中国狼蛛科娲蛛属(娲蛛亚科)分类地位的探讨

采用DNA测序方法,获得了中国狼蛛科Lycosidae4亚科6属26种mtDNA-16S rRNA基因的部分序列,比较来自北美狼蛛科豹蛛属2种豹蛛的同一基因序列,并选取漏斗蛛科1种蜘蛛作为外群,采用Bayesian方法和最大简约法(MP)构建分子系统树.两种建树方法均支持娲蛛属和豹蛛属形成一大的单系;这一结果与现行狼蛛科传统分类体系中娲蛛属的分类地位有差别.据此,作者认为:娲蛛属和豹蛛属可以归为同一个分类亚单位.狼蛛科6属间的分子系统关系为(Rirata(Hippasa(Trochsa Arctosa(Pardosa Wadicosa)))).     

由12S rDNA序列探讨中国狼蛛科主要类群的分子系统发育关系

将自测的我国蜘蛛目狼蛛科4属6个种和从互联网GenBank中检索到相关物种的线粒体基因组12SrDNA的序列进行同源性比较,计算核苷酸使用频率。然后据此进行分子分析,利用2个外群(漏斗蛛科的机敏漏斗蛛Agelena difficilis和缘漏斗蛛Agelena limbat)和2种建树方法(邻近法Neighbour Joining,NJ和最大简约法Maximum Parsimony,MP)分析我国狼蛛科内的亲缘关系。获得平均为291.6 bp的序列中,A T平均含量为78.13%,而G C含量只要21.87%,颠换取代(tranversion)的速度多数大于或接近转换取代(transition)的速度,其中161个核苷酸位点存在变异。研究结果表明:在蜘蛛目狼蛛科有差异的161 bp中,属内种间仅为1.08%,狼蛛科属间为6.85%~14.80%。所构建的分子系统树表明:科内的属和属内的种均优先聚在一起;狼蛛科现行分类系统中各亚科的演化关系顺序为:马蛛亚科→狼蛛亚科→豹蛛亚科;狼蛛科各属的演化关系顺序为:水狼蛛属→马蛛属(或水狼蛛属和马蛛属)→獾蛛属→狼蛛属→豹蛛属;水狼蛛属为最早分出的一支或者水狼蛛属和马蛛属...     

基于COⅠ部分序列对皿蛛科盖蛛属(Linyphiidae,Neriene)几种蜘蛛亲缘关系的研究

将自测的皿蛛科Linyphiidae盖蛛属Netiene 15种蜘蛛与从GenBank中下载的1种盖蛛的COⅠmtDNA序列片段进行了同源性比较,以皿蛛科朱氏盾蛛Frontinella zhui的作为外群,用NJ、MP、ML和贝叶斯法构建了分子系统树。在所比较的818bp的序列中,有371个变异位点,143个简约信息位点;A、T、G、C的平均含量为23．1％、42．9％、17．8％、16．2％,所有种类的A＋T含量比较高,平均为66．0％。分子系统树基本支持已有的形态学研究,但鹤嘴盖蛛Nerien macella却没有被归入哈氏盖蛛组,可能是由于鹤嘴盖蛛与同组其他3种蜘蛛属于不同的动物地理区系所致;分析结果同时支持将中华盖蛛Neriene sinensis和黑斑盖蛛Neriene nigripectoris归入盾形盖蛛组。     

中国数种熊蛛研究(蜘蛛目:狼蛛科)

记述我国狼蛛科熊蛛属５种,其中２新种为：沟谷熊蛛,三齿熊蛛,１种雄性新发现：湄潭熊蛛１９９３,中国２新纪录种;掠熊蛛富士熊蛛。     

喀喇昆仑和可可西里豹蛛记述（蜘蛛目：狼蛛科）

记述采自新疆喀喇昆仑和青海可可西里的狼蛛科豹蛛属１１种,其中７种为新种。     

中国狼逍遥蛛属1新种2新纪录种记述（蜘蛛目：逍遥蛛科）

记述分布于内蒙古的逍遥蛛科蜘蛛1新种:武川狼逍遥蛛Thannatus wuchuanensis sp.nov和2中国新纪录种:北极狼逍遥蛛Thanatus arctivus Thorell,1872;草原狼逍遥蛛Thanatus stepposus Logunov,1996.     

