两种培养基对对虾苗池海洋蛭弧菌的分离及其多样性分析

【目的】明确海水(Sw)和聚蛋白胨20(Pp20)两种双层琼脂培养基对海洋蛭弧菌的分离计数效果,了解对虾苗池可培养海洋蛭弧菌多样性。【方法】采用双层平板法,比较Sw和Pp20培养基对2株海洋蛭弧菌和对虾苗池未知海洋蛭弧菌的计数效果。通过宿主范围测试和16S rRNA基因序列分析评估两种培养基分离苗池海洋蛭弧菌的多样性。【结果】宿主菌含量高时,Sw培养基对两株已知海洋蛭弧菌的计数值均显著高于(P0.05)Pp20。Sw和Pp20培养基从同一苗池水样分别分离得到21和22株蛭弧菌。根据宿主裂解范围差异,43株分离物可分为15种裂解模式,其中Sw和Pp20培养基各分离到12和8种。16S rRNA基因序列分析表明,所有分离物都被鉴定为噬菌弧菌属(Bacteriovorax)菌株,并可分为6个类群,Sw和Pp20培养基分别分离到6和4个类群。【结论】Sw培养基在分离计数海洋蛭弧菌及其多样性检测上效果均优于Pp20;对虾苗池可培养海洋蛭弧菌具有较高多样性,并以类群XIII、X及一个潜在新类群为优势种群。     

两株海洋蛭弧菌的分离及生物学性质

[目的]从深圳湾海泥中分离鉴定蛭弧菌,并对其生物学性质进行初步研究.[方法]通过稀释营养肉汤(dilute nutrient broth,DNB)双层平板法分离蛭弧菌,对所分离的菌株进行电镜形态观测,并进行16S rDNA测序分析,之后结合1994年版伯杰氏鉴定细菌学手册对菌株进行鉴定,最后通过生理试验对其生物学性质进行研究.[结果]从深圳湾海泥中分离出2株蛭弧菌,分别命名为5#-12和5#-sh06,它们可在20℃～35℃范围内生长,最适温度分别是25℃和30℃;生长pH范围6.1～8.6,最适pH均为7.2;2株蛭弧菌可分别裂解46和48株试验菌,各占总试验菌株数(58)的79.3%和82.8%;联合2株蛭弧菌,可裂解56株试验菌,占总试验菌株数的96.6%;同时,它们一起能将所有试验弧菌裂解.[结论]研究结果揭示了蛭弧菌作为一种生物净化因子具有极大的潜在应用价值.     

蛭弧菌类菌株JU-PX1的生物学特性和16S rDNA序列分析

[目的]研究蛭弧菌类菌株JU-PX1的噬菌特性、形态特征,并分析16S rDNA序列从而对其进行种属鉴定.[方法]采用双层平板法和三角瓶培养法研究蛭弧菌类菌株JU-PX1的噬菌特性,通过光镜和电镜观察其形态,利用16S rDNA序列的蛭弧菌类特异性引物以及细菌通用引物进行PCR扩增.[结果]JU-PX1对10株宿主菌中的6株具有噬菌作用,特别对大肠杆菌和副溶血弧菌侵噬能力较强.菌体呈弧状或杆状,单极鞭毛,大小为(0.2-0.5) μm×(0.8-1.2) μm,在其增殖阶段也有长约3.2 μm的较长个体.扩增后分别获得了一段长为831 bp和1 515 bp的DNA序列,进一步通过NCBI BLAST和MEGA 5.10等软件分析并构建了系统发育树.[结论]蛭弧菌类菌株JU-PX1属于噬菌弧菌属(Bacteriovorax),与海岸噬菌弧菌(Bv.litoralis)亲缘关系最近,两者的16S rDNA序列相似性为93％.     

