Assembly of the subcellular parts of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bryopsis hypnoides</Emphasis> Lamouroux into new protoplasts

The chloroplasts, mitochondria, and protoplasm devoid of mature chloroplasts (PMC) of Bryopsis hypnoides Lamouroux were isolated by low-speed and sucrose density centrifugation. The PMC aggregated in artificial seawater, and then protoplasts without mature chloroplasts (PtMCs) were formed. Transmission electron microscopy and cytochemical studies indicated that there were mitochondria, nuclei, vesicles, and other small cell organelles in the PtMCs. Scanning electron microscopy showed that there were holes on the surface of 1-h PtMCs and then fewer holes on the surface of 24-h PtMCs, suggesting that a healing process occurred. The plasma membrane was formed over the surface of the PtMCs. However, the cell wall was not regenerated, and the newly formed PtMCs were ruptured and died in 3 days. Light intensity during alga maintenance before use influenced significantly (one-way ANOVA, P < 0.0001) on the number of PtMCs formed; the highest number of PtMCs was formed at 20μmol/(m² s). When isolated chloroplasts were transferred into seawater, there were only two or three chloroplasts aggregated together. However, isolated mitochondria and the mixed six layers of cell organelles (separated by sucrose density centrifugation) could not aggregate in the artificial seawater. This indicates that the conjunction of cell organelles is important for their aggregation. Published in Russian in Fiziologiya Rastenii, 2009, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 123–130. The text was submitted by the autors in English.     

可乐茄叶肉原生质体培养再生植株

本文报道茄属果树可乐茄（ＳｏｌａｎｕｍｑｕｉｔｏｅｎｓｅＬａｍ．）叶肉原生质体的分离、培养及植株再生。幼嫩叶片原生质体经酶游离、纯化后,以１×１０４个／ｍｌ密度培养于稍加改良Ｋ８ｐ（附加２,４－Ｄ０．５ｍｇＬ（－１）、ＮＡＡ１．０ｍｇＬ（－１）和ＢＡ０．５ｍｇＬ（－１））的培养基中,三天后开始分裂,一周分裂３—４次。一个月形成小细胞团,植板率为０．１—０．２％,小细胞团转培养于ＭＳ＋２,４－Ｄ０．５ｍｇＬ（－１）上增殖后进行分化。原生质体来源愈伤组织在ＩＡＡ（０．１—１．０ｍｇＬ（－１））与ＢＡ或ＺＴ组合的培养基中能诱导器官发生,芽分化率最高可达４２．９％;但ＩＡＡ、ＢＡ、ＺＴ三者一起使用未见任何器官分化。小芽在ＭＳ＋ＩＡＡ０．２ｍｇＬ（－１）中生根成植株。可乐茄叶肉原生质体的植株再生,可应用于育种和茄属植物遗传工程研究。     

茄子子叶原生质体再生可育植株

将茄子子叶原生质体放在0.75％纤维素酶R-10、0.2％半纤维素酶Rhozyme和0.2％果胶酶溶液中分离。原生质体在培养基中诱导出小愈伤组织。愈伤组织在Ms+2mg/l KT+0.005mg/l NAA+2％蔗糖的固体培养基中,一个月后分化出芽。芽生长至3—4厘米高,转接在Ms+0.1mg/l 1AA+1％活性炭+2％蔗糖的培养基上,一个星期后可长出根,继而形成完整植株。随后移栽至灭菌的混合土壤中长到开花结果。     

空间细胞电融合关键技术的地基研究——烟草细胞的电融合

本文针对建立空间细胞电融合技术存在的三个主要问题进行了研究。结果表明,用低温(4℃)、融合介质(0.55 mol/L甘露醇)并添加0.1%纤维素酶保存原生质体,72 h内可以使约94%细胞维持无壁状态,同时并未使细胞丧失再生能力,基本满足从地面制备亲本细胞到在微重力条件下进行电融合,对亲本细胞保持无壁状态的要求。为减少剪切力环境对亲本细胞造成的损伤,一方面用超速离心方法对亲本细胞之一去液泡,另一方面用电泳代替蠕动泵混合亲本细胞。而且,由于原生质体壁生长与其膜电位之间存在负相关性,因此利用电泳方法可以有效地富集和优化亲本细胞。根据地面实验结果推测,空间有/无液泡亲本细胞电融合的较适合参数可能为:交流电场强度90V/cm,频率0.8 MHz,排列时间20 s,直流脉冲1.0—1.3 kV/cm,幅宽40μs,两次脉冲。     

氮磷营养盐影响海水浮游硅藻种群组成的初步研究

用实验生态学方法研究了氮磷营养盐对近岸海洋硅藻组成的影响?结果表明,氮磷营养盐浓度及其比例可能对海水 游硅藻组成有着明显的影响,氮磷营养盐浓度越高,氮磷化离Ｒｅｄｆｉｅｌｄ比越远,硅藻种类越少,Ｓｈａｎｎｏｎ指数越低,这一结果在对虾养殖池浮游植物的观测中得到初步验证。     

白腐真菌原生质体制备和再生条件的研究

对影响白腐真菌(5．776)原生质体制备和再生的条件：包括菌龄、水解酶液的种类及浓度、酶解温度、酶解时间、再生培养基的稳渗剂的选择进行了研究。通过单因素比较分析和正交实验得到最适合的白腐真菌原生质体制备和再生条件。结果表明：当菌龄为58h,采用1%纤维素酶和1%蜗牛酶(2：1)混合液,酶解温度30℃,酶解时间180min,用0．7mol/L氯化钠作渗透压稳压剂,白腐真菌(5．776)原生质体的形成数和再生率均比优化前大为提高,原生质体形成量为8．36×10~5个/mL,原生质体再生率为9．12%。     

Diatoms from surface sediments of the northern part of Lake Tanganyika

227 Diatom taxa were observed in the surface sediments of the northern part of Lake Tanganyika, including 1 new to science: Amphora tanganyikae. The diatom community of these sediments is mainly composed of benthic organisms while planktonic diatoms are rather rare. Many brackish-water and a few marine organisms were observed. Cosmopolitan organisms (77.1%) dominate the diatom flora but tropical, tropical African and African taxa are also well represented (22.9%)Deceased.Deceased.     

