酵母菌辅酶Q提取方法的改进及在假丝酵母属分类学研究中的应用

本文根据普通实验室的条件,对酵母菌辅酶Q(CoQ)的提取方法进行了改进,既有效地节约了试剂,又避免了一些非常规仪器的使用,使得CoQ分子类型的测定简便易行.用改进的方法,测定了37株假丝酵母属(Candida     

酵母菌辅酶Q提取方法的改进及在假丝酵母属分类学研究中的应用

根据普通实验室的条件,对酵母菌辅酶（Ｑ（ＣｏＱ）的提取６方法进行了改进,既有效地节约了试剂,又避免了一些非常规仪器的使用,使得ＣｏＱ分子类型的测定简便易行。用改进的方法,测定了３７株假丝酵母属（Ｃａｎｄｉｄａ Ｂｅｒｋｈｏｕｔ）菌种的ＣｏＱ类型,并据此解决了一些根据常规的形态和生理生化性状难以精确鉴定的凝难菌株的分类学问题。     

微生物CoQ合成途径及CoQ10生产菌株的分子生物学改造

CoQ10具有呼吸链电子传递者、抗氧化性、调控基因表达等多种生理生化功能,目前不仅用作药物也用作食品添加剂。微生物发酵法是目前生产CoQ10最有效的方法。本文就有关微生物CoQ合成途径及基于CoQ合成途径的CoQ10生产菌株分子生物学改造的策略与研究进展进行了综述和展望。     

离子束诱变粟酒裂殖酵母产辅酶Q_(10)的初步研究

辅酶Q10(coenzyme Q10,CoQ)对心脏充血性病人有较好的疗效,是临床常用药物之一。实验研究了离子束诱变粟酒裂殖酵母对提高CoQ10的产量的影响与作用。实验筛选出六株突变菌株,研究了突变株生理生化特性。结果表明:突变菌株的CoQ10产量都有不同程度的提高,其中编号为N1菌株产量达6.9344mg/L,是对照菌株的10倍多,最低的N2菌株的产量也是对照菌株的1.3倍。     

离子束诱变粟酒裂殖酵母产辅酶Q10的初步研究

辅酶Q10(coenzyme Q10,CoQ)对心脏充血性病人有较好的疗效,是临床常用药物之一.实验研究了离子束诱变粟酒裂殖酵母对提高CoQ10的产量的影响与作用.实验筛选出六株突变菌株,研究了突变株生理生化特性.结果表明:突变菌株的CoQ10产量都有不同程度的提高,其中编号为N1菌株产量达6.9344 mg/L,是对照菌株的10倍多,最低的N2菌株的产量也是对照菌株的1.3倍.     

微波结合紫外诱变选育辅酶Q_(10)高产菌株

以根瘤土壤杆菌LNUB335为出发菌株,以维生素K3和NaN3双抗性为筛选标记,在根瘤土壤杆菌中首次利用紫外线及微波联合诱变处理,获得1株生产性能比LNUB335显著提高的突变株ARN007,其CoQ10产量为12.01mg/L,较出发菌株提高68.67%,每克干细胞含CoQ102.46mg,较出发菌株提高38.20%。通过传代实验证明该突变株的遗传性稳定,可作为进一步研究的实验菌株。     

辅酶Q10/两亲性木聚糖纳米悬浮剂的制备以及生物利用度

研究一种新型共聚物负载辅酶Q10形成纳米悬浮剂能够增加CoQ10的水溶性,并且提高其口服生物利用度。本研究以槲皮素—木聚糖（QT-Xylan）共聚物偶联为基础进行合成,采用高剪切均质法进一步包载辅酶Q10,形成了一种新型载药纳米悬浮剂。采用单因素实验设计,并以粒径大小作为单因素实验的考察条件,影响其粒径大小的因素包括高压均质压力、高压均质次数、共聚物浓度、共聚物与CoQ10的质量比4个因素,并进行一系列体外实验评价。当均质压力为60 MPa,均质次数为7次,共聚物浓度为1 mg·mL^-1,共聚物与CoQ10的质量比为1∶1,是纳米悬浮剂的最佳制备工艺,此时粒径大小为166.7 nm。在最佳工艺条件下,在体外溶出实验中,包载CoQ10纳米悬浮剂的体外溶出率在人工胃液（SGF）和人工肠液（SIF）中分别是CoQ10原药的1.89和1.48倍。在体内生物利用度实验中,分别对大鼠灌胃CoQ10原药与载药纳米悬浮剂后,检测不同时间点的血药浓度,考察药物在大鼠体内的吸收和代谢情况,负载CoQ10的纳米悬浮剂在大鼠体内的血药浓度明显高于CoQ10原药,生物利用度提高为CoQ10原药的2.64倍。     

