A culture-dependent survey of thermophilic bacteria from hot springs in Xiamen area in China

Microbes are believed to play important roles in ecosystem function in many environments. The hot springs of Xiamen Island are close to the Xiamen Sea, and may have some characteristics different from those of inland hot springs. Microbes living in the hot springs of Xiamen may have new characteristics. However, little is known about microbial communities of hot springs close to the Xiamen Sea. A cuhure-dependent survey of microbial population in the Xiamen hot springs was pcrformed by using an approach combining total cellular protein profile identification and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. A total of 328 isolates of bacteria were obtained from liquid and sediment samples from the Xiamen hot springs, including neutrophilie thermophilic bacteria and moderately thermophilic acidophiles. Neutrophilic thermophilic bacteria, which grow at a temperature range of 55-90℃ including Rhodothermus marinus (Strain 1) , Thermus thermophilus (Strain 2), Thermus thiopara (Strain 3) , Geobacillus stearothermophilus(Strain 4) , Geobacillus thermoleovorans (Strain 5) , and Pseudomonas pseudoal-caligenes (Strain 6), were recovered by 2216E plates. Moderately thermophilic acidophiles, which can grow at temperatures above 50℃ and a pH range of 1. 8-3.5 such as Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (Strain 8) , Sul-fobacillus acidophilus (Strain 9), and Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans (Strain 10), were isolated on selective solid medium containing sulfur and Fe2+. Among these strains, Rhodothermus marinus, Thermus thermophilus and Geobacillus stearothermophilus are not only thermophilcs, but also halophiles. One bacterium strain (Strain 6) shared 99% nucleotide sequence homology with Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes on the 16S rRNA gene se-quence, but was quite different from Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes in biological characteristics, suggesting that it may represent a novel thermophilic species. Results indicated that various species of neutrophilic thermophiles and moderately thermophilic acidophiles were widely distributed in the Xiamen hot springs and that Rhodother-mus marinus and Thermus thermophilus dominated the cultivable microbial community.     

四川青川ML≥4．0地震前小震短临活动特征

统计2009年1月1日至2011年10月30日四川青川县内8000多个ML≥1．0地震,研究汶川地震后青川县内小震活动的日频次变化和前兆起伏加剧、突跳,与其后48小时内发生的ML≥4．0中强震的对应关系,结果对青川县中强地震发生时间、空间范围的预报分析有一定意义。     

印尼热泉中产嗜热碱性蛋白酶菌株筛选及酶学性质研究

采用MSM寡营养培养基从印度尼西亚Pantai cermin,Kalianda和Banyuwedang三个地区的热泉水样、泥样以及沉积物样品中分离获得细菌菌株,通过检测蛋白酶产生透明圈和福林酚蛋白酶活性测定相结合的方法,从中筛选出1株产嗜热蛋白酶的菌株PBI,该菌株经初步鉴定为短杆菌属(Brevibacillus),并对其酶学性质进行了研究。结果表明,菌株PBI产蛋白酶的最适酶活温度为60℃,最适pH值为8.0～9.0,具有较好的热稳定性和pH稳定性,60℃时酶的半衰期为30min,70℃条件下20min仍保持46.1%的酶活,该酶在pH值为5.0～9.0范围的缓冲液中酶活相对稳定。其产嗜热蛋白酶的酶活力最高可达到60.53U/mL,在100℃条件下仍能保留26.37%的相对酶活。Fe2+,Fe3+,Cu2+和Zn2+对嗜热蛋白酶活性具有明显的抑制作用。该嗜热蛋白酶对EDTA敏感,苯甲基磺酰氟(PMSF)、亮抑酶肽(Leupeptin)、苄眯(Benzamidine)和胃蛋白酶抑制剂(Pepstain A)对该嗜热蛋白酶都有一定的抑制作用,说明其酶活性受到丝氨酸、半胱氨酸残基的影响。结果表明,该菌株是1株具有进一步改造利用价值的产蛋白酶菌株。     

Heavy Minerals and Rare Earth Elements in Coastal and Inland Dune Sands of El Vizcaino Desert,Baja California Peninsula,Mexico

A heavy mineral (HM) study and light and heavy rare earth elements (LREE and HREE) analysis were performed in coastal and inland dune sands, El Vizcaino Desert, Central Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Our study shows high abundances of hornblende and apatite in the El Vizcaino dune sands, suggesting a dominance of granodiorites/intermediate plutonic rocks and marine authigenic phosphorite in the dune sands. There is a relationship between unstable heavy minerals like hornblende, pyroxenes, and sphene, and heavy rare earth elements (HREE) that suggests that unstable heavy minerals are potential carriers of HREE in the dune fields. However, there is a slight depletion of HREE in relation to LREE, especially in one locality of the inland dunes probably associated with the wind regime and weathering of unstable heavy minerals in the sands. Inland, transitional, and coastal dune fields can be observed as different dune provinces by means of grouping HM and REE data in two separate dendograms. It seems that HREE are correlated with fine-grained sand sizes and correlated with high CIA values linked to slightly weathered sands.     

