沙冬青根瘤菌遗传多样性和系统发育分析

利用16S rDNA RFLP、16S-23S rDNA RFLP和16S rDNA序列分析方法,对分离自宁夏和内蒙古阿拉善地区的沙冬青根瘤菌进行了遗传多样性和系统发育分析.结果表明,分离自不同地区沙冬青根瘤菌的44株测试菌株分别归属于中慢生根瘤菌属(Mesorhizobium)、叶杆菌属 (Phylobacterium)、中华根瘤菌属(Sinorhizobium)、根瘤菌属(Rhizobium)、土壤杆菌属(Agrobacterium)5个属种.受寄主和地理环境因素的影响,沙冬青根瘤菌具有丰富的遗传多样性.     

草木樨属根瘤菌的16S rDNA-RFLP分析

采用16S rDNA-RFLP分析方法对草木樨属根瘤菌进行了遗传多样性及系统分类研究。结果表明,3种限制性内切酶(HaeⅢ、HinfⅠ、MspⅠ)对所有供试菌株的酶切图谱类型组合只有2种。类型I的代表菌株CC-NWSX0003-1与豌豆根瘤菌(R.leguminosarum)的模式菌株USDA2370的序列相似性达到99.8%,在分类地位上属于根瘤菌属(Rhizobium)分支;类型Ⅱ的代表菌株CCNWGS0006与草木樨中华根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium meliloti)的16S rDNA相似性为100%,属于中华根瘤菌属(Sinorhizobium)分支。     

黄土高原地区大豆根瘤菌的遗传多样性和系统发育

【目的】研究黄土高原地区大豆根瘤菌的遗传多样性和系统发育。【方法】采用BOX-PCR、16S rDNAPCR-RFLP、16S-23S IGS PCR-RFLP和16S rRNA基因序列分析方法对分离自我国黄土高原地区4个省的15个地区的130株大豆根瘤菌及部分参比菌株进行了遗传多样性和系统发育分析。【结果】BOX-PCR反映的菌株多样性最丰富,形成的遗传群最多,16S rDNA PCR-RFLP方法在属、种水平上聚群较好,16S-23S IGSPCR RFLP反映的多样性介于BOX-PCR和16S rDNA PCR-RFLP之间,能够较好地反映出属、种和亲缘关系很近的菌株间的差异,3种方法聚类分析结果基本一致,可将所有供试菌株分为两大类群,中华根瘤菌属(Sinorhizobium)和慢生根瘤菌属(Bradyrhizobium)。从系统发育来看,供试的快生大豆根瘤菌为费氏中华根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium fredii),慢生大豆根瘤菌为日本慢生大豆根瘤菌(Bradyrhizobium japonicum)和辽宁慢生根瘤菌(Bradyrhizobium liaoningense)。【结论】我国黄土高原地区大豆根瘤菌具有较丰富的遗传多样性,S.fredii优势种,慢生大豆根瘤菌仅占10%,同时,分离到2株B.liaoningense。     

商洛多花胡枝子根瘤菌16S rDNA-RFLP分析及系统发育研究

利用16S rDNA-RFLP和全序列测定方法,对分离自商洛地区5个分布点的59株多花胡枝子根瘤菌进行了RFLP分析和系统发育研究.结果表明:(1)42株供试菌株归属根瘤菌属(Rhizobium)、11株归属中华根瘤菌属(Sinorhizobium).其余6株非根瘤菌中3株是嗜麦芽黄单胞菌(Stenotrophomonas maltophilia)、3株是解淀粉类芽孢杆菌(Paenibacillus amylolyticus),说明胡枝子根瘤内生菌较为丰富且类型多样.(2)结合供试菌株的地理生境分析,发现来自不同采集点的菌株有些具有同样的遗传类型,而来自同一采集点的菌株遗传类型却有差异,证明胡枝子根瘤菌在分群类别上与地理环境之间没有明确的对应关系,地理环境并非根瘤菌多样性形成的主要因素.建议今后对根瘤菌多样性研究应从根瘤菌与寄主植物物之间的共生选择进化,特别是对共生体系中基因的横向转移方面进行深入探讨.     

