Molecular evidence for cosmopolitan distribution of platyhelminth parasites of tunas (Thunnus spp.)     

Hamish M Aiken  Nathan J Bott  Ivona Mladineo  Francisco E Montero  Barbara F Nowak  & Craig J Hayward 《Fish and Fisheries》2007,8(3):167-180

Global distribution of platyhelminth parasites and their host specificities are not well known. Our hypothesis was that platyhelminth parasites of large pelagic fishes are common around the world. We analysed molecular variation in three different taxa of platyhelminth parasites infecting four species of tunas: yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares, Scombridae) from Western Australia, southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii, Scombridae) from South Australia, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis, Scombridae) from Pacific Mexico and northern bluefin tuna (T. thynnus, Scombridae) from two localities in the Mediterranean (Spain and Croatia). Comparisons of ITS2 and partial 28S rDNA demonstrated two congeneric species of blood flukes (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from multiple hosts and localities: Cardicola forsteri from southern bluefin and northern bluefin tunas, and Cardicola sp. from Pacific bluefin and northern bluefin tunas; and a gill fluke, Hexostoma thynni (Polyopisthocotylea: Hexostomatidae), from yellowfin, southern bluefin and northern bluefin tunas. Partial 28S rDNA indicates that a second type of fluke on the gills, Capsala sp. (Monopisthocotylea: Capsalidae), occurs on both southern bluefin and Pacific bluefin tunas. This appears to be the first report of conspecific platyhelminth parasites of teleosts with a wide‐ranging geographical distribution that has been confirmed through molecular approaches. Given the brevity of the free‐living larval stage of both taxa of flukes on the gills (H. thynni and Capsala sp.), we conclude that the only feasible hypothesis for the cosmopolitan distribution of these flatworms is migrations of host tunas. Host migration also seems likely to be responsible for the widespread occurrence of the two species of blood flukes (Cardicola spp.), although it is also possible that these were translocated recently by the spread of infected intermediate hosts.  相似文献   

Assessing seed desiccation responses of native trees in the Caribbean     

Mattana  Efisio  Peguero  Brígido  Di Sacco  Alice  Agramonte  Wilvin  Encarnación Castillo  Wilkin Rafael  Jiménez  Francisco  Clase  Teodoro  Pritchard  Hugh W.  Gómez-Barreiro  Pablo  Castillo-Lorenzo  Elena  Terrero Encarnación  Marianny  Way  Michael J.  García  Ricardo  Ulian  Tiziana 《New Forests》2020,51(4):705-721

New Forests - Native trees from the Caribbean were tested for seed desiccation responses, by adapting the “100-seed test” protocol. Ninety-seven seed lots of 91 species were collected...  相似文献   

Chitosan-Based Films with 2-Aminothiophene Derivative: Formulation,Characterization and Potential Antifungal Activity     

Vernica da Silva Oliveira  Meringela Miranda da Cruz  Gabriela Suassuna Bezerra  Natan Emanuell Sobral e Silva  Fernando Henrique Andrade Nogueira  Guilherme Maranho Chaves  Jos Lamartine Soares Sobrinho  Francisco Jaime Bezerra Mendona-Junior  Bolívar Ponciano Goulart de Lima Damasceno  Attilio Converti  dley Antonini Neves de Lima 《Marine drugs》2022,20(2)

In this study, films of chitosan and 2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophene-3-carbonitrile (6CN), a 2-aminothiophene derivative with great pharmacological potential, were prepared as a system for a topical formulation. 6CN-chitosan films were characterized by physicochemical analyses, such as Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). Additionally, the antifungal potential of the films was evaluated in vitro against three species of Candida (C. albicans, C. tropicalis, and C. parapsilosis). The results of the FTIR and thermal analysis showed the incorporation of 6CN in the polymer matrix. In the diffractogram, the 6CN-chitosan films exhibited diffraction halos that were characteristic of amorphous structures, while the micrographs showed that 6CN particles were dispersed in the chitosan matrix, exhibiting pores and cracks on the film surface. In addition, the results of antifungal investigation demonstrated that 6CN-chitosan films were effective against Candida species showing potential for application as a new antifungal drug.  相似文献   

