真核浮游生物多样性

应用变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)方法对厦门西海域超微型真核浮游生物的遗传多样性进行周年变化特征研究分析.结果表明,厦门西海域典型测站的超微型真核浮游生物群落具有丰富的多样性组成;厦门西海域超微型真核浮游生物群落遗传结构和主要类群组成季节性变化显著:不同典型测站之间的超微型真核浮游生物群落遗传结构的周年变化特征相似;不同典型测站之间的超微型真核浮游生物群落的类群组成也很相似,由绿藻、Stramenopiles、定鞭金藻、甲藻、未确定类群(unidentified groups)和其他类群组成.     

Characterization of depth-related microbial communities in lake sediment by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of amplified 16S rRNA fragments

The characterization of microbial communities of different depth sediment samples was examined by a culture-independent method and compared with physicochemical parameters, those are organic matter （OM）, total nitrogen （TN）, total phosphorus （TP）, pH and redox potential （Eh）. Total genomic DNA was extracted from samples derived from different depths. After they were amplified with the GC-341 f/907r primer sets of partial bacterial 16S rRNA genes, the products were separated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis （DGGE）. The profile of DGGE fingerprints of different depth sediment samples revealed that the community structure remained relatively stable along the entire 45 cm sediment core, however, principal-component analysis of DGGE patterns revealed that at greater sediment depths, successional shifts in community structure were evident. The principle coordinates analysis suggested that the bacterial communities along the sediment core could be separated into two groups, which were located 0-20 cm and 21-45 cm, respectively. The sequencing dominant bands demonstrated that the major phylogenetic groups identified by DGGE belonged to Bacillus, Bacterium, Brevibacillus, Exiguobacterium, γ-Proteobacterium, Acinetobacter sp. and some uncultured or unidentified bacteria. The results indicated the existence of highly diverse bacterial community in the lake sediment core.     

Effect of methamidophos on soil fungi community in microcosms by plate count, DGGE and clone library analysis

Methamidophos was widely used a pesticide in northern China. The potential influences of methamidophos on soil fungal community in black soil were assessed by plate count, 28S rDNA-PCR-DGGE, and clone library analysis. Three methamidophos levels (50, 150, and 250 mg/kg) were tested in soil microcosms. Results from plate count during a 60-d microcosm experiment showed that high concentrations of methamidophos (250 mg/kg) could significantly stimulate fungal populations. DCGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) fingerprinting patterns showed a significant difference between the responses of culturable and total fungi communities under the stress of methamidophos. Shannon diversity indices calculated from DGGE profiles indicated that culturable fungi in all microcosms with methamidophos treatment increased after 1 week of incubation. However, the diversity indices of total fungi decreased in the first week, as compared to the stimulation of culturable fungi. At the 8th week, however, all the microcosms treated by methamidophos were similar to the control microcosms in community structure as suggested by the Shannon diversity indices for both culturable and total fungi. In contrast, after 1 week the fungal structure of culturable and unculturable both were disturbed to different extent under the stresses of methamidophos by clustering analysis. Clone sequencing analysis indicated the stimulation of pathogenic and unculturable fungal populations by methamidophos treatment, suggetsing potential risks of plant disease outbreak.     

Prenatal determination of dihydropteridine reductase in a normal fetus at risk for malignant hyperphenylalaninemia

Assay of dihydropteridine reductase in amniotic cells from a fetus at risk for malignant hyperphenylalaninemia is described. A normal result was obtained, this was confirmed after delivery. On two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the enzyme from amniotic cells showed the same mobility as the mature liver reductase.     

Monitoring impact of mefenacet treatment on soil microbial communities by PCR-DGGE fingerprinting and conventional testing procedures

The effect of acetanilide herbicide mefenacet on soil microbial communities was studied using paddy soil samples with different short-term treatments. The culturable bacteria （plate counts）, dehydrogenase activity and changes in community structure （denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis （DGGE） analysis） were used for biological community assessments. Mefenacet was a significant stimulus to cultural aerobic bacteria and dehydrogenase activity while Sphingobacterium multivorum Y1, a bacterium efficiently degrading the mefenacet, only induced the increasing colony-forming unit （CFU） of bacteria but little effect on dehydrogenase activity during the whole experiment. The degree of similarity between the 16S rDNA profiles of the communities was quantified by numerically analyzing the DGGE band patterns. Similarity dendrograms showed that the microbial community structures of the mefenacet-treated and non-treated soils were not significantly different. But supplement of S. multivorum Y1 could increase the diversity of the microbial community in the mefenacet-polluted paddy soil. This work is a new attempt to apply the S. multivorum Y1 for remediation of the mefenacet-polluted environments.     