鱼类致病菌的蛭弧菌研究

噬菌蛭弧菌(Bdellovibrio bacteriovors)是一类有寄生性的细菌。Stolp及Stzold(1962年)曾首次报导,我国司稚东、秦生巨等(1982年)在国内亦首次报导了这类细菌的发现。本文介绍了以鲫鱼出血病病原菌点状产气单胞菌(Aeromonas punctata)为宿主菌,经分离得到的噬菌蛭弧菌Bd3—2菌株的培养特征、细菌形态、细菌生理生化特征、感染宿主机制及在实验室条件下水体中对宿主菌净化作用等方面的研究内容。说明噬菌蛭弧菌是精养鱼塘水体中某些致病菌的自然净化的重要生物因子之一,并为利用蛭弧菌来减少或控制鱼塘细菌性病害的发生,开展生物防治新技术提供了较好的依据和途径。     

海洋蛭弧菌的分离鉴定及其对副溶血弧菌的作用

蛭弧菌广泛存在于自然水体, 具有噬菌的特性, 对水体中细菌数量控制具调节作用。以副溶血弧菌为宿主菌, 利用双层琼脂法, 从海洋水体中分离出15株具有噬菌作用的细菌, 对形成噬菌斑能力最强的1株菌株进行特异性16S rDNA扩增, 确认为蛭弧菌, 命名为Bd-M1。Bd-M1对大多数海水养殖动物病原菌有裂解作用, 裂解率在90%(20/22)以上, 模拟水环境实验发现, 蛭弧菌对副溶血弧菌有较强的裂解和净化作用, 102 h内能使副溶血弧菌从3.0′108 CFU/mL下降到8.7×103 CFU/mL。动物实验表明蛭弧菌能有效预防对虾弧菌病的发生, 表明蛭弧菌有望成为水产动物疾病防治的一种有效的生物制剂。     

噬菌蛭弧菌简易保存方法的研究

本文报道了噬菌蛭弧菌在自来水宿主软琼脂中,于4℃环境(冰箱)存活的时间.发现噬菌蛭弧菌在自来水宿主软琼脂中,于4℃冰箱中保存,至少可以存活3个月以上,一般为5～8个月左右,最长时间可达18个月。但在自来水宿主双层琼脂平板上形成的噬斑数目,随着保存时间的延长,则有不同程度的减少。     

蛭弧菌BDE-1的生物特性及促进其蛭质体形成的研究

【背景】蛭弧菌是众多海洋益生菌中的一类较新成员,应用前景十分广阔。但由于蛭弧菌特殊的繁殖方式和周期,它的应用效果受寄生宿主特性和生物活性的影响,因而优选寄生宿主,维持或者提高蛭弧菌微生态制剂的应用活性是关键。【目的】筛选出能够裂解枯草芽孢杆菌的蛭弧菌,以增进其益生性能;研究提高蛭弧菌的蛭质体密度,以利于保存。【方法】从海南取回海泥样后,以枯草芽孢杆菌作为宿主菌,通过稀营养肉汤(Dilute nutrient broth,DNB)双层平板法分离获得蛭弧菌,并对目标菌株进行透射电镜形态鉴定和16S rRNA基因序列分析;然后进行生物学特性研究,同时开展氨苄青霉素、吲哚、Ca~(2+)和Mg~(2+)影响蛭质体形成的研究。【结果】分离出一株以枯草芽孢杆菌作为宿主的蛭弧菌并命名为BDE-1,其最适温度、盐度和pH分别为25℃、2.0%和7.0;BDE-1可裂解24株试验菌,占总试验菌株数(28株)的85.7%,其中对试验弧菌(13株)的裂解率达92.3%;吲哚、氨苄青霉素、Ca~(2+)和Mg~(2+)4种因子对BDE-1蛭质体的形成均有促进作用,其中吲哚和Ca~(2+)的促进作用显著。【结论】研究结果不仅为蛭弧菌寄生宿主的优化选择提供了可行性解决思路,而且为维持或提高蛭弧菌微生态制剂的应用活性提供了理论依据。     

