掷孢菌科的研究II．中国叶表掷孢酵母的初步分类及掷孢酵母属的种类

作者多年来从我国禾本科等植物叶表分离了大量掷孢酵母,本文重点报道70株掷孢酵母与类酵母的初步分类,共分为三属,即掷孢酵母属(Sporobolomyces),布勤掷孢酵母属(Bul-lera)与腥掷孢菌属(Tilletiopsis);其中掷孢酵母属占75％。至于53株掷孢酵母,共分为三种,即攻红掷孢酣母(Sporobolomyces roseus)、赭色掷孢酵母(Sporobolomyces salmonicolor)、Sporobolomyces shibatanus);经统计,后者最为常见,占此属的84％。这些种在我国尚未见报道,作为新记录。     

酵母菌属间原生质体融合获得能发酵乳糖生产酒精的融合体

本文报道了用聚乙二醇(PEG)诱导酿酒酵母 （Saccharomyces cerecisiae)和乳酸克鲁维酵母(Kluyveromyces lactis)属间原生质体融合。融合体的细胞体积约为两亲株之和;融合体的DNA含量约为亲株的两倍;融合体具有双亲株的遗传标记。融合体不仅能发酵葡萄糖、蔗糖、麦芽糖、半乳糖、棉子糖和蜜二糖,而且也能发酵乳糖。在以乳糖为碳源的培养基中,融合体的发酵力是亲株乳酸克鲁维酵母的两倍多;在以葡萄糖为碳源的培养基中,融合体与亲株酿酒酵母的发酵力接近。     

致病酵母菌基因组多态性及亲缘关系的研究

致病酵母是条件致病菌感染中最常见的菌群。其属间、种间及种内的分型具有重要的流行病学及临床意义。以随机扩增多态性(Randomly Amplified Polymorphism DNA markers,RAPD)的方法对48株临床上常见的酵母菌属间、种间及种内基因组型的多态性进行了研究,并以多种引物扩增带型的相似性系数的高低来评价酵母菌之间的亲缘关系。结果表明:RAPD带型可清楚的显示出假丝酵母(Candida)及相关酵母属间、种间及种内的差异,亲缘关系的研究表明假丝酵母属与隐球菌属(Cryptococcus)、丝孢酵母属(Trichosporon)的相似性系数为80％,除季也蒙假丝酵母(C. guilliermondii)外,假丝酵母属中不同种间的相似性系数为82％～87％,同种不同株间的相似性系数>90％。大多数属、种基因组分型的结果和形态学分类结果相符。     

一个分离自海南岛森林土壤的新种——中国类酵母

本文研究了分离自海南岛尖峰岭原始森林土壤的一株酵母,细胞柠檬形、椭圆形。营养繁殖为两端芽裂(bipolar budfission)。子囊孢子椭圆球形,成熟时子囊不破裂。孢子萌发前可成对接合,或不经接合即萌发。这些特性符合于类酵母属的特征,但是它同化和发酵葡萄糖泮乳糖,不同化不发酵蔗糖和棉子糖,并需要复合氨基酸作为氮源,因此与本属仅有的种路德类酵母(Saccharomycodes ludwigii)不相同,故定为新种——中国类酵母(Saccharomycodes sinensis sp. Nov.)。     

掷孢菌科的研究III．不同掷孢酵母属产掷孢子的能力及担子菌酵母形成特大厚垣孢子的规律

本文以分离自中国的大量掷孢酵母为材料,研究了不同属的掷孢酵母生掷孢子的能力,以及此能力的持久性,发现属间差异很大。此外还报道了142株不同酵母的产厚垣孢子的情况,发现与担子菌有关的4属酵母在接近致死温度时,都会出现特大厚垣孢子如红掷静酵母Sporobolomyces),布勒掷孢酵母(Bullera),红酵母(Rhodotorula)与隐球酵母(Cryp-tococcus),而属于子囊菌的酵母属(Saccharomyces)则无此现象,从而对某些接近担子菌的酵母又增加了新的认识。     

