秸秆还田对连作棉田土壤酶活性的影响

新疆棉区普遍实行秸秆还田,棉田土壤酶活性受到连作障碍的负面效应与长期秸秆还田培肥地力的正面效应的双重影响;通过定点微区实验,对比秸秆还田和未秸秆还田土壤酶活性的变化趋势,研究连作条件下秸秆还田与否对棉田土壤酶活性的影响。结果表明：实行秸秆还田后,土壤脲酶活性随着连作年限的延长先降后升,连作不超过10 a,土壤脲酶活性呈现下降趋势,超过10 a逐渐上升;实行秸秆还田后蔗糖酶活性在R5和R10处理较R1有较大幅度的下降,降幅分别为48.4%和44.8%,连作10 a后蔗糖酶活性增强,土壤状况趋于好转;过氧化氢酶活性随连作年限的延长先降低后升高,短期连作土壤过氧化氢酶活性较低,过氧化氢分解受阻,影响棉花的正常生长,连作年限超过10 a过氧化氢酶活性升高,解毒能力较强,加快分解过氧化氢,有利于减轻过氧化氢的毒害作用;过氧化物酶活性随着连作年限的延长持续上升,其中R5、R10、R15和R20过氧化物酶活性分别比R1增加了4.8%、7.9%、19%和29.6%。     

一株拮抗烟草青枯病菌的真菌的筛选与鉴定

为寻找烟草青枯病的生防微生物,研究采用平板涂布法从重庆烟田健康土壤中分离根际微生物,纯化后得到了59株真菌。用滤纸片法从中筛选出1株对青枯雷尔氏菌（Ralstonia solanacearum）有稳定拮抗效果的真菌,其抑菌圈为10.0 mm。其抑制活性优于或接近于近期发现的其他生防微生物。测定该株活性真菌的全细胞脂肪酸组成,进行菌落和分生孢子形态学观察,以及rDNA ITS区测序,结果表明：该菌株全细胞脂肪酸属性未被收录于TSBA6脂肪酸数据库,而根据形态学观察结果,以及对所获rDNA ITS区序列的分析,鉴定该株真菌为烟曲霉（Aspergillus fumigatus）。     

四种改良剂对Cu、Cd复合污染土壤中Cu、Cd形态和土壤酶活性的影响

以黑麦草（Lolium perenne L.）作为修复植物进行田间试验,研究了石灰、磷灰石、蒙脱石、凹凸棒石4种改良剂对铜镉复合污染土壤中Cu、Cd形态和土壤酶活性的影响。结果表明,改良剂提高了污染土壤pH,降低了土壤可交换态（EX）Cu、Cd含量;改良剂提高了土壤脲酶、酸性磷酸酶和过氧化氢酶活性,每种改良剂对土壤酶活性增加幅度随其添加剂量增加而增大;土壤酶活性与土壤EX态Cu、Cd含量呈显著或极显著负相关关系,与土壤pH呈显著或极显著正相关关系;高剂量石灰（石灰占污染土壤耕作层质量的0.4%）和高剂量磷灰石（磷灰石占污染土壤耕作层质量的2.32%）处理钝化污染土壤中Cu、Cd及提高土壤酶活性效果最好。     

煤制气废水总酚负荷对反硝化的抑制效应研究

在高负荷酚类污染物的煤制气废水中,人们往往关注酚类对硝化菌的活性和效率抑制,对反硝化过程的抑制研究不多.为了探明煤制气废水中酚类化合物对反硝化脱氮效率和污泥活性的抑制作用,以缺氧反硝化小试系统为对象,考察了不同酚负荷对反硝化效率(NO~-_3-N和NO~-_2-N去除效率)、对污泥应激活性、降解活性和污泥毒性的影响.结果表明,当总酚浓度从50mg·L~(-1)提高到200 mg·L~(-1)时,NO~-_3-N和NO~-_2-N的去除率分别由83%和80.6%降至55%和25%,且NO~-_2-N的浓度随着NO~-_3-N浓度的降低呈现先上升后下降的趋势.在不同酚负荷的污泥驯化过程中,反硝化污泥的过氧化氢酶活性、脱氢酶活性以及污泥毒性变化趋势基本不变,但随着总酚浓度的升高,过氧化氢酶活性和污泥毒性会上升,脱氢酶活性会下降.     

