Distribution of helminths in the digestive tracts of New Zealand freshwater eels 1. Distribution of digeneans

The distributions of Stegodexamene anguillae and Telogaster opisthorchis in Anguilla dieffenbachii and A. australis studied over two years are described. Peak occurrence of S. anguillae was in the anterior intestine, declining posteriorly, except for mature flukes under crowded conditions in A. dieffenbachii which predominated in the mid intestine, declining anteriorly and posteriorly. Peak occurrence of T. opisthorchis was in the rectum of A. australis and posterior intestine of A. dieffenbachii; occurrence declined anteriorly. Distributions appeared to be maintained by selective site segregation. Flukes moved down the tract, with or without subsequent loss, in both host species held live or examined after death. T. opisthorchis were lost before S. anguillae, and the larger mature flukes of both parasite species were lost before the less mobile immature flukes. Fluke loss from electric‐fished A. dieffenbachii was more rapid than from netted A. australis. Chilling and freezing retarded movement in, and evacuation from, dead hosts.     

仿真学中觅食原理在图像分割中应用的研究

在介绍单细胞细菌和蜜蜂习性基础上,引入了趋化性移动的概念,并将其用于解决图像分割问题,阐述了新图像分割方法的具体过程。通过对航空影像的分割实验,给出了质量评价。对比结果表明,该方法是有潜力的图像分割方法。     

急性盐度胁迫对缢蛏肠道菌群结构及功能的影响

盐度是水产动物肠道微生物稳态的重要影响因子,其对水产动物的生长和健康有着重要影响。缢蛏（Sinonovacula constricta）是一种埋栖类的滩涂养殖贝类,常受到盐度波动的影响。然而,盐度是否对缢蛏肠道组织及其肠道菌群造成不利影响尚不清楚。为此,本研究设置了低盐（5）、正常盐度（20）和高盐（35）3个不同的盐度胁迫组,分别在胁迫前（正常盐度20,0 d）和胁迫15 d后收集缢蛏样品,利用组织病理学、16S rRNA高通量测序技术以及PICRUSt2工具对各处理组样品的肠道组织结构、菌群构成及其潜在功能进行比较分析。结果显示,15 d的急性盐度胁迫对缢蛏肠道组织造成了不同程度的损害,表现为细胞空泡、组织坏死和绒毛杂乱等。在所有组中共鉴定到712个细菌操作分类单元（OTUs）,其中共有OTUs占细菌总数的6.2%。低盐和高盐胁迫下缢蛏肠道主要优势菌分别隶属于γ-变形菌纲（γ-Proteobacteria）和α-变形菌纲（α-Proteobacteria）。急性盐度胁迫改变了肠道细菌α-多样性,且在低盐组中物种丰富度最低。低盐和高盐胁迫下缢蛏肠道细菌群落结构均发生了显著改变（p < 0.002）,同时伴随肠道菌群种间互作的降低。3种盐度胁迫下缢蛏肠道菌群组装的生态过程主要是确定性过程,而在低盐胁迫下其确定性过程有所降低。功能预测结果表明,急性盐度胁迫显著改变了缢蛏肠道菌群介导的营养物质和能量代谢等相关的功能通路丰度,而与免疫相关的功能通路丰度在高盐组中显著升高。本研究结果表明,急性盐度胁迫可引起缢蛏肠道发生病理损伤并伴随肠道菌群及其潜在功能的明显改变,这些改变可能影响缢蛏的健康。     

一株产海藻糖合成酶南极海洋低温细菌的鉴定

从南极普里兹湾海域海水中分离到一株产海藻糖合成酶的海洋低温细菌BSw10041,革兰氏阴性,杆状,有极生鞭毛,能运动,菌落半透明。进行了常规生理生化和BIOLOG GN2细菌鉴定系统测试,结果表明菌株BSw10041与恶臭假单胞菌(Pseudomonas putida)的表型特征非常相似。为了进一步确定菌株BSw10041的分类学地位,测定了其16S rDNA序列,分析了相关细菌相应序列的同源性,构建了系统发育树,结果表明BSw10041与P．putida的亲缘关系最近。综合上述结果,菌株BSw10041可鉴定为Pseudomonas putida,定名为Pseudomonas putida BSw10041。     

