一株海洋石油降解菌的特性研究

从胜利油田石油污染水体中分离出的一株石油降解菌HB-1（Acinetobacter sp.）,在人工海水条件下,对该菌株的降解条件进行了优化,通过色谱-质谱联用（GC-MS）分析了石油组分降解前后的变化规律,并对其降解机理进行了初探. 结果表明:①菌株HB-1降解石油烃所需优势氮源为NH₄NO₃,氮磷比〔ρ（氮）/ρ（磷）〕约为3.18,转速200 r/min,φ（石油）为1.0%时为最佳降解条件;②菌株HB-1在淡水和海水中均能生长,但在海水中对石油烃的降解效果显著;③GC-MS分析表明,菌株HB-1对长链烃有明显的降解作用;④表面活性剂Tween 80能强化菌株HB-1对石油的降解,推断菌株在培养过程中产生了某种生物表面活性剂促使烃类易于为细胞吸收所利用.      

Production and application of a novel bioflocculant by multiple-microorganism consortia using brewery wastewater as carbon source

The flocculating activity of a novel bioflocculant MMF1 produced by multiple-microorganism consortia MM1 was investigated. MM1 was composed of strain BAFRT4 identified as Staphylococcus sp. and strain CYGS1 identified as Pseudomonas sp. The flocculating activity of MMF1 isolated from the screening medium was 82.9%, which is remarkably higher than that of the bioflocculant produced by either of the strains under the same condition. Brewery wastewater was also used as the carbon source for MM1, and the cost-effective production medium for MM1 mainly comprised 1.0 L brewery water （chemical oxygen demand （COD） 5000 mg/L）, 0.5 g/L urea, 0.5 g/L yeast extract, and 0.2 g/L （NH4）2SO4. The optimal conditions for the production of MMF1 was inoculum size 2%, initial pH 6.0, cultivating temperature 30℃, and shaking speed 160 r/min, under which the flocculating activity of the MMF1 reached 96.8%. Fifteen grams of purified bioflocculant could be recovered from 1.0 L of fermentation broth. MMF1 was identified as a macromolecular substance containing both protein and polysaccharide. It showed good flocculating performance in treating indigotin printing and dyeing wastewater, and the maximal removal efficiencies of COD and chroma were 79.2% and 86.5%, respectively.     

海南新村港红树林区域沉积物和海水质量调查与评价

为研究海南新村港红树林区域沉积物和海水质量,本文对该区域沉积物的粒度、重金属、营养盐、有机碳、硫化物、全盐量以及海水中的溶解氧、氮、磷进行了分析,并采用潜在生态风险指数、隶属度模糊综合评价等评价方法对沉积物及海水质量进行评价。结果表明,与其他地区相比,新村港红树林区域沉积物中重金属元素含量较低,且分布相对均匀;沉积物中总氮、总磷含量在各断面无显著性差异,但少数调查点的总磷含量比其他调查点略高;相比周边海域,有机碳含量相对较高,但硫化物含量则很低;从全盐量结果来看,该区域属于中度或强度盐化土。海水的溶解氧、氨氮、总磷浓度部分断面有显著性差异,总氮、无机氮、硝酸盐则分布均匀。从评价结果来看,沉积物中重金属、营养盐均不具有生态风险效应,且有机碳、硫化物、石油类、重金属等指标均符合第一类海洋沉积物质量标准,但是,调查区海水氮污染特征较明显。     

A pear-derived kairomone with pheromonal potency that attracts male and female codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.)

Ethyl (2E, 4Z)-2,4-decadienoate, a pear-derived volatile, is a species-specific, durable, and highly potent attractant to the codling moth (CM), Cydia pomonella (L.), a serious pest of walnuts, apples, and pears worldwide. This kairomone attracts both CM males and virgin and mated females. It is highly attractive to CM in both walnut and apple orchard contexts, but has shown limited effectiveness in a pear orchard context. Rubber septa lures loaded with ethyl (2E, 4Z)-2,4-decadienoate remained attractive for several months under field conditions. At the same low microgram load rates on septa, the combined gender capture of CM in kairomone-baited traps was similar to the capture rate of males in traps baited with codlemone, the major sex pheromone component. The particular attribute of attracting CM females renders this kairomone a novel tool for monitoring population flight and mating-ovipositional status, and potentially a major new weapon for directly controlling CM populations.     