中国虫囊菌属分类的研究I．

本文报道虫囊菌属(Laboulbenia)2个新种,中国新记录种及新记录变种各1个：海南虫囊菌(L．Hainanensis Ye et Y．H．Shen sp．nov．)寄生于齿负泥虫[Zema coromandeliana(Fabricius)],福建虫囊菌(L．Fuiianensis Ye sp．nov．)寄生于长唇步甲属(Dollehoctissp．),蠕形虫囊菌(L．Vermiformis Balazue)寄生于锯缘步甲(Peripristus alter Cast.),瘤壳虫囊菌婆罗洲变种(L．Thyreopteri Thaxt．Var．Borneensis Thnxt.)寄生于四斑长唇步甲[Dolichoctis tctraspilotus (Macheay)]。本文所研究的全部标本都保存于广东省微生物研究所。     

不同类群酵母胞壁甘露聚糖核磁共振氢谱的比较研究*

运用核磁共振氢谱(PMR谱) 对各类酵母的细胞壁甘露聚糖进行比较研究,在我国尚无报道,其中某些酵母也尚无文献记载。本文结果表明：1．同菌株的胞壁甘露聚糖PMR谱型的重复性很好。2．同种不同株的酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)的多糖谱型也相同。3．所测的二端芽殖酵母中完全型与不完全型菌株的谱型很相似, 如柠檬形克勒克酵母(Kloeokera apiculata)与葡萄有孢汉逊酵母(Hanseniaspora uvarum。4．某些分类系统上来源较杂的子囊菌酵母如单宁管囊酵母(Packysolen tanophilus)、萤光威克酵母(Wickerkamiaflurescens) 与高糖固囊酵母(Citeromyses matritensis) 则体现了各不相同的谱型。 5．二株分自西双版纳的极为相近的类酵母(Saccharomycodes sp.)其多糖的(PMR)谱型与多糖的组分都彼此相同,有助于对它们的适当归类。这一切证明酵母胞壁多糖PMR谱型相似程度的比较是分类上较有意义的性状,有助于探讨亲缘关系,核实完全型与不完全型,也有助于对疑难菌株的分析     

分离自神农架的湖北克鲁维酵母新种

从我国湖北省神农架地区的霉腐树叶上,分离到一株克鲁维酵母属的酵母。其形态与生理方面与已知种与变种均有很大差异,定为新种,并命名为湖北克鲁维酵母(Kluyveromyceshubeiensis M．X.Li．X．H．Fu et Tang sp．nov．)。     

酵母属间原生质体融合改进菌株木糖发酵性能

通过单倍体分离和紫外诱变,获得了１４株树干毕赤酵母（Ｐｉｃｈｉａｓｔｉｐｉｔｉｓ）７１２４和酿酒酵母（Ｓａｃｈａｒｏｍｙｃｅｓｃｅｒｅｖｉｓｉａｅ）１３００的营养缺陷型突变株。用聚乙二醇（ＰＥＧ）和电诱导融合及致死融合等方法,实现了树干毕赤酵母和酿酒酵母的属间原生质体融合。融合子能发酵木糖产生酒精,其厌氧发酵木糖和木糖葡萄糖混合液的能力明显优于亲株,耐酒精的性能也比亲株树干毕赤酵母７１２４有所提高。融合子经ＤＮＡ含量、细胞体积测定和稳定性能实验证明为稳定融合子。     

