微生物和含铁矿物之间的电子交换

含铁矿物常见于土壤中和地表下.在那里,它们以多种形式支撑微生物的生长和代谢,如作为微生物厌氧呼吸的电子受体、微生物自养生长的电子供体和能量来源、微生物细胞之间的电子导体和电子储存介质.微生物细胞膜套的物理化学性质决定其既不具有矿物渗透性,也不具备导电性.因此,微生物需要进化出特定的机制同胞外矿物交换电子（即胞外电子传导）.微生物胞外电子传导与常见的,用于有氧呼吸的微生物细胞电子传递链有着诸多本质区别.本文中,我们概述了微生物与胞外含铁矿物之间电子传导的分子机理,以及相关的微生物在生物修复污染物、生产新型纳米材料、生物采矿和生物能源中的应用.     

壳聚糖不对称膜的制备及其在伤口愈合中的应用

伤口敷料在伤口愈合过程中起着至关重要的作用,因为伤口敷料保护伤口免受进一步的外源微生物和疼痛的伤害.在开发不同的伤口敷料中,由于不对称膜呈现出类似于健康皮肤的表皮和真皮结构的分层形态,并且能够在削弱细菌渗透的同时避免伤口脱水和渗出物积聚被广泛关注.在用于生产不对称膜的材料中,壳聚糖(CS)由于具有抗微生物、消炎、低免疫...     

生物工程与化学科学

生物工程(又名生物技术),包括微生物工程、酶工程、基因工程和细胞工程四大学科。微生物工程又名发酵工程,它是主要利用微生物的发酵作用,生产各种发酵产品。近来应用基因工程技术改良发酵菌种,并产生新发     

微生物法生产1,3-丙二醇的代谢及关键酶研究进展

微生物法生产1,3-丙二醇具有条件温和、环境友好的特点,是目前研究的热点。本文着重介绍了微生物法生产1,3-丙二醇所涉及的菌种和代谢过程,系统阐述了1,3-丙二醇代谢过程中关键酶的性质特点及有关基因,并展望了未来的发展趋势。     

生物还原反应在手性药物不对称合成中的应用

药物分子的立体化学决定了其生物活性,手性已成为药物研究的一个关键因素。利用“环境友好”的微生物或酶催化方法进行手性药物的不对称合成已成为一个极具吸引力的方向。而微生物催化还原前手性羰基则可以不对称的得到手性的羟基,用于光学活性手性药物的合成。综述了近年来利用生物还原方法进行制备量和商业规模的不对称合成手性药物的进展。     

近期工业微生物关键技术和应用

近年来,随着宏基因组学、蛋白质组学和代谢组学等技术的发展,工业微生物技术在资源、医药和手性合成等领域已经成为热点技术,并开拓了电子和纳米技术等新的应用领域。本文综述了几项最新的工业微生物技术,主要包括:微生物环氧化水解酶催化合成手性二醇、微生物甲酸脱氢酶用于再生氧化还原反应的辅因子、通过噬菌体展示技术得到纳米级金属丝、代谢网络改造和重建用于传统发酵生产以及有机溶剂耐受菌和宏基因组技术的应用。     

近期工业微生物关键技术和应用

近年来,随着宏基因组学、蛋白质组学和代谢组学等技术的发展,工业微生物技术在资源、医药和手性合成等领域已经成为热点技术,并开拓了电子和纳米技术等新的应用领域.本文综述了几项最新的工业微生物技术,主要包括:微生物环氧化水解酶催化合成手性二醇、微生物甲酸脱氢酶用于再生氧化还原反应的辅因子、通过噬菌体展示技术得到纳米级金属丝、代谢网络改造和重建用于传统发酵生产以及有机溶剂耐受菌和宏基因组技术的应用.     

近期工业微生物关键技术和应用

近年来,随着宏基因组学、蛋白质组学和代谢组学等技术的发展,工业微生物技术在资源、医药和手性合成等领域已经成为热点技术,并开拓了电子和纳米技术等新的应用领域.本文综述了几项最新的工业微生物技术,主要包括:微生物环氧化水解酶催化合成手性二醇、微生物甲酸脱氢酶用于再生氧化还原反应的辅因子、通过噬菌体展示技术得到纳米级金属丝、代谢网络改造和重建用于传统发酵生产以及有机溶剂耐受菌和宏基因组技术的应用.     

