我国近海中度嗜盐菌的分离筛选及其产酶多样性分析

为了解我国近海中度嗜盐菌系统发育多样性及产酶特性,从天津、山东、江苏、福建、海南等地近海采集样品为研究对象,分离筛选得到108株中度嗜盐菌,其中有26株至少产一种酶。通过对其形态特征、生理生化、16SrRNA基因序列及系统进化树进行分析,将26株菌鉴定为细菌域的Halomonas、Idiomarina、Virgibacillus、Pontibacillus、Oceanobacillus、Halobacillus和Marinilactibacillus属的菌株。它们与相应属的模式菌株16SrRNA基因序列相似性在97%~100%不等,其中有些菌株可能代表不同的分类单元。底物特异性试验表明,分离的26株中度嗜盐菌13株产蛋白酶,19株产淀粉酶,13株产酯酶,4株产纤维素酶。其中6株产3种酶,11株产2种酶。研究结果表明中度嗜盐菌具有系统发育和产酶多样性,同时蕴藏着较多新的微生物类群,为嗜盐微生物资源应用开发提供了参考。     

Interactions of bacteria with diatoms: influence on natural marine biofilms

Interactions between microfouling components influence the biofilm community and the cascading events, thus playing an important role in the biofouling process. Bacteria and diatoms are among the dominant forms reported in biofilms. Experiments were carried out with natural marine biofilms from a tropical monsoon‐influenced environment to evaluate the interactions between bacteria and diatoms through application of antibiotics (streptomycin and chloramphenicol). Overall, chloramphenicol inhibited diatom communities, whereas streptomycin did not. These antibiotic‐mediated changes in the fouling diatom community were consistent across the seasons. However, the rates at which the fouling communities changed depended on the initial species composition. It was also observed that elevated nutrient concentrations overrode the inhibitory effect of chloramphenicol. Maximum Vibrio enhancement was observed in the enriched conditions during the pre‐monsoon and unenriched conditions during the monsoon (with naturally elevated background nutrient concentrations), highlighting the relevance of nutrient concentrations for Vibrio spp. This has interesting implications for antibiotic‐mediated interactions between fouling diatom and bacterial communities under differing nutrient regimes. Although this study indicates the relevance of ‘cross‐talk’ at the microfouling level, understanding the effects of additional microbial products (e.g. bacteriocins and peptidoglycan) on these community‐level interactions will represent a step forward.     

海洋环境中甲烷厌氧氧化机理及环境效应

作为全球碳循环的重要环节之一,甲烷厌氧氧化作用（Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane,AOM）不仅是微生物生态学领域最具科学魅力、充满学术争议的问题之一,也是调节地质历史时期地球环境和气候变化的重要因素之一。近年来,针对包括海洋在内的各种环境中的AOM展开了大量的研究,然而迄今为止,对该反应的运作机制仍缺乏足够了解,其中包括该作用对海洋环境和气候系统在过去、现在和未来的影响机理和程度问题,这说明对于甲烷最重要汇的了解还存在着盲区。以现代海洋地质环境中的AOM为研究对象,综述了其产生机理、反应底物、电子受体、以及涉及到其中的微生物等方面的最新研究成果,探讨了该作用对于地球环境、气候的影响意义及地质学启示,并尝试展望了需要进一步研究的几点方向,希望藉此能引起广大研究者的兴趣与重视。     

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Ice melt water from a 22.27 m ice core which was drilled from the East Rongbuk Glacier, Mt.Everest was incubation in two incubation ways:plate melt water directly and enrichment melt water prior plate,respectively.The abundance of cultivable bacteria ranged from 0-295 CFU mL^-1 to 0-1720 CFU mL^-1 in two incubations with a total of 1385 isolates obtained.Comparing to direct cultivation, enrichment cultivation recovered more bacteria.Pigment-producing bacteria accounted for an average of 84.9%of total isolates.Such high percentage suggested that pigment production may be an adaptive physiological feature for the bacteria in ice core to cope with strong ultraviolet radiation on the glacier.The abundances of cultivable bacteria and pigment-producing isolates varied synchronously along deplh:higher abundance in the middle and lower at the top and bottom.It indicated that the middle part of the ice core was hospitable for the microbial survival.Based on the physiological properties of the colonies,eighty-nine isolates were selected for phylogenetic analysis.Obtained 16S rRNA gene sequences fell into four groups:Firmicutes,Alpha-Proteobacteria,Gamma-Proteobacteria, and Actinobacteria,with the Firmicutes being dominant.Microbial compositions derived from direct and enrichment cultivations were not overlapped.We suggest that it is a better way to explore the cultiiiable microbial diversity in ice core by combining the approaches of both direct and enrichment cultivation.     

Relationship of Sediment-Biochemistry,Bacterial Morphology,and Activity to Geotechnical Properties in the Central Indian Basin

Distribution of biochemical properties, morphological and functional characteristics of bacteria in the extreme sedimentary environment of the Central Indian Basin (CIB) was examined in relation to geotechnical properties and sediment texture. Interrelationships between these parameters in siliceous northern sediments were compared to southern pelagic clay to understand relationships and to appreciate mining implications. Clay impacted lipids negatively and silt positively in the south. Geotechnical properties had the opposite influence on the distribution of coccoidal and rod forms of bacteria. Rods were affected negatively by water content/porosity and positively by wet bulk density in the north suggesting their preference for deeper niches. Shear strength affected coccoidal distribution negatively in the south. Competition for labile substrates by coccoidal forms in the surface layers could also have restricted the rods to the deeper regions. Principal component analysis (PCA) further strengthened our inference that the distribution of rod forms increased with depth. Enzymatic properties of bacterial isolates also showed that the rods were able to degrade substrates like gelatin and DNA. These observations suggest that they are capable of degrading relatively more recalcitrant compounds in the deeper layers. The minor components, like the rod morphotypes and sand content, could wield a large influence on the variability of other parameters.     

Biodiversity and Screening of Moderately Halophilic Bacteria with Hydrolytic and Antimicrobial Activities from Yuncheng Salt Lake,China

正1 Introduction Yuncheng Salt Lake is an old lake with a history of more than 5000 years,which locates in the margins of the central plains of China,with an area of about 130 km.It was an important resource of salt for human consumption from early times.Major chemicals in Yuncheng Salt Lake contain Na Cl,Na2SO4 and Mg SO4(Gao et al.2007).In recent years,some halophilic bacteria and archaea were     

Microbiota of Salt Lakes as Food for the Brine Shrimp Artemia

正The brine shrimp Artemia is often abundantly found in hypersaline environments.The larvae(‘nauplii’)hatching from its dormant embryos(‘cysts’)are a crucial live food item for the larval stages of fish and shrimp in aquaculture     

Squid mandibles from the stomachs of sperm whales (physeter catodon l.) captured in the cook strait region of New Zealand

The lower mandibles of squid in the stomachs of two sperm whales examined at the Tory Channel whaling station in 1963–4 were separated into 11 types according to a system of grouping devised by the authors and based on a key drawn up by M. R. Clarke.     

Bacterial abundance and production in different water masses around South Island,New Zealand

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Bacterial numbers and production were measured in the upper water column in the winter and spring of 1993 in five water masses surrounding the South Island of New Zealand. Average bacterial numbers and production were found to be higher in spring (8.5 × 10⁵ cells ml^?1 and 0.20 mg m³ h^?1, respectively) than winter (5.5 × 10⁵ cells ml^?1 and 0.05 mg C m³ h^?1 respectively). Bacterial production was strongly correlated with chlorophyll a and primary production (P < 0.001) in spring but not in winter. Spring bacterial production and at 10 m depth averaged across 28 stations was 23% of primary production, and with a growth efficency of 40%, may have consumed up to 57% of primary production. Bacterial biomass was greater than phytoplankton biomass for 75% of the 10 m depth comparisons during winter sampling and 44% during the spring sampling. The bacterial biomass was found to represent 24.6–33.5% of the nitrogen in particulate organic matter (<200 μm) supporting the concept that in New Zealand oceanic water masses bacteria are of significant biogeochemical importance.     

Microbial enzymatic response to catchment‐scale variations in supply of dissolved organic carbon

A suite of exoenzyme activities was assayed in three New Zealand streams draining pasture, native forest, and a pine catchment. There were differences among catchments in activity of three of the five enzymes assayed (cello‐biohydrolase, N‐acetylglucosaminidase, and dihydroxylphenylalanine oxidation). A principal components analysis (PCA) demonstrates that patterns of enzyme activity can be used to separate the three stream types. An experimental addition of algal‐leachate, leaf‐litter leachate, and high dissolved organic carbon (DOC) water from a small seep also resulted in marked shifts in epilithic enzyme activities 1 day after DOC additions. Oxidative enzymes showed a particularly strong response to additions of humic DOC. As for the field samples, a PCA showed large differences among treatments indicating that exoenzyme patterns can be used to examine which DOC sources predominate in different streams. Application of this approach to describing differences among streams will require detailed seasonal sampling together with longer‐term experiments.