1株分离自煤矿废水的铁硫氧化细菌LY01的鉴定及其氧化特性研究

从贵州省某煤矿废水中分离出1株嗜酸性的铁硫氧化细菌菌株LY01,经过对该菌株的形态特征、理化特征检测及16S rRNA序列分析,初步鉴定菌株LY01为嗜酸性氧化亚铁硫杆菌(Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans).在无机盐培养液中菌株LY01可以从氧化Fe2+、单质硫(S0)及黄铁矿(FeS2)获得能量生长,对Fe2+的氧化速率最快,反应30 h即可将44.2 g.L-1的FeSO4.7H2O完全氧化,菌体细胞达到4.2×107个.mL-1;反应21 d可将溶液中10 g.L-1含量的S0氧化6.7%,溶液中SO24-浓度达2 001 mg.L-1,菌体细胞达到8.9×107个.mL-1;反应20 d可将溶液中30 g.L-1含量的FeS2氧化10%,溶液中SO24-浓度达4 443 mg.L-1,菌体细胞达到3.4×108个.mL-1.研究重金属离子Ni2+、Pb2+对菌株LY01氧化FeS2活性的影响,结果发现10～100 mg.L-1的Ni2+对菌株LY01氧化FeS2活性有一定的影响,而10～100 mg.L-1Pb2+对菌株LY01氧化FeS2的活性无影响.     

镉暴露对文蛤雄性生殖细胞的影响

以文蛤(Meretrix meretrix)为实验材料,采用体外暴露法进行镉染毒,镉离子浓度设置为0、1.5、3、6和12 mg·L-1.染毒5天后解剖取材,测量其精子浓度、运动能力、顶体酶活性和核DNA完整性;目的是从生理、生化和分子生物学角度综合评价镉对文蛤雄性生殖细胞的影响.实验结果表明,文蛤精子浓度、运动能力、顶体酶、DNA完整性均在镉浓度小于成体半致死浓度的情况下,与镉浓度呈现出显著的剂量-效应关系.对镉离子的敏感性分别为:DNA完整性＞精子浓度＞顶体酶活性＞快速运动比例＞运动比例.文蛤雄性生殖细胞的生理、生化指标均可作为重金属镉污染海洋贝类毒性效应的指示物.     

Use of Mytilus galloprovincialis and Tapes philippinarum as sentinel organisms for the development of a biosurveillance program in the Pialassa Baiona coastal lagoon (Ravenna, Italy)

The Pialassa Baiona is an intertidal lagoon located north from the town of Ravenna (Italy). It shows a certain degree of contamination caused by past uncontrolled discharges, and we aim at developing a bioassessment program to be used for future monitoring and conservation plans. A battery of six biomarkers (lysosome membrane stability, lipofuscin and neutral lipid accumulation, hsp70 expression, metallothionein levels and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity) was investigated in Mytilus galloprovincialis transplanted for 30 days in different sites. Tapes philippinarum are widely distributed within the lagoon, and we explored the possibility to use resident clams for future biosurveillance programs. Adenylyl cyclase (ACase) activity was also assessed in tissues of both bivalves as a future possible biomarker. Taken together, our results indicate that mussels are suitable sentinel organisms also within such a peculiar environment; alteration of four biomarkers was observed in tissues of mussels transplanted in two sites out of the five analyzed, indicating their low water quality. T. philippinarum showed a barely detectable AChE activity and absence of neutral lipids in digestive glands, therefore appeared unsuitable for our purpose, at least using the selected battery of biomarkers. ACase activity was not different among animals collected from the different sites.     

