不同稳定剂对污泥蛋白发泡特性的影响研究

污泥含有蛋白质,经过高温水解可产生水解蛋白液(简称污泥蛋白),该蛋白具有发泡特性,经通风搅拌可产生泡沫;由于污泥蛋白所产生的泡沫具有不稳定、易破裂的特点,因此,设计了不同稳定剂对污泥蛋白发泡特性的影响研究实验,解决污泥蛋白所产生泡沫的稳定性问题。结果表明,在测定污泥蛋白的基本发泡特性实验中,10 mL污泥蛋白稀释10倍时,初始泡沫量较大,达到2 153 mL,但泡沫半衰期相对较短,时间为27 min;在10 mL污泥蛋白中分别加入0.2 g十六烷基三甲基溴化氨(CTAB)、羧甲基纤维素钠(CMC)、GP-1,并用水稀释10倍,制成泡沫后的初始泡沫量分别为1 380、1 400和1 248 mL,相对降低了773、753和905 mL;泡沫半衰期分别为31、76和509 min,相对提高了4、49和482 min,尤其是GP-1作为稳定剂时,泡沫的半衰期与不加稳定剂时相比提高了15倍;在10 mL污泥蛋白中加入0.2 g十六烷基三甲基溴化氨与0.2 g GP-1的复配稳定剂,用水稀释10倍,制成泡沫后的初始泡沫量为1 525 mL,相对降低了628 mL;泡沫半衰期为95 min,相对提高了68 min。因此,GP-1是污泥蛋白最好的泡沫稳定剂。     

超滤法预处理L-乳酸发酵液

以白酒酒糟乳酸发酵液为研究对象,采用截留分子量为100 kDa的中空纤维超滤膜（聚偏氟乙烯PVDF膜）去除其中的蛋白质等杂质,为后续电渗析分离提纯L-乳酸提供合格的料液。研究表明,操作压力、温度、pH值和进料速度对蛋白质截留率、乳酸回收率和发酵液的膜通量均有影响;乳酸回收率与蛋白质截留率基本呈负相关关系,是因为被截留的蛋白质等在膜面形成滤饼层,有吸附并截留乳酸的作用。通过单因素实验,确定了在操作压力为20 kPa,温度为27℃,pH为3.9,进料速度为280 mL/min的情况下处理效果最好,蛋白质截留率可达到98.01%,乳酸回收率可达到97.78%,发酵液的膜通量为7.26 L/（m2·h）。     

Soil-mediated prion transmission: is local soil-type a key determinant of prion disease incidence?

Prion diseases, including chronic wasting disease (CWD) and scrapie, can be transmitted via indirect environmental routes. Animals habitually ingest soil, and results from laboratory experiments demonstrate prions can bind to a wide range of soils and soil minerals, retain the ability to replicate, and remain infectious, indicating soil could serve as a reservoir for natural prion transmission and a potential prion exposure route for humans. Preliminary epidemiological modeling suggests soil texture may influence the incidence of prion disease. These results are supported by experimental work demonstrating variance in prion interactions with soil, including variance in prion soil adsorption and soil-bound prion replication with respect to soil type. Thus, local soil type may be a key determinant of prion incidence. Further experimental and epidemiological work is required to fully elucidate the dynamics of soil-mediated prion transmission, an effort that should lead to effective disease management and mitigation strategies.     

Tumor promoting effects of cyanobacterial extracts are potentiated by anthropogenic contaminants--evidence from in vitro study

Inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) is affiliated with tumor promotion process and it has been employed as an in vitro biomarker for evaluation of tumor promoting effects of chemicals. In the present study we investigated combined effects of anthropogenic environmental contaminants 2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 153) and fluoranthene, cyanotoxins microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin, and extracts of laboratory cultures of cyanobacteria Aphanizomenon gracile and Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, on GJIC in the rat liver epithelial cell line WB-F344. Binary mixtures of PCB 153 with fluoranthene and the mixtures of the two cyanobacterial strains elicited simple additive effects on GJIC after 30 min exposure, whereas microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin neither inhibited GJIC nor altered effects of PCB 153 or fluoranthene. However, synergistic effects were observed in the cells exposed to binary mixtures of anthropogenic contaminants (PCB 153 or fluoranthene) and cyanobacterial extracts. The synergistic effects were especially pronounced after prolonged (6-24 h) co-exposure to fluoranthene and A. gracile extract, when mixture caused nearly complete GJIC inhibition, while none of the individual components caused any downregulation of GJIC at the same concentration and exposure time. The effects of cyanobacterial extracts were independent of microcystin-LR or cylindrospermopsin, which were not detected in cyanobacterial biomass. It provides further evidence on the presence of unknown tumor promoting metabolites in cyanobacteria. Clear potentiation of the GJIC inhibition observed in the mixtures of two anthropogenic contaminants and cyanobacteria highlight the importance of combined toxic effects of chemicals in complex environmental mixtures.     

