DegU负调控地衣芽胞杆菌普切明酸的合成及分泌

普切明酸是地衣芽胞杆菌合成并分泌的一种铁离子螯合剂,是细胞维持铁稳态的重要介质。【目的】揭示转录调控因子DegU在调控普切明酸的合成及分泌过程中的作用。【方法】以地衣芽胞杆菌DW2为出发菌株,构建degU缺失菌株DW2ΔdegU和过表达菌株DW2::Pbay-degU,通过产物检测、转录水平检测、凝胶阻滞分析和GFP报告蛋白表达分析等方法分析DegU对普切明酸合成、分泌及调控因子基因的转录调控机制。【结果】DW2ΔdegU的普切明酸产量相比于DW2提高了56.8%,而DW2::Pbay-degU相比于DW2菌株则下降83.7%。同时,degU缺失后,普切明酸合成酶基因yvm C和转运蛋白基因yvm A的转录水平分别上升为DW2的2.85倍和2.71倍,yvmC和yvmA的负调控因子基因yvmB的转录水平则下降为DW2的0.35倍;而在DW2::Pbay-degU菌株中,yvmC和yvmA的转录水平分别下降为DW2的0.47倍和0.24倍,yvmB的转录水平则上升为DW2的1.78倍。凝胶阻滞分析和GFP报告蛋白表达分析表明,DegU可以直接与PyvmC和PyvmB启动子结合,但是与yv...     

clpE基因缺失对肺炎链球菌毒力的影响

【目的】 探索clpE基因缺失对肺炎链球菌毒力的影响。【方法】 用长臂同源多聚酶链式反应(LFH-PCR)方法失活clpE基因,用PCR、测序鉴定缺失菌株,通过动物实验观察clpE基因缺失株毒力改变情况, 同时用细胞实验比较clpE基因缺失株和野生菌对宿主细胞的粘附和侵袭能力,最后用实时荧光定量PCR分析自溶素(major autolysin A,lytA)、表面黏附素A(pneumococcal surface adhesion A,psaA)、溶血素(pneumolysin,ply)、肺炎球菌表面蛋白A（pneumococcal surface protein A, pspA)和神经氨酸酶（neuraminidase, nanA）的表达。 【结果】小鼠毒力实验表明野生菌株半数致死时间54h,而缺失株半数致死时间为21d,两者比较有统计学差异（P<0 .0l）;缺失菌在对宿主细胞的粘附能力明显低于野生菌株（P<0.05）。实时荧光定量PCR显示clpE缺失株的五个毒力因子mRNA表达水平均低于野生菌,两者比较有统计学差异（P<0. 05）;【结论】ClpE通过调控肺炎链球菌多种毒力因子表达,而影响其毒力。     

天然缺失inlAB的非典型单核细胞增多性李斯特菌生物学特性鉴定

摘要：【目的】 InlA与InlB是单核细胞增多性李斯特菌重要的毒力因子,其介导的黏附作用是细菌建立感染的前提。本研究拟探明天然缺失inlAB基因簇的非典型单增李斯特菌的表型与基因型特征。【方法】针对inlAB天然缺失株S10,进行生化特征、细胞黏附力、小鼠体内毒力、感染相关基因检测、谱系分析等。【结果】 S10株为具有典型单增李斯特菌生化特征的1/2b型菌株,对HeLa细胞的黏附力显著低于其他菌株（p<0.05）,对小鼠毒力较弱。S10缺失inlAB及与其毗邻的lmo0431、lmo0432、lmo0436、lmo0437基因,但具有李斯特菌第一毒力岛中完整的毒力基因构成。S10分布于谱系Ⅰ的进化枝上,与4b型菌株的遗传距离较近。【结论】 S10为单增李斯特菌inlAB天然缺失株代表该类非典型菌株的首次报道。S10具有典型的单增李斯特菌谱系Ⅰ基因背景,inlAB可能通过独立的重组或水平转移事件缺失于基因组。     

