Quantitative Ecology of Psychrophilic Microorganisms

To obtain information on the importance of psychrophiles in nature, 95 samples of soil, water, mud, and various foods were quantitatively assayed for their content of psychrophilic bacteria and fungi and also for mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria and fungi. Thousands to millions of psychrophilic bacteria were present per gram of soil and represented 0.5 to 86% of the bacterial population. Also, about 25% of the fungi in uncultivated soil were psychrophilic. In stream and river water, psychrophilic bacteria constituted 16 to 47% of the bacterial population; in lake water, 41 to 76%; and in lake mud, 11 to 33%. Large numbers of psychrophilic bacteria were present in dairy products, meats, and other foods, and accounted for 35 to 93% of the bacterial population of meats. In contrast, thermophilic bacteria usually comprised 1% or less of the bacterial population in all of the materials examined. The data indicate that psychrophiles are both ubiquitous and numerous in nature, and probably play important roles in the cycles of matter.     

Effects of different fire intensities on chemical and biological soil components and related feedbacks on a Mediterranean shrub (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Phillyrea angustifolia</Emphasis> L.)

In July 2000, six plots of Mediterranean maquis in the Castel Volturno Nature Reserve were burnt at two intensity levels to examine the effects of fire intensities on chemical and biological soil components and their relationships with ecophysiological processes of Phillyrea angustifolia L. Net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance, as well as P availability, were higher in burnt plots than in control plots, even 2 years after fire; the TM density of total soil microfungi was significantly lower in the first 8 months after fire, while xerotolerant and heat-stimulated soil microfungi were still higher 2 years after fire. Significant correlations between photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in resprouts and mycorrhizal status, as well as changes in the soil fungal components of the communities, suggest that both soil and mycorrhizal fungi play a role in immobilizing and translocating nutrients temporarily released in the below-ground system by fire. Nutrient balance interacts with physiological processes, and a feedback mechanism is well represented by stomatal conductance, which allows both the influx of water and mineral nutrients from the soil; moreover, the post-fire increase in photosynthetic activity promotes vigorous resprouting and may lead to increased availability of carbohydrates for soil biota and, consequently, to enhanced vegetation resilience.     

不同肥力下黑土土壤真菌数量年变化的研究

研究了东北地区不同肥力下黑土土壤在玉米一个生育期内真菌数量的动态变化以及与6种环境因子的关系。结果表明,不同肥力土壤真菌数量全年只有一个高峰值,但高峰出现月份不同;在0～2 0cm和2 0～4 0cm土层内,土壤真菌数量均为正常施肥区高于休闲区。0～2 0cm土层休闲区和正常施肥区的土壤真菌数量与土壤含水量呈正相关,2 0～4 0cm土层中休闲区土壤真菌数量与碱解氮呈正相关;正常施肥区土壤真菌数量与pH值呈正相关。土壤pH值和土壤含水量分别是休闲区0～2 0cm和2 0～4 0cm土层生态系统的主导因素;速效磷和碱解氮分别是正常施肥区0～2 0cm和2 0～4 0cm土层生态系统的主导因素。     

On ecology of post-fire soil fungi: assessing impact of disturbance using species-abundance models as measure of community organization

Mediterranean ecosystems are among those most significantly modified by fires. Such fires lead to evident disturbance of the above- and below-ground ecosystem components, at various spatial and temporal scales, including soil microfungi. The ecological parameters used to measure the effects of disturbance on soil fungal communities include species-abundance distribution patterns, which reflect changes in the relationships between species numbers and their relative abundance, and serve as a critical measure of community organization. Species-abundance distribution patterns were used to assess the disturbance impact of experimental fires on soil fungal communities in Mediterranean maquis (southern Italy) in the short- to mid-term. The trend in the distribution patterns of heat-stimulated and xerotolerant soil fungi over time, their varying responses to low- and high-intensity fire, the efficiency of the soil germplasm bank, and the pivotal role of Neosartorya spp. in post-fire community structure in Mediterranean burned soils may all be used as tools to accurately assess the effects of fire on soil mycobiota.     

