Seasonal variations in fouling diatom communities on the Yantai coast

Fouling diatoms are a main component of biofilm,and play an important role in marine biofouling formation. We investigated seasonal variations in fouling diatom communities that developed on glass slides immersed in seawater,on the Yantai coast,northern Yellow Sea,China,using microscopy and molecular techniques. Studies were conducted during 2012 and 2013 over 3,7,14,and 21 days in each season. The abundance of attached diatoms and extracellular polymeric substances increased with exposure time of the slides to seawater. The lowest diatom density appeared in winter and the highest species richness and diversity were found in summer and autumn. Seasonal variation was observed in the structure of fouling diatom communities. Pennate diatoms Cylindrotheca,Nitzschia,Navicula,Amphora,Gomphonema,and Licmophora were the main fouling groups. Cylindrotheca sp. dominated in the spring. Under laboratory culture conditions,we found that Cylindrotheca grew very fast,which might account for the highest density of this diatom in spring. The lower densities in summer and autumn might result from the emergence of fouling animals and environmental factors. The Cylindrotheca sp. was identified as Cylindrotheca closterium using18 S rDNA sequencing. The colonization process of fouling diatoms and significant seasonal variation in this study depended on environmental and biological factors. Understanding the basis of fouling diatoms is essential and important for developing new antifouling techniques.     

海洋污损细菌群落结构及其发酵液中化学成分的研究

从烟台附近海域通过挂板取样获得了污损微生物膜样品。利用高通量测序鉴定其中细菌有假交替单胞菌(Pseudoalteromonas sp.),芽孢杆菌(Bacillus sp.),盐单胞菌(Halomonas sp.),嗜冷杆菌(Psychrobacter sp.),肠杆菌(Enterobacter sp.)。通过对微生物膜污损细菌进行发酵培养,结合天然产物分离纯化和核磁共振鉴定技术,共从发酵液中分离并鉴定了9种次级代谢产物,其中4种是二酮哌嗪(Diketopiperazine,DKP)类信号分子,环(脯氨酸-甘氨酸)(1),环(脯氨酸-丙氨酸)(2),环(4-羟基-脯氨酸-亮氨酸)(3),环(脯氨酸-酪氨酸)(4),以及尿嘧啶(5),胸腺嘧啶(6),对羟基苯乙醇(7),十五烷酸(8),邻苯二甲酸二(2-乙基己)酯(9)。研究结果表明,烟台海域污损微生物膜中细菌组成多样,以假交替单胞菌和芽孢杆菌为主;污损细菌产生了多种代谢物,其中包括4种DKP类信号分子,该类物质可能对生物污损的发生具有调控作用,为探究生物污损和生物膜的作用机制奠定了基础。     

AHLs的合成及其对污损硅藻生长的影响

用L-高丝氨酸内酯的氢溴酸盐与酰氯在Schotten-Baumann条件下反应,合成了6种N-酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯类(AHLs)信号分子:N-丁酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯、N-己酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯、N-辛酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯、N-癸酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯、N-十二酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯和N-十四酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯,通过红外、核磁共振仪、气相-质谱联用仪对所有化合物进行了结构表征和纯度分析。同时检测合成的6种化合物对污损硅藻-柱鞘藻(Cylindrothecasp.)生长的影响,结果表明:合成的信号分子除侧链最短的N-丁酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯外,其它在高浓度下均能抑制柱鞘藻的生长,其中C12-HSL和C14-HSL在较低浓度下对柱鞘藻的生长也具有明显的抑制效应。