单增李斯特菌LPXTG蛋白Lmo0880在感染致病中的作用

【目的】通过构建单核细胞增生李斯特菌(单增李斯特菌) LPXTG蛋白Lmo0880的基因缺失菌株和回补菌株,探究Lmo0880在细菌生长、细胞感染和宿主感染等方面发挥的作用。【方法】利用同源重组原理构建lmo0880的基因缺失株及回补株,比较野生株、缺失株和回补株在生长能力、细胞黏附与侵袭和胞内增殖能力等方面的差异,从而鉴定Lmo0880在单增李斯特菌感染宿主中的作用。【结果】缺失lmo0880基因后,单增李斯特菌在生长能力上无明显变化;对细胞的黏附能力无显著差异,但对细胞侵袭能力、胞内增殖能力、小鼠致病力和小鼠组织定殖能力显著降低。【结论】本研究阐明了单增李斯特菌LPXTG蛋白Lmo0880在细胞侵袭、胞内增殖和组织定殖等方面发挥的重要作用。     

单增李斯特菌末端氧化酶亚基QoxB的生物学功能探究

【目的】本研究旨在构建单增李斯特菌末端细胞色素aa3氧化酶亚基qoxB基因缺失株,并探索其在细菌生长及感染过程中发挥的生物学功能。【方法】利用同源重组方法构建获得缺失株ΔqoxB后,对野生株EGD-e和缺失株ΔqoxB的生长能力、细菌运动能力和细胞内黏附、侵袭、增殖及胞内迁移能力进行比较,同时利用荧光定量PCR方法检测ΔqoxB中鞭毛相关基因转录水平的变化。【结果】缺失qoxB基因后细菌在体外培养过程中生长能力没有差异,细菌的鞭毛运动能力显著降低,在30℃培养24 h和48 h后ΔqoxB运动圈直径分别较EGD-e下降35.86%和34.20%,且22个鞭毛相关基因转录水平显著降低。通过细胞感染试验发现缺失qoxB基因后细胞黏附、侵袭、增殖及胞内迁移能力均显著下降。【结论】本研究首次证实末端氧化酶亚基QoxB能降低单增李斯特菌的运动能力和对细胞的感染能力,此研究为进一步阐明末端细胞色素氧化酶影响单增李斯特菌的致病机制提供重要依据。     

单核细胞增多性李斯特菌OpuCA蛋白介导抗氧化应激和宿主感染研究

【目的】本文旨在研究opuCA基因在单核细胞增多性李斯特菌(单增李斯特菌)生长过程及渗透胁迫下发挥的作用,探究opuCA基因参与细菌抗氧化应激和致病力的生物学功能,为阐明OpuCA蛋白介导细菌环境适应和宿主内感染的机制奠定基础。【方法】利用细菌同源重组方法获得opuCA缺失株及回补株后,通过分子生物学、感染生物学和激光共聚焦技术,研究野生株和突变株的生长能力、抗渗透应激能力、抗氧化应激能力、细胞粘附、侵袭以及胞内增殖能力。【结果】缺失opuCA基因后,李斯特菌体外生长能力并没有受到影响,但在渗透条件下生长能力减弱;opuCA缺失株在铜离子和镉离子中抗氧化应激能力降低,但在巯基特异性氧化剂肼应激中无明显变化;opuCA缺失株在细胞中的侵袭能力显著减弱,且缺失该基因导致细菌聚合actin能力下降,进而影响了细菌在胞间迁移。【结论】本研究首次证实了缺失opuCA基因能降低单增李斯特菌抗氧化应激能力和感染宿主能力,并且在渗透胁迫下细菌生长能力减弱,但具体的分子机制有待深入研究。本研究有助于深入理解单增李斯特菌OpuCA蛋白介导的细菌体外环境适应及宿主内感染的分子机制,为防控单增李斯特菌感染提供...     

猪链球菌2型荚膜唾液酸对细菌毒力和宿主炎症反应的影响

【目的】阐明猪链球菌2型荚膜唾液酸是否影响细菌毒力以及宿主对其炎症反应应答,为研究猪链球菌2型的致病机制奠定基础。【方法】比较实验菌株对BLAB/c小鼠模型的致病性;通过涂板计数的方法检测实验菌株在小鼠体内的分布;观察小鼠脑组织病理改变,分析实验菌株感染小鼠后中枢神经系统的病变差异;从小鼠体外全血细胞水平,运用ELISA法检测实验菌株感染后细胞炎性因子的分泌水平。【结果】荚膜唾液酸合成基因neuB缺失突变株ΔneuB相比野生株05ZYH33株,对小鼠毒力显著降低,回复突变株cΔneuB毒力回复至野生株水平;野生株和突变株在血液及脑组织中分布具有显著差异,均可致BLAB/c小鼠脑组织不同程度的损伤;与野生株组相比较,细菌/细胞相互作用不同时间点后,突变株组体外刺激小鼠全血细胞分泌MCP-1、IL-6的水平显著提高;【结论】荚膜唾液酸影响细菌的毒力及宿主细胞对其的炎症反应应答,它是猪链球菌2型穿透血脑屏障导致脑膜炎的重要毒力因子。     

