Koslov’s pika,Ochotona koslowi(Büchner),was surveyed in western China.This endangered species is poorly known.We determined that it is a burrowing pika,and lives in social family groups at high densities.It prim...Koslov’s pika,Ochotona koslowi(Büchner),was surveyed in western China.This endangered species is poorly known.We determined that it is a burrowing pika,and lives in social family groups at high densities.It primarily occupies high-elevation cold grassland vegetation.It appears to have a high reproductive rate.More emphasis should be placed on research into this unique species in China.展开更多
Some novel members of extremely halophilic archaea,strains AJ11,AJ12 and AJ13,were isolated from the Aularz Lake located in the Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve of Xinjiang,Uygur Autonomous Region in China.Parti...Some novel members of extremely halophilic archaea,strains AJ11,AJ12 and AJ13,were isolated from the Aularz Lake located in the Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve of Xinjiang,Uygur Autonomous Region in China.Partial DNA fragments encoding a bacteriorhodopsin(BR),as well as for 16S rRNA of isolated strains,were amplified by PCR and their DNA sequences were determined subsequently.On the basis of homology and phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA,we thought that the isolated strains forming a microbiological population are the members of the genus Natrinema.The results of genetic analysis,such as GC content,transition/transversion(Ti/Tv)rate ratios and synonymous substitution rates(Ks)indicate that the br fragments,with a high level of genetic divergence,are faced with both purifying selection and bias mutation pressure.The study provides the basis for use of species and BR proteins resources.展开更多
文摘Koslov’s pika,Ochotona koslowi(Büchner),was surveyed in western China.This endangered species is poorly known.We determined that it is a burrowing pika,and lives in social family groups at high densities.It primarily occupies high-elevation cold grassland vegetation.It appears to have a high reproductive rate.More emphasis should be placed on research into this unique species in China.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30370029)the Scientific Research Start-up Foundation of Ningbo Institute of Technology,Zhejiang University(No.1140257G413).
文摘Some novel members of extremely halophilic archaea,strains AJ11,AJ12 and AJ13,were isolated from the Aularz Lake located in the Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve of Xinjiang,Uygur Autonomous Region in China.Partial DNA fragments encoding a bacteriorhodopsin(BR),as well as for 16S rRNA of isolated strains,were amplified by PCR and their DNA sequences were determined subsequently.On the basis of homology and phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA,we thought that the isolated strains forming a microbiological population are the members of the genus Natrinema.The results of genetic analysis,such as GC content,transition/transversion(Ti/Tv)rate ratios and synonymous substitution rates(Ks)indicate that the br fragments,with a high level of genetic divergence,are faced with both purifying selection and bias mutation pressure.The study provides the basis for use of species and BR proteins resources.
