Peat properties of a tropical forest reserve adjacent to a fire-break canal

Tropical peat comprises decomposed dead plant material and acts like a sponge to absorb water,making it fully saturated.However,drought periods dry it readily and increases its vulnerability to fire.Peat fires emit greenhouse gases and particles contributing to haze,and prevention by constructing fire-break canals to reduce fire spread into forest reserves is crucial.This paper aims to determine peat physical and chemical properties near a fire-break canal at different fire frequency areas.Peat sampling was conducted at two forest reserves in Malaysia which represent low fire frequency and high fire frequency areas.The results show that peat properties were not affected by the construction of a fire-break canal,however lignin and cellulose content increased significantly from the distance of the canal in both areas.The study concluded that fire frequency did not significantly influence peat properties except for porosity.The higher fibre content in the high frequency area did not influence moisture content nor the ability to regain moisture.Thus,fire frequency might contribute differently to changes in physical and chemical properties,hence management efforts to construct fire-break canals and restoration efforts should protect peatlands from further degradation.These findings will benefit future management and planning for forest reserves.

The Peat-Organic-Soil in the Hula Valley

The main soil type, principle contributor of nutrients and available agricultural land in the Hula Valley is the organic Peat. Nevertheless, the relative contribution of Phosphorus from the Hula Valley to the Lake Kinneret inputs is lower than regional outsourcing. The Nitrogenic matter, mostly Nitrate migration from the Peat soil is significant. The implementation of efficient development is the key factor of Hula Land use. The financial beneficial success of the Hula land use is therefore dependent of Peat soil properties. The porosity of the Peat Soil is high and preferential pathway volume is low and Hydraulic Conductivity is therefore low. Consequently, the Mobile Spray Irrigation line was found as most suitable for cultivation in Peat Soil. Enhancement of Summer irrigation creating moisture elevation reduces Phosphorus migration from Peat Soil and is therefore recommended and recently implemented.

A Comparison Study on the δD Value of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Hydrous Pyrolysate of Herbaceous Peat with Different Water Medium

To investigate the influence of diagenetic water media on the hydrogen isotopes of individual sedimentary aromatic compounds,a series of hydrous pyrolyses were conducted on herbaceous peat.Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs)in hydrous pyrolysed samples and their hydrogen isotopic composition characteristics were studied.The aqueous medium demonstrated a significant influence on the hydrogen isotopic composition of the individual PAHs generated during pyrolysis.The results showed that the PAHs formed after pyrolysis in the presence of a saltwater medium with high δD value from a salt lake had a heavy hydrogen isotopic composition.The PAHs formed after pyrolysis in the presence of a fresh water medium with low δD value from a swamp had a light hydrogen isotopic composition.The difference in the average PAHδD value between the two hydrous experiments varied from -174‰ to -109‰,suggesting that the hydrogen isotopic composition of individual sedimentary PAHs can reflect the source of the diagenetic water medium.In addition,a comparative study found that the hydrogen isotopes of PAHs were superior to those of n-alkanes in the same sample for diagenetic water indications.The results indicated that the exchange of water-derived inorganic hydrogen and organic hydrogen was more intensive in freshwater experiments than in saltwater experiments.With an increase in the simulation temperature,the average δD value of PAHs generated in the hydrous simulation experiments showed an increasing trend,reflecting that the δD value of sedimentary PAHs formed with the participation of diagenetic water media was still closely related to the thermal maturity of organic matter.Comparative studies showed that theδD values of different types of organic compounds produced by hydrous pyrolysis of peat were in the order,PAHs>n-alkanes>methane.

Molecular Identification of Isolated Bacteria from Soils in Likouala Peat Bog Area, Republic of Congo

