Analytical solutions for bacterial energy taxis (chemotaxis): Traveling bacterial bands     

Wei Long  Markus Hilpert 《Advances in water resources》2007

Motile bacteria may form bands that travel with a constant speed of propagation through a medium containing a dissolved substrate, to which they respond energy tactically. We generalize the analytical solution by Keller and Segel for such bands by accounting for (1) the presence of a porous medium, (2) substrate consumption described by a Monod kinetics model, and (3) an energy tactic response model derived by Rivero et al. Specifically, we determine the concentration profiles of the bacteria and the substrate. We also derive various expressions for the band velocity. The band velocity is also shown to equal the energy tactic velocity at the bacterial peak divided by tortuosity.  相似文献   

柴达木盆地南翼山地区微生物碳酸盐岩结构与矿化作用     

李国欣  王建功  张永庶  李翔  高妍芳  孙秀建  张世铭  刘合  鲜成钢 《地质学报》2023,97(1):133-149

为明确柴达木盆地西部地区新生界微生物碳酸盐岩微观结构及主要造岩矿物的成因机理,本文利用岩芯观察、薄片分析、扫描电镜及电子探针分析等实验测试方法,对南翼山地区上油砂山组微生物碳酸盐岩微观结构、矿物特征差异性及矿化作用开展研究。分析认为南翼山地区上油砂山组发育厚层泥晶碳酸盐岩,单层厚度3～5 m;局部发育薄层微生物碳酸盐岩,单层厚度以30～50 cm为主,单层最大厚度2 m。微生物碳酸盐岩类型以凝块石为主、局部发育叠层石,二者混合共生,通过扫描电镜在微生物碳酸盐岩中发现了大量钙化的细胞外聚合物(EPS)组构与少量微生物化石,为湖相微生物碳酸盐岩的形成提供了生物学证据。研究结果表明：(1)微生物碳酸盐岩主要矿物类型为方解石,微观组构复杂、类型多样,包括球粒、团粒、菱面体以及片状结构等。球粒粒径分布范围50～80 nm。团粒由若干纳米级球粒聚合黏结形成,粒径为几微米至几十微米。片状方解石往往大小不等、形态各异,粒径通常为1～10μm。(2)发现大量钙化EPS组构及疑似微体化石,包括球状、杆状及丝状体。杆状体微生物化石直径约0.4μm,长0.5～1μm。丝状体微生物化石直径约0.3～0.5μm,...  相似文献   

寒武纪丝状蓝细菌生物膜主导和诱发的巨型鲕粒:以河南新安县石井剖面苗岭统徐庄组为例^*          下载免费PDF全文

梅冥相 《古地理学报》2021,23(1):105-124

多样化的产出环境和30×10⁸年的分布历史表明,鲕粒成因一直是一个谜一样的沉积学难题,争论的关键问题是其究竟是有机(微生物)成因还是无机成因。来自于华北地台寒武系苗岭统徐庄组鲕粒滩相灰岩顶部的方解石巨鲕表现出同心状、放射—同心状和泥晶质的沉积组构,在鲕粒核心和鲕粒皮层中保存着精美的葛万菌(Girvanella)化石所主导的光合作用生物膜的钙化作用残余物,这为研究鲕粒形成与光合作用生物膜之间复杂的成因联系提供了一个较为直接的微生物证据,因为葛万菌可相对较为肯定地类比于近代的钙化织线菌(Plectonema)丝状蓝细菌化石。所以说,在伴随着后生动物辐射的寒武纪蓝细菌繁盛的方解石海中,尽管形成放射状鲕粒皮层的放射纤维状方解石的沉淀作用机理还没有得到完全彻底的了解,但是这些巨鲕确实表现出光合作用生物膜诱发、滋养并促进了鲕粒形成的直接证据,进一步支持了“鲕粒沉积可以作为一种不同的微生物岩体系新类型”的重要科学理念。  相似文献   

RECOGNITION OF A BIOFILM AT THE SEDIMENT–WATER INTERFACE OF AN ACID MINE DRAINAGE-CONTAMINATED STREAM,AND ITS ROLE IN CONTROLLING IRON FLUX     

