植物病原真菌抑制杂草的活性筛选及菌株CY-H的活性代谢产物

【目的】分离并鉴定具有较好除草活性的植物病原真菌菌株,进一步分离活性化合物,为开发新型生物源除草剂奠定一定的基础。【方法】采用固体培养基接种法分离纯化植物病原真菌,通过形态学特征观察和5.8S rDNA测序鉴定目标菌株;在活性筛选追踪下,对活性组分进行追踪分离及纯化,经波谱分析确定活性单体化合物结构;采用培养皿生物分析法测定活性单体化合物的除草活性及对常见作物的安全性。【结果】茶叶致病菌CY-H具有较好的除草活性,其发酵液对稗草和反枝苋根的抑制率分别为94.6%和77.3%。CY-H被鉴定为间座壳属菌(Diaporthe sp.)。从CY-H菌中分离得到单体化合物CY1被鉴定为cytosporaphenones C。在供试浓度为100μg/mL时,CY1具有较好的抑制反枝苋根的活性,抑制率为57.1%,且其对小麦和油菜的安全性较好,抑制率均在20%左右。【结论】茶叶致病菌CY-H具有开发成微生物源除草剂的潜力。     

苹果树内生真菌抗腐烂病和炭疽病活性菌株的筛选

为了明确苹果树中内生真菌的种类及其对苹果树腐烂病菌和苹果树炭疽病菌的抑制作用, 对健康富士苹果树茎部和根部中的内生真菌进行了分离和初步鉴定,并采用组织块分离法和平板对峙法筛选出对苹果树腐烂病菌和炭疽病菌有明显抑制效果的拮抗菌,进一步研究了其发酵液对病原菌的抑制效果。结果表明,从筛选出的49株内生真菌中,8株对苹果树腐烂病和炭疽病病原菌有明显抑制效果,最高抑菌率达到83.93%;拮抗菌发酵液的平均抑菌率均在89%以上,最高达98.81%。且在同等条件下,拮抗菌对病原菌抑菌率比化学药剂高50%左右。该研究为新型生物农药的开发和利用提供参考。     

丁香内生死亡谷芽孢杆菌DX78的分离鉴定及其抑菌成分

【背景】植物内生菌往往产生与植物相同、相似或新颖的次生代谢产物,丁香具有广谱优异的抗菌活性,可从中分离到强抑菌作用的内生细菌。【目的】筛选抑制姜瘟病菌的丁香内生细菌并分离其活性成分。【方法】牛津杯法筛选拮抗内生细菌;根据16S rRNA基因序列鉴定菌株;有机溶剂萃取、硅胶柱层析和薄层制备色谱分离活性成分;测定1HNMR、13CNMR和DEPT(135°)并对分离的活性成分进行结构鉴定;滤纸片法和菌丝生长速率法测定活性成分抑菌活性。【结果】共分离到112株丁香内生细菌,从叶中分离最多,占37.4%。其中17株对姜瘟病菌有抑制,DX78菌株抑制作用最好,经鉴定为死亡谷芽孢杆菌,并从其发酵液中追踪分离到邻苯二甲酸二丁酯(dibutyl phthalate, DBP)。DBP对姜瘟病菌、猕猴桃溃疡病菌的MIC分别为0.3 mg/disc、0.25 mg/disc;其还可抑制多种植物病原真菌,特别对苹果炭疽叶枯病菌、番茄灰霉病菌和苹果腐烂病菌的抑制EC50仅分别为3.751、18.568和22.019μg/mL。以苹果炭疽叶枯病菌为靶标菌,戊唑醇抑制毒力约为DBP抑制毒力的4.5倍,DBP抑制毒...     

蒺藜内生真菌发酵液抗菌及抗肿瘤活性初步研究

【目的】筛选出具有抗菌和抗肿瘤活性的蒺藜内生真菌。【方法】采用牛津杯法、稻瘟菌模型及肿瘤细胞模型评价蒺藜内生真菌PDB和察氏培养基发酵产物的抗菌活性和肿瘤细胞毒性。【结果】PDB培养基发酵液和察氏培养基发酵液抑菌圈直径大于10 mm的菌株分别占总菌株数的19.05%和23.81%。PDB培养基发酵液和察氏培养基发酵液对稻瘟菌的最小抑制浓度(MIC)低于10%的菌株分别占总菌株数的19.05%和47.61%。对肿瘤细胞抑制率高于50%的PDB发酵产物占PDB发酵产物总数的52.38%, 而对肿瘤细胞抑制率高于50%的察氏发酵产物占察氏发酵产物总数的28.57%。【结论】部分蒺藜内生真菌的发酵产物具有抗菌和抗肿瘤活性。     

