深海多环芳烃降解菌新鞘氨醇杆菌H25的降解特性及降解基因

[目的]为了从深海环境中筛选新的多环芳烃降解菌,了解其降解基因及降解特性.[方法]以原油作为碳源从印度洋深海海水样品中富集筛选出降解能力较强的多环芳烃降解菌,并根据已报道的相关菌属的多环芳烃起始双加氧酶大亚基序列及侧翼序列设计兼并引物进行扩增.[结果]获得了1株能够高效降解原油、柴油及多种多环芳烃的菌株H25.经16S rDNA序列系统发育分析表明它属于新鞘氨醇杆菌属(Novosphingobium)(96%).并从该菌株中扩增获得2条相似度为91.0%双加氧酶基因片段.2条序列在NCBI上Blastn分析表明均与菌株N.aromaticivorans DSM12444T的降解质粒pNL1上的双加氧酶大亚基具有最高相似度,分别为99.6%和91.0%.根据pNL1上的双加氧酶序列设计引物获得了包含H25双加氧酶大亚基及上下游序列的2个基因片段H25 Ⅰ(2.9kb)和H25Ⅱ(4.5kb).另外,单碳降解实验表明H25对联苯、2-甲基萘、2,6-二甲基萘、菲、二苯并噻吩、二苯并呋喃等均有较好的降解能力.[结论]H25菌株是Novosphingobium属可能的新种.深海细菌在大洋环境多环芳烃污染的自然净化中起到一定作用,并在环境生物修复中有较大的应用前景.     

几株新鞘氨醇杆菌的趋化性及其相关基因组成特点

【目的】选择了几株隶属于新鞘氨醇杆菌属(Novosphingobium)的有和没有多环芳烃(PAHs)降解能力的细菌,在基因组水平比较分析它们的趋化通路,并探究其中一些菌株对芳香化合物和三羧酸(TCA)循环中间代谢产物的趋化性。【方法】通过基因组的比较分析,研究了几株新鞘氨醇杆菌的趋化蛋白组成和趋化基因分布,并采用滴定法和游动平板法检测了相关菌对芳香族化合物和TCA循环中间代谢产物的趋化性。【结果】N.pentaromativorans US6-1、N.pentaromativorans F2、Novosphingobium indicum K13、Novosphingobium stygium DSM 12445、Novosphingobium sp.C2AC等5株新鞘氨醇杆菌对芳香族化合物和TCA循环中间代谢物具有不同程度的趋化性;所选的7株已完成基因组测序的新鞘氨醇杆菌N.pentaromativorans F2、N.pentaromativorans US6-1、Novosphingobium sp.PP1Y、Novosphingobium sp.AP12、Novosphingobium sp.Rr 2-17,Novosphingobium sp.B-7和Novosphingobium sp.DSM 19370均含有趋化蛋白MCP、CheW、CheA、CheB、CheR和CheY,且亲缘关系最近的US6-1、F2和PP1Y 3株菌的che基因簇中的基因排列一致,为che W-Y-D-B-R-A-(X);新鞘氨醇杆菌的趋化系统属Fla类型。【结论】几株新鞘氨醇杆菌都具有较为完整的趋化通路,且对多种芳烃及其代谢物的趋化性各不相同,其中菌株US6-1趋化现象最明显。     

