利用酯酶同工酶技术检测香菇双单杂交后代

选用香菇的野生株Ｑ 与栽培株苏香的四种孢子单核体进行完全亲和双单杂交,运用拮抗试验并辅以液体出菇试验初步鉴定出１２ 个杂交后代,且对杂交后代酯酶同工酶进行了检测,并以聚类分析方法分析了菌株间酯酶同工酶酶谱的结果,较直观本质地反映了杂交后代及其与亲本之间的遗传差异,表明１ —１２ 号菌株是真正的双单杂交后代,认为菌株间酯酶同工酶酶相似系数值可以作为香菇遗传育种选择亲本的辅助的遗传标记     

6个杏鲍菇菌株生理生化研究

目的:对收集的6个杏鲍菇菌种菌丝进行生理、生化研究,酯酶同工酶法分析菌株间的差异与关系。方法:利用杏鲍菇菌丝阶段的生长速度测定、诱变剂抗性试验和酯酶同工酶比较,对杏鲍菇菌株营养生长阶段的理化指标进行研究,对酯酶同工酶谱进行相似系数和遗传距离分析,确立各菌株的异同。结果:菌株间菌丝生长速度差异不显著;抗诱变剂实验结果显示,2、5、6号菌株对诱变剂抗性较强;酯酶同工酶分析表明,杏鲍菇6个菌株同工酶酶带存在的差异很大。结论:通过试验表明,所选6株杏鲍菇菌种为各自独立菌株。     

酯酶同工酶及RAPD技术在香菇杂种优势研究中的应用

采用酯酶同工酶及RAPD技术对香菇3个亲本双核体(苏香、野生46#、野生80#)及其10个单核体、以及它们的10个杂交后代进行了遗传差异和亲缘关系的研究,同时针对亲本单核体酯酶同工酶标记和RAPD标记遗传距离、以及杂交子和亲本单核体RAPD标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势进行了相关性分析。结果表明,酯酶同工酶和RAPD技术都可进行香菇杂种优势群的划分研究,但RAPD标记检测的多态性要远远高于酯酶同工酶标记。相关分析结果表明,亲本单核体酯酶同工酶标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势无相关性,而RAPD标记遗传距离与其存在极显著正相关;杂交子和以苏香为来源的单核体亲本之间RAPD标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势也存在极显著正相关,而杂交子和以野生46#、野生80#为来源的单核体亲本之间RAPD标记遗传距离与其相关不显著。     

酯酶同工酶及RAPD技术在香菇杂种优势研究中的应用*

采用酯酶同工酶及RAPD技术对香菇3个亲本双核体(苏香、野生46#、野生80#)及其10个单核体、以及它们的10个杂交后代进行了遗传差异和亲缘关系的研究,同时针对亲本单核体酯酶同工酶标记和RAPD标记遗传距离、以及杂交子和亲本单核体RAPD标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势进行了相关性分析。结果表明,酯酶同工酶和RAPD技术都可进行香菇杂种优势群的划分研究,但RAPD标记检测的多态性要远远高于酯酶同工酶标记。相关分析结果表明,亲本单核体酯酶同工酶标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势无相关性,而RAPD标记遗传距离与其存在极显著正相关;杂交子和以苏香为来源的单核体亲本之间RAPD标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势也存在极显著正相关,而杂交子和以野生46#、野生80#为来源的单核体亲本之间RAPD标记遗传距离与其相关不显著。     