西北地区天蓝苜蓿根瘤菌16S rDNA RFLP分析

利用RFLP和序列测定方法,对分离自西北地区的67株天蓝苜蓿根瘤菌16S rDNA进行了分析研究。结果表明:所有供试菌株分别归属于中华根瘤菌属(Sinorhizobium)、根瘤菌属(Rhizobium)和土壤杆菌属(Agrobac-terium)。以CCNWNX0042-2为代表的大部分天蓝苜蓿根瘤菌属于草木樨中华根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium meliloti),其余菌株在分群上表现出了较为明显的地域特征。     

神木地区耐旱灌木和草本豆科植物根瘤菌遗传多样性

豆科植物具有抗逆性强、耐瘠薄的特性,许多豆科植物是荒漠地区的先锋植物,在生态环境保护中起重要作用.以神木地区主要的灌木和草本豆科植物-根瘤菌共生体系为材料,采用16S rRNA PCR-RFLP和序列分析等方法,对分离得到的55株菌进行多样性分析,其中,30株菌分离自灌木豆科植物紫穗槐和柠条,25株菌分离自草本豆科植物斜茎黄芪、苜蓿、草木樨黄芪等.结果表明: 这些菌株共有11种16S rRNA PCR-RFLP遗传图谱类型,分离自草本豆科植物的菌株主要归属于中慢生根瘤菌属、剑菌属、根瘤菌属、叶瘤杆菌属和土壤杆菌属5个属,分别与华癸中慢生根瘤菌、地中海中慢生根瘤菌、刺槐中慢生根瘤菌、费氏剑菌、草木樨剑菌、木兰根瘤菌、放射根瘤菌、突尼斯叶杆菌和根癌土壤杆菌系统发育关系最近.分离自灌木豆科植物的菌株仅归属于中慢生根瘤菌属,分别与华癸中慢生根瘤菌和地中海中慢生根瘤菌系统发育关系最近.华癸中慢生根瘤菌和地中海中慢生根瘤菌是两类豆科植物的共生菌种,表明在干旱地区,根瘤菌对两种类型豆科植物的选择共生存在差异,这与豆科植物种类有关,还可能与其所处生态环境有关.     

黑木相思根瘤菌遗传多样性

[目的]研究分离自广东、福建、江西等15个地点的174株黑木相思(Acacia melanoxylon)根瘤菌的遗传多样性.[方法]采用16S rDNA限制性片段长度多态性分析(Restriction fragment length polymorphism,RFLP)和16S rDNA基因、持家基因(recA、atpD、glnⅡ)系统发育分析的方进行研究.[结果]16S rDNAPCR-RFLP分析中,在70％的相似性水平上,所有供试菌株分成9个类群 ;16S rDNA基因和持家基因系统发育分析结果基本一致,34株代表菌株主要分布在α-变形菌纲(Alpha-Proteobacteria)的慢生根瘤菌属(Bradyrhizobium)、根瘤菌属(Rizobium)、中慢生根瘤菌属(Mesorhizobium),并与Bradyrhizobium liaoningense、Bradyrhizobium betae、Bradyrhizobium cytisi、Rizobium multihospitium、Mesorhizobium plurifarium亲缘关系较近.[结论]供试菌株被鉴定到属的水平,Bradyrhizobium、Rhizobium或Mesorhizobium为优势菌群,证明了黑木相思根瘤菌具有丰富的遗传多样性.     

西北部分地区苦马豆根瘤菌的表型多样性研究

将采集自甘肃、新疆、宁夏等地区的苦马豆根瘤,经分离、纯化获得48株未知菌株,并选取7株参比菌株,进行唯一碳、氮源利用、对抗生素及染料抗性、耐盐性、初始pH生长、生长温度范围及酶活性等共113项生理生化测定;采用数值分类方法对未知根瘤菌进行表型多样性分析。结果表明：供试菌株在碳氮源利用、抗生素敏感性、抗逆性等方面存在着差异。该地区苦马豆根瘤菌具有较强的耐盐、耐碱能力,所有菌株均能在初始pH9~12的YMA培养基上生长,35%菌株可耐受6%的NaCl。从数值分类树状图可见,未知供试菌株在56%的相似水平上聚在一起,在72%的相似水平上分为5个表观群。群Ⅰ有39株菌,在74.6%相似水平聚合,中心菌株为CCNWGS0215;群Ⅱ有5株菌,在76%的相似水平聚合,中心菌株为CCNWGS0228;群Ⅳ有2株菌,在81.5%的相似水平聚合,群Ⅲ和群Ⅴ分别只有1株菌,它们与模式株分离,可能为潜在的新种。     

