Lipid-like material as the source of the uncharacterized organic carbon in the ocean?

The composition and formation mechanisms of the uncharacterized fraction of oceanic particulate organic carbon (POC) are not well understood. We isolated biologically important compound classes and the acid-insoluble fraction, a proxy of the uncharacterized fraction, from sinking POC in the deep Northeast Pacific and measured carbon isotope ratios to constrain the source(s) of the uncharacterized fraction. Stable carbon and radiocarbon isotope signatures of the acid-insoluble fraction were similar to those of the lipid fraction, implying that the acid-insoluble fraction might be composed of selectively accumulated lipid-like macromolecules.     

Development of the Artificial Antigens for the OrganophosphorusInsecticide Chlorpyrifos

This study reported that the hapten of the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos, O,O-diethyl-O- [3,5-dichloro-6- (2-carboxyethyl) thio-2-pyridyl] phosphorothioate (named AR) wassynthesized by using technical grade chlorpyrifos reacted with 3-marcapropanoic acid in hotalkaline solution. The hapten was conjugated to bovine serum albumin (BSA) with the modifiedactive ester method to form artificial immune antigen. The ratio of AR:BSA was 39:1. Theartificial coating antigen for chlorpyrifos was synthesized by conjugating AR to ovalbumin(OVA) with the mixed-anhydride method, and the ratio was 13:1. The anti-chlorpyrifos polyclonalantibodies were obtained by using the artificial immune antigen (AR-BSA) to immune in therabbits.     

The Influence of the Verticillium dahliae Kleb Infection on the Anti-Enzyme Inside the Body of the Cotton with Different Root Injured Degree

This study was to explore the influence of the Verticillium dahliae Kleb inflection on the anti-enzyme inside the body of the cotton with a different root injured degree. When the cotton seedling was long, with four leaves, it was flushed with water carefully, and then the following were obtained: (1) complete root seedling; (2) cut root seedling - by cutting off the lower part, 3-5 cm of the root, with a disinfected knife; (3) injured root seedling - by cutting off most of the side roots, but keeping the main root. Three kinds of cotton seedlings with different roots were immersed separately in different concentrations of the germ liquid (V. dahliae) of 20 mL each. Through 0-48 h, the wilt degree of the seedling was recorded, and the related anti-enzyme of the variety was measured. After being immersed in the germ liquid, there was a significant difference in the wilt degree of the three kinds of injured root. When the germ liquid was in the ratio of 1:10, the complete root seedling was the lightest with no wilt; the injured root seedling was the second with a 2-degree wilt; but the cut root seedling was the most serious with a 3-degree wilt. At the same time, the changes in the peroxidase and malondialdehvde activities were determined.Peroxidase (POD) activities in the cut root seedling were 38.2 U mg-1 min-1, in the injured root seedling were 42.96 U mg-1 min-1, and in the complete root seedling were the highest at 49.2 U mg-1 min-1. The malondialdenvde (MDA)content in cut root seedling was 39.483 mmol g-1, injured root seedling was 27.12 mmol g-1, and the complete root seedling was only 3.845 mmol g-1. The activity of the related anti-enzymes, such as POD was high or low, the quantity of the MDA was more or less, which they met the order of the harm of the seedlings. The change of SOD activities in cut root seedling was the most obvious as well. After injuring and inflecting the young roots, the exterior pathological reaction of the seedling and the dynamic state biochemical reaction of the related enzymes inside the plant body were studied. It showed that the plant exterior pathology responded to the test, with the internal biochemical reaction fitting together mutually.     

Has the microbiota played a critical role in the evolution of the adaptive immune system?

Although microbes have been classically viewed as pathogens, it is now well established that the majority of host-bacterial interactions are symbiotic. During development and into adulthood, gut bacteria shape the tissues, cells, and molecular profile of our gastrointestinal immune system. This partnership, forged over many millennia of coevolution, is based on a molecular exchange involving bacterial signals that are recognized by host receptors to mediate beneficial outcomes for both microbes and humans. We explore how specific aspects of the adaptive immune system are influenced by intestinal commensal bacteria. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that mediate symbiosis between commensal bacteria and humans may redefine how we view the evolution of adaptive immunity and consequently how we approach the treatment of numerous immunologic disorders.     

Does the trigger for abrupt climate change reside in the ocean or in the atmosphere?

Two hypotheses have been put forward to explain the large and abrupt climate changes that punctuated glacial time. One attributes such changes to reorganizations of the ocean's thermohaline circulation and the other to changes in tropical atmosphere-ocean dynamics. In an attempt to distinguish between these hypotheses, two lines of evidence are examined. The first involves the timing of the freshwater injections to the northern Atlantic that have been suggested as triggers for the global impacts associated with the Younger Dryas and Heinrich events. The second has to do with evidence for precursory events associated with the Heinrich ice-rafted debris layers in the northern Atlantic and with the abrupt Dansgaard-Oeschger warmings recorded in the Santa Barbara Basin.     

The Study on the Analysis Method of the Experiment Result of the Partition Compares Method Designing

讨论了间比法设计试验结果常规分析方法所存在的问题,提出了理论对照的概念及计算公式。采用试验结果与理论对照(CK’)直接比较的分析方法,可以有效解决常规分析方法存在的误判问题。