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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a pathogen that causes severe abortions in sows and high piglet mortality, resulting in huge economic losses to the pig industry worldwide. The emerging and novel PRRSV isolates are clinically and biologically important, as there are likely recombination and pathogenic differences among PRRSV genomes. Furthermore, the NADC34-like strain has become a major epidemic strain in some parts of China, but the characterization and pathogenicity of the latest strain in Inner Mongolia have not been reported in detail. In this study, an NADC34-like strain (CHNMGKL1-2304) from Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia was successfully isolated and characterized, and confirmed the pathogenicity in pigs. The phylogenetic tree showed that this strain belonged to sublineage 1.5 and had high homology with the strain JS2021NADC34. There is no recombination between CHNMGKL1-2304 and any other domestic strains. Animal experiments show that the CHNMGKL1-2304 strain is moderately virulent to piglets, which show persistent fever, weight loss and high morbidity but no mortality. The presence of PRRSV nucleic acids was detected in both blood, tissues, nasal and fecal swabs. In addition, obvious pathological changes and positive signals were observed in lung, lymph node, liver and spleen tissues when subjected to hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining and immunohistochemistry (IHC). This report can provide a basis for epidemiological investigations and subsequent studies of PRRSV.
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Genoma Viral , Filogenia , Síndrome Respiratorio y de la Reproducción Porcina , Virus del Síndrome Respiratorio y Reproductivo Porcino , Animales , Porcinos , Virus del Síndrome Respiratorio y Reproductivo Porcino/genética , Virus del Síndrome Respiratorio y Reproductivo Porcino/patogenicidad , Virus del Síndrome Respiratorio y Reproductivo Porcino/aislamiento & purificación , Virus del Síndrome Respiratorio y Reproductivo Porcino/clasificación , China , Síndrome Respiratorio y de la Reproducción Porcina/virología , Síndrome Respiratorio y de la Reproducción Porcina/patología , Virulencia , Evolución MolecularRESUMEN
In this study, we investigated the effects of long-term continuous cucumber cropping on phenolic acids in rhizosphere soil, as well as their link to soil chemical characteristics, enzyme activities, and microbiological activities, using rhizosphere soil from the 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, 18th, 20th, 24th, and 26th round of cucumber cultivation in solar greenhouse. The results showed that contents of phenolic acids increased significantly with increasing continuous cropping rounds. The increase amount per round of total phenolic acid was significantly higher in the early stage (0-2 rounds) and late stage (20-26 rounds) than middle stage (10-14 rounds) of continuous cropping. Soil nutrient contents were enriched, while invertase enzyme activity and microbial activities were decreased. Redundancy analysis showed that organic matter, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, available nitrogen, microbial biomass carbon and microbial metabolic entropy were main soil fertility factors correlating with the accumulation of phenolic acids. Results of structural equation model showed that soil phosphorus enrichment directly led to the accumulation of phenolic acids, and that nitrogen enrichment indirectly facilitated the accumulation of phenolic acids by altering the activity of microorganisms. As a result, proper nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers application would reduce the accumulation of phenolic acids and alleviate the cucumber continuous cropping obstacles.
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Cucumis sativus , Suelo , Agricultura/métodos , Nitrógeno , Fósforo , Suelo/química , Microbiología del SueloRESUMEN
Tailored sulfur cathode is vital for the development of a high performance lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery. A surface modification on the sulfur/carbon composite would be an efficient strategy to enhance the cycling stability. Herein, we report a nickel hydroxide-modified sulfur/conductive carbon black composite (Ni(OH)2@S/CCB) as the cathode material for the Li-S battery through the thermal treatment and chemical precipitation method. In this composite, the sublimed sulfur is stored in the CCB, followed by a surface modification of Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles with size of 1-2 nm. As a cathode for the Li-S battery, the as-prepared Ni(OH)2@S/CCB electrode exhibits better cycle stability and higher rate discharge capacity, compared with the bare S/CCB electrode. The improved performance is largely due to the introduction of Ni(OH)2 surface modification, which can effectively suppress the "shuttle effect" of polysulfides, resulting in enhanced cycling life and higher capacity.