STEPHEN BOULT  NICHOLAS JOHNSON  CHARLES CURTIS 《水文研究》1997,11(4):391-399

Material collected over a month on plates attached to the bed of the Afon Goch, Anglesey, a stream highly contaminated by acid mine drainage (AMD), was either examined intact by electron microscopy or suspended and cultured to reveal the presence of microbiota. Certain of the aerobic microbiota were identified, the genus Pseudomonas formed the commonest isolate and cultures of Serratia plymuthica were grown in order to compare the biofilms formed with the material collected in the Afon Goch. The material at the sediment–water interface of the Afon Goch was of similar underlying morphology to that of the cultured biofilms. However, the former had a superficial granular coating of equidimensional (60–100 nm) and evenly spaced iron rich particles (determined by X-ray microanalysis). The sediment–water interface of this AMD-contaminated stream is therefore best described as a highly contaminated biofilm. Evidence from previous work suggests that the streambed is active in iron removal from the water column. The intimate association of iron with microbiota at the streambed, therefore, implies that iron flux prediction may not be possible from physical and chemical data alone but requires knowledge of biofilm physiology and ecology. Microbially mediated metal precipitation, both by single bacteria and by biofilms, has been reported elsewhere but mass balance considerations suggest that this explanation cannot hold good for the large amounts of iron hydroxide depositing from waters of the prevalent pH and redox status. Filtered stream water analyses indicate the presence of colloidal iron hydroxide and also its removal downstream where ochreous (iron hydroxide rich) material accumulates. The process of iron immobilization is likely to be the attraction and physical trapping of colloidal iron hydroxide by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) which constitute the matrix of biofilms. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Comparison of soil bacterial communities associated with actinorhizal, non-actinorhizal plants and the interspaces in the sclerophyllous matorral from Central Chile in two different seasons     

F. Farías  J. Orlando  L. Bravo  R. Guevara  M. Carú   《Journal of Arid Environments》2009,73(12):1117-1124

The spatial heterogeneity of resources in desert and semi-arid shrubland appears to be important in determining higher soil bacteria abundance around plants than in soil without plant cover. Thus, these bacterial communities could be important contributors to nutrient cycling in arid ecosystems. Bacterial diversity from Chilean sclerophyllous matorral was determined by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP). Soil samples associated with the actinorhizal plant Colletia hystrix, non-actinorhizal plants and interspace soil without plant cover, were collected in May and October. The non-actinorhizal and interspace soil differed significantly in their potassium content in May and pH in October. The T-RFLP analysis revealed differences in the bacterial community structure from the different habitats. The soil bacterial communities associated with plants were the most similar, whereas the interspace soil community differed in both sampling times. The factors that best explained the groupings were potassium and pH. The greatest diversity was observed in the interspace soil. The Microbial Community Analysis showed a significant proportion of T-RFs identified as Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. Likewise, spatial and temporal differences were observed in the main groups' abundance. The dominance of Firmicutes suggests that the sclerophyllous matorral could be a different ecosystem to other arid and semi-arid soils with respect to the bacterial community structure.  相似文献   

砾间接触氧化反应器中填料表面细菌多样性及其主要功能     

林山杉  金玉花  付丽丽  全成实 《吉林大学学报(地球科学版)》2007,37(2):361-366

采用分子生物学手段,通过构建16S rDNA基因文库,对新型剩余污泥减量化处理系统—生物砾间接触氧化反应器 (GCOR) 中载体表面附着细菌多样性进行了系统发育分析,并讨论了多种细菌共存对剩余污泥减量化的贡献。结果表明,附着细菌可分为好氧呼吸菌群、兼性厌氧菌群、厌氧水解发酵菌群和生长缓慢菌群等4大类。其中,优势菌群分别是以兼具呼吸/发酵代谢方式的β变形菌、嗜水气单胞菌及以发酵为主要代谢方式的拟杆菌属。此外,好氧菌群中还发育有假单胞菌属、硝化螺菌属细菌和黄杆菌属细菌等。慢速生长菌群包括Caldimonas taiwanensis strain On 1和Ideonella sp.。填料表面生物膜微生态环境复杂,微生物多样性较高,好氧、厌氧菌群以及慢速生长菌群等多种细菌共同作用,为在降解污水有机物的同时,达到剩余污泥减量化做出巨大贡献。结果分析表明,细菌的主要功能可归纳为：能量解偶联、共代谢作用、生物溶胞作用和慢性生长种群的影响。  相似文献   

利用生物膜强化表流湿地处理农村生活污水的试验   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

张云慧  朱伟  董婵 《湖泊科学》2012,24(6):838-842

针对农村生活污水难以集中处理的问题,提出了采用生物膜强化表流湿地工艺就地进行农村生活污水处理的方法,并对其进行试验研究.结果表明:在表流湿地表面设置生物膜载体后,系统的水质净化能力提高,处理负荷较高的条件下(COD_Cr:657.27 mg/L、TN:26.27 mg/L、TP:8.66 mg/L和SS:276 mg/L),处理效果显著提高.在效果明显的试验组中,生物膜设置后系统对TN、TP、COD_Cr的去除率分别提高了21.64%、16.24%、19.12%.另外,通过对系统中微生物的检测发现,生物膜载体的引入对湿地系统本身影响不大,系统水质净化能力的提高主要源于载体上微生物的增加.该方法在未增加系统占地面积的情况下提高了水质净化能力,为解决农村生活污水处理难的问题提供了新的思路.  相似文献   

