安徽定远盐矿可培养嗜盐微生物多样性

【背景】嗜盐微生物多生活于高盐环境,具有独特的生理代谢特征,是一类重要的极端环境微生物资源。【目的】为更好地认识我国陆相盐矿的嗜盐微生物多样性组成,更好地开发利用嗜盐微生物资源积累丰富的微生物菌种。【方法】对安徽定远盐矿盐芯样品进行嗜盐微生物的纯培养分离,并对所分离菌株进行基于16SrRNA基因的测序和序列相似性分析,并对所分离菌株进行物种多样性分析。在此基础上,对代表菌株进行菌落形态和耐盐度及酶活测定。【结果】通过纯培养共分离获得了嗜盐微生物264株,其中嗜盐古菌150株,占56.8%;嗜盐细菌114株,占43.2%。嗜盐古菌物种分别来自于Halorubrum、 Halopenitus、 Haloterrigena、 Natrinema、 Natronoarchaeum和Natronomonas等6个属;嗜盐细菌物种分别来自于Pseudomonas、Aliifodinibius、Halobacillus、Halomonas和Halospina等5个属。通过代表菌株的酶活平板检测,发现产胞外蛋白酶菌株1株,酯酶1株,淀粉酶2株;能液化明胶菌株2株。在物种多样性组成方面,发现嗜盐古菌的物种多样性指数高于嗜盐细菌。【结论】本研究对我国安徽定远陆相盐矿的可培养嗜盐微生物多样性进行探究,积累了丰富的嗜盐微生物菌株资源。     

新疆两盐湖可培养嗜盐古菌多样性研究

从新疆地区艾比盐湖和艾丁盐湖卤水及泥土样品中分离到86株嗜盐古菌。16S rRNA基因序列分析结果表明,分离自艾比湖的嗜盐古菌分别属于Haloarcula、Halobacterium、Halorubrum、Haloterrigena、Natrinema和Natronorubrum6个属的11个分类单元,而分离自艾丁湖的嗜盐古菌分别属于Haloarcula、Halobiforma、Halorubrum、Haloterrigena、Natrialba、Natrinema6个属的8个分类单元,这一结果表明艾比湖可培养嗜盐古菌生物多样性稍高于艾丁湖。基于16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育分析表明代表菌株ABH15应为Natronorubrum属的中性嗜盐古菌新种,代表菌株ABH07、ABH12、ABH17、ABH19、ABH51和AD30可能是Halobacterium、Halorubrum、Haloterrigena、Haloarcula的新成员。     

青藏高原察尔汗盐湖地区可培养中度嗜盐菌的群落结构与多样性

【目的】研究青海察尔汗盐湖地区的可培养中度嗜盐菌的群落结构及多样性。【方法】采用多种选择性培养基进行中度嗜盐菌的分离、培养;通过16S r RNA基因序列扩增、测定,根据序列信息,进行系统进化树构建、群落结构组成分析及多样性指数计算。【结果】从察尔汗盐湖卤水及湖泥中分离到中度嗜盐菌421株,合并重复菌株后共83株中度嗜盐菌。菌株16S rRNA基因序列信息显示,4株中度嗜盐菌为潜在的新分类单元。83株嗜盐细菌分布于3个门的6个科16个属。其中,Bacillus属、Oceanobacillus属和Halomonas属为优势属。多样性结果显示,水样中的菌株多样性高于泥样,而泥样中的菌株优势度高于水样。【结论】察尔汗盐湖中度嗜盐菌具有丰富的遗传多样性,种群种类丰富,优势菌群集中,该盐湖地区存在可分离培养的中度嗜盐菌的疑似新物种。     

内蒙古锡林浩特地区嗜盐古菌多样性的研究

从内蒙古锡林浩特地区3个不同的盐湖中共分离到165株古菌,通过ARDRA分析后得到不同的类群,从各个类群中随机选取1~2个代表菌株进行16S rDNA序列测定和系统发育的分析。结果表明分离的菌株分布在Halorubrum,Natronococcus,Natronorubrum,Haloterrigena,Halorhabdus,Halobiforma,Haloarcula,Haloferax8个属和另外两个分支中,表现了锡林浩特地区嗜盐古菌的多样性。部分菌株的16S rDNA序列同源性低于97%,可能是潜在的新属或新种,代表了该地区嗜盐古菌的独特类型。     

