Genetic recombination in Micromonospora rosaria by protoplast fusion

Auxotrophic strains of Micromonospora rosaria were isolated by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N'-nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis and used in intraspecific recombination by protoplast fusion. High-frequency fusion of protoplasts of M. rosaria strains was induced by polyethylene glycol (molecular weight, 1,000) (PEG 1,000). The optimum concentration of PEG 1,000 for fusion of M. rosaria was 50% (wt/vol). PEG 4,000 was slightly better than PEG 1,000 at concentrations lower than 50% (wt/vol). The recombinant frequency did not increase after treatment with PEG 1,000 (50% [wt/vol]) for longer than 20 min. Under these conditions, fusion with many auxotrophic strains of M. rosaria resulted in a high frequency of formation of true recombinants (sometimes more than 10%). Additionally, when ros (rosamicin nonproducing) strains were crossed by protoplast fusion; about 5% of the resultant prototrophic recombinants were shown to have the ros+ (rosamicin producing) characteristic restored. Rosamicin production by M. rosaria colonies was clearly distinguished by the broth overlay method. The results of fusion experiments between ros and ros+ strains indicated that either the chromosomal mutation or pleiotrophic effect of some auxotrophic markers is involved.     

Genetic recombination in Micromonospora rosaria by protoplast fusion.

Auxotrophic strains of Micromonospora rosaria were isolated by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N'-nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis and used in intraspecific recombination by protoplast fusion. High-frequency fusion of protoplasts of M. rosaria strains was induced by polyethylene glycol (molecular weight, 1,000) (PEG 1,000). The optimum concentration of PEG 1,000 for fusion of M. rosaria was 50% (wt/vol). PEG 4,000 was slightly better than PEG 1,000 at concentrations lower than 50% (wt/vol). The recombinant frequency did not increase after treatment with PEG 1,000 (50% [wt/vol]) for longer than 20 min. Under these conditions, fusion with many auxotrophic strains of M. rosaria resulted in a high frequency of formation of true recombinants (sometimes more than 10%). Additionally, when ros (rosamicin nonproducing) strains were crossed by protoplast fusion; about 5% of the resultant prototrophic recombinants were shown to have the ros+ (rosamicin producing) characteristic restored. Rosamicin production by M. rosaria colonies was clearly distinguished by the broth overlay method. The results of fusion experiments between ros and ros+ strains indicated that either the chromosomal mutation or pleiotrophic effect of some auxotrophic markers is involved.     

原生质体融合技术构建棕榈油酸高产酵母菌株

采用原生质体融合技术进行产棕榈油酸酵母Saccharomy cescerevisiaeNo.12.926和产脂酵母RhodotorulaNo.12.908的融合研究,获得了棕榈油酸高产酵母工程菌株。实验结果表明,原生质体形成的最佳条件为:对数期酵母No.12.926和No.12.908用2%蜗牛酶于30℃分别酶解1.5和2h。在最佳条件下,酵母No.12.926和No.12.908原生质体形成率分别为94%和80%,再生率分别为75%和60%。原生质体融合由聚乙二醇诱导。将得到的融合子进行多次传代培养优选,获得了遗传性状稳定的融合菌株。融合子的生物量为亲株的两倍多,其细胞形态和菌落颜色与亲株有差别。产脂和产棕榈油酸分析表明,融合子的产脂量为菌体干重的48.53%,其中棕榈油酸占油脂总量的47.29%,为菌体干重的22.95%。     

Insertion sequence analysis of protoplast fused strains of Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris

Abstract The use of insertion sequence probes for the analysis of fusants obtained following protoplast fusion is described. Hybridization of both total and plasmid DNA from parent and fusant strains with probes to IS 904 and IS S1 showed that of the four protoplast fusions examined, three appeared to involve a rearrangement of genetic material while in the fourth the fusant appeared similar to one of the parental strains. This method of analysis provides more information about the changes induced by protoplast fusion than that obtained by monitoring the acquisition or loss of individual characteristics.     

Use of the method of protoplast fusion in the selection of a nisin producer

Experimental data on selection of Streptococcus lactis producing the polypeptide antibiotic nisin with the method of protoplast fusing, one of the modern methods of cell engineering are presented. Four strains of Streptococcus lactis differing in their nisin-producing levels and difficult for protoplasting were used in the study. It was shown possible to transfer them to the protoplast form when respective conditions for their preliminary cultivation and regeneration are provided. Distinctive features of these strains with respect to the antibiotic resistance, sugar fermentation and growth component requirements were revealed. The protoplast fusing yielded hybrids differing from the parent strains by a number of phenotypical features and nisin-synthesizing activity.     

