L-丝氨酸生产菌的选育及不同碳源对发酵的影响

以一株黄假单胞属(Pseudomonas flava)菌株A3为出发菌株,经过紫外(UV)诱变和硫酸二乙酯(DES)逐级诱变处理和选育,选育出一株能够以甲醇为唯一碳源的兼性甲基营养型菌JW-01(Mth~R、Gly~R)。在含甘氨酸30g/L、甲醇1%的发酵培养基中发酵3d后L-丝氨酸产量为6．2g/L,较出发菌株提高了67．6%。该菌具有较好的传代稳定性。     

琥珀酸放线杆菌的耐高浓度钠离子菌株选育

以琥珀酸放线杆菌Actinobacillus succinogenes CGMCC 1593为出发菌,经过紫外线和甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)诱变处理,选育出一株耐高浓度钠离子菌株SE-6.该菌株在5 L发酵罐中进行分批发酵,单独使用Na2CO3控制发酵过程pH,发酵48 h琥珀酸产量达到35.8g/L,较出发菌(26.0 g/L)提高了37.7%;若采用MgCO3和Na2CO3共同调控发酵过程pH,发酵48 h琥珀酸产量达到45.0 g/L,较出发菌(37.4g/L)提高了20.4%.     

E.aero高产13-丙二醇菌株选育及发酵培养基研究(Ⅰ)

以淡水湖泊泥土中分离出的 30 0多株肠杆菌 (Enterobacter)为出发菌株 ,利用常规筛选方法选出 2株 1 3 丙二醇产生菌 (Enterobacteraerogenes)。经UV、DES、NTG、EMS、LiCl单独及复合诱变 ,选育出一株 (E aero N 56) 1 3 PD高产突变株。通过单因素实验 ,确定了E aero N 56菌株 1 3 PD发酵培养基为 :甘油 90g L ,NH4Cl₁ 50g L     

L-苹果酸产生菌筛选及高产突变株诱变选育

通过广泛收集和分离,获得根霉属(Rhizopus)、曲霉属(Aspergillus)及裂褶菌属(Schizophyllum)等属菌株897株。产酸指示平板上的变色圈测定结果表明,它们中间628株为产酸菌。通过纸层析对产酸菌发酵液酸谱的分析,获得129株L-苹果酸产生菌,经进一步测定发酵液中L-苹果酸的含量,筛选出以葡萄糖为原料,摇瓶发酵140小时,L-苹果酸产率48．37g／L,对糖转化率48．37×10^-2 的菌株LMO2。经初步鉴定,这一菌株为曲霉(Asper-gillus sp.)以LM02作为出发株,采用亚硝基胍、自然污染细菌、甲基磺酸乙酯及紫外线进行诱变处理,选育出葡萄糖为原料,L-苹果酸产率较高的突变抹N1-14、N1-14、NE1412、NU1416及NU1419。其中N1-14 的L-苹果酸产量最高,比出发株提高46．2×10^-2。N1-14 的菌丝生长速度快,产孢能力强,摇瓶发酵葡萄糖140小时,平均L-苹果酸产率为72．53g／L,对糖转化率53．74×10^-2。全发酵液经薄层层析测定,不含黄曲霉毒素。发酵产物分离提纯后,得到白色粉末状结晶,经纸层析、质谱及红外光谱测定,证明为L-苹果酸。     

霉酚酸高产菌株短密青霉菌SA-2的选育

为选育出霉酚酸（mycophenolic acid, MPA）发酵生产的优良菌株,以产霉酚酸的短密青霉菌（Penicillium brevicompactum）S-225菌株作为原始菌株,利用甲基磺酸乙酯（ethyl methanesulfonate, EMS）、紫外诱变（ultraviolet, UV）和常压室温等离子体诱变（atmospheric room temperature plasma, ARTP）叠加诱变的方法,选育出1株遗传稳定、且对Cu²⁺耐受性强的菌株SA-2,其10 t中试霉酚酸发酵效价达到8 458 mg/L,比原始菌株提高了137.3%,且其200 t发酵生产效价达到了8 769 mg/L。该研究结果对霉酚酸工业化发酵生产具有重要意义。     

