Infectious bursal disease(IBD)is caused by infectious bursal disease virus(IBDV),which has a genome consisting of two segments of double-stranded linear RNA.IBDVs have been traditionally divided into four phenotypes b...Infectious bursal disease(IBD)is caused by infectious bursal disease virus(IBDV),which has a genome consisting of two segments of double-stranded linear RNA.IBDVs have been traditionally divided into four phenotypes based on their pathogenicity and antigenicity,including classic,variant,very virulent,and attenuated IBDV.With the emergences of divergent molecular characteristics of novel strains produced by continuous mutations and recombination,it is increasingly difficult to define new IBDV strains using the traditional descriptive classification method.The most common classification scheme for IBDV with segmented genome is based solely on segment A,while the significance of segment B has been largely neglected.In this study,an improved scheme for IBDV genotype classification based on the molecular characteristics of both VP2(a viral capsid protein encoded by segment A)and VP1(an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase protein encoded by segment B)was proposed for the first time.In this scheme,IBDV was classified into nine genogroups of A and five genogroups of B,respectively;the genogroup A2 was further divided into four lineages.The commonly used phenotypic classifications of classic,variant,very virulent,and attenuated IBDVs correspond to the A1 B1,A2 B1,A3 B2,and A8 B1 genotypes of the proposed classification scheme.The novel variant IBDVs including the strains identified in this study were classified as belonging to genotype A2 d B1.The flexibility and versatility of this improved classification scheme will allow the unambiguous identification of existing and emerging IBDV strains,which will greatly facilitate molecular epidemiology studies of IBDV.展开更多
This study is aiming at investigating the metabolic characteristics of Ethanoligenens Harbinense YUAN-3.The effects of yeast extract powder and supplemental vitamins on the growth medium were assessed.With yeast powde...This study is aiming at investigating the metabolic characteristics of Ethanoligenens Harbinense YUAN-3.The effects of yeast extract powder and supplemental vitamins on the growth medium were assessed.With yeast powder as the sole nitrogen source,the biomass yield and hydrogen-producing capacity of YUAN-3 from glucose fermentation significantly increased.Adding vitamin in yeast powder can enhance hydrogen yield compared with no adding.Therefore vitamin supplement can be considered as an effective growth factor in this study.Batch culture also produced larger yields of hydrogen.展开更多
A novel fiber Bragg grating with triangular spectrum is presented. A strain sensor based on this fiber grating is proposed. Experiments showed that the sensor has advantages of high sensitivity, wider measuring range ...A novel fiber Bragg grating with triangular spectrum is presented. A strain sensor based on this fiber grating is proposed. Experiments showed that the sensor has advantages of high sensitivity, wider measuring range and immunity to fluctuation of the light source power.展开更多
A tunable polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator based on strain-ckirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is proposed. It natures in flexible designing, large tuning range, without using linear or nonlinear chirped...A tunable polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator based on strain-ckirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is proposed. It natures in flexible designing, large tuning range, without using linear or nonlinear chirped phase mask, fast tuning response time, continuously adjustable, all-fiber based, compact, and cheap.展开更多
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province,China(ZD2020C006 and TD2019C003)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFE0203200)+2 种基金the Heilongjiang Province Foundation for the National Key Research and Development Program of China(GX18B011)the Major Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(31430087)the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System(CARS-41-G15)。
文摘Infectious bursal disease(IBD)is caused by infectious bursal disease virus(IBDV),which has a genome consisting of two segments of double-stranded linear RNA.IBDVs have been traditionally divided into four phenotypes based on their pathogenicity and antigenicity,including classic,variant,very virulent,and attenuated IBDV.With the emergences of divergent molecular characteristics of novel strains produced by continuous mutations and recombination,it is increasingly difficult to define new IBDV strains using the traditional descriptive classification method.The most common classification scheme for IBDV with segmented genome is based solely on segment A,while the significance of segment B has been largely neglected.In this study,an improved scheme for IBDV genotype classification based on the molecular characteristics of both VP2(a viral capsid protein encoded by segment A)and VP1(an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase protein encoded by segment B)was proposed for the first time.In this scheme,IBDV was classified into nine genogroups of A and five genogroups of B,respectively;the genogroup A2 was further divided into four lineages.The commonly used phenotypic classifications of classic,variant,very virulent,and attenuated IBDVs correspond to the A1 B1,A2 B1,A3 B2,and A8 B1 genotypes of the proposed classification scheme.The novel variant IBDVs including the strains identified in this study were classified as belonging to genotype A2 d B1.The flexibility and versatility of this improved classification scheme will allow the unambiguous identification of existing and emerging IBDV strains,which will greatly facilitate molecular epidemiology studies of IBDV.
基金Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 30870037)the Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 50638020)+1 种基金the National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China(Grant No.AUGA41309045)the Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Grant(Grant No.AUGA41100165)
文摘This study is aiming at investigating the metabolic characteristics of Ethanoligenens Harbinense YUAN-3.The effects of yeast extract powder and supplemental vitamins on the growth medium were assessed.With yeast powder as the sole nitrogen source,the biomass yield and hydrogen-producing capacity of YUAN-3 from glucose fermentation significantly increased.Adding vitamin in yeast powder can enhance hydrogen yield compared with no adding.Therefore vitamin supplement can be considered as an effective growth factor in this study.Batch culture also produced larger yields of hydrogen.
文摘A novel fiber Bragg grating with triangular spectrum is presented. A strain sensor based on this fiber grating is proposed. Experiments showed that the sensor has advantages of high sensitivity, wider measuring range and immunity to fluctuation of the light source power.
基金This work was supported by the National 973 Basic Research and Development Program of China (No. 2003CB314901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60377026), the National "863" High Technology Project of China (No. 2003AA311070),
文摘A tunable polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator based on strain-ckirped fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is proposed. It natures in flexible designing, large tuning range, without using linear or nonlinear chirped phase mask, fast tuning response time, continuously adjustable, all-fiber based, compact, and cheap.