In vitro water activity and pH dependence of mycelial growth and extracellular enzyme activities of Trichoderma strains with biocontrol potential

AIMS: Water activity (aw) and pH are probably the most important environmental parameters affecting the activities of mycoparasitic Trichoderma strains. Therefore it is important to collect information on the effects of these factors on mycelial growth and on the in vitro activities of extracellular enzymes involved in nutrient competition (e.g. beta-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase and beta-xylosidase) and mycoparasitism (e.g. N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, trypsin-like protease and chymotrypsin-like protease) of Trichoderma strains with biocontrol potential. METHODS AND RESULTS: Water activity and pH dependence of the linear mycelial growth of five examined Trichoderma strains belonging to three different species groups was examined on yeast extract and soil extract media. Maximal growth rates were observed at aw 0.997 and pH 4.0 in the case of all strains. The activities of the examined extracellular enzymes at different aw and pH values were determined spectrophotometrically after incubation with chromogenic p-nitrophenyl and p-nitroaniline substrates. Maximal enzyme activities were measured at aw 0.950 for beta-glucosidase, trypsin-like protease and chymotrypsin-like protease, at 0.910 for cellobiohydrolase and at 0.993 for beta-xylosidase and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase enzymes. Optimal pH values are suggested to be at 5.0 for beta-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, at 3.0 for beta-xylosidase, at 6.0 for trypsin-like protease and between 6.0 and 7.0 for chymotrypsin-like protease activities, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Extracellular enzymes of the examined mycoparasitic Trichoderma strains are able to display activities under a wider range of aw and pH values than those allowing mycelial growth. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Data about the effects of aw and pH on mycelial growth and extracellular enzyme activities of Trichoderma reveal useful information about the applicability of biocontrol strains in agricultural soils with specific water and pH relations.     

微生物多样性对土壤氮磷钾转化、酶活性及油菜生长的影响

采用灭菌土壤分别接种不同稀释倍数(1、10~(-2)、10~(-4)和10~(-6))未灭菌土壤悬浊液的方法,研究了土壤微生物多样性降低对油菜生长和养分吸收、土壤养分有效性和酶活性的影响。结果表明:(1)随着接种土壤悬浊液稀释倍数增加,油菜生物量逐渐降低,10-4的油菜生物量显著低于1和10~(-2),10~(-6)仅为1的26%;(2)油菜氮、磷和钾的吸收量与油菜生物量呈现相同的变化规律;(3)土壤铵态氮浓度随接种土壤悬浊液稀释倍数增加而降低;而土壤硝态氮则以10~(-4)为最高,其它处理间没有显著差异;土壤有效磷未发生显著变化;有效钾反而有上升趋势;(4)土壤多酚氧化酶(PhO X)活性随接种土壤悬浊液稀释倍数增加逐渐升高;β-1,4-葡萄糖苷酶(βG)活性以10~(-6)为最高,而其它处理差异不显著;土壤亮氨酸酶氨肽酶(LAP)活性和酸性磷酸酶(AP)活性变化不显著;(5)相关分析表明,油菜生物量与土壤铵态氮浓度的对数显著正相关;与多酚氧化酶、葡萄糖苷酶和亮氨酸氨肽酶活性显著负相关。研究表明,微生物多样性降低主要通过抑制土壤氮素释放影响植物生长。     

Antagonistic actions of Pythium oligandrum and Trichoderma harzianum against phytopathogenic fungi (Fusarium oxysporum and Pythium ultimum var. ultimum)

Abstract

The possible biological control of damping-off fungi, Fusarium oxysporum and Pythium ultimum by Pythium oligandrum or Trichoderma harzianum was in vitro investigated. Results of comparing the antagonistic activity of P. oligandrum and T. harzianum in dual plates against the tested phytopathogens indicated different degrees of antagonism. After 12 days of incubation colony of the phytopathogenic fungus was completely overgrown by the antagonist, except for the interaction between T. harzianum and F. oxysporum which showed no overgrowth or any hyphal penetration by the antagonist. However, growth and proliferation of F. oxysporum colony was repressed. T. harzianum and P. oligandrum produced chitinase and β-1,3-glucanase when they were grown on liquid culture medium supplemented with chitin or fungal dried mycelium as a sole carbon source, and enzyme production was higher by T. harzianum comparing with P. oligandrum under the same condition. Fungal dried mycelium of F. oxysporum was the most selective carbon source for enzyme production, on the other hand, chitinase production was significant locked when P. ultimum dried mycelium was used as a carbon source. Production of volatile compounds by P. oligandrum or T. harzianum against F. oxysporum and P. ultimum was examined using the inverted plates method. F. oxysporum was inhibited by the antagonist volatile compounds and it is inhibited 100% by increasing the amount of inoculum size. Production of potential biocontrol agents provided with economically features and working under field conditions are recommended.     

