厦门沿岸海域杂色鲍中产琼胶酶菌株的筛选及其酶学性质的研究

琼胶酶在食品工业中的多糖降解中有着重要的作用,其经济价值日益凸显,从海洋生物中筛选琼胶酶菌株是获得琼胶酶的一种重要途径.从厦门沿岸海域养殖杂色鲍鱼体内分离得到5株产高效琼胶酶的菌株,其中最高的酶活力达到133.5 U/dm3.经16S rRNA序列分析表明这5株菌株分别属于弧菌属（Vibrio）和假交替单胞菌属（Pseudoa lteromonas）.采用DNS法对这些菌株所产的琼胶酶进行酶学性质研究,结果显示这些酶的最适作用温度均为50℃,最适作用pH值为7.0;Na＋可使A017菌株所产的琼胶酶酶活力提高5倍,Fe2＋对A007、A008、A010、A021菌株所产的琼胶酶酶活力有明显的抑制作用.     

海洋细菌QY202产κ-卡拉胶酶的分离纯化和性质研究

为获得高效降解卡拉胶菌株,从青岛太平角海域采集的角叉菜表面分离到1株高产κ-卡拉胶酶的海洋交替假单胞菌(Pseudoalteromonas sp.)QY202,经硫酸铵沉淀、脱盐、DEAE阴离子交换层析等步骤从该菌株发酵液上清中分离纯化得到1种专一性降解κ-卡拉胶的κ-卡拉胶酶,并研究了该酶的基本酶学性质.结果表明该酶被纯化了23.1倍,回收率为43.9%,分子量大小为33.2 kDa.酶的最适反应温度为40 ℃,最适反应pH为8.0,在0～40 ℃,pH=7.0～8.0之间酶活力较稳定.酶对底物κ-卡拉胶的米氏常数Km值为1.6 mg/mL.Na~+、K~+对酶活有促进作用,而Hg~(2+)、Cu~(2+)强烈抑制酶的活性.酶解κ-卡拉胶的主产物为硫酸新κ-卡拉二糖和硫酸新κ-卡拉四糖.     

海洋假单胞菌纤溶酶的酶学性质的研究

从一株海洋假单胞菌中分离制备出一种具有纤溶活性的酶 ,对其酶学性质进行实验研究结果显示 :该酶的分子量是 2 1k D,等电点是 7.4～ 7.5 ;最适作用 p H是 8.0 ,最适作用温度是 5 0℃。该酶具有降解苯甲酰 - L -精氨酸乙酯盐酸盐 (BAEE)的活性 ,酶的动力学分析表明 :Km =0 .87mmol/ L,Vmax=1.80× 10 -3 mmol/ L s-1。     

印尼热泉菌产热稳定褐藻胶裂解酶的酶学性质研究

以印尼热泉菌为材料,采用以褐藻酸钠为唯一碳源的培养基筛选产褐藻胶裂解酶的菌株,通过16S rDNA序列对产酶菌株进行种属鉴定,并通过硫酸铵沉淀、离子交换层析和凝胶过滤层析从高产酶菌株Aly-B5发酵液上清中纯化获得褐藻胶裂解酶,并对该酶的酶学性质进行了研究。结果表明:高产酶菌株经鉴定为Bacillus属;聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE)显示纯化的褐藻胶裂解酶Aly-B5分子量为45kDa,该酶最适作用温度为65°C,75°C时的半衰期为110min,最适pH为7.0;Zn~(2+)、Mg~(2+)、Fe~(2+)对酶活具有明显的抑制作用,但该酶对乙二胺四乙酸(ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid,EDTA)并不敏感;同时,底物特异性实验表明Aly-B5是一种偏好降解聚古罗糖醛酸(poly G)的双功能裂解酶,降解产物主要是二糖。该酶优良的耐热性使其在海藻高值化利用领域具有潜在的应用前景。     

