植物病原菌凝集素用于筛选生防木霉菌

提取并纯化了番茄早疫病、黑根霉、棉花立枯病菌和黄瓜灰霉病菌等8个植物病原菌菌株的凝集素，试验观察凝集素与供试19个木霉菌株的凝集反应效价，结果表明除番茄早疫病外，木霉菌分生孢子不同浓度悬浮液与植物病原菌产生的凝集素均有凝集反应，并且木霉菌分生孢子与病原菌凝集素的凝集反应效价与木霉菌对其防效有显相关性，统计分析表明镰刀菌产生的凝集素与木霉菌的凝集反应效价与木霉菌对它的防效具有显相关性．因此可以利用凝集素筛选木霉高效生防菌株．     

DNA sequences from the quagga, an extinct member of the horse family

To determine whether DNA survives and can be recovered from the remains of extinct creatures, we have examined dried muscle from a museum specimen of the quagga, a zebra-like species (Equus quagga) that became extinct in 1883 (ref. 1). We report that DNA was extracted from this tissue in amounts approaching 1% of that expected from fresh muscle, and that the DNA was of relatively low molecular weight. Among the many clones obtained from the quagga DNA, two containing pieces of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were sequenced. These sequences, comprising 229 nucleotide pairs, differ by 12 base substitutions from the corresponding sequences of mtDNA from a mountain zebra, an extant member of the genus Equus. The number, nature and locations of the substitutions imply that there has been little or no postmortem modification of the quagga DNA sequences, and that the two species had a common ancestor 3-4 Myr ago, consistent with fossil evidence concerning the age of the genus Equus.