中国南海沉积环境可培养细菌多样性研究

【目的】探索海洋沉积环境中可培养细菌的多样性。【方法】采用纯培养分离及16S rRNA基因序列鉴定的方法,对我国南海海域20个沉积物样品进行细菌多样性分析。【结果】共获得200株细菌,分属于47个属,99个种。经系统进化分析,可培养菌株主要分布于4个类群:厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)、变形菌门(Proteobacteria)、放线菌门(Actinobacteria)和拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes),优势类群为Firmicutes,其中芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)所占比例为55.6%;而Actinobacteria和Bacteroidetes两个类群获得菌株较少;在Firmicutes和Actinobacteria两个类群中发现8个潜在新种和3个潜在新属级类群。【结论】初步研究结果表明,南海海洋沉积环境可培养微生物资源丰富,新物种资源多样;其中,芽孢杆菌为海洋沉积环境中的优势类群,随着样品深度的增加,细菌多样性呈现递减的趋势,深度可能是影响细菌多样性的一个重要因素;其次,分离培养基和分离方法直接关系到样品中可培养微生物多样性的发现,有待深入研究。     

不同培养条件对海洋沉积环境细菌的选择性分离

海洋环境中存在着大量未被培养和利用的微生物资源。本研究对一份南海沉积物样品采用不同培养温度、盐度、pH、样品稀释倍数和营养浓度条件进行可培养细菌的多样性研究。经过16S rRNA基因序列分析,获得825株菌分属于5个门,8个纲,17个目,26个科,57个属。分离到最多的属级类群为芽胞杆菌属（Bacillus）。通过不同培养条件的分离实验发现,厚壁菌类群在4 °C~60 °C、0%~15%盐度、pH 5~8及不同的样品稀释倍数和营养浓度实验条件中均为优势培养类群,具有广泛的环境适应性,但2~200的样品稀释倍数可以大大减少分离培养基中厚壁菌的数量。放线菌类群在4 °C低温和0%NaCl添加条件下的可培养多样性较高,同时pH 6和寡营养培养基有助于分离获得稀有放线菌类群。另外,本研究发现新物种资源的获取几率分别在寡营养培养基、5%~10%较高盐度和60°C高温培养有所增加。分离获得的5个主要细菌门类分别为厚壁菌门（Firmicutes,86%）、放线菌门（Actinobacteria,13%）、变形菌门（Proteobacteria,1%）、拟杆菌门（Bacteroidetes）和异常球菌-栖热菌门（Deinococcus-Thermus）。本研究共分离得到29株潜在新种,分别属于芽胞杆菌纲（Bacilli）、放线菌纲（Actinobacteria）、酸微菌纲（Acidimicrobiia）、嗜热油菌纲（Thermoleophilia）、红色杆菌纲（Rubrobacteria）和异常球菌纲（Deinococci）。海洋环境微生物新类群、海洋放线菌稀有类群等微生物新资源的选择性分离培养提供了有效的方法和方案,为后期的深入开展打下良好的基础。     

大连渤海老虎滩海域沉积物可培养放线菌的多样性

【目的】研究大连渤海老虎滩海域可培养放线菌的多样性。【方法】利用5种不同的培养基分离、培养海洋沉积物中的放线菌,并用16S rRNA基因序列对部分放线菌株进行系统发育分析。【结果】根据菌落表型共分离到1215株放线菌。选择271株具有代表性的菌株进行16S rRNA分析,结果表明,251株(92.26%)属于放线菌门,覆盖11个科,15个属;其余20株属于厚壁门和变形菌门;有7株为潜在的新种。【结论】大连渤海老虎滩海域的沉积物中存在较为丰富的放线菌和新种资源,这些菌株为将来开发新的微生物代谢产物奠定了基础。     

