Adaptations of araphid pennate diatoms to a planktonic existence

Pennate diatoms are monophyletic. Their principal cell wall elements, called valves, are shaped like a ship's hull. Within the pennates, the araphids are paraphyletic; they possess rimoportulae and pore fields located at the valve apices. The pore fields exude mucilage pads with which cells attach to one another to form chains. Many taxa use the pads also for attachment to substrata. Only a few genera are truly planktonic. The main question addressed in this study is whether the planktonic lifestyle is ancestral or derived. Phylogenies inferred from nuclear SSU rDNA gene sequences of diatoms indicated that the attached lifestyle is ancestral among the araphids, whereas a typically planktonic lifestyle seems to have developed at least three times and possibly four times independently. Acquisition of a planktonic lifestyle from benthic ancestry was accompanied by a reduction in the silicification of cell-wall elements, but changes in morphological characters shared by all four clades were not detected. The reason why only three or four araphid pennate clades have adopted a planktonic lifestyle may be related to constraints associated to their sexual reproduction mode. Partner cells of opposite mating type align with one another and produce isogametes. These gametes lack flagella; they move to one another in an amoeboid fashion, which functions well on surfaces, but seems a liability in a turbulent water column. The planktonic lineages must have overcome this constraint, e.g. by sinking to the bottom, or aggregating, to perform sexual reproduction. Members of the four araphid pennate lineages are now common constituents of the plankton, suggesting that they are ecologically successful.     

草鱼白细胞介素6基因克隆与表达分析

白细胞介素6(IL-6)是一个多效的细胞因子,在机体免疫应答、急性期反应以及造血调控等过程中发挥着重要作用。以草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella)为研究对象,采用RT-PCR和Smart RACE技术克隆获得草鱼IL-6(CiIL-6)cDNA序列,CiIL-6的cDNA全长为1 145 bp,包含一个长为702 bp的开放阅读框,能编码233个氨基酸,预测CiIL-6的蛋白质分子质量为26.74 ku,等电点为8.72。其中5'和3'非编码区(UTR)分别为86 bp和357bp。氨基酸同源性分析显示,草鱼和斑马鱼(Danio rerio)的亲缘关系最近,它们的CiIL-6氨基酸同源性高达76%,而与其他物种的同源性均低于30%。RT-PCR的结果显示,CiIL-6在健康草鱼的胸腺、头肾和脾脏表达最高,而在鳃、胃和心脏中的表达量最低。     

一种基于人工免疫的图像分割算法

提出了二维熵图像分割的人工免疫算法。在遥感高分辨率图像上的实验显示,该算法不仅能准确搜索到最优阈值对,而且计算时间只有传统算法的1.8%。该算法也验证了人工免疫思想用于图像分割的可行性和有效性。     

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.     

草鱼种质退化相关SRAP分子标记的筛选

采用相关序列扩增多态性（sequence-reared amplified polymorphism，SRAP）技术分析野生草鱼和家养草鱼，并筛选与草鱼种质退化相关的分子遗传标记。共进行88对引物组合的检测，产生标记数目共计905个。依据标记在群体中出现的频率和变化规律，共筛选出21个可能与种质相关的特异性标记，对这些特异性标记进行测序并将测序结果进行BLAST分析，发现测得片段中有8个片段能在GeneBank中找到同源性较高的序列，而其他片段与数据库中序列的相似性较低。     