从水井岩大型滑坡表面高温降解喷出物特征到汶川地震天然气体溢出爆炸模型

汶川大地震中XI级烈度区内水井岩滑坡现场等地爆炸声、特大型滑坡现场巨大环形坑和远距离抛射碎石等记录和现象,需给出科学解释。在地震发生后多次现场地质调查和走访、样品采集和多项分析测试及其结果比较等基础上,对主中央断裂F₂控制的下盘陈家坝水井岩大型滑坡体上环形坑周边不同距离范围内散落烧焦残留的硅酸盐和碳酸岩等采样后,开展了物质成分和微观结构分析。结果发现：与原生溶蚀灰岩、薄层煤岩结构和有机质成分不同,这些抛散在滑体表面的样品中富含经强烈高温作用的块石,一些成分以锰碳酸盐岩等为主的暗棕色样品中稠环芳烃是其经历过强烈热作用过程而使有机质发生环化芳构化反应的结果,即样品经过了强烈热降解作用,显示其形成时出现强烈热作用过程和高温裂解现象。结合本区地质构造特征和煤层气分布情况、地震后实施的汶川地震带深钻在穿越主中央断裂带F₂深度处监测到余震过程中甲烷含量异常增高、东河口地震遗址公园发现温泉及天然气溢出等资料和研究结果,讨论了地震诱发的富含甲烷的天然气爆炸,其加剧或伴生着地震次生地质灾害。由此推测：与碳质岩或煤系共存的喀斯特溶洞中封闭煤层气在地震过程中突溢和爆炸燃烧,叠加或放大了地震作用,结果在滑坡堆积体表面残留了多处环形爆炸坑,引发了一些岩块大规模长距离水平抛撒等。研究结果对监测和认识发震断层带在地震过程中天然气爆炸诱发和加剧滑坡灾害有重要意义。     

弹性地基中厚板弯曲问题的无网格LRPIM分析

无网格局部径向点插值方法（LRPIM）的形状函数具有Kronecker delta函数的特性,便于施加位移边界条件,不需要进行特殊地处理。采用局部加权残值法推导了双参数弹性地基中厚板的离散系统方程,利用无网格LRPIM对四边简支和四边固支以及筏式双参数弹性地基中厚板的弯曲问题进行了分析和计算。算例表明,用无网格LRPIM分析弹性地基中厚板问题具有非常灵活和易于实现等优点。     

漠河盆地科学钻探井MK-1地下冷环境中嗜热微生物的多样性分析

在漠河盆地科学钻探井MK-1地下110m冷环境样品中发现大量嗜热微生物存在的证据,针对这些冷环境中的嗜热菌进行了克隆文库分析和分离培养,分别用细菌和古菌16SrDNA引物PCR扩增.结果表明:未发现古菌16SrDNA存在,而嗜热细菌与栖热菌属(Thermus),地芽孢杆菌属(Geoba-cillus)和厌氧芽孢杆菌属(Anoxybacillus)有较近的亲缘关系,通过分离培养分离出3种地芽孢杆菌属(Geobacillus)的细菌,其相似度均为100%.嗜热微生物多存在于地下温暖有机质丰富的生态系统中,了解它们的来源、分布机制及其多样性对于能源和资源的寻找在一定程度上具有指示意义.     

干支60周期及可公度性与江苏—南黄海地区地震预测

根据１５００年以来的地震资料分析,江苏－南黄海地区Ｍ≥５中强震具有显著的干支６０周期性特征,南黄海海域Ｍ≥６强震具有良好的可公度性,并对其基本结构和预测功能进行了研究。未来几年该区依然存在５￣６级地震的危险性,第二活跃幕可能将持续到２００９年前后。     

厦门地区近海温泉嗜热菌的分离、鉴定

嗜热菌是一类特殊的极端环境微生物.本文所用的实验样品采集于厦门地区两个近海温泉的4个不同位点,通过16SrDNA序列分析对所分离到的312株细菌进行了归类总结,鉴定出嗜热栖热菌、嗜热脂肪泥土芽孢杆菌、嗜高温纤维分解菌、泥土芽孢杆菌属、水生栖热菌、假单胞菌属、木糖氧化无色杆菌、uncultured sheep mite bacte-rium、uncultured gamma proteobacterium等9种嗜热菌株,其中嗜高温纤维分解菌和嗜热栖热菌是主要的可培养优势菌群.其生长温度均在60-85℃,中性pH值.从而得出厦门地区近海温泉样品中的微生物生长类群信息,并发现了某些可能的新菌群,有助于了解该地区近海温泉特有环境下的可培养的微生物群落类型.     

滇西北东条带地震围空及条带与中强地震的时空关系

利用1970年1月1日至2008年12月31日云南省地震遥测台网记录的地震目录,对中强以上地震进行余震删除。利用已删除余震的正式目录,研究滇西北东条带中强地震前地震空区及条带的分布情况。1970年以来滇西北东条带共发生31组5.0级以上地震,其中19组地震前存在地震空区、条带现象,占61%。中强地震发生地点与地震前空区、条带分布区域密切相关,在其内部或边缘区域。中强震发生时间与空区和条带结束时间相关,在其结束后半年内发震,对地震短临预测具有一定实际意义。