利用改良培养基探究西太平洋海水可培养细菌多样性

【目的】西太平洋复杂的海洋生态环境孕育了其独特的生物群落,蕴含着种类丰富的海洋微生物资源。本研究基于分离培养技术探究了西太平洋海域不同水深细菌的多样性,并尝试通过改良培养基提高海洋细菌可培养性。【方法】采用改良的2216E固体培养基(IMA)、R2A固体培养基(R2A)、MBM固体培养基(MBM)、TCBS固体培养基(TCBS)和改良的2216E液体富集培养基(IMB) 5种不同培养基进行微生物培养,通过菌株分离纯化、16SrRNA基因序列鉴定,分析西太平洋表层至6000m水深可培养细菌的多样性以及不同培养基在分离培养异养细菌方面的优势。【结果】本研究共获得1293株异养细菌,分属于4门7纲14目26科52属119种,其中变形菌门(Proteobacteria)为主导类群。纲水平上,γ-变形菌纲(Gammaproteobacteria)、α-变形菌纲(Alphaproteobacteria)和放线菌纲(Actinobacteria_c)为优势菌群。5种培养基所获得的最优势门都为变形菌门,最优势纲都为γ-变形菌纲,除TCBS培养基优势目是弧菌目(Vibrionales),最优势目都为交替单胞菌目(Alteromonadales)。此外,5种培养基在各分类水平上均体现出不同的选择性。5种培养基在种水平上可培养细菌多样性由高到低依次为R2A、IMA、MBM、TCBS以及IMB。分离自R2A的特有属数目最多,可达10个。随水深增加,可培养异养微生物属的数量呈减少趋势。分得菌株中共有68株为潜在新菌,新菌率在IMA、R2A和MBM中相对较高。【结论】本研究用5种不同培养基从西太平洋海水中获得大量可培养细菌,具有较高的多样性,同时揭示了不同培养基对可培养海洋细菌的选择性。本研究为进一步的生态学研究和分子生物学研究等提供了宝贵的种质资源,也为未来利用改良培养基分离难培养海洋微生物带来启发。     

广东南岭森林土壤中可培养细菌多样性

广东南岭森林土壤中蕴藏着丰富的生物资源,但对其中的可培养细菌种类仍缺乏系统了解。本研究采用贫营养型的R2A培养基和富营养型的TSA培养基对南岭森林土壤中细菌进行了分离,获得细菌408株,分别从属于厚壁菌门、变形菌门、放线菌门和拟杆菌门的35属。其中的优势类群为厚壁菌门,占分离总数量的71%。在属水平,芽胞杆菌及其近缘属为优势类群。除芽胞杆菌外,假单胞菌、伯克霍尔德氏菌、草酸杆菌科Collimonas属和罗丹诺杆菌科Dyella属是分离获得的主要类群。R2A培养基在分离革兰氏阴性的变形菌门菌株方面表现出一定的偏好性,而TSA培养基分离得到的更多为快速生长的芽胞杆菌及其近缘的革兰氏阳性细菌。发现了15属的菌株具有一定的水解酶活性,大多表现出对淀粉和牛奶的水解活性,对有机磷的水解性能优于对无机磷的水解。降解纤维素的菌株则主要集中于芽胞杆菌及其近缘属中。发现了潜在新物种26株,分布于芽胞杆菌、Dyella、类芽孢杆菌等9属中。本研究仅使用了两种营养类型的培养基,进一步借助培养组学技术有望能更加全面反映南岭森林土壤中的可培养微生物多样性。     

珠穆朗玛峰北坡可培养石生细菌多样性及抗紫外辐射能力

【背景】珠穆朗玛峰地区具有寒冷低温、强辐射等极端环境条件,珠穆朗玛峰北坡石生微生物研究未见报道。【目的】针对珠穆朗玛峰北坡石生微生物开展研究,阐明珠穆朗玛峰北坡石生生境中可培养细菌多样性,开发珠穆朗玛峰北坡抗紫外辐射菌株资源。【方法】通过可培养法、16S rRNA基因序列分析方法以及紫外辐射筛选对珠穆朗玛峰北坡可培养石生细菌多样性以及抗紫外辐射能力进行研究。【结果】从珠穆朗玛峰北坡石生生境中共分离获得52株石生细菌,归类为放线菌门(Actinobacteria)、厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)、变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes),其中放线菌门和变形菌门为优势菌门,鞘脂单胞菌属、节杆菌属、链霉菌属为优势菌属,有2株菌为潜在新种。从已分离鉴定菌株中筛选出了2株抗紫外辐射能力较高的菌株,分别是芽孢杆菌属菌株ZFBP4009和链霉菌属菌株ZFBP1009。【结论】珠穆朗玛峰北坡石生环境蕴含多样性丰富的石生细菌,所分离菌株抗紫外辐射能力突出,为揭示相关极端环境下微生物的分布特征及极端环境微生物资源开发提供了数据支持及菌株资源。     

第六次北极科学考察海洋沉积物可培养细菌的多样性分析

【目的】研究北极海洋沉积物可培养细菌的菌种资源多样性。【方法】采用海水Zobell2216E培养基和涂布平板法对第六次北极科学考察获得的海洋沉积物开展细菌分离培养,通过16S rRNA基因系统发育分析了解可培养细菌的多样性。【结果】根据菌落形态特征,从40个站位的北极海洋沉积物样品中共分离并获得16S rRNA基因有效序列的细菌达445株;基于16S rRNA基因的相似性分析与系统发育研究结果表明,分离获得的细菌分属于细菌域的4个门、6个纲、13个目、28个科、49个属、91个种,其中γ-Proteobacteria占大多数;有12株与模式菌株的16S rRNA基因序列相似性小于97%,可能代表了6个潜在的细菌新物种;此次获得的细菌种类组成与以往第五次北极科考获得的相比,在属水平上差异较大。【结论】北极海洋沉积物中存在着丰富的微生物菌种资源,具有很多新型微生物仍未被发现,是亟待开发的微生物资源宝库。     

基于流式细胞仪高通量分选的深海微生物单细胞培养

【目的】建立适用于海洋微生物的流式细胞分选与高通量单细胞培养的方法,通过该方法从印度洋深海样品中分离微生物纯培养菌株。【方法】利用流式细胞仪单细胞分选功能,以前向角(FSC)和侧向角(SSC)散射光信号代替荧光信号作为分选逻辑,对深海水体和沉积物样品中微生物进行单细胞高通量分选和培养。【结果】确定了流式细胞分选的区域和条件,发现所建立方法适于分离海洋水体微生物,而不是沉积物微生物。从印度洋深海水体样品中获得61个潜在新菌株,分属于6个新属种,占分离菌株总数的26.29%,其16S rRNA基因序列与已培养的模式菌株相似性为89.79%–95.37%。【结论】本研究所建立的方法有助于提高发现海洋微生物新物种的效率,获得更多新的海洋微生物资源。     

台湾海峡沉积物放线菌多样性及抗菌活性研究

探究台湾海峡海洋沉积物中放线菌的多样性并进行抗菌活性筛选,为发现新的药物先导化合物提供新菌源。采用7种选择性培养基分离10份来自台湾海峡沉积物样品中的海洋放线菌,并对分离菌株的16S rRNA基因序列进行系统进化分析。采用滤纸片法对部分代表放线菌菌株发酵液进行生物活性筛选,共分离到532株放线菌,挑选其中170株代表菌株进行鉴定,分属于8个目10个科14个属。有2株菌的16S rRNA基因序列显示属于潜在的新种,170株菌中有68.8%的菌株显示出至少对一种指示菌有抑菌活性。结果表明台湾海峡海洋沉积物中蕴藏着丰富的放线菌资源,是发现新药的有效途径。     

培养基灭菌方式对细菌分离效率的影响

自然界蕴含大量未/难培养微生物,分离这些微生物对理论研究和资源开发具有重要意义。本研究使用高压灭菌和过滤除菌方式制备培养基,采用稀释涂布方法,从红树林灰泥样品中分离获得123株细菌,通过16S rRNA基因序列分析对其进行鉴定,进而探究培养基灭菌方式对细菌分离效果的影响。结果表明：过滤除菌培养基生长的单菌落数目（339±82）个显著多于高压灭菌培养基生长的单菌落数目（179±65）个;两种培养基分离细菌的群落结构在门、科和属分类水平上总体相似,但优势类群的数目和少数类群存在差异;过滤除菌培养基分离细菌的Shannon Wiener’s指数、均匀度、新种率、基因多样性均高于高压灭菌培养基,而其与近缘模式菌株相似度的平均值和中位数则低于高压灭菌培养基。因此,过滤除菌培养基分离获得细菌的多样性、均匀性和新颖性均高于高压灭菌培养基。本研究首次探究培养基灭菌方式对细菌分离效果的影响,具有更高分离效率的过滤除菌培养基为未/难培养微生物菌株资源获取提供了借鉴。     