磷在"沉积物-自然生物膜-上覆水"三相体系中的迁移转化   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

陆海鹰  陈建贞  李运东  方炎明  杨林章  吴永红 《湖泊科学》2014,26(4):497-504

地表水体中沉积物表面通常会附着一层自然生物膜,对上覆水-沉积物界面化学物质的迁移转化有着重要的影响.以往研究往往会忽略这一生物层面,因而,开展磷在"沉积物-自然生物膜-上覆水"三相界面之间的迁移转化研究具有重要的实际意义.以软性填料表面形成的自然生物膜模拟沉积物表层以及悬浮颗粒物表层的自然生物膜,开展磷在沉积物-自然生物膜-上覆水之间的迁移转化过程研究.结果表明:有无曝气情况下,自然生物膜界面的存在均能够显著降低上覆水中总磷、溶解态总磷、溶解态无机磷的含量,明显抑制沉积物中可交换态磷向上覆水释放.研究证明自然生物膜在水体磷的迁移转化中起着不可忽视的作用,在研究沉积物-上覆水界面之间磷的迁移转化行为时,要充分考虑自然生物膜界面的存在.  相似文献   

Seeing through porous media: An experimental study for unveiling interstitial flows          下载免费PDF全文

Simonetta Rubol  Daniele Tonina  Lionel Vincent  Jill A. Sohm  William Basham  Ralph Budwig  Pratixa Savalia  Eva Kanso  Douglas G. Capone  Kenneth H. Nealson 《水文研究》2018,32(3):402-407

We describe a novel inexpensive method, utilizing particle image velocimetry (PIV) and refractive index‐matching (RIM) for visualizing and quantifying the flow field within bio‐amended porous media. To date, this technique has been limited to idealized particles, whose refractive index does not match that of fresh water and thus requires specialized and often toxic or hazardous fluids. Here, we use irregularly shaped grains made of hydrogel as the solid matrix and water as the fluid. The advantage of using water is that it provides, for the first time, the opportunity to study both hydraulic and biological processes, which typically occur in soils and streambeds. By using RIM coupled with PIV (RIM‐PIV), we measured the interstitial flow field within a cell packed with granular material consisting of hydrogel grains in a size range of 1–8 mm, both in the presence and in the absence of Sinorhizobium meliloti bacteria (strain Rm8530). We also performed experiments with fluorescent tracer (fluorescein) and fluorescent microbes (Shewanella GPF MR‐1) to test the capability of visualizing solute transport and microbial movements. Results showed that the RIM‐PIV can measure the flow field for both biofilm‐free and biofilm‐covered hydrogel grains. The fluorescent tracer injection showed the ability to visualize both physical (concave surfaces and eddies) and biological (biofilms) transient storage zones, whereas the fluorescent microbe treatment showed the ability to track microbial movements within fluids. We conclude that the proposed methodology is a promising tool to visualize and quantify biofilm attachment, growth, and detachment in a system closer to natural conditions than a 2D flow cell experiment.  相似文献   

城市河流细菌群落特征及影响因素——以鄱阳湖流域赣江南昌段为例     

刘君政  王鹏  肖汉玉  陈波 《湖泊科学》2018,30(3):741-752

为了了解赣江细菌群落特征,探讨环境因子对城市河流细菌群落结构组成的影响,本文基于高通量测序分析鄱阳湖流域赣江南昌段2015年4月至2016年3月5个采样点(G1~G5)的细菌群落特征.采用R语言"Vegan"程序包中的"Bioenv"程序、冗余分析方法分析环境因子对河水细菌群落的影响,基于Bayesian统计方法的Source Tracker模型估算南昌城区对赣江细菌群落的改变比例.结果表明:赣江南昌段的优势菌门为放线菌门(Actinobacteria,34.05%)和变形菌门(Proteobacteria,31.59%),其次为厚壁菌门(Firmicutes,15.49%)和拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes,9.12%);气温和流量是河流细菌群落主要影响因子,其中气温是影响OTU丰度的最佳单参数,影响门丰度的最佳单参数是流量;水文气象条件(气温和流量)对河流细菌群落的影响大于水化学指标,包括营养盐(溶解有机碳、总磷和铵态氮)、水化学离子(HCO_3~-、Cl~-、NO_3~-、SO_4~(2-)、Na~+、K~+和Mg~(2+))和重金属元素(Mn、Cd、Cr、Pb、Cu、As、Ba和Fe).除Proteobacteria外,其余门的细菌相对丰度在5个采样点之间不存在显著差异;Source Tracker模型结果表明南昌城区对赣江细菌群落结构组成的影响为6.33%~34.67%,对赣江南支细菌群落的影响显著高于其他河段;南昌城区对细菌群落的影响较小,主要的影响门类为Proteobacteria.  相似文献