基于高通量测序的花马盐湖原核微生物及其耐盐基因

【目的】揭示陕北花马盐湖沉积物原核微生物群落组成,并分析其潜在的耐盐功能基因。【方法】构建盐湖沉积物宏基因组16S r RNA文库和fosmid文库,利用Illumina HiSeq高通量测序及生物信息技术分析细菌古菌群落组成和耐盐菌株(5-5)外源宏基因组的潜在耐盐基因。【结果】获得18978条有效的16Sr RNA序列,共5221个OTUs,包括23个门,155个属,其中广古菌门(Euryarchaeota)和变形菌门(Proteobacteria)为优势菌门,盐杆状菌属(Halorhabdus)、盐红菌属(Halorubrum)及假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)等16个属为优势属,以及嗜盐单胞菌属(Halomonas)、冷弯菌属(Psychroflexus)及不动细菌属(Acinetobacter)等139个属为非优势属。从4126个fosmid文库菌株中筛选出37株耐盐菌株,其中菌株5-5、2E4和2F4对不同浓度的NaCl、CuSO_4、ZnSO_4及CdSO_4具有耐受性,从5-5的外源宏基因组序列中获得61个Unigene,其中12个Unigene的同源基因编码的蛋白质如无机焦磷酸酶、转座酶、亚碲酸钾抗性蛋白及钙调蛋白等广泛参与其他生物的耐盐逆境。【结论】盐湖沉积物中蕴藏着丰富多样的细菌古菌类群以及潜在耐盐功能基因资源。     

松嫩平原盐碱地中耐(嗜)盐菌的生物多样性

【目的】分离纯化松嫩平原盐碱地中可培养的耐盐菌和嗜盐菌,并分析其生物多样性。【方法】采用纯培养法和定向富集法从该地区盐碱土样中分离耐盐菌和嗜盐菌,然后通过16S rRNA基因同源性比对鉴定所分离细菌的系统发育学地位,从而获取松嫩平原盐碱地中耐盐菌和嗜盐菌的多样性信息。【结果】共分离到细菌40株,分属于细菌域中3个门(Actinobacteria,Firmicutes,γ-Proteobacteria)、8个科、16个属、34个种。其中多数菌株属于厚壁菌门(Firmicutes),最优势属为葡球菌属(Staphylococcus)(8株,占总菌株的20%),其次依次为盐单胞菌属(Halomonas)(5株,12.5%)、芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)(4株,10%)、大洋芽胞杆菌属(Oceanbacillus)(4株,10%)、库克菌属(Kocuria)(4株,10%)和假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)(3株,7.5%)等。其中9株细菌的16S rRNA基因序列与最近缘种的同源性在97.2%-99.0%之间,可能为新种。菌株耐盐能力主要在5%-10%之间,其中62.5%的菌株为耐盐菌,其余则为中度嗜盐菌。所有菌株的耐碱能力在pH 9-12之间,其中60%的菌株耐碱能力则高达pH 12,除两株为嗜碱菌,其余均为耐碱菌。【结论】研究结果表明,松嫩平原盐碱地中耐盐菌与嗜盐菌种群丰富,主要以葡萄球菌和盐单胞菌为主,菌株不仅耐盐能力高而且耐碱能力也高,并且该地区可能含有丰富的耐盐菌和嗜盐菌的新物种。     

放射污染区古菌分离及多样性分析

【目的】研究放射污染区古菌多样性。【方法】放射污染区采集土样,采用甘油-精氨酸培养基(GJ)、甘油-天冬氨酸培养基(C1)、海藻糖-肌酸培养基(B7)、甘露醇-丙氨酸培养基(Z5)、干酪素-甘露醇培养基(CMKA)、壳聚糖-天冬酰胺培养基(F6)、甘露醇-酸水解酪蛋白培养基(GW1)、CM培养基、HP培养基和KC培养基10种分离培养基,采用梯度稀释法对古菌进行分离,将分离获得的菌株经形态特征,16S rRNA基因片段扩增及限制性内切酶酶切,选取酶切图谱中存在差异性的条带进行测序,最终通过序列比对,聚类分析,获得不同种类的古菌资源。【结果】从该土样中共获得了256株古菌,最终筛选出71株不同类型的古菌,这71株古菌均属于广古菌门,盐杆菌纲,盐杆菌目,盐杆菌科,分布于盐陆生菌属(Haloterrigena)、纳白菌属(Natrialba)、盐球菌属(Halococcus)、盐红菌属(Halorubrum)、盐长寿菌属(Halovivax)、纳线菌属(Natrinema)、盐碱球菌属(Natronococcus)、盐二型菌属(Halobiforma)、盐惰菌属(Halopiger)、盐池栖菌属(Halostagnicola)、富盐菌属(Haloferax)11个属,26个种,其中31株菌的16S rRNA基因序列与已有效发表菌株的序列相似性小于98%,Haloterrigena为该土样的优势菌属。对于分离效果较好的F6培养基采用了梯度营养成分的稀释,最终获得了19株古菌,这些菌株相互之间存在一定的差异性。【结论】本次分离获得了大量的古菌,表明放射污染区存在着较为丰富的古菌资源,其中蕴藏着多种新的物种类型,具有较大的研究价值。     