脉冲电泳核型分析在酿酒酵母菌分类学研究中的应用

根据酵母属（ Ｓａｃｃｈａｒｏｍｙｃｅｓ Ｍｅｙｅｎ ｅｘ Ｒｅｅｓｓ） 分类学研究最新进展,核实并更新了保藏于中国普通微生物菌种保藏中心的该属菌株的种类归属。在形态和生理生化性状,包括对６ 种糖的发酵能力、对１８ 种碳源和３ 种氮源化合物的同化能力、在无维生素培养基中和３７ ℃下的生长情况、对放线菌素酮的抗性等常规分类学研究的基础上,对部分疑难菌株进行了脉冲电泳核型比较分析。酿酒酵母（ Ｓａｃｃｈａｒｏｍｙｃｅｓｃｅｒｅｖｉｓｉａｅ） 、贝酵母（ Ｓ．Ｂａｙａｎｕｓ） 和巴氏酵母（ Ｓ．Ｐａｓｔｏｒｉａｎｕｓ） 三者与少孢酵母（ Ｓ．Ｅｘｉｇｕｕｓ） 在电泳核型上具有明显的差异,主要表现在前三者染色体ＤＮＡ 分子的大小范围均为２２５ ～２２００ ｋｂ ,而Ｓ．Ｅｘｉｇｕｕｓ 缺少小于３６５ ｋｂ 的染色体ＤＮＡ 分子。Ｓ．Ｃｅｒｅｖｉｓｉａｅ 的模式和权威菌株具有１２ ～１４ 条染色体ＤＮＡ 带;Ｓ．Ｂａｙａｎｕｓ 和Ｓ．Ｐａｓｔｏｒｉａｎｕｓ 的模式菌株均有１７ 条带,但在带型上存在一定差异。原归于Ｓ．Ｃｅｒｅｖｉｓｉａｅ 的株菌ＡＳ２－１００ 具有１６ 条带,与Ｓ．Ｃｅｒｅｖｉｓｉａｅ 区别明显而与Ｓ．…     

Biocatalytic preparation of enantiopure ( R)-ketoprofen from its racemic ester by a new yeast isolate Citeromyces matriensis CGMCC 0573

The yeast strain CGMCC 0573 was identified as Citeromyces matriensis and shown to be capable of enantioselectively hydrolyzing ethyl ester of ( R)-Ketoprofen (2-(3-benzoylphenyl)propionic acid). The strain was isolated for the first time from soil samples through a new and efficient screening procedure in which the probability of obtaining active strains was greatly increased by using ethanol and Tween-80 alternatively as additives during the enrichment culture. Studies of the culture conditions and catalytic performance of Citeromyces matriensis CGMCC 0573 showed that the enzyme occurs constitutively in the cells and its production is enhanced by feeding with Tween-80 during the early period of cultivation. Yeast extract was found to be beneficial both for growth and for esterase production. The optimal temperature and pH for the bioconversion were 40 degrees C and pH 8.0, respectively. Biotransformation using resting cells cultured in a flask with baffles and magnetic stirring and in the presence of 50 mM substrate resulted in the production of ( R)-ketoprofen at 93% ee (enantiomeric excess) and at 42.6% conversion.     

Galactose metabolism by Streptococcus mutans

The galK gene, encoding galactokinase of the Leloir pathway, was insertionally inactivated in Streptococcus mutans UA159. The galK knockout strain displayed only marginal growth on galactose, but growth on glucose or lactose was not affected. In strain UA159, the sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) for lactose and the PTS for galactose were induced by growth in lactose and galactose, although galactose PTS activity was very low, suggesting that S. mutans does not have a galactose-specific PTS and that the lactose PTS may transport galactose, albeit poorly. To determine if the galactose growth defect of the galK mutant could be overcome by enhancing lactose PTS activity, the gene encoding a putative repressor of the operon for lactose PTS and phospho-beta-galactosidase, lacR, was insertionally inactivated. A galK and lacR mutant still could not grow on galactose, although the strain had constitutively elevated lactose PTS activity. The glucose PTS activity of lacR mutants grown in glucose was lower than in the wild-type strain, revealing an influence of LacR or the lactose PTS on the regulation of the glucose PTS. Mutation of the lacA gene of the tagatose pathway caused impaired growth in lactose and galactose, suggesting that galactose can only be efficiently utilized when both the Leloir and tagatose pathways are functional. A mutation of the permease in the multiple sugar metabolism operon did not affect growth on galactose. Thus, the galactose permease of S. mutans is not present in the gal, lac, or msm operons.     