改进大肠杆菌（E. Coli）局限性转导试验的探索

在大肠杆菌吓·coli）局限性转导（restricted transduction') 实验中，通常用A噬菌体特异性转导半乳糖 发酵基因（gal的现象来说明转导的基本原理和掌握 转导实验的基本方法。近年来，我们在指导学生进行 这一实验过程中，对实验菌株的选择、噬菌体（.L)的 诱导、噬菌体裂解液的教价测定和进一步提高转导频 率等方面进行了一些改进，收到了较好的效果。本文 扼要介绍我们的实验结果。     

《细菌生长曲线测定》实验方法的研究

为深入学习细菌生长曲线测定方法,并使其在教学、科研和生产中得到更好应用,以实验室分离菌株为研究对象,以大肠埃希菌生长曲线的测定为实验方法,并对该方法的应用进行了研究并提出改进方案。研究结果表明,采用上述方法仅测出2株葡萄球菌属菌株的生长曲线,采取增加溶氧量、单瓶培养及取样后立即测定,得到3株芽胞杆菌属菌株的生长曲线,而对产色素的考克氏菌属菌株宜采用平板菌落计数的方法进行生长曲线的绘制。不同菌属菌株生长曲线的测定要根据实际情况选择合适方法,测定过程要防止低温保存对菌液光密度的影响。     

中国东部栗疫病菌dsRNA群体的多样性

采用生物学测定和凝胶电泳的方法,对中国东部栗疫病菌(Cryphonectria parasitica)的dsRNA病毒进行了研究。根据电泳图谱,中国东部栗疫病菌的dsRNA病毒可以分为5种类型,其中类型1只具有一个12．7kh的条带,占大多数;类型Ⅱ有两条带,一条12．7kh,另一条5．2kb左右,只有一个菌株354;类型Ⅲ则除了12．7kb的条带外,还有3条小于2kb的小片段,有238和250两个菌株;dsRNA属于类型Ⅳ的为269和344两个菌株,它只含有两个1．8—3．1kb的小片段;dsRNA类型Ⅴ只有一个菌株280,除了一条12．7kb分子外,还有4条2．6—3．3kb的小片段。含有dsRNA的菌株培养性状多样,根据菌落特征．栗疫病菌可以划分为5种培养类型,但菌株的培养类型与dsRNA的类型间没有对应的关系。毒力测定表明含有dsRNA病毒的供试菌株大多属于低毒力类型;     

Antimicrobial activity of fatty acids from fruits of Peucedanum cervaria and P. alsaticum

Plants of the genus Peucedanum have been used in traditional medicine for a long time to treat different diseases including infectious diseases. The hexane fruits extracts of Peucedanum cervaria and P. alsaticum were examined for antimicrobial activity and analyzed for their fatty acid content. Fatty acid composition of oils were analyzed by GC/FID in methyl ester form. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of fatty acid fractions against twelve reference bacterial and yeast strains were performed by the twofold serial microdilution broth method. Fourteen fatty acids were identified. Oleic and linoleic acids were found to be dominant. The extracts from both plants examined exhibited inhibitory effects against Gram‐positive strains tested with different MIC values (0.25–2 mg/ml); however, extract from P. alsaticum possessed stronger antibacterial properties and a broader spectrum. The growth of Gram‐negative bacteria and Candida spp. strains was not inhibited even at the highest extract concentration used (MIC>4 mg/ml). Standard fatty acids exhibited inhibitory effects towards all bacterial and yeast strains used in this study; however, the majority of bacteria were more sensitive to linoleic than to oleic acid. These results revealed, for the first time, that hexane extracts obtained from fruits of P. alsaticum and P. cervaria possess moderate in vitro antibacterial activity against Gram‐positive bacteria including staphylococci. Linoleic and oleic acids appear to be the compounds responsible for this effect, and a synergistic antimicrobial effect between these two fatty acids was indicated.     

Comparative study on the identification of food-borne yeasts.

Morphologically distinct yeast colonies from partially and fully processed fruits and vegetables were isolated over a 3-year period. Identification of 239 strains was achieved by using standard methods, commercial identification kits (API 20C and API YEAST-IDENT), and a simplified system for food-borne yeasts. The identified strains of fruit origin represented 36 species belonging to 19 genera. Among strains of vegetable origin, 34 species representing 17 genera were identified. The simplified identification system and the conventional method provided the same results in 80% of the cases. The commercial identification kits were easy to use but were not appropriate for food-borne yeast species. Computer-assisted identification was helpful.     