拮抗植物病原真菌链霉菌菌株ZH-356的鉴定及其生防评价

[目的]对实验室分离到的菌株ZH-356进行鉴定并评价其对植物病原真菌的生物防治效果,为研发针对植物真菌病害的生防菌剂提供理论指导。[方法]通过平板对峙法确定菌株ZH-356抗菌谱,并通过16S rRNA基因序列分析确定其种属,利用离体枝条的苹果树腐烂病菌感染预防试验和患腐烂病苹果树的防治试验评价其生防效果。[结果]菌株ZH-356鉴定为链霉菌属,与直丝紫链霉菌(Streptomyces rectiviolaceus)相似性最高,为99.71%。抗菌谱试验表明,菌株ZH-356对苹果树腐烂病菌、小麦赤霉病菌、小麦根腐病菌和番茄早疫病菌等多种植物病原真菌均具有较强的抑制作用,这种抑制作用可导致苹果树腐烂病菌菌丝变粗、交叉扭曲、分支变少且容易断裂。此外,ZH-356产生的抑菌活性物质对温度和酸碱度具有高度稳定性,并且该活性物质只存在于其胞内,只有当ZH-356遇到植物病原真菌时才会被分泌出来以抑制它们的生长。在离体枝条的苹果树腐烂病菌感染预防试验中,ZH-356对苹果树腐烂病防效可达94%以上,而在患腐烂病苹果树的防治试验中,ZH-356菌制剂对苹果树腐烂病的防效高达100%。[结论]链霉菌ZH-356抑菌谱广,对多种植物病原真菌均具有良好的拮抗活性,可作为防治植物真菌病害的生防菌株,为基于ZH-356菌株的生防菌剂的开发和防治苹果树腐烂病等植物真菌病害奠定了基础。     

濒危植物七子花内生真菌的分离鉴定及抗菌活性筛选

首先从濒危植物七子花中分离到38株内生真菌,综合运用形态特征和分子生物学技术,明确其分类地位。38株植物内生真菌分属于6个属和1个无孢子群,其中交链孢属和刺盘孢属为优势菌群,葡萄座腔菌属、镰刀菌属、赤霉菌属、拟茎点霉属和无孢子群为常见属。以大肠埃希菌、白色念珠菌、金黄色葡萄球菌为靶标菌对获得菌株发酵液粗提物进行抑菌试验,发现95%以上的菌株对试测细菌具有一定的抗菌活性,表明七子花内生真菌的抗菌活性十分普遍;其中QZHⅡ10对大肠埃希菌具有较好的抑菌活性,抑菌圈直径为12.0 mm;而QZHⅡ07则对金黄色葡萄球菌的抑菌活性较强,抑菌圈达到15.5 mm。这表明七子花内生真菌具有开发为微生物源杀菌剂的价值。     

黄蜻幼虫肠道分离菌QTYC38活性代谢产物的分离和鉴定

【目的】黄蜻幼虫肠道分离菌QTYC38菌株的鉴定及抗菌除草活性代谢物的研究。【方法】通过形态学观察及分子生物学ITS序列分析,对菌株QTYC38进行鉴定。利用生长速率法和琼脂扩散法测定菌株粗提物及其单体化合物的抗菌活性,结合培养皿生物分析法测定菌株粗提物及其单体化合物的除草活性。同时运用多种色谱方法分离发酵产物中的活性成分,并根据质谱和核磁共振谱数据确定其结构。【结果】菌株QTYC38被鉴定为浅黄新萨托菌Neosartorya aureola,在供试浓度为100μg/mL时,其粗提物对稗草和反枝苋的生长抑制活性较好,抑制率均大于65%;当供试浓度为30μg/滤纸片时,其对金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphyloccocus aureus)具有较好的抑菌活性,抑菌圈直径为22.7 mm,与阳性对照药(硫酸庆大霉素23.2 mm)活性相当。从该菌固体发酵产物中分离纯化得到4个单体化合物:helvolic acid(1),aromatic lactones(2),questin(3)和erogosterol(4)。其中,化合物1对枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)和金黄色葡萄球菌(S.aureus)均具有较好的生长抑制活性,最低抑菌浓度分别为3.1和1.5μg/mL;当供试浓度为100μg/mL时,化合物3和化合物4分别对杨树溃疡病菌(Dothiorella gregaria)和小麦赤霉病菌(Fusarium graminearum)具有较好的抑制效果,抑制率分别为52.4%和72.3%。【结论】菌株QTYC38具有开发为微生物源除草剂和新型杀菌剂的潜能。     