Ecophysiological factors affecting growth,sporulation and survival of the biocontrol agent Penicillium oxalicum

The effect of temperature, pH, water potential and sources of nitrogen and carbon on the biocontrol agent Penicillium oxalicum were studied in vitro. The fungus is xerotolerant, mesophillic and has a wide pH tolerance. The parameters evaluated (germination, germ tube length, growth rate and sporulation) showed different sensitivities to the environmental factors. Peptone and free amino acids gave the highest growth rates and high levels of sporulation. Xylose, mannose and fructose gave the highest growth rates and mannose induced strong sporulation. The effect of nutrients (mannose + arginine) and water potential was also studied in vivo. The xerotolerant character of the fungus was confirmed. From this study we consider Penicillium oxalicum ecologically competent to perform effectively as a biocontrol agent in the soil environment. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

拉杰沙希大学校园药用植物菌根研究

Forty different medicinal plants were investigated for arbuscular mycorrhizal association in the Rajshahi University Campus in Bangladesh. The results indicated that 35 different plants were infected by AM (arbuscular mycorrhizal) fungi as found by trypan blue staining procedure. The percentage of root colonization by AM fungi varied from 13.3% to 100%. Mangifera indica and Morus indica have maximum percentage of colonization (100%). The intensity of root colonization were abundant in the plants belonging to the families Anacardiaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Moraceae, Leguminosae and Apocynaceae whereas the intensity of colonization of crop roots were moderate and poor belonging to Gramineae and Leguminosae. The presence of greater number of spore in soil was always associated with the incidence of abundant mycelia. In plant roots the formation of spore and mycelia was restricted by low pH. Number of mycorrhizal fungus spores ranged between 35 to100 per 100g air dried soil in different family respective soils. The frequency of mycorrhizal fungus infection showed positive correlation with soil pH, moisture, water holding capacity, texture, total nitrogen, organic carbon, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Especially phosphorus and nitrogen in the soil greatly influenced the plant root infection by AM fungi.     

Psychrophilic and Mesophilic Fungi in Frozen Food Products

The mold flora of certain frozen pastries and chicken pies was investigated. Molds were determined qualitatively or quantitatively, or both, by preparing pour plates of the blended product and incubating the plates at various temperatures. The mesophilic fungal flora developed on plates incubated at 10 and 20 C, whereas psychrophilic fungi were obtained on plates incubated at 0 and 5 C. About 2,000 cultures of fungi, representing about 100 different species, were isolated from various products. Four different brands of blueberry, two brands of cherry pastries, two brands of apple, and one brand of raspberry pastries were examined. In addition, two brands of chicken pies were studied. Blueberry pastries had a much higher total fungal population than the other products, although different brands of blueberry pastries varied considerably. Blueberry pastries had from 347 to 1,586 psychrophilic fungi per g. Cherry pastries had about 70 to 110 psychrophiles per g, and apple pastries had 19 to 92 psychrophiles per g. Chicken pies contained very few psychrophilic fungi, about 15 per g. Aureobasidium pullulans was recovered most frequently. About 90% of the psychrophilic fungi found in blueberry products was A. pullulans. Depending upon the brand of cherry pastry, either Phoma spp. or A. pullulans was the most common fungus present. Apple pastries also displayed brand variation, but were unique in having many mesophilic aspergilli. This genus was generally absent from other products. The Penicillium content of apple pastries was also rather high; 50% of the psychrophilic flora was represented by this genus. The psychrophilic fungal flora of chicken pies was composed primarily of penicillia (50%) and Chrysosporium pannorum (46%).     

Temperature and water activity minima for growth of spoilage moulds from meat

L owry , P.D. & G ill , C.O. 1984. Temperature and water activity minima for growth of spoilage moulds from meat. Journal of Applied Bacteriology 56 , 193–199.
Five species of fungi were isolated from mould spoilage on meat other than black spot. 'White spot' colonies yielded Chrysosporium pannorum or an Acremonium sp .; 'whiskers' colonies yielded Thamnidium elegans or Mucor racemosus , and blue-green colonies yielded Penicillium corylophilum. Chrysosporium pannorum was moderately xerotolerant with a minimum growth temperature of — 5C. The Acremonium sp. and P. corylophilum showed a similar level of xerotolerance but had a minimum growth temperature of — 2C. Mucor racemosus was no more xerotolerant than many spoilage bacteria and did not grow below - 1C, but grew rapidly at 3C and above. Thamnidium elegans grew at — 7C on supercooled medium and an intrinsic minimum growth temperature of — 10C was indicated. However, the low xerotolerance of this species precluded growth on frozen media below — 5C. It seems therefore that — 5C is the practical limiting temperature for mould growth on meat, and mould spoilage usually indicates that surfaces of freezer stored meats have approached and possibly exceeded 0C.     

粗放经营茶园土壤昆虫病原真菌种群多样性及时间生态位

本文系统调查了粗放经营状态下黄山毛峰茶园根际土壤昆虫病原真菌的种群多样性及其时间生态位水平.于2012年8月至2013年6月,在安徽省黄山市汤口镇选择粗放经营茶园采集土壤样品140份,经稀释平板法分离共获得昆虫病原真菌1041株.结果表明： 昆虫病原真菌种群多样性较为丰富,经鉴定分为6属13种.其中,淡紫紫孢菌、球孢白僵菌和金龟子绿僵菌为优势种群,其菌株数分别为309、255和101株,占总数的29.7%、24.5%和9.7%.茶园土壤中淡紫紫孢菌的时间生态位宽度最大,球孢白僵菌最小.昆虫病原真菌之间以球孢白僵菌和布氏白僵菌的时间生态位重叠值最大,为1.965;而爪哇棒束孢和球孢白僵菌的时间生态位重叠值最小,仅为0.374.     

Phylogeny and intraspecific variation of the extreme xerophile, Xeromyces bisporus

The filamentous ascomycete Xeromyces bisporus is an extreme xerophile able to grow down to a water activity of 0.62. We have inferred the phylogenetic position of Xeromyces in relation to other xerophilic and xerotolerant fungi in the order Eurotiales. Using nrDNA and betatubulin sequences, we show that it is more closely related to the xerophilic foodborne species of the genus Chrysosporium, than to the genus Monascus. The taxonomy of X.?bisporus and Monascus is discussed. Based on physiological, morphological, and phylogenetic distinctiveness, we suggest that Xeromyces should be retained as a separate genus.     

Psychrophilic endophytic fungi with biological activity inhabit Cupressaceae plant family

Psychrophilic microorganisms are cold-adapted organisms that have an optimum growth temperature below 15 °C, and often below 5 °C. Endophytic microorganisms live inside healthy plants and biosynthesize an array of secondary metabolites which confer major ecological benefits to their host. We provide information, for the first time, on an endophytic association between bioactive psychrophilic fungi and trees in Cupressaceae plant family living in temperate to cold, semi-arid habitats. We have recovered psychrophilic endophytic fungi (PEF) from healthy foliar tissues of Cupressus arizonica, Cupressus sempervirens and Thuja orientalis (Cupressaceae, Coniferales). In total, 23 such fungi were found out of 110 endophytic fungal isolates. They were identified as ascomycetous fungi, more specifically Phoma herbarum, Phoma sp. and Dothideomycetes spp., all from Dothideomycetes. The optimal growth temperature for all these 23 fungal isolates was 4 °C, and the PEF isolates were able to biosynthesize secondary metabolite at this temperature. Extracted metabolites from PEF showed significant antiproliferative/cytotoxic, antifungal and antibacterial effects against phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria. Of special interest was their antibacterial activity against the ice-nucleation active bacterium Pseudomonas syringae. Accordingly, we suggest that evergreen Cupressaceae plants may benefit from their psychrophilic endophytic fungi during cold stress. Whether such endosymbionts confer any ecological and evolutionary benefits to their host plants remains to be investigated in vivo.     

轮作模式对植烟土壤酶活性及真菌群落的影响

种植模式显著影响土壤理化生物学性质,并与作物土传真菌病害的发生密切相关。试验选择云南省具有代表性的红壤,设置烤烟-休闲-玉米(T-B-M)、烤烟-油菜-玉米(T-C-M)、烤烟-油菜-水稻(T-C-R)和烤烟-苕子-水稻(T-V-R)等4种轮作模式,利用化学、酶学分析及454高通量测序技术,研究了土壤养分、酶活性及真菌群落结构,旨在为烤烟的合理轮作提供科学依据。经16a的不同轮作种植后,土壤p H变化于5.6—6.4之间,仍然适合种植水稻、玉米、油菜和烤烟等多种作物。在T-V-R处理的土壤中,烤烟产量、烟叶产值和上中等烟比例最高,有机质比原初提高45.11%,碱解氮、有效磷和微生物量碳氮显著增加,蔗糖酶、脱氢酶、脲酶、磷酸酶和过氧化氢酶活性也显著高于其它轮作模式,说明T-V-R改善了土壤生态环境,促进了微生物繁衍,数量增加,活性增强。土壤真菌的18S r DNA读数依次为13097(T-B-M)、11345(T-C-M)、12939(T-C-R)和13763(T-V-R),分别代表530、378、395和581种(类)的真菌,由子囊菌门、担子菌门、接合菌门、壶菌门和尚待鉴定的真菌等构成,其中尚待鉴定的真菌属种和子囊菌门占绝大部分。在不同轮作处理的土壤中,前15种优势真菌的丰富度变化于29.46%—62.86%之间,优势菌株的相似性极低,说明土壤真菌的种群结构因轮作模式不同而异。T-V-R处理土壤中的真菌多样性指数最高,优势度指数最低,说明T-V-R轮作的土壤适合多种真菌的繁殖生长,种群数量增加。多种真菌共同存在,互相制约,可防止病原真菌过度繁殖,降低作物发生真菌病害几率。从作物产量和产值、土壤有机质、养分和真菌种群结构看,T-V-R优于其它3种轮作模式,值得推广应用。     

Isolation of psychrophilic species of Bacillus

Larkin, J. M. (Washington State University, Pullman), and J. L. Stokes. Isolation of psychrophilic species of Bacillus. J. Bacteriol. 91:1667-1671. 1966.-Ninety psychrophilic isolates of Bacillus were obtained from soil, mud, and water by selective enrichment at 0 C. They grew well at 0 C, optimally at 20 to 25 C, and failed to grow at 30 or 35 C. Their minimal and maximal growth temperatures were lower than those for mesophilic species of Bacillus by 10 C or more. Growth of psychrophilic isolates also occurred at -2 and -4.5 C, and both spore formation and spore germination occurred at 0 C.     

油田外排水对干旱戈壁区人工湿地土壤微生物生物量的影响

为研究油田外排水对干旱戈壁区人工湿地土壤微生物生物量的影响,选择干旱戈壁区某油田外排水形成的湿地内坝内、内外坝间、外坝边缘土壤,及不受排水影响的对照土壤,采用磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)方法,分析外排水对土壤细菌、真菌、放线菌生物量的影响。结果表明:湿地内坝内、内外坝间、外坝边缘土壤与对照土壤的pH和容重均无显著差异,内外坝间的土壤含水量、电导率、溶解性全盐和全碳含量最高,显著高于内坝内土壤;除含水量外,对照土壤的主要物理性质和养分特征与湿地内坝内、内外坝间、外坝边缘的土壤无显著差异。土壤总微生物量、细菌和真菌生物量从湿地内坝内至外坝边缘逐渐增加。土壤总微生物量、细菌、真菌、放线菌与全氮含量均呈显著正相关,丛枝菌根真菌与全碳呈显著正相关,真菌、丛枝菌根真菌与总石油烃呈显著正相关。研究结果表明,油田外排水增加了湿地外坝边缘的土壤微生物量。     

Two onygenalean fungi from Russian Far East soil

Two onygenalean fungi isolated from forest soil in the Sikhote-Alin reserve, Russian Far East (east Siberia), are described and illustrated:Gymnostellatospora parvula as a new species andAphanoascus canadensis as a new record.Gymnostellatospora parvula is characterized by psychrophilic growth, pale yellow to pale cinnamon ascomata with a hyphal peridium, small, hyaline discoid ascospores with an equatorial rim and more or less longitudinally ridged wall.     

栓皮栎林下主要丝状真菌的分解能力

利用纯培养试验方法 ,研究了栓皮栎林下凋落物中可培养的 10种主要丝状真菌对群落建群种栓皮栎 (Quercus variabilis)和林下主要伴生树种山胡椒 (L indera glauca)叶片的分解能力。结果表明 :在 10种真菌的作用下 ,9周时间内 ,栓皮栎叶片的平均失重率是山胡椒叶片的 2倍 ;两种叶片前期 (前 5周 )失重率均显著高于后期 (后 4周 )。分析结果显示叶片失重率与叶片初始木质素 /氮素、碳素 /氮素的比值成反比。根据每个菌株对每种叶片在前期和后期的重量失重率 (W)、木质素失重率 / W和木质素失重率 /全碳化合物失重率的值的相互关系 ,分解菌可以分为如下类型 :Trichoderma sp.1和 Cladosporium berbarum是对全碳化合物有一定利用能力的分解菌 ;Trichoderma sp.2、 Aspergillus fumigatus、Alternaria sp.、Penicillium sp.2对木质素、全碳化合物都有分解能力但偏向全碳化合物的分解 ,是分解能力相对较强的真菌 ;Chaetomium bostrychodes、Pestalotia sp.对木质素、全碳化合物都有分解能力并偏向木质素的分解 ,但分解能力较弱 ;Aspergillus niger、Penicillium sp.1只在试验分解前期内对木质素、全碳化合物都有一定的分解能力。不同真菌对叶片的分解能力不同 ,即使是同属真菌之间也有显著的差异     

植酸钠对菌根真菌根内菌丝碱性磷酸酶活性及根外菌丝生长的影响

采用三室隔网培养装置,以玉米为宿主植物,接种丛枝菌根真菌(AM)(Glomus intraradices),研究了不同用量的植酸钠对AM真菌生长和代谢活性的影响．研究发现,接种AM真菌的植株地上部和根系的P浓度和吸P量,比非菌根植物的提高了1～2倍．外源植酸钠的存在,显著降低了AM真菌根内菌丝的碱性磷酸酶活性,增加了AM真菌在土壤中的菌丝密度．结果表明,外源植酸钠对根内AM真菌碱性磷酸酶活性和真菌根外菌丝的生长具有调控(增减)作用,并且AM真菌提高了植物对土壤固有养分和外源植酸钠中P的吸收和利用．     

Sulphur oxidation by soil fungi including some species of mycorrhizae and wood-rotting basidiomycetes

Abstract The mycorrhizal fungi Amanita muscaria, Paxillus involutus, Hymenoscyphus ericae, Pisolithus tinctorius, Rhizopogon roseolus , and Suillus bovinus oxidized elemental sulphur to thiosulphate and sulphate in vitro. In some, but not all cases, tetrathionate was also formed. Limited oxidation of elemental sulphur by R. roseolus also occurred when growing in association with Pinus contorta in unsterilized peat. Although yeasts capable of oxidizing sulphur could not be isolated from a wide range of soils, a yeast-like fungus ( Monilia sp.) isolated from deciduous woodland soil oxidized elemental sulphur to sulphate, forming thiosulphate, but not tetrathionate. This fungus also oxidized tetrathionate to sulphate but showed only limited ability to oxidize thiosulphate to tetrathionate. Both Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma harzianum oxidized elemental sulphur in mixed culture with Mucor flavus . Larger amounts of sulphate were initially formed in mixed, compared to single culture; but by week 5 of the incubation period sulphate formation was greatest in single culture. The wood-rotting fungi, Hypholoma fasciculare and Phanerochaete velutina showed a limited ability to oxidize elemental sulphur in vitro but were incapable of oxidizing the element when growing as mycelial cords in non-sterilized soils. The relevance of these results to the possibility that fungi play a role in sulphur oxidation in soils is commented upon.     

青海高寒草甸土壤放线菌区系研究

2001～2002年从海北高寒草甸生态系统采集土样,用不同方法从中分离放线菌300余株,根据其形态和分类特征,分别归入小单孢菌属(Micromonospora)、诺卡氏菌属(Nocardia)、糖多孢菌属(Saccharopolyspora)、原小单孢菌属(Promicromonospora)和链霉菌属(Streptomyces),并将链霉菌归入7个类群。同时对230株中温菌和110株低温菌的部分酶活性及其对真菌和细菌的拮抗性进行了测定,发现链霉菌不仅具有许多酶活性,而且对真菌和细菌有拮抗性。     

西北干旱区AM真菌多样性研究

为了探明我国新疆、甘肃河西走廊等西北干旱区丛枝菌根(AM)真菌的资源与分布, 我们调查了荒漠、草原、针阔叶混交林、草甸和绿洲农田5种植被类型中AM真菌类群分布特征, 以及不同生态因子对AM真菌多样性特征的影响。在西北干旱区的26科60种植物的根区土壤中, 共分离鉴定出AM真菌6属40种, 其中35个鉴定到种, 5个鉴定到属。在调查区域内球囊霉属(Glomus)为优势属, G. claroideum为优势菌种。AM真菌在不同植被类型中的发生和分布规律明显不同: 内养囊霉属(Entrophospora)只在荒漠中有分布, 类球囊霉属(Paraglomus)在绿洲农田和荒漠中有分布, 原囊霉属(Archaeospora)在草原、荒漠和绿洲农田中分布, 盾巨孢囊霉属(Scutellospora)在草甸、针阔叶混交林和草原中有分布。研究观察到在绿洲农田和草甸中AM真菌的物种多样性指数高于其他植被类型, 这反映出在干旱区土壤水分条件可能是AM真菌发生和分布的重要制约因素。