Comparative study on the identification of food-borne yeasts

Morphologically distinct yeast colonies from partially and fully processed fruits and vegetables were isolated over a 3-year period. Identification of 239 strains was achieved by using standard methods, commercial identification kits (API 20C and API YEAST-IDENT), and a simplified system for food-borne yeasts. The identified strains of fruit origin represented 36 species belonging to 19 genera. Among strains of vegetable origin, 34 species representing 17 genera were identified. The simplified identification system and the conventional method provided the same results in 80% of the cases. The commercial identification kits were easy to use but were not appropriate for food-borne yeast species. Computer-assisted identification was helpful.     

The use of yeast cultures for the detection of environmental mutagens using a fluctuation test.

A microbial fluctuation test, modified for the detection of environmental mutagens has been evaluated using a number of strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Auxotrophic diploid cultures of yeast which produce prototrophic colonies by both mitotic gene conversion and mutation have been extensively utilized for the detection and evaluation of chemicals showing genetic activity. A number of the yeast strains utilized were shown to be suitable for use in the fluctuation test although the time scales of the experiments were considerably extended (up to 16 days) compared to those involving bacteria. The yeast strains respond to doses of mutagens at least a 100-fold lower than that required in a conventional short exposure treat and plate experiment. In experiments involving the induction of mitotic gene conversion at the tryptophan-5 and histidine-4 loci in the fluctuation test significant increases in prototrophic cells were produced in the presence of the insecticide Lindex (0.05 microng/ml), the preservative Thiomersal (0.0001 microng/ml), a mahogany hair dye (0.01 microng/ml), the herbicide Paraquat (0.02 microng/ml) and the alkylating agent ethyl methane sulphonate (0.1 microng/ml). The results demonstrate that the fluctuation test provides an extremely sensitive assay for the detection of chemicals which show genetic activity in yeast at non-toxic concentrations.     

Antifungal Activities of Different Extracts of Marine Macroalgae Against Dermatophytes and Candida Species

Algae are bioactive natural resources, and due to the medical importance of superficial mycoses, we focused the action of macroalgae extracts against dermatophytes and Candida species. Seaweed obtained from the Riacho Doce beach, Alagoas (Brazil), were screened for the antifungal activity, through crude extracts using dichloromethane, chloroform, methanol, ethanol, water and chloroform and hexane fractions of green, brown and red algae in assays with standard strains of the dermatophytes Trichophyton rubrum, T. tonsurans, T. mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis, M. gypseum and yeasts Candida albicans, C. krusei, C. guilliermondi and C. parapsilosis. The M44-A and M27-A2/M38A manuals by CLSI were followed, and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranged from 0.03 to 16.00 μg ml(-1), and an inhibition halo of 10.00-25.00 mm was observed for dermatophytes, while for yeast, it was from 8.00 to 16.00 μg ml(-1) and 10.00-15.00 mm. M. canis showed MIC of 0.03 μg ml(-1) and the largest inhibition halo in T. rubrum (25.00 mm) through the use of the methanol extract. For C. albicans, dichloromethane, methanol and ethanol extracts formed the largest inhibition halo. The ethanol extract was shown to be the best inhibiting fungi growth, and chloroform and hexane fractions of H. musciformis inhibited the growth of all dermatophytes and C. albicans, yielding the conclusion that apolar extracts obtained from algae presented the best activity against important pathogenic fungi.     

Ochratoxin A adsorption phenotype: An inheritable yeast trait

This study aimed to evaluate the inheritance of the trait ochratoxin A adsorption in two wine strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and their 46 descendants. Each strain was inoculated in triplicate in test tubes containing 10 ml of must obtained from the Calabrian Zibibbo white grape variety, artificially contaminated with ochratoxin A to reach a total content of 4.10 ng/ml. The microvinification trials were performed at 25°C. After 30 days, ochratoxin A values ranged from 0.74 to 3.18 ng/ml, from 0.01 to 2.69 ng/ml, and from 0.60 to 2.95 ng/ml respectively in wines, in lees after washing, and in the saline solution used to wash the lees. The analysis of OTA in wines was performed to find the residual toxin content after yeast activity, thus obtaining technological evidence of yeast influence on wine detoxification. The analysis of OTA in lees after washing was performed to distinguish the OTA linked to cells. The analysis of OTA in the saline solution used to wash the lees was performed to distinguish the OTA adsorbed on yeast cell walls and removed by washing, thus focusing on the adsorption activity of wine yeast through electrostatic and ionic interactions between parietal mannoproteins and OTA. Ploidy of the two parental strains was controlled by flow cytometry. Results demonstrated that the ochratoxin A adsorption is genetically controlled and is a polygenic inheritable trait of wine yeasts. The majority of the descendants are characterized by a great and significant diversity compared to their parents. Both the parental strains had genome sizes consistent with their being diploid, so validating the observed results. These findings constitute an initial step to demonstrate the mechanisms of inheritance and establish breeding strategies to improve the ochratoxin A adsorption trait in wine yeasts. This will allow a decrease in the ochratoxin A content of contaminated musts during winemaking, by using genetically improved wine yeasts.     