农业废物好氧堆肥过程因子对细菌群落结构的影响

采用聚合酶链式反应-变性梯度凝胶电泳(PCR-DGGE)技术研究了农业废物堆肥过程中细菌种群随时间的变化.同时,应用Quantity One2.0和Canoco4.5软件对获得的堆肥细菌种群数据与堆肥过程因子:环境温度、堆体温度、pH、含水率、水溶性有机碳(WSC)、C/N、水溶性氨氮(NH4+-N)和硝氮(NO3--N)进行冗余分析,并做出样点、种群与堆肥过程因子的二维排序图.结果表明,细菌群落(样点)以堆肥过程因子为梯度大体可划分为升温期(1～2d)、高温期(3～11d)、降温期(12～18d)和腐熟期(19～36d)4个阶段,每一阶段均有对应种群存在.不同的堆肥过程因子对细菌种群的影响大小依次为:NO3--N堆体温度WSCC/NNH4+-N含水率pH环境温度,其中,堆体温度、WSC、NO3--N、NH4+-N对细菌种群的影响极显著(p0.01),C/N、pH对细菌种群的影响显著(p0.05),含水率、环境温度对细菌种群的影响不显著.     

高效稳定纤维素分解菌复合系WSC-6的稳定性

对筛选到的一组纤维素分解菌复合系WSC-6,通过变性梯度胶电泳(DGGE)方法研究了菌种的组成稳定性.结果表明,在连续继代培养的第74～83代复合系的菌种组成没有变化,非常稳定.多代继代培养过程中各代的pH值变化趋势一致,pH值从发酵开始的8.7下降到纤维素旺盛分解时的6.5以下;随着分解结束,pH值逐渐恢复到发酵开始时的水平并保持稳定,具有较强的自我调节能力.多代继代培养后复合系各代的滤纸纤维素分解率和CMC糖化差异很小;在发酵液起始pH4～10的范围内,复合系对pH值具有缓冲能力,并正常分解纤维素;经过70～100℃高温处理10min后再转接的复合系对纤维素仍然具有分解能力,功能稳定.     

生物造粒流化床污水处理反应器中微生物生长比较分析

利用传统细菌计数方法及分子生物学方法对新近发展起来的生物造粒流化床反应器与A2/O工艺的微生物特性进行比较研究.反应器中好氧菌、反硝化菌及反硫化菌的计数结果显示,单位质量的活性污泥中,生物造粒流化床中好氧菌的分布数是A2/O工艺好氧区的1～2倍,反硝化菌总数介于A2/O工艺的好氧区和缺氧区之间,而反硫化菌的总数介于A2/O工艺的缺氧区和厌氧区之间.用PCR-DGGE技术对生物造粒流化床反应器及A2/O工艺中的微生物进行多样性分析,结果显示,生物造粒流化床反应器的微生物群落比A2/O工艺丰富;DGGE指纹图谱聚类分析表明,生物造粒流化床反应器与A2/O工艺的微生物群落相似性为57.6%.     

沉积物再悬浮对浮游细菌群落结构的影响

本研究通过小宇宙的模拟实验,设置3组处理,即无再悬浮的对照组(C)、强(SR)和弱(WR)2个不同再悬浮强度的处理组,采用末端限制性片段长度多态性(terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism,T-RFLP)和变性梯度凝胶电泳(denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis,DGGE)分析不同处理组中浮游细菌群落结构的变化.结果表明,再悬浮处理组浮游细菌的物种丰度高于对照组,并且弱再悬浮中浮游细菌物种丰度高于强再悬浮处理.弱再悬浮中细菌多样性也高于强再悬浮处理.浮游细菌与环境因子的典型对应分析(CCA)和冗余分析(RDA)结果表明,浮游动物枝角类(Cladocera)生物量和颗粒态磷(PP)浓度与浮游细菌群落结构动态变化均表现出显著的相关性(p0.05).由此可见,沉积物再悬浮对浅水湖泊浮游细菌的种类和多样性存在重要影响,其可能通过影响浮游动物群落结构以及水体中营养盐的形态和浓度对浮游细菌群落产生影响.     