十二碳二元酸的发酵研究

热带假丝酵母(Candidatropicalis)UH248菌株在单因子实验的基础上经过正交实验后,以正十二烷发酵生成十二碳二元酸的产酸量从817g/L提高到1082g/L。而其二元酸产品的纯度(>97%)满足工业生产的需要。吐温60010%、尿素012%、维生素B2150μg/L、青霉素150μ/mL、丙氨酸050%的浓度时也对十二碳二元酸产量有促进作用。用一株以UH248为母株诱变筛选的新的优良突变株HP12菌株,在最佳条件下,20m³罐中发酵151h,十二碳二元酸的平均产量达2021g/L。     

多重抗性突变株L-氨酸发酵

以北京棒状杆菌(Corynebaetarium pakinan.ra)产L-缬氨酸突变株334(Ile-,α-AB^R)为亲株,经MNNG一次诱变,获得多重抗性突变株VT-405 (Ile-,α-B^R,2-TA^R NL^R NV^R)及其单菌落分离株125,产酸达28mg/ml。VT-405再经紫外线和LiCI复合处理,获A_r菌株。A_r保留其亲株的遗传特性,未再增加新的标记,产酸为30mg/ml1。通过2.6L自控罐发酵试验,证明L-缬氨酸发酵属发酵动力学II型。采用适宜的供氧和pH控制,进行补料分批发酵,平均产酸率高达36.78g/L。     

高产不饱和油脂海鞘真菌桔青霉Asc-2-4的诱变选育

诱变育种是获得高产菌株,实现微生物工业化生产油脂的重要措施。以前期获得的高产不饱和油脂菌株桔青霉（Penicillium citrinum）Asc-2-4为出发菌株,利用丙二酸建立快速筛选高产不饱和脂肪酸突变菌的方法,通过紫外线 氯化锂复合诱变得到1株高产油脂突变菌Asc-2-4-1,油脂含量比出发菌株提高了92.98%。经过初步的培养基无机盐优化,其油脂得率和不饱和脂肪酸产量达到了7.10 g/L和3.84 g/L,与Asc-2-4相比,分别提高了84.42%和77.78%。结果表明,通过复合诱变选育技术可选育出高产突变菌株,选育的Asc-2-4-1可望作为产油微生物被开发利用。     

L-异亮氨酸高产菌选育及其培养基优化

旨在诱变选育L-异亮氨酸高产菌,并探索突变株最佳发酵条件。利用传统化学诱变结合常压室温等离子体生物诱变体系对实验室保藏的Brevibacterium flavum I-12进行逐级诱变,选育2-噻唑丙氨酸(2-TA)和磺胺胍(SG)高抗性和在琥珀酸平板上能快速生长的突变菌株。随后,在单因素实验的基础上,利用响应面设计优化出目的突变株摇瓶发酵培养基组分的最佳参数水平。结果显示,经过一系列诱变和筛选,成功选育出一株在40 g/L的2-TA和5 g/L的SG,且以琥珀酸为唯一碳源的培养基上快速生长突变株,命名为B. flavum TA-6,该菌株产酸达26.2±0.5 g/L,比出发菌株提高了44.75%,而副产物L-缬氨酸和L-亮氨酸积累量明显降低。经响应面法优化发酵条件后,突变株产酸可达27.8±0.5 g/L,比优化前提高了6.1%。通过传统化学诱变结合ARTP生物诱变体系,成功选育出一株杂酸降低的L-异亮氨酸高产菌TA-6,该菌株具有潜在生产应用价值。     

深黄被孢霉高产脂变株的选育及其发酵的研究

以深黄被孢霉（Mortierellaisabellina）AS3．3410为出发菌株,经紫外线,硫酸二乙酯和亚硝基胍复合诱变处理,选育成功高产脂深黄被抱霉M018变株,其摇瓶培养菌体油脂含量达65．6％,比出发菌株提高133％。60m³罐三级发酵培养菌体油脂含量高达79．2％,生物量达37．8g／L．气相色谱分析表明变株M018r-亚麻酸的含量比出发菌株提高了53％。连续传代试验表明M018是一稳定的变株。该变株油脂合成的最佳碳源为葡萄糖,最佳氮源为酵母膏,最佳C／N为     

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.     

Hectorella: A member of the betalain-suborderChenopodiineae of the orderCentrospermae

Roots ofHectorella caespitosa Hook. f. were induced to produce a red pigment which was shown to be a betalain and not an anthocyanin. These data indicate thatHectorella belongs to theChenopodiineae, the betalain suborder of theCentrospermae, and excludes alignment with the anthocyanin family theCaryophyllaceae.     

Succession in the southern part of the Canadian boreal forest

Forest succession following fire in a forest mosaic of northwestern Quebec has been studied in order to: (1) describe the successional pathways using communities of different ages and (2) evaluate convergence of successional pathways and possible effect of fire suppression on the establishment of steady-state communities. As a first step, ordination and classification techniques were used in order to remove changes in forest composition which are related to abiotic conditions. Then, ordinations based on tree diameter distributions were used to study shifts in species composition in relation to time since the last fire.Even under similar abiotic conditions, successional pathways are numerous. However, regardless of forest composition after fire, most stands show convergence toward dominance of Thuja occidentalis and Picea mariana on xeric sites and dominance of Abies balsamea and Thuja occidentalis on more mesic sites. Stable communities of >300 yr occur on xeric sites while on mesic sites directional succession still occurs after 224 yr. Nearly all species involved in succession are present in the first 50 yr following fire. Only Abies balsamea and Thuja occidentalis increase significantly in frequency during succession. Following initial establishment, successional processes can generally be explained by species longevity and shade tolerance. Early successional species may be abundant in the canopy for more than 200 yr while the rapid decrease of Picea glauca, a late successional species could be related to spruce budworm outbreaks. Considering the short fire rotation observed (about 150 yr), a steady-state forest is unlikely to occur under natural conditions, though it may be possible if fire is controlled.     

The purification of the three trimannosyl-N-acetylchitobiose pentasaccharides from the urine of swainsonine-intoxicated sheep

A simple method for the preparative resolution of three Man₃GlcNAc₂ isomers called Ia, Ib and II has been designed. It consists mainly of the use of concanavalin A-Sepharose which allowed the total purification of Man₃GlcNAc₂-Ia, and then of anion-exchange resin in borate buffer-gradient to separate the Ib and II isomers. The purity of each oligosaccharide was checked by two HPLC methods. The use of these oligosaccharides for different analytical and biosynthetic purposes is discussed, and the unexpected resistance of one of the Man₃GlcNAc₂ alditols to the action of endo--N-acetylglucosaminidase H is noted.     

Evaluation of the Pro-Lab ID ring system for the identification of medically important yeasts

We evaluated 151 coded isolates of medically important yeast species belonging to the genera Candida, Cryptococcus, Geotrichum, Rhodoturula, Saccharomyces and Torulopsis using the newly developed rapid Pro-Lab Identification Ring, PL 960 system (PLID-Ring). All isolates were concurrently identified by the API 20C and conventional procedures comprising macro- and micromorphology, assimilation and fermentation of various carbon and nitrogen compounds. The PLID-Ring system identified isolates of Candida albicans, C. kefyr, C. krusei, C. lusitaniae, C. parapsilosis, Rhodotorula rubra, and Torulopsis glabrata with 100% accuracy in 24 h. This system identified C guilliermondii and S. cerevisiae isolates with an accuracy of 90% and 86%, respectively, while those belonging to Cr. neoformans, T. candida (= C. famata), C. rugosa and C. tropicalis were identified with 38.4%, 50%, 12.5% and 50% accuracy, respectively. Three isolates of Cr. laurentii were not identified by the PLID-Ring system. The overall accuracy of the PLID-Ring system was 81.45% (123 of 151 isolates). However, the system does not include species such as Cr. laurentii in its data base. When these three Cr. laurentii isolates were excluded from the evaluation, the accuracy of the PLID-Ring system increased from 81.45% to 83.1%.     

Analysis of the genes of the OEE1 and OEE3 proteins of the photosystem II complex from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

The sequences of the nuclear genes of the 33 kDa (OEE1) and the 16 kDa (OEE3) polypeptides of the oxygen evolving complex of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii have been established. Comparison between the OEE1 protein sequences of C. reinhardtii and higher plants and cyanobacteria reveals 67 and 47% homology. In contrast, C. reinhardtii and higher plants have only 28% overall homology for OEE3 which is mostly limited to the central portion of the protein. The transit peptides of the C. reinhardtii proteins consist of 52 (OEE1) and, most likely, 51 (OEE1) amino acids. They have a basic amino terminal region and, at least in the case of OEE1, a hydrophobic segment at their carboxy terminal end typical of thylakoid lumen proteins. Comparison of the genomic and cDNA clones indicates that the OEE1 and OEE3 genes contain five and four introns, respectively, some of which are located within the coding sequences of the transit peptides.     

Comparative analysis of the Kekkon molecules,related members of the LIG superfamily

Leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) and immunoglobulin (Ig) domains represent two of the most abundant sequence elements in metazoan proteomes. Despite this prevalence, comparatively few molecules containing both LRR and Ig (LIG) modules exist, and fewer still have been functionally defined. One LIG whose function has been investigated is the Drosophila protein Kekkon1 (Kek1). In vivo studies have demonstrated a role for Kek1 in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) signaling and have suggested a role in neuronal pathfinding. Kek1 is the founding member of the Kek family, a group of six Drosophila transmembrane proteins that contain seven LRRs and a single Ig in their extracellular domains. While this arrangement of domains predicts a possible role as cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), to date little is known about the function or evolutionary relationship of these additional Kek molecules. Here we report that orthologs of Kek1, Kek2, Kek5, and Kek6 exist in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, and the honeybee, Apis mellifera, indicating that this family has been conserved for ~300 million years of evolutionary time. Comparative sequence analyses reveal remarkable identity among these orthologs, primarily in their extracellular regions. In contrast, the intracellular regions are more divergent, exhibiting only small pockets of conservation. In addition, we provide support for the general notion that these molecules may share common functions as CAMs, by demonstrating that Kek family members can form homotypic and heterotypic complexes.Edited by D. TautzChristina M. MacLaren, Timothy A. Evans and Diego Alvarado contributed equally to this work     

The history of the genusHomo

The genusHomo was established by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. During the course of the past 150 years, the addition of fossil species to the genusHomo has resulted in a genus that, according to the taxonomic interpretation, could span as much time as 2.5 Myr, and include as many as ten species. This paper reviews the fossil evidence for each of the species involved, and sets out the case for their inclusion inHomo. It suggests that while the case for the inclusion of some species in the genus (e.g.Homo erectus) is well-supported, in the case of two of the species,Homo habilis andHomo rudolfensis, the case for their inclusion is much weaker. Neither the cladistic evidence, nor evidence about adaptation suggest a particularly close relationship with laterHomo.     

Progress on the genetics of the N2-fixing actinorhizal symbiont Frankia

The actinomycete Frankia is of fundamental and ecological interests for several reasons including its wide distribution, its ability to fix nitrogen, differentiate into sporangium and vesicle (specialized cell for nitrogen-fixation), and to nodulate plants from about 24 genera. Here, we present a review on the genetics performed so far on Frankia. At the end of July 2001, 293 kbp of Frankia DNA sequences were found in the databases. Thirty five percent of these sequences corresponded to full gene or gene cluster sequences. These genes could be divided according to their role into 6 key activities: gene translation (rrnA and tRNA ^pro gene), proteolysis (pcr genes), assimilation of ammonium (glnA and glnII), protection against superoxide ions (sodF), nitrogen fixation (nif cluster), and plasmid replication. We present a review of these genetic islands; their function, expression, localization and particular properties are discussed. A comparative analysis of Frankia nif genes from various strains and species is presented. An improved nomenclature for some of these genes is suggested to avoid conflicts. Frankia plasmids DNA sequences are also presented. The novel trends in Frankia genetics are described.     

Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of Scrophularia cryptophila

Resin glycosides are secondary metabolites exclusive to the convolvulaceous plants. In this study, crypthophilic acids A–C (1–3), the first resin glycosides occurring in another family (Scrophulariaceae), and the other constituents of Scrophularia cryptophila were examined for in vitro antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial potentials. Except for crypthophilic acid B (2), all tested compounds exhibited growth-inhibitory effect against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, with l-tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7) being the most potent ones (IC₅₀'s 4.1 and 9.7 μg/ml). In contrast, the activity towards Trypanosoma cruzi was poor, and only crypthophilic acid C (3), 6 and 7 were trypanocidal at concentrations above 40 μg/ml. With the exception of 2 and 6, all compounds were active against Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC₅₀'s 2.0 and 5.8 μg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with IC₅₀ values of 4.2, 16.6 and 22.4 μg/ml. Overall the best and broadest spectrum activity was presented by compounds 3 and 7, as they inhibited all four parasitic protozoa. None of the isolates had significant activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MICs >100 μg/ml) or were toxic towards mammalian (L6) cells. This is the first report of antiprotozoal activity for natural resin glycosides, as well as for harpagide (4), acetylharpagide (5), tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7).