植酸钠对菌根真菌根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性及根外菌丝生长的影响

采用三室隔网培养装置,以玉米为宿主植物,接种丛枝菌根真菌(AM)(Glomus intraradices),研究了不同用量的植酸钠对AM真菌生长和代谢活性的影响．研究发现,接种AM真菌的植株地上部和根系的P浓度和吸P量,比非菌根植物的提高了1～2倍．外源植酸钠的存在,显著降低了AM真菌根内菌丝的碱性磷酸酶活性,增加了AM真菌在土壤中的菌丝密度．结果表明,外源植酸钠对根内AM真菌碱性磷酸酶活性和真菌根外菌丝的生长具有调控(增减)作用,并且AM真菌提高了植物对土壤固有养分和外源植酸钠中P的吸收和利用．     

以新鲜根段进行AM真菌的分子检测及竞争性侵染研究

运用nested-PCR技术和AM真菌特异性引物,建立了用新鲜植物根段直接检测AM真菌的分子生物学方法。以真核生物通用引物LR1和NDL22对混合接种的西红柿新鲜根段进行第1次扩增,将其产物进行稀释,再分别以Glomus intraradices 和Glomus mosseae的种特异性引物8.22和5.25进行第2次扩增。在琼脂糖凝胶上观察到AM真菌种特异性条带;运用该技术检测出混合接种时同一根段内不同的AM真菌,并探讨了真菌在植物根部的竞争性侵染。用盆栽方式种植西红柿,混合接种G. intraradices 和G. mosseae,在1个月后,前者侵染占优势。     

AM真菌在煤矿废弃物中生态适应性的初步研究

以粉煤灰、草炭、蛭石、河沙为培养基质,分别对4种不同AM真菌:Glomus mosseae,G.diaphanum,G.intraradices和G.versiforme的生态适应性进行研究。结果表明,菌根的侵染率、孢子密度和菌丝长度分别与菌根真菌种类、培养基质状况及寄主植物种类有关。4种基质的扩繁效果顺序为:河沙>粉煤灰>草炭>蛭石。G.mosseae和G.diaphanum在基质中的产孢量和菌丝长度优于G.intraradices和G.versiforme,可作为优势菌株。4种菌根真菌在粉煤灰中对寄主的侵染率均达到60%以上,粉煤灰作为菌根真菌培养基质具有更大潜力和实际应用价值。     

菌丝室接种解磷细菌Bacillus megaterium C4对土壤有机磷矿化和植物吸收的影响

通过30μm尼龙网将根盒分成根室和菌丝室,菌丝室中的低磷土壤施加75 mg P/kg土壤的植酸钙,研究了菌丝室土壤中丛枝菌根(AM)真菌Glomus intraradices和解磷细菌Bacillus megaterium C4对有机磷的矿化和吸收.结果表明,在试验条件下,植酸钙的溶解性很低,对土壤溶液有机磷的贡献不大.接种解磷细菌C4提高了土壤中磷酸酶的活性,减少了土壤中有机磷的含量.但是,由于存在解磷细菌与AM真菌对磷的竞争,解磷细菌矿化出的磷大部分被自身利用,AM真菌的生长受到抑制,解磷细菌对植物磷营养的改善没有表现出显著的贡献.     