基于线粒体COⅠ基因的齿小蠹属昆虫DNA条形码研究

齿小蠹属（鞘翅目： 小蠹科）昆虫是植物检疫中经常截获的类群, 为探讨线粒体细胞色素C氧化酶亚基Ⅰ(COⅠ)基因的特定区段作为DNA条形码快速准确鉴定齿小蠹种类的可行性, 以齿小蠹属昆虫为研究对象, 测定分析了线粒体COⅠ基因462 bp碱基序列。序列分析结果显示： 变异位点为259个, 保守位点203个, 简约信息位点181个, 自裔位点78个。所有位点中, A, G, C和T碱基平均含量分别为30.7%, 16.5%, 17.0%和35.8%。A+T含量较高, 为66.5%, 明显高于G+C含量, 表现明显的A+T碱基偏嗜, 且A与T含量相当, 符合昆虫线粒体基因碱基组成的基本特征。转换与颠换结果显示： 该段序列未达到饱和, 可以得到准确的进化分析。利用Kimura 2-parameter模型分析遗传距离得到, 同物种间的遗传距离介于0.002~0.007之间, 不同种间的遗传距离介于0.056~0.431间, 平均遗传距离为0.199, 说明该段序列能够区分不同物种。基于COⅠ基因序列构建的邻接法系统发育树（NJ树）显示, 同一物种聚为同一小支, 且分支自展值均为100%; 近缘种能聚集在一起, 且置信度很高（≥97%）。结果表明应用基于COⅠ基因片段的DNA条形码进行齿小蠹属昆虫分类鉴定具有可行性。     

中国水狼蛛属一新纪录种(蜘蛛目:狼蛛科)

记述了采自内蒙古锡林郭勒盟的水狼蛛属Pirata一新纪录种,盗水狼蛛Pirata praedo Kulczyński,1885。提供了该种外生殖器手绘图和显微照片,同时也给出了其近似种——真水狼蛛Pirata piraticus(Clerck,1757)的显微照片。标本现保存于西南大学生命科学学院。     

中国狼蛛科的系统发育

运用分支分析法,采用支序分析软件Phylip程序,以盗蛛科和褛网蛛科为外群,从形态、生态等方面选取了18个特征对中国狼蛛11个属(脉狼蛛属未在其列)进行支序分析。分析结果表明,马蛛亚科(包括马蛛属和水狼蛛属)最为原始,潮浪蛛亚科次之;熊蛛属和獾蛛属构成的分支更次,狼蛛亚科和豹蛛亚科构成姊妹群最为进化。所以潮浪蛛属、熊蛛属和獾蛛属应分别从狼蛛亚科中独立出来,皆自成亚科,分别名潮浪蛛亚科和獾蛛亚科。     

大腹园蛛(Araneus ventricosus)12SrRNA基因片段序列分析

对大腹园蛛(Araneus ventricosus)的12SrRNA基因部分序列进行测定,得到276bp的碱基序列,其中A、T、G、C的含量分别为104bp(37.68％)、96bp(34.78％)、33bp(11.95％)、43bp(15.57％)。并尝试为我国蜘蛛目的分子系统学研究提供一些资料。     

Phylogenetic relationships of Central European wolf spiders (Araneae: lycosidae) inferred from 12S ribosomal DNA sequences

We have analyzed a sequence dataset of a portion of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene of the ribosomal small subunit for 27 species of the family Lycosidae (wolf spiders) from Central Europe, belonging to six genera (Alopecosa, Arctosa, Pardosa, Pirata, Trochosa, and Xerolycosa) and four subfamilies (Evippinae, Lycosinae, Pardosinae and Venoniinae). Phylogenetic analyses were performed in two steps and corroborate the monophyly of all the genera analyzed with strong bootstrap support. In the first step focusing on the most ancestral splits the genus Pirata consistently emerged as the most ancestral branch, followed by the two genera Arctosa and Xerolycosa, with conflicting branching order, however. The second step of analysis placed Xerolycosa more ancestral than Arctosa. Arctosa appeared as sister group to the genera Alopecosa, Trochosa, and Pardosa. The palearctic genus Xerolycosa was not yet included in previous studies derived from morphological characters, but its placement based on mtDNA sequences is in good agreement to that according to current diagnostic morphological features. Further, the single representative of the genus Arctosa examined in our study was placed at a more ancestral position than in a previous investigation based on phenotypic characters. The superimposition of the currently used diagnostic phenotypic characters on the DNA-based phylogeny shows that both character sets are widely congruent; only 3 out of 16 phenotypic characters were resolved as homoplasious, suggesting their parallel evolution and/or reversal. Among the three different styles of predation found in the Lycosids, tube builders appear to be the most ancestral from which burrow dwellers descended and from which two groups of vagrant hunters evolved in parallel.     

