一株穗花狐尾藻内生菌的分离鉴定及其溶磷特征研究

通过组织表面消毒、切面培养和共生培养的方法从健康的穗花狐尾藻植株体内分离获得了一株具有较强溶磷能力的内生菌,系统发育分析和VITEK 2系统鉴定结果表明,内生菌与沙雷氏菌的亲缘关系最近,因此,命名为Serratia sp.SP5.纯培养实验表明,菌株SP5通过产生酸性物质溶磷,在培养96 h后溶磷能力达到最大,溶解性磷酸根的浓度高达269.60 mg·L-1,培养液的p H值下降至4.32.氮源通过降低菌株SP5的产酸能力而间接影响了其对磷的释放能力,菌株SP5溶磷的氮源优先利用顺序为铵根离子硝酸根离子尿素.适宜菌株SP5生长的p H值范围为5~9,酸性条件下菌株的溶磷能力大于碱性条件,而在p H值为7时与对照相比菌株对磷的相对释放量最大.p H值达到9时,菌株无明显溶磷能力.共存高浓度的金属离子时菌株SP5的溶磷效果明显降低,影响程度的大小顺序为MnFeMg.菌株SP5溶磷的最佳碳氮比为35∶1,在相同碳氮比下,不同的碳氮量会明显影响溶磷效果.底泥模拟培养条件下,菌株SP5可通过释放底泥中的闭蓄态磷(O-P)和钙磷(Ca-P)而明显提高水相中的磷酸根离子浓度,与对照相比,底泥中这两种磷形态分别下降了15.21%和34.87%,而水相中溶解性磷酸根离子是对照的1.5~2.0倍.研究结果为研究富营养化水体中磷的生物地球化学过程提供了新的科学数据.     

Tsunami run-up and inundation along the coast of Sabah and Sarawak,Malaysia due to a potential Brunei submarine mass failure

Submarine landslides, also known as submarine mass failures (SMFs), are major natural marine disasters that could critically damage coastal facilities such as nuclear power plants and oil and gas platforms. It is therefore essential to investigate submarine landslides for potential tsunami hazard assessment. Three-dimensional seismic data from offshore Brunei have revealed a giant seabed mass deposited by a previous SMF. The submarine mass extends over 120 km from the continental slope of the Baram Canyon at 200 m water depth to the deep basin floor of the Northwest Borneo Trough. A suite of in-house two-dimensional depth-averaged tsunami simulation model TUNA (Tsunami-tracking Utilities and Application) is developed to assess the vulnerability of coastal communities in Sabah and Sarawak subject to potential SMF tsunami. The submarine slide is modeled as a rigid body moving along a planar slope with the center of mass motion parallel to the planar slope and subject to external forces due to added mass, gravity, and dissipation. The nonlinear shallow water equations are utilized to simulate tsunami propagation from deepwater up to the shallow offshore areas. A wetting-drying algorithm is used when a tsunami wave reaches the shoreline to compute run up of tsunami along the shoreline. Run-up wave height and inundation maps are provided for seven densely populated locations in Sabah and Sarawak to highlight potential risks at each location, subject to two scenarios of slide slopes: 2° and 4°. The first wave may arrive at Kudat as early as 0.4 h after the SMF, giving local communities little time to evacuate. Over a small area, maximum inundated depths reaching 20.3 m at Kudat, 26.1 m at Kota Kinabalu, and 15.5 m at Miri are projected, while the maximum inundation distance of 4.86 km is expected at Miri due to its low-lying coast. In view of the vulnerability of some locations to the SMF tsunami, it is important to develop and implement community resilience program to reduce the potential damage that could be inflicted by SMF tsunamis.     

What drives visitors to tourist sites to choose “green” accommodation facilities?

Environment, Development and Sustainability - Our aim is to determine the factors influencing a visitor’s decision to stay in a green accommodation facility. Visitors from six tourist sites...     

An approach to cleaner production: from hair burning to hair saving using a lime-free unhairing system

One of the methods to decrease the pollution of tanneries' wastewater is hair saving unhairing of hides. An investigation of proteolytic activity of enzymatic preparation (EP) has shown that some EPs have high stability in strong alkaline solutions and can be used for the hair saving process.Based on this investigation, a new hair saving unhairing method using a system containing EP, sodium hydroxide, sodium sulphide, and disodium hydrophosphate was developed. The method results in a high quality pelt suitable for leather manufacturing, decreases the pollution caused by sodium sulphide and the other products of hair degradation and avoids the pollution caused by calcium compounds.