西藏高原天然长芒草地丛枝菌根真菌接种效应

采用草地均匀打孔方法,就草地土壤未消毒条件下接种丛枝菌根（AM）真菌对长芒草(Stipa bungeana)的侵染效应以及对植物生长、吸磷效率、土壤微生物区系等的影响进行研究.结果表明,1)接种处理、不接种处理的菌根效应存在着明显的差异,多数接种处理根围土壤AM真菌孢子密度、菌根侵染率和侵染强度显著提高,但对丛枝丰度的影响相对较低.2)接种后AM真菌孢子密度对菌根侵染率具有极显著影响(r=0.7679**);随菌根侵染率的增加,植株总干物重和吸磷总量均呈极显著提高,r值分别为0.7556**、0.8018**.3)与植株地上部相比,接种AM真菌对提高根系干物重、根系吸磷量和含磷量的促进作用相对较大.4)多数接种处理根际土壤酸性磷酸酶、碱性磷酸酶活性均呈一定程度的提高,根际土壤细菌数量显著增加,真菌、放线菌的数量变化则不甚明显.5)各接种处理对寄主植物的综合侵染效应在总体上呈Glomus mosseae+G. intraradices+Scutellospora calospora＞G. mosseae+G. aggregatum＞Glomus sp.＞G. mosseae＞G. mosseae+ G. etunicatum+G. intraradices+S. erythropa＞G. geosporum的趋势.     

不同磷浓度对丛枝菌根真菌吸收同化外源氮能力的影响

以高粱（ Sorghum bicolor）为宿主植物,丛枝菌根（ arbuscular mycrohiza,AM）真菌根内球囊霉（ Glomous intraradices）为接种菌剂,三室隔离培养盒为培养容器,通过在菌丝室添加不同浓度梯度磷素及外源氮NH4 NO3、Gln,研究磷浓度对AM真菌同化吸收不同外源氮能力的影响。实验结果显示：AM真菌能够侵染于高粱植物根系,但菌根侵染率差异不显著;在高磷浓度下孢子数量显著高于低磷浓度下孢子数量;菌丝室内根外菌丝（ ERM）干重在低磷浓度下含量最高,且以Gln为外源氮时含量比不加氮源和NH4 NO3为氮源时高;低磷浓度促使高粱地上茎叶和地下菌根干重显著提高,叶绿素含量在不同处理下没有显著差异。茎叶总氮含量均在以NH4 NO3为外源氮时最高,不同磷浓度下其总氮含量为P30＆gt;P120＆gt;P0＆gt;P60,菌根精氨酸含量在Gln为外源氮时含量比其他氮源下高,且在低磷（P30）浓度下含量最高。研究表明AM真菌对于吸收同化外源氮的能力与其生长环境中磷浓度高低有关,在低磷浓度下更利于AM真菌根外菌丝同化吸收外源氮,且对NH4＋形式氮源吸收能力最强。     

干旱条件下AM真菌对植物生长和土壤水稳定性团聚体的影响

采用分室培养系统,模拟正常水分和干旱胁迫两种环境条件,探讨不同丛枝菌根真菌(arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,AMF)对紫花苜蓿(Medicago sativa L.)生长和土壤水稳性团聚体的影响.试验条件下,Glomus intraradices对苜蓿根系的侵染率均显著高于Acaulospora scrobiculata和Diversispora spurcum接种处理.正常水分条件下,供试AM真菌均能显著提高植株生物量及磷浓度.干旱胁迫显著抑制了植株生长和菌根共生体发育,总体上菌根共生体对植株生长没有明显影响,接种D.spurcum甚至趋于降低植株生物量;同时,仅有G.intraradices显著提高了植株磷浓度.AM真菌主要影响到＞2mm的水稳性团聚体数量,以G.intraradices作用效果最为显著.在菌丝室中,G.intraradices显著提高了总球囊霉素含量.研究表明AM真菌对土壤大团聚体形成具有积极作用,而菌根效应因土壤水分条件和不同菌种而异,干旱胁迫下仅有G.intraradices对土壤结构和植物生长表现出显著积极作用.在应用菌根技术治理退化土壤时,需要选用抗逆性强共生效率高的菌株,对于不同AM真菌抗逆性差异的生物学与遗传学基础尚需进一步研究.     

