不同属宿主来源的Frankia菌株形态特征的研究

利用光学显微镜和扫描电镜系统研究了从赤扬、香蕨木、扬梅、木麻黄、异木麻黄、沙棘、胡颓子等七个属中13个树种根瘤中分离出来的15株Frankia菌株。发现不同属、种来源的Frankia菌株除具有相似的形态特征外,在菌丝的粗细、菌丝体发育的稀疏、微密程度、孢子囊的大小,顶囊的形状、大小和顶囊柄的长短等均有着明显的差别。不同属来源的Frankia菌株在培养特征上有明显的差异。赤扬属不同种来源的Frankia菌株在以丙酸钠为碳源的Bap液体无氮培养基中均生长良好,但在以丙酮酸钠为碳源时,则不能生长,而木麻黄属、异木麻黄属来源的Frankia菌株,在丙酸钠或丙酮酸钠为碳源时均生长良好。沙棘属、胡颓子属来源的Frankia菌株在丙酸钠或丙酮酸钠为碳源时均生长良好并产生棕褐色色素。根据Frankia菌的形态和培养特征,可将七个属来源的Frankia菌株划分为三个类群:即赤扬香蕨木,扬梅类群;木麻黄、异木麻黄类群;沙棘和胡颓子类群。     

七个属寄主来源的Frankia的血清学关系

利用免疫扩散技术研究了从赤杨、香厥木、杨梅、美洲茶、木麻黄、异木麻黄、沙棘七个属来源的Frankia菌株间的血清学关系。结果表明七属的Frankia菌株与七种抗血清间在琼脂糖平板上形成特异性的沉淀带。根据沉淀带间的关系,可将七个属     

Frankia菌的形态图谱

利用光学和电子显微镜研究了色赤杨、香蕨木、香杨梅、杨梅、木麻黄、细枝木麻黄、异木麻黄、沙棘、胡颓子Frankia纯培养的形态特征并摄制了Frankia菌的光学和电镜图谱。本图谱包括了10张光学、电镜图版。     

几株不同种属来源的木麻黄植物根瘤共生放线菌-Frankia的研究

用根瘤切片法,从长骨木麻黄(C. glauca Sieb.)、鸡冠木麻黄(C. cristata)和海滨木麻黄(A. littoralis)野生根瘤中分离出具有侵染能力的Frankia sp、NNCG01、NNCCR03和NNACL05菌株,它们都具有Frankia的典型形态特征,在无氮培养条件下,形成大量的顶囊和孢子囊。各菌株对简单碳源和氮源的利用比对复杂碳源和氮源的利用更好,而且都具有较高的耐盐(NaC1)能力,在0.2M盐浓度中,生长受到的影响很小,在盐浓度为0.5M时,也有一定生长。这三株Frankia菌株都能交叉感染木麻黄属(Casuarina)和异木麻黄属(Allocasuarina)中的一些放线菌结瘤植物,因此,从木麻黄属植物根瘤分离的Frankia菌株和从异木麻黄属植物根瘤分离的Frankia菌株属于同一个互接种簇。这三株Frankia的自生固氮活性与它们的共生固氮活性呈正比,而且同一菌株与不同种木麻黄植物共生固氮的效率没有明显的差异,为初步筛选高效共生固氮的Frankia菌株提供了一个快速简便的方法,具有重要的实际意义。     

弗兰克氏菌的G+C含量和DNA杂交

对一些弗兰克氏菌的遗传和生理特性进行了研究。结果表明,7株菌可以分为3个基因群。从木麻黄(Caswarina equisetifolia)分离的菌株可以划为一个基因群(与菌株S-103的DNA同源性在74％以上),这是国外尚未报道的新基因群。其他两株弗兰克氏菌菌株Ar14(从赤杨根瘤分离)和Ptll(从Purshia根瘤分离)分别形成另外两个基因群,这与An的报道一致。7株弗兰克氏菌DNA的G+C mol％在69-73。S-103基因群菌株不利用糖类,仅利用简单的有机酸盐。而菌株ArI4和Ptll则利用一些糖和有机酸盐作为碳源。     