一株深海热液环境来源的PAHs降解菌TVG9-Ⅶ的系统发育与降解基因

【目的】对一株深海热液环境来源的多环芳烃(PAHs)降解菌进行系统发育分析并对其降解特性和降解机制进行研究。【方法】对16S rRNA基因进行扩增和测序,进行基于16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育分析;利用GC-MS测定其对PAHs的降解率;通过构建基因组Fosmid文库,克隆PAHs降解基因簇;并利用RT-PCR和qPCR研究关键降解酶基因在不同PAHs诱导下的表达情况。【结果】从西南太平洋劳盆地热液沉积物中分离到一株PAHs降解菌株TVG9-Ⅶ,系统发育分析结果表明,该菌株属于新鞘氨醇杆菌属(Novosphingobium),与该属的Novosphingobium indicum H25T系统发育关系最为密切,它们的16S rRNA基因序列相似性高达99.7%。该菌株在21 d内对菲、荧蒽和芘的降解率分别为95.2%,57.3%和69.6%。从Fosmid文库中筛选得到一个负责PAHs降解的上游基因簇,包含了PAHs起始降解双加氧酶大小亚基(pheA1a/b)基因和一个脱氢酶基因;RT-PCR和qPCR实验表明,双加氧酶大亚基基因pheA1a在菲的诱导下上调表达4.2倍,而在萘及高环荧蒽和芘的诱导下无上调。【结论】菌株TVG9-Ⅶ是Novosphingobium属深海热液来源的PAHs降解菌,具有良好的降解特性,特别是对高环PAHs的降解效果较好。     

曾候乙墓穴木椁微生物降解对木材危害及防治措施研究

从曾候乙墓分离到的16株菌,其中有11株为芽孢杆菌属类,4株微杆菌属,1林为黄色杆菌属。将16株细菌分别侵染6种木材,结果证明细菌降解对6种木材均有不同的韧性下降,个别木材出现腐烂病灶。2号菌降解后对泡桐、枣树、马尾松、香樟、刺槐和桑树分别下降8％,12％,10％,5％,10％和13％。3,5,6,7,8,9和16号菌对上述6种木材也有不同程度影响。而4,11,12,13,14和15号菌对6种木材的韧性下降影响不明显。但其渗透性大大提高了,因此也会影响木材的使用年限。采用杀菌、杀虫的石油气,乙醇等有机溶济,防治微生物降解产物对木材的浸蚀,均有较好的防菌、防认腐效果。     

高环多环芳烃降解菌的筛选及其降解特性

通过富集培养及平板升华法从本溪钢铁公司周边多环芳烃(PAHs)污染土壤中分离出7株PAHs降解菌。以芘和苯并[a]芘为底物进行摇瓶降解实验,结果表明:G1、G2和G3菌株对高环PAHs芘和苯并[a]芘均具有较强的降解能力。进一步研究此3株菌及混合菌对原状污染土壤中PAHs的降解能力,发现80 d时对总PAHs的降解顺序依次为:混合菌G2G1G3,其中混合菌对PAHs降解率较单菌分别提高了9.17%、11.49%和16.11%;4个处理对4~6环PAHs的降解率较对照组相比提高的倍数随着环数增加而增大;总PAHs的降解率与脱氢酶的活性呈正相关。电场影响G1、G2和G3菌株对PAHs降解,在1.0 V·cm~(-1)电场条件下,4环、5环及6环PAHs降解率较单纯微生物修复提高12.13%、13.35%和14.52%,说明3株菌具有较强的电场适应能力,可在高环PAHs污染土壤的电动-微生物修复中应用。形态学观察及16S rRNA序列比对分析表明,G1、G2、G3菌株分别为鞘氨醇单胞菌属(Sphingomonas sp.)、苍白杆菌属(Ochrobactrum sp.)和无色杆菌属(Achromobacter sp.)。     

角蛋白降解菌的筛选及其UV诱变选育

从长年堆积废羽毛的土壤,屠鸡场下水道、池塘底污泥中分离出一株角蛋白降解菌C-1,摇瓶发酵测得其角蛋白酶活达35.6U,经形态观察和生理生化鉴定该菌株属于芽孢杆菌属.对菌株进行Uv诱变,在照射时间为100 s下得到一株产角蛋白酶活较高突变株C-1-4,其酶活比原始出发菌株提高了122%,且遗传性状稳定.     