丛枝菌根真菌侵染番茄离体毛状根双重培养体系的建立

利用发根农杆菌Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4诱导樱桃番茄Micro-Tom产生毛状根,并在此基础上成功建立了丛枝菌根(AM)真菌根内球囊霉Glomus intraradices与转移Ri T-DNA番茄离体毛状根的双重培养体系。该真菌侵染14d左右,菌丝开始形成多级分支,17-21d时,一些菌丝顶端膨大,长出新生孢子。接种后3个月时,每皿孢子数量达到600-800个。新形成的孢子无需休眠,可直接侵染番茄离体根。成功的番茄双重培养为番茄菌根生理分子机制的研究提供了理想的实验体系。     

两种AM真菌对箭筈豌豆白粉病的防治效果

箭筈豌豆(Vicia sativa)是重要的豆科牧草和绿肥作物。白粉病是箭筈豌豆常见病害, 可抑制作物生长, 严重时甚至导致植物死亡, 造成巨大的经济损失。丛枝菌根真菌(Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, AMF)广泛存在于自然界中, 可与植物根系形成共生体, 对宿主植物生长、养分吸收及水分循环均有促进作用, 从而增加宿主对逆境胁迫的抗性。以箭筈豌豆为试验材料, 在温室条件下, 探究两种AM真菌Glomus tortuosum和Rhizophagus intraradices单独及混合接种对箭筈豌豆白粉病的影响。结果表明: G. tortuosum、R. intraradices及两种AM真菌混合接种均显著降低箭筈豌豆白粉病的发病率及病情指数, 接种G. tortuosum处理效果最显著, 其病情指数为37.37, 较NM处理降低56.26%; G. tortuosum、R. intraradices和两种AM真菌混合接种的茎叶干重较NM处理增加64.47%、51.32%和70.49%, 根干重增加24.02%、15.64%和44.69%; AM真菌处理显著提高了植物超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)以及多酚氧化酶(PPO)等防御酶活性(P<0.05), 促进了植物可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白以及叶绿素含量(P<0.05)。     

丛枝菌根真菌对牡丹生长及相关生理指标的影响

以采自山东省菏泽牡丹园的牡丹'凤丹'种子为试材,采用盆栽的方法研究了接种丛枝菌根(Arbuscular mycorrhizal,AM)真菌Glomus mosseae、Glomus versiforme和Glomus intraradices对牡丹幼苗生长及生理生化特性的影响.结果表明:(1)不同AM真菌的侵染率不同,并以G.mosseae的侵染率最高,为48.3%;(2)AM真菌能够促进牡丹幼苗生长,接种G.mosseae的植株干重比对照显著提高了69.5%;(3)AM真菌能够提高牡丹的叶绿素、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、矿质元素(N、P、K)含量和硝酸还原酶活性,并对可溶性蛋白含量和硝酸还原酶活性的影响达显著水平.(4)植株总干重与菌根侵染率、硝酸还原酶活性、叶绿素含量呈极显著正相关,与可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白含量呈显著正相关.研究发现,G.mosseae是最适宜牡丹接种的优良菌种.     

丛枝菌根真菌在田间的分布特征、代谢活性及其对甘薯生长的影响

研究了大田条件下丛枝菌根(AM)真菌的分布特征、代谢活性及其对甘薯的生长效应.结果表明,接种Glomus intraradices 8周后,甘薯地上部干重,薯块鲜重和薯块个数均明显高于不接种对照;植株地上部和根系的吸磷量显著提高.与不接种对照相比,接种处理的甘薯菌根侵染率、甘薯根外菌丝密度以及甘薯根内菌丝的活性(根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性)显著提高.进一步分析甘薯根际不同方位上的菌丝分布,发现接种处理中平行于垄的方向的菌丝密度显著高于苗子下方的菌丝密度,而不接种处理的各个方向总菌丝密度无差异;活菌丝(具琥珀酸脱氢酶活性的菌丝)密度在各个方向的分布规律与总菌丝密度的分布规律一致.接种后根内菌丝活性的增强,根外活性菌丝密度的增加及其分布特征的改变,是甘薯产量增加的主要原因.     