福建省放线菌结瘤植物共生菌Frankia遗传多样性研究

[目的]了解福建省放线菌结瘤植物共生固氮菌Frankia的遗传多样性.[方法]利用16S-23SrDNA间隔区(rrn)和nifD-K基因间隔区的PCR扩增和RFLP技术,分析了福建省木麻黄、杨梅、桤木、胡颓子等共生Frankia纯培养菌株的遗传差异.[结果]17个菌株获得rrn扩增片段,2个杨梅菌株和1个胡颓子菌株扩增未成功,酶切图谱经聚类分析表明6个地点的细枝木麻黄、短枝木麻黄、粗枝木麻黄12个共生Frankia菌株同源性高,属于一个类群,2个地点的4个杨梅菌株和1个四川桤木菌株亲缘关系近,为另一类群.25个Frankia菌株的,nifD-K基因间隔区PCR-RFLP分析结果显示,7个地点的3种木麻黄14个菌株聚类为一个类群,4个地点的7个杨梅菌株、2个地点的2个四川桤木菌株以及1个台湾桤木菌株聚类为另一个类群,胡颓子菌株则为独立的类群.[结论]研究结果表明福建省共生Frankia遗传多样性丰富.     

木麻黄共生固氮菌Frankia的分离鉴定及固氮效应

从浙江省短枝木麻黄(Casuarina equisetifolia)和细枝木麻黄(C.curninghamiana的根瘤中共分离获得14株共生菌株.形态观察表明,菌株具有分枝状菌丝、多腔孢囊、泡囊等典型的Frankia结构、16S rDNA测序结果表明,供试菌株均为Frankia,其中4株属于生理类群A,7株属于生理类群B,3株属于生理类群AB.固氮效应研究表明,菌株均具有固氨酶生物学活性,但菌株之间存在显著差异,其中菌株ZCN192固氨酶活性最强,可达2.897 μmol·mg-1·h-1,菌株ZCN199最低,固氮酶活性为0.056 μmol·mg-1·h-1.活体固氮试验显示,与阴性对照相比,供试菌株能显著提高苗高、地径和干重,且一般情况下,离体固氮酶活性强的菌株在活体接种时能获得更明显的固氮效应.     

弗兰克氏菌Hr138菌株的生理学研究

用根瘤切片液体培养方法,从沙棘(Hippophae themnoides L.)根瘤中分离得到弗兰克氏菌Hr138菌株,对其生理特性和培养条件进行了研究。菌株能在多种培养液中生长,最适宜生长的培养液为Tween／Cas。它能利用吐温-80、琥珀酸、丙酸、醋酸钠、葡萄糖、麦芽糖或半乳糖作为碳源：利用酪蛋白水解物、蛋白胨或氯化铵作为氮源。在吐温-80为碳源的培养液中,加入葡萄糖对生长有抑制作用。此外,就温度和pH对生长的影响也进行了研究。     

弗兰克氏菌的分类研究进展

弗兰克氏菌是非豆科植物共生固氮菌。到目前为止,已发现它们可以分别与8个科、25个属的200多种非豆科植物共生[1],其中包括赤杨、杨梅、沙棘、胡颓子、马桑、木麻黄、悬钩子、仙女木等。这些植物对于荒地的开垦和防止水土流失具有重要意义。而弗兰克氏菌与这些植物共生形成可     

15个弗兰克氏菌株生物学与生理学特性的研究

从5属10种非豆科结瘤固氮植物根瘤中,分离出15个Frankia sp.菌株,对其生物学与生理学特性的研究表明,它们都有侵染原宿主植物的能力,并能形成具有固氮活性的根瘤。可以利用吐温—80作为唯一碳源,可以利用在0.5％浓度下的葡萄糖等多种糖类作为唯一碳源,且都能利用丙酸。根据在含葡萄糖的培养液中加入吐温—80所产生的抑制或促进菌体生长的不同反应,对15个Frankia菌株进行生理型分类,其中有11株属A型,2株属B型,因为有两个菌株上述反应都不明显,划为新的AB型。     

沙棘Frankia的侵染特性

比较了３株沙棘Ｆｒａｎｋｉａ菌感染能力,Ｈｒ１６可与野生菌作用互补．测定了不同接种方式和多种环境因子对回接的影响．土壤表层施菌接种,菌龄８周,苗龄４周,接种量每株０．０１ｍｌＰＣＶ,可产生高效共生效果．     