噬菌蛭弧菌对206株伤寒杆菌裂解作用的研究

本文报道了噬菌蛭弧菌(Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus,以下简称蛭弧菌)Bd81、Bd98对江苏省15个县市201株伤寒杆菌及5株标准伤寒杆菌裂解作用的研究结果。发现蛭弧菌在含有伤寒杆菌宿主的自来水双层琼脂平板上,经25℃48小时培育,可形成透明噬菌斑。蛭弧菌Bd81裂解199株,占总数96.60％,包括86年68株,87年74株,5株标准菌株全部被裂解,89年59株其中被裂解52株,阳性率为88.14％;Bd98裂解204株,占总数的99.03％,     

蛭弧菌及生态防治概述

对噬菌蛭弧菌和蛭弧菌的主要生物学特性—寄生性,进行了一些探讨,并对其生态特性和在水产养殖等生态防治中的应用,以及对生态防治的认识进行了阐释和探讨。     

异育银鲫肠道噬菌蛭弧菌BDF-H16的分离及其对嗜水气单胞菌的裂解活性

噬菌蛭弧菌(Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus)是一种通过裂解其他细菌进行生长繁殖的寄生性细菌,是自然环境中病原菌滋生的天然生物控制因子,誉有"活性抗生素"的美称.     

Effect of paracrystalline protein surface layers on predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.

We determined that paracrystalline protein surface arrays (S layers) protected gram-negative eubacteria from predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. Aquaspirillum serpens VHA and MW5 and Aquaspirillum sinuosum were resistant to predation by B. bacteriovorus 6-5-S when fully covered by their S layers. The S layer of Aeromonas salmonicida A449 protected the cells from predication by B. bacteriovorus 109J. A predacious, plaque-forming vibrio that lysed an S-layer- variant of Caulobacter crescentus but was not predacious on the parental strain which possessed an S layer was isolated from raw sewage. Since S layers are stable components of many bacterial surfaces in nature, they can provide this protective function in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats where Bdellovibrio spp. are found.     

A novel assay to monitor predator-prey interactions for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus 109 J reveals a role for methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins in predation

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are Gram-negative bacteria that prey upon other Gram-negative bacteria, including some pathogens, in a wide variety of habitats including soil, sewage, marine and estuarine environments. In order to facilitate studies on predation by this organism, we have developed a method that assays killing of luminescent Escherichia coli by B. bacteriovorus. Moreover, we have used this assay to compare predation of cells by derivatives of B. bacteriovorus containing targeted mutations in genes we have identified. Two genes are described; one, mcp2, encoding a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP) and the other, an mviN homologue. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus mcp2::aphII were less efficient predators on luminescent E. coli than B. bacteriovorus containing a randomly inserted aphII gene via TnphoA transposition. These and other chemotaxis experiments implicated at least a minor role for chemotaxis in predation by B. bacteriovorus. They also open the way for further studies on Bdellovibrio ecology, genomics and predator-prey interactions. The results further confirm that Bdellovibrio uses a chemotaxis system in order to sense, and respond to, changes in its environment, including prey.     

Taxonomic studies of predatory bdellovibrios based on 16S rRNA analysis, ribotyping and the hit locus and characterization of isolates from the gut of animals

The aim of our study was to obtain data for the molecular characterization of bdellovibrio bacteria, which were recently split into the genus Bdellovibrio and the newly designated genus Bacteriovorax. We determined the 16S rDNA sequences of five reference strains and performed a phylogenetic analysis including published 16S rRNA sequences of bdellovibrios. A comparison of the secondary structure showed significant differences in two regions of the 16S rRNAs of the species Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, Bacteriovorax starrii, and Bacteriovorax stolpii. In addition, ribotyping techniques gave specific hybridization patterns and revealed that two rRNA operons are present in the investigated strains. A hybridization probe derived from the genetic locus hit, associated with the host independent (HI) phenotype of B. bacteriovorus, was found to be specific for this species. Sequence comparison of the hit locus revealed few base pair changes between host independent (HI) and host dependent (HD) strains. Ribotyping and hybridization experiments using the hit probe were applied to characterize bdellovibrio strains isolated from the gut of animals and humans and one isolate from sewage.     