鲁黄1号大豆与根瘤菌的共生匹配性

大豆可与中华根瘤菌属及慢生根瘤菌属的多种根瘤菌共生固氮.研究大豆品种与不同种根瘤菌之间的共生匹配性,对获得高效根瘤菌用于接种,提高大豆的产量及品质有重要的理论和实践意义.本研究使用黄淮海地区的优质高蛋白大豆品种鲁黄1号从当地土壤内捕捉并分离纯化到27株根瘤菌.经持家基因recA的序列分析,发现其中18株属于中华根瘤菌属,9株属于慢生根瘤菌属.选用两个属的代表菌株各一株(Sinorhizobium fredii S6和Bradyrhizobium sp. S10),分别在蛭石、土壤盆栽及大田试验条件下,研究这两株菌单独及混合接种对鲁黄1号大豆的生长、结瘤、固氮活力、产量、种子蛋白含量及含油量的影响.结果表明： 与S10菌株相比,S6菌株对大豆的促生能力更强,对提高产量和品质的效果更好,从而确定S6为与鲁黄1号大豆相匹配的高效根瘤菌,可作为黄淮海地区推广种植鲁黄1号大豆时接种高效根瘤菌的菌种资源.
     

侵染3株模式豆科根瘤菌的噬菌体生物学特性

豆科作物根瘤菌被噬菌体浸染后,在一定程度上会引起根瘤菌数目和结瘤量的降低,进而导致共生固氮作用弱化和作物产量的显著下降.然而,目前关于根瘤菌噬菌体的相关研究报道较少.本研究以3株模式根瘤菌,即慢生型大豆根瘤菌、中华大豆根瘤菌和中华苜蓿根瘤菌为宿主,于黑土农田土壤中采用双层平板培养法从每个宿主细菌分离3株噬菌体,共分离获得9株根瘤菌噬菌体,对其形态结构及生物学特征进行综合分析.结果表明:侵染苜蓿根瘤菌噬菌体(SMM)和慢生型根瘤菌噬菌体(BDM)属于肌尾噬菌体科,而侵染中华根瘤菌噬菌体(SSS)隶属于长尾噬菌体科.9株噬菌体的最佳感染复数均在0.001~1.0的变化范围内.一步生长曲线结果显示,BDM的潜伏期和爆发期明显长于SMM和SSS,但获得的裂解量最小.根瘤菌噬菌体在30~40℃和中性pH条件下侵染活性最大.对比发现,侵染同一宿主的噬菌体生物学特征虽存在一定差异,但分异度远小于不同宿主噬菌体间的差异.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizobium sphaerophysae</Emphasis> sp. nov., a novel species isolated from root nodules of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sphaerophysa salsula</Emphasis> in China

Four gram-negative, aerobic, motile, non-spore, forming rods with a wide pH and temperature range for growth (pH 7.0–11.0, optimum pH 8.0; 20–45°C, optimum 28°C) strains were isolated from root nodules of Sphaerophysa salsula and characterized by means of a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the four strains formed a new lineage related to the genus Rhizobium and the sequence similarities between the isolate and the most related type strain Rhizobium giardinii was 96.5%. These strains also formed a distinctive group from the reference strains for defined Rhizobium species based on housekeeping gene sequences (atpD and recA), BOX-PCR fingerprinting, phenotypic features and symbiotic properties. The representative strain CCNWGS0238^T has DNA-DNA relatedness of less than 33.4% with the most closely related species R. giardinii. It is therefore proposed as a new species, Rhizobium sphaerophysae sp. nov., with isolate CCNWGS0238^T (=ACCC17498^T = HAMBI3074^T) as the type strain.     