酯酶同工酶及RAPD技术在香菇杂种优势研究中的应用

采用酯酶同工酶及RAPD技术对香菇3个亲本双核体(苏香、野生46^#、野生80^#)及其10个单核体、以及它们的10个杂交后代进行了遗传差异和亲缘关系的研究,同时针对亲本单核体酯酶同工酶标记和RAPD标记遗传距离、以及杂交子和亲本单核体RAPD标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势进行了相关性分析。结果表明,酯酶同工酶和RAPD技术都可进行香菇杂种优势群的划分研究,但RAPD标记检测的多态性要远远高于酯酶同工酶标记。相关分析结果表明,亲本单核体酯酶同工酶标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势无相关性,而RAPD标记遗传距离与其存在极显著正相关;杂交子和以苏香为来源的单核体亲本之间RAPD标记遗传距离与香菇产量超亲优势也存在极显著正相关,而杂交子和以野生46^#、野生80^#为来源的单核体亲本之间RAPD标记遗传距离与其相关不显著。     

香菇正反双单杂交后代的遗传分析*

选用香菇的杂交菌株农１与野生株Ｑ进行正反双单杂交,得到６个杂交后代。结果表 明：３个正交菌株与３个反交菌株在酯酶同工酶与ＤＮＡ水平上具有极高的相似性,而对杀菌 剂和温度的敏感性显示了明显的遗传差异,且农艺性状遗传差异也十分显著。正反杂交菌株在 核基因相同情况下的遗传差异应主要归于细胞质差异。本研究表明,香菇双单杂交后代是同质 异核体。     

两种虫生真菌酯酶同工酶酶谱多样性研究

采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳技术对不同来源的22株球孢白僵菌和21株粉拟青霉酯酶同工酶的酶谱多样性进行了研究,由酯酶图谱可知同种不同菌株间具有丰富的遗传多样性,可作为菌株亲缘关系的可靠的遗传标记。遗传距离进行聚类分析,结果表明球孢白僵菌、粉拟青霉不同菌株间亲缘关系的远近与寄主范围无任何相关性,与菌株来源地在某些菌株间存在一定的相关性。     

培养时间对黑木耳酯酶同工酶谱的影响

为准确地将酯酶同工酶技术应用于食用菌菌株鉴别和遗传育种研究以及进行快速的菌种区分、鉴定,本试验对10个黑木耳菌株不同培养时期的胞内酯酶(EST)同工酶谱进行了研究,并对菌株间亲和性试验结果进行分析。结果表明:同一培养时期的各菌株间同工酶谱存在明显差异,不同培养时期同一菌株同工酶谱也存在一定的差异。培养20d诱导的同工酶谱可有效区分、鉴定各菌株。聚类分析结果表明:培养20d的酶谱聚类分析结果与亲和性试验结果相一致。     

木耳栽培菌株酯酶同工酶的酶谱多样性研究

采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳技术对木耳（Ａｕｒｉｃｕｌａｒｉａａｕｒｉｃｕｌａ（Ｈｏｏｋ）Ｕｎｄｅｒｗ）１０个栽培菌株酯酶同工酶的酶谱多样性进行了研究。１０个供试菌株的幼龄菌丝（７ｄ）中仅检测到２５条酶带,各个菌株分别具有２～３条酶带,１０个菌株仅有２种酶谱类型;老龄菌丝（７２ｄ）中共检测到４４条酶带,各个菌株分别具有３～６条酶带,１０菌株共有８种酶谱类型。研究表明,木耳双核体菌丝中某些酯酶同工酶基因位点在一定的发育时期才开始表达,老龄菌丝酯酶同工酶酶谱在木耳菌株鉴别和遗传育种研究中具有更大的应用价值。     

黑木耳菌株酯酶同工酶酶谱多样性研究

目的：为了探索黑木耳菌株之间的遗传距离,构建出供试菌株酯酶同工酶鉴别图。方法：采用垂直板聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳对21个黑木耳菌株酯酶同工酶的酶谱多样性进行了研究。结果：酯酶同工酶电泳各个菌株分别具有2~7条酶带,其中在Rf值为0.344处,21个菌株都有谱带出现。21个菌株之间的遗传相似系数在0.167-1.000之间,应用NTSYS软件进行聚类分析,当相似水平为0.73时,可将供试的21个黑木耳菌株分为6个不同的类群。结论：酯酶同工酶可以有效快捷的对黑木耳菌株进行菌种鉴定,是黑木耳菌株遗传多样性研究的理想手段。     