This study aimed to the molecular identification of isolated bacteria from the soils of Likouala (Congo-Brazzaville) peat bog area. Counting and isolation were carried out on Mossel and TSB media enriched with petroleum and vegetable oil;the amplification and sequencing of 16S RNA genes by PCR and Artic Oxford Nanopore Technology. The results showed bacterial loads of (5.81 ± 1.08) × 104;(6.64 ± 1.94) × 104 et (8.56 ± 1.19) × 103 CFU/g on Mossel respectively for samples 1, 2 and 3 against (2.12 ± 4.1) × 108 et (8.15 ± 10.1) × 107 CFU/g respectively on TSB enriched with petroleum and vegetable oil exclusively with sample 2. The analysis of the 16S rRNA of the isolates gene made it possible, after PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, to identify eight (08) strains with similarities of 99 to 100% whose sequences genes placed in GenBank have made it possible to obtain accession numbers corresponding to: Bacillus thuringiensis strain (ON303633);Bacillus cereus strain (ON350770);Bacillus thuringiensis strain (ON350771);Bacillus thuringiensis strain (ON738723);Priestia megaterium strain (ON738719);Bacillus anthracis strain (ON738720);Bacillus subtilis (ON738721);Enterobacter sp (ON738722). The phylogenetic classification of strains was done and revealed two genuses which are Bacillus and Enterobacteriaceae.

Research Status, Problems and Direction of Soil Organic Carbon in Zoige Peat Wetland

Peatlands,as a special type of wetland,occupy only 3%of the Earth’s surface,but bear about one-third of the world’s soil carbon storage and play an important role in the global carbon cycle.The Zoige Wetland is located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,and its peat reserves are up to 1.9 billion tons,accounting for more than 40%of the country’s peat resources,which is an important support for China to achieve the“double carbon”goal.This paper reviews the research status and storage estimation of soil organic carbon in Zoige Wetland.The statistical results show that there is a large difference in the estimation of carbon storage in the peatland of Zoige(0.43-1.42 Pg).The reasons are mainly related to marked differences in values reported for soil densities,organic carbon levels,and accu­mulation rates.There are still great uncertainties in the estimation of wetland carbon stocks,and future studies should focus on reducing soil carbon sink uncertainties,climate change,the impact of permafrost melting on carbon sink functions,the impact of degraded ecosystem restoration and sink enhancement pathways,and other greenhouse gas functions.In order to accurately reveal the current situation and future trend of carbon sink in peat wetlands,a model-multi-source observation data fusion system was constructed to complement the observation shortcomings in key ar­eas,and provide reference and support for the construction of carbon neutral ecological civilization.

微生物蛋白激发子PeaT1的获得及诱导水稻抗旱性的初步研究

PeaT1是来源于极细链格胞菌(Alternaria tenuissima)的一种蛋白激发子,具有促进植物生长和提高抗逆性的功能。为了进一步研究该激发子的功能,构建了表达该蛋白质的原核表达载体pET28a-peaT1,诱导表达获得大量目的蛋白质。利用AKTA蛋白质纯化系统,通过亲和层析、离子交换层析和分子筛等纯化技术,获得高纯度的PeaT1蛋白。用不同浓度的纯化蛋白处理水稻,进行抗旱性检测,结果表明PeaT1可明显提高水稻的抗旱性。

极细链格孢菌蛋白激发子Peat1在酵母双杂交系统中转录激活活性检测

以PCR法从pGEX-6p-1-peaT1中扩增出peaT1基因片段,电泳回收后将peaT1基因定向克隆到plexA载体中。将诱饵载体plexA-peaT1经酶切和测序鉴定后,用PEG/LiAC法转化酵母EGY48[p8op-lacZ],并进行诱饵载体转录激活活性检测。结果表明,重组质粒经EcoR I和XhoⅠ双酶切后,琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测可见2条与预期相符的条带,表明诱饵载体构建成功。β-半乳糖苷酶活性分析表明,诱饵载体plexA-peat1无转录激活活性,对酵母菌株也无毒害作用。该诱饵载体可用于酵母双杂交系统中,为下一步筛选cDNA文库奠定了基础。

蛋白激发子PeaT1的高密度发酵及生理功能检测

PeaT1是从极细链格孢菌(Alternaria tenuissima)中提取出的一种植物蛋白激发子,具有促进植物生长,增强作物抗逆性的功能。由于该蛋白具有无残留、无毒副作用的优点,因此具有发展为生物农药的应用前景。在100L发酵罐中利用分批补料技术对PeaT1工程菌进行高密度发酵,通过AKTA蛋白纯化仪对发酵产物进行了亲和纯化,并检测了纯化所得蛋白对水稻在15℃低温下生长的影响。发酵最终菌体密度达80g/L,每升菌液纯化得到蛋白90mg,纯化所得蛋白能够促进水稻低温下的生长,具有激发子活性。

Monosaccharide Recovery from Peat and Peatified Wood by Ultrasonication Pretreatment and Hydrothermal Treatment

