大豆根际具有特定的微生物群落，但不同基因型大豆之间微生物群落结构的差异尚未得到解释。本研究分析了三种基因型大豆根际微生物群落结构。通过多样性和群落结构分析，证明了不同基因型大豆根际微生物群落间的差异，且每种基因型都由特定的根际微生物群落组成。共现网络分析发现，不同基因型大豆具有不同的根际微生物网络，网络中根瘤菌和根际微生物之间的关系在不同基因型的植物宿主之间表现出显著差异。生态功能预测发现，不同基因型的大豆招募了特定功能的根际微生物。研究结果表明，大豆基因型调控了根际微生物群落结构的差异，为大豆微生物菌剂的开发提供了参考和理论支持。

本研究通过比较基因表达量和有机酸含量，发现了一个P_3A亚家族成员PbPH5基因的表达量与不同梨系统的苹果酸积累呈高度相关，且与白梨系统、西洋梨系统、砂梨系统和秋子梨系统中的相关性分别是0.932**，0.656*，0.900**和0.518*（*P<0.05或** P<0.01）。在梨果实中过表达PbPH5基因后苹果酸含量增加，沉默PbPH5基因后苹果酸含量降低；亚细胞定位结果显示PbPH5定位于液泡膜。此外，系统发育分析结果表明PbPH5基因是PH5的同源基因，与矮牵牛、苹果和柑橘PH5基因归于同一支。综上所述，这些结果表明PbPH5是一个较为保守的基因，而且，梨果实中苹果酸的积累至少部分与PbPH5基因表达量相关。

    To speed up the degradation of corn stover directly returned to soil at low temperature, the corn stover-degrading microbial consortium GF-20, acclimated to biological decomposition in the frigid region, was successfully constructed under a long-term limiting substrate. To evaluate its potential in accelerating the decomposition of un-pretreated corn stover, the decomposing property, fermentation dynamic and the microbial diversity were analyzed. GF-20 degraded corn stover by 32% after 15-day fermentation at 10°C. Peak activities of filter paperlyase (FPA), β-glucosidases (CB), endoglucanases (Cx), and cellobiohydrolases (C1) were 1.15, 1.67, 1.73, and 1.42 U mL^–1, appearing at the 6th, 3rd, 11th, and 9th d, respectively. The pH averaged at 6.73–8.42, and the optical density (OD) value peaked at 1.87 at the 120 h of the degradation process. Cellulase, hemicellulase and lignin in corn stover were persistently degraded by 44.85, 43.85 and 25.29% at the end of incubation. Result of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles demonstrated that GF-20 had a stable component structure under switching the temperature and pH. The composition of the GF-20 was also analyzed by constructing bacterial 16S rDNA clone library and fungal 18SrDNA-PCR-DGGE. Twenty-two bacterial clones and four fungal bands were detected and identified dominant bacteria represented by Cellvibrio mixtus subsp., Azospira oryzae, Arcobacter defluyii, and Clostridium populeti and the fungi were mainly identified as related to Trichosporon sp.

To study the effects of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and its receptor (IL-6R) during in vitro maturation of ovine oocytes, the mRNA and protein expression levels of IL-6 and IL-6R, along with their localization, were examined during ovine oocytes maturation in vitro through real-time PCR, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. Specific patterns of expression of IL-6 and IL-6R were observed at both mRNA and protein levels at each stage of ovine oocytes maturation. IL-6 and IL-6R were distributed primarily on the surface of the cell membrane, with little expression in the cytoplasm or nucleus. IL-6 and IL- 6R were expressed significantly at higher levels in the maturation around 4 h, and then decreased dramatically. However the level slightly elevated at 20-24 h. The role of IL-6 and IL-6R on oocytes maturation was studied through in vitro addition of recombinant human IL-6 in different concentrations. The addition of 10 ng mL-1 IL-6 significantly increased the rates of oocytes maturation (P<0.05), but did not affect the rates of development of the subsequence IVF ovine embryos. In summary, IL-6 is likely to play an important role in the early ovine oocytes maturation. The expression patterns of the IL-6 and IL-6R on the ovine oocytes maturation open up the possibility of regulatory role of the cytokine in ovine oocytes maturation.

As one member of the Ras super family, Rheb is an upstream regulator of mTOR signaling pathway, which regulates the process of cell-growth, proliferation and differentiation. In order to study the relationship between Rheb and mTOR in Inner Mongolian Cashmere goat (Capra hircus) cells, Ras homolog enriched in brain (Rheb) gene cDNA was amplified by RT-PCR. It is 555 bp in length and includes the complete ORF encoding 184 amino acids (GenBank accession no. HM569224). The full cDNA nucleotide sequence has a 99% identity with that of sheep, 98% with cattle and 93% with human while their amino acids sequence shares identity with 98, 97 and 97% of them, correspondingly. The bioinformatics analysis showed that Rheb has a Ras family domain, two casein kinase II phosphorylation sites, two ATP/GTP-binding sites motif A (P-loop), a prenyl group binding site (CAAX box). Tissue-specific expression analysis performed by semiquantitative RT-PCR. The Rheb gene was expressed in all the tested tissues and the highest level of mRNA accumulation was detected in brain, suggesting that Rheb played an important role in goat cells.