多孔陶粒固定化微生物效果及扫描电镜观察

采用0.2 mol/L和1.0 mol/L的HCl以及0.2 mol/L和1.0 mol/L的NaOH、铁盐和铝盐,分别对陶粒进行改性,将未处理陶粒和改性陶粒分别在30℃、60 r/min条件下吸附恶臭假单胞菌,通过测定不同时间上清液OD600值来比较它们的吸附效果,并用扫描电镜对吸附效果进行观察.结果表明:低浓度酸处...     

Surface free energy effect on bacterial retention

Bacterial infection is one of the most frequent and severe complications in the long-term effectiveness of medical implants and devices, greatly increasing treatment cost and inconvenience to the patient. Surface physical and chemical properties are known to influence the extent and form of bacterial infection, although the exact correlation with specific properties is difficult due to the complexity of the system. One approach in the attempt to reduce the bacterial colonisation is to modify the surface energy and chemistry, so as to influence the interactions between the surface and the bacteria that come into contact with it. Five types of coatings were investigated in this study, together with silicone, and polished and non-polished stainless steel 316L. Surfaces were tested for retention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa AK1 after 1 h. A good correlation (>90%) was found between P. aeruginosa AK1 retention and total surface free energy, as well as its polar and dispersive components. The minimum level of P. aeruginosa AK1 retention was found for a range of total surface free energy in the range 20–27 mN/m.     

Polysaccharide differences between planktonic and biofilm-associated EPS from Pseudomonas fluorescens B52

The polysaccharides associated with free (planktonic) and surface-attached (biofilm) cells from cultures of Pseudomonas fluorescens strain B52 were compared. Variations in the attached matrix due to surface material (glass or stainless steel) were also analyzed. Two digestion methods were used to optimize the recoveries of sugars, uronic acids and acidic substituents. The yield of analyzable material after digestion reached 90% for the material associated to the biofilms, though only 20–30% for that bound to planktonic cells. The polysaccharide(s) in the biofilm had glucuronic and guluronic acids as main components, besides rhamnose, glucose and glucosamine. The proportion of glucuronic to guluronic acid was higher in the polysaccharide(s) found in biofilms formed on stainless steel than in those on glass.     

Influence of sialic acid and bacterial sialidase on differential adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to epithelial cells

Epithelial cell lines from several tissues show a differential sensitivity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa adherence. A549 (lung), HepG2 (liver) and Caco-2 (colon) cells presented an adhesion index of about 3, 1.5 and 5 CFU/cell, respectively, whereas Mz-Ch cell lines (gallbladder cholangiocytes) presented adhesion indexes up to 35. These variations could be associated with the variable amount of sialic acid in cell surface glycoconjugates. Moreover, the presence of free sialic acid in culture media induces the secretion by P. aeruginosa of a sialidase which is able to hydrolyze glycoconjugate-linked sialic acid. As shown with A549 cells, this specific hydrolysis increases bacterial adhesion, probably by unmasking new binding sites onto the cell surface.     

Degradation of triphenyltin compounds in sea water by pyoverdins from Pseudomonas chlororaphis

The yellow compound species pyoverdin was isolated from Pseudomonas chlororaphis. Degradation of triphenyltin (TPT) by pyoverdin (20 mg) was carried in distilled water (30 ml) containing a 6 µg l^?1 concentration of TPT at 20 °C for 96 h in aerobic conditions. The organotins in water and sea water were analyzed by gas chromatograph–mass spectrometry in selected ion mode. TPT and diphenyltin (DPT) in sea water were degraded to monophenyltin (MPT) with pyoverdins isolated from P. ­chlororaphis. Degradation of TPT in sea water increased with increasing temperature between 4 and 37 °C. Optimum degradation of TPT in sea water was at pH 7–8.5. Degradation of TPT and DPT in distilled water can be faster than in sea water. Also, degradation of TPT in both water and sea water was faster than that of DPT. Tributyltin, dibutyltin, monobutyltin and MPT in water and sea water were not degraded by pyoverdins isolated from P. chlororaphis. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