Tvbgn3, a beta-1,6-glucanase from the biocontrol fungus Trichoderma virens, is involved in mycoparasitism and control of Pythium ultimum

Even though beta-1,6-glucanases have been purified from several filamentous fungi, the physiological function has not been conclusively established for any species. In the present study, the role of Tvbgn3, a beta-1,6-glucanase from Trichoderma virens, was examined by comparison of wild-type (WT) and transformant strains in which Tvbgn3 was disrupted (GKO) or constitutively overexpressed (GOE). Gene expression analysis revealed induction of Tvbgn3 in the presence of host fungal cell walls, indicating regulation during mycoparasitism. Indeed, while deletion or overexpression of Tvbgn3 had no evident effect on growth and development, GOE and GKO strains showed an enhanced or reduced ability, respectively, to inhibit the growth of the plant pathogen Pythium ultimum compared to results with the WT. The relevance of this activity in the biocontrol ability of T. virens was confirmed in plant bioassays. Deletion of the gene resulted in levels of disease protection that were significantly reduced from WT levels, while GOE strains showed a significantly increased biocontrol capability. These results demonstrate the involvement of beta-1,6-glucanase in mycoparasitism and its relevance in the biocontrol activity of T. virens, opening a new avenue for biotechnological applications.     

Soil microbial biomass influence on growth and biocontrol efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum

Hyphal growth and biocontrol efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum may depend on its interactions with biotic components of the soil environment. Effects of soil microbial biomass on growth and biocontrol efficacy of the green fluorescent protein transformant T. harzianum ThzID1-M3 were investigated using different levels of soil microbial biomass (153, 328, or 517 μg biomass carbon/g of dry soil). Hyphal growth of T. harzianum was significantly inhibited in soil containing 328 or 517 μg biomass carbon/g of dry soil compared with soil containing 153 μg biomass carbon/g. However, when ThzID1-M3 was added to soil as an alginate pellet formulation, recoverable populations of ThzID1-M3 varied, with the highest populations in soil containing 517 μg biomass carbon/g. When sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were added to soils (10 sclerotia per 150 g soil) with ThzID1-M3 (20 pellets per 150 g soil), colonization of sclerotia by ThzID1-M3 was significantly lower in the soil containing the highest level of biomass. Addition of alginate pellets of ThzID1-M3 to soils (10 pellets per 50 g) resulted in increased indigenous microbial populations (total fungi, bacteria, fluorescent Pseudomonas spp., and actinomycetes). Our results suggest that higher levels of microbial soil biomass result in increased interactions between introduced T. harzianum and soil microorganisms, and further that microbial competition in soil favors a shift from hyphal growth to sporulation in T. harzianum, potentially reducing its biocontrol efficacy.     

桑树/大豆间作对植物生长及根际土壤微生物数量和酶活性的影响

利用根系分隔试验的方法,研究了桑树/大豆间作体系中植株生长、根际土壤酶和土壤微生物的变化.结果表明： 根系不分隔处理的桑树和大豆的株高、叶片数、根长和根冠比等生长指标均高于塑料膜分隔和尼龙网分隔处理,大豆有效根瘤数较多.不分隔、尼龙网分隔处理的桑树和大豆的根际土壤磷含量比塑料膜分隔分别高10.3%、11.1%和5.1%、4.6%.不分隔和尼龙网分隔处理的桑树和大豆根际微生物数量、微生物多样性和土壤酶活性均高于塑料膜分隔处理.表明桑树和大豆间作具有明显的种间促进效应.     