Attachment of different soil bacteria to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal extraradical hyphae is determined by hyphal vitality and fungal species

Attachment of certain bacteria to living arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal extraradical hyphae may be an important prerequisite for interactions between these microorganisms, with implications for nutrient supply and plant health. The attachment of five different strains of gfp-tagged soil bacteria (Paenibacillus brasilensis PB177 (pnf8), Bacillus cereus VA1 (pnf8), Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 :: gfp/lux, Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6G, and Paenibacillus peoriae BD62 (pnf8)) to vital and nonvital extraradical hyphae of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomus sp. MUCL 43205 and Glomus intraradices MUCL 43194 was examined. Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus did not attach to hyphae, whereas the other bacterial strains did to a varying degree. Only P. brasilensis showed greater attachment to vital hyphae than nonvital hyphae of both Glomus species tested. Pseudomonas fluorescens showed a higher attachment to vital compared with nonvital Glomus sp. MUCL 43205 hyphae, whereas this relationship was opposite for attachment to G. intraradices. Both B. cereus and P. peoriae showed higher attachment to nonvital hyphae. This study provides novel evidence that under laboratory conditions soil bacteria differ in their ability to colonize vital and nonvital hyphae and that this can also be influenced by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species involved. The significance of bacterial attachment to mycorrhizal fungal extraradical hyphae is discussed.     

Application of in vitro methods to study carbon uptake and transport by AM fungi

Just as multi-compartmented root chambers have advantages over standard plastic pots for the study of nutrient uptake by arbuscular mycorrhizal [AM] fungi in soil, so the split-plate in vitro system has advantages over the standard dual culture system for the study of the physiology of AM fungi. We used the split-plate culture system of Ri T-DNA transformed Daucus carota L. roots and Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith, in which only the fungus has access to the distal compartment, to study the ability of germ tubes and extraradical and intraradical hyphae to take up ¹³C-labeled substrates. Labeled substrates were added to one side of the plate divider and plates were incubated for 8 weeks while the fungus proliferated on the side from which the root was excluded. Tissues then were recovered from the plate and examined via NMR spectroscopy. Results showed that the morphological phases of the fungus differed in their ability to take up these substrates, most notably that intraradical hyphae take up hexose while extraradical hyphae cannot. In addition, NMR studies indicated that intraradical hyphae actively synthesized lipids while extraradical hyphae did not. These data show that eventual axenic culture of AM fungi is more than a matter of finding the proper substrate for growth. Genetic regulation must be overcome to make extraradical hyphae behave like intraradical hyphae in terms of C uptake and metabolism. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Branched absorbing structures (BAS): a feature of the extraradical mycelium of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

The present work describes the morphogenesis and cytological characteristics of 'branched absorbing structures' (BAS, formely named arbuscule-like structures, ALS), small groups of dichotomous hyphae formed by the extraradical mycelium of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. Monoxenic cultures of the AM fungus Glomus intraradices Smith & Schenck and tomato ( Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) roots allowed the continuous, non-destructive study of BAS development. These structures were not observed in axenic cultures of the fungus under different nutritional conditions or in unsuccessful (asymbiotic) monoxenic cultures. However, extraradical mycelium of G. intraradices formed BAS immediately after fungal penetration of the host root and establishment of the symbiosis. The average BAS development time was 7 d under our culture conditions, after which they degenerated, becoming empty septate structures. Certain BAS were closely associated with spore formation, appearing at the spore's substending hypha. Branches of these spore-associated BAS (spore-BAS) usually formed spores. Electron microscopy studies revealed that BAS and arbuscules show several ultrastructural similarities. The possible role of BAS in nutrient uptake by the mycorrhizal plant is discussed.     