Peat and peatified wood are significant carbohydrate resources in tropical rainforests. The carbohydrates of cellulose and hemicellulose are important sources of monosaccharides for both vital activities and industrial applications, such as furan production of furfural and hydroxymethyl furfural. Hydrothermal treatment at 200°C and ultrasonic irradiation pretreatment were used to recover monosaccharides from the abovementioned resources. The monosaccharide recovery from peat was shown to be higher than that from peatified wood. The conversion to organic acids is considered to proceed rapidly because acids are always detected with monosaccharides. This conversion is outstripped by the organic acid-to-gas reaction for treatment times longer than 20 min. The monosaccharide recovery from peatified wood was improved by the ultrasonication pretreatment. It is considered that ultrasonic irradiation broke down lignin blockages, enabling water molecules to access the carbohydrates more easily in the subsequent hydrothermal treatment.

Study on Peat-Forming Mechanism of Tropic and Sub-TropicTidal Flats

Tropic and sub-tropic tidal flats (generalised) are a kind of speific peat-forming environments. Taking the Mangrove tidal flats and mangrove pets in Hainan island as a example, the authors deeply study and discuss the peat-forming mechanism of tropic and sub-tropic tidal flats. The conclusions are as follows: intrusion accretiou of plant organic matter is more important ; the organic matter has accumulated witk high productivity, high return rate and high decompeition rate ;anaerobic bacterin play a more important role during early peatification ; sea level change is the fundameutal factor controlling the formation and evolution of tidal flat peat-forming environments; lagoon peat-flat and delta peat-flat are main types of tidal flat peat-forming euvironments ;tidal flat peat-forming environments are remarkably characterized by low-level and rabe properties.

Effects of Lateral Variation in Vegetation and Basin ‘Dome' Shape on Tropical Lowland Peat Stabilisation in the Kota Samarahan-Asajaya Area, West Sarawak, Malaysia

Field surveys indicate lateral variation in peat humification levels （von Post） in dominantly occurring fibric,fibric to hemic,sapric and hemie to sapric peats across a gradient from the margin towards the centre of tropical lowland peat domes.Cement-peat stabilisation can be enhanced by adding mineral soil fillers （silt,clays and fine sands） obtained from Quaternary floodplain deposits and residual soil （weathered schist）.The unconfined compressive strength （UCS） of the stabilised cement-mineral soil fifler-peat mix increases with the increased addition of selected mineral soil filler.Lateral variation in the stabilised peat strength （UCS） in the top 0 to 0.5 m layer was found from the margin towards the centre of the tropical lowland peat dome.The variations in the UCS of stabilised tropical lowland peats along a gradient from the periphery towards the centre of the peat dome are most likely caused by a combination of factors due to variations in the mineral soil or ash content of the peat and horizontal zonation or lateral variation in the dominant species of the plant assemblages （due to successive vegetation zonation of the peat swamp forest from the periphery towards the centre of the tropical lowland peat dome）.

蛋白激发子基因peaT1植物表达载体的构建及其转化棉花的研究

[目的]构建蛋白激发子基因peaT1的植物表达载体并转化棉花品种‘CCRI24’。[方法]设计含有PstⅠ和XhoⅠ酶切位点的引物,以质粒pET28a-peaT1为模板扩增得到peaT1序列,将其通过中间载体pG4AS-cup克隆到植物表达载体pCAMBIA2300上,通过农杆菌介导法转化棉花品种‘CCRI24’,诱导并筛选抗性愈伤和胚性愈伤,通过PCRs、outhern杂交和RT-PCR检测筛选的棉株。[结果]构建了含有增强子和多联终止子的植物表达载体pCAMBIA2300-peaT1,获得了大量的胚状体和4棵再生苗并嫁接成活,验证了蛋白激发子基因peaT1已经整合到再生苗2和4基因组当中。[结论]本研究为进一步开展蛋白激发子基因peaT1转化棉花的研究提供了基础材料。