草珊瑚炭疽病拮抗细菌的鉴定及其抑菌机理

【背景】草珊瑚炭疽病发生严重,目前尚未有植物内生细菌对该病原菌生物防治的研究报道。【目的】筛选对肿节风炭疽病Colletotrichumdematium具有拮抗作用的内生细菌,并对其抑菌机理进行研究。【方法】采用平板稀释法从广西不同地区采集健康肿节风植株的不同组织分离、纯化获得内生细菌。【结果】平板对峙试验结果表明,来自茎的RJ-4和JJ-5对草珊瑚炭疽病具有较强的拮抗作用,其中拮抗作用最强的菌株是RJ-4,其抑制率达到84.10%。抗菌谱测定结果表明,RJ-4、JJ-5对供试的14种病原真菌均有明显的拮抗效果,拮抗作用最强的是RJ-4,平均抑制率达到95.30%;抑菌机理研究结果表明,该菌株可以分泌蛋白酶和纤维素酶以及几丁质酶,破坏病菌菌丝,抑制病菌生长;含有拮抗细菌的发酵液对病原菌菌丝抑制明显,菌丝扭曲、断裂且分枝缠绕、菌丝颜色加深等。通过形态学特性和16S rRNA基因鉴定,RJ-4菌株为解淀粉芽孢杆菌(Bacillus amyloliquefaciens)。【结论】RJ-4菌株具有抑菌抗病功能,并能产生多种抗菌活性物质,这可为新型抗菌物质提供资源。     

‘海螺’望春花内生真菌EF-WCH-51鉴定及其抑制葫芦科刺盘孢活性成分分析

【背景】药用植物内生真菌产生的次生代谢产物具有多种抗菌活性,因而具有生防菌开发潜力。【目的】鉴定一株对葫芦科刺盘孢(Colletotrichumorbiculare)有抑菌活性的‘海螺’望春花内生真菌EF-WCH-51,并确定其主要抑菌活性成分。【方法】根据形态特征并结合分子序列鉴定EF-WCH-51菌株,利用生长速率法确定EF-WCH-51抑菌活性,并采用半制备型HPLC、HPLC-MS/MS对其活性成分进行分离鉴定。【结果】供试菌株EF-WCH-51为丝枝蜡蚧菌(Lecanicillium aphanocladii),其发酵液粗提物对葫芦科刺盘孢菌丝生长具有较强抑制作用,EC50为0.086 2 mg/mL;抑菌活性组分A (0.085 0 mg/mL)对葫芦科刺盘孢抑制率达到76.08%,通过查询MS、MS/MS数据库以及与相关文献对比,确定该化合物为卵孢菌素(oosporein)。【结论】本研究发现丝枝蜡蚧菌对葫芦科刺盘孢具有较好的抑菌活性,其主要抑菌活性成分为卵孢菌素,具有作为瓜类炭疽病生防菌株的潜力。     

苹果枝条内生菌longA的鉴定及其抑菌作用机理初探

【目的】鉴定一株分离自苹果健康枝条的内生菌long A,对其抑菌作用机理进行初步探究。【方法】通过生理生化性质测定和16S r RNA基因序列分析对其进行鉴定;采用平板对峙法检测long A对苹果树腐烂病菌(Valsa mali)菌丝生长的影响和对孢子萌发的抑制作用,利用透射电镜观察苹果树腐烂病菌的细胞内部变化。【结果】16S r RNA基因序列分析结果表明该菌株为解淀粉芽孢杆菌Bacillus amyloliquefaciens;菌株long A好氧,可利用葡萄糖、蔗糖、甘露醇、乳酸、柠檬酸等碳源;耐盐性差(不能耐受质量分数7%的氯化钠);接触酶反应呈阳性;可还原硝酸盐;能使明胶液化、水解淀粉;不能利用柠檬酸盐;乙酰甲基甲醇(V-P)试验为阴性。long A能显著地降低苹果树腐烂病菌分生孢子的萌发率,并导致其菌丝生长过程中分枝增多、顶端膨大及细胞质外渗。【结论】菌株long A能有效抑制苹果树腐烂病菌等,具有一定的生防潜能。     

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.