溶磷菌和固氮菌溶解磷矿粉时的互作效应

采用4株溶磷菌（Lx81、Dm84、Jm92、Lx191）、和3株固氮菌（ChW5、ChW6、ChO6）单独和混合接种后测定培养液有效磷含量、pH值及总有机酸含量的方法,研究溶磷菌和固氮菌溶解磷矿粉时的互作效应。结果表明,相对于单独接种溶磷菌：Lx81与3株固氮菌分别混合培养能提高磷矿粉的溶解能力,4株溶磷菌与ChW6,Lx81、Dm84、Lx191与Ch06分别混合培养及Jm92＋ChW5组合溶磷量极显著增加（P〈0．01）;Dm84＋ChW5、Lxl91＋ChW5、Jm92＋Ch06组合的溶磷量下降（P〈0．01）。除Lx81＋ChW6、Lx81＋Ch06培养液pH值降低外,混合培养的其它组合培养液pH值均较单独接种溶磷菌时升高。有机酸测定结果表明,Lx81、Jm92与ChW5、Ch06分别混合培养、ChW6＋Lx81组合有机酸含量升高（P〈0．01）,其它7种组合的有机酸含量均较单独接种溶磷菌的值下降（P〈0．01）。溶磷菌和固氮菌单菌培养时溶磷量与pH值、溶磷量与总有机酸含量及pH值与总有机酸含量之间呈现线性相关;Dm84、Lx191与3株固氮菌分别混合培养溶磷量与pH值之间、Lx81与3株固氮菌分别混合培养溶磷量与总有机酸含量之间呈现线性相关,其它组合的溶磷量与pH值、总有机酸含量间没有相关性。溶磷菌和固氮菌混合培养对溶解磷矿粉既有协同作用也有拮抗作用。     

巨菌草不同生长时期的内生固氮菌群组成分析

【背景】禾本科植物中存在着丰富的内生固氮菌资源,可为植物的生长、营养利用、增强抗逆性等起到重要的促进作用。【目的】揭示巨菌草不同生长时期根、茎、叶内生固氮细菌的组成及其变化。【方法】采用高通量测序技术对不同生长时期的巨菌草根、茎、叶内生固氮菌群进行群落分析。【结果】不同生长时期巨菌草根、茎、叶的15个样本分别得到4-6万条有效序列,主要分布在360 bp左右。根部巨菌草内生固氮菌群在成熟期最高,茎部和叶部均为拔节期最高,同一生长时期则为根叶茎,变化趋势与巨菌草植物样本的固氮酶活性变化趋势一致,其主要的菌群门类为变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和蓝藻菌门(Cyanobacteria),主要核心属为克雷伯氏菌属(Klebsiella)、草螺菌属(Herbaspirillum)和慢生根瘤菌(Bradyrhizobium)。整体上看,根、叶部来源的各自微生物菌群组成较为接近,茎部来源的菌群与根部、叶部有交叉,成熟期根部的联合固氮菌群种类和丰度最高。典范对应分析表明各来源样本固氮菌群的组成主要受环境温度影响,其次为湿度和pH。【结论】不同生长时期巨菌草根、茎、叶固氮菌群的组成及丰度存在着较大的差异,本研究可为巨菌草内生固氮菌群资源的开发和利用以及种质资源库的建立提供基础依据。     

耐氨固氮菌接种水稻所需最低活菌数的测定

耐氨固氮菌在谷芽上能生长,每粒谷芽上的菌数可达１０４－１０５个。当７０％以上的秧苗带有耐氨固氮菌时,经根系交叉感染能使所有的秧苗根系带上耐氨固氮菌。菌液浸泡谷芽接种水稻,耐氨固氮菌数／谷芽数达２０时,可使７０％的谷芽接种上菌,有２１０以上时,可使１００％的谷芽接种上菌。菌液淋施秧苗接种水稻,耐氨固氮菌数／秧苗数为１６００以上时,１００％的秧苗带有耐氨菌。菌液浸泡秧根接种水稻,耐氨固氮菌数／秧苗数为７０个以上时,可使１００％的秧苗根部带有耐氨菌。     

联合固氮菌叶面接种剂的优化及其在玉米叶际的定殖

【背景】联合固氮菌由于不具有宿主专一性,在土壤、叶际中广泛存在,对生态系统氮素供应有着重要贡献,它还可以通过分泌生长激素等间接作用促进植物生长,可作为重要的农业生产菌剂。土壤接种剂由于受土著微生物的竞争和土壤抑菌物质等的影响,接种效果不稳定,难以推广使用。相比于土壤环境,叶际生境相对简单且表面积巨大,进行叶际接种是固氮菌剂推广应用的一个新思路。【目的】优化联合固氮菌菌株W12接种添加剂,制备液体接种剂并研究其在玉米叶际的定殖效果。【方法】对菌株W12进行菌落PCR测序,构建系统发育树并确定分类地位。分别在培养液中添加不同浓度梯度的羧甲基纤维素(Carboxymethyl cellulose,CMC)和甘油(Glycerol,Gly),测量菌株W12生长曲线和固氮酶活性,优化添加剂浓度并制备液体接种剂,对接种剂的有效保存时间进行检测。将接种剂喷洒到玉米叶际,测量其对玉米产量和植株含氮量的影响,并通过低氮培养基进行回收计数。【结果】固氮菌菌株W12的16S r RNA基因序列与变栖克雷伯氏菌(Klebsiella variicola)的相似性高达99%,在培养液中添加CMC和甘油对菌株W12的生长无明显促进和抑制效果,但均提高了固氮酶活性。添加甘油制备的接种剂在盆栽和大田玉米叶面喷施后,在玉米生长末期叶际回收到的W12类似菌分别为4.3×105 CFU/g叶片和1.7×105 CFU/g叶片,显著高于未接种的处理;而且大田玉米籽粒、茎部和叶片的含氮量高于不接种的对照处理。经过90 d贮藏后,4°C保存的接种剂剩余活菌数均高于1.0×108 CFU/m L。【结论】羧甲基纤维素和甘油的添加不仅有利于固氮菌液体接种剂在叶片的附着,并能显著提高联合固氮菌菌株W12的固氮酶活性,低温冷藏可保证液体接种剂的有效活菌数;液体接种剂在玉米叶际喷施后,菌株W12能够成功定殖,并显著提高玉米植株和籽粒含氮量。研究结果为固氮菌叶面接种剂的制备和应用,以及实现农业氮肥减施保产的目标提供了借鉴意义。     

不同耕作方式下稻田土壤的氮素形态及氮素转化菌特征

在水稻不同生育期分层采集稻田土壤剖面样品,研究不同耕作方式（常耕CT、免耕NT、稻草还田常耕CTS、稻草还田免耕NTS）、不同土层稻田土壤的氮素（N）形态及氮素转化菌特征.结果表明：在N素转化菌方面,水稻整个生育期0～5 cm土层氨化细菌的数量以NTS处理最多;0～5 cm和5～12 cm土层亚硝化细菌数量CT处理高于NT处理,12～20 cm土层则相反;NTS较CTS处理降低了0～20 cm土层的亚硝化细菌和反硝化细菌数量;在水稻拔节期和成熟期,NT处理较CT处理提高了0～5 cm土层的嫌气性固氮菌数量.在N素形态方面,水稻整个生育期NT处理碱解N和全N较集中分布在0～5 cm土层,明显高于CT处理,而5～12 cm和12～20 cm土层比CT处理低;12～20 cm土层的铵态氮和硝态氮含量NT与CT处理差异不显著,而NTS处理0～20 cm土层的铵态氮和硝态氮含量均有所提高.相关分析和多元回归分析表明,铵态氮与氨化细菌、亚硝化细菌、反硝化细菌正相关程度最高,而碱解氮与嫌气性固氮菌正相关程度最高,均达极显著水平.综合各土层氮素转化菌数量与不同形态N含量,NTS更有利于稻田氮素供应与养分积累.     

桉树与联合固氮菌相互作用的研究

联合固氮菌-催娩克氏菌（Klebsiella oxytoca NG13/pMC73A)接种木栖植物桃金粮种（Myrtaceae)桉树属（Eucalyptus)的苗木,研究它们之间相互作用关系。扫描电镜观察结果表明;联合固氮菌不但可以在桉树根表定殖,而且还可进入根内定殖,并在接种桉树的根际,根表和根内均分离到该菌,接种联合固氮菌能刺激桉树根系的分泌作用,并对根系分泌物的氨基酸,糖及激素的含量有所影响,联合固氮菌对桉树生长有明显的促进作用。     

罗伊乳杆菌增殖培养基中碳源氮源的优化

目的提高罗伊乳杆菌的发酵活菌数,以提高发酵产率,降低生产成本。方法采用光电比浊法与活菌计数法,通过单因素试验和正交设计方法对罗伊乳杆菌的增殖培养基的碳源和氮源进行优化,并且绘制优化前后的生长曲线。结果罗伊乳杆菌增殖培养基中最佳的碳源、氮源种类与浓度为葡萄糖2.1%、蔗糖3.0%、牛肉膏1.5%、酵母粉1.4%,最佳的培养时间为10h。结论通过优化罗伊乳杆菌的增殖培养基,提高了发酵产率,降低了生产成本。     

天然药物蜂房化学成分提取物对口腔细菌生长的实验研究

目的研究蜂房中分离得到的不同组分对致龋菌生长的影响,寻找蜂房抑龋的有效成分。方法通过溶剂分段和层析技术对蜂房进行分离,得到4个组分,采用液体稀释法研究蜂房不同组分对口腔常居细菌——血液链球菌、唾液链球菌,以及4种主要致龋菌——变形链球菌、内氏放线菌、粘性放线菌和乳酸杆菌生长的影响,使用活菌计数法测量五倍子总鞣质及各组分对变形链球菌生长曲线的影响。结果蜂房提取物中1、2和3组分对实验菌有较强的抑菌作用,蜂房提取物3组分对于变形链球菌生长曲线的抑制作用最强。结论蜂房各组分对实验菌都有一定的抑菌作用,其抑菌作用可能和其中的甾醇类化合物有关。     

桉树与联合固氮菌相互作用的研究*

联合固氮菌-催娩克氏菌(Klebsiella oxytoca NG13/pMC73A)接种木本植物桃金娘科(Myrtaceae)桉树属(Eucalyptus)的苗木,研究它们之间相互作用关系。扫描电镜观察结果表明:联合固氮菌不但可以在桉树根表定殖,而且还可进入根内定殖,并在接种桉树的根际、根表和根内均分离到该菌。接种联合固氮菌能刺激桉树根系的分泌作用,并对根系分泌物的氨基酸、糖及激素的含量有所影响。联合固氮菌对桉树生长有明显的促进作用。     

液体复合微生物产品的简易检测方法

利用固体平板培养计数法,对几种液体复合微生物产品进行细菌,放线菌和酵母菌三大类微生物活菌计数,以此来检测产品的质量。     

Quantitation of bacillus subtilis L-form growth parameters in batch culture

Several methods were used to monitor the growth of a stable L-form in batch culture. The end of the exponential growth phase was determined with greatest accuracy by the amounts of deoxyribonucleic acid per milliliter of culture. Optical density and viable count data were not as reliable because the L-forms began to lyse at the end of exponential growth. Lysis was detected visually, by phase-contrast observations of wet mounts, and by release of ultraviolet-absorbing material into culture supernatant fluids.     

Development of phenotypic resistance to direct lethal miconazole action by Candida albicans entering stationary phase

In the late logarithmic or very early stationary phase of the growth cycle, yeast cells of Candida albicans undergo a shift from susceptibility to resistance to the direct lethal action of miconazole. Regulation of this phenotypic shift was examined. Experiments based on viable count determinations and the construction of time-kill curves showed that reestablishment of resistance is independent of both pH and the attainment of some critical viable cell density. However, it was found that development of resistance requires the continued availability of an appropriate energy source toward the end of exponential growth.     

Isolation ofThiobacillus ferrooxidans from various habitats and their growth pattern on solid medium

Different strains of iron-oxidizingThiobacillus ferrooxidans were grown and purified on solid medium containing Bapco agar, agarose, and carrageenan (Type 1). These strains produced easily countable isolated colonies that could be transferred after 7 days of incubation at 30°C. Increase in viable cell number in relation to growth and iron oxidation was studied by both microscopic count and direct plating method. Colony morphology of different strains growing on solid medium helped in differentiating the colony types.     

Influence of the growth phase and culture medium on the survival of Mannheimia haemolytica during storage at different temperatures

AIMS: To quantify the influence of the growth phase, storage temperature and nutritional quality of the plate count medium on the apparent viability of Mannheimia haemolytica during storage at different temperatures. METHODS AND RESULTS: Mannheimia haemolytica was grown in shake flasks and in aerobic continuous culture to investigate factors affecting cell viability during storage, which was determined using plate counts on different media and epifluorescence microscopy. The high specific death rates of cells harvested after cessation of exponential growth and stored at 22, 4, -18 and -75 degrees C could be related to the rapid onset of exponential death in batch cultures. Yeast extract supplementation of the culture medium increased the viability of cells at most of the above-mentioned storage temperatures. Of the total cell count in continuous culture, only 48% could be recovered on brain-heart infusion agar, whereas supplementation of the agar medium with foetal calf serum increased the plate count to 71% of the total count. CONCLUSIONS: Mannheimia haemolytica cells harvested from the exponential growth phase had the highest survival rate during storage at low temperatures. Plate count values also depended on the nutritional quality of the agar medium. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Results presented here impact on the procedures for culture preservation and plate count enumeration of this fastidious animal pathogen.     

Estimation of dormant Micrococcus luteus cells by penicillin lysis and by resuscitation in cell-free spent culture medium at high dilution

Abstract Micrococcus luteus starved for 2–7 months in spent medium following growth to stationary phase in batch culture exhibited a culturability (as estimated by direct plating on nutrient agar plates) of < 0.001%. However, following a lag, some 70% of the cells could be lysed upon inoculation into and cultivation in fresh lactate minimal medium containing penicillin, showing the capability of a significant portion of the cells at least to enlarge (and thus potentially to resuscitate). When the viable cell count was estimated using the most probable number method, by incubation of high dilutions of starved cells in liquid growth media, the number of culturable or resuscitable cells was very low, and little different from the viable cell count as assessed by plating on solid media. However, the apparent viability of these populations evidenced with the most probable number method was 1000–100 000-fold greater when samples were diluted into liquid media containing supernatants taken from the stationary phase of batch cultures of the organism, suggesting that viable cells can produce a factor which stimulates the resuscitation of dormant cells. Both approaches show, under conditions in which the growth of a limited number of viable cells during resuscitation is excluded, that a significant portion of the apparently non-viable cell population in an extended stationary phase is dormant, and not dead.     

Bactericidal activities of essential oils of basil and sage against a range of bacteria and the effect of these essential oils on Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Basil and sage essential oils were examined for bactericidal activity against a range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria by viable count determinations. Generally, Gram-positive bacteria showed higher resistance to basil and sage essential oils than Gram-negative bacteria. Vibrio species showed a high sensitivity to both essential oils. Stationary growth phase cells of selected bacteria showed higher resistance to these essential oils than exponential growth phase cells. Basil-resistant (b21) and sage-resistant (s20) strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus were isolated. Both strains showed higher resistance to heat and H2O2 than parent strain. Conversely, heat-adapted V. parahaemolyticus also showed a higher resistance to these essential oils than nonadapted cells.     

Induction of viable but nonculturable state in Vibrio parahaemolyticus and its susceptibility to environmental stresses

AIMS: This work analysed factors that influence the induction of viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state in the common enteric pathogen, Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The susceptibility of the VBNC cells to environmental stresses was investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Bacterium was cultured in tryptic soy broth-3% NaCl medium, shifted to a nutrient-free Morita mineral salt-0.5% NaCl medium (pH 7.8) and further incubated at 4 degrees C in a static state to induce the VBNC state in 28-35 days. The culturability and viability of the cells were monitored by the plate count method and the Bac Light viable count method, respectively. Cells grown at the optimum growth temperature and in the exponential phase better induced the VBNC state than those grown at low temperature and in the stationary phase. Low salinity of the medium crucially and markedly shortened the induction period. The VBNC cells were highly resistant to thermal (42, 47 degrees C), low salinity (0% NaCl), or acid (pH 4.0) inactivation. CONCLUSIONS: Optimal conditions for inducing VBNC V. parahaemolyticus were reported. The increase in resistance of VBNC V. parahaemolyticus to thermal, low salinity and acidic inactivation verified that this state is entered as part of a survival strategy in an adverse environment. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The methods for inducing VBNC V. parahaemolyticus in a markedly short time will facilitate further physiological and pathological study. The enhanced stress resistance of the VBNC cells should attract attention to the increased risk presented by this pathogen in food.     

Shotgun proteomic monitoring of Clostridium acetobutylicum during stationary phase of butanol fermentation using xylose and comparison with the exponential phase

Economically viable production of solvents through acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation requires a detailed understanding of Clostridium acetobutylicum. This study focuses on the proteomic profiling of C. acetobutylicum ATCC 824 from the stationary phase of ABE fermentation using xylose and compares with the exponential growth by shotgun proteomics approach. Comparative proteomic analysis revealed 22.9% of the C. acetobutylicum genome and 18.6% was found to be common in both exponential and stationary phases. The proteomic profile of C. acetobutylicum changed during the ABE fermentation such that 17 proteins were significantly differentially expressed between the two phases. Specifically, the expression of five proteins namely, CAC2873, CAP0164, CAP0165, CAC3298, and CAC1742 involved in the solvent production pathway were found to be significantly lower in the stationary phase compared to the exponential growth. Similarly, the expression of fucose isomerase (CAC2610), xylulose kinase (CAC2612), and a putative uncharacterized protein (CAC2611) involved in the xylose utilization pathway were also significantly lower in the stationary phase. These findings provide an insight into the metabolic behavior of C. acetobutylicum between different phases of ABE fermentation using xylose.