光-Fenton氧化破解剩余污泥和改善污泥脱水性能

利用紫外光-Fenton（光-Fenton）氧化处理城市剩余污泥,通过上清液的SCOD、多聚糖以及蛋白质浓度表征污泥胞外聚合物（EPS）的破解情况,通过污泥过滤比阻（SRF）和滤饼含水率表征污泥脱水性能的变化。结果表明,光．Fenton氧化破解污泥EPS和改善污泥脱水性能的效能明显优于单独Fenton反应和单独紫外光照射处理。pH为3、反应时间为2h,H2O2投加量为4g／L和Fe^2＋投加量为0．6mg／L是光-Fenton氧化处理供试污泥的适宜条件。在适宜处理条件下,污泥上清液中的SCOD、多聚糖和蛋白质浓度分别由67．46mg／L、12．53mg／L和8．62mg／L增加到568．12mg／L、448．62mg／L和292．94mg／L;SRF和滤饼含水率分别由2．4×10^S2／g和88．52％下降至5．26×10^8S^2／g和76．36％。光-Fenton反应在有效破懈污泥的同时,提高了污泥的脱水性能．有利于污泥的减量化。     

酵母菌在废水处理中的应用

酵母菌既具有细菌单细胞、生长快、能形成很好的絮体、适应于各种不同的反应器等特点,又具有真菌细胞大、代谢旺盛,耐酸、耐高渗透压、耐高浓度的有机底物等特性,因而可用于多类难处理有机废水的处理,并且具有处理效率高、污泥负荷高、占地面积小、剩余污泥可回收用作饲料蛋白等特殊的优越性。酵母菌废水处理技术有望成为常规好氧和厌氧处理技术的重要补充而在工业废水治理中发挥重要作用。     

柠檬酸有机废水的生化处理研究

采用柠檬酸废水→培养饲料酵母→可溶化槽→光合细菌(PSB)槽→活性污泥工艺流程处理柠檬酸废水,实验结果表明,技术可行:原废水中COD_(Cr)和BOD_5的总去除率达98％以上,达国家GB8978-88排放标准;干酵母获得率1.0-1.2％,蛋白质含量46.58％;COD_(Cr)负荷达6kg/(m~3.d);TVA利用率达95％以上.本实验还筛选到对高浓度有机废水具较高同化能力的PSB混合菌种.     

无排泥运行下膜生物反应器的硝化代谢产物及细菌活性

采用膜生物反应器处理人工配制的无机NH₄⁺-N废水,在NH₄⁺-N浓度为500mg/L、无排泥条件下运行200d(HRT从30h逐步降至7h),系统内污泥浓度从最初的4 500mg/L上升至10 500mg/L.但是,单位污泥中以INTF吸光值表达的活性硝化菌数并未增加,从最初的23×10^-3降至1×10^-3;总NH₄⁺-N转化速率也从2.1kg/(L·d)降至1.5kg/(L·d).同时,反应器中胞外分泌产物(ECP)(糖和蛋白之和反应)从300 mg/L升至600mg/L. 利用上清液以及ECP提取液进行的批量试验结果表明,ECP过多抑制了硝化细菌活性.     

盐酸胍诱导的apo-CP43去折叠过程

膜蛋白生物合成与色素组装中蛋白的稳定性可以通过去折叠条件与过程分析得到.利用色氨酸荧光光谱和ANS荧光光谱研究了apo-CP43在盐酸胍条件下的稳定性.色氨酸荧光光谱观测到apo-CP43在盐酸胍作用下去折叠进程的主要特征:荧光强度先是逐渐降低,之后再逐渐升高,而最大荧光发射峰位置则一直持续红移.盐酸胍处理后apo-CP43的F360 nm/F335 nm比值逐渐增大,表明荧光最大发射峰逐步红移.当盐酸胍浓度约为5.5 mol/L时,去折叠比例趋于相对稳定状态,说明此时apo-CP43已经基本完成去折叠.荧光相图法结果显示盐酸胍诱导apo-CP43变性的过程符合三态模型.ANS荧光测定数据显示盐酸胍处理之后最大ANS荧光发射峰位置红移,并且荧光强度逐渐降低.以上数据表明在盐酸胍条件下apo-CP43是一个相对比较稳定的蛋白.     

对甘薯茎线虫具有杀虫活性的苏云金芽胞杆菌筛选及特性鉴定

为筛选对甘薯茎线虫具有高毒力的苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,Bt)菌株,提取12株供试Bt菌株的晶体蛋白,溶解后加入到甘薯茎线虫悬浮液中,统计3 d和7 d后甘薯茎线虫的死亡率.经初筛和复筛后得到一株对甘薯茎线虫具有高毒力的Bt菌株YBT-008,其对甘薯茎线虫的LC50值为203.76μg/mL.研究了YBT-008的生物学特性,结果表明,YBT-008在LB培养基上培养约12 h后进入稳定期,并且伴随芽胞的形成产生卵圆形的伴胞晶体;SDS-PAGE分析表明YBT-008可产生多种待鉴定的晶体蛋白类型,质粒检测显示该菌株有5条质粒条带.YBT-008的获得为利用Bt防治甘薯茎线虫提供了新型菌株和基因资源.