Nodulation of Thermopsis lupinoides by a Mesorhizobium huakuii strain with a unique nodA gene in Kamtchatka, Russia

Very little is known about rhizobia that form nodules on Thermopsis spp. We report the isolation of a Mesorhizobium huakuii strain with a unique nodA gene that form nodules on Thermopsis lupinoides in Kamtchatka, Russia. The isolate did not form nodules on Thermopsis chinensis or Thermopsis caroliniana, which suggests it may be host specific.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizobium helanshanense</Emphasis> sp. nov., a bacterium that nodulates <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sphaerophysa salsula</Emphasis> (Pall.) DC. in China

Studying rhizobia in the root nodules of Sphaerophysa salsula (Pall.) DC in the northwest of China, we obtained five strains classified as genus Rhizobium on the basis of their 16S rRNA gene sequences. The sequence similarity of strain CCNWQTX14^T with the most related species was 99.0%. Further phylogenetic analysis of housekeeping genes (recA and atpD) suggested the five strains comprised a novel lineage within Rhizobium. The nifH and nodD gene sequences of CCNWQTX14^T were phylogenetically closely related with those of Sinorhizobium kummerowiae and R. sphaerophysae, respectively. The five strains isolated from different places were also distinct from related Rhizobium species using ERIC fingerprint profiles. The DNA–DNA hybridization value was 41.8% between CCNWQTX14^T and Rhizobium sphaerophysae CCNWGS0238^T. Our novel strains were only able to form effective nodules on its original host Sphaerophysa salsula. Our data showed that the five Rhizobium strains formed a unique genomic species, for which a novel species Rhizobium helanshanense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CCNWQTX14^T (=ACCC 16237^T =HAMBI 3083^T).     

A phylogeny of Thermopsideae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) inferred from nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences

Based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences, Thermopsideae is phylogenetically studied within a genistoid background. Analysis reveals that the tribe is not supported as a monophyletic group. Some species of Sophora s.s are nested within it. The central Asian desert Ammopiptanthus forms an isolated clade but is relatively remote to other Thermopsideae members. Piptanthus , Anagyris , Baptisia , and Thermopsis are clustered together into a robust clade. We hence propose that the tribe could either be reduced to just the four 'core genera' with Ammopiptanthus excluded, or, as an alternative, that Thermopsideae could become part of a new Sophoreae s.s. if it is re-circumscribed in the future. Both Piptanthus and Baptisia appear as monophyletic. The genus Anagyris is closer to some east Asian Thermopsis species than to Piptanthus . The east Asian and North American disjunct Thermopsis is not monophyletic. The ITS results suggest a geographical division between the Old World and New World Thermopsis . The east Asian species are clustered with Piptanthus and Anagyris , whereas the North American species are allied to Baptisia . Nonetheless, the only two north-eastern east Asian native Thermopsis species appear to be more related to the North American group than to the east Asian one. The related biogeographical significance has therefore been additionally discussed.  © 2006 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2006, 151 , 365–373.     

PCR-酶切技术快速鉴定军团菌

[目的]建立一种新型的军团菌鉴定方法,并探讨该法在鉴定环境水源和临床标本军团菌菌株中的应用价值.[方法]根据军团菌16S rRNA基因保守序列设计引物,以分离培养得到的可疑军团菌菌株作为模板,采用PCR法对模板扩增,并用限制性内切酶对PCR产物进行酶切分析,建立一种嗜肺军团菌及非嗜肺军团菌的鉴定方法.对16株嗜肺军团菌、22株非嗜肺军团菌及12株其他细菌标准菌株进行检测,验证该方法的可靠性,最后用该法检测广州地区分离的169株可疑军团菌菌株并进行基因测序.[结果]该PCR方法检测嗜肺军团菌及非嗜肺军团菌所有标准菌株均为阳性,非军团菌检测结果均为阴性;进一步的Hinf Ⅰ酶切分析可准确的区分嗜肺军团菌标准菌株;广州地区分离的169株可疑军团菌菌株经该法检测发现160株为军团菌,其中79株为嗜肺军团菌,与基因测序检测结果一致.[结论]PCR-酶切技术可快速、特异地检测军团菌及嗜肺军团菌,适用于环境水源和临床标本可疑军团菌菌株的检测.     

Estimation of 16S rRNA gene copy number in several probiotic Lactobacillus strains isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of chicken

The copy numbers of 16S rRNA genes in 12 probiotic Lactobacillus strains of poultry origin were analyzed. Genomic DNA of the strains was digested with restriction endonucleases that do not cut within the 16S rRNA gene of the strains. This was followed by Southern hybridization with a biotinylated probe complementary to the 16S rRNA gene. The copy number of the 16S rRNA gene within a Lactobacillus species was found to be conserved. From the hybridization results, Lactobacillus salivarius I 24 was estimated to have seven copies of the 16S rRNA gene, Lactobacillus panis C 17 to have five copies and Lactobacillus gallinarum strains I 16 and I 26 four copies. The 16S rRNA gene copy numbers of L. gallinarum and L. panis reported in the present study are the first record. Lactobacillus brevis strains I 12, I 23, I 25, I 211, I 218 and Lactobacillus reuteri strains C 1, C 10, C 16 were estimated to have at least four copies of the 16S rRNA gene. In addition, distinct rRNA restriction patterns which could discriminate the strains of L. reuteri and L. gallinarum were also detected. Information on 16S rRNA gene copy number is important for physiological, evolutionary and population studies of the bacteria.     

