外生菌根真菌同立枯丝核菌重寄生关系的研究

研究了18株外生菌根菌对Rhizoctonia solant Kuehn的重寄生作用。在光学显徽镜下观察到8株茵根真菌同R．Solani具有重寄生关系,通常表现为吸附生长,缠绕,侵入,消解等4种作用形式。首次将扫描电镜和能谱仪(EDAX)应用到真菌间相互作用关系的研究上,对3株菌根菌Gomphidius roseus、Lacearia bicolor、Lactarius deliciosus 进行了扫描电镜观察和X-射线微区分析。发现了在吸附生长,缠绕和侵入等3种作用形式中,R. solani和菌根菌菌丝之间有物质流的存在,物质流主要岔有P、S、K、Ca等元素物质,流向是由R. solani菌丝到菌根菌菌丝。而在消解作用中则没有发现这种物质流。     

树木外生菌根真菌：美味红菇对几种病原菌活性的拮抗作用

<正> 本文报道树木外生菌根真菌:美味红菇(Russula delica)对树木、农作物、及人体的12种病原菌拮抗作用的试验结果。经平皿筛选测试表明,美味红菇对所测病原菌株的活性均有明显的拮抗作用。关于美味红菇的拮抗作用,目前国内外尚未见报道,现将其初步抗菌筛选结果报道如下: 材料和方法 (一)材料 1.待测菌根真菌:彩色豆马勃(Pisolithus tinctorius);美味红菇(Russula delica);劣味乳菇(Lactarius insulsus);点柄乳牛肝菌(Suillus granulatus);831菌。     

植物与菌根菌

菌根是土壤中的真菌与高等植物根系所形成的共生体。共生真菌从植物体内获得碳水化合物等营养物质,而植物根也从真菌那里得到所需的营养元素和水,从而互利共生,共同进化。有趣的是,有些真菌对于一种植物来说是菌根菌,而对另一种植物来说可能是寄生菌或病原菌。据统计,种子植物中９５％以上的种能与接合菌、子囊菌、担子菌等亚门的真菌共生,形成菌根。菌根学者习惯上根据其形态解剖学特征,将菌根分为三大类：外生菌根、内生菌根、内外生菌根。外生菌根是菌根真菌菌丝体包围植物尚未木栓化的营养根形成的,其菌丝体不侵染到皮层细胞内…     

芦荟内生菌内生哈茨木霉LH-7对植物病原菌的抗性

通过体外培养方法,研究了药用植物库拉索芦荟内生真菌内生哈茨木霉LH-7对9种常见植物病原菌的抑菌谱及其拮抗机理.结果表明： 内生哈茨木霉LH-7 对供试植物病原真菌具有显著的抑制作用(抑制率为62.4%～88.4%),且营养竞争和重寄生是其主要拮抗机制.该菌株的代谢产物中具有能够抑制病原菌生长及孢子萌发的活性物质,其作用可导致病原菌菌丝体生长的畸形、细胞壁破裂、产孢结构发育不健全、孢子形成及萌发率降低,从而有效抑制病原菌的生长和繁殖.
     

内蒙古地区白桦外生菌根形态类型及分子鉴定

以内蒙古不同地区白桦外生菌根为材料,采用形态解剖学方法和分子生物学手段对与白桦共生的外生菌根真菌多样性进行全面的调查,并经对所测序列与GenBank和Database比对。结果显示:在内蒙古地区与白桦共生的外生菌根真菌共13种,其中担子菌7种,子囊菌4种,分别来自于丝膜菌属、丝盖伞属、蜡壳耳属、毛革菌属、滑菇属和空团菌属、块菌属、地怀菌属。其中,菌根类型T₈和T₁₁未能提出其总DNA,根据其外生菌根形态类型并参照Agerer体视显微镜菌根图谱和Haug菌根图谱进行比较,分类鉴定为荷顿氏疣柄牛肝菌和白桦外生菌根真菌一种。结果表明,内蒙古地区白桦外生菌根真菌多样性相对较高,且与利用地上子实体鉴定的外生菌根真菌种类有一定的区别。     

低pH、铝和钙离子对菌根菌赭丝膜伞的毒性和超氧化物歧化酶的影响

应用急性毒性生物测试方法,研究了低pH和铝离子对菌根菌赭丝膜伞(Cortinariusrussus)的毒性效应.试验表明,在pH为6.8、5.5和4.3,铝离子在低pH(4.3)时对菌根菌毒性最强,96h EC₅₀为5.05mg·L^-1,菌根生长受到明显的抑制;低pH和铝离子能诱导菌根菌体内SOD,与对照组相比,菌根菌体内SOD活性明显升高;加入钙离子后,SOD活性下降,并随Ca的投加浓度增加,SOD活性逐渐降低,表明在低pH条件下,钙离子和铝离子对菌根的影响具有拮抗作用.     

