Promoting Effect of Soluble Polysaccharides Extracted from Ulva spp. on Zea mays L. Growth

Seaweeds can play a vital role in plant growth promotion. Two concentrations (5 and 10 mg/mL) of soluble polysaccharides extracted from the green macroalgae Ulva fasciata and Ulva lactuca were tested on Zea mays L. The carbohydrate and protein contents, and antioxidant activities (phenols, ascorbic, peroxidase, and catalase) were measured, as well as the protein banding patterns. The soluble polysaccharides at 5 mg/mL had the greatest effect on the base of all of the parameters. The highest effects of soluble polysaccharides on the Zea mays were 38.453, 96.76, 4, 835, 1.658, 7.462, and 38615.19, mg/mL for carbohydrates, proteins, phenol, µg ascorbic/mL, mg peroxidase/g dry tissue, and units/g tissue of catalase, respectively. The total number of protein bands (as determined by SDS PAGE) was not changed, but the density of the bands was correlated to the treatments. The highest band density and promoting effect were correlated to 5 mg/mL soluble polysaccharide treatments extracted from Ulva fasciata in Zea mays, which can be used as a biofertilizer.     

三亚鹿回头海域珊瑚、石莼和碎石反射率光谱分析

以南海三亚湾鹿回头海域八种常见造礁石珊瑚优势种的反射率光谱为代表,用光谱仪测量它们和此海域常见底质石莼以及碎石的反射率光谱。通过反射率、导数光谱法研究了三亚鹿回头海域造礁石珊瑚、石莼和碎石的光谱差异。石莼于561.4 nm处出现反射率高达48%左右的显著波峰,在500～700 nm波长范围和造礁石珊瑚反射率差异较大;碎石反射率明显高于造礁石珊瑚反射率,整体差异显著。导数分析结果表明造礁石珊瑚、石莼和碎石可区分波段为：造礁石珊瑚与石莼主要为一阶导数在485～487,505～510,515～529,559～578,587～593,598～603和667～670 nm等波段。二阶导数在494.4～505.7,524～534.5,543.6～561.4和567.2～579.7 nm波段。四阶导数在515.8～430,621～627.1,628.8～635.6,639.3～645,661.8～669.8和678.4～682.4 nm等波段。造礁石珊瑚与碎石一阶导数反射光谱,主要为400～413.7,414～418,484.8～486.9,506～509.6,514.5～528.9,576.9～587.6和602.7～653.4 nm波段。二阶导数主要为,451.6～461.6,564.5～570.7和677～685 nm。四阶导数主要为,412.6～425.3,459.8～467,467.7～470.6,535.6～540.8,583.8～591.4,654.4～659.8和670.8～680 nm等波段。     

Amphiphilic pentablock copolymers and their blends with PDMS for antibiofouling coatings

Well‐defined amphiphilic pentablock copolymers Siy‐(EGx‐FAz)₂ composed of polysiloxane (Si), polyethylene glycol (EG), and perfluorohexylethyl polyacrylate (FA) blocks are synthesized by ATRP of FA monomer starting from a difunctional bromo‐terminated macroinitiator. Diblock copolymers EGx‐FAz are also synthesized as model systems. The block copolymers are used, either alone or blended with a PDMS matrix in varied loadings, to prepare antibiofouling coatings. Angle‐resolved XPS and contact angle measurements show that the coating surface is highly enriched in fluorine content but undergoes reconstruction after contact with water. Protein adsorption experiments with human serum albumin and calf serum highlight that diblock copolymers resist protein adhesion better than do pentablock copolymers. Blending of the pentablock copolymer with PDMS results in increased protein adsorption. By contrast, the PDMS‐matrix coatings show high removal percentages of sporelings of the green fouling alga Ulva linza. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 2015 , 53, 1213–1225     

孔石莼质体蓝素的柱色谱纯化及其N-端氨基酸序列的分析测定

通过DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow阴离子交换柱和Sephadex G-75凝胶过滤柱分离纯化得到了孔石莼(Ulva pertusa)的质体蓝素。其步骤为:将孔石莼样品以0.02 mol/L磷酸盐缓冲液(pH 7.2)进行匀浆,然后离心去除沉淀,将上清液用硫酸铵分级盐析获得饱和度为40%~80%的盐析蛋白;通过DEAE-Sepharose 柱色谱,在含有0~1.0 mol/L NaCl 的0.01 mol/L磷酸盐缓冲液线性梯度洗脱下,盐析蛋白有3个主要的洗脱峰,然后在Sephadex G-75凝胶过滤色谱柱中进一步纯化。十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（SDS-PAGE）显示,该蛋白质被纯化为单一条带。根据蛋白质电泳迁移率,纯化蛋白质的相对分子质量约为10000。该蛋白质不含糖。纯化的蛋白质经电转移至聚偏二氟乙烯（PVDF）膜后,以Edman降解法进行N-端氨基酸序列测定,前20个氨基酸残基序列为AAIVKLGPDDGSLAFVPSKI。通过对相关蛋白质数据库的检索,发现该序列与3种已报道的海藻的质体蓝素具有较高的序列同源性,其同源性分别为85%,85%和90%。据此,认为孔石莼的质体蓝素已获得纯化,其N-端20个氨基酸残基与已报道的海藻质体蓝素的氨基酸残基有较大的同源性,也存在着一定的变异。     