Visualization of protoplast fusion and quantitation of recombination in fused protoplasts of auxotrophic strains of Escherichia coli

Protoplast fusion has been used to combine genes from different organisms to create strains with desired properties. A recently developed variant on this approach, genome shuffling, involves generation of a genetically heterogeneous population of a single organism, followed by recursive protoplast fusion to allow recombination of mutations within the fused protoplasts. These are powerful techniques for engineering of microbial strains for desirable industrial properties. However, there is a prevailing opinion that it will be difficult to use these methods for engineering of Gram-negative bacteria because the outer membrane makes protoplast fusion more difficult. Here we describe the successful use of protoplast fusion in Escherichia coli. Using two auxotrophic strains of E. coli, we obtained prototrophic strains by recombination in fused protoplasts at frequencies of 0.05-0.7% based on the number of protoplasts subjected to fusion. This frequency is three-four orders of magnitude better than those previously reported for recombination in fused protoplasts of Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli and Providencia alcalifaciens.     

酿酒酵母和粟酒裂殖酵母属间融合和融合子特性

酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hansen)PW218和粟酒裂殖酵母(Schizosaccharomyces pombe Lindn)PW232的原生质体用20mmol/L CaCl_2和30％PEG(MW6000)处理进行属间融合,获得了10多株融合子,融合率为0.65～1.96×10~(-5)。对F_2和F_(10)两株融合子进行了葡萄糖、木糖及葡萄糖和木糖混合液的摇瓶实验结果表明F_(10)融合子利用葡萄糖、木糖及两种糖混合液产乙醇的能力大大高于两亲株。F_2融合子对木糖以及葡萄糖和木糖混合液的发酵能力亦较两亲株高,其中利用木糖产乙醇的量分别比PW218和PW232提高1.38倍和2.65倍。     

Enhancement of Lignin Degradation in Streptomyces spp. by Protoplast Fusion

Protoplast fusion was investigated as a technique for genetically manipulating two lignin-degrading Streptomyces strains, Streptomyces viridosporus T7A and Streptomyces setonii 75Vi2. Four of 19 recombinants tested showed enhanced production of acid-precipitable polymeric lignin (APPL), producing 155 to 264% more APPL from corn stover lignocellulose than was produced by the wild-type S. viridosporus T7A. APPLs are lignin degradation intermediates known to be potentially valuable chemical products produced by bioconversion of lignin with Streptomyces spp. The prospects of utilizing protoplast fusion to construct APPL-overproducing Streptomyces strains was considered especially promising.     

Plasmid transfer and genetic recombination by protoplast fusion in staphylococci.

The experimental conditions for plasmid transfer and genetic recombination in Staphylococcus aureus and some coagulase-negative staphylococci by protoplast fusion are described. Protoplasts were prepared by treatment with lysostaphin and lysozyme in a buffered medium with 0.7 to 0.8 M sucrose. Regeneration of cell walls was accomplished on a hypertonic agar medium containing succinate and bovine serum albumin. Transfer of plasmids occurred after treatment of the protoplast mixtures with polyethylene glycol (molecular weight, 6,000) not only between strains of the same species but also between parents of different species, although at approximately 100 times lower frequency in the latter case. Recombination of the chromosomal genes in fused protoplasts required simultaneous treatment of the mixed protoplasts with polyethylene glycol and CaCl2. A method was developed for isolation of recombinants after fusion between mutants of S. areus carrying unselectable markers. Antibiotic resistance plasmids were introduced into the parental strains and used as primary markers to detect protoplast fusion. Chromosomal recombinants were found among the clones with both parental plasmids at a high frequency. The method appears to have simple applications in the construction of strains with multiple mutant characters.     

Protoplast fusion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The ability of different Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strains to form protoplasts and protoplast fusion were studied. The protoplast formation depended mainly on strains used and the time of snail gut enzyme action. The percentages of the regenerating protoplasts varied, depending on strain, from 3 to 33 per cent. From the fusion experiments one can establish that kariogamy is prerequisite for stable for stable diploid formation. The yields of protoplast fusion were higher when both strains were rho+ as compared with rho+ and rho 0 combinations.     