硫化物微生物电极的研制及应用

１引言 测定硫化物常用对氨基二甲基苯胺分光光度法和碘量法,前者显色条件不易控制、操作繁琐、不适于有色和混浊样品;后者适于含量＞１ｍｇ／Ｌ的样品、试剂用量大、成本高。微生物电极法设备简单、操作简便、试剂用量少、成本低,我们以氧化硫硫杆菌为分子识别元件,研制了一种硫化物微生物电极,实验证明,其性能优于Ｋｕｒｏｓａｗｓ　Ｈ等研制的硫化物微生物传感器,用其测定样品的结果与分光光度法一致。２实验部分２．１仪器及试剂ＳＪＧ－２０３型溶解氧分析仪和极谱型氧电极（上海雷磁仪器厂）;恒温水浴;Ｃ１３－μＡ型电流计…     

光催化水处理消毒的原理、材料和反应器

传统的水处理消毒技术使用含氯消毒剂和臭氧等化学品,容易产生有毒的副产物。紫外线消毒技术不使用化学试剂且不产生副产物,因此得到广泛应用。但是紫外线仅破坏致病微生物的遗传物质,阻断其繁殖,一些致病微生物能够修复紫外损伤恢复活性。光催化过程产生的羟基自由基不但能氧化分解DNA,还能破坏细胞膜并氧化流出的胞内物质,进而能彻底杀死微生物。由于紫外光和自由基同时参与灭菌,灭活速度也比紫外消毒快,因此具有较好的应用前景。本文综述了光催化产生的各种氧化性自由基的消毒原理,介绍了光催化剂分别与金属颗粒、纳米碳材料和微生物适配子构成的复合光催化消毒材料,在此基础上总结了薄膜反应器、固定床反应器和膜分离反应器在光催化消毒领域的研究进展。     

A new furanocoumarin from the mangrove endophytic fungus Penicillium sp. (ZH16)

A new furanocoumarin, 5-methyl-8-(3-methylbut-2-enyl) furanocoumarin (1), together with seven known compounds, sterequinone C (2), cyclo(6,7-en-Pro-L-Phe) (3), bergapten, scopoletin, umbelliferone, 1,7-dihydroxyxanthone and 3,5-dimethoxybiphenyl, was isolated from the mangrove endophytic fungus, Penicillium sp. ZH16 obtained from the South China Sea. Their structures were determined by analysis of spectroscopic data. Compound 1 exhibited cytotoxicity against KB and KB(V)200 cells in?vitro with IC(50) values 5 and 10?μg?mL(-1), respectively.     

Geissoschizine methyl ether, a corynanthean-type indole alkaloid from Uncaria rhynchophylla as a potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

Geissoschizine methyl ether (1), a newly discovered strong acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, along with six weakly active alkaloids, vallesiachotamine (2), hisuteine (3), hirsutine (4), isorhynchophylline (5), cisocorynoxeine (6) and corynoxeine (7) have been isolated from Uncaria rhynchophylla. Geissoschizine methyl ether (1) inhibited 50% of AChE activity at concentrations of 3.7?±?0.3?μg?mL(-1) while the IC(50) value of physostigmine as a standard was 0.013?±?0.002?μg?mL(-1). The mode of AChE inhibition by 1 was reversible and non-competitive. In addition, molecular modelling was performed to explore the binding mode of inhibitor 1 at the active site of AChE.     