Fungal lipid accumulation and development of mycelial structures by two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

We monitored the development of intraradical and extraradical mycelia of the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi Scutellospora calospora and Glomus intraradices when colonizing Plantago lanceolata. The occurrence of arbuscules (branched hyphal structures) and vesicles (lipid storage organs) was compared with the amounts of signature fatty acids. The fatty acid 16:1omega5 was used as a signature for both AM fungal phospholipids (membrane constituents) and neutral lipids (energy storage) in roots (intraradical mycelium) and in soil (extraradical mycelium). The formation of arbuscules and the accumulation of AM fungal phospholipids in intraradical mycelium followed each other closely in both fungal species. In contrast, the neutral lipids of G. intraradices increased continuously in the intraradical mycelium, while vesicle occurrence decreased after initial rapid root colonization by the fungus. S. calospora does not form vesicles and accumulated more neutral lipids in extraradical than in intraradical mycelium, while the opposite pattern was found for G. intraradices. G. intraradices allocated more of its lipids to storage than did S. calospora. Thus, within a species, the fatty acid 16:1omega5 is a good indicator for AM fungal development. The phospholipid fatty acid 16:1omega5 is especially suitable for indicating the frequency of arbuscules in the symbiosis. We propose that the ratio of neutral lipids to phospholipids is more important than is the presence of vesicles in determining the storage status of AM fungi.     

Phosphate uptake, transport and transfer by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices is stimulated by increased carbohydrate availability

* The influence of carbohydrate availability to mycorrhizal roots on uptake, metabolism and translocation of phosphate (P) by the fungus was examined in axenic cultures of transformed carrot (Daucus carota) roots in symbiosis with Glomus intraradices. * 14C-labelled carbohydrates, 33P-phosphate and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis were used to follow the uptake and transfer of C and P in the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. * The uptake of P by the extraradical mycelium (ERM) and its translocation to the mycorrhizal roots was stimulated and the metabolic and spatial distribution of P within the fungus were altered in response to increased carbohydrate availability. Sucrose supply resulted in a decrease of polyphosphates and an increased incorporation into phospholipids and other growth-related P pools and also caused elevated cytoplasmic P levels in the intraradical mycelium (IRM) within the root and higher cytoplasmic P levels in the root cortex. * These findings indicate that the uptake of P by the fungus and its transfer to the host is also stimulated by the transfer of carbon from plant to fungus across the mycorrhizal interface.     

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can transfer substantial amounts of nitrogen to their host plant from organic material

Nitrogen (N) capture by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi from organic material is a recently discovered phenomenon. This study investigated the ability of two Glomus species to transfer N from organic material to host plants and examined whether the ability to capture N is related to fungal hyphal growth. Experimental microcosms had two compartments; these contained either a single plant of Plantago lanceolata inoculated with Glomus hoi or Glomus intraradices, or a patch of dried shoot material labelled with (15)N and (13)carbon (C). In one treatment, hyphae, but not roots, were allowed access to the patch; in the other treatment, access by both hyphae and roots was prevented. When allowed, fungi proliferated in the patch and captured N but not C, although G. intraradices transferred more N than G. hoi to the plant. Plants colonized with G. intraradices had a higher concentration of N than controls. Up to one-third of the patch N was captured by the AM fungi and transferred to the plant, while c. 20% of plant N may have been patch derived. These findings indicate that uptake from organic N could be important in AM symbiosis for both plant and fungal partners and that some AM fungi may acquire inorganic N from organic sources.     

Expressed genes in the extraradical hyphae of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus intraradices, in the symbiotic phase

To collect extraradical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi for RNA isolation, a PVDF membrane was laid on the hyphal compartment of a two-compartment culture system of transformed carrot hairy roots and Glomus intraradices. Extraradical hyphae free from host tissue were easily collected, and their RNA was rapidly extracted with a modified acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform method. A 3'-RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) of a known gene indicated that this protocol enabled the isolation of mRNA molecules as small as 2.3 kb. The cDNA libraries of an AM fungus from the aseptic extraradical hyphae in a symbiotic state were constructed for the first time. Three-fourth of 150 ESTs (expressed sequence tags) indicated low or no similarities to known sequences from other organisms.