产新琼四糖的海洋微泡菌属AG1热稳定性β-琼胶酶的过量表达与鉴定

从微泡菌属AG1（Microbulbifer sp. AG1）克隆得到1302 bp大小的琼胶酶基因,该基因编码产物为一个成熟蛋白（413个氨基酸残基）外加一个信号肽（20个残基）。将不含信号肽片段的琼胶酶在E. coli BL21 （DE3）中进行了异源表达和纯化。使用琼脂糖作为底物,该重组琼胶酶的最适反应温度和pH分别为60℃和7.5。该重组酶表现出优良的热稳定性,在50℃和60℃下处理1 h,重组琼胶酶仍能分别保持67%和19%的残余酶活力。除了SDS,重组琼胶酶对于其他测试的抑制剂、去垢剂和尿素变性剂有着较好的抗性。利用薄层色谱和以对硝基苯-α/β-D-吡喃半乳糖苷为底物的酶活力分析结果表明,该重组琼胶酶为β型琼胶酶,它水解琼脂糖的主要终产物为新琼四糖,而且不同聚合度的酶解产物具有抗氧化活性。     

一株海藻多糖降解菌的分离鉴定及产酶条件优化

从大型褐藻藻体分离获得一株具有高效降解琼胶和褐藻胶能力的革兰氏阴性菌菌株ST-6。16S rDNA序列分析结果表明,该菌株与海绵假单胞菌的相似度达到99%,NJ法构建系统进化树也与海绵假单胞菌归为一类,鉴定为海绵假单胞菌Pseudomonas pachastrellae ST-6。在2216E培养基、30℃培养条件下,海绵假单胞菌ST-6的生长曲线表明,接种10~48 h为菌株的指数生长期,48~72 h为生长稳定期。产酶结果表明,菌株ST-6在指数生长期时菌液的胞外琼胶酶相对酶活力较高,在接种48 h时,菌液的琼胶酶相对酶活力最高为249.15 U/m L。此外,发现菌株ST-6的琼胶酶和褐藻胶酶的分泌类型分别为非诱导型和诱导型。采用单因素分析法对其生长和产酶条件进行分析,结果表明,海绵假单胞菌ST-6最适生长条件为:温度25~35℃,33值5~9;最适产琼胶酶条件为:温度30℃,33值为7,琼胶浓度0.3%。最适产褐藻胶酶条件为:温度35℃,33值为9。在温度30℃、339和褐藻酸钠浓度0.15%的培养条件下,海绵假单胞菌ST-6获得最高胞外褐藻胶酶相对酶活力为135.54 U/m L。     

褐藻酸降解酶的制备及其性质研究

通过培养褐藻酸降解菌交替单胞菌(Alteromonas sp．)菌株H-1使其产酶，研究了该酶的性质。结果表明，该菌在25℃培养72h时产酶量最高。褐藻酸酶作用的最适底物质量分数为1％～2％。最适pH值为7．5，最适反应温度为40℃，温度升高酶活力急剧下降。     

产甲壳素酶菌株HD001的发酵条件研究及酶的分离纯化

通过对降解甲壳素菌株 HD001 的发酵条件研究,确定了其产甲壳素酶最适培养基组分为 ( w/v ):( NH4 ) 2SO4 2.0%, NaCl 0.5%, K2HPO4 0.07%, KH2P O4 0.03%, MgSO4·7H2O 0.05% 以及葡萄糖 0.1%、酵母粉 0.3% 和胶体甲壳素 1.5%;最适产酶培养条件为:培养基起始 pH 值 6.0,培养温度 30 ℃,培养时间 120 h,发酵液酶活力达 376.2 U/mL.采用硫酸铵分级盐析、DEAE-纤维素离子交换层析、Sephacryl S-100 凝胶过滤层析对该酶进行纯化后,SDS-PAGE电泳显示单一条带,其相对分子质量约为 85.7 kDa.     