新疆艾比湖和伊吾湖可培养嗜盐古菌多样性

新疆地区盐湖密布,蕴藏着丰富的微生物资源。为保护和利用微生物物种与基因资源,作者从新疆准噶尔盆地的艾比湖和天山山间盆地的伊吾湖分离纯化嗜盐微生物。采用PCR方法扩增其中65株嗜盐古菌16SrRNA基因序列。序列分析表明,分离的嗜盐古菌分属6个属,艾比湖以Haloterrigena和Natrinema属的菌株为主,伊吾湖由Haloarcula和Halorubrum两个属的菌株构成。通过多样性指数、丰富度指数、均匀度指数和物种相对多度模型对分离的菌株进行多样性分析和比较,结果表明,盐湖嗜盐古菌的多样性指数、丰富度指数和均匀度指数具有一定相关性,艾比湖可培养嗜盐古菌的多样性高于伊吾湖。研究发现了一些新的物种资源,表明新疆盐湖中孕育的特色微生物资源亟待保护与利用。     

艾丁湖可培养嗜盐菌多样性及功能酶、抗菌活性筛选

【目的】探究艾丁湖可培养嗜盐菌的多样性、功能酶活性以及抗菌活性,进一步了解其次级代谢产物情况,为新型生物活性物质的发掘提供依据。【方法】选用以20种糖及糖的衍生物作为唯一碳源的寡营养培养基从艾丁湖5个样点中分离得到298株嗜盐菌,根据形态特征去重复后,选取62株菌运用16S r RNA基因系统发育分析的方法研究样品中嗜盐菌的多样性;从不同类群选取22株代表菌株,采用点接法进行3种功能酶的筛选,运用平板对峙法检测代表菌株对12种病原菌的抗菌活性。【结果】从5%、10%和15%3个盐浓度中分别分得221、54和23株嗜盐菌,获得的嗜盐菌分布在9个科18个属;其中放线菌分布于4个属,细菌分布于14个属;Nocardiopsis和Pontibacillus属为艾丁湖可培养嗜盐菌的优势类群,分别占17.7%和16.1%;有15株嗜盐菌相似性低于98.5%,可能为潜在新种。所选取的22株代表菌株中,分别有68.2%、22.7%和72.7%的实验菌株具有蛋白酶、淀粉酶和酯酶活性;45.5%的代表菌株对12种病原菌表现出了抗至少1种病原菌的活性,其中一株Nocardiopsis属放线菌能抗9种病原菌,表现出了广谱的抗菌活性。【结论】新疆艾丁湖土样中嗜盐菌的多样性较丰富,而且具有较好的生物活性,为后续进一步研究其次级代谢产物提供了依据。     

极端嗜盐多形性古菌病毒HRPV13的分离鉴定及生物学特性

【背景】与感染细菌和真核生物的病毒相比,目前发现的古菌病毒数量很少,但是却展现出形态多样性。因此,分离和鉴定新的古菌病毒具有重要意义。【目的】为了进一步了解古菌病毒的多样性,我们从青海省翡翠湖水样中分离到一株新的嗜盐古菌病毒株,研究其生物学特性并进行分类。【方法】首先通过挑取单菌落法分离嗜盐古菌,通过噬菌斑法获得嗜盐古菌病毒,PEG 6000两步沉淀法和CsCl密度梯度离心对病毒颗粒进行浓缩和纯化,用醋酸双氧铀对病毒负染染色,在透射电镜下观察病毒形态,提取病毒基因组后进行测序并进行生物信息学分析,以三氯乙酸法制备病毒蛋白样品并进行SDS-PAGE分析,分别用考马斯亮蓝和苏丹黑B染色并观察其蛋白和脂质条带。【结果】在以Halorubrum属极端嗜盐古菌K2菌株为敏感菌的双层平板上分离到了一株嗜盐古菌病毒,其噬菌斑为浊斑,透射电镜下呈多形性包膜病毒状,直径60 nm左右;含有9333bp大小的双链环状DNA基因组,与已报道的β多形包膜病毒属(Betapleolipovirus)的HRPV11、HRPV12和HRPV10具有约75%的一致性,是该属的一个病毒新种。根据形态及基因组特征,将其归...     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.