地表水中藻类代谢对pH和含氧量影响分析

藻类代谢对地表水中含氧量和pH均产生影响。藻类光合作用放出氧气,导致地表水中的含氧量增加。藻类光合作用吸收二氧化碳,影响地表水中碳酸及碳酸盐的平衡,导致地表水中pH偏向碱性。地表水中存在的弱酸及弱酸盐也会影响地表水中pH的变化。在同样的光合作用条件下,如果地表水中碳酸及碳酸盐浓度高,则pH变化小;如果地表水中碳酸及碳酸盐浓度低,则pH变化大。     

A novel sex-specific and inducible monoterpene synthase activity associated with a pine bark beetle,the pine engraver,<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Ips pini</Emphasis>

Ecological interactions of conifers and coniferophagous bark beetles are determined in part by terpenoids (isoprenoids), which are major defense metabolites of conifer oleoresin. Curiously, similar compounds are important aggregation pheromones of conifer-attacking bark beetles. Terpene synthases are responsible for generating the enormous variety of terpenoid carbon skeletons found in nature. These catalysts convert short-chain prenyl diphosphates to a diverse assortment of hemiterpene, monoterpene, sesquiterpene, and diterpene natural products. While terpene synthases have frequently been characterized from plant and microbial sources, they have not yet been described in animals. Here we report the discovery of a monoterpene synthase activity in an insect, the pine engraver, Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Cell-free assays of I. pini revealed that geranyl diphosphate (GDP) is converted to the acyclic monoterpene myrcene in whole-body extracts from males, but not females. Furthermore, the monoterpene synthase activity in males can be induced by prior treatment with juvenile hormone III (JH III) or by feeding on phloem from the host trees, Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi Grev. &; Balf.) or red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.). The sex-specificity and endocrine induction of this activity argue for its involvement in the biosynthesis of monoterpenoid pheromones mediated by enzymes from insect tissue. This discovery is the first example of a monoterpene synthase in the Metazoa and evokes exciting new questions about the origin, evolution, and occurrence of terpene synthases.     

Sustainable biofuels from algae

There is currently great interest in microalgae as sources of renewable energy and biofuels. Many algae species have a high lipid content and can be grown on non-arable land using alternate water sources such as seawater. This paper discusses in detail the issue of sustainability of commercial-scale microalgae production of biofuels with particular focus on land, water, nutrients (N and P) and CO₂ requirements and highlights some of the key issues in the very large scale culture of microalgae which is required for biofuels. The use of genetically modified algae is also considered.     

Screening of flocculant-producing microorganisms and flocculating activity

A strain saccharomycete STSM-I with high flocculanting activity was isolated from activated sludge with conventional methods.The high production rate and the low cost STSM-I medium was obtained by selecting different kinds of media, carbon source, nitrogen source and inorganic salt ion. The best flocculant-producing conditions were found by changing medium initial pH, culture temperature and ventilation flow. The best flocculating effect was obtained by changing positive ion types, density and concentration of flocculant.     

南海水域不同深度非光合微生物的固碳潜能及其对不同电子供体的响应

通过对南海水域多个区域不同深度的海水分别以H2、Na2S2O3、Na NO2为电子供体经过一定时间的驯化培养后,测定其中非光合微生物的固碳潜力,并统计南海水域不同深度非光合微生物在不同电子供体条件下固碳潜力的差异性,最后结合不同深度海水的主要固碳基因丰度差异,分析南海水域不同深度海洋非光合微生物在不同电子供体条件下固碳潜能差异的原因.结果发现以Na NO2为电子供体时,海洋非光合微生物固碳能力普遍较低,各深度之间没有显著差异;以H2为电子供体时,表层海水中的非光合微生物的固碳潜力显著高于深层海水中的;而以Na2S2O3为电子供体时,深层海水中的非光合微生物的固碳潜力显著高于表层海水中的.基因分析结果表明,固碳基因cbb L在表层海水中的丰度高于深层海水,而cbb M基因在深层海水中的丰度高于表层海水.硫细菌大多以拥有cbb M基因为主,而氢细菌大多以拥有cbb L基因为主.因此不同海洋深度非光合微生物对不同电子供体响应的差异性可能和优势菌群结构的差异有关.海洋表层和深层溶解氧、无机碳含量的差异是导致菌群结构差异,乃至固碳潜力差异的重要原因.     

Attraction of the tropical bont tick,Amblyomma variegatum,to human breath and to the breath components acetone,NO and CO2

Ticks are of medical and veterinary importance and employ several cues in search of a host. Olfaction is one modality by which ticks locate a blood-meal and breath is the major vent of gaseous and volatile metabolites from the host that could contribute to this search. We studied the responses of a hunter tick, Amblyomma variegatum, to diluted human breath and five of its components (acetone, CO₂, NO, isoprene and NH₃) while walking in an air stream on a locomotion compensator. Diluted breath elicited the greatest responses of all treatments in terms of time to onset of upwind walk, attraction, speed and local search behaviour after stimulus off. Acetone, NO and CO₂ also attracted, but with a reduced speed in the case of acetone and NO. Neither isoprene nor NH₃ induced any response. Our study indicates that breath was the most adequate stimulus tested. It also attracted two other ixodid tick species, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Ixodes ricinus, as well as the argasid tick, Ornithodorus moubata. It appears that the evolution of resource tracking in ticks included sensory and behavioural adaptations for recognition and orientation to host metabolites that are regularly expelled in breath.     