Comparison of the Antioxidant Properties of Green Macroalgae from Diverse European Water Habitats by Use of Several Semi-Quantitative Assays

Nowadays, algae are becoming more and more popular as a food group rich in nutrients, cosmetic raw materials full of antioxidants or valuable dietary supplements. They are of interest for the industry because they are found almost all over the world, in all climatic zones, both in fresh and salt waters. The aim of this study was to take a broad look at green algae (Chlorophyta) and to show how large the variability of the content of active compounds may depend on the species and the place and time of sample collection. Particular attention was paid to compounds with antioxidant activity, whose simplified profiles were created on the basis of complementary, semi-quantitative methods. Additionally, time-yield extraction optimizations were performed. Three different specimens of Ulva lactuca were compared: from the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea, from the open Baltic Sea area around Bornholm and Ulva spiralis (Ulva lactuca polymorph) from the Atlantic Ocean. The studied algae of the Cladophora genera were three different species of freshwater algae from various habitats: a lake (Cladophora glomerata), a river (Cladophora rivularis) and aquarium farming (Cladophora aegagropila, syn. Aegagropila linnaei). The content of antioxidants and the extraction efficiency varied significantly depending on the species.     

2008年—2012年山东半岛海域浒苔时空分布特征研究

浒苔是我国近海一种新型的海洋生态灾害,自2008年以来,每年5—8月份在黄海海域周期性暴发与消亡,给沿海地区造成不同的环境影响和经济损失。基于2008年—2012年五年的MODIS数据,计算了山东半岛海域长时间序列NDVI,利用阈值分割法提取浒苔信息,并进一步获得爆发的时间、面积、相对聚集密度、影响范围及浒苔漂浮路径。结果表明：2008年以来各年浒苔最早发生在5月中旬至6月上旬,6月中旬至7上旬进入爆发期,浒苔面积、影响范围及浒苔密度达到最大值,其相对聚集密度峰值一般早于或晚于爆发期一个生长阶段,最终于7月下旬或8月上旬进入消亡期,平均持续时间约为71天。浒苔漂浮路径整体为从东南外海逐渐开始向西北近海海域靠近。从浒苔面积、影响范围、相对聚集密度等多项指标综合看,2008年和2009年两年浒苔爆发较为严重。     

气相色谱/质谱法分析孔石莼中的脂肪酸

建立了孔石莼脂肪酸的气相色谱/质谱(GC/MS)测定方法。使用Folch法提取了孔石莼中的总脂,经过2 mol/L HCl-甲醇溶液的甲酯化处理后,采用GC/MS法对其脂肪酸组成进行了分离分析,同时结合有机质谱学规律,分别对饱和脂肪酸甲酯、单不饱和脂肪酸甲酯和多不饱和脂肪酸甲酯的裂解规律和质谱特征进行了分析归纳。通过质谱数据库检索和标准品对照,鉴定出孔石莼中的24种脂肪酸,其中9,12,15-十八碳三烯酸、4,7,10,13-十六碳四烯酸和6,9,2,15-十八碳四烯酸3种主要多不饱和脂肪酸占总脂肪酸含量的45.14%。通过对孔石莼中脂肪酸的分析,表明特征离子在脂肪酸甲酯尤其是多不饱和脂肪酸甲酯的定性方面具有很好的应用价值。     

光照与低温对3种浒苔存活的影响

选择紫菜养殖网帘上常见的3种浒苔(浒苔、肠浒苔和扁浒苔)为试验对象,在有光照、无光照和不同温度条件下,探索采用物理方法清除养殖网帘上浒苔的方法.结果表明:不同种类浒苔有不同的响应,干燥时浒苔在光照条件下比黑暗条件下死亡率大,光照处理3d死亡率达100%;在低温条件下冷冻,死亡率高;脱水24h,-24℃冷藏3~6d,对浒苔杀灭效果比不脱水更佳.     

Structure,conformation in aqueous solution and antimicrobial activity of ulvan extracted from green seaweed Ulva reticulata

The aim of this study is to elucidate the structure and investigate the antimicrobial activity of an ulvan obtained by water extraction from green seaweed Ulva reticulata collected at Nha Trang sea of Vietnam by using IR, NMR, SEC-MALLS and SAXS methods. The ulvan is composed of rhamnose, galactose, xylose, manose and glucose (mole ratio Rha: Gal: Xyl: Man: Glu = 1:0.12:0.1:0.06:0.03), uronic acid (22.5%) and sulphate groups (17.6%). Chemically structural determination showed that the ulvan mainly composed of disaccharide [→4)β-D-GlcA(1→4)α-L-Rha3S-(1→]. The results from SAXS indicated that ulvan under study has a rod-like bulky chain conformation. Ulvan from U. reticulata showed high antimicrobial activity, with inhibition zone diameter of 20 mm against Enterobacter cloace and 18 mm against Escherichia coli.     

石莼吸附脱色处理水溶性染料

本文以大型海藻石莼作吸附剂，对结晶紫等7种不同结构的水溶性染料分子的单水溶液和模拟混合染料废水进行吸附脱色研究，探讨了吸附剂的性能和影响吸附脱色效果的有关因素。结果表明，石莼对大多数水溶性染料具有良好的吸附脱色效果，而且COD去除率高，在染料废水处理中应用前景广阔。