Identification of atypical Frankia strains by fatty acid analysis

Abstract: Ineffective, non-infective actinomycetous isolates obtained from actinorhizal nodules of Coriaria nepalensis and Datisca cannabina were identified as Frankia using whole cell fatty acid analysis. The isolates exhibited fatty-acid patterns very similar to those of confirmed Frankia strains from other host plants ( Alnus, Casuarina, Colletia, Comptonia, Elaeagnus and Hippophae ). All Frankia strains, including Coriaria and Datisca isolates, showed fatty-acid profiles very distinct from those of other actinomycetes used as controls ( Actinomyces, Geodermatophilus, Nocardia, Mycobacterium and Streptomyces ). For the genus Frankia , a characteristic pattern of five fatty acids (15:0; 15:1; 16:0 iso; 17:0 and 17:1) was found. These fatty acids comprised 75% or more of the total content. All Frankia strains could be placed into three subgroups. Coriaria isolates were found in the largest subgroup which contained most Frankia strains from other hosts while ineffective strains from Alnus, Elaeagnus and Datisca were distributed in all three subgroups of Frankia .     

Frankia菌全细胞可溶性蛋白图谱分析及分类

本文采用单向聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法(SDS—PAGE)对十八株Frankia菌的全细胞可溶性蛋白进行了图谱分析。Frankia菌蛋白图谱不受菌龄的影响。不同接种组的菌株具有不同的蛋白图谱,同一组内的菌株也有所差异。     

Isolation and characterization of Frankia from nodules of actinorhizal plants of Pakistan

Frankia strains have been isolated from actinorhizal nodules of Alnus (2 strains), Casuarina (5 strains), Coriaria (1 strain), Datisca (3 strains), Elaeagnus (1 strain) and Hippophae (1 strain). The isolates were characterized for their growth on various carbon and nitrogen sources, nitrogen-fining ability in culture and nodulation of seedlings of the original host plant.     

Genetic diversity among Frankia strains nodulating members of the family Casuarinaceae in Australia revealed by PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis with crushed root nodules.

DNA extracted directly from nodules was used to assess the genetic diversity of Frankia strains symbiotically associated with two species of the genus Casuarina and two of the genus Allocasuarina naturally occurring in northeastern Australia. DNA from field-collected nodules or extracted from reference cultures of Casuarina-infective Frankia strains was used as the template in PCRs with primers targeting two DNA regions, one in the ribosomal operon and the other in the nif operon. PCR products were then analyzed by using a set of restriction endonucleases. Five distinct genetic groups were recognized on the basis of these restriction patterns. These groups were consistently associated with the host species from which the nodules originated. All isolated reference strains had similar patterns and were assigned to group 1 along with six of the eight unisolated Frankia strains from Casuarina equisetifolia in Australia. Group 2 consisted of two unisolated Frankia strains from C. equisetifolia, whereas groups 3 to 5 comprised all unisolated strains from Casuarina cunninghamiana, Allocasuarina torulosa, and Allocasuarina littoralis, respectively. These results demonstrate that, contrary to the results of previous molecular studies of isolated strains, there is genetic diversity among Frankia strains that infect members of the family Casuarinacaeae. The apparent high homogeneity of Frankia strains in these previous studies probably relates to the single host species from which the strains were obtained and the origin of these strains from areas outside the natural geographic range of members of the family Casuarinaceae, where genetic diversity could be lower than in Australia.     

Occurrence and diversity of Frankia in Tunisian soil

There is a lack of studies on the occurrence and diversity of Frankia in African soils, including those in northern African regions. The present study on Tunisian soils is an attempt to address this issue using Alnus glutinosa , Elaeagnus angustifolia and Casuarina glauca in a plant capturing bioassay on 30 soil samples, followed by amplified 16S ribosomal DNA restriction pattern analysis (ARDRA). A total of seven ARDRA haplotypes of Frankia have been detected in root actinorhizas that have been affiliated to theoretical ARDRA haplotypes upon in silico digestion of selected 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences retrieved from GeneBank and confirmed by their partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Elaeagnus -compatible Frankia isolates were widespread and form four ARDRA haplotypes affiliated to Frankia , colonizing Elaeagnaceae and Rhamnaceae in two different phylogenetic subgroups. Alnus -compatible strains occurring in northern subhumid area were closely related to Alnus – Morella -compatible strains and clustered in two ARDRA haplotypes. Casuarina -compatible strains lack variability in several northern arboreta. The relatively wide diversity of Tunisian Frankia strains opens the perspective that African soil could be an interesting reservoir for the isolation of new actinorhizal strains that could be used as potential biofertilizers to counteract the progressive soil desertification which indeed is a crucial environmental problem in Northern Africa.     

