质粒消除对冠菌素产生菌T1828生物学效应的影响

采用十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）和提高生长温度结合法消除T1828菌株质粒后,筛选到无质粒突变株ZWL-15。以原始亲株T1828和无质粒突变株ZWL-15为出发菌株,考察了两者部分生物学特性。结果表明,菌株ZWL．15生长速率快于T1828,进入对数期和稳定期的时间分别提前1h和4h。在菌株ZWL-15发酵过程中添加0．01％的SDS有利于冠菌素的合成,最适发酵温度比T1828升高5℃,达到35℃,发酵周期提前4h,COR相对值是T1828的两倍左右。ZWL-15传代实验表明该突变株很稳定,且对氨苄青霉素敏感,氨苄青霉素基因初步定位于该菌属质粒上。     

Effects of plasmid elimination on characteristics of coronatine-producing strain T1828

采用十二烷基硫酸钠( SDS)和提高生长温度结合法消除T1828菌株质粒后,筛选到无质粒突变株ZWL-15.以原始亲株T1828和无质粒突变株ZWL-15为出发菌株,考察了两者部分生物学特性.结果表明,菌株ZWL-15生长速率快于T1828,进入对数期和稳定期的时间分别提前1h和4h.在菌株ZWL-15发酵过程中添加0.01％的SDS有利于冠菌素的合成,最适发酵温度比T1828升高5℃,达到35℃,发酵周期提前4h,COR相对值是T1828的两倍左右.ZWL-15传代实验表明该突变株很稳定,且对氨苄青霉素敏感,氨苄青霉素基因初步定位于该菌属质粒上.     

细菌质粒的消除*

利用化学消除剂或改变生长条件可以消除细菌中的质粒。除宿主菌的特性及其所含质粒分子量大小之外 ,消除率还与消除剂浓度、作用时间有关。嵌合染料适用于消除大肠杆菌中的质粒。十二烷基硫酸钠对具有性纤毛的细菌作用效果较好。适当提高培养温度可消除一些细菌中的质粒 ,胸腺嘧啶限量法仅适用于其营养缺陷型菌株的质粒消除。利用原生质体的形成与再生及反复冻融菌体均可消除细菌中的质粒。     

细菌质粒的消除

利用化学消除剂或改变生长条件可以消除细菌中的质粒,除宿主菌的特性及其所含质粒分子量大小之外,消除率还与消除剂浓度,作用时间有关,嵌合染料适用于消除大肠杆菌中的质粒,十二烷基硫酸钠对具有性纤毛的细菌作用效果较好,适当提高培养温度可消除一些细菌中的质粒,胸腺嘧啶限量法仅适用于其营养缺陷菌株的质粒消除,利用原生质体的形成与再生及反复冻融菌体均可消除细菌中的质粒。     

五倍子对铜绿假单胞菌R质粒消除作用的实验研究

探讨中药五倍子提取液对铜绿假单胞菌R质粒的消除作用。对老年呼吸系统感染患者痰中分离的铜绿假单胞菌R质粒进行了检测 ,并选用中药五倍子提取液对该质粒进行了体外体内消除试验。结果可见 ,体外药物作用 2 4 ,4 8,72hR质粒消除率分别为 0 ,10 .2 % ,3.4 % ,SDS对照组分别为 0 ,0 .8% ,1.6 %。体内药物作用 2 4 ,4 8,72h ,R质粒消除率分别为 0 ,2 % ,13.6 % ,对照组均为 0。可见 ,中药五倍子提取液对铜绿假单胞菌R质粒在体外、体内均具有消除作用 ,体内消除作用强于体外。     

不同因素对奇异变形杆菌（PM10）R质粒消除的影响

０．００１％ＳＤＳ在４２℃及３７ＯＣ条件下,对奇异变形杆菌（ＰＭ１０）质粒具有消除作用,消除率分别为０．８％和０．４％,６个质粒消除株均对Ｋｍ、Ｓｍ敏感。单纯提高培养温度或经０．００１％ＥＢ作用后均未获得质粒消除株。     

消除内生质粒对苏云金芽胞杆菌YBT-1463特性的影响

研究了经完全消除苏云金芽胞杆菌野生菌株YBT-1463的内生质粒对该菌部分形态、遗传及生理生化特性的影响。结果表明,消除内生质粒后的无质粒突变株不形成伴胞晶体,但电转化4种供体质粒,即pBMBl21、pBMB304-1Ab、pBMBLC和pBMB9748的效率显著提高,转化频率最高比出发菌株提高6.8×10 倍,而无质粒突变株对红霉素等10种抗生素的敏感性,对葡萄糖等19种碳源和谷氨酸等12种氮源的利用能力及生长性能与出发菌株无明显差异。     

酿酒酵母两种不同嗜杀菌株的比较研究

以酿酒酵母两种不同类型的嗜杀菌株SK4（K1型）和ERRI（K2型）为材料,分析了不同嗜杀酵母的嗜杀特性,两株嗜杀酵母具有相互杀死作用,其嗜杀活性与菌体生长有关。SK4和ERRI的嗜杀质粒的比较表明：M1－dsRNA质粒和M2-dsRNA质粒分子量分别为1．7kb和1．5kb,两株菌的L－dsRNA质粒均为4．0kb。用高温和紫外线处理嗜杀酵母,嗜杀活性随之消失,消除菌中的M－dsRNA质粒也相应消失,嗜杀活性的消除率随菌株和消除剂的不同而变化。实验证明两株菌产生的毒素蛋白的最适嗜杀作用条件不同,最适pH和温度分别为4．8、16℃和4．0、22℃,但两种毒素蛋白均对在对数生长期的敏感细胞作用最显著。     

细菌内源质粒消除研究进展北大核心CSCD

为了探究细菌内源质粒的功能,包括细菌耐药性、细菌共生、细菌荚膜形成、细菌的重金属抗性等方面,需要对细菌的内源质粒进行消除。本文综述了基于物理学、化学及分子生物学的细菌内源质粒消除方法,阐明了质粒消除的原理。结合笔者自身的研究对质粒消除技术进行了展望。     

黄芩甙对铜绿假单胞菌R质粒的消除作用

测定黄芩甙对铜绿假单胞菌R质粒的消除作用 ;以携带R质粒的铜绿假单胞菌株PA16为靶细菌 ,以黄芩甙作为R质粒消除剂 ,进行R质粒体内外消除试验 ;体外消除实验结果表明 ,黄芩甙对PA16的消除率为 5 .1% ,明显高于空白对照组 ,也高于EB对照组的结果 ;体内R质粒消除率为 12 .0 % ,明显高于对照组 ;黄芩甙在体内外对铜绿假单胞菌R质粒具有较强的消除作用 ,为其实际应用提供实验依据。     

Role of nucleases in the isolation of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Pseudomonas cepacia 4G9.

Brij 58-cleared lysates of Pseudomonas cepacia 4G9 contain both exonucleolytic and endonucleolytic activities. Endonuclease activity was unaffected by 125 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, whereas the exonuclease activity was inhibited. In contrast, Sarkosyl NL97 inhibited only the endonuclease. Sodium dodecyl sulfate inhibited all nuclease activity in in vitro assays, but plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid added to P. cepacia 4G9 spheroplasts during sodium dodecyl sulfate lysis was degraded. Irreproducible plasmid isolation from P. cepacia 4G9 may be due to this nucleolytic activity.     

Activity and stability of a recombinant plasmid-borne TCE degradative pathway in suspended cultures

The retention and expression of the plasmid-borne, TCE degradative toluene-ortho-monooxygenase (TOM) pathway in suspended continuous cultures of transconjugant Burkholderia cepacia 17616 (TOM31c) were studied. Acetate growth and TCE degradation kinetics for the transconjugant host are described and utilized in a plasmid loss model. Plasmid maintenance did not have a significant effect on the growth rate of the transconjugant. Both plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free strains followed Andrews inhibition growth kinetics when grown on acetate and had maximum growth rates of 0.22 h-1. The transconjugant was capable of degrading TCE at a maximum rate of 9.7 nmol TCE/min. mg protein, which is comparable to the rates found for the original plasmid host, Burkholderia cepacia PR131 (TOM31c). The specific activity of the TOM pathway was found to be a linear function of growth rate. Plasmid maintenance was studied at three different growth rates: 0.17/h, 0.1/h, and 0.065/h. Plasmid maintenance was found to be a function of growth rate, with the probability of loss ranging from 0.027 at a growth rate of 0.065/h to 0.034 at a growth rate 0.17/h.     