Phylogenetic reconstruction of the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) using sequences from the 12S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and NADH1 genes: implications for classification, biogeography, and the evolution of web building behavior

Current knowledge of the evolutionary relationships amongst the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) is based on assessment of morphological similarity or phylogenetic analysis of a small number of taxa. In order to enhance the current understanding of lycosid relationships, phylogenies of 70 lycosid species were reconstructed by parsimony and Bayesian methods using three molecular markers; the mitochondrial genes 12S rRNA, NADH1, and the nuclear gene 28S rRNA. The resultant trees from the mitochondrial markers were used to assess the current taxonomic status of the Lycosidae and to assess the evolutionary history of sheet-web construction in the group. The results suggest that a number of genera are not monophyletic, including Lycosa, Arctosa, Alopecosa, and Artoria. At the subfamilial level, the status of Pardosinae needs to be re-assessed, and the position of a number of genera within their respective subfamilies is in doubt (e.g., Hippasa and Arctosa in Lycosinae and Xerolycosa, Aulonia and Hygrolycosa in Venoniinae). In addition, a major clade of strictly Australasian taxa may require the creation of a new subfamily. The analysis of sheet-web building in Lycosidae revealed that the interpretation of this trait as an ancestral state relies on two factors: (1) an asymmetrical model favoring the loss of sheet-webs and (2) that the suspended silken tube of Pirata is directly descended from sheet-web building. Paralogous copies of the nuclear 28S rRNA gene were sequenced, confounding the interpretation of the phylogenetic analysis and suggesting that a cautionary approach should be taken to the further use of this gene for lycosid phylogenetic analysis.     

Evaluation of ribosomal RNA gene restriction patterns for the classification of Bacillus species and related genera

AIMS: To identify Bacillus species and related genera by fingerprinting based on ribosomal RNA gene restriction patterns; to compare ribosomal RNA gene restriction patterns-based phylogenetic trees with trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences; to evaluate the usefulness of ribosomal RNA gene restriction patterns as a taxonomic tool for the classification of Bacillus species and related genera. METHODS AND RESULTS: Seventy-eight bacterial species which include 42 Bacillus species, 31 species from five newly created Bacillus-related genera, and five species from five phenotypically related genera were tested. A total of 77 distinct 16S rRNA gene hybridization banding patterns were obtained. The dendrogram resulting from UPGMA analysis showed three distinct main genetic clusters at the 75% banding pattern similarity. A total of 77 distinct 23S and 5S rRNA genes hybridization banding patterns were obtained, and the dendrogram showed four distinct genetic clusters at the 75% banding pattern similarity. A third dendrogram was constructed using a combination of the data from the 16S rRNA gene fingerprinting and the 23S and 5S rRNA genes fingerprinting. It revealed three distinct main phylogenetic clusters at the 75% banding pattern similarity. CONCLUSIONS: The Bacillus species along with the species from related genera were identified successfully and differentiated by ribosomal RNA gene restriction patterns, and most were distributed with no apparent order in various clusters on each of the three dendrograms. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Our data indicate that ribosomal RNA gene restriction patterns can be used to reconstruct the phylogeny of the Bacillus species and derived-genera that approximates, but does not duplicate, phylogenies based on 16S rRNA gene sequences.     

The phylogenetic significance of peptidoglycan types: Molecular analysis of the genera Microbacterium and Aureobacterium based upon sequence comparison of gyrB, rpoB, recA and ppk and 16SrRNA genes

The type strains of 27 species of the genus Microbacterium, family Microbacteriaceae, were analyzed with respect to the phylogeny of the housekeeping genes coding for DNA gyrase subunit B (gyrB), RNA-polymerase subunit B (rpoB), recombinase A (recA) and polyphosphate kinase (ppk). The resulting gene trees were compared to the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny of the same species. The topology of neighbour-joining and maximum parsimony phylogenetic trees based upon nucleic acid sequences and protein sequences of housekeeping genes differed among each other and no gene tree was identical to that of the 16S rRNA gene tree. Only some species showed consistent clustering by all genes analyzed, but the majority of species branched with different neighbours in most gene trees. The failure to phylogenetically cluster type strains into two groups based upon differences in the amino acid composition of peptidoglycan on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, once leading to the union of the genera Microbacterium and Aureobacterium, was also seen in the analysis of recA, rpoB and gyrB gene and protein phylogenies. Analysis of the pkk gene and protein as well as of a concatenate tree, combining sequences of all five genes (total of 3.700 nucleotides), sees members of the former genus Aureobacterium and other type strains with lysine as diagnostic diamino acid to form a coherent cluster that branches within the radiation of Microbacterium species with ornithine in the peptidoglycan.     