Development of a novel genetic system to create markerless deletion mutants of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a species of unique obligate predatory bacteria that utilize gram-negative bacteria as prey. Their life cycle alternates between a motile extracellular phase and a growth phase within the prey cell periplasm. The mechanism of prey cell invasion and the genetic networks and regulation during the life cycle have not been elucidated. The obligate predatory nature of the B. bacteriovorus life cycle suggests the use of this bacterium in potential applications involving pathogen control but adds complexity to the development of practical genetic systems that can be used to determine gene function. This work reports the development of a genetic technique for allelic exchange or gene inactivation by construction of in-frame markerless deletion mutants including the use of a counterselectable marker in B. bacteriovorus. A suicide plasmid carrying the sacB gene for counterselection was used to inactivate the strB gene in B. bacteriovorus HD100 by an in-frame deletion. Despite the inactivation of the strB gene, B. bacteriovorus was found to retain resistance to high concentrations of streptomycin. The stability of a plasmid for use in complementation experiments was also investigated, and it was determined that pMMB206 replicates autonomously in B. bacteriovorus. Development of this practical genetic system now facilitates the study of B. bacteriovorus at the molecular level and will aid in understanding the regulatory networks and gene function in this fascinating predatory bacterium.     

Factors which Influence the Enumeration of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in Sewage and River Water

S ummary . A double layer plating technique was used for counting Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in river water and sewage samples. The optimum conditions for enumeration were provided by dilute media with 0.6 % of agar as the top layer, incubated for 6 days at 30° with Achromobacter sp. as the host. Pretreatment of samples affected counts: centrifugation and membrane filtration reduced the bdellovibrio count, homogenization increased it. Protozoa in sewage samples caused large plaques that greatly hindered counting and attempts to eliminate these plaques were unsuccessful. The highest counts in sewage samples averaged 900 cells/ml.     

Intracellular development of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

The intracellular growth of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, a bacterial parasite, was studied by a light-optical method using time-lapse cinemicrography. The organism was found to be capable of growth in the periplasmic space of filamentous cells of the host bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens without any contact with the cytoplasmic membrane. Several B. bacteriovorus cells could grow simultaneously in the bdelloplasm.     

A coiled-coil-repeat protein 'Ccrp' in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus prevents cellular indentation, but is not essential for vibroid cell morphology

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are small, vibroid, predatory bacteria that grow within the periplasmic space of a host Gram-negative bacterium. The intermediate-filament (IF)-like protein crescentin is a member of a broad class of IF-like, coiled-coil-repeat-proteins (CCRPs), discovered in Caulobacter crescentus, where it contributes to the vibroid cell shape. The B. bacteriovorus genome has a single ccrp gene encoding a protein with an unusually long, stutter-free, coiled-coil prediction; the inactivation of this did not alter the vibriod cell shape, but caused cell deformations, visualized as chiselled insets or dents, near the cell poles and a general 'creased' appearance, under the negative staining preparation used for electron microscopy, but not in unstained, frozen, hydrated cells. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus expressing 'teal' fluorescent protein (mTFP), as a C-terminal tag on the wild-type Ccrp protein, did not deform under negative staining, suggesting that the function was not impaired. Localization of fluorescent Ccrp-mTFP showed some bias to the cell poles, independent of the cytoskeleton, as demonstrated by the addition of the MreB-specific inhibitor A22. We suggest that the Ccrp protein in B. bacteriovorus contributes as an underlying scaffold, similar to that described for the CCRP protein FilP in Streptomyces coelicolor, preventing cellular indentation, but not contributing to the vibroid shape of the B. bacteriovorus cells.     

A conjugation procedure for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus and its use to identify DNA sequences that enhance the plaque-forming ability of a spontaneous host-independent mutant.