细极链格孢菌peaT2基因在毕赤酵母中的表达及蛋白功能确定

从细极链格孢菌表达文库获得阳性克隆子,序列分析表明,克隆的DNA片段中含有完整的开放阅读框架,将该基因命名为peaT2(GenBank登录号为EF212880)。用PCR法扩增peaT2基因的编码序列并亚克隆到毕赤酵母表达系统的表达载体pPIC9K上,得到重组质粒pPIC9K/peaT2。重组质粒经SacⅠ线性化后用电穿孔法导入到毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)GS115中,采用MD、G418-YPD平板和PCR法筛选Mut+表型,获得了分泌表达的重组毕赤酵母。随机挑取一菌株作为表达菌,用甲醇诱导PeaT2蛋白表达。SDS-PAGE及Western blot检测结果均表明PeaT2在毕赤酵母中成功地分泌表达。用peaT2基因的表达蛋白处理小麦种子,生物测定表明,表达蛋白能明显促进小麦的生长,具有蛋白激发子作用。

蛋白激发子基因peaT1转基因棉花的获得及初步鉴定

将来源于极细链格孢菌的蛋白激发子基因peaT1克隆到植物表达载体pCAMBIA2300上,成功构建了含有增强子和多联终止子的植物表达载体pCAMBIA2300-G4AS-peaT1。通过花粉管通道法转化棉花,经卡那霉素抗性筛选、PCR和RT-PCR检测获得一株转基因棉花植株,其植株茎粗和成铃数均高于非转基因对照株。

激发子基因peaT1转化三生烟及其对TMV抗性的提高

通过根癌农杆菌(Agrobactrium tumefaciens)介导转化法,将含有激发子基因peaT1的植物表达载体pCAM-BIA2300-G4AS-peaT1转化三生烟,获得了转基因烟草植株。用PCR检测确认了阳性转化株,用Southern杂交、RT-PCR和Western杂交进一步证实了peaT1基因的整合、转录和表达。对T1代转基因阳性株进行TMV接种试验,结果显示,与非转基因对照相比,表达peaT1的烟草叶片枯斑数量减少,表明蛋白激发子基因peaT1的表达提高了转基因烟草对TMV的抗性。

Nitrogen Removal Improvement by Adding Peat in Deep Soil of Subsurface Wastewater Infi ltration System

In order to enhance the nitrogen removal, a subsurface wastewater infiltration system （SWIS） was improved by adding peat in deep soil as carbon source for denitrification process. The effects of addition of carbon source in the underpart of the SWIS on nitrogen removal at different influents （with the total nitrogen （TN） concentration 40 and 80 mg L^-1, respectively） were investigated by soil column simulating experiments. When the relatively light pollution influent with 40 mg L^-1 TN was used, the average concentrations of NO3-N and TN in effluents were （4.69±0.235）, （6.18±0.079） mg L^-1, respectively, decreased by 32 and 30.8% than the control; the NO3--N concentration of all effluents was below the maximum contaminant level of 10 mg L^-1; as high as 92.67% of the TN removal efficiency was achieved. When relatively heavy pollution influent with 80 mg LITN was used, the average concentrations of NO3--N and TN in effluents were （10.2±0.265）, （12.5±0.148） mg L^-1 respectively, decreased by 20 and 21.2% than the control; the NO3--N concentration of all effluents met the grade Ⅲ of the national quality standard for ground water of China （GB/T 14848-1993） with the values less than 20 mg L^-1; the TN removal efficiency of 94.1% was achieved. In summary, adding peat in the underpart of the SWIS significantly decreased TN and NO3- -N concentration in effluents and the nitrogen removal efficiency improved significantly.

Peat1蛋白及其3个缺失突变体的表达与热稳定性分析

[目的]为揭示Peat1蛋白序列(含1个NAC结构域和1个UBA结构域)各片段在该蛋白热稳定性上的作用。[方法]构建了Peat1蛋白及其3个缺失突变体的融合表达载体,经IPTG诱导表达的目标蛋白,对所得蛋白经AKTA亲和纯化和热稳定性分析。[结果]与Peat1一样,3个缺失突变体蛋白(Peat1、Peat1-△CD99、Peat1-△ND49和Peat1-△ND108)都具有良好的热稳定性。[结论]说明NAC或UBA结构域对Peat1蛋白的热稳定性不是同时必需的,可能它们都有单独赋予蛋白某种特殊稳定结构的作用。

Tephra Discovered in High Resolution Peat Sediment and Its Indication to Climatic Event