Evaluation of Rambach agar for the differentiation of Salmonella species from other Enterobacteriaceae

Rambach agar (Merck) was evaluated for its reliability as a selective diagnostic medium for the differentiation of Salmonella species from other Enterobacteriaceae. Twenty-five Salmonella strains were cultured on each of three agar media, Rambach (RAM), xylose lysine desoxycholate (XLD) and bismuth sulphite (BSA). Typical, easily interpreted reactions and colony morphologies were achieved for 23 strains on RAM and BSA and 17 on XLD. Of 135 other Enterobacteriaceae cultured on RAM, 134 gave characteristics which differentiated them from Salmonella . One strain which looked like Salmonella was identified as Citrobacter freundii . Rambach agar has potential as a supplementary agar in testing foods for Salmonella , but as with other selective diagnostic agars, it has limitations.     

Strain selection for improvement of Bradyrhizobium japonicum competitiveness for nodulation of soybean

A Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110-derived strain able to produce wider halos in soft-agar medium than its parental strain was obtained by recurrent selection. It was more chemotactic than the wild type towards mannitol and three amino acids. When cultured in minimal medium with mannitol as a single carbon-source, it had one thick subpolar flagellum as the wild type, plus several other flagella that were thinner and sinusoidal. Root adsorption and infectivity in liquid media were 50-100% higher for the selected strain, but root colonization in water-unsaturated vermiculite was similar to the wild type. A field experiment was then carried out in a soil with a naturalized population of 1.8 x 10(5) soybean-nodulating rhizobia g of soil(-1). Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains were inoculated either on the soybean seeds or in the sowing furrows. Nodule occupation was doubled when the strains were inoculated in the sowing furrows with respect to seed inoculation (significant with P<0.05). On comparing strains, nodule occupation with seed inoculation was 6% or 10% for the wild type or selected strains, respectively, without a statistically significant difference, while when inoculated in the sowing furrows, nodule occupation increased to 12% and 22%, respectively (differences significant with P<0.05).     

Whole-cell matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for rapid identification of bacteria cultured in liquid media

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been used for many years to rapidly identify whole bacteria. However, no consistent methodology exists for the rapid identification of bacteria cultured in liquid media. Thus, in this study we explored the use of MALDI-TOF MS analysis for rapid identification of cells cultured in liquid media. We determined that 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (50 mg mL^?1, 50% acetonitrile, 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid) was the best matrix solution for MALDI-TOF MS for this type of study. Moreover, the tested strains were successfully differentiated by principal component analysis, and the main characteristics of the mass peaks for each species were found in mixed culture samples. In addition, we found that the minimum number of cells for detection was 1.8×10³. In conclusion, our findings suggest that MS-based techniques can be developed as an auxiliary method for rapidly and accurately identifying bacteria cultured in liquid media.     

Selection of newly isolated mushroom strains for tolerance and biosorption of zinc in vitro

Nine newly isolated mushroom strains were tested to assess both their zinc tolerance and potential for zinc removal from an aqueous solution. Four strains of ectomycorrhizal fungi, namely Clavariadelphus truncatus (T 192), Rhizopogon roseolus (T 21), Lepista nuda (T 373), and Tricholoma equestre (T 174), along with five strains of white rot fungi, Lenzites betulina (S 2), Trametes hirsuta (T 587), Ganoderma spp. (T 99), Polyporus arcularius (T 438), and Ganoderma carnosum (M 88), were investigated using zinc-amended solid and liquid media. Their biosorption properties were also determined. The colony diameter and dry weight were used as tolerance indices for fungal growth. C. truncatus and T. equestre were not strongly inhibited at the highest concentrations of (225 mg/l) zinc in solid media. The most tolerant four strains with solid media, C. truncatus, G. carnosum, T. hirsuta, and T. equestre, were then chosen for tolerance tests in liquid media. An ectomycorrhizal strain, C. truncatus, was also detected as the most tolerant strain in liquid media. However, the metal-tolerant strains demonstrated weak activity in the biosorption studies. In contrast, the highest biosorption activity was presented by a more sensitive strain, G. carnosum. In addition, seven different biosorbent types from G. carnosum (M 88) were compared for their Zn (II) biosorption in batch experiments.     