毒死蜱降解木霉菌对几种重要植物病原真菌的生防活性

木霉菌既是广泛应用的防治植物病害的生防菌,又是一类很有应用潜力的环境污染修复菌。针对分离筛选出的6株高效降解毒死蜱的木霉菌株,进行了土传植物真菌病害的生防活性试验。结果表明,在对峙培养条件下,供试木霉菌株对几种病原真菌均具有较为显著的抑制率,发酵滤液对多数病原真菌具有明显的抑菌作用。所有供试木霉菌株能在立枯丝核菌、灰霉、终极腐霉菌落上着生,并逐渐覆盖全部菌落;但不能在茄腐镰孢菌、尖孢镰孢菌、大丽轮枝菌上生长。真菌重寄生现象观察结果表明,供试木霉菌仅对立枯丝核菌具有明显的重寄生现象。研究结果表明,筛选出的高效降解毒死蜱的木霉菌菌株可对多种土传植物病原真菌具有良好的生防潜力。     

Isolation of Pythium oligandrum from Egyptian soil and its mycoparasitic effect on Pythium ultimum var. ultimum the damping-off organism of wheat

Pythium oligandrum Drechsler bearing spherical sporangia with complex subglobose elements was isolated for the first time in Egypt from agricultural field soil cultivated with alfalfa (Trifolium alexandrinum) in El-Minia, Egypt. This fungus was found to be an active bio-control agent against P. ultimum var. ultimum, the damping-off organism of wheat. In agar plates, P. oligandrum parasitized P. ultimum var. ultimum hyphae with the aid of thin haustorial branches or infection pegs, eventually leading to host destruction. Incorporation of P. oligandrum into carboxymethylcellulose seed coating successfully eliminated pre-emergence damping-off of wheat caused by P. ultimum var. ultimum, whereas Post-emergence damping-off was prevented by adding inocula of P. oligandrum to the soil. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

玉米 线辣椒套作系统中土壤养分与根际土壤微生物、酶活性的关系

采用玉米单作、线辣椒单作、玉米-线辣椒套作3种栽培模式,并在玉米-线辣椒套作的种间根部设3种不同隔离处理（膜隔、网隔和无隔）,研究了玉米-线辣椒套作系统中土壤生物因子与土壤养分的关系．结果表明：玉米-线辣椒套作具有明显优势;与两作物单作和玉米-线辣椒套作种间根区膜隔处理相比,玉米-线辣椒根区无隔和网隔处理复合群体中两作物根际土壤酶活性、微生物数量、土壤养分均显著提高;除有效镁与真菌种群数量、过氧化氢酶活性呈负相关外,其余速效养分与各生物因子均呈显著或极显著正相关．通径分析表明,该系统中促进有机质累积的主要生物因素是脲酶、过氧化氢酶、细菌和蛋白酶,蔗糖酶是影响碱解氮的最主要因子,脲酶是影响有效磷的最主要因子,细菌是影响有效钾的最主要因子,碱性磷酸酶、真菌只是选择性地对有机质的累积和氮、磷、钾有效养分的形成起作用,放线菌对土壤养分的直接作用系数为负,对土壤养分形成的作用较小．     

鸡粪改良铜尾矿对3种豆科植物生长及基质微生物量和酶活性的影响

基质改良和耐性植物种选择是重金属矿业废弃地人工生态恢复的关键。通过室内盆栽试验研究不同比例腐熟鸡粪改良铜尾矿后对3种豆科植物决明(Cassia tora)、田菁(Sesbania cannabina)、菽麻(Crotalaria juncea)生长和尾矿基质中土壤微生物量C、N及过氧化氢酶、碱性磷酸酶、脲酶和脱氢酶活性的影响。结果表明:添加鸡粪改良处理后3种植物茎叶生物量、根系生物量和体内总磷含量均有提高,植物体内总氮含量则只有菽麻明显增加。添加鸡粪可提高尾矿基质中微生物量C以及脲酶和脱氢酶活性,其中菽麻生长的尾矿基质中微生物量C含量增加最显著。尾矿基质中微生物量C与基质中总氮、有效磷呈显著正相关,菽麻生长的尾矿基质中微生物量C与基质中有效态Cu、Zn呈显著负相关。田菁、菽麻生长的尾矿基质中脲酶、脱氢酶与基质中总氮、有效磷呈显著正相关,决明、菽麻生长的尾矿基质中脱氢酶与基质中微生物量C呈显著正相关,决明生长的尾矿基质中脲酶、脱氢酶与基质中有效态Zn呈显著负相关。综合分析表明,铜尾矿∶鸡粪=250∶1的处理方式可作为鸡粪改良铜尾矿基质较好的一种比例模式,该处理方式下菽麻可作为铜尾矿生态修复优选植物种。     