原生质体融合构建高效产脂肽工程菌

芽孢杆菌因其可产生多种生理活性物质,在环境污染修复、生物防治、微生物采油等领域具有广阔的应用前景。莫哈韦芽孢杆菌Bacillus mojavensis JF-2和解淀粉芽孢杆菌B. amyloliquefaciens BQ-6是从油田筛选出的产脂肽类表面活性剂菌株, 但在微生物采油实际应用中受到氧气浓度、盐度及pH的限制。原生质体融合是改变微生物代谢功能的一种简便有效的方法,以上述两株芽孢杆菌为对象,利用4因素3水平正交试验来探索菌龄、溶菌酶浓度、酶解温度和酶解时间对原生体制备、再生的影响。此外,对两菌株进行了双亲灭活原生质体融合,通过筛选得到了一株工程菌HY-4,并对其进行了初步的评价。结果表明:菌龄、溶菌酶浓度和酶解时间显著影响芽孢杆菌原生质体制备率及再生率(P<0.05),且在溶菌酶处理前用生理盐水多次洗涤菌体细胞,可提高制备率。两种芽孢杆菌原生质体制备及再生的最优条件均为:菌龄7 h、溶菌酶浓度2.5 mg/ml、酶解时间30 min、酶解温度42 ℃。融合子HY-4的最高耐盐度为15%,可耐50 ℃高温,代谢产脂肽的pH范围为4.0~9.5,且在好氧及厌氧条件下均能够代谢产脂肽,在厌氧条件下生长迅猛(细胞干重>1.6 g/L)。综上所述,融合子HY-4具有较大的应用潜力,该研究为芽孢杆菌的遗传育种打下了方法学基础,并对驱油微生物菌种的选育具有指导意义。     

基因组重排与传统育种相结合选育大观霉素高产菌株

以壮观链霉菌(Streptomyces spectabilis)为研究对象,采用基因组重排技术与传统诱变育种相结合的方法选育大观霉素的高产菌株.通过原生质体紫外诱变获得壮观链霉菌突变体群体,高产突变菌株间进行两轮的基因组重排,筛选的高产菌株用NTG诱变得新霉素和链霉素的抗性突变菌株,抗性突变菌株间进行两轮基因组重排,从...     

Construction and properties of K1 type killer wine yeasts

Summary With the use of a protoplast fusion technique the killer character of K1 type was transferred into four industrial Saccharomyces wine yeasts. The prototrophic yeast strains active against standard sensitive and K2 killer Saccharomyces strains, resistant to K1 killer toxin were constructed with no changes in technological properties.     

Transmission and recombination of mitochondrial genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae after protoplast fusion

Summary Protoplasts of auxotrophic strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae of opposite and identical mating types carrying different mitochondrial drug-resistance markers, with both homosexual and heterosexual mitochondrial backgrounds, were induced to fuse by polyethylene glycol. After selective regeneration of prototrophic fusion products, the transmission and recombination frequencies of mitochondrial genes in populations of cells were determined and compared with those obtained in mating processes. The frequencies obtained in the fusion experiments proved very similar to those found in the zygote clones. The behavior of mitochondrial genes was apparently affected neither by nuclear mating type background nor by the method of transfer of mitochondrial genomes (i.e., protoplast fusion or mating), making possible mitochondrial genetic studies by protoplast fusion irrespective of the mating type barrier of yeast strains.     

单亲灭活柠檬酸杆菌与奇球菌原生质体融合

利用单亲灭活原生质体技术对柠檬酸杆菌和奇球菌原生质体进行了融合,考察了原生质体制备条件与融合中的影响因素。试验表明,随着溶菌酶浓度,酶解时间的增加和温度的上升,原生质体的形成率呈上升趋势,而再生率则逐渐下降。另外,正交试验结果表明,在PEG(6000)浓度40%、融合时间10min、融合温度42°C、pH值为8的条件下促融,最大融合频率可达2.74×10-7。筛选出来的融合子传代10次,性状稳定。进一步研究发现融合子在铀溶度为85mg/L时,比柠檬酸杆菌耐受性好;融合子和亲本吸附比较试验中,融合子总体吸附性能比柠檬酸杆菌略高。研究结果为耐辐射基因工程菌的构建提供了基础。     

斑玉蕈育种中漆酶转化体系建立的初步研究

漆酶具有降解木质素,氧化降解酚类物质,抑制杂菌,改善出菇品质等作用。采用酶学与原生质体融合相结合的技术,建立斑玉蕈育种中漆酶转化体系,将漆酶活性较高、生长速度较快的凤尾菇原生质体经高温灭活与斑玉蕈原生质体融合,通过RB-PDA平板显色技术筛选出具有漆酶活性较高的两融合菌株Ⅲ18C、Ⅲ2A,并对其进行了拮抗试验、RAPD分子标记、漆酶基因扩增等研究。结果表明,筛选出的两融合菌株与两亲本具有明显的拮抗线,随即引物扩增的条带与两亲本有明显的差异,并扩增出漆酶基因的一个片段。同时也表明利用漆酶转化体系筛选融合菌株具有目标明确、准确、快速的优点。     

