遗传工程微生物细胞间发生的自然遗传转化

将两株具有不同遗传标记的枯草芽孢杆菌在基本培养基中分别培养至对数生长后期后进行短时间混合静置培养 ,经选择平板筛选、DNaseI敏感性试验、质粒检测和产蛋白酶活性检测 ,发现两菌株之间可通过自然遗传转化进行染色体DNA和质粒DNA的交换。研究结果表明 ,自然遗传转化可在细胞间进行 ,这对揭示微生物群居的自然环境中可能存在的细胞间的DNA转移 ,以及正确评估遗传工程微生物(GEMs)的安全使用具有重要意义。     

甘蓝Rj T—DNA转化根的植株再生

利用发根农秆菌(Agrobacterium rhizogenes)的遗传转化作用,从甘蓝下胚轴切段上诱发产生了Ri T—DNA转化根。在无激素Ms琼脂培养基上,经过长达4个月的连续培养后,有些转化根的根段组织脱分化形成愈伤组织块,然后又再分化形成茎芽。在含有激动索的Ms琼脂培养基上,转化根不经过愈伤组织阶段直接分化出茎芽,其中以14μmoI／L激动素处理的生茎效果最佳。在Ms液体培养基内加入4．5μmol／L BA也增加了转化根上的茎芽数。所有这些茎芽能够进一步生长,并且在生根培养基上生根,长成小植株．     

一种快速简便的噬菌体DNA的抽提方法

噬菌体DNA的制备和纯化是分子生物学研究中极为重要的一环,在基因库和eDNA库的建立,以及DNA克隆和筛选等方面都是不可缺少的。噬菌体DNA的制备可以通过噬菌体感染细菌在琼脂板上繁殖(称为平板法),也可以在液体培养液中繁殖(称为液体法)。平板法多用     

木霉纤维素酶的诱导形成及其调节 Ⅳ.高产变异株纤维素酶合成调节的变化——酶活提高原因的初步分析

拟康氏木霉纤维素酶高产变异株EA_3-867和N_2-78在合成培养基琼脂平板和马铃薯葡萄糖琼脂平板上菌落明显缩小,生长变慢。但在蛋白胨酵母膏琼脂平板上,小菌落恢复成大菌落,生长速度同野生型菌株一致。EA_3-867和N_2-78在不同液体培养基中纤维素酶活力均显著高于野生型菌株1096和木_3。洗涤菌丝体的诱导测定也证明高产变异株的纤维素酶诱导活性有明显的提高。变异株和野生型菌株洗涤菌丝体诱导形成的纤维素酶组分,从聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳图谱判断,未见明显差异,仅变异株中代表纤维素酶活性的蛋白带显著加深。高产变异株纤维素酶产量的增加是由于菌株对诱导剂敏感性的增加和对降解物阻遏敏感性的减弱。     

甘蓝型油菜下胚轴原生质体培养的研究

从甘蓝型油菜下胚轴分离纯化原生质体。种子萌发时进行光照处理对原生质体产率影响不大,但可提高其活力。对液体浅层、固体平板和“琼脂岛”3种培养方法进行比较,结果“琼脂岛”法效果最好,不但细胞分裂速度快,而且克隆形成频率高。再生的愈伤组织转到分化培养基上后迅速分化出芽。诱导生根后进行移栽,生长状况良好。     