不同水分梯度下三江平原湿地漂筏苔草无性系株高生长特性

取三江平原沼泽湿地漂筏苔草(Carexpseudocuraica)无性系种群在生长季(5~9月)进行桶栽实验,设计了6个水分梯度,即持续干旱(土壤含水量S1和S2分别为20%和50%)和持续淹水(S3、S4、S5、和S6的淹水深度分别为0cm、10cm、30cm和50cm)6个水分处理水平,研究了漂筏苔草株高生长变化规律。结果表明:在6月末以前,各水分处理(S1~S6)下株高呈单峰曲线变化,高峰值分别出现在S3、S4和S5处理下。从7月份开始直到生长季末,随着生长时期的延续、土壤湿度的增大和水位的加深株高值不断增加,即株高在S6处理下最大,S1处理下最小。到8月末以后,深水处理S6的株高远远高于其它处理。生长季各水分处理下(S1~S5)的株高增长量均呈单峰曲线变化;在S6状态下株高增长量呈双峰曲线变化。处理S1、S2、S3和S4的植株高度绝对增长速率(HAGR)随着植物生长呈逐渐降低趋势;S5和S6状态下HAGR呈单峰曲线变化。随着水分含量的增加和水位的提高(6~9月),植株高度相对增长速率(HRGR)不断增加,S1处理下最小,S6处理下最大;5月份的HRGR值呈单峰曲线变化。随着植物的生长各水分处理下植株HRGR5月时最大,6~9月依次减小。综合分析认为,漂筏苔草对水分条件的适应性较强,无论是缺水(土壤20%含水量)或淹水环境下均可生长,淹水50cm时更有利于株高的增长,不同水分条件下株高及增长速率变化幅度较大。     

南极长城站空气微生物的分子生态学分析

微生物是气溶胶的重要组成部分。本研究通过收集南极长城站附近气溶胶,构建气溶胶中空气微生物16S rRNA基因文库,发现南极空气微生物具有很高的多样性,93个克隆子包含了53个OTU(Operational Taxonomic Unit),Shannon指数为3.58,Simpson指数为0.04。南极长城站空气微生物的主要细菌类群为Actinobacteria、Cyanobacteria/Chloroplasts、Bacteroidetes、Firmicutes、Planctomycetes、Proteobacteria及Verrucomicrobia等7个门,Proteobacteria门的细菌是优势类群,占长城站空气微生物细菌克隆文库的65.7%。克隆文库中海源微生物序列及陆源微生物序列各占30.1%,说明长城站附近具有较强的海陆大气交换。我们发现有15个克隆子序列与人类活动相关,占总克隆子数的16.1%,说明人类活动已经影响到了长城站的空气微生物群落结构。     

阿特拉津低温降解菌的筛选及降解机理研究

以阿特拉津为唯一氮源, 在低温条件下(10℃),从吉林市污水处理厂的活性污泥中分离、筛选出1株能够高效降解地下水中阿特拉津的菌株W4.通过16S rDNA碱基测序和比对,初步确定该菌为假单胞菌属;通过室内降解条件优化,确定W4的最佳降解条件:初始pH范围为7～9,最佳碳源为蔗糖和乳糖,最佳碳源加入量为0.4 g/L.在最佳降解条件下,W4对初始质量浓度为34 mg/L、22 mg/L和10 mg/L的阿特拉津的生物降解反应符合零级反应动力学方程,对初始质量浓度为5 mg/L的阿特拉津的生物降解反应符合一级反应动力学方程.GC/MS分析结果显示,菌株W4降解阿特拉津遵循氯水解途径,代谢产物为2-羟基-4-乙胺基-6-异丙胺基-1,3,5-三嗪.     

Study on the breeding technology of heterosis seedling of Laminaria and new combinations

After continuous breeding gametophyte of Laminaria, then breaking protonema, heterosis seedling is got by bilineal hybridization. The result shows that the weight-increasing rate of female and male gametophyte clone cells are 14.03% and 13.87%, after 16 d crossbreeding, the rate of ovulation is up to100%; the length of juvenile sporophyte after 40 d breeding is 2-3 cm. By fanning on the sea, a hybrid combination is primarily screened.     

Chromosomal localization of the major ribosomal RNA genes in scallop Chlamys farreri

1IntroductionThe class bivalvia includes many well-knownmarine invertebrate species because they play impor-tant roles in aquaculture.Most cytogenetic studies ofbivalvia have focused primarily on chromosome num-ber and gross morphology(Insua et al.,1998).…