土法造纸木素降解之探索Ⅲ.嫩毛竹自然发酵过程中的细菌分离鉴定与嫩竹软化菌的筛选

试验证实,嫩毛竹自然发酵过程中的微生物主要是细菌。分离出并纯化了１００株细菌,其中６０株是芽胞杆菌。将分离出的１００株细菌分别接入石灰预处理过的嫩竹,从中筛选出能使嫩竹进一步软化的菌株３株,也均为芽胞杆菌。对这６０株芽胞杆菌进行了形态学及其生理生化特征的鉴定,按Ｐｒｉｅｓｔ氏等（１９８８年）的数值分类系统分类到组,将３株（３０８,３０９,３１０）对嫩竹软化有明显作用的芽胞杆菌的１株（３０８）鉴定到种,认为是短小芽胞杆菌（Ｂ．ｐｕｍｉｌｕｓ）。另外４０株非芽胞杆菌参阅《伯杰氏系统细菌学手册》第１卷和第２卷,鉴定到科或属,有微球菌、葡萄球菌、李氏杆菌、不动杆菌、肠杆菌科等。     

Leakage of mantle helium from the Liaodong Peninsula, China

The isotopic cumpositions of helium have been investigated in hot spring gases sampled from the Liaodong Peninsula. China. The³He/⁴He ratios range from 0.14 Ra (0.14 times the atmospheric³He/⁴He ratio of 1.40 × 10^-6 to 0.72 Ra.³He/⁴He versus⁴He/²⁰Ne ratios and He contents suggest that a small amount of mantle-derived helium reaches the earth’s surface. Helium iwtope ratios of the hot spring gases show a distribution pattern similar to the regional heat flow values, indicating that the positive thermal anomaly occurring in the rtrea is closely associated with the presence of mantle-derived helium. The observations described above provide some significant evidence that the molten magma originating from partial melting of the upper mantle may have intruded into the continental crust along the activity fault. The coupling of the presence of mantle He and heat flow anomalies to seismic activity in studied region seem to imply that there is an internal relationship between mantle degassing and seismic activity.     

Properties of a supercritical superdiffusion and solutions of its corresponding differential equation

The range and the nonextinction property of a supercritical superdiffusion and solutions of its corresponding differential equation are studied. It is pruved that under a suitable condition, the conditioned superprocess of the supercritical superdiffusion is a subcritical superdiffusion.     

Cloning, construction of prokaryotic expression vector and expression ofEscherichia coli cytosine deaminase gene

Cytosine deaminase gene ofEscherichia coli strain H-30 was cloned, and its initiation codon of ‘GTG’ was mutated to ‘ATG’ by PCR. Prokaryotic recombinant expression vector pBV220-CD was constructed. Clone with high enzyme activity were selected by detecting their specific activity of cytosine deaminase. 5-FC(5-FC, 5-fluorocytosine) could induce the lethal toxicity to cells containing active CD gene. DNA sequence analysis indicated that there were 16 altered bases and 5 of them resulted in the alteration of amino acids in predicted peptide by comparing DNA sequence of the clone H-30-CD-11 with high enzyme activity with CD gene reported in Gene Bank.     

薄层色谱法测定戊二酰基-7-氨基头孢烷酸酰化酶的活力

用薄板层析分离ＧＬ＿７＿ＡＣＡ酰化酶反应的产物和底物,然后用薄层扫描仪进行扫描定量,经过与ＧＬ＿７＿ＡＣＡ和７＿ＡＣＡ标准品的薄层扫描相比较,得出酶反应液中的７＿ＡＣＡ浓度,从而计算出ＧＬ＿７＿ＡＣＡ酰化酶的活力     

陕西省被子植物分布新记录及新分类群（Ⅱ）

通过对西北大学生物学系植物标本室收藏标本的研究,发现属于陕西省分布新记录的被子植物２１种、２变种及３新变种,并对它们的名称和分布情况做了报道。     

镰游仆虫Euplotes harpa无性分裂时期形态发生的研究

在显微和亚显微水平上,研究了镰游仆虫Ｅ．ｈａｒｐａ的形态结构及其在无性分裂时期的形态发生。对无性分裂期间各种纤毛器原基的起源和发育作了详细的观察和描述,着重注意了各种纤毛器原基的相互关系和发生的顺序性。同时,对基体在皮层上的“移动”及基体与“基体托架”的关系也作了研究和分析。     

A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

The seeding of an expanse of surface waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean with low concentrations of dissolved iron triggered a massive phytoplankton bloom which consumed large quantities of carbon dioxide and nitrate that these microscopic plants cannot fully utilize under natural conditions. These and other observations provide unequivocal support for the hypothesis that phytoplankton growth in this oceanic region is limited by iron bioavailability.     

Insect motion detectors matched to visual ecology

To detect motion, primates, birds and insects all use local detectors to correlate signals sampled at one location in the image with those sampled after a delay at adjacent locations. These detectors can adapt to high image velocities by shortening the delay. To investigate whether they use long delays for detecting low velocities, we compared motion-sensitive neurons in ten species of fast-flying insects, some of which encounter low velocities while hovering. Neurons of bee-flies and hawkmoths, which hover, are tuned to lower temporal frequencies than those of butterflies and bumblebees, which do not. Tuning to low frequencies indicates longer delays and extends sensitivity to lower velocities. Hoverflies retain fast temporal tuning but use their high spatial acuity for sensing low-velocity motion. Thus an unexpectedly wide range of spatio-temporal tuning matches motion detection to visual ecology.