一株链霉菌21-1的分离鉴定及其对禾谷镰刀菌的抑菌活性

【背景】由禾谷镰刀菌(Fusarium graminearum)引起的小麦赤霉病严重威胁我国的小麦生产。【目的】筛选对禾谷镰刀菌具有拮抗能力的链霉菌菌株,为生防菌剂开发提供理论基础。【方法】利用平板对峙法筛选对禾谷镰刀菌具有拮抗能力的链霉菌;通过形态特征、生理生化特征和16S rRNA基因序列分析对其进行鉴定;通过病原菌菌丝生长、孢子产生及萌发抑制试验分析其发酵液的抑菌活性;利用人工接种试验测定该菌株发酵液的防病效果。【结果】筛选到一株对禾谷镰刀菌具有较强拮抗活性的链霉菌21-1,抑菌率为59.5%。依据形态特征、生理生化特性和16S rRNA基因序列分析,将该菌株鉴定为黄三素链霉菌(Streptomycesflavotricini)。菌株21-1发酵液能够抑制禾谷镰刀菌的菌丝生长、孢子产生及萌发过程,而且可以降低禾谷镰刀菌菌丝中可溶性蛋白质的含量,并增加丙二醛的含量。菌株21-1可以产生蛋白酶及纤维素酶。菌株21-1菌液10倍稀释液对小麦赤霉病的防效最佳,为70.1%。此外,菌株21-1发酵液对其他8种植物病原菌均有较好的抑制作用。【结论】菌株21-1对禾谷镰刀菌有较好的抑菌活性,具...     

核桃黑斑病生防链霉菌YNF36的鉴定及其抑菌活性测定

【背景】由野油菜黄单胞菌(Xanthomonas campestris)和成团泛菌(Pantoea agglomerans)侵染引起的核桃黑斑病是一种严重的细菌性病害,给核桃产业带来了极大损失。【目的】从根际土壤中筛选出对核桃黑斑病病原菌野油菜黄单胞菌和成团泛菌均具有拮抗效果的放线菌菌株,可作为创制生防菌剂的出发菌株。【方法】采用稀释涂布法、平板对峙法和改良牛津杯法筛选拮抗菌株,通过形态学特征、生理生化特性和16S rRNA基因序列分析进行鉴定,测定无菌发酵液抗菌谱,离体叶片试验验证其对核桃黑斑病的防治效果。【结果】筛选到一株对2种病原菌均有较强拮抗作用的放线菌菌株YNF36。经形态学特征观察、生理生化特性试验及16S rRNA基因序列分析,将菌株YNF36鉴定为沙场链霉菌(Streptomyces arenae)。该菌株在SYP培养基上产量最高,抑菌活性最强,其无菌发酵液对金黄色葡萄球菌、大肠杆菌、黑曲霉、白色念珠菌、枯草芽孢杆菌、铜绿假单胞菌、蜡样芽孢杆菌这7种指示菌,以及链格孢菌、黑腐皮壳菌、胶孢炭疽菌、灰葡萄孢菌、黄褐孢霉菌、辣椒刺盘孢菌、腐皮镰孢菌这7种植物病原菌均有抑制作用,抗菌谱广。发酵液原液对离体叶片上的由野油菜黄单胞菌和成团泛菌造成的核桃黑斑病防效分别为75.69%和62.39%。【结论】沙场链霉菌YNF36补充了一种防治核桃黑斑病的生防材料,具有良好的开发价值和应用前景。     

水霉拮抗菌的筛选及其拮抗活性物质稳定性初步研究

【目的】从海底沉积物中分离、筛选水霉拮抗放线菌菌株,鉴定目标菌株及其无菌发酵液对水霉生长的抑制效果,并初步分析拮抗活性物质的稳定性。【方法】用稀释涂布法从采集的海底沉积物中分离得到海洋放线菌,以水霉为靶菌,通过平板对峙法在PDA平板上筛选出对水霉有拮抗作用的菌株;利用其发酵液对水霉菌丝和孢子进行初步拮抗效果研究;通过16S rRNA基因序列分析对目标菌株的种属进行初步鉴定。【结果】从分离到的数十株海洋放线菌中筛选到5株水霉拮抗菌,其中拮抗效果最强的为S26菌株,16S rRNA基因序列分析结果显示其为链霉菌,并与紫色链霉菌具有较近的亲缘关系;S26马铃薯葡萄糖液体培养基发酵液在平板抑菌圈实验中,对水霉孢子萌发的抑菌圈直径达32.00 mm±0.81 mm,其5倍浓缩无菌发酵液对水霉菌丝的抑菌圈直径达39.75 mm±0.50 mm;5倍浓缩无菌发酵液抑菌活性的3.125%即能完全抑制水霉孢子的萌发;5倍浓缩液对温度具有较强耐受性,经100 °C高温30 min处理后平板抑菌圈直径为25.50 mm±0.58 mm;经不同pH值处理12 h后,pH 5.0–9.0之间仍保持较好的拮抗活性;在37 °C下蛋白酶处理2 h后实验组与对照组存在显著性差异,但平板抑菌圈直径仍可达33.25 mm以上,推测拮抗物质活性成分由多肽和非多肽类代谢物共同组成。【结论】海洋链霉菌株S26产生的活性物质对病原水霉真菌有较强的抑制作用,并对外界环境变化有较强的适应能力,因而在水霉病的生物防治中具有潜在的应用价值。研究结果同时也显示海洋链霉菌在水产病害生物防治应用领域有较好的发展前景和更广阔的挖掘空间。     

小麦赤霉病拮抗菌JB7的拮抗活性及鉴定

由禾谷镰刀菌(Fusarium graminearum, Fg)引起的赤霉病是限制小麦生产的主要病害之一。生物防治是一种高效且可持续的防治方法。【目的】从小麦种子内筛选具有抑制禾谷镰刀菌的菌株并对其生防潜力进行评估,为小麦赤霉病生防制剂的开发与利用提供菌种资源及理论支撑。【方法】采用平板对峙、孢子萌发法和无菌上清液抑菌试验筛选小麦种子内对禾谷镰刀菌具有拮抗活性的内生菌株;利用扫描电镜(scanning electron microscope, SEM)和共聚焦扫描电镜(confocal laser scanning microscope, CLSM)观察并分析无菌上清液对Fg的分生孢子形态、膜完整性以及胞内活性氧的影响;通过盆栽试验验证内生菌对小麦赤霉病的生防效果;应用二代Illumina HiSeq测序平台进行全基因组测序。【结果】从小麦种子中分离出一株高效抑制Fg生长的内生菌株JB7,其衰亡期无菌上清液对Fg孢子萌发抑制率高达85.23%。菌株JB7的无菌上清液使Fg孢子表面凹陷,破坏其细胞膜,造成核酸和蛋白质的渗漏,诱导Fg菌丝活性氧的累积,引起Fg菌丝可溶性蛋白和丙二醛含量的显著升高。该菌株具有分泌蛋白酶、纤维素酶、葡聚糖酶和产铁载体的能力。盆栽试验表明菌株JB7能显著降低小麦赤霉病的病情指数(P<0.05)。经全基因组学鉴定为甲基营养型芽孢杆菌(Bacillus methylotrophicus) JB7,该菌株基因组中含有12个抑菌功能的次级代谢产物合成基因簇。【结论】菌株JB7能抑制禾谷镰刀菌的生长,对小麦赤霉病有较强的防效,可作为生物防治小麦赤霉病的候选菌株。     

余甘子采后软腐病拮抗菌的筛选、鉴定及其防效

【背景】由青霉菌引起的软腐病是余甘子采后贮藏期的主要病害,造成了经济损失严重。【目的】筛选对余甘子软腐病菌具有良好拮抗效果的放线菌菌株,并初步评价拮抗菌无菌发酵液的防治效果。【方法】以PenicilliumchoerospondiatisDQ23为指示菌,采用琼脂块法结合生长速率法进行拮抗菌株的筛选,并采用形态学特征、生理生化特性结合16S rRNA基因序列进行分类鉴定,并采用浸果法初步测定其无菌发酵液对余甘子软腐病发生及果实贮藏品质的影响。【结果】菌株SC-15对青霉P.choerospondiatis DQ23有较强的拮抗作用,拮抗圈直径为18.70 mm,20%无菌发酵液对软腐病菌的抑制率可达87.8%。根据菌株形态学和生理生化特性,结合16SrRNA基因序列分析将菌株SC-15鉴定为维及尼链霉菌(Streptomycesvirginae)。菌株SC-15无菌发酵液能降低余甘子的腐烂率和腐烂指数,延缓可溶性固形物和可滴定酸的降低,其中75%发酵液浸果效果最好,贮藏8d后,果实腐烂率为53.3%,果实腐烂指数为35.2%,可溶性固形物为4.8%,可滴定酸为6.25mg/g。【结论】...     

一株马铃薯干腐病拮抗菌的筛选、鉴定及其生物防效

【背景】马铃薯干腐病是一种由镰刀菌引起的田间和储藏期都普遍发生的病害,主要引起块茎腐烂,致使马铃薯品质和产量降低,严重影响其食用价值和经济价值。【目的】发掘有效的生防菌株以控制马铃薯干腐病,并探究其抑菌作用。【方法】从甘肃定西地区马铃薯根际土壤中分离到109株细菌,以硫色镰刀菌(Fusarium sulphureum)为靶标菌,采用平板对峙法筛选拮抗菌,并通过形态学、生理生化特征及16S r RNA基因序列分析对拮抗菌株进行鉴定。检测拮抗菌无菌发酵液对F.sulphureum菌丝生长、孢子萌发、马铃薯块茎损伤接种病斑直径、干腐病发病率及对绿豆种子发芽的影响。【结果】筛选到一株对马铃薯干腐病有较强抑制作用的菌株YL11,经鉴定其为假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas sp.)菌株。YL11菌株无菌发酵液对F.sulphureum菌丝生长、孢子萌发、马铃薯块茎病斑扩展、干腐病发病率、毒素活性均有显著抑制作用。20%无菌发酵液对F.sulphureum菌落生长的抑制率达到87.3%;75%无菌发酵液可完全抑制孢子萌发;无菌发酵液浸泡能有效抑制马铃薯干腐病病斑的扩展,14 d时对病斑扩展的抑制率达到67.1%;90 d后干腐病的发生率降低了68.4%;同时降低了F.sulphureum毒素的活性。【结论】拮抗菌株YL11能显著抑制F.sulphureum的生长,对马铃薯干腐病有较强的生物防治效果,具有潜在的应用价值。     

一株拮抗可可球二孢菌放线菌的分离及鉴定

目的:筛选具有拮抗植物病原真菌可可球二孢菌活性的放线菌.方法:选择高氏一号培养基分离放线菌,以可可球二孢菌为指示菌进行抑菌活性筛选,通过形态学特征、生理生化特征、培养特征以及16S rRNA基因序列分析等研究对筛选得到的高活性菌株进行菌种鉴定.结果:从南方红豆杉根际土壤中筛选得到一株高活性菌株KLBMP 2284,16S rRNA基因序列比对结果显示其与弗吉尼亚链霉菌(Streptomyces virginiae)相似性98.963％,发酵液稀释300倍后抑制率为41.64％.结论:KLBMP 2284为弗吉尼亚链霉菌的一个菌株.     

地黄内生放线菌的分离及地黄轮纹病拮抗菌Streptomyces folium leaf-16的新种鉴定

药用植物内生放线菌具有合成天然活性化合物的潜力,放线菌新种是寻找新型抗生素先导化合物的一个重要来源。【目的】挖掘药用植物地黄内生放线菌资源,并对地黄轮纹病拮抗菌株leaf-16进行新种鉴定。【方法】本研究采用五步消毒法分离河南道地药材地黄的内生放线菌,以地黄轮纹病原真菌草茎点霉(Phoma herbarum)为指示菌,采用平板对峙法筛选对该病菌有抑制作用的菌株,16S rRNA基因测序发现一株抗地黄轮纹病的放线菌新种leaf-16。通过形态、生理生化、细胞壁化学组分和分子生物学等特征对菌株leaf-16进行多相分类学鉴定。【结果】经平板对峙实验得到8株抗地黄轮纹病的放线菌,其中菌株leaf-16经16S rRNA基因测序、形态比较、生理生化、化学组分和分子生物学以及DNA-DNA杂交分析,确定菌株leaf-16为1株链霉菌新种,并命名为Streptomyces folium。【结论】菌株leaf-16为1株链霉菌新种,具有抑制地黄轮纹病原真菌的活性,为进一步分离新型抗地黄轮纹病的生物制剂奠定物质基础。     

一株抗茶炭疽菌和魔芋镰刀菌的淀粉酶产色链霉菌的分离、鉴定及生防潜能

【背景】放线菌是一类重要的生防菌,具有强大的代谢活性,能产生抗生素、酶、酶抑制剂和激素等天然产物抑制病原物生长。【目的】从茶树根际分离得到放线菌,研究候选放线菌对茶炭疽菌和魔芋镰刀菌的抑菌活性及其生防潜能。【方法】分别以茶炭疽病致病菌Colletotrichum camelliae和魔芋茎腐病致病菌Fusarium solani为指示菌,采用土壤稀释涂布法、平板对峙法和菌丝生长速率法,从茶树根际土壤中分离、筛选拮抗放线菌,并根据菌株的形态特征、生理生化特性和系统发育分析结果对其进行分类鉴定,并开展候选放线菌的产促生相关物质和分泌细胞壁水解酶能力的定性检测试验。【结果】共分离得到14株拮抗放线菌,菌株A-dyzsc04-2的拮抗效果最强,被鉴定为淀粉酶产色链霉菌（Streptomyces diastatochromogenes）。该菌株的活菌体对C. camelliae和F. solani的抑制率分别为66.71%±1.23%和71.59%±2.46%,其无菌发酵滤液对2种指示菌的抑菌率均大于90%;此外,菌株A-dyzsc04-2还具有产嗜铁素和葡聚糖酶以及溶解无机磷的能力。【结论】菌株A-dyzsc04-2是一株优良的生防菌,具有较高的开发利用价值,研究结果为菌株A-dyzsc04-2防治茶炭疽病和魔芋茎腐病提供了理论支撑。     

库尔勒香梨黑斑病菌拮抗菌筛选及其抑菌机理

【背景】由互隔交链孢(Alternaria alternata)引起的黑斑病是库尔勒香梨采后贮期的主要病害之一,严重影响果实品质,造成巨大的经济损失。【目的】筛选对梨黑斑病菌具有高拮抗活性的菌株并探究其可能的抑菌机制,为香梨采后保鲜提供理论依据。【方法】从库尔勒香梨园健康植株根际采集土壤样品,采用稀释涂布法分离细菌并进行纯化,通过平板对峙法和琼脂打孔法筛选对梨黑斑病菌具有显著拮抗作用的菌株,结合形态学观察和16S rRNA基因序列分析进行初步鉴定;通过平板对峙法对拮抗菌抑菌谱进行测定;采用特异性平板定性检测拮抗菌产酶活性,采用3,5-二硝基水杨酸比色法法及福林-酚法定量酶活;通过孢子萌发抑制试验和扫描电镜观察,测定拮抗菌对梨黑斑病菌的拮抗作用。【结果】筛选得到2株对梨黑斑病菌有较强抑制活性的菌株JE53和JE56,经分析鉴定为多粘类芽孢杆菌(Paenibacillus polymyxa)及枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis),其发酵上清液对梨黑斑病菌的抑菌圈直径分别为22.49 mm和22.40 mm。抑菌谱测定结果表明,菌株JE53和JE56对马铃薯黑痣病菌等9种植物病原菌均有不同程度的抑制作用。胞外酶测定结果显示这2株菌可产生4种胞外酶;其发酵上清液能够显著抑制病原菌孢子萌发,抑制率分别为70.30%和88.87%;扫描电镜发现这2株菌可导致病原菌菌丝表面粗糙、扭曲变形。【结论】JE53和JE56对梨黑斑病菌有较好的抑制效果,具有进一步开发和应用的潜力。     

Effects of MULTIFOLIATE-PINNA, AFILA, TENDRIL-LESS and UNIFOLIATA genes on leafblade architecture in Pisum sativum

In order to dissect the genetic regulation of leafblade morphogenesis, 16 genotypes of pea, constructed by combining the wild-type and mutant alleles of MFP, AF, TL and UNI genes, were quantitatively phenotyped. The morphological features of the three domains of leafblades of four genotypes, unknown earlier, were described. All the genotypes were found to differ in leafblade morphology. It was evident that MFP and TL functions acted as repressor of pinna ramification, in the distal domain. These functions, with and without interaction with UNI, also repressed the ramification of proximal pinnae in the absence of AF function. The expression of MFP and TL required UNI function. AF function was found to control leafblade architecture multifariously. The earlier identified role of AF as a repressor of UNI in the proximal domain was confirmed. Negative control of AF on the UNI-dependent pinna ramification in the distal domain was revealed. It was found that AF establishes a boundary between proximal and distal domains and activates formation of leaflet pinnae in the proximal domain.     

Presence of Rhizobium Etli bv . Phaseoli and Rhizobium Gallicum bv . Gallicum in Egyptian Soils

Seven bean rhizobial strains EBRI 2, 3, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29 identified as Rhizobium etli, and EBRI 32 identified as Rhizobium gallicum, isolated from Egyptian soils and which nodulated Phaseolus vulgaris efficiently, were subjected to hybridization with a nifH probe in order to estimate the copy number of this gene. Seven strains (EBRI 2, 3, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29) which were only able to nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris, contained three copies of the nifH gene, consistent with their identification as Rhizobium etli bv. phaseoli. Only one strain (EBRI 32) which nodulated both Phaseolus vulgaris and Leucaena leucocephala, had one copy of nifH gene. This confirmed the classification of this strain as Rhizobium gallicum bv. gallicum.     

Genome Analysis inNeurospora crassa;Cloning of Four Lociarginine-1(arg-1),methionine-6(met-6),unknown-7(un-7), andribosome production-1(rip-1) and Associated Chromosome Walking

We have cloned fourNeurospora crassagenes by complementation analysis. Cloned genes include thearginine-1(arg-1),methionine-6(met-6),unknown-7(un-7), andribosome production-1(rip-1) loci. Chromosome walks were initiated in ordered cosmid libraries from the cloned loci. A total of about 700 kb of theNeurosporagenome is covered in these walks.     

中国黑粉菌属和利罗黑粉菌属

黑粉菌属是Roussel 1806年建立的,全世界记载有三百余种,主要寄生于禾本科,是经济作物及牧草的重要致病菌·长期以来,对黑粉菌的邢子使用过各种名称,如厚垣孢子,冬孢子及黑粉孢子等.本文采用黑粉孢子以区别锈菌的冬孢子. 芳’(1979)在《中国真菌总汇》中列出黑粉菌属五十种及一个变型.作者经过显微结构和超显微结构的研究,承认其中二十九种为正确名称,八种及一变型为异名,顶黑粉菌(Ustilago acrearus Berk.)由于错拼而被废弃.埃地黑粉菌(Ustilago emodensis Berk.)被转移至利罗粉菌属(Liroa).另有十一种黑粉菌因缺少标本留待今后订正.自1979年以后,杨信东(1983)增加黑粉菌属二种我国新纪录,K.范基和郭林(1986)描述一新种,四种新纪录.在本文中,作者描述一新种:鸢尾蒜黑粉(Ustilago ixiolirii Guo L) ,孢子堆生在蒴果内,不开裂,黑色,粉末状.黑粉孢子球形,近球形,稀椭圆形, 12.5-21×10-21μm,黑褐色,壁厚1-1.Sμm,纹饰脑状.是迄今生在石蒜科植物上唯一黑粉菌的种,其它几种黑粉菌均属条黑粉菌属.本文增加七种我国新纪录.共计四十九种,寄生于六科四十四属植物,主要是禾本科和蓼科.这仅是黑粉菌属研究的初步报告,在全国范围内大量采集黑粉菌标本后,作者相信会有更多新种和我国新纪录被发现.利罗黑粉菌属(Liroa)是从黑粉菌属(Ustaligo)分出的,此属为单种属.     

Characterisation of cell wall polysaccharides, arabinogalactans-proteins (AGPs) and phenolics of Cola nitida, Cola acuminata and Garcinia kola seeds

Many Cola plant species are endemic to West and Central Africa. Cola acuminata and Cola nitida are used as masticatory when fresh, while the dried nuts are used for beverages and pharmaceutical purposes in Europe and North America. Garcinia kola seeds, that serve as a substitute for the true kola nuts, are used in African traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases, including colic, headache and liver cirrhosis. Seeds extracts of G. kola are also known for their anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antiviral properties. To gain information on the chemical properties of the kolas, we have isolated and analyzed cell wall polysaccharides, arabinogalactan-proteins and phenolic substances from the seeds of the three kola species. The sugar composition of cell wall material of C. acuminata, C. nitida and G. kola revealed that Gal (up to 30%), Ara, GalA and Glc as the predominant monosaccharides, representing approximately 90% by mol of the total hydrolysable sugar present in this material. In Ammonium oxalate cell wall fraction, GalA was found to be the major sugar present in all kola species. In the alkali-soluble fraction, there were significant differences in the level of Glc and Gal. The level of Glc was high in C. acuminata and C. nitida while the level of Gal and Xyl were high in C. nitida and G. cola. Isolation and quantification of arabinogalactan-proteins demonstrate that G. kola seeds contained four to eight times more of these proteoglycans than the seeds of the other two species. Finally, analysis of soluble phenolic substances shows that caffeine and catechin were largely represented in C. acumina and C. nitida seeds, with caffeine accounting for 50% of all soluble phenolics. These findings indicate that the three Kola seeds are highly enriched in pectins and proteoglycans and that C. acuminata and C. nitida can be used as a possible source of caffeine and catechin.     

Nomenclatural changes resulting from the transfer of tropical African Sarcostemma to Cynanchum ( Apocynaceae : Asclepiadoideae )

Summary  Four species of tropical African Sarcostemma are transferred to Cynanchum together with two subspecies of S. viminale. In addition, Sarcostemma mulanjense is reduced to subspecific rank under C. viminale.     

The phylogenetic placement of Ostropales within Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) revisited

Results of molecular studies regarding the phylogenetic placement of the order Ostropales and related taxa within Lecanoromycetes were thus far inconclusive. Some analyses placed the order as sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes, while others inferred a position nested within Lecanoromycetes. We assembled a data set of 101 species including sequences from nuLSU rDNA, mtSSU rDNA, and the nuclear protein-coding RPB1 for each species to examine the cause of incongruencies in previously published phylogenies. MP, minimum evolution, and Bayesian analyses were performed using the combined three-region data set and the single-gene data sets. The position of Ostropales nested in Lecanoromycetes is confirmed in all single-gene and concatenated analyses, and a placement as sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes is significantly rejected using two independent methods of alternative topology testing. Acarosporales and related taxa (Acarosporaceae group) are basal in Lecanoromycetes. However, if the these basal taxa are excluded from the analyses, Ostropales appear to be sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes, suggesting different ingroup rooting as the cause for deviating topologies in previously published phylogenies.     

转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对异色瓢虫生长发育及其捕食功能的影响

【目的】为探究转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对异色瓢虫生长发育及其捕食功能的影响。【方法】以转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉与其亲本常规棉为实验材料,利用取食不同棉花品种叶片的棉铃虫饲喂异色瓢虫幼虫。【结果】与常规亲本棉相比,取食饲喂转基因棉花叶片的初孵棉铃虫幼虫的异色瓢虫幼虫从1龄发育至化蛹期时间延长0.77 d,但差异不显著;除1龄幼虫体重增加(0.0773 mg)外,其余各龄期幼虫体重均有所下降,但差异均不显著;异色瓢虫1、2、3、4龄幼虫对初孵棉铃虫捕食量均随棉铃虫密度的增加而增加,捕食功能反应均符合HollingⅡ圆盘方程。【结论】转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对异色瓢虫生长发育无显著影响,饲喂取食转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花的棉铃虫对异色瓢虫捕食功能无显著差异。     

Hydroxylation of steroids by Fusarium oxysporum, Exophiala jeanselmei and Ceratocystis paradoxa

The potential of Fusarium oxysporum var. cubense UAMH 9013 to perform steroid biotransformations was reinvestigated using single phase and pulse feed conditions. The following natural steroids served as substrates: dehydroepiandrosterone (1), pregnenolone (2), testosterone (3), progesterone (4), cortisone (5), prednisone (6), estrone (7) and sarsasapogenin (8). The results showed the possible presence of C-7 and C-15 hydroxylase enzymes. This hypothesis was explored using three synthetic androstanes: androstane-3,17-dione (9), androsta-4,6-diene-3,17-dione (10) and 3α,5α-cycloandrost-6-en-17-one (11). These fermentations of non-natural steroids showed that C-7 hydroxylation was as a result of that position being allylic. The evidence also pointed towards the presence of a C-15 hydroxylase enzyme.The eleven steroids were also fed to Exophialajeanselmei var. lecanii-corni UAMH 8783. The results showed that the fungus appears to have very active 5α and 14α-hydroxylase enzymes, and is also capable of carrying out allylic oxidations.Ceratocystis paradoxa UAMH 8784 was grown in the presence of the above-mentioned steroids. The results showed that monooxygenases which effect allylic hydroxylation and Baeyer–Villiger rearrangement were active. However, redox reactions predominated.