An early origin of plastids within the cyanobacterial divergence is suggested by evolutionary trees based on complete 16S rRNA sequences

It is generally accepted that the plastids arose from a cyanobacterial ancestor, but the exact phylogenetic relationships between cyanobacteria and plastids are still controversial. Most studies based on partial 16S rRNA sequences suggested a relatively late origin of plastids within the cyanobacterial divergence. In order to clarify the exact relationship and divergence order of cyanobacteria and plastids, we studied their phylogeny on the basis of nearly complete 16S rRNA gene sequences. The data set comprised 15 strains of cyanobacteria from different morphological groups, 1 prochlorophyte, and plastids belonging to 8 species of plants and 12 species of diverse algae. This set included three cyanobacterial sequences determined in this study. This is the most comprehensive set of complete cyanobacterial and plastidial 16S rRNA sequences used so far. Phylogenetic trees were constructed using neighbor joining and maximum parsimony, and the reliability of the tree topologies was tested by different methods. Our results suggest an early origin of plastids within the cyanobacterial divergence, preceded only by the divergence of two cyanobacterial genera, Gloeobacter and Pseudanabaena.      

Gene Sequence Phylogenies of the Family <Emphasis Type="Italic">Microbacteriaceae</Emphasis>

The type strains of 32 species of 13 genera of the family Microbacteriaceae were analysed with respect to gene-coding phylogeny for DNA gyrase subunit B (gyrB), RNA-polymerase subunit B (rpoB), recombinase A (recA), and polyphosphate kinase (ppk). The resulting gene trees were compared with the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny of the same strains. The topology of neighbour-joining and maximum parsimony phylogenetic trees, based on nucleic-acid sequences and protein sequences of housekeeping genes, differed from one another, and no gene tree was identical to that of the 16S rRNA gene tree. Most genera analysed containing >1 strain formed phylogenetically coherent taxa. The three pathovars of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens clustered together to the exclusion of the type strains of other Curtobacterium species in all DNA - and protein-based analyses. In no tree did the distribution of a major taxonomic marker, i.e., diaminobutyric acid versus lysine and/or ornithine in the peptidoglycan, or acyl type of peptidoglycan, correlate with the phylogenetic position of the organisms. The changing phylogenetic position of Agrococcus jenensis was unexpected: This strain defined individual lineages in the trees based on 16S rRNA and gyrB and showed identity with Microbacterium saperdae in the other three gene trees.     

Discordant 16S and 23S rRNA gene phylogenies for the genus Helicobacter: implications for phylogenetic inference and systematics

Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences has become the primary method for determining prokaryotic phylogeny. Phylogeny is currently the basis for prokaryotic systematics. Therefore, the validity of 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic analyses is of fundamental importance for prokaryotic systematics. Discrepancies between 16S rRNA gene analyses and DNA-DNA hybridization and phenotypic analyses have been noted in the genus Helicobacter. To clarify these discrepancies, we sequenced the 23S rRNA genes for 55 helicobacter strains representing 41 taxa (>2,700 bases per sequence). Phylogenetic-tree construction using neighbor-joining, parsimony, and maximum likelihood methods for 23S rRNA gene sequence data yielded stable trees which were consistent with other phenotypic and genotypic methods. The 16S rRNA gene sequence-derived trees were discordant with the 23S rRNA gene trees and other data. Discrepant 16S rRNA gene sequence data for the helicobacters are consistent with the horizontal transfer of 16S rRNA gene fragments and the creation of mosaic molecules with loss of phylogenetic information. These results suggest that taxonomic decisions must be supported by other phylogenetically informative macromolecules, such as the 23S rRNA gene, when 16S rRNA gene-derived phylogeny is discordant with other credible phenotypic and genotypic methods. This study found Wolinella succinogenes to branch with the unsheathed-flagellum cluster of helicobacters by 23S rRNA gene analyses and whole-genome comparisons. This study also found intervening sequences (IVSs) in the 23S rRNA genes of strains of 12 Helicobacter species. IVSs were found in helices 10, 25, and 45, as well as between helices 31' and 27'. Simultaneous insertion of IVSs at three sites was found in H. mesocricetorum.     

