鲁氏酵母菌WY-3降解甲胺磷的性能

从污水中分离出一株酵母菌,编号WY-3.该菌能利用甲胺磷(MAP)作唯一氮、磷源生长,也能利用甲胺、乙胺和硫酸铵(硝酸盐和羟胺除外)作氮源生长,它还能适应高浓度(60%)葡萄糖的培养条件,初步鉴定为鲁氏酵母菌(Saccharomyces rouxii).从WY-3菌无细胞抽提液中检测到一种高活力酸性磷酸酶,采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳活性染色法呈现一条白色谱带.氟化钠试剂可抑制该酶催化MAP释放无机磷,但是不影响该菌代谢MAP脱氨基的性能.MAP经WY-3菌作用后毒性会大大降低,分析其残留物时发现有无机磷和甲醇物质.此外,文中还对酵母菌一类共代谢菌降解MAP的途径进行了探讨.     

盐胁迫下Dslhcb3和cao基因的表达及类囊体磷酸化状态转化

LHCⅡ在在类囊体膜中除了进行光能的吸收和传递之外,在维持类囊体膜的结构,调节激发光能在两个光系统之间的分配,光保护以及对各种环境的适应等过程中都起着重要的作用.为揭示盐藻LHCB在盐胁迫下的作用机制,以盐生杜氏藻(Dunaliella salina为材料,应用实时PCR的方法和蛋白电泳技术,研究lhcb3和叶绿素a加氧酶cao基因在低盐胁迫下的表达变化,以及盐藻类囊体膜的磷酸化水平和磷酯酶的变化.结果表明,在低盐环境下,lhcb3和cao基因的表达活性都呈降低的总趋势,这可能是盐藻适应不浓度盐环境胁迫的不反应.类囊体膜蛋白磷酸化水平先是降低,之后有所升高.时,发现磷酸酯酶有着相的变化趋势,并在12 h时最高.由此认为低盐条件下,类囊体膜蛋白在前期磷酸化水平的降低与磷酸酯酶活性降低有关,但在12 h后磷酸化水平有所升高,可能是细胞内平衡调节的结果,即磷酸激酶活性增强的结果.     

基于土壤酶活性变化的铅污染土壤修复基准

近年来,污染土壤修复技术发展很快,而污染土壤修复标准的建立则相对迟缓。为了推进我国该领域的工作,对铅胁迫下土壤酶活性（如过氧化氢酶,磷酸酶,脲酶）随时间的变化进行了研究,以确定棕壤土中铅的土壤修复基准。结果表明：土壤中的铅能够刺激土壤中过氧化氢酶活性的增加,但随着土壤铅浓度的增加,这种刺激作用逐渐减小。土壤过氧化氢酶活性不宜作为铅污染土壤的生物标记物。土壤磷酸酶活性没有一致的变化规律,土壤磷酸酶活性不能作为铅污染土壤的生物标记物。在整个实验时间范围内,土壤脲酶活性与土壤中铅的浓度具有明显的剂量-效应关系（P〈0.01）,土壤脲酶活性可以作为铅污染土壤生物标记物。以土壤脲酶抑制率降低25%为依据,确定棕壤中铅的土壤修复基准为94mg·kg-1,以土壤脲酶抑制率降低45%为依据,确定棕壤中铅的土壤修复基准为178mg·kg-1。     

太湖水-沉积物界面磷、pH及碱性磷酸酶的时空特征及相关性

于2011年3、6和9月通过对太湖不同营养化湖区的5个标准采样位点进行采样分析,探讨了界面沉积物间隙水和上覆水中磷含量、pH及碱性磷酸酶活性的时空分布特征及相关性。结果表明,上覆水及沉积物间隙水中的总磷（TP）、可溶性正磷酸盐（SAP）、pH及碱性磷酸酶（ALP）活性均表现出明显的空间异质性和季节变化趋势。间隙水总磷（PW-TP）、间隙水可溶性正磷酸盐（PW-SAP）高于上覆水,分别最高高出0．082、0．042mg·L-1;上覆水pH值高于间隙水pH值,最高高出O．35个单位;间隙水中碱性磷酸酶（PW-ALP）活性高于上覆水中碱性磷酸酶（W-ALP）活性,最高高出13．244μg·mL·h-1。TP、SAP、pH及ALP活性在3、6、9月份中均以16#样品最高,其中6月份16#样品PW-TP、PW-SAP、上覆水pH及PW-ALP活性分别O．527、0．132、7．46和61．090μg·mL·h-1。参数相关性分析结果表明,W-TP与W-SAP、W-pH显著相关。W-SAP与PW-TP、PW-SAP、W-ALP、PW-ALP均显著相关。PW-TP与PW-pH显著相关性,与PW-ALP活性存在一定的相关性,但不显著。PW-SAP与PW-ALP显著相关。     

珠江水体中细菌碱性磷酸酶基因phoD的多样性

碱性磷酸酶(APase)是最主要的有机磷水解酶,在无机磷匮乏的情况下,APase释放的无机磷供藻类利用,致使藻类大量繁殖,因此,对APase基因多样性的研究有利于揭示对水体富营养化有重要影响的微生物类群.基于此,本文以珠江水体为研究对象,构建了珠江广州段穗石、坦尾和南沙3个点细菌的pho D基因克隆文库.限制性酶切片段多态性(RFLP)分析结果表明,上述3个点的pho D基因分别含有15、17、13个操作分类单元(Operational Taxa Unit,OTU),穗石点的多样性(Shannon指数和Simpson指数)均高于其他两个点;pho D基因序列系统发育分析表明,珠江水体中pho D基因主要来源于Plesiocystis、Limnohabitans、Pirellula等属的细菌,而Limnohabitans属的pho D基因在文库中含量最高,占文库的44%~50%.研究表明,珠江水体中细菌的pho D基因具有较高的多样性,这些基因编码的碱性磷酸酶可能在珠江水体的富营养化过程中有重要的作用.     