大西洋洋中脊深海多环芳烃降解菌群的优势菌分析

摘要：【目的】为了分析大西洋洋中脊深海海水及表层沉积物中多环芳烃(PAHs)降解菌群中的优势菌。【方法】采用富集培养法和平板涂布法从深海样品中分离可培养细菌及PAHs降解菌。通过16S rRNA基因测序完成系统发育分析。采用变性梯度凝胶电泳（DGGE）及DNA测序分析降解菌群中的优势菌。【结果】总共分离到16株细菌,包括一株PAHs降解菌Novosphingobium sp. 4D。系统发育分析发现,可培养细菌中两个最大的类群分别与Alcanivorax dieselolei NO1A（5/16）和Tistrella mobilis TISTR 1108T（5/16）亲缘关系最近。DGGE结果表明,在菌群MC2D中菌株4L（以及4M、4N, Alcanivorax dieselolei NO1A, 99.21％）、4D（Novosphingobium pentaromativorans US6-1T,97.07％）和4B（以及4E、4H、4K,Tistrella mobilis TISTR 1108T,＞99％）是降解菌群中的优势菌。而降解菌群MC3CO中的优势菌是菌株5C（以及5H,Alcanivorax dieselolei NO1A,＞99％）、条带5-8代表的未培养菌株（Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM 12444T,99.41%）、5J（Tistrella mobilis TISTR 1108T,99.52％）和5F（以及5G,Thalassospira lucentensis DSM 14000T,＜97％）。【结论】本研究发现在大西洋洋中脊深海海水及表层沉积物中Alcanivorax、Novosphingobium、Thalassospira、Tistrella属的细菌是PAHs降解菌群中的优势菌,其中的主要降解菌是Novosphingobium属的细菌。     

冷箭竹根际土壤中可培养细菌的多样性

为了解冷箭竹(Bashania fangiana)根际土壤中可培养细菌的多样性,2006年5月从四川卧龙自然保护区冷箭竹根际土壤中共分离出50株具不同菌落形态的细菌.16S rDNA序列分析结果表明:50株菌分属于10个属26个种.27株属于变形菌门γ亚群(Gammaproteobaeteria)(42.3%)、9株属于厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)(26.9%)、4株属于放线菌门(Actinobacteria)(15.4%)、6株属于变形菌门β亚群(Betaproteobacteria)(7.7%)、3株属于变形菌门α亚群(Alphaproteobacteria)(3.9%),1株与土地杆菌属(Pedobacter)关系密切.假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)和芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)为优势菌属.2株菌为可能的新种或属.研究表明冷箭竹根际土壤中含有较为丰富的微生物多样性.     

黄翅大白蚁后肠几丁质降解微生物的分离与鉴定

【目的】从培菌白蚁——黄翅大白蚁后肠微生物菌群中分离能降解几丁质的细菌。【方法】以胶体几丁质为唯一碳源,根据胶体几丁质水解透明圈的大小进行筛选。通过形态学、生理生化以及16SrRNA基因序列分析进行菌株鉴定。【结果】从黄翅大白蚁肠道中筛选到8株能够降解胶体几丁质的细菌,它们分别属于芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、短芽孢杆菌属(Brevibacillus)、纤维单胞菌属(Cellulomonas)、指孢囊菌属(Dactylosporangium)、黄杆菌属(Flavobacterium)、类芽孢杆菌属(Paenibacillus)、鞘氨醇单胞菌属(Sphingomonas)和寡养单胞菌属(Stenotrophomonas)。8株菌均具有几丁质酶、β-葡萄糖苷酶和内切葡聚糖酶活性。【结论】从黄翅大白蚁后肠中获得8株能够降解胶体几丁质并具有其他碳水化合物降解酶活性的细菌,这一研究为了解白蚁肠道微生物协助白蚁消化食物机制提供了依据。     