Phototrophic activity and redox condition in Lake Hamana, Japan, indicated by sedimentary photosynthetic pigments and molybdenum over the last ∼250 years

We analyzed photosynthetic pigments, total organic carbon (TOC), biogenic silica, and Mo, a redox-sensitive element, in ²¹⁰Pb-dated sediment cores to reconstruct the historical changes in primary productivity and anoxia in the central basin of Lake Hamana, a brackish lake in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, over the last 250 years. The algal photosynthetic pigments we analyzed included chlorophyll a (and its derivatives), chlorophyll b (and its derivatives), and carotenoids such as -carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, diatoxanthin, fucoxanthin, alloxanthin, and -carotene. Marker pigments for phototrophic sulfur bacteria were also recorded, including okenone and bacteriopheophytin a, originating from Chromatium (a genus of purple sulfur bacteria), and isorenieratene and bacteriochlorophylls e ₁, e ₂ and e ₃ (and corresponding bacteriopheophytins) from brown Chlorobium (a brown-colored group of green sulfur bacteria). The occurrence of these pigments throughout the length of all cores indicates that the anoxia in Lake Hamana has existed over at least the last 250 years. The indicators related to primary productivity – TOC and pigments of aerobic and anaerobic phototrophs – and an indicator of anoxia, Mo, increased after 1860, indicating that productivity had increased in both the oxic and anoxic (sulfidic) zones. The depth profiles of the indicators in the sediment cores showed that among phototrophic sulfur bacteria, Chromatium preferentially increased relative to brown Chlorobium when the lake productivity was high, and hence high anoxia existed in the lake. This can be explained by a shallowing of the oxic/anoxic boundary zone due to changes in temporal and/or spatial extents of seasonal anoxia, which made the light intensity in the upper anoxic zone high enough for Chromatium to grow. The upper Chromatium layer may absorb the wavelengths of light that favor the growth of brown Chlorobium in the water column, resulting in a relative decrease in brown Chlorobium. During the 1950s, the trends among the indicators changed significantly. This change is attributed to the construction of training walls, built to direct tidal currents into the lake, on the Imagire-guchi Channel, the sole inlet of seawater to the lake, during 1954–1956, and the resultant increases of seawater intrusion and lake salinity. A decrease in okenone and bacteriopheophytin a, or in okenone/isorenieratene ratio, after 1960 accompanying a decrease in Mo, is attributed to a deepening of the anoxic zone, where the light intensity became too low for growth of Chromatium, more light-demanding than the brown Chlorobium. A decrease of zeaxanthin (cyanobacteria) after 1960 relative to lutein (green algae) and diatoxanthin (diatoms and dinoflagellates) indicated a change in algal assemblage, presumably due to the increased salinity. Principal component analysis with a data set of total algal carotenoids, okenone, isorenieratene, and Mo also suggested that a major change occurred around the 1950s.     

Characterization of the halophilic archaeal community in saltern crystallizer ponds by means of polar lipid analysis

Saltern crystallizer ponds are coloured red due to the presence of dense communities of red halophilic archaea (family Halobacteriaceae). Little quantitative information exists on the species distribution within the archaeal community in such ponds. As the different genera of the Halobacteriaceae differ in polar lipid content, and especially in the types of glycolipids, lipid analysis can be used to obtain information on the nature of the organisms present. Analysis of the polar lipids extracted from the biomass collected from the saltern crystallizer ponds in Eilat, Israel, showed one major glycolipid to be present, co-chromatographing with the sulfated diglycosyl diether lipid characteristic of the genusHaloferax. No indications were found for the presence of significant amounts of those glycolipids that would indicate the presence of large numbers of other archaea such asHalobacterium species (H. cutirubrum andH. salinarium, characterized by sulfated triglycosyl and tetraglycosyl diethers), orHaloarcula species (possessing a triglycosyl diether). Phosphatidyl glycerosulfate, a polar lipid absent inHaloferax species, was present in the lipid extract from the crystallizer ponds, suggesting that the dominant microorganism present may be related to strains which are presently classified in the genusHalobacterium but are awaiting a taxonomic reappraisal (H. sodomense, H. saccharovorum, andH. trapanicum). Organisms of the latter group are characterized by sulfated diglycosyl diethers, and the presence of phosphatidyl glycerosulfate. Attempts to isolate the dominant type of bacterium on agar plates yielded relatively low counts (1–2 orders of magnitude lower than the numbers observed microscopically) of bacteria, and most of the isolates had a polar lipid composition characteristic of theH. salinarium group or theH. sodomense-H. saccharovorum-H. trapanicum group.     