Wild-type bdellovibrios are obligate intraperiplasmic parasites of other gram-negative bacteria. However, spontaneous mutants that can be cultured in the absence of host cells occur at a frequency of 10(-6) to 10(-7). Such host-independent (H-I) mutants generally display diminished intraperiplasmic-growth capabilities and form plaques that are smaller and more turbid than those formed by wild-type strains on lawns of host cells. An analysis of the gene(s) responsible for the H-I phenotype should provide significant insight into the nature of Bdellovibrio host dependence. Toward this end, a conjugation procedure to transfer both IncQ and IncP vectors from Escherichia coli to Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus was developed. It was found that IncQ-type plasmids were capable of autonomous replication in B. bacteriovorus, while IncP derivatives were not. However, IncP plasmids could be maintained in B. bacteriovorus via homologous recombination through cloned B. bacteriovorus DNA sequences. It was also found that genomic libraries of wild-type B. bacteriovorus 109J DNA constructed in the IncP cosmid pVK100 were stably maintained in E. coli; those constructed in the IncQ cosmid pBM33 were unstable. Finally, we used the conjugation procedure and the B. bacteriovorus libraries to identify a 5.6-kb BamHI fragment of wild-type B. bacteriovorus DNA that significantly enhanced the plaque-forming ability of an H-I mutant, B. bacteriovorus BB5.     

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus strains produce a novel major outer membrane protein during predacious growth in the periplasm of prey bacteria

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predatory bacterium that is capable of invading a number of gram-negative bacteria. The life cycle of this predator can be divided into a nonreproductive phase outside the prey bacteria and a multiplication phase in their periplasm. It was suggested that during the reproduction phase, B. bacteriovorus reutilizes unmodified components of the prey's cell wall. We therefore examined the outer membranes of B. bacteriovorus strains HD100 (DSM 50701) and HD114 (DSM 50705) by using Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Pseudomonas putida as prey organisms. The combined sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometric analyses revealed novel and innate major outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of B. bacteriovorus strains. An incorporation of prey-derived proteins into the cell wall of B. bacteriovorus was not observed. The corresponding genes of the B. bacteriovorus strains were elucidated by a reverse-genetics approach, and a leader peptide was deduced from the gene sequence and confirmed by Edman degradation. The host-independent mutant strain B. bacteriovorus HI100 (DSM 12732) growing in the absence of prey organisms possesses an OMP similar to the major OMPs of the host-dependent strains. The similarity of the primary structure of the OMPs produced by the three Bdellovibrio strains is between 67 and 89%. The leader peptides of all OMPs have a length of 20 amino acids and are highly conserved. The molecular sizes of the mature proteins range from 34.9 to 37.6 kDa. Secondary-structure predictions indicate preferential alpha-helices and little beta-barrel structures.     

The obligate predatory Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus possesses a neutral lipid A containing alpha-D-Mannoses that replace phosphate residues: similarities and differences between the lipid As and the lipopolysaccharides of the wild type strain B. bacteriovorus HD100 and its host-independent derivative HI100

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are predatory bacteria that penetrate Gram-negative bacteria and grow intraperiplasmically at the expense of the prey. It was suggested that B. bacteriovorus partially degrade and reutilize lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the host, thus synthesizing an outer membrane containing structural elements of the prey. According to this hypothesis a host-independent mutant should possess a chemically different LPS. Therefore, the lipopolysaccharides of B. bacteriovorus HD100 and its host-independent derivative B. bacteriovorus HI100 were isolated and characterized by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and mass spectrometry. LPS of both strains were identified as smooth-form LPS with different repeating units. The lipid As were isolated after mild acid hydrolysis and their structures were determined by chemical analysis, by mass spectrometric methods, and by NMR spectroscopy. Both lipid As were characterized by an unusual chemical structure, consisting of a beta-(1-->6)-linked 2,3-diamino-2,3-dideoxy-d-glucopyranose disaccharide carrying six fatty acids that were all hydroxylated. Instead of phosphate groups substituting position O-1 of the reducing and O-4' of the nonreducing end alpha-d-mannopyranose residues were found in these lipid As. Thus, they represent the first lipid As completely missing negatively charged groups. A reduced endotoxic activity as determined by cytokine induction from human macrophages was shown for this novel structure. Only minor differences with respect to fatty acids were detected between the lipid As of the host-dependent wild type strain HD100 and for its host-independent derivative HI100. From the results of the detailed analysis it can be concluded that the wild type strain HD100 synthesizes an innate LPS.