石油降解菌的分子鉴定及降解能力研究

以六株具有石油降解功能的细菌(编号为GW40、GW101、GW109、GW117、GW157、GW159)为材料, 通过全细胞蛋白电泳聚类, 16S rRNA 基因系统发育分析和生理生化特性初步鉴定, 鉴定结果为不动杆菌属(Pseudomonas sp.)。并研究了不同pH, 温度和石油浓度对菌株降解石油能力的影响。SDS-PAGE 图谱分析结果表明, 在14.4-96.4KDa 范围内, 它们有92.3%以上相似性蛋白图谱, 证明它们属于同一类群; 16S rRNA 基因系统发育分析表明六株菌与不动杆菌属的亲缘关系较近, 因此把它们归到不动杆菌属。六菌株在pH 6.0-7.0, 温度为 30 ℃和石油浓度为2 g·L−1时, 对石油的降解率最大。     

Identification key for European strand-forming house-rot fungi

An identification key for 20 common strand-forming indoor wood decay fungi is given. The key is based on observations of material from affected buildings and on wood samples that have been incubated in the laboratory. The key is with macro- and microscopic photographs.     

Semicircular canal system in early primates

Mammals with more rapid and agile locomotion have larger semicircular canals relative to body mass than species that move more slowly. Measurements of semicircular canals in extant mammals with known locomotor behaviours can provide a basis for testing hypotheses about locomotion in fossil primates that is independent of postcranial remains, and a means of reconstructing locomotor behaviour in species known only from cranial material. Semicircular canal radii were measured using ultra high resolution X-ray CT data for 9 stem primates (“plesiadapiforms”; n = 11), 7 adapoids (n = 12), 4 omomyoids (n = 5), and the possible omomyoid Rooneyia viejaensis (n = 1). These were compared with a modern sample (210 species including 91 primates) with known locomotor behaviours. The predicted locomotor agilities for extinct primates generally follow expectations based on known postcrania for those taxa. “Plesiadapiforms” and adapids have relatively small semicircular canals, suggesting they practiced less agile locomotion than other fossil primates in the sample, which is consistent with reconstructions of them as less specialized for leaping. The derived notharctid adapoids (excluding Cantius) and all omomyoids sampled have relatively larger semicircular canals, suggesting that they were more agile, with Microchoerus in particular being reconstructed as having had very jerky locomotion with relatively high magnitude accelerations of the head. Rooneyia viejaensis is reconstructed as having been similarly agile to omomyids and derived notharctid adapoids, which suggests that when postcranial material is found for this species it will exhibit features for some leaping behaviour, or for a locomotor mode requiring a similar degree of agility.     

Bacterial flora in the alimentary tract of chickens infected with Eimeria brunetti and in chickens immunized with Eimeria maxima and cross-infected with Eimeria brunetti

Differential bacterial counts were made on the intestinal and caecal contents of chickens after inoculation with a standard dose of 320 000 freshly sporulated oocysts of Eimeria brunetti.     

Parasites, emerging disease and wildlife conservation

In this review some emerging issues of parasite infections in wildlife, particularly in Australia, are considered. We discuss the importance of understanding parasite biodiversity in wildlife in terms of conservation, the role of wildlife as reservoirs of parasite infection, and the role of parasites within the broader context of the ecosystem. Using a number of parasite species, the value of undertaking longitudinal surveillance in natural systems using non-invasive sampling and molecular tools to characterise infectious agents is illustrated in terms of wildlife health, parasite biodiversity and ecology.     

Phylogenetic relationships among Southeast Asian climbing bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) and the Bambusa complex

A phylogenetic analysis of Bambusa and allies based on the plastid DNA non-coding regions rps16-trnQ, trnC-rpoB, trnH-psbA and trnD-T, and a partial nuclear GBSSI gene, was carried out. This included representatives from all four Bambusa subgenera (including type species), a group of segregate Southeast Asian genera distinctive by their climbing–scrambling culms (Dinochloa, Holttumochloa, Kinabaluchloa, Maclurochloa, Soejatmia, Sphaerobambos), and two other Bambusinae genera (Dendrocalamus, Gigantochloa). The results do not support the present subgeneric classification of Bambusa. The climbing Southeast Asian genera, all of which include species previously placed in Bambusa, are distinct from the “core Bambusa group” (type species and alliance) and the Bambusa complex generally.     