利用肠道菌群的分布和16S DNA序列研究鲤科肠道菌系统演化关系

肠道微生物与寄主具有复杂的、多方面的相互依存效应,这种依存效应所产生的共生关系或协同进化关系既可反映寄主间的系统演化关系,也可显示肠道微生物间的系统演化关系,共生关系或协同进化关系是由于寄主与肠道微生物两者之间存在着相互自然选择作用所形成的,在长期的进化历程中逐步发生的共生关系信息很可能被记录在DNA序列中。本文通过检测鱼鲤鱼科8种鱼中9种肠道菌群的分布含量对这9种菌群进行分析,且利用从GenBank调取这9种肠道细菌菌属的43个种或亚种的16S DNA序列的构建NJ树和MP树,将这6个科9个属43个种或亚种分为革兰氏阴性和革兰氏阳性两大类群（一级分枝）。在这两类群中,又以科为单位分为6个亚类群（二级分枝）,而肠杆菌科中则以属为单位分为4个小类群（三级分枝）,此外球状菌与杆状菌也能截然分开。将16S DNA的NJ树隐去所有的种,以属为单位所得到的以分枝形式的无根树在拓扑结构上与菌群分布含量（寄主范围）所构建的无根树相近,但芽孢杆菌在两种无根树的位置中有较大的差异。如果提高检测水平,扩大所检测的寄主对象,这种差异有可能消除。     

The variable part of the dnaK gene as an alternative marker for phylogenetic studies of rhizobia and related alpha Proteobacteria

DnaK is the 70 kDa chaperone that prevents protein aggregation and supports the refolding of damaged proteins. Due to sequence conservation and its ubiquity this chaperone has been widely used in phylogenetic studies. In this study, we applied the less conserved part that encodes the so-called alpha-subdomain of the substrate-binding domain of DnaK for phylogenetic analysis of rhizobia and related non-symbiotic alpha-Proteobacteria. A single 330 bp DNA fragment was routinely amplified from DNA templates isolated from the species of the genera, Azorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium and Sinorhizobium, but also from some non-symbiotic alpha Proteobacteria such as Blastochloris, Chelatobacter and Chelatococcus. Phylogenetic analyses revealed high congruence between dnaK sequences and 16S rDNA trees, but they were not identical. In contrast, the partition homogeneity tests revealed that dnaK sequence data could be combined with other housekeeping genes such as recA, atpD or glnA. The dnaK trees exhibited good resolution in the cases of the genera Mesorhizobium, Sinorhizobium and Rhizobium, even better than usually shown by 16S rDNA phylogeny. The dnaK phylogeny supported the close phylogenetic relationship of Rhizobium galegae and Agrobacterium tumefaciens (R. radiobacter) C58, which together formed a separate branch within the fast-growing rhizobia, albeit closer to the genus Sinorhizobium. The Rhizobium and Sinorhizobium genera carried an insertion composed of two amino acids, which additionally supported the phylogenetic affinity of these two genera, as well as their distinctness from the Mesorhizobium genus. Consistently with the phylogeny shown by 16S-23S rDNA intergenic region sequences, the dnaK trees divided the genus Bradyrhizobium into three main lineages, corresponding to B. japonicum, B. elkanii, and photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium strains that infect Aeschynomene plants. Our results suggest that the 330 bp dnaK sequences could be used as an additional taxonomic marker for rhizobia and related species (alternatively to the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny).     

Genetic diversity of root nodule bacteria nodulating Lotus corniculatus and Anthyllis vulneraria in Sweden

Very little is known about the genetic diversity and phylogeny of rhizobia nodulating Lotus species in northern temperate regions. We have therefore studied the genetic diversity among a total of 61 root nodule bacteria isolated from Lotus corniculatus and Anthyllis vulneraria from different geographic sites and habitats in Sweden by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the internal transcribed spacer between their 16S rRNA and 23S rRNA (IGS) region. A high diversity consisting of 26 IGS types from 54 L. corniculatus isolates and five IGS types from seven A. vulneraria isolates was found. The 16S rRNA sequences and phylogeny of representatives of the different IGS types showed four interesting exceptions from the majority of the isolates belonging to the genus Mesorhizobium: Two isolates were both found to be closely related to Rhodococcus spp., and two other isolates showed close relationship with Geobacillus spp. and Paenibacillus spp., respectively. The nodA sequences and phylogeny showed that all the isolates, including those not belonging to the traditional rhizobia genera, harbored nodA sequences which were typical of Mesorhizobium loti. Generally, the 16S rRNA and nodA phylogenetic trees were not congruent in that isolates with similar 16S rRNA sequences were associated with isolates harboring different nodA sequences. All the isolates were confirmed to nodulate L. corniculatus in an inoculation test. This is the first report of members of these non-rhizobia genera being able to nodulate legumes, and we suggest that they may have acquired their nodulating properties through lateral gene transfer.