低pH,铝和钙离子对菌根菌赭丝膜伞的毒性和超氧化物歧化酶的影响

应用急性毒性生物测试方法 ,研究了低 pH和铝离子对菌根菌赭丝膜伞 (Corti nariusrussus)的毒性效应 .试验表明 ,在pH为 6.8、5.5和 4.3,铝离子在低 pH( 4 .3)时对菌根菌毒性最强 ,96hEC50 为 5.0 5mg·L- 1 ,菌根生长受到明显的抑制 ;低 pH和铝离子能诱导菌根菌体内SOD ,与对照组相比 ,菌根菌体内SOD活性明显升高 ;加入钙离子后 ,SOD活性下降 ,并随Ca的投加浓度增加 ,SOD活性逐渐降低 ,表明在低 pH条件下 ,钙离子和铝离子对菌根的影响具有拮抗作用 .     

外生菌根菌与森林树木的相互关系

生态系统的每个过程都伴随着各种微生物的活动,其中最重要的功能群之一是菌根真菌(菌根菌)。一般认为,菌根菌是自然界多数植物生存最基本的组成部分,陆地上约90％以上的高等植物都具有菌根菌。这些菌类的菌丝体与植物根系结合形成菌根,使植物生长成为可能,使不同种类植物的根系联在一起。根据菌根菌入侵植物根系的方式及菌根的形态特征,菌根可分为外生菌根、内生菌根和内外生菌根3组共7种类型。外生菌根主要出现在松科、桦木科、壳斗科等树种的森林生态系统中,在根系表面形成菌丝鞘,部分菌丝进入根系皮层细胞间隙形成哈氏网表面。菌根菌剂在森林经营中得到广泛地应用。外生菌根菌对森林树木的作用可归纳为：1)促进造林或育苗成活与生长;2)提高森林生态系统中植物的多样性、稳定性和生产力;3)对森林生态系统的综合效应,主要表现在增加植物一土壤联结,改善土壤结构,促进土壤微生物,增强植物器官的功能;4)抗拮植物根部病害病原菌等。树木与菌根菌相互关系研究主要包括：1)菌根共生的机理;2)菌根菌在退化森林生态系统恢复与改造中的作用;3)菌根菌的分布格局与森林生态系统服务功能的关系;4)菌根菌对森林生态系统的综合效应,如菌根菌与森林植物群落结构、物种多样性以及森林系统稳定性和生产力的研究。     

石楠锈孢锈菌重寄生拟盘多毛孢的分离鉴定及抑菌活性

重寄生拟盘多毛孢因其特殊生境,可产生区别于内生或病原拟盘多毛孢的次生代谢产物,是有待开发的真菌资源。为了获得活性较好的石楠锈孢锈菌重寄生菌,采用组织分离法,从患有锈病的球花石楠叶片上分离纯化出3株疑似拟盘多毛孢真菌,它们形态特征差异明显,通过回接实验证实其均为石楠锈孢锈菌的重寄生菌。对3菌株在不同培养基上的培养性状和显微特征作了描述,并对ITS序列进行了扩增和序列分析。形态学和分子鉴定结果证实这3株真菌均为拟盘多毛孢属真菌。抑菌实验结果表明,3株重寄生菌除了对石楠锈孢锈菌的锈孢子有破坏作用外,对其他10种常见植物病原真菌也有一定的抑制作用。     

耐极端环境真菌对犬小孢子菌及孢子丝菌的拮抗研究

目的 检测极端环境分离出的真菌拮抗临床病原真菌的活性.方法 选用极端环境分离出的24株真菌菌株上清液及菌丝体的提取液,来进行临床病原真菌（孢子丝菌和犬小孢子菌）的拮抗试验,采用M38-A2产孢丝状真菌抗真菌药物敏感性试验方案和E-test纸片扩散法.结果 抑菌圈直径≥1.0 cm,具有较强拮抗孢子丝菌活性的极端环境真菌有8株;抑菌圈直径≥2.0 cm,具有极强拮抗犬小孢子菌的活性的极端环境真菌有1株.两种临床菌株的拮抗试验,90％的拮抗结果相一致.结论 70％极端环境真菌菌株上清液及菌丝体提取液具有拮抗临床病原真菌孢子丝菌和犬小孢子菌的活性.     

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.