Detection of Ureaplasma diversum in the upper airways of Australian feedlot cattle

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) exerts a major impact on the beef cattle industry nationally and worldwide, with a range of aetiological factors impacting its pathogenesis. Previous research has focussed on an increasing number of bacteria and viruses that have been shown to play a role in eliciting disease. Recently, additional agents have been emerging as potential contributors to BRD, including the opportunistic pathogen Ureaplasma diversum. To determine if U. diversum was present in Australian feedlot cattle and if that presence was linked to BRD, nasal swabs were collected from a cohort of 34 hospital pen animals and compared to 216 apparently healthy animals sampled contemporaneously at feedlot induction and again after 14 days on feed at an Australian feedlot. All samples were subjected to a de novo polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay targeting U. diversum in combination with other BRD agents. U. diversum was detected at a low prevalence in cattle at induction (Day 0: 6.9%, Day 14: 9.7%), but in a significantly greater proportion of cattle sampled from the hospital pen (58.8%). When considering the presence of other BRD-associated agents, co-detection of U. diversum and Mycoplasma bovis was most common in hospital pen animals receiving treatment for BRD. These findings suggest that U. diversum may be an opportunistic pathogen involved in the aetiology of BRD in Australian feedlot cattle, in combination with other agents, with further studies are warranted to identify if a causal relationship exists.     

氘标记稻瘟酯的合成及其杀菌活性

氘标记农药作为探针或者内标在农药代谢、毒理研究或者农药残留分析中发挥着重要作用。由于动力学同位素效应,C-D键比C-H键更为稳定,因此氘标记农药可能具有更长的半衰期,以及对非靶标生物更小的毒性。稻瘟酯是一种对水稻恶苗病和稻瘟病有良好防治效果的农用杀菌剂。本项研究利用单电子转移还原氘化反应和氘标记中间体,成功合成了4个不同位点被选择性氘代的稻瘟酯,其中3个化合物未见文献报道,并对其进行了杀菌活性测试。离体杀菌活性测试结果显示,上述4种氘代稻瘟酯对水稻稻瘟病菌和水稻恶苗病菌均具有良好的生物活性,与未被标记的稻瘟酯无显著差异。氘标记稻瘟酯未来可作为代谢、毒理研究的探针及农药残留分析中的内标。     

东京野茉莉花色成分的初步研究

对东京野茉莉花色成分进行了初步的探究。结果表明:通过特征颜色反应和光谱扫描说明了其花瓣细胞内有异黄酮、儿茶精类,还有叶绿素a、b,可能含有胡萝卜素、黄酮类化合物,以及无色花色素,可能不含查耳酮或橙酮。     

A comparison of changes in stable isotope ratios in the epidermal mucus and muscle tissue of slow‐growing adult catfish

Although stable isotope analysis is a powerful tool for determining diet, migration patterns and the structure of food webs in aquatic systems, the slow response of isotopic ratios in the widely used muscle tissue often hampers this approach, particularly in slow‐growing or adult fishes. We conducted a diet‐switch experiment to compare the changes in the stable carbon isotope ratio (δ¹³C values) in the epidermal mucus and muscle tissue of five‐year‐old catfish (Silurus asotus). The isotope ratios in noninvasively sampled mucus changed more rapidly than those in the muscle tissue. As isotopic change in mucus was relatively rapid, this technique can be used over a finer timescale than traditional isotopic analyses using the muscle tissue. The isotopic change half‐life in our experimental condition was 200 days, which would not be short enough for some research purposes. Examining mucus along with the muscle would enable food habits of slow‐growing fishes to be determined over different timescales. However, the rate of isotopic change in the mucus was negatively affected by the size of fish and was slower than the previously reported rates in juvenile steelhead. These findings suggest that mucus turnover rates need to be determined prior to the field data interpretation.     

马铃薯卷叶病毒PLRV RT-LAMP检测方法优化

马铃薯卷叶病毒Potato leafroll virus(PLRV)是目前严重影响马铃薯产量与品质的主要病毒之一,给马铃薯产业造成巨大损失。本研究采用环介导等温核酸扩增(loop-mediated isothermal amplification, LAMP)技术建立PLRV的RT-LAMP检测方法。采取单因素变化试验,对RT-LAMP反应体系中多个因素包括引物组合、温度条件及Mg~(2+)、betaine、Bst 3.0 DNA聚合酶、dNTPs、UNG、SYBR GreenⅠ和引物组合的浓度进行一系列试验和优化。采用RT-PCR检测方法进行平行比对试验,对优化后的RT-LAMP反应体系进行了验证。结果表明,最佳引物组合为P3,最适反应温度62℃,25μL反应体系中,Mg~(2+)、betaine、Bst 3.0 DNA聚合酶和UNG的最佳终浓度分别为4 mmol/L、0 mmol/L、0.64 U/μL和0.08 U/μL,dNTPs的最佳用量为1μL(dATP、dGTP、dCTP各0.4 mmol/L,dUTP 1.2 mmol/L),SYBR GreenⅠ(20×)的最佳用量1μL,primer mix的最佳用量2.5μL(PLRV-FIP/BIP、PLRV-F3/B3和PLRV-LF/LB的浓度分别为0.8、0.2μmol/L和0.6μmol/L),RNA模板1μL(2 ng/μL),加DEPC-H_2O至25μL,反应时间50 min。优化后的RT-LAMP检测结果与RT-PCR一致,且可视化判读结果。因此,建立的PLRV RT-LAMP检测方法为进一步开发RT-LAMP检测试剂盒及其实际应用奠定了基础。     

烟草氨基酸代谢及其调控机制

综述了植物氨同化以及烟草中苯丙氨酸代谢、脯氨酸代谢、美拉德反应及其与烟叶风味和品质关系的研究进展,并分析了环境因素对烟草氨基酸代谢的影响,为深入研究氨基酸对烟叶品质和风味影响的机制奠定了基础。     

The Method of Diagnosing Brain-dysfunction Based on Membership Function and BP Neural Network

Membership functions.formed with the characteristic values obtained by applying the continuous reaction time (CRT) theory from controls and heptic encephalopthy and proposedin this paper.whith these membership functions,the CRT data to be diagnosed are calculated in advance,and then discriminated by BP meural network to differentiate patients with or without braindysfunction.The troubles of low accuracy and efficiency,encountered in training BP network withfuzzy samples.scattered data and extended samples,are solved.     

Inheritance of resistance to Fusarium wilt in Indian lentil germplasm (Lens culinaris Medik.)

Summary Three lentil genotypes resistant to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lentis viz. Pant L 234, JL 446 and LP 286 were crossed with two susceptible ones. The hybrid plants were all resistant in the eight crosses evaluated. Segregation pattern for wilt reaction in F₂, BC(P₁), BC(P₂) and F₃ generations in field and glasshouse conditions indicated that resistance to Fusarium wilt is under the control of two dominant duplicate genes in Pant L 234 and two independent dominant genes with complementary effects in JL 446 and LP 286. A third dominant gene complementary to the dominant genes in JL 446 and LP 286 is present in two susceptible lines. Allelic tests suggest the presence of five independently segregating genes for resistance. Duplicate dominant genes in Pant L 234 are non-allelic to two dominant genes with complementary effects in LP 286 and JL 446 and the third gene complementary to the two genes in JL 446 and LP 286 in susceptible lines JL 641 and L 9–12. Gene symbols among parental genotypes have been designated.