Floating tephra was deposited together with ice core, snow layer, abyssal sediment, lake sediments, and other geological records. It is of great significance to interpret the impact on the climate change of volcanic eruptions from these geological records. It is the first time that volcanic glass was discovered from the peat of Jinchuan （金川） Maar, Jilin （吉林） Province, China. And it is in situ sediments from a near-source explosive eruption according to particle size analysis and identification results. The tephra were neither from Tianchi （天池） volcano eruptions, Changbai （长白） Mountain, nor from Jinlongdingzi （金龙顶子） volcano about 1 600 aBP eruption, but maybe from an unknown eruption of Longgang （龙岗） volcano group according to their geochemistry and distribution. Geochemical characters of the tephra are similar to those of Jinglongdingzi, which are poor in silica, deficient in alkali, Na2O content is more than K2O content, and are similar to distribution patterns of REE and incompatible elements, which helps to speculate that they originated from the same mantle magma with rare condemnation, and from basaltic explosive eruption of Longgang volcano group. The tephra, from peat with age proved that the eruption possibly happened in 15 BC-26 AD, is one of Longgang volcano group eruption that was not recorded and is earlier than that of Jinglongdingzi about 1 600 aBP eruption. And the sedimentary time of tephra is during the period of low temperature alteration, which may be the influence of eruption toward the local climate according to the correlativity of eruption to local temperature curve of peat cellulose oxygen isotope.

Explanation for Peat-Forming Environments of Seams 2 and 9^(2) in Xingtai Coalfield, China

In terms of macrolithotypes and microlithotypes, the petrographic composition was determined on column samples of Permian Seam 2 and Carboniferous Seam 9(2) from the Xingtai Coalfield, China. The macrolithotypes are classified into bright coal (B), banded bright coal (BB), banded coal (BC),banded dull coal (BD), dull coal (D) and fibrous coal (F). The lithotypes are dominated by BD and D in Seam 2, and BB in Seam 9(2).Microlithotypes are dominated by inertite and durite in Seam 2 and by vitrite in Seam 9(2). Eight microlithotypes were selected as indicators of peat-forming environments. Two triangle diagrams were drawn based on the indicators in order to explicate the peat-forming environments of Permian Seam 2 and Carboniferous Seam 9(2). The results indicate that the peat of Carboniferous Seam 9(2) was formed dominantly in wet swamps, whereas tbe peat of Permian Seam 2 formed dominantly in dry and wet swamps. These results are agree with the regional geology, that is, the peat of Carboniferous Seam 9(2) was formed in a transition zone and the peat of Permian Seam 2 formed in an upper delta zone.The climate of the peat-forming time for Permian Seam 2 was drier than that for Carboniferous.

Peat humification-and δ^(13)C_(cellulose)-recorded warm-season moisture variations during the past 500 years in the southern Altai Mountains within northern Xinjiang of China

To predict future spatio-temporal patterns of climate change, we should fully understand the spatio-temporal patterns of climate change during the past millennium. But, we are not yet able to delineate the patterns because the qualities of the retrieved proxy records and the spatial coverage of those records are not adequate. Northern Xinjiang of China is one of such areas where the records are not adequate. Here, we present a 500-yr land-surface moisture sequence from Heiyangpo Peat(48.34°N, 87.18°E, 1353 m a.s.l) in the southern Altai Mountains within northern Xinjiang. Specifically, peat carbon isotope value of cellulose(δ^(13)C_(cellulose)) was used to estimate the warm-season moisture variations and the degree of humification was used to constrain the δ^(13)C_(cellulose)-based hydrological interpretation. The climatic attributions of the interpreted hydrological variations were based on the warm-season temperature reconstructed from Belukha ice core and the warm-season precipitation inferred from the reconstructed Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillations(AMO). The results show that humification decreased and the δ^(13)C_(celluose)-suggested moisture decreased from ~1510 to ~1775 AD, implying that a constant dryingcondition may have inhibited peat decay. Our comparison with reconstructed climatic parameters suggests that the moisture-level decline was most likely resulted from a constant decline of precipitation. The results also show that humification kept a stable level and the δ^(13)C_(celluose)-suggested moisture also decreased from ~1775 to ~2013 AD, implying that peat decay in the acrotelm primarily did not depend on the water availability or an aerobic environment. Again, our comparison with reconstructed climatic parameters suggests that the land-surface moisturelevel decline was most likely resulted from a steady warming of growing-season temperature.