Cytotoxic compounds from the leaves of Gaillardia aristata Pursh. growing in Egypt

Ten compounds, neopulchellin (1), 6α- hydroxyneopulchellin (2), β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucoside (3), apigenin (4), quercitin (5), eupafolin (6), kaempferol-3-methoxy-7-O-α-L-rhamnoside (7), apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (8), α-amyrin (9) and β-sitosterol (10), were isolated from the leaves of Gaillardia aristata by applying bioassay guided fractionation. The cytotoxicity was traced against two human cancer cell lines (breast (MCF7) and colon (HCT116)). The highest cytotoxicity was revealed by compounds 1 and 2 (isolated from chloroform extract); with IC(50) values of 0.43, 0.32?μg?mL(-1) against MCF7 and 0.46, 0.34?μg?mL(-1) against HCT116, respectively. Compounds 9 and 10 (isolated from the n-hexane extract) exhibited lower IC(50) values of 3.05, 2.35?μg?mL(-1) against MCF7 and 3.05, 2.35?μg?mL(-1) against HCT116, respectively, while compounds 4-7 obtained from the ethyl acetate extract revealed the lowest cytotoxicity. Identification of the aforementioned compounds was carried out on the basis of their physico-chemical properties and spectral analysis (UV, EI/MS, 1D and 2D).     

(-)-Kunstleramide, a new antioxidant and cytotoxic dienamide from the bark of Beilschmiedia kunstleri gamble

A new dienamide, (2E,4E)-7-(3',4'-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-ethyl-6-(R)-hydroxyhepta- 2,4-dienamide, named (-)-kunstleramide (1), were isolated from the bark of Beilschmiedia kunstleri Gamble together with one neolignan: (+)-kunstlerone (2) and seven known alkaloids: (+)-nornuciferine (3), (-)-isocaryachine (4), (+)-cassythicine (5), (+)-laurotetanine (6), (+)-boldine (7), noratherosperminine (8), (+)-N-demethylphyllocaryptine (9). Their structures were established from spectroscopic techniques, most notably 1D- and 2D-NMR, UV, IR, OR, circular dichroism (CD) spectra and LCMS-IT-TOF. (-)-Kunstleramide (1) exhibited very poor dose-dependent inhibition of DPPH activity, with an IC?? value of 179.5 ± 4.4 μg/mL, but showed a moderate cytotoxic effect on MTT assays of A375, A549, HT-29, PC-3 and WRL-68 with EC?? values of 64.65, 44.74, 55.94, 73.87 and 70.95 μg/mL, respectively.     

(+)-Kunstlerone, a new antioxidant neolignan from the Leaves of Beilschmiedia kunstleri gamble

A new neolignan, 3,4-dimethoxy-3',4'-methylenedioxy-2,9-epoxy-6,7-cyclo-1,8-neolign-11-en-5(5H)-one, which has been named (+)-kunstlerone (1), together with six known alkaloids: (+)-norboldine (2), (+)-N-methylisococlaurine (3), (+)-cassythicine (4), (+)-laurotetanine (5), (+)-boldine (6) and (-)-pallidine (7), were isolated from the leaves of Beilschmiedia kunstleri. The structures were established through various spectroscopic methods notably 1D- and 2D-NMR, UV, IR and LCMS-IT-TOF. (+)- Kunstlerone (1) showed a strong antioxidant activity, with an SC(50) of 20.0 μg/mL.     

A New Sphingolipid and Furanocoumarins with Antimicrobial Activity from <i>Ficus exasperata</i>

From the methanol extract of the stem bark of Ficus exasperata, a new sphingolipid named Ficusamide, (2S,3S,4R,11E)-2-[(2',3'-dihydroxyhexacosanoylamino)]-11-octadecene-1,3,4-triol (1), along with three known furanocoumarins, (S)-(－) oxypeucedanin hydrate (2), (R)-(+) oxypeucedanin hydrate (3), bergapten (5-methoxypsoralen) and six other known compounds, were isolated. Their structures were characterized basing on spectroscopic methods and chemical evidence. Compounds (1-3) were analyzed for their antimicrobial activity. Ficusamide (1) showed wick activity (minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC)=312.5?μg/mL) against Escherichia coli, while the furanocoumarins (2) and (3) showed significant activity (MIC=9.76?μg/mL) against Bacillus cereus, Candida albicans and Microsporum audouinii.     