Preparation of dodecanol-tolerant strains of Yarrowia lipolytica

Dodecanol (1% v/v) and dodecanoic acid (1% w/v) inhibited growth of Yarrowia lipolytica in complex media supplemented with glucose but dodecanedioic acid (1% w/v) was not toxic. Dodecanol-tolerant strains were prepared from the wild type strain H222 as well as the acyl-CoA oxidase deleted (deltaPOX2, POX3, POX5) strain MTLY35. These strains grew in rich media containing up to 10% (v/v) dodecanol. Dodecanol-tolerant strains remained dodecanol tolerant after they had been cultured in rich media without dodecanol. No significant amount of dodecanedioic acid was accumulated by the dodecanol-tolerant strains when grown on glucose in the presence of dodecanol.     

Occurrence of Escherichia coli O157 in feces of healthy persons, from selected groups, in the country

The purpose of the study was determination of the occurrence of E. coli O157 in faeces samples of healthy subjects and characterization of the isolated strains with respect to their potential pathogenicity. The study was carried out in two stages. In the first one in 5 sanitary-epidemiological stations samples were tested from healthy subjects after inoculation onto McConkey (MC) or/and McConkey with sorbitol (SMC) media and isolating from each culture 10 lactose-positive (on MC medium) or sorbitol-negative (on SMC) colonies. Then latex test was done with each isolate for E. coli O157 presence. In all, 1005 samples were studied, including 260 taken from children aged 0-2 years, 180 samples from children aged 3-10 years, and 565 samples from older children and adults. E. coli O157 rods were cultured from 6 adults (0.6%). In the second stage carried out at the Laboratory of Enterobacteriaceae, Bacteriology Department, National Institute of Hygiene strains obtained from territorial laboratories were studied determining their phenotypic and genotypic traits regarded as virulence markers of verotoxic E. coli O157 strains, such as inability to ferment sorbitol and MUG breakdown, and production of verotoxins and enterohaemolysin. By the PCR method fragments were sought of genes coding for production of verotoxins, intimin and enterohaemolysin. The results showed that no E. coli O157 strain obtained from healthy individuals produced verotoxins, but three studied strains contained the eae gene determining intimin production and they were regarded as enteropathogenic.     

Mycobactins and exochelins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum and other related species

Following iron-deficient growth, mycobactins and exochelins were isolated from 11 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (including type strains of the virulent H37Rv and avirulent H37Ra organisms) as well as from M. bovis (one strain), M. bovis BCG (two strains), M. africanum (eight strains) and M. xenopi (one strain) but not from M. microti (one strain). The mycobactins from the tuberculosis group (M. tuberculosis, M. bovis and M. africanum) were identical and could each be resolved into four compounds by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and into several fractions by high-performance liquid chromatography, supporting previous claims that this group is a single taxon. Exochelins were all chloroform-soluble and showed no species specificity; no single exochelin was recognized by TLC that had not been previously seen in M. avium or a related species.     