嗜琼胶华美菌芳基硫酸酯酶的克隆表达及在琼胶脱硫中的初步应用

芳基硫酸酯酶具有断裂硫酸酯键的功能,并可应用于酶法脱除琼胶上的硫酸基,提高凝胶强度,改善琼胶性能.为了发掘能用于琼胶脱硫的新型芳基硫酸酯酶,本研究根据嗜琼胶华美菌(Formosa agariphila)KMM 3901的基因组注释信息,筛选出了一段芳基硫酸酯酶编码序列OUC-FARS6,并在大肠杆菌中对其进行异源表达,研究该酶的酶学性质,初步探究其在琼胶脱硫中的作用.研究表明,该酶的分子量大小为63 kDa,以对硝基苯硫酸酯(pNPS)为底物反应90 min时的最适温度为45℃,最适pH为9.0.Na+和K+对酶活有促进作用,大部分金属离子、SDS和Na2 EDTA都可抑制该酶酶活.动力学结果显示,该酶的Km值为32.63μmol/L,Vmax值为9.25μmol/(L·min).将琼胶与该芳基硫酸酯酶共同孵育后,琼胶内部空隙变小,呈现出较好的空间网状结构.本研究成功发掘了一个新型芳基硫酸酯酶,该酶具有应用于琼胶脱硫的潜力,同时建立了利用该酶进行琼胶脱硫的催化体系.     

海洋弧菌QJH-12发酵产琼胶酶条件的优化

从中国南海海域分离到了一株具有较高琼胶降解活性的弧菌Vibrio sp.QJH-12,该菌株为革兰氏阴性菌,呈弯曲杆状,极生单根鞭毛,氧化酶阳性,过氧化氢酶阳性,O/129试验阳性。在琼胶平板上生长可软化琼胶,并在菌落周围产生凹陷。通过单因子实验和正交实验确定了培养基的最佳组成:琼胶2.0‰,柠檬酸三铵1.0‰,K2HPO41.0‰,NaCl1.0%。确定该菌株的最适发酵产酶条件:装液量为250mL的三角瓶中装入125mL的液体发酵培养基,培养基起始pH6.5,摇瓶转速150r/min,30℃发酵培养26h,发酵液的酶活力达到332U/mL。结果表明,该菌株从产酶活力和发酵特点等各方面具备工业化开发的潜力。     

Microbial Biomass and Organic Nutrients in the Deep-Sea Sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin

In order to assess the impact of deep-sea mining on the in situ benthic life, we measured the microbial standing stock and concentration of organic nutrients in the deep-sea sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin in the Indian pioneer area. Sediments were collected using box core and grab samples during September 1996. The total bacterial numbers ranged from 10 10 -10 11 cells per g -1 dry weight sediment. There was a marginal decrease in the number of bacteria from surface to 30 cm depth, though the subsurface section registered a higher number than did the surface. The highest numbers were encountered at depths of 4-8 cm. The retrievable number of bacteria were two orders less in comparison with the direct total counts of bacteria. An almost homogeneous distribution of bacteria, total organic carbon, living biomass, and lipids throughout the depth of cores indicates active microbial and benthic processes in the deep sea sediments. On the other hand, a uniform distribution of total counts of bacteria, carbohydrates, and total organic carbon in all the cores indicates their stable nature and suggests that they can serve as useful parameters for long-term monitoring of the area after the benthic disturbance. Further studies on temporal variability in this region would not only verify the observed norms of distribution of these variables but would also help to understand restabilization processes after the simulated benthic disturbance.     

Assessing the Validity of Seismo-Acoustic Predictor Equations for Obtaining Seabed and Sub-Surface Sediment Physical Properties