An aporphine alkaloid from Nelumbo nucifera as an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and the primary investigation for structure-activity correlations

N-methylasimilobine (1), a new-found strong acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, along with two weakly active aporphine alkaloids, nuciferine (2) and nornuciferine (3) were separated from Nelumbo nucifera. N-methylasimilobine (1) inhibited 50% of AChE activity at the concentrations of 1.5?±?0.2?μg?mL(-1) when the standard IC(50) value of Physostigmine was 0.013?±?0.002?μg?mL(-1). The mode of AChE inhibition by 1 was reversible and non-competitive. In addition, molecular modelling was performed to explore the binding mode of inhibitor 1 at the active site of AChE.     

Clausenawallines A and B, two new dimeric carbazole alkaloids from the roots of Clausena wallichii

Two new dimeric carbazole alkaloids, clausenawallines A and B, were isolated from the roots of Clausena wallichii. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Clausenawalline A was evaluated for its biological activities [anti-malaria (IC₅₀ 2.46 μg/mL), anti-TB (MIC 12.50 μg/mL)] and cytotoxicity against three human cancer cell lines [KB (IC₅₀ 7.87 μg/mL), MCF7 (IC₅₀ 25.43 μg/mL), and NCI-H187 (IC₅₀ 10.97 μg/mL)].     

Two New Cyclic Tetrapeptides of Streptomyces rutgersensis T009 Isolated from Elaphodus davidianus Excrement

Two new cyclic tetrapeptides, cyclo(l ‐Val‐l ‐Leu‐l ‐Val‐l ‐Ile) ( 1 ) and cyclo(l ‐Leu‐l ‐Leu‐l ‐Ala‐l ‐Ala) ( 2 ), and 15 known compounds, cyclo(Gly‐l ‐Leu‐Gly‐l ‐Leu) ( 3 ), cyclo(l ‐Ser‐l ‐Phe) ( 4 ), cyclo(l ‐Leu‐l ‐Ile) ( 5 ), cyclo(l ‐Tyr‐l ‐Phe) ( 6 ), cyclo(Gly‐l ‐Trp) ( 7 ), cyclo(l ‐Leu‐l ‐Tyr) ( 8 ), cyclo(Gly‐l ‐Phe) ( 9 ), cyclo(l ‐Phe‐trans‐4‐hydroxy‐l ‐Pro) ( 10 ), cyclo(l ‐Leu‐l ‐Leu) ( 11 ), cyclo(l ‐Val‐l ‐Phe) ( 12 ), cyclo(l ‐Val‐l ‐Leu) ( 13 ), cyclo(l ‐Ile‐l ‐Ile) ( 14 ), cyclo(l ‐Tyr‐l ‐Tyr) ( 15 ), turnagainolide A ( 16 ), and bacimethrin ( 17 ) were isolated from the fermentation broth of Streptomyces rutgersensis T009 obtained from Elaphodus davidianus excrement. Their structures were identified on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. Meanwhile, the absolute configurations of the amino acid residues of compounds 1 and 2 were determined by advanced Marfey method. Compound 3 was obtained from a natural source for the first time. The X‐ray single crystal diffraction data of bacimethrin ( 17 ) were also reported for the first time. Compounds 1  –  17 exhibited no antimicrobial activities with the MICs > 100 μg/ml.     

Isolation of the new anacardic acid 6-[16'Z-nonadecenyl]-salicylic acid and evaluation of its antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus mutans and Porphyromonas gingivalis

A new anacardic acid, 6-[16'Z-nonadecenyl]-salicylic acid (1), along with seven known compounds, 6-[8'Z-pentadecenyl] salicylic acid (15:1 anacardic acid) (2), 6-nonadecenyl salicylic acid (anacardic acid 19:0) (3), 6-pentadecyl salicylic acid (anacardic acid 15:0) (4), masticadienonic acid (5), 3α-hydroxymasticadienonic acid (6), 3-epi-oleanolic acid (7) and β-sitosterol, were isolated from the bark of Amphipterygium adstringens using a bioassay-guided fractionation method. The structure of the new compound (1) was elucidated by spectroscopic data interpretation. The known compounds (2-7) were identified by comparison of their spectroscopic data with reported values in the literature. Compounds 1-4 exhibited antibacterial activity against Streptococcus mutans and Porphyromonas gingivalis with minimum inhibitory concentrations ranging from 7 to 104?μg?mL and from 12 to 126?μg?mL, respectively.