培养基成分对口腔福赛类杆菌生长影响的研究

目的比较不同培养基成分对福赛类杆菌ATCC43037生长的影响,寻找一种有效促进福赛类杆菌生长的培养基.方法将福赛类杆菌ATCC430 37 接种到5种不同培养基(包括琼脂板和液体培养基)中,在厌氧培养箱内37℃厌氧培养7 d,观察平板上菌落生长情况,在λ=550 nm处每24 h测定液体培养菌液A值.细菌通过革兰染色和PCR法鉴定.结果1.生长在血平板上的福赛类杆菌ATCC43037菌落形态呈粉红色或白色小斑点状,在以BHI 为基础培养基中添加氯化血红素、维生素K3、N-乙酰胞壁酸的No2血琼脂培养基生长最好,而在无氯化血红素、维生素K3及血的No4琼脂板上不生长.2.福赛类杆菌ATCC43037在以TSB 为基础培养基中添加酵母提取物、植物蛋白胨、氯化血红素、维生素K3、N-乙酰胞壁酸和D TT的No1液体培养基生长最好,培养7 d后A值＞0.8,在缺乏N-乙酰胞壁酸的No5液体培养基中几乎不生长.3.菌落细菌革兰染色为G 梭状杆菌,PCR法鉴定为福赛类杆菌.结论福赛类杆菌在血平板和液体培养基中存在不同的生长特性,N-乙酰胞壁酸是福赛类杆菌在液体培养基中生长最重要的成分,DTT有益于细菌生长.     

人canstatin基因转化新型生物反应器－杜氏盐藻(Dunaliella salina)的初步研究

本文采用RT-PCR技术从人的胎盘组织中克隆canstatin基因,定向连接到表达载体pUΩ上,然后与筛选标记bar盒连接得到真核表达载体pUΩ-Can-Bar。采用玻璃珠转化法将该表达载体转化杜氏盐藻（以下简称盐藻）,通过草丁膦固体平板筛选得到转化株,进而对转化株进行阳性鉴定。PCR结果显示,在盐藻转化株中均能够扩增出约700 bp特异的条带,而在阴性对照中没有扩增出该条带。Southern blot结果进一步证明人canstatin基因已经整合到盐藻细胞的基因组中。此外,本文对盐藻转化株的遗传稳定行进行了分析,结果表明canstatin基因能够在转化藻株中稳定遗传。人canstatin转基因盐藻株的成功制备为利用盐藻反应器大规模生产人canstatin蛋白提供了实验依据,为及早实现canstatin蛋白在治疗肿瘤上的临床应用提供了前期工作基础。     

异源表达脂肪酶的重组酵母筛选培养基的改良

在脂肪酶产生菌的筛选中,最常用的方法是三丁酸甘油酯琼脂平板透明圈法和橄榄油琼脂平板变色圈法。而传统的三丁酸甘油酯平板缺乏有效营养成分,重组酵母无法生长;橄榄油平板灵敏度较低,低脂肪酶活力的重组酵母不能产生变色圈,这给产脂肪酶基因工程菌的鉴定带来了困难。本研究在三丁酸甘油酯平板的基础上,添加适合酵母生长的营养成分,获得了新的改良培养基;重组酵母在该培养基上生长良好、水解圈清晰,检测脂肪酶灵敏度高。     

玻璃纸琼脂平板透析法的改进

玻璃纸琼脂平板透析法在霉菌、放线菌的形态观察中经常用到，但以往的操作步骤繁琐，污染机率高。经改进后，操作简单，成功率高。改进后的制作过程如下：首先制备液体培养基（不加琼脂、其它成分不变），然后取培养皿加入２～３层与培养皿底部大小相同的圆形滤纸。根据培...     

噬菌体颗粒大小与其遗传控制的噬菌斑大小的关系

测定培养温度、琼脂浓度、感染系数、培养基丰度和时间等因子对形成噬菌斑大小的影响程度,从而排除了影响噬菌斑大小的非遗传本底。分析电镜下噬菌体颗粒大小和平板上噬菌斑大小两者之间的关系,发现在同一容量较恒定的细胞内,不向噬菌体其生物合成总量趋于相等,该原理解释了决定噬菌斑大小的主要遗传控制方式。计算并推导出在一定程度上可反映噬菌体颗粒大小的经验公式。     

Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis of the hemolysin (cereolysin) determinant from Bacillus cereus.

