地衣芽孢杆菌Lan群体感应系统挖掘及鉴定

地衣芽孢杆菌（Bacillus licheniformis）是一种重要的工业菌株，但目前研究或生产中均主要应用野生型及其传统诱变衍生菌株，对调控认识不足和标准化生物元件缺乏严重限制了该菌株应用的拓展.为开发地衣芽孢杆菌新型调控、表达元件,本研究挖掘地衣芽孢杆菌内源群体感应（quorum sensing,QS）系统Lan QS系统，以荧光蛋白作为报告基因研究转录表达特性，并利用细胞密度无关的组成型启动子鉴定基因簇中调控元件功能.结果表明，lan基因簇与已报道的Agr QS系统具有一定同源性，lanC、lanA、lanB在16 h达到一定细胞密度后开启表达.其下游元件Ptr1启动子具有前期（5 h）表达极弱、后期（48 h）表达脉冲型增长的特性，荧光强度最高可达组成型强启动子Pshuttle-09的30倍；同时，Ptr1的表达依赖胞外信号分子，去除原有培养基后，后期（48 h）Ptr1荧光强度降为对照的30%. lanCBDA完整基因簇、lanC、lanBD和lanA的表达均使Ptr1高表达时期提前，其中lanC、lanA的效应最显著.综上所述，Lan QS系统为地衣芽孢杆菌内源QS系统，...     

与天堂擦肩的那一瞬

4月11 日 星期二 睛 我是像风一样的女孩,血脉中涌动着风一样洒脱不羁的因子。当我将车子骑得飞快时,我想我就是融于风的精灵,带着几许少年的轻狂,挥洒几多超越的傲气。与风共舞何尝不是激情与惬意的完美彰现?习惯了用微笑去迎接行人惊诧的目光,用背影“回敬”他们如蜗牛的缓慢。 真是长江后浪推前浪,棋逢对手会杀得难分难解,而车逢对手恐怕就要头破血流了。一天之内,我偶然遇     

水解酸化—接触氧化—混凝气浮工艺处理高浓度漂染废水

本文介绍了水解酸化－接触氧化－混凝气浮工艺在处理高浓度漂染废水中的工程应用。结果表明，漂染废水经该工艺处理后CODCr去除率为95％，色度去除率为90％。该工艺具有占地面积小，脱色效果好，处理效率高等特点，能广泛应用于纺织漂染废水的实际工程中。     

美容误区透析

人类从混沌中走出的第一天起,就开始了对美的追寻。《圣经》中的人类始祖亚当和夏娃,在伊甸园中偷吃禁果之后,不仅领悟了善与恶、真与假、羞与耻,也开始用树叶遮蔽身体,本能地追寻美的感受。美容,我国古人称为“嫩面”。长沙马王堆汉墓出土的随葬品中,有许多古老的化妆品和梳具     

台湾民众:宁要第一安全,不要第一高楼

2002年3月31日,台湾发生7.2级地震,正在施工的台北金融大楼(已盖到56层)有十多人伤亡,此次地震损失的处理一直持续到5月中旬.据悉,而复工的台北金融大楼工程,又于5月15日再次遭受6.4级地震,致使台湾公众反对高层建筑呼声强烈.     