Using laser scattering to identify diatoms and conduct aggregation experiments

Laser in situ scattering and transmissometry (LISST) instruments are used to measure particle size distributions (PSDs) and volume concentrations in water. For populations of regularly shaped non-spherical particles, such as phytoplankton, the PSD produces a ‘scattering signature’ that corresponds to the shape of the particles. The objectives of this research were to describe the scattering signatures of six diatom species and to determine whether LISST instruments can be used as a tool to measure the aggregation of diatoms into larger particles. The scattering signatures of Chaetoceros muelleri var. subsalsum, Coscinodiscus wailesii, Thalassiosira weissflogii, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Skeletonema costatum and S. marinoi were measured. The scattering signatures of individual species were consistent over time in batch culture and there were clear differences between species in terms of peak location, peak width, and relative peak height in the PSD. LISST was used to non-destructively follow the formation of diatom aggregates in the laboratory. Both rolling and warming cultures of S. costatum caused the cell chains to form aggregates, resulting in a change in the PSD, with a shift in peak position towards larger size bins. These experiments showed that the scattering signatures of unaggregated diatom species are conservative and that LISST instruments are useful tools to investigate the factors affecting diatom aggregation and disaggregation, with potential applications both in the laboratory and field.     

发根农杆菌附着植物细胞的离子效应

本文将光学显微镜、电镜技术和附着定量分析方法结合起来,研究了发根农杆菌各菌株附着烟草叶肉原生质体的离子效应。实验结果表明:发根农杆菌不同菌株对共培养基离子强度的敏感性有差异。菌株R1000附着植物细胞及其引起植物细胞的聚集对离子强度不敏感,而菌株A4和15834则非常敏感;农杆菌对植物细胞附着的多寡与其引起植物细胞的聚集程度有相关性;共培养基中Mg~(2 )、Mn~(2 )等二价刚离子(不包括Ca~(2 ))是农杆菌附着所必需的;植物凝集素ConA显著地促进了附着和植物细胞与细菌聚集团的形成。从菌株A4附着植物细胞的进程可以看出,附着至少是两步的过程:第一步主要是离子力的相互作用,是第二步附着发生的前提;第二步是位点专一的特异性附着,不可逆。发根农杆菌对植物细胞的附着机制不同于根癌农杆菌。     

The influence of light quality on the development of the brown algae Petalonia and Scytosiphon

Petalonia fascia (O. F. Müll.) Kuntze, P. zosterifolia (Reinke) Kuntze and Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngb.) J. Ag. have been cultured in white, blue and red light of equal quantum irradiance at 15°C. Hairs, knot-filaments and Ralfsia-like crusts were formed only in blue light, whereas the prostrate system of red-grown plants consisted entirely of sparingly-branched and mostly uniseriate filaments. The production of erect thalli from the prostrate system was controlled or stimulated by red light, but these erect thalli became fertile only in the presence of blue light. All three species exhibited all of these types of response, although specific differences in the degree of certain types of response were observed.     

SOME ASPECTS OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN STEPHANODISCUS NIAGARAE (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)1

Valves of S. niagarae var. niagarae Ehr. and S. niagarae var. magnifica Fricke from geographically dispersed sediment and plankton collections were observed by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (LM and SEM). Measurements made by LM can be arranged so that means and ranges of diameter, areolar density, or strial density intergrade from one population into the next. Mean diameter is negatively related to increasing areolar and strial densities. No unique features observable by SEM distinguish the two described varieties. Thus, S. niagarae var. magnifica, having large diameter valves with low areolar and strial densities, may represent one end of a trend in overall variation in S. niagarae. At the opposite extreme are the populations with small valves and high areolar densities which are often erroneously referred to as S. astraea. Type material of S. niagarae lies intermediate to these forms. Three populations considered in this study have distinct morphological characteristics. Valves from Yellowstone Lake sediments have spine placements distinctly different from valves of all other populations. Specimens from Lake Superior have nearly flat central areas. Ribs of valves from Grand Traverse Bay (Lake Michigan) are covered with granules.     

Flavonol content of guard cell and mesophyll cell protoplasts isolated from Vicia faba leaves

Guard cells of the lower epidermis of leaflets of Vicia faba L. cv. Weißkernige Hangdown contain several kaempferol 3,7-O-glycosides. This was demonstrated for the first time by the use of isolated, highly purified guard cell protoplasts for flavonol estimation and quantitation. From a total of ca 12 kaempferol glycosides, three were identified by comparative thin layer chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography as kaempferol 3-O-glucoside 7-O-rhamnoside (major component), 3-O-rhamnogalactoside 7-O-rhamnoside and 3,7-O-bisglucoside (minor components). On average, the total flavonol content was estimated to be 85 fmol protoplast⁻¹. From comparative investigations including alkaline-induced (green) fluorescence characteristics of flavonols and UV-microscopical studies we suggest that kaempferol glycosides are present in guard cells and epidermal cells in similar quantities, and that these compounds are in the vacuole.
By contrast, mesophyll protoplasts have a low flavonol content (one sixth that of guard cells). In spite of the different total flavonol contents, individual components of each cell-type are the same. However, they show differences in their quantitative distribution.