Enhancement of nodulation by some arid climate strains of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizobium leguminosarum</Emphasis> biovar <Emphasis Type="Italic">trifolii</Emphasis> using protoplast fusion

Fourteen randomly clover indigenous nodulated Rhizobium strains were isolated from different locations in Saudi Arabia. They were identified as different strains of the genus Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii and characterized for their intrinsic antibiotic resistance against a range of antibiotics, nodulation capability and plasmid profiles. Results revealed the presence of high molecular weight plasmids (megaplasmids) in all the selected strains. Based on the ability for nodulation production, two weak strains (RtI1 and RtI2) and one efficient strain (RtA1) were selected for protoplast fusion and the numbers of nodules produced by the intra-specific protoplast fusion strains were investigated. Results clearly confirmed the effective role of the protoplast fusion in enhancing both nodulation production capacity of Rhizobium species and their range of antibiotic resistance. Protoplast fusion of the local Rhizobium species resulted in 1.93- to 5.67-fold increase in nodulation number compared to their parental strains, which was considered an excellent result concerning agricultural practices, especially the formation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules on legume crop plants. Protoplast fusion also produced fusants with a wide range of antibiotic resistance, another advantage added to the new strains against environmental stresses. In conclusion, protoplast fusion proved its efficiency as a tool for constructing a second generation of Rhizobia with much better characteristics for efficient applications in arid land.     

Development and application of RAPD-SCAR markers to identify intra-species hybrids of industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae

To overcome the drawbacks of protoplast fusion in industrial breeding, strain-specific molecular markers were applied to select hybrids of industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was used to generate strain-specific RAPD markers for two industrial yeast strains, Z8 and Z9. For industrial and technical controls, two RAPD markers with non-coding regions were converted into stable Sequence Characterized Amplified Region (SCAR) markers. Hybrids of Z8 and Z9 were obtained by protoplast fusion in combination with SCAR markers and were found to increase ethanol production by 4.3–8.1%. Results suggested that protoplast fusion could be combined with RAPD-SCAR molecular markers and applied in industrial breeding instead of auxotrophic markers.     

Isolation from haddock tissue of psychrophilic bacteria with maximum growth temperature below 20 degrees C.

Protoplast fusion was investigated as a technique for genetically manipulating two lignin-degrading Streptomyces strains, Streptomyces viridosporus T7A and Streptomyces setonii 75Vi2. Four of 19 recombinants tested showed enhanced production of acid-precipitable polymeric lignin (APPL), producing 155 to 264% more APPL from corn stover lignocellulose than was produced by the wild-type S. viridosporus T7A. APPLs are lignin degradation intermediates known to be potentially valuable chemical products produced by bioconversion of lignin with Streptomyces spp. The prospects of utilizing protoplast fusion to construct APPL-overproducing Streptomyces strains was considered especially promising.     

Improvement of Enzyme Productivities through Mutation or Haploidization of Heterozygous Diploids Obtained by Protoplast-fusion of Aspergillus sojae

A new breeding process for Aspergillus sojae involving protoplast fusion was studied to obtain more desirable koji-molds for soy-sauce production, especially as to their enzyme productivities. A pair of double-marker mutants with characteristic enzyme-productivities, derived from genealogically unrelated A. sojae cultures, were fused by means of the protoplast fusion technique. The fusants were UV-treated, and stable heterozygous diploids were obtained. Further improvement of their enzyme-productivities was attempted using two approaches. Through the usual mutation of the heterozygous diploids, the activities of protease and glutaminase were simultaneously improved to a certain extent. Through the haploidization of the heterozygous diploids with benomyl or p-fluorophenylalanine (FPA), some haploids considered phenotypically to be recombinants were segregated, in addition to a large number of haploids that had reverted to the original double marker mutants. On screening these haploid-recombinants, the authors obtained a few more excellent recombinants, as to their enzyme productivities, that is, strains producing as much protease as the hyper-protease producer and producing almost as much glutaminase as the hyper- glutaminase producing parent. It has been shown that mutation or especially haploidization of heterozygous diploids produced by cell-fusion could be a very useful technique for the breeding of new industrial koji-molds.