Contribution of canopy leaching to sulphate deposition in a Scots pine forest

Radioactive sulphate (35SO4) was applied to the soil below a Scots pine forest on 23 June 1989, and its movement into the canopy and into throughfall and stemflow was measured over 4 months. The specific activity, Bq (mg S)(-1), of the canopy increased monotonically; uptake by current-year (1989) expanding needles was initially twice as fast as by older needles or live twigs. By 10 October the canopy average specific activity was 62 Bq (mg S)(-1). The specific activity of net throughfall (throughfall + stemflow - rain), deduced from measurements from six throughfall collectors, six stemflow collectors and two rain collectors, fell rapidly from 12.6 Bq (mg S)(-1) in late July to <1 Bq (mg S)(-1) in mid-August. The results suggest (assuming rapid equilibration of 35S with sulphate in soil) that root-derived sulphate contributed c. 3% of sulphate in net throughfall and that dry deposition of SO2 and sulphate particles contributed c. 97% of the 0.56 g S m(-2) measured in net throughfall over the period. Simultaneous measurements of SO2 at canopy height and of NH3 above and within the canopy gave mean concentrations of 5.9 and 0.86 microg m(-3), respectively, sufficient to account for the sulphate measured in net throughfall only if codeposition of NH3 and SO2 occurred to canopy surfaces. The large values of specific activity observed in July, however, indicate that throughfall composition may be closely related to recent soil input of sulphate, and that equilibrium cannot be safely assumed. The possibility of a significant contribution of soil-derived sulphate to sulphate deposition in net throughfall cannot be ruled out on the basis of this experiment.     

Deposition of atmospheric ammonia to moorlands

Micrometeorological methods were applied to measure fluxes of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) to moorlands. Measurements were made in a wide variety of surface conditions and included both Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull and Eriophorum vaginatum L. dominated sites. NH3 was found to deposit rapidly to all the sites investigated, providing large deposition velocities (Vd, typically 10-40 mm s(-1)) and usually minimal surface resistances (rc). A small number of measurements were made in frozen conditions and suggest a possible exception to this pattern with mean rc of 50-200 s m(-1). The effect of vegetation drying was also investigated and a possible increase in rc observed, though this was small (< 10 s m(-1)). The results are interpreted in terms of the processes controlling exchange; it is shown that NH3 deposition is predominantly to the leaf surfaces and that the net NH3 compensation point approaches zero. Annual estimates show that dry deposition of NH3 is a major source of atmospheric nitrogen to moorland ecosystems. For two typical UK sites subject to background air concentrations, NH3 dry deposition is of similar magnitude to equivalent NH4+ inputs in wet deposition. In the vicinity of emission sources, NH3 dry deposition is expected to dominate inputs of atmospheric nitrogen.     

Seasonal trend of fog water chemical composition in the Po Valley

Fog frequency in the Po Valley, Northern Italy, can be as high as 30% of the time in the fall-winter season. High pollutant concentrations have been measured in fog water samples collected in this area over the past few years. The combined effects of high fog occurrence and high pollutant loading of the fog droplets can determine, in this area, appreciable chemical deposition rates. An automated station for fog water collection was developed, and deployed at the field station of S. Pietro Capofiume, in the eastern part of the Po Valley for an extended period: from the beginning of November 1989 to the end of April 1990. Time-resolved sampling of fog droplets was carried out during all fog events occurring in this period, and chemical analyses were performed on the collected samples. Statistical information on fog occurrence and fog water chemical composition is reported in this paper, and a tentative seasonal deposition budget is calculated for H+, NH4+, NO3- and SO4(2-) ions. The problems connected with fog droplet sampling in sub-freezing conditions are also addressed in the paper.     

Impacts of afforestation on water quality trends in two catchments in mid-Wales

The impact of afforestation on stream-water chemistry for two catchments in central Wales is investigated. Trends in water chemistry are evaluated with forest age progressing at 8-15 years and 20-27 years. To assess the possible exacerbating effect of afforestation on surface-water acidification two moorland catchments are used as controls. Absolute differences in inter-catchment streamwater chemistry are evident. Differences in acidity between the moorland and the young forest site reflect site preparation and modifications to water pathways. Differences in the observed present day chemistry between the young and old forest result from past interactions between deposition changes during forest development. An estimate of the future impact of forest growth was attained from model predictions. The model was calibrated to present day stream-water chemistry and incorporates, cation uptake, evapotranspiration/ concentration effect and increased scavenging of occult and dry deposition. Predictions suggest the pH will decline to 5.3 when the young forest progresses to 20 years of age, which is still much higher than the pH recorded at the older forest site at the age of 20 years.