rmlB基因在单核细胞增生李斯特菌耐药性、生物被膜形成和毒力方面的作用

【目的】探究单核细胞增生李斯特菌(Listeria monocytogenes,Lm)rmlB基因在细菌耐药、生物被膜形成和毒力方面的作用。【方法】通过同源重组的方法敲除Lm染色体上的rmlB基因,比较野生株与rmlB缺失株在耐药性方面的差异;利用微孔板法观测rmlB缺失菌株生物被膜形成能力的变化;利用RT-PCR检测缺失菌株中主要毒力基因转录表达,并观察rmlB缺失对细菌溶血活性的影响。【结果】同野生菌株相比,rmlB缺失菌株对头孢菌素和杆菌肽等作用位点在细菌细胞壁和细胞膜的敏感性显著增加(P≤0.01),生物被膜形成能力显著降低(P≤0.01),细菌主要毒力基因hly的转录表达及溶血活性也发生显著降低(P≤0.01)。【结论】rmlB基因在Lm生物被膜形成和耐受作用位点位于细胞壁和细胞膜的抗生素及细菌毒力方面具有重要作用。     

单增李斯特菌二硫键形成蛋白DsbG介导酸耐受及鞭毛运动性调控北大核心

【目的】本研究旨在通过构建单增李斯特菌(Listeria monocytogenes)二硫键形成蛋白编码基因dsbG缺失株和回补株,探究该蛋白在酸耐受和鞭毛介导的运动性中发挥的生物学功能。【方法】利用同源重组方法构建单增李斯特菌dsbG缺失株和回补株,比较野生株和突变株在不同pH梯度培养基条件下的生长速率和存活率;通过实时荧光定量PCR方法,比较致死酸应激条件下野生株和缺失株酸耐受基因转录水平。通过半固体培养基、荧光定量PCR方法和鞭毛负染色透射电镜观察,比较野生株和突变株的运动能力、鞭毛相关基因转录水平变化和鞭毛形态差异。【结果】与野生株相比,dsbG缺失株的生长能力和速率差异不显著;在pH 3.5(盐酸和柠檬酸)培养条件下,存活率显著降低;精氨酸合成途径基因argD和argF转录水平分别下调2.4和3.7倍。同时,dsbG缺失株的运动能力减弱,且鞭毛形成相关的flaA、flgB和flgD等基因转录水平显著下调(分别为29.7、6.7和6.9倍),鞭毛形成能力减弱。【结论】本研究首次证实了单增李斯特菌二硫键形成蛋白DsbG能感应低pH应激,并形成耐受;证实了DsbG通过调控鞭毛相关基因的转录进而影响细菌的鞭毛形成和运动性。本研究有助于深入了解二硫键形成蛋白家族介导单增李斯特菌环境适应的分子机制,为食源性致病菌的防控提供理论基础。     

一株ST477型单增李斯特菌的全基因组测序及inlA基因遗传多样性

【背景】单增李斯特菌是一种重要的条件致病菌,不同型别菌株在宿主范围和毒力等方面存在差异。内化素基因inlA在入侵宿主上皮细胞中具有重要作用。【目的】研究单增李斯特菌序列型(Sequence type,ST)为477菌株的基因组特征及内化素基因inlA的遗传多样性。【方法】使用相关软件对测序数据进行多位点序列分型(Mutilocussequencetyping,MLST)、单核苷酸多态性(Single nucleotide polymorphism,SNP)及基因inlA遗传多样性分析。【结果】MLST进化分析结果显示,分离自不同国家的菌株具有较近亲缘关系。以分离自中国食品的ST477型菌株为参考菌株,通过SNP分析表明,加拿大食品中的ST9型菌株发生的突变位点最少(91-93个)。7株复合克隆系(Clonal complex,CC)为9的菌株其inlA基因序列间核苷酸相似性为29.8%-100%。【结论】初步分析了ST477型别菌株的进化及基因组特征,同时研究了部分CC9克隆系菌株inlA基因突变情况,为研究ST477型别菌株的进化及单增李斯特菌的毒力提供基础数据。     

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.     

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.     

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.

     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

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.     

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.