细菌膜囊泡在海洋生态系统中的研究现状及展望

膜囊泡是一类由细菌释放并携带复杂蛋白质、核酸、信号分子等重要信息物质的生物纳米颗粒,参与了水平基因转移、群体感应、生物膜形成等多种生理生化活动。海洋中的细胞膜囊泡可能是除噬菌体和细菌之外的第三大生物实体,其介导的跨越物种的细胞间通讯对海洋生态系统而言有重要意义。然而,我们对膜囊泡在海洋生物圈中具体的生态角色与生物功能所知甚少。因此,本综述从细菌膜囊泡在海洋微生态、海洋共生体系中的作用及其物质流转对生态系统的影响等方面开展讨论,分析了目前细菌膜囊泡在海洋生态功能研究中尚未解决的科学问题,并对未来的研究方向进行了展望。     

A Study of Chromium Adsorption on Natural Goethite Biomineralized with Iron Bacteria

Goethite, especially biogenic goethite, has high specific surface area and great capacity for the adsorption of many contaminants including metal ions and organic chelates. Chromium is a redox actively toxic metal ion that exists as either Cr^Ⅲ or Cr^Ⅵ in nature, and as such it is essential to understand its behavior of adsorption on natural goethite mineralized by iron bacteria, as Gallionella and Leptothrix in water body. The adsorption of Cr^3＋ and Cr^Ⅵ on naturally biomineralized goethite is studied in this paper. The results show that both Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isothermal models are able to accurately describe the adsorption of these two ions. Investigation of SEM/EDS, TEM/EDS indicates that the two ions do not adsorb homogeneously on goethite owing to the different microstructures of goethite, and that the microspherical goethite has a greater adsorption capacity for chromium ions than the helical one. XPS data show that redox reaction of chromium on the surface of biomineralized goethite takes place in the adsorption of both Cr^3＋ and Cr^Ⅵ. The CrvI adsorbed on biogoethite is much easier to transform into CrIII than the oxidization of Cr^Ⅲ on the bio-goethite.     

珠江口表层沉积物nirS型反硝化微生物多样性

本研究以nirS基因为分子标记,将PCR、克隆文库构建与测序和典范对应分析相结合,对珠江口表层沉积物nirS型反硝化微生物的群落多样性进行了研究。3个站位共获得180个nirS基因克隆子,隶属于62个OTUs,氨基酸序列的相似性在50%—100%之间。各站位OTU分布格局差异明显,范围在19—33之间,表现出高度的多样性。系统进化分析表明,62个OTUs形成了5个类群,分别与河口、海洋沉积物、海岸养殖排放废水、富营养化海湾及海水养殖沉积物等的反硝化微生物聚类在一起,表明珠江口作为海淡水交汇区具有独特的反硝化微生物群落分布格局,同时也指示了珠江口氮污染及富营养化程度。典范对应分析结果表明,盐度、氮相关营养盐水平(PON/TN、NH4-N、NO-N和NO-N)可能是影响其分布格局的重要因素。     

砂岩储层中原油微生物降解的模拟实验研究

模拟辽河冷东-雷家地区的砂砾岩储层条件，采用该地区的正常原油，在３０℃恒温和充氧下以及有营养元素的水溶液中，进行了原油喜氧微生物降解实验。实验表明，经微生物降解后，原油的化学组成发生了较大变化，饱和烃含量下降，沥青质、非烃含量上升；水溶液的ｐＨ值下降，并在其中检测出了有机酸，可见在微生物的代谢过程中，原油中的烃类分子被部分转化为水溶性含氧酸性产物。降解实验的油样与取自同一地区的两个重质原油饱和烃气相色谱图比较，两者在组成上极其相近，其结果说明辽河油田的重油成因，是原油遭受了喜氧微生物的降解。实验对微生物降解过程的动力学进行了初步研究。微生物对饱和烃馏分中不同化合物的降解序列为:短链正构烷烃、长链正构烷烃、异构烷烃、环状烷烃。但当各组分间的浓度发生较大变化时，降解序列会有所不同。