Differential selectivity of the Escherichia coli cell membrane shifts the equilibrium for the enzyme-catalyzed isomerization of galactose to tagatose

An Escherichia coli galactose kinase gene knockout (DeltagalK) strain, which contains the l-arabinose isomerase gene (araA) to isomerize d-galactose to d-tagatose, showed a high conversion yield of tagatose compared with the original galK strain because galactose was not metabolized by endogenous galactose kinase. In whole cells of the DeltagalK strain, the isomerase-catalyzed reaction exhibited an equilibrium shift toward tagatose, producing a tagatose fraction of 68% at 37 degrees C, whereas the purified l-arabinose isomerase gave a tagatose equilibrium fraction of 36%. These equilibrium fractions are close to those predicted from the measured equilibrium constants of the isomerization reaction catalyzed in whole cells and by the purified enzyme. The equilibrium shift in these cells resulted from the higher uptake and lower release rates for galactose, which is a common sugar substrate, than for tagatose, which is a rare sugar product. A DeltamglB mutant had decreased uptake rates for galactose and tagatose, indicating that a methylgalactoside transport system, MglABC, is the primary contributing transporter for the sugars. In the present study, whole-cell conversion using differential selectivity of the cell membrane was proposed as a method for shifting the equilibrium in sugar isomerization reactions.     

Towards a cost effective strategy for cutinase production by a recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae: strain physiological aspects

Although the physiology and metabolism of the growth of yeast strains has been extensively studied, many questions remain unanswered where the induced production of a recombinant protein is concerned. This work addresses the production of a Fusarium solani pisi cutinase by a recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain induced through the use of a galactose promoter. The strain is able to metabolise the inducer, galactose, which is a much more expensive carbon source than glucose. Both the transport of galactose into the cell-required for the induction of cutinase production-and galactose metabolism are highly repressed by glucose. Different fermentation strategies were tested and the culture behaviour was interpreted in view of the strain metabolism and physiology. A fed-batch fermentation with a mixed feed of glucose and galactose was carried out, during which simultaneous consumption of both hexoses was achieved, as long as the glucose concentration in the medium did not exceed 0.20 g/l. The costs, in terms of hexoses, incurred with this fermentation strategy were reduced to 23% of those resulting from a fermentation carried out using a more conventional strategy, namely a fed-batch fermentation with a feed of galactose.     

Derepression of galactose metabolism in melibiase producing bakers' and distillers' yeast

Beet molasses is widely used as a growth substrate for bakers' and distillers' yeast in the production of biomass and ethanol. Most commercial yeasts do not fully utilise the carbohydrates in molasses since they are incapable of hydrolysing the disaccharide melibiose to glucose and galactose. Also, expression of genes encoding enzymes for the utilisation of carbon sources that are alternatives to glucose is tightly regulated, sometimes rates of yeast growth and/or ethanol production. The GAL genes are regulated by specific induction by galactose and repression during growth on glucose. In an industrial distillers' yeast, two genes interacting synergistically in glucose repression of galactose utilization, MIG1 and GAL80, have been disrupted with MEL1, encoding melibiase. The physiology of the wild-type strain and the recombinant strains was investigated on mixtures of glucose and galactose and on molasses. The recombinant strain started to ferment galactose when 9.7 g 1(-1) glucose was still present during a batch fermentation, whereas the wild-type strain did not consume any galactose in the presence of glucose. The ethanol yield in the recombinant strain was 0.50 g ethanol g sugar (-1) in an ethanol fermentation on molasses, compared with 0.48 g ethanol g sugar (-1) for the wild-type strain. The increased ethanol yield was due to utilization of melibiose in the molasses.     

Influence of the lactose plasmid on the metabolism of galactose by Streptococcus lactis.

