{"title":"Slovenski simpozij o rastlinski biologiji z mednarodno udeležbo","authors":"Špela Baebler","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.2.15899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.2.15899","url":null,"abstract":"Slovensko društvo za biologijo rastlin je 17. in 18. septembra 2018 v Biološkem središču v Lju- bljani organiziralo že 7. simpozij o rastlinski biologiji z mednarodno udeležbo. Zanimiv program z dvanajstimi vabljenimi predavatelji je privabil preko 100 udeležencev iz kar 12 držav, ki so svoje delo predstavili še v okviru 19 kratkih predavanj in 40 posterjev.","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126086171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Likar, N. Dolinar, K. Vogel-Mikuš, A. Gaberščik, M. Regvar
{"title":"Elemental composition and fungal colonisation of decomposing Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. litter at different water regimes","authors":"M. Likar, N. Dolinar, K. Vogel-Mikuš, A. Gaberščik, M. Regvar","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.2.15896","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.2.15896","url":null,"abstract":"Plant litter decomposition in intermittent dry and wet habitats share decomposition mechanisms of both dry land and submerged habitats. The aims of the present study were therefore to compare fungi communities on the decomposing plant material regarding the water regime of the location. Furthermore we wanted to evaluate the effects of the water regime on the decomposition in combination with fungal decomposers. Litter decomposition was followed on selected sites of Lake Cerknica with different hydrological regimes, using the litterbag method. The elemental composition of the decomposing plant tissues of Phragmites australis and fungal communities developing on the decomposing plant material were analysed. The hydrological regime has an important role in defining the fungal community of P. australis leaf litter. Water regime affected the fungal communities, which exhibited higher diversity under more stable dry or submerged conditions (in contrast to intermittent). Decomposition rates were more affected by the environment as by the fungal community diversity or composition. But, despite differences in the fungal communities the elemental composition showed similar patterns of enrichment due to decreases in the organic fraction of the plant tissue.","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"2003 306","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120994722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Family Gammaridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda), mainly its Echinogammarus clade in SW Europe. Further elucidation of its phylogeny and taxonomy","authors":"Boris Sket, Z. Hou","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.2.15898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.2.15898","url":null,"abstract":"Most parts of the Echinogammarus clade of Gammaridae have been appropriately classified with the help of a molecular analysis, ultimately freed of the Echinogammarus-Chaetogammarusmalediction. Among defining morphological characters, the gnathopod interrelations are comparatively well congruent with molecular markers. Genus Homoeogammarus distribution area extended from Mediterranean to Atlantic islands. Chaetogammarus and Trichogammarus are firm members of the morphologically very diversified Ponto-Caspian group genera, not closely related to the morphologically similar Echinogammarus, Marinogammarus or Homoeogam-marus. Genus Pectenogammarus (along with Neogammarus and Laurogammarus) synonymized with Homoeogammarus. Parhomoeogammarus diagnose corrected, based on topotype samples of the type species. Freshwater species of the ‘European Eulimnogammarus’ in SW Europe defined asIberogammarus gen. nov. Continental Homoeogammarus-like, but molecularly distinct group, defined as Dinarogammarus gen. nov. Some here accepted genera are molecularly well supported, some are morphologically difficult to distinguish, but each one is morphologically homogeneous; they are also geographically well defined. In both respects, the very speciose and widely spread Homoeogammarus is different.","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127222875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In silico investigation of extracellular domain of RAGE receptor interaction with A-box and B-box of HMGB1 protein","authors":"S. Lotfi, Marzieh Dehghan Shahsaltane","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.2.15889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.2.15889","url":null,"abstract":"HMGB1 protein which is a non-histone chromosomal protein with two functional domains named A-box and B-box can also act as a signaling molecule after releasing from the cell and binding to the cell surface receptors such as RAGE. HMGB1 through its B-box domain binds to extracellular domain of RAGE and activates the signaling pathways involved in various pathological conditions like sepsis and tumor growth and metastasis. Interaction of recombinant HMGB1 A-box with RAGEantagonizes the RAGE activation by HMGB1. In the present study, interaction of human RAGE (hRAGE) extracellular domain (VC1C2) and B-box and A-box of human HMGB1 (hHMGB1) was investigated using a protein-protein docking software, HADDOCK. The results obtained were analyzed by PyMOL and LigPlot softwares. The results show B-box and A-box bind to different sites on the VC1domain of RAGE and one of the B-box binding points is a positively charged groove located on the V domain surface which is also a major binding site for another RAGE ligand, Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs). The obtained results can be utilized to design new potent drugs for treatment of HMGB1-RAGE-related diseases such as cancer and sepsis. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124328071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Zajc, C. Gostinčar, Metka Lenassi, N. Gunde-Cimerman
{"title":"Stress tolerance of three opportunistic black yeasts","authors":"J. Zajc, C. Gostinčar, Metka Lenassi, N. Gunde-Cimerman","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.2.15890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.2.15890","url":null,"abstract":"Many species of black yeasts can survive extremely harsh conditions and can quickly adapt to novel environments. These traits were proposed to have a role in the ability of some fungal species tocolonise indoor habitats inhospitable for majority of microorganisms, and to cause (opportunistic)infections in humans. In order to better understand the stress tolerance of black yeasts and thereby their opportunism, we focused our research on the three model black yeasts: the polyextremotolerant Au-reobasidium melanogenum and Exophiala dermatitidis, and the extremely halotolerant Hortaeawerneckii. These black yeasts are shown to thrive at temperatures, salinities, pH values and, H2O2 concentrations that inhibit growth of mesophilic species. Most importantly, unlike their close relatives they can not only grow, but also synthesize siderophores (E. dermatitidis) or degradeproteins (A. melanogenum) at 37 °C - traits that are crucial for pathogenesis in humans. These results support the hypothesis that the ability to cope with various environmental stresses is linked to the opportunistic behaviour of fungi. Therefore, better understanding of the connections between the stress-tolerant biology of black fungi and their ability to cause disease is needed, in particular due to their changing interactions with humans and their emerging pathogenicity.","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123950244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of selenium, iodine and their combination on development of Tartary buckwheat sprouts","authors":"Sara Gorše, A. Golob, M. Germ","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.2.15897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.2.15897","url":null,"abstract":"Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn) is becoming more and more popular due to its health benefits for humans. It contains important fibres, vitamins, certain minerals and antioxidants asrutin. Sprouts are a hot trend in the food production and nutrition. Enrichment of sprouts with iodine (I) and selenium (Se) may prevent endemic deficiency of these elements for humans and animals. The aim of the study was to found out the effect of selenate (Se(VI)), iodate (I(V)) and their combination on morphological, physiological and biochemical properties of Tartary buckwheat sprouts. Tartary seedswere soaked in solutions with Se(VI) (20 mg/L), I(V) (1500 mg/L) or in Se(VI) + I(V) (20 mg/L Se(VI) +1500 mg/L (I(V)). Experiment was performed in growth chamber in two repetitions. Measurements were performed three weeks after germination. The solution of iodate and combination of selenate and iodate lowered germination rate of sprouts. There was no effect of the treatments on the amount of chlorophyll a, anthocyanins and UV absorbing compounds. The amount of rutin was the highest in control sprouts. According to physiological measurements, control sprouts and sprouts from treated seeds were not stressed by the treatments.","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122259375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The vascular flora of Kopački rit Nature Park (Croatia)","authors":"V. Rožac, D. Prlić, S. Ozimec","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.2.15894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.2.15894","url":null,"abstract":"Kopački rit Nature Park is a large fluvial-marshy floodplain, situated in the northeastern Croatia, between courses of the Danube and the Drava Rivers. Due to exceptional biological and ecological values of this floodplain area in the middle course of the Danube River, it had been protected since 1967; proclaimed as Nature Park in 1999 and from 2012 is a part of the UNESCO Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. This paper lists a total of 522 vascular plant taxa, classified in 295 genera and 96 families, recorded for Kopački rit Nature Park. The list is completed according to checked literature records and data for 114 new taxa, found during the floristic investigation carried outfrom 2010 to 2018. Taxonomic, ecological and phytogeographical analyses are presented. Hemicryptophytes dominate (39.3%) in the biological spectrum, followed by therophytes (23.8%), geophytes (12.6%) and hydrophytes (12.5%). In the chorological spectrum, the most numerous are plants of Eurasian floral elenent (32.8%), followed by Cosmopolites (27.4%), and European floral element (10.7%). Out of 53 recorded allochthonous plants, 26 are invasive alien plant species. According to protection and conservation status at the national level, 55 taxa are listed in the RedBook of Vascular Plants of Croatia and 53 taxa are strictly protected. One species, Marsilea quadrifolia, is listen in Annex II of the Habitat Directive.","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114788373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barbara Neuhold, Johanna D. Janauer, Georg A. Janauer
{"title":"Within-weed bed architectural adaptation of branching pattern in Myriophyllum spicatum L.","authors":"Barbara Neuhold, Johanna D. Janauer, Georg A. Janauer","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.1.15881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.1.15881","url":null,"abstract":"Regarding architectural adaptations in aquatic plants caused by the velocity of water flow only scarce, older information is available. When studying different Myriophyllum spicatum L. specimen architecture in the same water body differences in individual main axes and branching pattern were detected at the upstream and at the downstream end of individual plant beds. Samples from the two locations showed significant differences in architectural composition. At the downstream parts of the water body individual plants were longer and the number of branches was higher, which is contributed to flow velocity.","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115131907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analiza dosežkov osnovnošolcev na nacionalnem preverjanju znanja iz biologije","authors":"Jelka Strgar","doi":"10.14720/abs.61.1.15880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/abs.61.1.15880","url":null,"abstract":"Namen nacionalnega preverjanja znanja (NPZ) je dobiti dodatne povratne informacij o tem, kako deluje vzgojno-izobraževalni sistem in kakšna je stopnja doseganja ciljev in standardov znanja, ki jih določajo učni načrti. Biologija je bila doslej petkrat eden izmed predmetov na NPZ. V našo analizo smo zajeli 119 nalog z zadnjih štirih preverjanj (2009, 2011, 2014 in 2017), pri katerih je sodelovalo 18730 učencev. Zanimalo nas je, katere so šibke in katere močne strani biološkega znanja naših učencev ob koncu osnovnošolskega izobraževanja. Ugotovili smo, da so učenci v splošnem pokazali zadovoljivo temeljno znanje. Kakovost znanja vseh preverjanih vsebinskih enot (celica, dedovanje in biotehnologija, človek, ekologija, rastline, živali, raziskovanje in poskusi ter branje tabel, grafov ali slik) je bila podobna, prinačrtovanju pouka pa bi bilo kljub temu treba več pozornosti posvetiti področjem celice, dedovanja in biotehnologije. Po pričakovanjih součenci pokazali več znanja pri nalogah izbirnega tipa, manj pa pri nalogah polodprtega tipa. Prav tako pričakovano so pokazali več znanja pri nalogah prve taksonomske ravni, manj pri nalogah druge in še manj pri nalogah tretje taksonomske ravni. V prihodnosti bi bilo smiselno vNPZ iz biologije vključiti še več nalog, ki bi lahko učiteljem pomagale pri načrtovanju in izvajanju pouka.","PeriodicalId":121848,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Slovenica","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123828607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}