The interdependence between the seismo-acoustic properties of a marine sediment and its geotechnical/physical parameters has been known for many years, and it has been postulated that this should allow the extraction of geotechnical information from seismic data. Though in the literature many correlations have been published for the surficial layer, there is a lack of information for greater sediment depths. In this article, a desktop study on a synthetic seafloor model illustrates how the application of published near-surface prediction equations to subsurface sediments (up to several tens of meters burial depth) can lead to spurious predictions. To test this further, acoustic and geotechnical properties were measured on a number of sediment core samples, some of which were subjected to loading in acoustically-equipped consolidation cells (oedometers) to simulate greater burial depth conditions. For low effective pressures (representing small burial depths extending to around 10 meters subsurface), the general applicability of established relationships was confirmed: the prediction of porosity, bulk density, and mean grain size from acoustic velocity and impedance appears generally possible for the investigated sedimentary environments. As effective pressure increases through, the observed relationships deviate more and more from the established ones for the near-surface area. For the samples tested in this study, in some instances increasing pressure even resulted in decreasing velocities. There are several possible explanations for this abnormal behavior, including the presence of gas, overconsolidation, or bimodal grain size distribution. The results indicate that an appropriate depth correction must be introduced into the published prediction equations in order to obtain reliable estimates of physical sediment properties for greater subsurface depths.     

A Review of Some Environmental Issues Affecting Marine Mining

This article reviews information recently available from existing marine and coastal mining for responses to environmental issues affecting marine mining at different depths. It is particularly but not exclusively concerned with those issues affecting seabed biodiversity impact and recovery. Much information has been gathered in the past 10 years from shallow mining operations for construction aggregate, diamonds, and gold, from coastal mines discharging tailings to shallow and deep water, and from experimental deep mining tests. The responses to issues identified are summarized in a series of eight tables intended to facilitate site-specific consideration. Since impacts can spread widely in the surface mixing layer SML, and can affect the biologically productive euphotic zone, the main issues considered arise from the depth of mining relative to the SML of the sea. Where mining is below the SML, the issue is whether it is environmentally better to bring the extraction products to the surface vessel for processing (and waste discharge), or to process the extraction products as much as possible on the seabed. Responses to the issues need to be sitespecific, and dependent on adequate preoperational environmental impact and recovery prediction. For deep tailings disposal from a surface vessel, there are four important environmental unknowns: (1) the possible growth of "marine snow" (bacterial flocs) utilizing the enormous quantities of fine tailings particles (hundreds or thousands of metric tons per day) as nuclei for growth, (2) the possibility that local keystone plankton and nekton species may migrate diurnally down to and beyond the depth of deep discharge and hence be subjected to tailings impact at depth, (3) the burrow-up capability of deep benthos and their ability to survive high rates of tailings deposition, and (4) the pattern and rate of dispersion of a tailings density current through the deep water column from discharge point to seabed. Actions to obtain relevant information in general and site-specifically are suggested.     

Increased Particle Fluxes at the INDEX Site Attributable to Simulated Benthic Disturbance

Particle fluxes were measured 7 m above the sea bottom during the predisturbance, disturbance, and postdisturbance periods by using time series sediment traps attached to seven deep-sea moorings deployed in the INDEX experiment site in the Central Indian Basin. The predisturbance particle fluxes varied between 22.3 to 55.1 mg m -2 day -1 . Increased and variable particle fluxes were recorded by the sediment traps during the disturbance period. The increase observed was 0.5 to 4 times more than the background predisturbance fluxes. The increases in particle fluxes (~4 times) recorded by the sediment trap located in the southwestern direction (DMS-1) were the greatest, which could be the result of preferential movement of resuspended particles generated during the deep-sea benthic disturbance along the general current direction prevailing in this area during the experimental period. Also, the traps located closer to the disturbance area recorded greater fluxes than did the traps far away, across the Deep Sea Sediment Resuspension System path. This variability in recorded particle fluxes by the traps around the disturbance area clearly indicates that physical characteristics such as grain size and density of the resuspended particles produced during the disturbance had an important effect on particle movement. The postdisturbance measurements during ~5 days showed a reduction in particle fluxes of ~50%, indicating rapid particle settlement.     