Single-cell protein production from Jerusalem artichoke extract by a recently isolated marine yeast <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cryptococcus aureus</Emphasis> G7a and its nutritive analysis

After crude protein of the marine yeast strains maintained in this laboratory was estimated by the method of Kjehldahl, we found that the G7a strain which was identified to be a strain of Cryptococcus aureus according to the routine identification and molecular methods contained high level of protein and could grow on a wide range of carbon sources. The optimal medium for single-cell protein production was seawater containing 6.0 g of wet weight of Jerusalem artichoke extract per 100 ml of medium and 4.0 g of the hydrolysate of soybean meal per 100 ml of medium, while the optimal conditions for single-cell protein production were pH 5.0 and 28.0°C. After fermentation for 56 h, 10.1 g of cell dry weight per liter of medium and 53.0 g of crude protein per 100 g of cell dry weight (5.4 g/l of medium) were achieved, leaving 0.05 g of reducing sugar per 100 ml of medium and 0.072 g of total sugar per 100 ml of medium total sugar in the fermented medium. The yeast strain only contained 2.1 g of nucleic acid per 100 g of cell dry weight, but its cells contained a large amount of C_16:0 (19.0%), C_18:0 (46.3%), and C_18:1 (33.3%) fatty acids and had a large amount of essential amino acids, especially lysine (12.6%) and leucine (9.1%), and vitamin C (2.2 mg per 100 g of cell dry weight). These results show that the new marine yeast strain was suitable for single-cell protein production.     

Cassava as a Cheap Source of Carbon for Rhizobial Inoculant Production using an Amylase-producing Fungus and a Glycerol-producing Yeast

Summary The aim of this research was to develop methods to use low-cost carbon compounds for rhizobial inoculant production. Five raw starch materials; steamed cassava, sticky rice, fresh corn, dry corn and sorghum were tested for sugar production by an amylase-producing fungus. Streamed cassava produced the highest amount of reducing sugar after fermentation. Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110, Azorhizobium caulinodans IRBG23, Rhizobium phaseoli TAL1383, Sinorhizobium fredii HH103, and Mesorhizobium ciceri USDA2429 were tested on minimal medium supplemented with reducing sugar obtained from cassava fermentation. All strains, except B. japonicum USDA110, could grow in medium containing cassava sugar derived from 100 g steamed cassava per litre, and the growth rates for these strains were similar to those in medium containing 0.5 (w/v) mannitol. The sugar derived from steamed cassava was further used for production of glycerol using yeast. After 1 day of yeast fermentation, the culture containing glycerol and heat-killed yeast cells, was used to formulate media for culturing bradyrhizobia. A formulation medium, FM4, with a glycerol concentration of 0.6 g/l and yeast cells (OD₆₀₀ = 0.1) supported growth of B. japonicum USDA110 up to 3.61 × 10⁹ c.f.u./ml in 7 days. These results demonstrate that steamed cassava could be used to provide cheap and effective carbon sources for rhizobial inoculant production.     

Ethanol from Sugar Cane: Flask Experiments Using the EX-FERM Technique

Alcohol production at the laboratory scale from sugar cane pieces by the EX-FERM technique was studied with 37 strains of Saccharomyces spp. The EX-FERM process is novel in that it employs the simultaneous extraction and fermentation of the sucrose in a cane-water suspension. Two types of cane treatments were used: chips and shredded pith, either fresh or dried. A mother culture of the yeast was prepared in enriched cane juice and then added to the cane-water mixture. After static fermentation for 40 h at 30°C, the cane was removed, and fresh cane was added to the yeast-alcohol broth. After an additional 24 h, the cane was again removed and the liquor was analyzed. After the first 40-h cycle, sugar consumption was above 99% with 10 of the 37 yeast strains tested, and ethanol reached levels of 1.29 to 4.00 g per 100 ml, depending on the yeast strain. The final ethanol concentration reached 4.27 to 5.37 g per 100 ml, and sugar consumption was above 98% in three cases during a second EX-FERM cycle employing previously air-dried chips and pith. Product yields were within accepted values. Cane treatment did not appear to affect the results at this level.