Zebrafish msxB, msxC and msxE function together to refine the neural-nonneural border and regulate cranial placodes and neural crest development

The zebrafish muscle segment homeobox genes msxB, msxC and msxE are expressed in partially overlapping domains in the neural crest and preplacodal ectoderm. We examined the roles of these msx genes in early development. Disrupting individual msx genes causes modest variable defects, whereas disrupting all three produces a reproducible severe phenotype, suggesting functional redundancy. Neural crest differentiation is blocked at an early stage. Preplacodal development begins normally, but placodes arising from the msx expression domain later show elevated apoptosis and are reduced in size. Cell proliferation is normal in these tissues. Unexpectedly, Msx-deficient embryos become ventralized by late gastrulation whereas misexpression of msxB dorsalizes the embryo. These effects appear to involve Distal-less (Dlx) protein activity, as loss of dlx3b and dlx4b suppresses ventralization in Msx-depleted embryos. At the same time, Msx-depletion restores normal preplacodal gene expression to dlx3b-dlx4b mutants. These data suggest that mutual antagonism between Msx and Dlx proteins achieves a balance of function required for normal preplacodal differentiation and placement of the neural-nonneural border.     

Fate map of the distal portion of Drosophila proboscis as inferred from the expression and mutations of basic patterning genes

The late-third-instar labial disc is comprised of two disc-proper cell layers, one representing mainly the ventral half of the anterior compartment (L-layer) and the other, the dorsal half of the anterior compartment and most, if not all, of the posterior compartment (M-layer). In the L-layer, Distal-less represses homothorax whereas no Distal-less-dependent homothorax repression occurs in the M-layer where Distal-less is coexpressed with homothorax. In wild-type labial discs, clawless, one of the two homeobox genes expressed in distal cells receiving maximum (Decapentaplegic+Wingless) signaling activity in leg and antennal discs, is specifically repressed by proboscipedia. A fate map, inferred from data on basic patterning gene expression in larval and pupal stages and mutant phenotypes, indicates the inner surface of the labial palpus, which includes the pseudotracheal region, to be a derivative of the distal portion of the M-layer expressing wingless, patched, Distal-less and homothorax. The outer surface of the labial palpus with more than 30 taste bristles derives from an L-layer area consisting of dorsal portions of the anterior and posterior compartments, each expressing Distal-less. Our analysis also indicates that, in adults and pupae, the anterior-posterior boundary, dividing roughly equally the outer surface of the distiproboscis, runs along the outer circumference of the inner surface of distiproboscis.     

Gene expression in spider appendages reveals reversal of exd/hth spatial specificity, altered leg gap gene dynamics, and suggests divergent distal morphogen signaling

Leg development in Drosophila has been studied in much detail. However, Drosophila limbs form in the larva as imaginal discs and not during embryogenesis as in most other arthropods. Here, we analyze appendage genes in the spider Cupiennius salei and the beetle Tribolium castaneum. Differences in decapentaplegic (dpp) expression suggest a different mode of distal morphogen signaling suitable for the specific geometry of growing limb buds. Also, expression of the proximal genes homothorax (hth) and extradenticle (exd) is significantly altered: in the spider, exd is restricted to the proximal leg and hth expression extends distally, while in insects, exd is expressed in the entire leg and hth is restricted to proximal parts. This reversal of spatial specificity demonstrates an evolutionary shift, which is nevertheless compatible with a conserved role of this gene pair as instructor of proximal fate. Different expression dynamics of dachshund and Distal-less point to modifications in the regulation of the leg gap gene system. We comment on the significance of this finding for attempts to homologize leg segments in different arthropod classes. Comparison of the expression profiles of H15 and optomotor-blind to the Drosophila patterns suggests modifications also in the dorsal-ventral patterning system of the legs. Together, our results suggest alterations in many components of the leg developmental system, namely proximal-distal and dorsal-ventral patterning, and leg segmentation. Thus, the leg developmental system exhibits a propensity to evolutionary change, which probably forms the basis for the impressive diversity of arthropod leg morphologies.