Effects of Pseudoalteromonas sp. BC228 on Digestive Enzyme Activity and Immune Response of Juvenile Sea Cucumber(Apostichopus japonicus)

A marine bacterium, Pseudoalteromonas sp. BC228 was supplemented to feed in a feeding experiment aiming to determine its ability of enhancing the digestive enzyme activity and immune response of juvenile Apostichopus japonicus. Sea cucumber individuals were fed with the diets containing 0(control), 105, 107 and 109 CFU g-1 diet of BC228 for 45 days. Results showed that intestinal trypsin and lipase activities were significantly enhanced by 107 and 109 CFU g-1 diet of BC228 in comparison with control(P < 0.01). The phagocytic activity in the coelomocytes of sea cucumber fed the diet supplemented with 107 CFU g-1 diet of BC228 was significantly higher than that of those fed control diet(P < 0.05). In addition, 105 and 107 CFU g-1 diet of BC228 significantly enhanced lysozyme and phenoloxidase activities in the coelomic fluid of sea cucumber, respectively, in comparison with other diets(P < 0.01). Sea cucumbers, 10 each diet, were challenged with Vibrio splendidus NB13 after 45 days of feeding. It was found that the cumulative incidence and mortality of sea cucumber fed with BC228 containing diets were lower than those of animals fed control diet. Our findings evidenced that BC228 supplemented in diets improved the digestive enzyme activity of juvenile sea cucumber, stimulated its immune response and enhanced its resistance to the infection of V. splendidus.

Effect of Monocrotophos and Quinalphos on Soil Population and Nitrogen-Fixing Activity of Azospirillum sp.

The effects of monocrotophos and quinalphos on population and nitrogen-fixing activity of Azospirillum sp.in four agricultural soils were determined in a laboratory study.Concentrations of the two insecticides up to a 5 kg ha^(-1)level were either stimulatory or innocuous to the popula- tion of Azospirillum in the soils.Four successive applications of the insecticides to soils resulted in a significant increase in the population density.Cultures of Azospirillum sp.,isolated from insecticide-treated soils,exhibited greater nitrogen-fixing activity.Three consecutive subcultur- ings of the isolates from insecticide-treated soils had no effect on their nitrogen-fixing activity.1989 Academic Press,Inc.

Simultaneous heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification at high initial phenol concentration by isolated bacterium Diaphorobacter sp. PD-7

A strain capable of phenol degradation, hetemtrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification was isolated from activated sludge of coking-plant wastewater ponds under aerobic condition. Based on its morphology, physiology, biochemical analysis and phylogenetic characteristics, the isolate was identified as Diaphorobacter sp. PD-7. Biodegradation tests of phenol showed that the maximum phenol degradation occurred at the late phase of exponential growth stages, with 1400 mg·L^-1 phenol completely degraded within 85 h. Diaphorobacter sp. PD-7 accumulated a vast quantity of phenol hydroxylase in this physiological phase, ensuring that the cells quickly utilize phenol as a sole carbon and energy source. The kinetic behavior ofDiaphorobacter sp. PD-7 in batch cultures was investigated over a wide range of initial phenol concentrations （0-1400mg·L^-1） by using the Haldane model, which adequately describes the dynamic behavior of phenol biodegradation by strain Diaphombacter sp. PD-7. At initial phenol concentration of 1400mg· L^-l, batch experiments （0.25 L flask） of nitrogen removal under aerobic condition gave almost entirely removal of 120.69mg· L^- 1 ammonium nitrogen within 75 h, while nitrate nitrogen removal reached 91% within 65 h. Moreover, hydroxylamine oxidase, periplasmic nitrate reductase and nitrite reductase were successfully expressed in the isolate.

Palladium-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Self-carbonylation of Arylhydrazine Using CO and O_(2) as an Ideal Oxidant

An efficient Pd/Cu-catalyzed oxidative self-carbonylation of arylhydrazine with CO and molecular oxygen as an oxidant to afford symmetrical biaryl ketones via C—N bond activation has been developed.In this approach,arylhydrazine hydrochlorides are used as a green arylating agent which releases nitrogen and water as byproducts.This developed protocol significantly restricts the formation of aryl iodide and homo-coupled azobenzene products even under favorable conditions.A library of symmetrical biaryl ketones with wide functionalities was synthesized in good yields under mild conditions.

Seimatoric acid and colletonoic acid:Two new compounds from the endophytic fungi,Seimatosporium sp.and Colletotrichum sp.

A new metabolite,named seimatoric acid（1）,representing a new oxobutanoic acid derivative has been isolated from Seimatosporium sp., in addition to four known compounds viz.,2-hydroxymethyl-4β,5α,6β-trihydroxycyclohex-2-enone（2）,（-）-phyllostine（3）,（＋）-epiepoxydon（4） and（＋）-epoxydon monoacetate（5）.Similarly one new benzoic acid derivative,named colletonoic acid（6） was isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of Colletotrichum sp.The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by detailed ^1 H NMR,^13C NMR,COSY,HMQC.HMBC spectroscopic analysis,and HR-E1-MS.Seimatoric acid（1）was also isolated from another taxonomical unidentified fungal strain 4295 in ourgroup.The structures of the known compounds were elucidated by their spectral data comparison to literature data.Preliminary studies showed that colletonoic acid（6） showed good antibacterial,antifungal,and antialgal activities.

Mechanism of Pd-catalyzed selective C–H activation of aliphatic amines via four-membered-ring cyclometallation pathway

A theoretical study is carried out on Gaunt＇s palladium-catalyzed selective C（sp3）-H activation of unprotected aliphatic amines. In this reaction, the methyl group is proposed to be activated through a four-membered cyclometallation pathway even though an ethyl group is present in the substrate. Our calculation shows that the methyl and ethyl activation processes proceed in nitrogen-atom-directed pathway rather than carbonyl-directed one. More important, methyl activation is more favorable than ethyl activation with nitrogen atom as the directing group. Further studies on the structural parameters show that the lactone structure in cyclic substrate is the origin of the selective methyl activation. When the lactone moiety is changed to ketone, ether or alkyl, the selectivity could be reversed so that the ethyl activation becomes more favorable. This result validates the pro- oosal that lactone structure is key to selective methyl activation.