利用PCR-DGGE技术指导高温油藏中功能微生物的分离

采用PCR-DGGE技术对高温油藏的微生物群落进行了多样性分析,并将得到的信息用于指导油藏微生物的分离.本研究通过PCR-DGGE技术对油藏水样中DNA的16S rDNA V3、V8、V9 3个高可变区的扩增产物进行了比较,确定采用可得到更多微生物多样性信息的V9区引物进行PCR扩增,优势条带序列分析表明,在高温油藏中存在的微生物与GenBank数据库中α,β,y-变形杆菌和芽孢杆菌的序列相似性最高.利用多元细菌培养技术,以序列信息为指导,采用富集培养、直接培养和特殊培养的方法,从水样中分离出5株高温菌(而传统分离方法只能获得3株),其中3株高温解烃菌分别属于Bacillus属、Geobacillus属和Petrobacter属,它们能够在55℃以上兼性厌氧条件良好生长,对原油的降解率分别为56.5%、70.01%和31.87%,对原油的降粘率分别为40%、54.55%和29.09%,使原油的凝固点分别降低3.7、5.2和3.1℃.因此,序列指导和改变培养条件是分离更多有效采油微生物的改进方法,这3株高温菌的对原油的作用效果证明其具备提高石油采收率的潜力.     

进水氨氮浓度对强化生物除磷(EBPR)系统除磷特性及微生物群落结构的影响

以富集聚磷菌的活性污泥为基础,研究了不同进水氨氮浓度对强化生物除磷(EBPR)系统的除磷效果、微生物胞内聚合物(PHA)代谢过程及微生物群落结构的影响.结果表明,SBR反应器运行6 d后,进水氨氮浓度为1、5、10、15和20 mg·L-1的系统除磷效率最终分别稳定在0、4%、80%、98%和65%左右.试验前后各系统...     

Methanogenic community dynamics in anaerobic co-digestion of fruit and vegetable waste and food waste

A lab-scale continuously-stirred tank reactor (CSTR), used for anaerobic co-digestion of fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) and food waste (FW) at different mixture ratios, was operated for 178 days at the organic loading rate of 3 kg VS (volatile solids)/(m³.day). The dynamics of the Archaeal community and the correlations between environmental variables and methanogenic community structure were analyzed by polymerase chain reactions - denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) and redundancy analysis (RDA), respectively. PCR-DGGE results demonstrated that the mixture ratio of FVW to FW altered the community composition of Archaea. As the FVW/FW ratio increased, Methanoculleus, Methanosaeta and Methanosarcina became the predominant methanogens in the community. Redundancy analysis results indicated that the shift of the methanogenic community was significantly correlated with the composition of acidogenic products and methane production yield. Different mixture ratios of substrates led to different compositions of intermediate metabolites, which may affect the methanogenic community. These results suggested that the analysis of microbial communities could be used to diagnose anaerobic processes.     

Prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency by steroid analysis in the amniotic fluid of mid-pregnancy: Comparison with HLA typing in 17 pregnancies at risk for CAH

Amniotic fluid (AF) levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) and testosterone (T) were determined at 16–17 weeks in 17 pregnancies at risk for CAH and results compared to 75 normal controls. The fetus was predicted to be unaffected in 12 cases on the findings of normal AF levels of both 17OHP and T and the latter allowed a correct prediction of fetal sex in all instances. HLA typing confirmed normality in 12 cases revealing 5 carriers, 5 homozygous normal and 2 indeterminate. Steroid levels of the 2 groups were similar. Three fetuses were predicted to be CAH affected on unambiguously high levels of 17OHP and T (in female only). HLA typing was in agreement, and the diagnosis was confirmed in 2 abortuses and a female newborn by physical and hormonal studies. In the last 2 cases AF levels of OHP and T were normal but HLA (A/B/C) genotypes were identical to the CAH affected siblings. Normal physical and hormonal findings in the 2 aborted fetuses would exclude the possibility of an in utero virilizing form of CAH. The discrepancy could be explained on the basis that the fetuses had an allelic form of 21-hydroxylase deficiency or on the basis of recombination (not fully tested). It is concluded that a fully informative prenatal diagnosis of CAH should not rely entirely on HLA typing but on hormonal studies.     

Early prenatal diagnosis of short rib-polydactyly (SRP) syndrome type I (Majewski) by ultrasound in a case at risk

Short rib-polydactyly (SRP) syndrome Type I was diagnosed accurately in an at-risk fetus at 16 weeks of gestation by real-time sonography. The most important findings were a narrow thorax, significant shortening of the long bones, particularly the tibiae, and–by directed search–the polydactyly.