Effects of nutritional input and diesel contamination on soil enzyme activities and microbial communities in antarctic soils

Pollution of Antarctic soils may be attributable to increased nutritional input and diesel contamination via anthropogenic activities. To investigate the effect of these environmental changes on the Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem, soil enzyme activities and microbial communities in 3 types of Antarctic soils were evaluated. The activities of alkaline phosphomonoesterase and dehydrogenase were dramatically increased, whereas the activities of β-glucosidase, urease, arylsulfatase, and fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis were negligible. Alkaline phosphomonoesterase and dehydrogenase activities in the 3 types of soils increased 3- to 10-fold in response to nutritional input, but did not increase in the presence of diesel contamination. Consistent with the enzymatic activity data, increased copy numbers of the phoA gene, encoding an alkaline phosphomonoesterase, and the 16S rRNA gene were verified using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Interestingly, dehydrogenase activity and 16S rRNA gene copy number increased slightly after 30 days, even under diesel contamination, probably because of adaptation of the bacterial population. Intact Antarctic soils showed a predominance of Actinobacteria phylum (mostly Pseudonorcarida species) and other phyla such as Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Planctomycetes, Firmicutes, and Verrucomicrobia were present in successively lower proportions. Nutrient addition might act as a selective pressure on the bacterial community, resulting in the prevalence of Actinobacteria phylum (mostly Arthrobacter species). Soils contaminated by diesel showed a predominance of Proteobacteria phylum (mostly Phyllobacterium species), and other phyla such as Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, and Gemmatimonadetes were present in successively lower proportions. Our data reveal that nutritional input has a dramatic impact on bacterial communities in Antarctic soils and that diesel contamination is likely toxic to enzymes in this population.     

Biocontrol of Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium ultimum on Capsicum by Trichoderma koningii in potting medium.

Two isolates of Trichoderma koningii were evaluated for efficacy in control of damping-off diseases in seedlings of Capsicum annuum grown in pasteurized potting medium in a glasshouse. A selected isolate of binucleate Rhizoctonia and two fungicides were also included as standards for control of Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium ultimum var. sporangiiferum. Both isolates of T. koningii reduced seedling death caused by R. solani in one of two experiments, and by P. u. sporangii-ferum in two of three experiments. Neither isolate of T. koningii suppressed damping-off caused by either pathogen as consistently as the binucleate Rhizoctonia or fungicides. The implications of these results for commercial disease management are discussed.     

Effect of food waste compost on microbial population, soil enzyme activity and lettuce growth

The effect of food waste (FW) composted with MS (Miraculous Soil Microorganisms) was compared with commercial compost (CC) and mineral fertilizer (MF) on bacterial and fungal populations, soil enzyme activities and growth of lettuce in a greenhouse. Populations of fungi and bacteria, soil biomass, and soil enzyme activities in the rhizosphere of FW treatments significantly increased compared to control (CON), CC and MF treatments at 2, 4, and 6 weeks. The fresh weight of lettuce in FW treatments was about 2-3 times higher than that in CC at 4 and 6 week. The pH, EC, total nitrogen content, organic matter and sodium concentration in FW treatments were generally higher than those in CON, CC and MF treatments.     

沙化对玛曲高寒草甸土壤微生物数量及土壤酶活性的影响

对不同沙化程度高寒草甸土壤物理性质和土壤酶活性及微生物结构进行调查分析,结果表明:(1)随沙化程度的加剧,玛曲高寒草甸土壤粘粒成分、含水量、蔗糖酶活性、脲酶活性、中性磷酸酶活性以及过氧化氢酶活性均呈现出下降趋势,而土壤细砂粒成分和pH值逐渐增大,土壤粗砂粒、细菌数量、真菌数量、放线菌数量以及微生物总数量均出现了先增大后减小的趋势。(2)在发生沙化的高寒草甸土壤中,细菌占土壤微生物的主要组分,然后依次是放线菌和真菌;细菌百分比在中度沙化的样地土壤中达到最大值,放线菌和真菌百分比在轻度沙化的样地土壤中达到最大值。(3)在玛曲高寒草甸沙化过程中,驱使土壤微生物数量变化的主导因子是土壤孔隙度和含水量;驱使土壤酶活性变化的主导因子,在沙化初期是土壤含水量、颗粒组成、动植物和pH,在沙化发生后是土壤微生物、颗粒组成、含水量及动植物。     

