依据甲型H1N1流感的传播机理,构建了一类SVEI SI RR的传染病模型.计算了控制再生数R c,证明了无病平衡点的全局稳定性和地方病平衡点的存在性,进而对模型的主要参数进行了敏感性分析,最后进行了数值模拟.结果表明:感染规模随着潜伏期感...依据甲型H1N1流感的传播机理,构建了一类SVEI SI RR的传染病模型.计算了控制再生数R c,证明了无病平衡点的全局稳定性和地方病平衡点的存在性,进而对模型的主要参数进行了敏感性分析,最后进行了数值模拟.结果表明:感染规模随着潜伏期感染者自愈率1-p的增大而减少;耐药性菌株的感染人数随着治疗率f的提高而逐渐增大;累计感染人数随着疫苗接种率η的增大而逐渐减小,并且相比于未接种疫苗的情况,当疫苗接种率达到0.3时,累计感染人数降低约0.47倍.因此,科学合理地进行药物治疗,加大疫苗接种的覆盖率对控制甲型H1N1流感的传播有着非常重要的作用.展开更多
Alfalfa （Medicago sativa L.） is being grown in harsh environment in Iraq and is mostly subjected to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, pH and temperature. Both alfalfa and its nitrogen fixing symbiotic bact...Alfalfa （Medicago sativa L.） is being grown in harsh environment in Iraq and is mostly subjected to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, pH and temperature. Both alfalfa and its nitrogen fixing symbiotic bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti are affected by these environmental stresses. Enhancing nitrogen fixation biologically could be achieved through selection of tolerant strains of S. meliloti to these environmental stresses and inoculating them to the crop, also growing tolerant cultivars. This study examines phenotypic diversity for tolerance to drought, salinity, temperature and pH. Sixty isolates sampled from different areas of Iraq. The results revealed high degree of phenotypic diversity in Sinorhizobium populations. Furthermore, the isolates which showed tolerance to drought stress also showed tolerance to salinity and high degree of temperature, indicating direct relationship between three physiological path ways. Also 58.3% of drought tolerant isolates were alkaline tolerant they tolerated up to pH 9, point to say almost all drought tolerant isolates in this study illustrated strong ＋ positive reaction to catalase enzyme. And 91.6% themes were negative for Gelatinase enzyme test. While only 50% of drought sensitive isolates were negative for drought sensitive isolates could grow at high temperature （42 ℃）.展开更多
The dynamics of a bacterial population exposed to the minimum inhibitory concentration （MIC） of an antibiotic is an important issue in pharmacological research. Therefore, a novel antibiotic susceptibility test is u...The dynamics of a bacterial population exposed to the minimum inhibitory concentration （MIC） of an antibiotic is an important issue in pharmacological research. Therefore, a novel antibiotic susceptibility test is urgently needed that can both precisely determine the MIC and accurately select antibiotic-resistant strains from clinical bacterial populations. For this purpose, we developed a method based on Fick＇s laws of diffusion using agar plates containing a linear gradient of antibiotic. The gradient plate contained two layers. The bottom layer consisted of 15 mL agar containing the appropriate concentration of enrofloxacin and allowed to harden in the form of a wedge with the plate slanted such that the entire bottom was just covered. The upper layer consisted of 15 mL plain nutrient agar added with the plate held in the horizontal position. After allowing vertical diffusion of the drug from the bottom agar layer for 12 h, the enrofloxacin concentration was diluted in proportion to the ratio of the agar layer thicknesses. The uniform linear concentration gradient was verified by measuring the enrofloxacin concentration on the agar surface. When heavy bacterial suspensions were spread on the agar surface and incubated for more than 12 h, only resistant cells were able to form colonies beyond the boundary of confluent growth of susceptible cells. In this way, the true MIC of enrofloxacin was determined. The MICs obtained using this linear gradient plate were consistent with those obtained using conventional antibiotic susceptibility tests. Discrete colonies were then spread onto a gradient plate with higher antibiotic concentrations; the boundary line increased significantly, and gene mutations conferring resistance were identified. This new method enables the rapid identification of resistant strains in the bacterial population. Use of the linear gradient plate can easily identify the precise MIC and reveal the dynamic differentiation of bacteria near the MIC. This method allows the study of genetic and physiological characteristics of individual strains, and may be useful for early warning of antibiotic resistance that may occur after use of certain antirnicrobial agents, and guide clinical treatment.展开更多
文摘依据甲型H1N1流感的传播机理,构建了一类SVEI SI RR的传染病模型.计算了控制再生数R c,证明了无病平衡点的全局稳定性和地方病平衡点的存在性,进而对模型的主要参数进行了敏感性分析,最后进行了数值模拟.结果表明:感染规模随着潜伏期感染者自愈率1-p的增大而减少;耐药性菌株的感染人数随着治疗率f的提高而逐渐增大;累计感染人数随着疫苗接种率η的增大而逐渐减小,并且相比于未接种疫苗的情况,当疫苗接种率达到0.3时,累计感染人数降低约0.47倍.因此,科学合理地进行药物治疗,加大疫苗接种的覆盖率对控制甲型H1N1流感的传播有着非常重要的作用.
