美味侧耳五种酶的同工酶谱在不同菌体组织中的变化

比较了美味侧耳不同菌体组织中５种酶的同工酶谱变化。酯酶（Ｅ５Ｔ）和苹果酸脱氢酶（ＭＤＨ）在子实体中的酶带数和活性均高于液培菌丝。过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）的情况则正好相反。乙醇脱氢酶（ＡＤＨ）和山梨醇脱氢酶（ＳＯＤＨ）的酶带只在子实体中发现。酶谱随子实体部位而变异的进度同酶种类有关，ＰＯＤ变化较大，ＥＳＴ和ＭＤＨ较不明显，ＡＤＨ和ＳＯＤＨ没有变化。本实验结果为今后以这５种酶为生化遗传标记研究美味侧耳提供了基础依据。     

三种幼虫外寄生蜂蛋白酶含量与离体培养饲料的关系

在离体培养幼虫外寄生蜂过程中，发现不同的蜂对饲料中的蛋白质及游离氨基酸的含量有不同的要求，本文对麦蛾茧蜂（Ｂ．ｈｅｂｅｔｏｒ），矛茧蜂（Ｏ．Ｐｌａｌｉａｔｕｓ），管氏肿腿蜂（Ｓ．ｇｕａｎｉ）的蛋白酶活性，饲料中蛋白质及游离氨基酸含量进行了测定．实验表明：蛋白酶含量低的蜂，饲料中含高游离氨基酸及低蛋白；蛋白酶含量高的蜂，饲料中含低游离氨基酸及高蛋白。     

Sensitivity,specificity, and predictive values of reagent test strip estimations of blood urea nitrogen

Azostix-reagent-tests(R) strips (Ames, Miles, Inc., Diagnostic Division, Elkhart, IN) were used to measure blood urea nitrogen values in blood samples from 125 dogs and cats at the North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Results of the tests were compared with standard serum urea nitrogen results. Sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive values were high (86.4, 90.3, and 96.5%, respectively). Positive predictive value was low, 65.5% of the dogs and cats with elevated blood urea nitrogen values were correctly classified as abnormal The test performs well when the prevalence of abnormal values is near 50%.     

稻瘟菌激发子CSB I专化性及相关性质研究

 以一套水稻抗稻瘟病近等基因系为材料,接种稻瘟菌(Magnaporthe grisea)细胞壁来源的糖蛋白激发子CSB I,其诱导植保素的积累在高度非亲和性互作水稻远高于亲和性互作水稻;研究同时表明,CSB I可专化性诱导完全非亲和性互作和高度非亲和性互作水稻的过敏性坏死反应;表明该激发子具有小种-品种专化性。经热、胰蛋白酶和过碘酸钠处理后的生物活性检测结果表明,CSB I的活性位点为糖基部分。经pH稳定性检测,CSB I在酸性及相对弱碱性条件下较稳定;而在强碱性条件下,激发子活性下降较多,甚至完全丧失。对CSB I诱导活性的有效浓度测定表明,激发子诱导水稻叶片酶活性升高的最低有效浓度为0.07~0.70 nmol/L。     

Does sand content in spawning substrate result in early larval emergence? Evidence from a lithophilic cyprinid fish

The spawning success of lithophilic salmonids is strongly influenced by the fine sediment content (“fines”) of spawning substrates, yet knowledge on the impacts of fines on the spawning of non‐salmonid lithophiles remains limited, despite their ecological and socio‐economic importance in European rivers. Consequently, the aim here was to use an ex‐situ experiment to investigate the impact of sand content on egg survival and timing of larval emergence of the surface‐spawning cyprinid European barbel Barbus barbus. Thirty incubator boxes within a recirculating system were filled with one of five experimental sediment mixtures (0%–40% sand by mass) that each contained 300 fertilised eggs at a depth of 50 mm. Emerged, free‐swimming larvae were captured and counted daily to assess grain‐size effects on larval survival and emergence. Specifically, total proportion of emerged larvae, cumulative daily proportion of emerged larvae and time required to reach 50% emergence were measured during the study. Whilst the proportion of sand in the sediments did not have a significant impact on egg‐to‐emergence survival (mean survival per treatment 75%–79%), it significantly affected the timing of larval emergence to the water column; early emergence was detected in treatments with elevated sand content (on average, 50% emergence after 12–13 days versus 19 days in the control). Similar to findings from salmonid studies, these results suggest high sand content in spawning gravels can influence timing of larval emergence and potentially cyprinid lithophilic fish survival.     

Validation of a multiplex PCR assay to detect Babesia spp. and Anaplasma marginale in cattle in Uruguay in the absence of a gold standard test

Detection of bovine Babesia spp. and Anaplasma marginale is based on the reading of Giemsa-stained blood or organ smears, which can have low sensitivity. Our aim was to improve the detection of bovine Babesia spp. and A. marginale by validating a multiplex PCR (mPCR). We used 466 samples of blood and/or organs of animals with signs and presumptive autopsy findings of babesiosis or anaplasmosis. The primers in our mPCR amplified the rap-1a gene region of Babesia bovis and B. bigemina, and the msp-5 region of A. marginale. We used a Bayesian model with a non-informative priori distribution for the prevalence estimate and informative priori distribution for estimation of sensitivity and specificity. The sensitivity and specificity for smear detection of Babesia spp. were 68.6% and 99.1%, and for A. marginale 85.6% and 98.8%, respectively. Sensitivity and specificity for mPCR detection for Babesia spp. were 94.2% and 97.1%, and for A. marginale 95.2% and 92.7%, respectively. Our mPCR had good accuracy in detecting Babesia spp. and A. marginale, and would be a reliable test for veterinarians to choose the correct treatment for each agent.