Exopolysaccharides of the plant pathogens Pseudomonas corrugata and Ps. flavescens and the saprophyte Ps. chlororaphis

The rRNA-DNA homology group I pseudomonads Pseudomonas asplenii, Ps. corrugata, Ps. flavescens (plant pathogens), Ps. alcaligenes, Ps. pseudoalcaligenes subsp. pseudoalcaligenes (opportunistic human pathogens), Ps. aureofaciens and Ps. chlororaphis (saprophytes) were examined for their ability to produce exopolysaccharides (EPSs) when cultured on various solid and liquid complex media with glucose, glycerol or gluconate as primary sources of carbon. All three strains (388, 717 and ATCC 29736) of Ps. corrugata produced alginate, a polyuronan. An EPS composed of glucose, fucose, mannose and an unidentified uronic acid substituted with lactic acid was produced by one (B62) of two strains of Ps. flavescens. Of four strains of Ps. chlororaphis tested, only strain NRRL B-2075 produced EPS. The extracellular material purified by anion-exchange chromatography appeared to be a mixture of alginate plus an acidic hexosamine-containing polymer(s). Production of EPS by the other pseudomonads was not supported by any of the media tested.     

Murine Chromosomal Regions Correlated with Longevity

In this longevity analysis of 360 BXD recombinant inbred female mice (20 different strains), 2 strains had very significantly shorter survival and 1 strain had very significantly longer survival than the other 17 strains; 4 other strains had less significant lengthening of survival compared to the other 13 strains in a proportional hazards model of survival. Mean survival on the shortest lived strain was 479 days; on the longest lived strain the mean survival was almost double (904 days). Ranges of survival within strain were very large (averaging 642 days), and strain accounted for only 29% of the variation in survival, showing that there are important environmental and/or special developmental effects on longevity even in this colony housed in a single room. Each strain had been typed for markers of 141 regions on 15 chromosomes; 101 of these markers had distinguishable distributions on the 20 strains. The two shortest lived strains had the same alleles for 63% of the markers. The single region most significantly correlated with survival (marked by P450, Coh, Xmmv-35 on chromosome 7) divided the mice into two groups with survival medians which differed by 153 days (755 days for mice with a B genotype; 602 days for mice with a D genotype). Evaluated individually, 44% of the genetic markers (including some markers on 11 of 15 chromosomes with any markers typed) were found to be significantly correlated with survival (P less than 0.05) although one would only expect 5% of the markers to be significant by chance. While studies of many markers should adjust for the multiple comparisons problem, one interpretation of these crude P values is that any experiment with only one of these "significant" markers typed would be likely to conclude that the marker was a significant predictor of survival. Two types of multiple regression models were used to examine the correlation with survival of groups of genes. When a proportional hazards model for survival was done in terms of genotype regions, a six genetic region model best correlated with survival: that marked by P450, Coh, Xmmv-35 on chromosome 7 (B allele lives longer), Ly-24 on chromosome 2 (B allele lives longer), beta 2M and H-3 on chromosome 2 (D allele lives longer) Lamb-2 on chromosome 1 (D allele lives longer), Ltw-4 on chromosome 1 (B allele lives longer), and the Igh area of chromosome 12 (Igh-Sa4, Igh-Sa2, Igh-Bgl, Igh-Nbp, Igh-Npid, Igh-Gte, Odc-8, and Ox-1; D allele lives longer).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Susceptibility of Saccharomyces spp. and Schwanniomyces spp. to the aminoglycoside antibiotic G418.

Industrially useful polyploid yeasts such as the brewing yeasts do not possess any auxotrophic genetic markers and hence are not easily amenable to plasmid-mediated DNA transformations. In an attempt to obtain genetic markers, a number of useful Saccharomyces sp. strains and some amylolytic Schwanniomyces sp. strains were tested for their susceptibility to the antibiotic Geneticin G418 , a 2-deoxystreptamine reported to be active against bacteria, yeasts, and plant and animal cells. All of the Saccharomyces sp. strains, including the brewing strains, were found to be susceptible to G418 in the concentration range of 150 to 500 micrograms/ml. Of the three Schwanniomyces species investigated, only Schwanniomyces castellii (strain 1402) was found to be resistant to G418 at concentrations up to 1 mg/ml. Resistance was exhibited both in liquid media and on glycerol-peptone-yeast extract agar plates. This finding is interesting in view of the possibility of using this strain as a DNA donor for transformations aimed at introducing the amylolytic capability into brewing yeasts.