From a cosmid gene bank of Bacillus cereus GP4 in Escherichia coli we isolated clones which, after several days of incubation, formed hemolysis zones on erythrocyte agar plates. These clones contained recombinant cosmids with B. cereus DNA insertions of varying lengths which shared some common restriction fragments. The smallest insertion was recloned as a PstI fragment into pJKK3-1, a shuttle vector which replicates in Bacillus subtilis and E. coli. When this recombinant plasmid (pJKK3-1 hly-1) was transformed into E. coli, it caused hemolysis on erythrocyte agar plates, but in liquid assays no external or internal hemolytic activity could be detected with the E. coli transformants. B. subtilis carrying the same plasmid exhibited hemolytic activity at levels comparable to those of the B. cereus donor strain. The hemolysin produced in B. subtilis seemed to be indistinguishable from cereolysin in its sensitivity to cholesterol, activation by dithiothreitol, and inactivation by antibodies raised against cereolysin. When the recombinant DNA carrying the cereolysin gene was used as a probe in hybridization experiments with chromosomal DNA from a streptolysin O-producing strain of Streptococcus pyogenes or from listeriolysin-producing strains of Listeria monocytogenes, no positive hybridization signals were obtained. These data suggest that the genes for these three SH-activated cytolysins do not have extended sequence homology.     

A simple and rapid method for intra- and interspecific transformation of Bacillus subtilis on solid media by DNA in protoplast lysates

A simple method for intra- and interspecific transformation of Bacillus subtilis on solid media has been devised with DNA in protoplast lysates, 0.8% agar, glutamate, and yeast extract. The transformation frequency is 2.3 x 10(3) transformants per microg DNA, 10-20 times higher than that for conventional transformation on solid media. The method can be applicable to transformation in microtiter plates.     

A simple method to isolate biofilm-forming Bacillus subtilis and related species from plant roots

A novel method was developed to isolate pure cultures of wild-type Bacillus subtilis and related species from plant roots, even roots washed free of adhering soil. The method uses casein digest-mannitol agarose (CM) media that promote rapid dendritic growth (low K+ ion) or profuse surface film formation (high K+ ion) of Bacillus species at 40 degrees C. Inoculation from the tips of surface growth on agarose leads to self-purification and streaking on CM agar plates (hard agar and high K+) leads to characteristic colony morphology. Phenotypic and 16S rDNA analysis revealed that most root isolates obtained by this method are spore-forming Bacillus species, with enrichment for B. subtilis and its close relatives. Of particular interest is the finding that the majority of these Bacillus isolates and the B. subtilis Marburg strain also form adhering biofilms on inert surfaces. Thus the methods presented may be useful in isolation of biofilm-forming Bacillus and investigation of their role on plant roots.     

Transformation of germinated spores of Bacillus subtilis on agar plates

l-Alanine-germinated spores of Bacillus subtilis developed a competence on agar plates after 10 h of incubation. Addition of marker amino acid to the plates was required for the transformation.     

Rapid Screening for the Isolation of Mutants of Aspergillus nidulans with Increased Penicillin Yields

S ummary . After UV treatment conidia of a strain of Aspergillus nidulans were plated on an agar medium. The survivors gave rise to individual colonies which were inoculated separately on agar discs and incubated. The discs were then transferred to biological assay plates seeded with spores of a strain of Bacillus subtilis sensitive to penicillin. Using this primary screening method, mutants have been isolated which, when tested later in shake flask cultures, gave larger penicillin yields than the parent strains.     

不同培养时期的大肠杆菌和枯草芽孢杆菌间发生的跨属自然遗传转化

携带穿梭质粒的大肠杆菌与作为受体的枯草芽孢杆菌分别培养至不同生长阶段混合均匀后静置40min,涂布选择性平板,37℃培养30h后得到一定数目的转化子,DNaseⅠ敏感实验证实质粒是通过自然遗传转化而非其它形式发生转移。实验发现大肠杆菌可以在特定生长时期向胞外分泌DNA,并且在对数期具有最高的提供质粒的能力,而生长后期的细胞因为体系中DNase量的增加转化频率下降。进一步的研究发现枯草芽孢杆菌在营养丰富的LB培养基中也具有与基本培养基中相当的转化能力,并且在对数生长前期具有较高的转化频率。     

Construction and detection of bioluminescent strains of Bacillus subtilis

Bioluminescence ( lux ) genes from Vibrio fischeri and V. harveyi were introduced into Bacillus subtilis on a plasmid vector and by chromosomal integration. The plasmid-bearing strain was highly luminescent and stable under antibiotic selection, but luminescence was lost in the absence of selection and following sporulation and germination. The chromosomally marked strains emitted less light but were found to be stable without the requirement for antibiotic selection and following sporulation and germination. Individual luminescing colonies of both B. subtilis strains could be detected against a high background of non-bioluminescent indigenous soil microbial colonies on agar plates using a charge-coupled device camera. These bioluminescent Gram-positive strains could be of value in studies concerning the survival and spread of genetically-modified micro-organisms in soil environments.     

Cloning, sequencing and expression of the xylanase gene from a Bacillus subtilis strain B10 in Escherichia coli

Bacillus subtilis strain B10 was isolated for degumming of ramie blast fibers, and a fragment of 642-bp was amplified from chromosomal DNA by using primers directed against the sequence of Bacillus subtilis xylanase gene given in GenBank. The positive clones were screened on the selected LB agar plates supplemented with xylan by Congo-red staining method. The recombinant plasmid from one positive clone was used for further analysis and DNA sequencing. The gene sequence is different from the reported xylanase gene sequence in sites of two base pairs. The recombinant plasmid was expressed in Escherichia coli, and xylanase activity was measured. The xylanase distribution in extracellular, intracellular and periplasmic fractions were about 22.4%, 28.0% and 49.6%, respectively. The xylanase had optimal activity at pH 6.0 and 50 degrees C.     

MotPS is the stator-force generator for motility of alkaliphilic Bacillus, and its homologue is a second functional Mot in Bacillus subtilis

The stator-force generator that drives Na+-dependent motility in alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4 is identified here as MotPS, MotAB-like proteins with genes that are downstream of the ccpA gene, which encodes a major regulator of carbon metabolism. B. pseudofirmus OF4 was only motile at pH values above 8. Disruption of motPS resulted in a non-motile phenotype, and motility was restored by transformation with a multicopy plasmid containing the motPS genes. Purified and reconstituted MotPS from B. pseudofirmus OF4 catalysed amiloride analogue-sensitive Na+ translocation. In contrast to B. pseudofirmus, Bacillus subtilis contains both MotAB and MotPS systems. The role of the motPS genes from B. subtilis in several motility-based behaviours was tested in isogenic strains with intact motAB and motPS loci, only one of the two mot systems or neither mot system. B. subtilis MotPS (BsMotPS) supported Na+-stimulated motility, chemotaxis on soft agar surfaces and biofilm formation, especially after selection of an up-motile variant. BsMotPS also supported motility in agar soft plugs immersed in liquid; motility was completely inhibited by an amiloride analogue. BsMotPS did not support surfactin-dependent swarming on higher concentration agar surfaces. These results indicate that BsMotPS contributes to biofilm formation and motility on soft agar, but not to swarming, in laboratory strains of B. subtilis in which MotAB is the dominant stator-force generator. BsMotPS could potentially be dominant for motility in B. subtilis variants that arise in particular niches.     

Diversity of the growth patterns of Bacillus subtilis colonies on agar plates

Abstract A Bacillus subtilis strain showed a variety of colony growth patterns on agar plates. The bacterium grew to a fractal colony through the diffusion-limited aggregation process, a round colony reminiscent of the Eden model, a colony with a straight and densely branched structure similar to the dence branching, morphology, a colony spreading without any openings, and a colony with concentric rings, on plates with various agar and nutrient concentrations. The microstructures of these colonies were also characteristic and dynamic. The patterns of these bacterial colonies were thought to grow in relation to the diffusion of nutrient in the agar plate.