Major histocompatibility complex variation is similar in little brown bats before and after white‐nose syndrome outbreak

White‐nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), has driven alarming declines in North American hibernating bats, such as little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus). During hibernation, infected little brown bats are able to initiate anti‐Pd immune responses, indicating pathogen‐mediated selection on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes. However, such immune responses may not be protective as they interrupt torpor, elevate energy costs, and potentially lead to higher mortality rates. To assess whether WNS drives selection on MHC genes, we compared the MHC DRB gene in little brown bats pre‐ (Wisconsin) and post‐ (Michigan, New York, Vermont, and Pennsylvania) WNS (detection spanning 2014–2015). We genotyped 131 individuals and found 45 nucleotide alleles (27 amino acid alleles) indicating a maximum of 3 loci (1–5 alleles per individual). We observed high allelic admixture and a lack of genetic differentiation both among sampling sites and between pre‐ and post‐WNS populations, indicating no signal of selection on MHC genes. However, post‐WNS populations exhibited decreased allelic richness, reflecting effects from bottleneck and drift following rapid population declines. We propose that mechanisms other than adaptive immunity are more likely driving current persistence of little brown bats in affected regions.     

内生菌株B16发酵条件优化及其对人参锈腐病的防效

【目的】优化人参病害拮抗菌株B16的发酵条件,提高发酵液的活菌含量和抗菌活性,检测该菌对人参病害的防效。【方法】采用单因子试验、正交试验优化菌株B16的发酵培养基及发酵条件,于室内盆栽条件下研究其对人参锈腐病的防效。【结果】菌株B16发酵最适培养基为:蔗糖1.00%、酵母膏0.50%、Mg SO4·7H2O 0.05%、Fe SO4·7H2O 0.06%、Na Cl 1.00%;最佳发酵条件:p H 7.5、温度35°C、接种量5%、装液量40 m L/250 m L、摇床转速170 r/min、发酵周期48 h。菌株B16发酵液对人参锈腐病的保护作用和治疗作用防效分别达到64.8%和58.6%。【结论】菌株B16具有很强的生防潜力。     

蝙蝠传染病白鼻综合症研究进展

于2006年爆发的蝙蝠传染病白鼻综合症(WNS)使大量的蝙蝠物种面临死亡威胁。研究发现,蝙蝠白鼻综合症是由好寒性真菌锈腐假裸囊子菌(Pseudogymnoascus destructans)引起,通过侵染皮肤表面而使冬眠期蝙蝠表现出一系列异常行为,导致其储存的能量和脂肪提早耗尽,最终死亡。本文对白鼻综合症发病症状、传播规律、致病机理和免疫遗传反应等研究进行了论述,并进一步提出了研究展望。     

What is winter? Modeling spatial variation in bat host traits and hibernation and their implications for overwintering energetics

White‐nose syndrome (WNS) has decimated hibernating bat populations across eastern and central North America for over a decade. Disease severity is driven by the interaction between bat characteristics, the cold‐loving fungal agent, and the hibernation environment. While we further improve hibernation energetics models, we have yet to examine how spatial heterogeneity in host traits is linked to survival in this disease system. Here, we develop predictive spatial models of body mass for the little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) and reassess previous definitions of the duration of hibernation of this species. Using data from published literature, public databases, local experts, and our own fieldwork, we fit a series of generalized linear models with hypothesized abiotic drivers to create distribution‐wide predictions of prehibernation body fat and hibernation duration. Our results provide improved estimations of hibernation duration and identify a scaling relationship between body mass and body fat; this relationship allows for the first continuous estimates of prehibernation body mass and fat across the species'' distribution. We used these results to inform a hibernation energetic model to create spatially varying fat use estimates for M. lucifugus. These results predict WNS mortality of M. lucifugus populations in western North America may be comparable to the substantial die‐off observed in eastern and central populations.     

Pseudogymnoascus roseus的生物学特性及液体发酵培养基的筛选

分离自冬虫夏草子座的子囊菌, 产生大量具网状包被的子囊果。其代表菌株Pseu-F经形态学及分子鉴定, 确定为Pseudogymnoascus roseus。该菌株的适宜生长温度为17.5 °C?20.0 °C; 用正交试验法对该菌株进行了液体发酵培养基筛选试验, 试验因素包括马铃薯、黄豆、蔗糖+葡萄糖、蛋白胨、酵母膏、矿物盐、维生素等, 筛选出的优化液体发酵培养基为(g/L): 蔗糖20+葡萄糖10, 蛋白胨10, 酵母膏5, 黄豆50, 马铃薯100。     

人参锈腐病研究进展

综述了近年来对人参锈腐病病参的表皮和根内化学成分的变化、病原菌生物学特性、分子生物学及防治方面的研究。结果显示,锈腐病菌侵入参根后,病根体内总皂甙、粗淀粉、总糖减少,而木质素、脂肪酸和还原糖增加;Ca,Zn,Mn,Fe,Al,Si的含量增加,K的含量降低。生物学特性方面研究了最适病原菌生长的碳源、氮源、pH值、温度及微量元素Fe、Pd、Zn、Cd、Cu对菌丝生长的作用。防治方面则对农业防治和生物防治进行了总结。农业防治主要是进行合理轮作,施用有机肥;生物防治重点在拮抗菌的筛选上。以生物防治方法防治人参锈腐病有很广阔的前景。     

Identifying unusual mortality events in bats: a baseline for bat hibernation monitoring and white‐nose syndrome research

Bat population trends are particularly affected by adult mortality, especially when large numbers of individuals die, as evidenced by white‐nose syndrome in North America. We obtained baseline mortality data from 318 European hibernacula. Mortality was low and negatively associated with elevation but not with fungal infestation. Mortality events involving more than seven bats at a hibernaculum should be considered unusual, and above this threshold, pathological or microbiological analysis should be carried out. To increase understanding of mortality in bats, there is an urgent need to develop and co‐ordinate national and international programs for monitoring and investigating mortality and diseases.