Effect of Fucoidan on the Mitochondrial Membrane Potential (ΔΨm) of Leukocytes from Patients with Active COVID-19 and Subjects That Recovered from SARS-CoV-2 Infection     

Karina Janice Guadalupe Díaz-Resendiz  Carlos Eduardo Covantes-Rosales  Alma Betsaida Benítez-Trinidad  Migdalia Sarahy Navidad-Murrieta  Francisco Fabian Razura-Carmona  Christian Daniel Carrillo-Cruz  Edwin Jaime Frias-Delgadillo  Daniela Alejandra Prez-Díaz  Matxil Violeta Díaz-Benavides  Mercedes Zambrano-Soria  Guadalupe Herminia Ventura-Ramn  Aurelio Romero-Castro  David Alam-Escamilla  Manuel Ivn Girn-Prez 《Marine drugs》2022,20(2)

Fucoidan is a polysaccharide obtained from marine brown algae, with anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and immune-enhancing properties, thus, fucoidan may be used as an alternative treatment (complementary to prescribed medical therapy) for COVID-19 recovery. This work aimed to determine the ex-vivo effects of treatment with fucoidan (20 µg/mL) on mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm, using a cationic cyanine dye, 3,3′-dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide (DiOC₆(3)) on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (HPBMC) isolated from healthy control (HC) subjects, COVID-19 patients (C-19), and subjects that recently recovered from COVID-19 (R1, 40 ± 13 days after infection). In addition, ex-vivo treatment with fucoidan (20 and 50 µg/mL) was evaluated on ΔΨm loss induced by carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP, 150 µM) in HPBMC isolated from healthy subjects (H) and recovered subjects at 11 months post-COVID-19 (R2, 335 ± 20 days after infection). Data indicate that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces HPBMC loss of ΔΨm, even 11 months after infection, however, fucoidan promotes recovery of ΔΨm in PBMCs from COVID-19 recovered subjects. Therefore, fucoidan may be a potential treatment to diminish long-term sequelae from COVID-19, using mitochondria as a therapeutic target for the recovery of cellular homeostasis.  相似文献   

辣椒新品种干鲜1号的选育   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

杨朝进  陈炳金  刘建国  李三 《辣椒杂志》2006,4(2):19-21

干鲜1号是以自交系A20-4-3为母本,与父本A75配制的早中熟羊角形一代杂种。果实纵经18～20cm,横经1.8～2cm,果肉厚0.2cm,平均单果质量25g;果面光滑顺直,青熟果深绿色,老熟果鲜红色。味中辣,商品性好。露地667m2产鲜椒3200～4000kg。抗病毒病、疫病。适宜华东南、长江流域早春露地和保护地栽培。  相似文献   

Effect of Density at Harvest on the Growth Performance and Profitability of Hatchery‐reared Spotted Rose Snapper,Lutjanus guttatus,Cultured in Floating Net Cages          下载免费PDF全文

Carlos Humberto Hernández  Crisantema Hernández  Francisco Javier Martínez‐Cordero  Nicolás Castañeda‐Lomas  Guillermo Rodríguez‐Domínguez  Albert G. J. Tacon  Eugenio Alberto Aragón‐Noriega 《Journal of the World Aquaculture Society》2016,47(1):51-60

This study evaluated the effect of the density at harvest on the performance and profitability of hatchery‐reared spotted rose snapper cultured in cages. The fish were stocked at harvest densities of 15, 20, and 22 kg/m³ in cages of 222 and 286 m³. More than 39,000 snapper fingerlings with an initial weight of 14 g were stocked. The fish were fed an extruded diet and cultured over a 360 d period. The thermal growth coefficient ranged from 0.04 to 0.05 and survival was 95% for all treatments, with the highest final weight (436.8 g) observed for fish reared at a density of 20 kg/m³. The allometric value b indicated that hatchery‐raised, cage‐cultured snapper were heavier than their wild counterparts. The major costs were feed (ranging from 44.7–45.9%), labor (22.4–32.6%), and seed costs (20.2–26.1%). The total production cost ranged from US$ 6.5 to US$ 7.5/kg. The baseline scenario was not economically feasible. However, a 10% increase in the sales price resulted in increases in the internal rate of return (183%) and net present value (US$ 97,628.9). These results suggest that L. guttatus has the potential for commercial production in cages.  相似文献   