Detection of cultured and uncultured Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria naturally occurring in the maize rhizosphere

The species composition of a Burkholderia cepacia complex population naturally occurring in the maize rhizosphere was investigated by using both culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. B. cepacia complex isolates were recovered from maize root slurry on the two selective media Pseudomonas cepacia azelaic acid tryptamine (PCAT) and trypan blue tetracycline (TB-T) and subjected to identification by a combination of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis and species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests of the recA gene. DNA extracted directly from root slurry was examined by means of nested PCR to amplify recA gene with species-specific B. cepacia complex primers and to obtain a library of PCR amplified recA genes. Using the culture-dependent method the species Burkholderia cepacia, Burkholderia cenocepacia, Burkholderia ambifaria and Burkholderia pyrrocinia were identified, whereas using the culture-independent method also the species Burkholderia vietnamiensis was detected. The latter method also allowed us to highlight a higher diversity within the B. cenocepacia species. In fact, by using the culture-independent method the species B. cenocepacia recA lineages IIIA and IIID besides B. cenocepacia recA lineage IIIB were detected. Moreover, higher heterogeneity of recA RFLP patterns was observed among clones assigned to the species B. cenocepacia than among B. cenocepacia isolates from selective media.     

基于T7表达系统的洋葱伯克霍尔德菌G63脂肪酶同源高效表达

为实现对洋葱伯克霍尔脂肪酶的可控高效表达, 将目前被广泛使用的T7重组蛋白高效表达系统移植到洋葱伯克霍尔德菌(Burkholderia cepacia)G63中进行脂肪酶同源表达。首先采用PCR从大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中得到T7 RNA 聚合酶基因(T7 RNAP)并将其克隆到致死质粒pJQ200SK上, 然后在T7 RNAP 前后各加入500 bp用于同源重组的片段, 再通过三亲本杂交把T7 RNAP整合到B. cepacia基因组上, 使T7 RNAP受到脂肪酶基因(lipA)启动子调控。接着把lipA和它的伴侣基因lipB单独或全部克隆到载体pUCPCM和pBBR22b上, 构建出pBBR22blipAB、pBBR22blipA、pUCPCMlipAB、pUCPCMlipA、pUCPCMΔlipAlipB、pUCPCMΔlipA、pUCPCMΔlipB七种表达质粒, 通过电转化将上述表达质粒转化到含T7 RNAP的B. cepacia宿主菌中, 最终得到一系列脂肪酶基因工程菌。通过摇瓶诱导发酵发现含表达质粒pUCPCMlipAB的工程菌脂肪酶酶活最高, 达到607 U/mg, 与野生菌相比酶活力提高2.8倍, 并且除含pUCPCMΔlipB的工程菌外, 其它工程菌的脂肪酶酶活均有不同程度提高。野生菌与工程菌pUCPCMlipAB的发酵液经硫酸铵沉淀, Sephadex G-75凝胶过滤纯化后, 比酶活分别为29 984 U/mg和30 875 U/mg。以上结果表明, 构建的基于T7表达系统的B. cepacia脂肪酶基因工程能有效提高脂肪酶的表达量, 同时说明分泌信号PelB和增强转录的核糖体接合位点对脂肪酶的表达有促进作用。     

Overproduction of the proFhuA outer membrane receptor protein of Escherichia coli K-12: isolation,properties, and immunocytochemical localization at the inner side of the cytoplasmic membrane

The fhu operon of Escherichia coli K-12 comprises four genes, termed fhuA,C,D,B, which are involved in the uptake of iron-hydroxamate compounds. The fhuA gene encodes the outer membrane receptor protein. Cells that contained three copies of the fhuACD fragment on the thermoamplifiable plasmid pHK232 accumulated at 37° C large amounts of the proFhuA protein. Most of the overproduced proFhuA protein was not translocated into the outer membrane but instead precipitated at the cytoplasmic side of the inner membrane, presumably at the sites of synthesis. Despite inhibition of export proFhuA synthesis continued.The precipitate formed was sedimented by centrifugation at 8,000xg. The proFhuA protein could be solubilized in 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate. Replacement of sodium dodecyl sulfate by Triton X-100 resulted in a proFhuA protein which exhibited 10% of the phage T5 binding activity of renatured mature FhuA protein. Binding of phage T5 was inhibited by the FhuA-specific ligands ferrichrome, albomycin and colicin M. Limited proteolysis of the isolated pro- and mature form of the FhuA protein with trypsin yielded similar oligopeptide patterns. Addition of ferrichrome affected trypsin cleavage of both proteins in the same way. The common proteolytic intermediates together with phage inactivation indicate a similar conformation of the pro- and mature form.Dedicated to Prof. G. Braunitzer on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Construction and evaluation of plasmid vectors optimized for constitutive and regulated gene expression in Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates

Genetic studies with Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates are hampered by the limited availability of cloning vectors and by the inherent resistance of these isolates to the most common antibiotics used for genetic selection. Also, some of the promoters widely employed for gene expression in Escherichia coli are inefficient in B. cepacia. In this study, we have utilized the backbone of the vector pME6000, a derivative of the pBBR1 plasmid that was originally isolated from Bordetella bronchiseptica, to construct a set of vectors useful for gene expression in B. cepacia. These vectors contain either the constitutive promoter of the S7 ribosomal protein gene from Burkholderia sp. strain LB400 or the arabinose-inducible P(BAD) promoter from E. coli. Promoter sequences were placed immediately upstream of multiple cloning sites in combination with the minimal sequence of pME6000 required for plasmid maintenance and mobilization. The functionality of both vectors was assessed by cloning the enhanced green fluorescent protein gene (e-gfp) and determining the levels of enhanced green fluorescent protein expression and fluorescence emission for a variety of clinical and environmental isolates of the B. cepacia complex. We also demonstrate that B. cepacia carrying these constructs can readily be detected intracellularly by fluorescence microscopy following the infection of Acanthamoeba polyphaga.     

Firm but slippery attachment of Deinococcus geothermalis

Bacterial biofilms impair the operation of many industrial processes. Deinococcus geothermalis is efficient primary biofilm former in paper machine water, functioning as an adhesion platform for secondary biofilm bacteria. It produces thick biofilms on various abiotic surfaces, but the mechanism of attachment is not known. High-resolution field-emission scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed peritrichous adhesion threads mediating the attachment of D. geothermalis E50051 to stainless steel and glass surfaces and cell-to-cell attachment, irrespective of the growth medium. Extensive slime matrix was absent from the D. geothermalis E50051 biofilms. AFM of the attached cells revealed regions on the cell surface with different topography, viscoelasticity, and adhesiveness, possibly representing different surface layers that were patchily exposed. We used oscillating probe techniques to keep the tip-biofilm interactions as small as possible. In spite of this, AFM imaging of living D. geothermalis E50051 biofilms in water resulted in repositioning but not in detachment of the surface-attached cells. The irreversibly attached cells did not detach when pushed with a glass capillary but escaped the mechanical force by sliding along the surface. Air drying eliminated the flexibility of attachment, but it resumed after reimmersion in water. Biofilms were evaluated for their strength of attachment. D. geothermalis E50051 persisted 1 h of washing with 0.2% NaOH or 0.5% sodium dodecyl sulfate, in contrast to biofilms of Burkholderia cepacia F28L1 or the well-characterized biofilm former Staphylococcus epidermidis O-47. Deinococcus radiodurans strain DSM 20539(T) also formed tenacious biofilms. This paper shows that D. geothermalis has firm but laterally slippery attachment not reported before for a nonmotile species.     

The dsbA-dsbB disulfide bond formation system of Burkholderia cepacia is involved in the production of protease and alkaline phosphatase, motility, metal resistance, and multi-drug resistance

In a previous study, we isolated a dsbB mutant of Burkholderia cepacia KF1 and showed that phenotypes of protease production and motility are dependent on DsbB, a membrane-bound disulfide bond oxidoreductase. We have now isolated a dsbA mutant by transposon mutagenesis, cloned the dsbA gene encoding a periplasmic disulfide bond oxidoreductase, and characterized the function of the DsbA-DsbB disulfide bond formation system in B. cepacia. The complementing DNA fragment had an open reading frame for a 212-amino acid polypeptide with a potential redox-active site sequence of Cys-Pro-His-Cys that is homologous to Escherichia coli DsbA. The dsbA mutant, as well as the previously isolated dsbB mutant, was defective in the production of extracellular protease and alkaline phosphatase, as well as in motility. In addition, mutation in the DsbA-DsbB system resulted in an increase in sensitivity to Cd2+ and Zn2+ as well as a variety of antibiotics including beta-lactams, kanamycin, erythromycin, novobiocin, ofloxacin and sodium dodecyl sulfate. These results suggested that the DsbA-DsbB system might be involved in the formation of a metal efflux system as well as a multi-drug resistance system.