Streptococcus lactis strain DR1251 was capable of growth on lactose and galactose with generation times, at 30 degrees C, of 42 and 52 min, respectively. Phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase activity for lactose and galactose was induced during growth on either substrate. This activity had an apparent K(m) of 5 x 10(-5) M for lactose and 2 x 10(-2) M for galactose. beta-d-Phosphogalactoside galactohydrolase activity was synthesized constitutively by these cells. Strain DR1251 lost the ability to grow on lactose at a high frequency when incubated at 37 degrees C with glucose as the growth substrate. Loss of ability to metabolize lactose was accompanied by the loss of a 32-megadalton plasmid, pDR(1), and Lac(-) isolates did not revert to a Lac(+) phenotype. Lac(-) strains were able to grow on galactose but with a longer generation time. Galactose-grown Lac(-) strains were deficient in beta-d-phosphogalactoside galactohydrolase activity and phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase activity for both lactose and galactose. There was also a shift from a predominantly homolactic to a heterolactic fermentation and a fivefold increase in galactokinase activity, relative to the Lac(+) parent strain grown on galactose. These results suggest that S. lactis strain DR1251 metabolizes galactose primarily via the tagatose-6-phosphate pathway, using a lactose phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase activity to transport this substrate into the cell. Lac(-) derivatives of strain DR1251, deficient in the lactose phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase activity, appeared to utilize galactose via the Leloir pathway.     

A phylogenetic study of ubiquinone Q-8 species of the genera Candida,Pichia, and Citeromyces based on 18S ribosomal DNA sequence divergence

To clarify phylogenetic relationships among species of the anamorphic ascomycetous genus Candida with ubiquinone Q-8, we determined complete sequences of 18S ribosomal RNA genes (18S rDNAs) from the type strains of 20 species of the genus Candida and 7 of the teleomorphic ascomycetous genera Pichia and Citeromyces, which have Q-8 as the major ubiquinone. Q-8-forming Candida species were divided into six clusters and were phylogenetically distant from a group of Candida species that included the type species of the genus. One Q-8-forming species from each of the genera Pichia, Citeromyces, or Clavispora was included in five of six clusters. Cluster 1 comprised C. ishiwadae, C. ernobii, C. karawaiewii, C. anatomiae, C. populi, and Pichia holstii. Cluster 2 comprised C. globosa and its teleomorph, Citeromyces matritensis. Cluster 3 comprised C. molischiana and Pichia capsulata. Cluster 4 comprised C. silvanorum, C. sequanensis, C. fennica, C. entomophila, C. homilentoma, C. rhagii, C. gotoi, and Pichia burtonii. Cluster 5 comprised C. fructus, C. musae, and C. lusitaniae (anamorph of Clavispora lusitaniae). Cluster 6 comprised C. stellata, C. lactiscondensi, C. galacta, and C. incommunis and was a heterogeneous group with large interspecific divergence. Pichia pastoris was quite divergent and phylogenetically distant from other Pichia species examined. Pichia methanolica and its synonym, P. cellobiosa, which have both Q-7 and Q-8 as major ubiquinones, were closely associated with Q-7-forming Williopsis salicorniae. Based on this comparative analysis of 18S rDNA sequences, it is evident that Q-8 Candida species and Q-8 Pichia species are polyphyletic.     

Enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism and their role on exopolysaccharide production in Streptococcus thermophilus

The role of the enzymes uridine-5'-diphospho-(UDP) glucose pyrophosphorylase and UDP galactose 4-epimerase in exopolysaccharide production of Gal⁻ ropy and non-ropy strains of Streptococcus thermophilus in a batch culture was investigated. Growth of the ropy and non-ropy strains was accompanied by total release of the galactose moiety from lactose hydrolysis in modified Bellinker broth with lactose as the only carbon source. This was associated with a greater exopolysaccharide production by the ropy strain. The polymer produced by both strains in cultures with lactose or glucose as carbon sources contained glucose, galactose and rhamnose, indicating that glucose was used as a carbon source for bacterial growth and for exopolysaccharide formation. UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity was associated with polysaccharide production during the first 12 h in a 20 h culture in the ropy strain, but not in the non-ropy strain. UDP-galactose 4-epimerase was not associated with exopolysaccharide synthesis in any strain. The evidence presented suggests that the glucose moiety from lactose hydrolysis is the source of sugar for heteropolysaccharide synthesis, due to a high UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity.