脱卤单胞菌属在厌氧降解有机氯化物及污染场地修复应用中的研究进展

脱卤单胞菌 Dehalogenimonas 是绿弯菌门 (Chloroflexi) 脱卤球菌纲 (Dehalococcoidia) 的一个属。脱卤单胞菌属目前包含 Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens、Dehalogenimonas alkenigignens 和 Dehalogenimonas formicexedens 这 3 个已正式命名的物种,其成员均为严格厌氧的专性有机卤呼吸细菌,利用氢气和甲酸作为电子供体,以氯代烷烃 (例如 1,2,3-三氯丙烷、1,2-二氯丙烷和 1,2-二氯乙烷) 作为电子受体,通过介导还原性脱氯反应获得能量进行生长。我国污染场地地下水中氯代烷烃等有机氯污染较为突出,脱卤单胞菌的产能方式使其在污染场地原位修复中具有重要的应用价值。新近发现的 WBC-2 菌株和"Candidatus Dehalogenimonas etheniformans" GP 菌株可以脱氯降解某些氯代烯烃,其中 GP 菌株能够将一氯乙烯完全脱氯至乙烯,拓展了有限的一氯乙烯脱氯菌种资源,丰富了脱卤单胞菌的生态学功能。文中围绕脱卤单胞菌属的生理生化特性、生态功能及基因组信息进行综述,旨在为污染场地有机氯污染物的清理及工程实施提供理论指导。     

柴油食烷菌B-5及其卤代烷烃脱卤酶DadA对卤代化合物的降解

【目的】柴油食烷菌(Alcanivorax dieselolei)B-5是重要的石油降解菌。为研究其对卤代化合物的降解范围和降解机制,【方法】以不同的卤代化合物作为唯一碳源,观察菌株B-5在其中的生长情况;通过多重序列比对、系统发育分析和三维结构同源建模,分析该菌株基因组内一个假定的卤代烷烃脱卤酶(Haloalkane dehalogenase,HLD)DadA;利用大肠杆菌异源表达、纯化DadA,并测定了其对46个卤代底物的酶活。【结果】菌株B-5能够利用C3-C18链长范围的多种卤代化合物为唯一碳源生长;在系统进化树中,DadA相对独立于其他HLD-II亚家族成员,但具有典型的HLD-II亚家族的催化五联体残基;DadA确实具有脱卤活性,但该酶特异性高,底物范围明显小于其他已鉴定的HLDs,仅对1,2,3-三溴丙烷、1,2-二溴-3-氯丙烷和2,3-二氯-1-丙烯有脱卤酶活。【结论】因为DadA对很多B-5菌株可以利用做碳源的卤代底物没有脱卤酶活,所以推测B-5菌中可能还有其他脱卤酶参与了卤代烷烃的降解。菌株B-5及其卤代烷烃脱卤酶DadA在卤代烷烃污染物的生物降解方面具有应用潜力。     

比什凯克盐碱土壤可培养细菌的多样性

【目的】通过对吉尔吉斯共和国比什凯克地区一处盐碱土壤样品可培养细菌的分离筛选,初步了解该地区土壤微生物生理多样性和系统发育多样性。【方法】利用加盐(NaCl 5%)的R2A、TSB、1/4×NA和Gause No.1培养基筛选耐盐碱菌株。对部分分离菌株的革兰氏染色、耐盐性、生长温度范围、pH耐受、产酶性能进行了比较,进而采用核糖体DNA扩增片段限制性酶切分析(ARDRA)研究了比什凯克地区耐盐碱细菌的群落结构和多样性。【结果】从比什凯克地区盐碱土样中分离得到120株耐盐碱细菌,通过限制性内切酶Hae III对纯化菌株的16S rRNA基因进行酶切分型,根据ARDRA的酶切图谱,将其划分为19个操作分类单元。16S rRNA基因序列测定和系统发育分析结果显示,分离菌株分布于厚壁菌门、放线菌门、变形菌门下的17个种属,且部分菌株的16S rRNA基因序列同源性低于97%,可能是潜在的新种。【结论】比什凯克地区盐碱土样中的耐盐碱细菌不仅具有丰富的多样性,还蕴藏着具有地域特点的新菌种资源。     

北欧海海水可培养细菌多样性

【目的】为了解北欧海表层海水可培养细菌多样性与所在水文环境的关系。【方法】利用2216E、R2A和海水培养基对该海域暖流区、寒流区、海盆区及交汇区等多个区域不同站位的表层海水样品中的可培养细菌进行分离培养,通过16S r RNA基因测序对分离的菌株进行分类鉴定,并构建系统发育树进行系统发育分析。【结果】从北欧海表层海水中共分离到407株细菌,通过RFLP分析选取其中154株进行测序,结果表明此154株细菌分属于3个门,18个属,27个种。3个门包括变形菌门、厚壁菌门和放线菌门,优势属为假交替单胞菌属、嗜冷杆菌属等,优势种为食琼脂假交替单胞菌、海雪嗜冷杆菌等,并分离到闪烁交替单胞菌等多株嗜冷菌。比较不同区域的微生物多样性可以看出,γ-变形菌纲的细菌在各个区域均占较高比例。交汇区的细菌多样性最高,分离到了10个不同属的细菌,而海盆区细菌多样性最低,只分离到了4种。除了海盆区外,其他3个区域的样品中都分离到了特有的类群。【结论】从以上结果可以看出,北欧海域有较为丰富的微生物资源,且交汇区微生物多样性较其他区域高。     

利用硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐同步富集厌氧甲烷氧化微生物的比较实验

【背景】反硝化厌氧甲烷氧化(Denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation,DAMO)是以硝酸盐或亚硝酸盐为电子受体以甲烷为电子供体的厌氧氧化过程,对认识全球碳氮循环、削减温室气体排放和开发废水脱氮新技术等方面具有重要意义。【目的】认识以硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐为电子受体的DAMO微生物富集过程和结果的差异性。【方法】在序批式反应器(Sequencing batch reaetor,SBR)内接种混合物,分别以硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐为电子受体连续培养800 d,定期检测反应器基质浓度变化、计算转化速率;利用16S rRNA基因系统发育分析研究功能微生物的多样性,利用实时荧光定量PCR技术定量测定功能微生物。【结果】以亚硝酸盐为电子受体的1、3号反应器富集到了DAMO细菌,未检测到DAMO古菌;以硝酸盐为电子受体的2号反应器富集到了DAMO细菌和古菌的混合物;3个反应器的脱氮速率经过初始低速期、快速提升期,最终达到稳定,但2号快速提升期开始时间比1、3号晚了80 d左右,达到稳定的时间更长,稳定最大速率为1、3号的44.7%、40.3%。【结论】硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐对富集产物有决定性影响;以硝酸盐为电子受体富集得到的DAMO古菌和细菌协同体系可以长期稳定共存,DAMO古菌可能是协同体系中脱氮速率的限制性因素。     

地下水脱卤过程中的微生物种间代谢互作：提高原位氯代烯烃厌氧脱氯效能的有效途径

有机卤呼吸细菌(organohalide-respiring bacteria, OHRB)在氯代烯烃污染地下水的原位生物修复中扮演着关键性的角色,提高其丰度及活性对氯代烯烃的完全去除具有重要意义。在实际环境中,有机卤呼吸细菌往往与多种微生物共存,微生物种间代谢互作现象十分普遍,有机污染物的完全无害化往往需要通过微生物菌群的协同代谢作用来实现。因此,本文围绕微生物种间代谢互作进行综述,对目前获得的脱氯微生物菌种资源及脱氯机理进行了回顾,重点阐述了专性OHRB、非专性OHRB和非OHRB的种间代谢互作行为及机制,并提出以种间代谢互作为指导进行合成微生物群落的构建来有效提高氯代烯烃厌氧生物降解效率,为实现环境氯代烯烃类有机污染物的快速、彻底无害化提供理论指导。     

硇洲岛褐蓝子鱼肠道抗菌活性菌株的分离及多样性

【目的】了解广东湛江硇洲岛褐蓝子鱼(Siganus fuscescen)肠道抗菌物质产生菌的多样性。【方法】采用传统的分离方法与牛津杯扩散法对褐蓝子鱼肠道菌进行分离纯化与抗菌活性测定,运用16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育分析对抗菌活性菌株进行多样性分析。【结果】根据形态观察和部分生理生化实验去冗余,从褐蓝子鱼肠道样品中分离到68株细菌,其中抗菌活性菌株19株,占分离株的27.9%。19株不同种类的活性菌株分属于细菌域的放线杆菌门(Actinobacteria)、变形杆菌门(Proteobacteria)与厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)的11个科、12个属。多数菌株属于厚壁菌门(8株,42.1%),其次是变形杆菌门(7株,36.8%)和放线杆菌门(4株,21.1%)。大多数抗菌活性菌株与其系统发育关系最密切的已知典型菌株之间存在一定的遗传差异(16S rRNA基因序列相似性为96.2%-99.9%),其中有4株代表潜在的新种。【结论】广东湛江硇洲岛褐蓝子鱼肠道中存在较为丰富的细菌抗菌物质产生菌,并蕴藏着较多的微生物新类群。     

ε-聚赖氨酸发酵过程污染微生物的分离与鉴定

【目的】研究ε-聚赖氨酸发酵过程中污染微生物的种类。【方法】采用稀释涂布法、划线法、环境胁迫法和液体营养富集法等对污染样本进行微生物的分离与纯化,通过菌落形态和显微观察,再结合16S rRNA基因序列分析,确定分离菌株的系统发育地位,并对分离菌株的ε-聚赖氨酸耐受性进行考察。【结果】液体营养富集法实现了污染微生物的分离,通过16S rRNA基因序列分析鉴定其为一株Acinetobacter bereziniae,并证实该菌能在高浓度ε-聚赖氨酸条件下生长。【结论】Acinetobacter bereziniae是ε-聚赖氨酸发酵过程中的主要污染微生物,这为后期发酵污染防治提供了一定的指导作用。     

环境因子对厌氧微生物脱卤的影响研究进展

有机卤代物在工农业生产中的广泛应用及不合理处置与排放导致其成为地下环境中普遍存在的一类污染物,严重威胁地下生态系统功能、饮用水安全和人类健康。有机卤呼吸细菌在有机卤污染场地的原位生物修复中起到了至关重要的作用。本文简要概述了影响和制约有机卤呼吸微生物生长代谢及脱卤活性的一些关键环境因子,如pH、温度、盐度、电子供受体和氧气等,并且对有机卤呼吸细菌未来的研究方向提出展望,以期为污染场地原位生物修复工程的有效实施提供理论与技术参考。     

湛江硇洲岛海葵相关可培养细菌系统发育多样性

【目的】了解湛江硇洲岛海葵样品中相关可培养细菌的多样性。【方法】运用纯培养法和基于16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育分析对样品中可培养细菌多样性进行研究。【结果】用补充0～2.0 mol/L NaCl 的MA、ISP 2、NA、SWA和HAA培养基从海葵样品中分离到126株细菌,通过形态观察和部分生理生化实验去冗余,选取42株具有代表性的菌株进行基于16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育多样性分析。结果表明,42个分离菌株可分为25个物种,属于3个大的系统发育类群(Firmicutes,Gamma-Proteobacteria,Actinobacteria)、11个科、18个属。多数菌株属于Firmicutes门（17株,40.5％）和Gamma-Proteobacteria亚门（14株,33.3％）。这些分离菌株中,至少有6个菌株可能代表6个不同属的6个新物种：JSM 071004、JSM 071068、JSM 071073、JSM 072002、JSM 073008和JSM073097分别代表Bacillus、Halobacillus、Piscibacillus、Pontibacillus、Alteromonas和Nocardiopsis属的新物种。【结论】从以上结果可以看出,湛江硇洲岛海葵中存在较为丰富的微生物物种多样性和系统发育多样性,并且潜藏着较多的新的微生物类群（物种）。     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Biological control of three floating water weeds,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Eichhornia crassipes,Pistia stratiotes</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salviniamolesta</Emphasis> in the Republic of Congo

Since 1999, four specific weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) were released in the Republic of Congo against three exotic floating water weeds: Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache against water hyacinth, Neohydronomus affinis Hustache against water lettuce, and Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands against water fern. Recoveries of exotic weevils were made from all 24 release sites except one, and all four species have established and spread (up to 800 km for water hyacinth weevils). Within a few years of releases, control of water fern and water lettuce was such that fishing and navigation could be resumed, while reductions of water hyacinth populations were only beginning.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Die GattungKarschia — Bindeglied zwischen bitunicaten Ascomyceten und lecanoralen Flechtenpilzen?

The genusKarschia, in the earlier sense, including saprophytes and parasites on lichens, has been thought to be a non-lichenized parallel genus of the lichen genusBuellia. Modern workers included it on the one hand inBuellia, on the other hand combined it with bitunicate ascomycetes. It is now proved thatKarschia is heterogeneous and contains but superficially similar members both of the genusBuellia of theLecanorales and of typical or masked bitunicateAscomycetes. Therefore, it can not be regarded as a link betweenLecanorales andDothideales. The type species ofKarschia belongs to theDothideales.

     

New geographical distribution and host records of rust fungi from northern Thailand

Ten species of rust fungi (Crossopsora 2, Maravalia 1, Pileolaria 1, Puccinia 1, Ravenelia 1, Sphaerophragmium 1, Uredo 2, and Uromyces 1) are newly recorded together with six new host plants in Thailand.Contribution no. 194, Laboratory of Plant Parasitic Mycology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan     

Tracking down the "head blob": comparative analysis of wingless expression in the developing insect procephalon reveals progressive reduction of embryonic visual system patterning in higher insects

The evolution of larval head morphology in holometabolous insects is characterized by reduction of antennal appendages and the visual system components. Little insight has been gained into molecular developmental changes underlying this morphological diversification. Here we compare the expression of the segment polarity gene wingless (wg) in the pregnathal head of fruit fly, flour beetle and grasshopper embryos. We provide evidence that wg activity contributes to segment border formation, and, subsequently, the separation of the visual system and protocerebrum anlagen in the anterior procephalon. In directly developing insects like grasshopper, seven expression domains are formed during this process. The activation of four of these, which correspond to polar expression pairs in the optic lobe anlagen and the protocerebral ectoderm, has shifted to postembryonic stages in flour beetle and Drosophila. The remaining three domains map to the protocerebral neuroectoderm, and form by disintegration of a large precursor domain in flour beetle and grasshopper. In Drosophila, the precursor domain remains intact, constituting the previously described “head blob”. These data document major changes in the expression of an early patterning gene correlated with the dramatic evolution of embryonic visual system development in the Holometabola.