Heavy metals detection in river water with cantilever nanobiosensor

Abstract

Heavy metals can be highly toxic depending on the dose and the chemical form. In this context, sensing devices such as nanobiosensors have been presented as a promising tool to monitor contaminants at micro and nanoscale. In this work, cantilever nanobiosensors with phosphatase alkaline were developed and applied to detect heavy metals (Pb, Ni, Cd, Zn, Co, and Al) in river water. The nanobiosensor surface was functionalized by the self-assembled monolayers (SAM) technique using 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid, N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N′-ethylcarbodiimide (EDC) and N- hydroxysuccinimide (NHS), and phosphatase alkaline enzyme. The sensing layer deposited on the cantilever surface presented a uniform morphology, at nanoscale, with 80?nm of thickness. The nanobiosensor showed a detection limit in the ppb range and high sensitivity, with a stability of fifteen days. The developed cantilever nanobiosensor is a simple tool, suitable for the direct detection of contaminants in river water.     

上覆水中磷质量浓度对磷在青萍-上覆水-沉积物中分配的影响

通过模拟培养实验,研究了上覆水中ρ(磷)对磷在青萍处理系统中的青萍-上覆水-沉积物之间分配的影响.结果表明:随着培养前上覆水中ρ(磷)的增加青萍吸收的磷量呈增加趋势;培养前上覆水中ρ(磷)对沉积物中的碱性磷酸酶活性有显著影响;上覆水和沉积物之间磷的分配主要与二者之间磷含量差有关系,且上覆水中的可溶性磷含量越低,沉积物碱性磷酸酶的活性越高;培养前上覆水中ρ(磷)≤0.5 mg/L时,沉积物中的磷含量呈减少趋势;培养前上覆水中ρ(磷)为2～50 mg/L时,沉积物中的磷含量呈增加趋势.      

Impact of Hazardous Exposure to Metals in the Nile and Delta Lakes on the Catfish, Clarias lazera

The impact of metal pollution in the Nile and Delta lakes was studied in Clarias lazera. Lake Edku is grouped as the site highest in metal concentrations. Compared to Lakes Maryût and Edku, the Nile stations displayed lower levels of metal contamination signifying their selection as reference sites. Metals were accumulated most by the liver, less by muscles and least by serum. Iron showed the highest bioconcentration factors (BCF) in liver, muscles or serum compared to other metals. Even after the refinement of the surrounding water, fish seem to uphold the metals that have been previously ingested. Mercury, in particular, seems to eventually reside in muscles rather than in liver. The positive relationship between total serum protein and metal contents may indicate the formation of specific metal-binding proteins. Meanwhile, serum hyperalbuminemia in polluted fish is probably a shock response towards the high stress index induced by metals. The hypothesis that most of serum copper is bound to ceruloplasmin is documented also in C. lazera. Moderate, but not extennsive, exposure to metals was quite stimulatory to liver alkaline phosphatase (AP) biosynthesis. AP could, thus, be considered as a promising bioindicator for assessing sublethal water intoxicosis.     

Improving bioavailability of phosphorous from cattle dung by using phosphatase immobilized on natural clay and nanoclay

The high P retention of acidic Andisols makes necessary to increase our technological approaches in pasture management in the animal system production. Here, we evaluated the clay- or nanoclay-acid phosphatase complexes for improving phosphorus mineralization from degraded cattle dung. We implemented an immobilization mechanism of acid phosphatase (AP) using natural clays (allophanic and montmorillonite) and nanoclays as support materials. Also, we evaluated the mineralization of organic P containing in decomposed cattle dung with clay- and nanoclay-AP complexes by incubation studies. Clays and nanoclays were characterized by microscopy techniques as atomic force and confocal-laser scanning microscopy. We found that these support materials stabilized AP by encapsulation. Our results showed that immobilization on allophanic or montmorillonite materials improved both the specific activity (4-48%) and the V_max (28-38%) of AP. Moreover, the enzyme had a better performance when immobilized on clay and nanoclay from Andisol than on montmorillonite materials. Phosphorous mineralization of cattle dung was regulated by water-soluble P present in the dung and P re-adsorption on allophanic materials. However, we were able to detect a potential capacity of AP immobilized on allophanic nanoclays as the best alternative for P mineralization. Further research with initially low water-soluble P containing organic materials is required to quantify the P mineralization potential and bioavailability of P from dung.     

Impact of mercury on the activity pattern of a marker enzyme in a freshwater bivalve

Sessile benthic organisms are universally accepted as bio-indicators of environmental pollution and lysosomal membrane is often the target of injury by xenobiotics resulting in destabilization. Effect of mercury on the activity pattern of the marker enzyme, Acid Phosphatase in the gill and hepatopancreas of the freshwater mussel, Lamellidens corrianus (Lea) at 24, 72, and 168 h, post-exposure discussed. ACP activity was determined as given in Sigma Technical Bulletin (No. 104) and μmol of p-nitrophenol liberated/mg protein/h calculated. The work aimed to study the duration of exposure and concentration of the metal influence, the direction of the response of the enzyme in the two tissues studied and results show that the concentration of the metal as well as the period of exposure do influence the enzyme activity and may have predictive value as a biomarker of impending population changes. Higher concentration of the metal is assumed to have induced stress proteins like metallothioneins.