碳钢在海水环境中的腐蚀和污损特性研究

讨论了碳钢材料在海水环境中的腐蚀速率随时间的变化情况,总结了碳钢在海水中不同暴露阶段的腐蚀和生物污损特性。结果显示,碳钢在海水中的腐蚀速度随时间延长而下降,暴露1~2年后腐蚀速率变化不显著,其腐蚀过程可分为腐蚀过程控制阶段、氧扩散控制阶段、污损生物成长控制阶段和微生物腐蚀控制阶段等4个阶段。     

Hot spots in the bee hive

Honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera) maintain temperatures of 35-36°C in their brood nest because the brood needs high and constant temperature conditions for optimal development. We show that incubation of the brood at the level of individual honeybees is done by worker bees performing a particular and not yet specified behaviour: such bees raise the brood temperature by pressing their warm thoraces firmly onto caps under which the pupae develop. The bees stay motionless in a characteristic posture and have significantly higher thoracic temperatures than bees not assuming this posture in the brood area. The surface of the brood caps against which warm bees had pressed their thorax were up to 3.2°C warmer than the surrounding area, confirming that effective thermal transfer had taken place.     

Feminization of genetic males by a symbiotic bacterium in a butterfly,Eurema hecabe (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Wolbachia are symbiotic bacteria found in many arthropods and filarian nematodes. They often manipulate the reproduction of host arthropods. In the present study, female-biased sex-ratio distortion in the butterfly Eurema hecabe was investigated. Breeding experiments showed that this distorted sex ratio is maternally inherited. When treated with tetracycline, adult females of the thelygenic line produced male progeny only. After PCR using Wolbachia-specific primers for the ftsZ gene a positive result was seen in the thelygenic females, but not in male progeny from tetracycline-treated females, or individuals from a Tokyo population with normal sex ratio and reproduction. Cytological observations showed that thelygenic females lack the sex chromatin body (W chromosome). The results strongly suggest that the sex-ratio distortion in E. hecabe is due to feminization of genetic males by Wolbachia.     

45#钢和Q235在不同水环境中的腐蚀行为研究

目的研究碳钢在不同水环境条件下的腐蚀行为。方法通过开展45#钢及Q235两种典型的碳钢材料在淡海水交替、海水及淡水自然环境下2年的暴露试验,将三种环境下材料的腐蚀形貌、腐蚀速率进行对比,总结3种材料在不同水环境下的腐蚀规律,对其腐蚀机理进行了简要的探讨,并对其长周期的腐蚀行为进行预测。结果对45#钢来说,淡海水环境对其的影响是海水环境下的92%,淡水环境的影响是海水环境下的46%;对Q235来说,淡海水环境对其的影响是海水环境下的88%,淡水环境的影响是海水环境的53%。结论碳钢在海水环境下耐蚀性最差,在淡海水交替自然环境下次之,在淡水环境下的耐蚀性能最好。     

浙江洞头列岛海域水体富营养化及其与赤潮的关系

根据2003年至2005年调查资料,以霓屿岛海域、三盘港海域以及竹屿岛海域为代表对浙江洞头列岛海域的水体富营养化及其与赤潮的关系进行分析研究.结果表明,丰水期水体中营养盐含量明显高于平水期,霓屿海域和三盘港海域富营养化最为严重,无机氮是水质富营养化的主要因素.富营养化和营养盐的结构是2004年5月在洞头列岛海域发生的具齿原甲藻赤潮的物质基础和首要条件,赤潮生物的生长与无机氮和无机磷存在负相关关系     

Transferability of HIV by arthropods supports the hypothesis about transmission of the virus from apes to man

The primate Pan troglodytes troglodytes, a chimpanzee subspecies, has recently been defined as a natural animal host of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Apes are traditionally hunted in Africa and are offered for sale in open-air meat markets. The bloody carcasses are regularly covered with blood-feeding flies, amongst them possibly the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans L.), a cosmopolitically occurring biting fly. This fly is the effective vector for the retrovirus causing equine leukemia. According to laboratory experiments, the infectivity of ingested HIV is not reduced in the regurgitates of this fly. These findings are combined to explain the mechanism for a possible primary transmission of HIV from ape to man.     