Nickel is essential for active hydrogenase in free-living Frankia isolated from Casuarina

Five free-living Frankia strains isolated from Casuarina were investigated for occurrence of hydrogenase activity. Nitrogenase activity (acetylene reduction) and hydrogen evolution were also evaluated. Acetylene reduction was recorded in all Frankia strains. None of the Frankia strains had any hydrogenase activity when grown on nickel-depleted medium and they released hydrogen in atmospheric air. After addition of nickel to the medium, the Frankia strains were shown to possess an active hydrogenase, which resulted in hydrogen uptake but no hydrogen evolution. The hydrogenase activity in Frankia strain KB5 increased from zero to 3.86 μ mol H₂ (mg protein)⁻¹ h⁻¹ after addition of up to 1.0 μ M Ni. It is likely that the hydrogenase activity could be enhanced even more as a response on further addition of Ni. It is indicated in this study that absence of hydrogenase activity in free-living Frankia isolated from Casuarina spp. is due to nickel deficiency. Frankia living in symbiosis with Casuarina spp. show hydrogenase activity. Therefore, the results also indicate that the hydrogenase to some extent is regulated by the host plant and/or that the host plant supplies the symbiotic microorganism with nickel. Moreover, the result shows that this Frankia is somewhat different from Frankia isolated from Alnus incana and Comptonia peregrina ., i.e., Frankia isolated from A. incana and C. peregrina showed a small hydrogen uptake activity even without addition of nickel.     

Co-evolution between Frankia populations and host plants in the family Casuarinaceae and consequent patterns of global dispersal

Symbioses between the root nodule-forming, nitrogen-fixing actinomycete Frankia and its angiospermous host plants are important in the nitrogen economies of numerous terrestrial ecosystems. Molecular characterization of Frankia strains using polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR/RFLP) analyses of the 16S rRNA-ITS gene and of the nifD-nifK spacer was conducted directly on root nodules collected worldwide from Casuarina and Allocasuarina trees. In their native habitats in Australia, host species contained seven distinctive sets of Frankia in seven different molecular phylogenetic groups. Where Casuarina and Allocasuarina trees are newly planted outside Australia, they do not normally nodulate unless Frankia is introduced with the host seedling. Nodules from Casuarina trees introduced outside Australia over the last two centuries were found to contain Frankia from only one of the seven phylogenetic groups associated with the host genus Casuarina in Australia. The phylogenetic group of Frankia found in Casuarina and Allocasuarina trees introduced outside Australia is the only group that has yielded isolates in pure culture, suggesting a greater ability to survive independently of a host. Furthermore, the Frankia species in this group are able to nodulate a wider range of host species than those in the other six groups. In baiting studies, Casuarina spp. are compatible with more Frankia microsymbiont groups than Allocasuarina host spp. adapted to drier soil conditions, and C. equisetifolia has broader microsymbiont compatibility than other Casuarina spp. Some Frankia associated with the nodular rhizosphere and rhizoplan, but not with the nodular tissue, of Australian hosts were able to nodulate cosmopolitan Myrica plants that have broad microsymbiont compatibility and, hence, are a potential host of Casuarinaceae-infective Frankia outside the hosts' native range. The results are consistent with the idea that Frankia symbiotic promiscuity and ease of isolation on organic substrates, suggesting saprophytic potential, are associated with increased microsymbiont ability to disperse and adapt to diverse new environments, and that both genetics and environment determine a host's nodular microsymbiont.     

Frankia基因文库的构建及与根瘤菌结瘤基因区同源克隆的筛选

应用无色肽酶(Achromopeptidase)加溶菌酶系统破壁,提取分别来自色赤杨、细枝木麻黄和沙棘的3株代表性Frankia菌株的总DNA。以可在很多革兰氏阴性细菌中稳定复制和诱动转移的广谱寄主性质粒pLAFR1为载体,构建了其基因组文库。基于经EcoRI酶切后的Frankia总DNA中有与根瘤菌结瘤基因同源性的片段,以豌豆根瘤菌结瘤基因为探针,通过菌落原位杂交对文库进行了筛选,较强杂交克隆经斑点杂交复筛,初步得到了几个阳性克隆,为进一步研究Frankia的结瘤基因及有关共生固氮的其它基因奠定了基础。