The phytogeographical studies of Thermopsis (Fabaceae)

The present article is the first comprehensive treatment of phytogeography of Thermopsis (Fabaceae) in the world. Thermopsis is one of the few genera within Fabaceae with the distribution pattern of the East Asia-North American disjunction. The distribution patterns of 5 recognized sections (including a new one) covering 21 species in Thermopsis are analyzed, and the results show four centres of frequency of the genus: the Eastern Asiatic Region (9 spp. / 3 sects., including 4 endemic species), the Irano-Turanian Region (7 spp./3 sects., including 3 endemic species), the Rocky Mountain Region (7 spp./2 sects., all endemic), and the Atlantic North American Region (3 spp. / 1 sect., all endemic). In the light of the fact that most species and sections, a number of phylogenetic series of the genus, and the most primitive sections and most advanced sections in Thermopsis occur in the East Asia, the Eastern Asiatic Region might be the centre of diversity of the genus. As the Irano-Turanian Region and the Rocky Mountain Region were just second to that of Eastern Asiatic Region in number of sections and species, and many polyploids appeared in these regions, they were considered as the secondary centres of distribution and speciation of the genus. The speciation looks to be frequent and complex in these regions, and many new taxa have been described from there while many new reduced or incorporated taxa have happened over there. However, recent molecular data has shown that two reduced taxa of Thermopsis are distinct in these regions. Based on the modern distribution patterns and evolutionary trends in morphological characters of the genus, and available fossil record of the genus and the historical geology, we speculate that Thermopsis had already existed on Eurasia and North America before the Late Miocene, and probably originated from an ancestral form of Sophora-like taxa with lupine alkaloids somewhere in the Laurasia in the Early Tertiary or Late Cretaceous. After the separation of the two continents, species on different continents developed distinctly under influences of different evolutionary factors. In Asia, the late Tertiary orogeny, disappearing of the Tethys and aridity and freezing caused by the Quaternary glaciation were the main forces to promote the speciation and evolutionary processes, whereas in North America it was the Quaternary glaciation and the orogeny of partial area to promote evolution of the genus. According to the evolutionary trends in Thermopsis and the distribution pattern of the primitive taxa, Sino-Japanese Subregion of Eastern Asiatic Region may be considered asthe centre of primitive forms of Thermopsis.     

Use of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis to differentiate strains of psychrophilic and psychrotropic clostridia associated with blown pack' spoilage of vacuum-packed meats

Reference and meat strains of psychrophilic and psychrotrophic clostridia were differentiated using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of genomic DNA (DNA-RFLP) and the polymerase chain reaction-amplified 16S rDNA gene (PCR-RFLP). Groupings obtained with PCR-RFLP were confirmed with 16S rDNA gene sequencing. DNA-RFLP resolved 19 of the 22 meat strains into 11 groups. Three meat strains were untypable using this method. All reference strains representing different genotypic species could be distinguished by the restriction patterns of 16S rDNA genes. With PCR-RFLP, the 22 meat strains produced eight distinct genotypes. 16S rDNA gene sequencing confirmed that each genotype was represented by a distinct sequence. PCR-RFLP restriction patterns of 15 meat strains matched those of one of two of the seven reference strains used. Seven meat strains whose RFLP restriction patterns of 16S rDNA genes differed from those of any reference strains probably represent four previously undescribed species. Although RFLP analysis of the amplified 16S rDNA gene allowed differentiation of psychrophilic and psychrotrophic clostridia at the genotypic species level and below, comparison of PCR-RFLP patterns and 16S rDNA sequences of unknown clostridial isolates with patterns and sequences of reference strains may not effect ready identification of these micro-organisms. The results of this study will be useful in diagnosis of the cause of premature spoilage of chilled vacuum-packed meats and in tracing spoilage-causing clostridia to their source(s) in the abattoir.