Evaluation of The Efficiency of Various Commercial Products for The Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil

Summary Bioremediation has become an important method for the treatment of terrestrial oil spills and is often favoured over strictly physical-chemical methods. In this study, enzymatic analyses and signature lipid biomarkers were employed to evaluate the efficacy of selected bioremediation products on control and oil contaminated soil plots. It is envisioned that these biological indicators may be used as possible adjuncts to the strictly physical-chemical criteria most commonly employed. The application of the enzymatic and signature biomarker methods for product evaluation proved successful. The enzymatic assays provided a valuable insight into shifts in the functional diversity of the soil microbial communities resultant from the various treatments. Stimulation or inhibition of the microbial communities as a result of the various treatments was also demonstrated, particularly with regards to dehydrogenase activity. Phospholipid fatty acid profiles proved sufficiently sensitive to allow differentiation between products and resultant microbial communities that corresponded to satisfactory and unsatisfactory petroleum hydrocarbon removal.     

Soil erosion response to climatic change and human activity during the Quaternary on the Loess Plateau, China

We review published stratigraphic, archaeological and pedosedimentary evidence in order to reconstruct the history of soil erosion in China. Documentary evidence of climatic and flood events of the Yellow River and modern hydrological and meteorological data are synthesised to analyse the history of past human activity and its effects on soil erosion intensity during four nested periods of time during the Quaternary. The most intensive period of erosion during the Quaternary was in the Holocene. During the Holocene, intervals of intensive soil erosion occurred at 7500–7000 BP, 200 BCE–0 CE, 1000–1600 CE (Christian era) and during the 1930s, 1950s and the later part of the 1960s of the last century. Large-scale human activity including warfare during early Chinese history, population migration, the inner wars in 1930s, the Cultural Revolution and the recent national campaign to aid soil and water conservation are all closely related to the rate of soil erosion on the Loess Plateau and to sediment loads in the Yellow River. Overall, soil erosion during the transition from dry-cool to wet-warm climates was more intense than during wet-warm and cool-dry climatic episodes, but serious accelerated soil erosion has occurred during the last 2,500 years because of man-induced devastation of vegetation and other anthropogenic disturbance of the environment. Modern rates of soil erosion on the Loess Plateau are a combination of both intensive natural and human-induced erosions and are some four times greater than occurred in the geological past. The recent implementation of soil and water conservation measures has decreased sediment load in the Yellow River by 25%.     

Activity of root voles (Microtus oeconomus) under snow: social encounters synchronize individual activity rhythms

Microtine rodents usually display short-term activity rhythms synchronized by light. Social interactions have also been suggested to act as a zeitgeber, entraining individual activity, but evidence supporting this is scarce. In areas with a permanent snow cover during winter, small rodents spend most of the time in the subnivean space, between the snow cover and the ground, where they most likely are unaffected by otherwise dominating photoperiodic cues. The subnivean space, however, is fragmented, and this limits movement and may isolate individuals living just a few meters apart. These conditions provide excellent opportunities to test for the existence of social synchronization. During two winters, I experimentally decreased the subnivean fragmentation by placing out a network of corrugated aluminium sheets on the ground before snowfall, thus increasing the potential for movement and social interaction within the subnivean space. Other areas were left as controls. Intensive PIT-tag monitoring in the subnivean system provided individual activity data of root voles (Microtus oeconomus) without disturbing normal activity. The data revealed that microtines under snow displayed a free-running activity rhythm and that the activity was evenly distributed throughout the 24-h day, indicating a lack of photo-entrainment. Despite this lack of light, interacting individuals were synchronous, and pairwise synchrony decreased with decreasing potential for social interactions. These results suggest that social interactions indeed entrain microtine activity. Several possible adaptive advantages of the synchrony of microtine rodent activity have been proposed, and these theories are discussed in light of the result presented.