喀斯特土壤固氮微生物群落与植被、土壤的关系

固氮微生物作为土壤中重要的功能微生物群之一,其与地上植物群落、土壤环境之间的关系尚不清楚。在桂西北的环江县、都安县和大化县选取喀斯特典型植被类型(草丛、灌丛、次生林)建立样方,通过植被调查、测定土壤理化性质和构建克隆文库的方法,研究了土壤固氮微生物群落的结构与组成,分析了固氮微生物群落与植物群落、土壤理化性质之间的关系。结果表明:研究区典型植被类型土壤中的优势固氮微生物为慢生根瘤菌。Mantel相关性分析表明植物群落与固氮微生物群落显著相关(r=0.6116,P=0.011);结合PCo A分析和Venn图可看出,植物群落组成与结构越相似,土壤固氮微生物群落结构与组成也越相似。CCA分析前两轴的解释率之和仅为22.72%,其中总氮、有效态钾、有效态钙对固氮微生物群落的影响显著,这表明本研究涵盖的土壤理化性质指标并不能完全解释固氮微生物群落的变异,需要补充更多的土壤数据进行更深入的研究。由此可见,在喀斯特生态恢复过程中,不仅要关注地上植被群落的恢复与重建,同时也应重视地下功能微生物群落的恢复与重建。     

艾比湖湿地典型植物群落土壤酶活性季节变化特征

对艾比湖湿地典型芦苇和柽柳群落土壤过氧化氢酶、磷酸酶和脲酶及其影响因素进行了分析.结果表明: 在植物不同的生长期,土壤酶活性具有明显的季节变化特征,芦苇群落土壤过氧化氢酶、磷酸酶和脲酶峰值均出现在生长旺盛期(3.26、0.60、0.33 mg·g^-1),谷值出现在萌芽期和展叶期,而柽柳群落的峰值出现在枯黄期(6.33、0.58、0.21 mg·g^-1),谷值出现在开花期和生长旺盛期;脲酶在不同生长期较为稳定,是湿地土壤酶活性差异的指示指标;芦苇和柽柳群落不同生长期土壤酶活性与土壤有机质和全磷含量呈显著正相关,而与土壤含水量的相关性不显著;芦苇群落迅速生长期土壤酶活性与土壤铵态氮呈显著正相关;两种植物群落土壤盐分与酶活性的相关性不显著.芦苇和柽柳群落不同生长期土壤酶活性受多因素的共同影响,土壤有机质和水热因子是影响艾比湖高盐湖泊湿地土壤酶活性的主导因子.     

1,3-二氯丙烯药剂对土壤微生物数量和酶活性的影响

通过室内培养实验研究了1,3-二氯丙烯对土壤中微生物数量和土壤酶活性的影响,以评价其环境生态效应.结果表明,1,3-二氯丙烯熏蒸土壤后,各浓度处理对土壤真菌数量有强烈的抑制作用;对土壤细菌和放线菌的影响开始均表现为抑制作用,然后抑制作用减弱,逐渐表现出一定的激活作用.1,3-二氯丙烯熏蒸土壤后,高浓度处理对土壤脲酶表现为抑制-激活作用;低浓度处理表现为激活-抑制-激活作用.对蔗糖酶表现为激活-抑制作用,且抑制率逐渐增大.对过氧化氢酶表现为抑制-激活作用,50 d后施药土壤和对照组土壤的过氧化氢酶活性基本趋于一致.     

Effects of mercury on microbial biomass and enzyme activities in soil

Mercury (Hg) is a persistent soil pollutant that affects soil microbial activity. We monitored the changes in soil microbial biomass and activity of enzymes, including alkaline phosphatase, arylsulfatase, fluorescein diacetate (FDA) hydrolytic activity, and o-diphenol oxidase (o-DPO) in three soils contaminated with different concentrations of Hg. Increasing levels of Hg, from 0.5 to 10 μmol/g of dried soil, generally depressed microbial activity; however, the effects of Hg on soil microbial activity depended on soil type and composition, particularly organic matter content. o-DPO was less affected by Hg than the other three enzymes tested. Our results indicate that the analysis of microbial biomass content and soil-enzyme activities may be used to predict the soil quality contaminated with Hg.