文摘Alfalfa （Medicago sativa L.） is being grown in harsh environment in Iraq and is mostly subjected to abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, pH and temperature. Both alfalfa and its nitrogen fixing symbiotic bacteria Sinorhizobium meliloti are affected by these environmental stresses. Enhancing nitrogen fixation biologically could be achieved through selection of tolerant strains of S. meliloti to these environmental stresses and inoculating them to the crop, also growing tolerant cultivars. This study examines phenotypic diversity for tolerance to drought, salinity, temperature and pH. Sixty isolates sampled from different areas of Iraq. The results revealed high degree of phenotypic diversity in Sinorhizobium populations. Furthermore, the isolates which showed tolerance to drought stress also showed tolerance to salinity and high degree of temperature, indicating direct relationship between three physiological path ways. Also 58.3% of drought tolerant isolates were alkaline tolerant they tolerated up to pH 9, point to say almost all drought tolerant isolates in this study illustrated strong ＋ positive reaction to catalase enzyme. And 91.6% themes were negative for Gelatinase enzyme test. While only 50% of drought sensitive isolates were negative for drought sensitive isolates could grow at high temperature （42 ℃）.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.81171621)Shandong Province Young and Middle-Aged Scientists Research Awards Fund (Grant No.2006BS02008)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (Grant No.20080440451)
文摘The dynamics of a bacterial population exposed to the minimum inhibitory concentration （MIC） of an antibiotic is an important issue in pharmacological research. Therefore, a novel antibiotic susceptibility test is urgently needed that can both precisely determine the MIC and accurately select antibiotic-resistant strains from clinical bacterial populations. For this purpose, we developed a method based on Fick＇s laws of diffusion using agar plates containing a linear gradient of antibiotic. The gradient plate contained two layers. The bottom layer consisted of 15 mL agar containing the appropriate concentration of enrofloxacin and allowed to harden in the form of a wedge with the plate slanted such that the entire bottom was just covered. The upper layer consisted of 15 mL plain nutrient agar added with the plate held in the horizontal position. After allowing vertical diffusion of the drug from the bottom agar layer for 12 h, the enrofloxacin concentration was diluted in proportion to the ratio of the agar layer thicknesses. The uniform linear concentration gradient was verified by measuring the enrofloxacin concentration on the agar surface. When heavy bacterial suspensions were spread on the agar surface and incubated for more than 12 h, only resistant cells were able to form colonies beyond the boundary of confluent growth of susceptible cells. In this way, the true MIC of enrofloxacin was determined. The MICs obtained using this linear gradient plate were consistent with those obtained using conventional antibiotic susceptibility tests. Discrete colonies were then spread onto a gradient plate with higher antibiotic concentrations; the boundary line increased significantly, and gene mutations conferring resistance were identified. This new method enables the rapid identification of resistant strains in the bacterial population. Use of the linear gradient plate can easily identify the precise MIC and reveal the dynamic differentiation of bacteria near the MIC. This method allows the study of genetic and physiological characteristics of individual strains, and may be useful for early warning of antibiotic resistance that may occur after use of certain antirnicrobial agents, and guide clinical treatment.