甘薯薯瘟病原细菌对甘薯植保素的诱导初探

甘薯（Ｉｐｏｍｏｅａ ｂａｔａｔａｓ）抗病品种“湘薯６号”和感病品种“新种花１８３”经薯瘟病原细菌（Ｐｓｅｕｄｏｍｏｎａｓ ｓｏｌａｎａｃｏａｒｕｍ Ｅ．Ｆ．Ｓｍｉｔｈ）的诱导，９０％甲醇提取后，用乙酸乙酯萃取和ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＬＨ－２０柱层析分离纯化得到４个吸收峰，经抑菌试验检测出“湘薯６号”的抑菌活性区在第２峰，而新种花１８３的抑菌活性区在第３峰，硅胶Ｃ２５４薄板层析法鉴定该提取物可能是植保素     

铜绿假单胞菌耐药机理

铜绿假单胞菌是耐药性十分突出的一类院内感染条件致病革兰氏阴性细菌．本文从生物被膜、细胞密度依赖式毒力因子、外排系统、基因盒一整合子系统及铜绿假单胞菌噬菌体几方面对其耐药性机理进行了概述，并提出了未来对微生物耐药性研究和应用的一些策略。     

Electrophoretic Behavior Study of Bacteria of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Edwardsiella tarda and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by Capillary Electrophoresis with UV and Fluorescence Detection

Capillary electrophoresis approaches have been utilized for the study of bacteria under specific experimental conditions. The main objective within our research work was to study electrophoretic behaviors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by means of capillary electrophoresis with UV and fluorescence detection. Edwardsiella tarda and Enteropathogenic escherichia coli were also included in the study. The results showed that proper pretreatment (vortexing or sonication) for each bacterial sample before injection was necessary to disperse the clusters of cells, which is helpful to observe the single peaks and better peak shape of bacteria during electrophoresis. Apart from this, it was found that ionic strength of buffer affected mobilities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a result of increasing of buffer concentration from 25 mM to 150 mM. Moreover, sharp and single peaks were still observed without significant increase of noise in the concentration range. Eventually, mixtures of bacteria were well separated under optimized separation conditions with UV and fluorescence detection. In the mean time, comparison of concentration sensitivities for Pseudomonas aeruginosa by UV and fluorescence detection was made. Blue light emitting diode induced fluorescence detection was found to be more sensitive (8.5-fold higher) than UV detection with home-made fluorescence detection system. Generally, proposed CE methods for the analysis of bacteria could be potentially valuable for the monitoring of bacteria contamination in real life.     

Purification and characterization of a microbial dehydrogenase

Pseudomonas fluorescens (strain BTP9) was found to have at least two NAD(P)-dependent vanillin dehydrogenases: one is induced by vanillin, and the other is constitutive. The constitutive enzyme was purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel-filtration, and Q-Sepharose chromatography. The subunit Mr value was 55,000, determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The native M _r value estimated by gelfiltration chromatography gave a value of 210,000. The enzyme made use of NAD⁺ less effectively than NADP⁺. Benzaldehyde, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, hexanal, and acetaldehyde were not oxidized at detectable rates in the presence of NAD⁺ or NADP⁺. The ultraviolet absorption spectrum indicated that there is no cofactor or prosthetic group bound. The vanillin oxidation reaction was essentially irreversible. The pH optimum was 9.5 and the pI of the enzyme was 4.9. Enzyme activity was not affected when assayed in the presence of salts, except FeCl₂. The enzyme was inhibited by the thiol-blocking reagents 4-chloromercuribenzoate and N-ethylmaleimide. NAD⁺ and NADP⁺ protected the enzyme against such a type of inhibition along with vanillin to a lesser extent. The enzyme exhibited esterase activity with 4-nitrophenyl acetate as substrate and was activated by low concentrations of NAD⁺ or NADP⁺. We compared the properties of the enzyme with those of some well-characterized microbial benzaldehyde dehydrogenases.