Effects of agricultural management on nematode–mite assemblages: Soil food web indices as predictors of mite community composition     

Sara Sánchez-Moreno  Nicole L. Nicola  Howard Ferris  Frank G. Zalom 《Applied soil ecology》2009,41(1):107-117

Biological indicators based on abundances of soil organisms are powerful tools for inferring functional and diversity changes in soils affected by agricultural perturbations. Field plots, combining organic and conventional practices with no tillage, conservation tillage and standard tillage maintained different nematode assemblages and soil food webs. Soil food web indices based on nematode assemblages were reliable predictors of the trophic composition of functional characteristics of soil mite assemblages. Bacterial-feeding and predatory nematodes, together with predatory mites, were abundant in the organic-no till treatments and were associated with high values of the Enrichment and the Structure Index based on nematode assemblages. Conventional-Standard tillage treatments had high abundances of fungal- and plant-feeding nematodes and algivorous mites, associated with high values of the Basal and Channel Index. This study validates the hypothesis that nematode-based soil food web indices are useful indicators of other soil organisms such as mites, with similar functional roles and environmental sensitivities.  相似文献   

用单克隆抗体结合酶联免疫吸附试验检测棉铃虫幼虫体内的核多角体病毒   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

陆自强  胡广淦  陈丽芳  杨峰  杭三保  乐云仙  苏德明 《中国生物防治》1995,(1)

在常规ＥＬＩＳＡ间接法的基础上，应用单克隆抗体检测感染棉铃虫核型多角体病毒的棉铃虫幼虫体内病毒粒子。３龄幼虫饲喂表层涂有ＨａＮＰＶ人工饲料后９小时，即可在幼虫抽提液中检出病毒粒子抗原，而典型病虫显症需５～６天后才出现。因此本法是一种灵敏、快速、特异性强的检测昆虫杆状病毒的方法。利用单克隆抗体结合ＥＬＩＳＡ试验分别检测来自江苏和山东不同地区棉田自然死亡的棉铃虫幼虫，表明在江苏和山东不同棉区均可检测到ＨａＮＰＶ病毒粒子，但地区间棉铃虫核型多角体病毒检出频率有显著差异  相似文献   

Abstracts of papers presented at the second otto warburg symposim on biotechnology: plant - microorganism interaction in the rhizosphere     

A. HüTtermann Marie-Therese Oelbe  E. Fritz  G. Schlechte  A. Bytom  A. D. Jungk  Y. Okon  E. Fallik  Rivka Hadas  S. Sarig  E. Yahalom  Sara Tal  A. Hartmann  B. Kishinevsky  Debora Gurfel  Rina Lobel  Y. Kapulnik  D. A. Phillips  Y. Hadar  Y. Chen  E. Jurkevitch  J. Katan  A. Gamliel  H. Ziegler  I. Chet  A. Ordentlich  Hadar Kless  A. Oppenheim  Avia Zilberstein  D. Holland  J. Berman  A. Zamir  R. Kaufman  N. Bawnik  C. Koncz  J. Schell 《Phytoparasitica》1987,15(2):141-147

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作物根际和叶围中产几丁质酶微生物的分布及其抑制真菌作用     

陈三凤  李季伦 《中国生物防治》1994,(2)

从几十种作物的根际和叶围分离获得３５０株微生物，其中细菌和放线菌分别为２００株和１５０株。对所有这些分离物进行了抑制真菌试验和几丁质酶活性测定。在抑菌试验中，以棉花枯萎病菌、棉花黄萎病菌、黄瓜枯萎病菌，及西瓜枯萎病菌作为供试病原菌，有９６个分离物对其中的一种或一种以上的病原菌有抑制作用，其中１８个分离物对这４种病原菌都具有强烈的抑制作用。在几丁质酶活性方面，１０％的细菌和４０％的放线菌都能不同程度地产生几丁质酶。有些菌株几丁质酶活性强，抑菌作用也明显，有些菌株几丁质酶活性弱，抑菌作用弱或无作用，少数菌株几丁质酶活性强，但却无抑菌作用。用几丁质酶液处理病原菌孢子，其萌发率和芽管长度比对照显著降低  相似文献