基于探索性数据分析的大型海藻重金属富集特征

大型海藻对海水中的重金属有较强的吸附作用,是重金属污染的理想指示生物。2017年6月,在枸杞岛海藻场采集到19种大型海藻优势种,使用ICP-MS检测7种重金属（Cu、Zn、Cr、Cd、Pb、As和Hg）的含量,结果表明,不同海藻的重金属含量存在显著差异,平均含量顺序为:Zn > As > Cr > Cu > Hg > Pb > Cd。重金属在不同海藻门类中的含量也存在差异,Cu、Cd和As在褐藻中含量较高,红藻中Zn、Cr含量较高,而绿藻中Hg和Pb含量较高。与国内其他海域相比,除Cu、Hg偏高外,枸杞岛海域海藻中其他重金属含量处于中低水平。采用聚类分析的方法,将19种大型海藻分为6类,同一种重金属的富集水平可分为3类。重金属含量相关性分析表明,Cd和As、Pb和Hg之间存在极显著相关,Cu和Pb、Zn和Pb之间存在显著相关。本文通过主成分分析计算可以得出,多管藻类对重金属的综合富集能力最强。     

铜对缘管浒苔（Enteromorpha linza）的毒性效应

研究了铜对缘管浒苔（Ｅｎｔｅｒｏｍｏｒｐｈａｌｉｎｚａ）的毒性效应，试验了不同的配合剂对铜的毒性效应及累积量的影响。结果发现，铜对缘管浒苔的毒性效应阈值为０．１０ｍｇ／Ｌ；０．５０ｍｇ／ＬＣｕ￣（２＋）可使缘管浒苔迅速死亡，培养９６ｈ后光合作用强度下降为零。ＥＤＴＡ可抑制铜在藻体中的累积，缓解毒性；８－羟基喹啉则促进铜在藻体中的累积，加刷了毒性。和铜污染的培养介质短期接触（＜１ｍ后，加入足量ＥＤＴＡ，藻体生长和对照组相当，较长时间接触（＞４ｈ）后，ＥＤ－ＴＡ不能使藻恢复生长。结合ＥＤＴＡ“洗脱”实验提出，Ｃｕ￣（２＋）可能首先经离子交换机制结合于藻体表面，之后，才逐步向细胞内转移。     

基于沼液的培养基及产油小球藻藻种选育

将产油小球藻培养与沼液污水处理结合,为小球藻生长提供营养和水源,同时实现了沼液污水的无害化处理.本研究利用4种产油小球藻,在沼液污水与绿藻培养基体积比为1∶9、1∶3、1∶1、3∶1形成的培养基中培养,以产油率为指标,选育出获得最高产油率时的沼液污水-绿藻培养基配比和小球藻藻种.结果表明,产油率最高的培养基体积比为1∶3,小球藻藻种为BJ05,该工况下产油率达到9.20 mg·(L·d)-1,高于纯绿藻培养基中的8.66 mg·(L·d)-1.在1/4污水比例培养基基础上,考查添加绿藻培养基中不同营养组分对BJ05产油率的影响,结果发现,在同时不添加碳酸钠和柠檬酸的情况下,BJ05的产油率为9.36 mg·(L·d)-1,COD、TN(总氮)、TP(总磷)、NH+4-N去除率分别达到59%、75%、61%、100%.而其他营养成分缺失则显著降低了BJ05的生物量,进而降低了产油率,所以进一步优化培养基为绿藻培养基中不添加碳酸钠和柠檬酸的体积比为1∶3的沼液污水-绿藻培养基.     

Photo-production of dissolved inorganic carbon from dissolved organic matter in contrasting coastal waters in the southwestern Taiwan Strait, China

Photo-production of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) is an important transformation process in marine carbon cycle, but little is known about this process in Chinese coastal systems. This study investigated an estuarine water sample and a coastal seawater sample from the subtropical waters in southeast of China. Water samples were exposed to natural sunlight and the absorption and fluorescence of CDOM as well as the DIC concentration were measured in the summer of 2009. The estuarine water had higher CDOM level, molecular weight and proportion of humic-like fluorescent components than the seawater that exhibited abundant tryptophan-like fluorescent component. After a 3-day irradiation, the CDOM level decreased by 45% in the estuarine water and 20% in the seawater, accompanied with a decrease in the molecular weight and aromaticity of DOM which was inferred from an increase in the absorption spectral slope parameter. The photo-degradation rates of all the five fluorescent components were also notable, in particular two humic-like components (C4 and C5) were removed by 78% and 69% in the estuarine water and by 69% and 56% in the seawater. The estuarine water had a higher photo-production rate of DIC than the seawater (4.4 vs. 2.5 μupmol/(L.day)), in part due to its higher CDOM abundance. The differences in CDOM compositions between the two types of waters might be responsible for the higher susceptibility of the estuarine water to photo-degradation and hence could also affect the photo-production process of DIC.