Geoacoustic Inversion via Genetic Algorithm and Its Application to Manganese Sediment Identification

An acoustic inversion method using a wide-band signal and two near field receivers is proposed and applied to multiple layered seabed models including a manganese sediment. The inversion problem can be formulated into a probabilistic model comprised of signals, a forward model, and additive noise. The forward model simulates wide-band signals, such as chirp signals, and is chosen to be the source-waveletconvolution plane wave modeling method. The wavelet matching technique, using weighted least-squares fitting, estimates the sediment sound-speed and thickness on which determination of the possible numerical ranges for a priori uniform distribution is based. The genetic algorithm is applied to a global optimization problem to find a maximum a posteriori solution for determined a priori search space. Here the object function is defined by an L 2 norm of the difference between measured and modeled signals. Not only the marginal pdf but also its statistics are calculated by numerical evaluation of integrals using the samples selected during importance sampling process of the genetic algorithm.     

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中桩周土强度弱化研究

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中,桩周土体受到强烈扰动而发生强度弱化,掌握桩周土体强度弱化规律对于准确预测打桩过程、保证工程安全具有重要意义。为研究土体强度弱化规律,开展了环剪试验模拟打桩对桩周土体的扰动,测试土体强度随剪切速率的变化规律,建立了描述土体强度弱化规律的拟合公式,引入到打桩分析软件中。研究结果表明：土体的强度折减程度不仅与土体本身的性质有关还受到土体的埋深和剪切速率的影响,埋深越深土体强度折减程度越低,剪切速率越高土体强度折减越高,在打桩分析中可采用这里推荐的线性折减方法来模拟不同深度处土体强度的折减规律。     

Determination of In Situ Sediment Shear Strength from Advanced Piston Corer Pullout Forces

The advanced piston corer (APC) has been used by the Ocean Drilling Program since 1985 for recovering soft sediments from the ocean floor. The pullout force measured on extracting the core barrel from the sediment is shown to correlate with the average shear strength of the sediment core measured in the ship's laboratory. A simple rule of thumb is derived relating the shear strength of the sediment to the pullout force. Multiple APC holes at individual sites allow the consistency of the pullout measurements to be assessed. The effects of different operational procedures during APC coring are also explored. Although generally applicable, the correlation between pullout force and laboratory measurements of shear strength breaks down for some APC holes, possibly because of the disturbance of some sediment types during the APC coring process. A better understanding of the physical process of APC coring, and its effect on the properties of the sediment both inside and immediately outside the core barrel, would indicate what confidence can be put on the measurement of pullout force as a way of evaluating the in situ shear strength of deep sea sediments.     

Interannual Sea Level Variations and Annual Tides in the Northwestern Pacific

Specific properties of the interannual sea level variations and annual tides in the Northwestern Pacific were studied. Several tide stations were monitored. The monthly mean sea level for the year of 1995 was analyzed at each tide station. A seismic event in 1995, some tectonic activity around the subject area, and the Kuroshio (the oceanic western boundary current) may possibly contaminate results which would have occurred from the astronomical annual tide alone.     

Flow Cytometric Analysis of Coastal Lagoon Bacterioplankton and Picophytoplankton: Fixation and Storage Effects

The effect of different fixation and storage protocols on the flow cytometric (FCM) simultaneous analysis of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton in coastal seawater samples (Mediterranean coastal lagoons) was investigated. FCM measurements (cell number, fluorescence and scatter characteristics) were obtained through DAPI staining. Three fixatives [glutaraldehyde (GA), formaldehyde (FA) and paraformaldehyde (PFA)] and two storage (3 months duration) methods (5 °C and −196 °C) were tested. Two dominant populations were detected in studied samples: bacteria and eukaryotic picophytoplankton. Adding fixatives (2% final concentration) appears necessary to obtain FCM exhaustive counts of all the bacteria and phytoplanktonic cells. This was related to the permeation effect of fixatives which allowed a better DAPI staining of the cells. Maximum fluorescence, i.e. optimal staining of the cells was obtained with FA or PFA, and significant lower fluorescences with GA. Fixed samples stored at 5 °C induced rapid cell loss. Only storage in liquid nitrogen of samples fixed with FA or PFA, allows mid-term (≥4 months) preservation of bacteria or picophytoplankton cell numbers, and limited evolution of DAPI-induced fluorescence and scatter characteristics.