南海冷泉区深海沉积物中细菌的分离培养及多样性分析

为了认识南海深海冷泉区沉积物中可培养微生物的多样性,本文以冷泉区与非冷泉区两个站点的深海沉积物为样品,通过两种培养基(R2A海水培养基和2216E培养基)直接涂布或富集后平板分离纯化,从9个样品中共得到395株菌株,并通过16SrRNA基因鉴定,分属10个属。发现产芽胞细菌分布最广、丰度最大,包括3个属、15个种。其中芽胞杆菌(Bacillus)无论是在数量还是在种类上都分布最多。并且,随着水深和沉积物深度的增加,分离到的可培养微生物丰富度降低。本研究表明,即使在冷泉区,南海深海沉积物中产芽胞细菌也比较丰富。     

A survey on bacteria inhabiting the sea surface microlayer of coastal ecosystems

Bacterial populations inhabiting the sea surface microlayer from two contrasted Mediterranean coastal stations (polluted vs. oligotrophic) were examined by culturing and genetic fingerprinting methods and were compared with those of underlying waters (50 cm depth), for a period of two years. More than 30 samples were examined and 487 strains were isolated and screened. Proteobacteria were consistently more abundant in the collection from the pristine environment whereas Gram-positive bacteria (i.e., Actinobacteria and Firmicutes) were more abundant in the polluted site. Cythophaga-Flavobacter-Bacteroides (CFB) ranged from 8% to 16% of total strains. Overall, 22.5% of the strains showed a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity only at the genus level with previously reported bacterial species and around 10.5% of the strains showed similarities in 16S rRNA sequence below 93% with reported species. The CFB group contained the highest proportion of unknown species, but these also included Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria. Such low similarity values showed that we were able to culture new marine genera and possibly new families, indicating that the sea-surface layer is a poorly understood microbial environment and may represent a natural source of new microorganisms. Genetic fingerprinting showed, however, no consistent differences between the predominant bacterial assemblages from surface microlayer and underlying waters, suggesting that the presence of a stable and abundant neustonic bacterial community is not a common trait of coastal marine environments.     

Isolation strategies of marine-derived actinomycetes from sponge and sediment samples

During the last two decades, discoveries of new members of actinomycetes and novel metabolites from marine environments have drawn attention to such environments, such as sediment and sponge. For the successful isolation of actinomycetes from marine environments, many factors including the use of enrichment and pre-treatment techniques, and the selection of growth media and antibiotic supplements should be taken into account. High-throughput cultivation is an innovative technique that mimics nature, eliminates undesired, fast-growing bacteria and creates suitable conditions for rare, slow-growing actinomycetes. This review comprehensively evaluates the traditional and innovative techniques and strategies used for the isolation of actinomycetes from marine sponge and sediment samples.     

Heterologous production of bisucaberin using a biosynthetic gene cluster cloned from a deep sea metagenome

A siderophore biosynthetic gene cluster was cloned from a metagenomic library generated from deep sea sediment. The gene cluster was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli to produce bisucaberin, a siderophore originally reported from the marine bacterium Alteromonas haloplanktis. The cloned bisucaberin biosynthetic gene cluster was moderately similar to that of the known bisucaberin producer Vibrio salmonicida. However, the cloned gene cluster consists of four genes rather than three genes found in the V. salmonicida cluster. The low overall homology of the amino acid and nucleotide sequences with those of other species suggests that the cloned genes were derived from one of the unsequenced bacteria including uncultured species.     

Microbial diversity and stratification of South Pacific abyssal marine sediments

Abyssal marine sediments cover a large proportion of the ocean floor, but linkages between their microbial community structure and redox stratification have remained poorly constrained. This study compares the downcore gradients in microbial community composition to porewater oxygen and nitrate concentration profiles in an abyssal marine sediment column in the South Pacific Ocean. Archaeal 16S rRNA clone libraries showed a stratified archaeal community that changed from Marine Group I Archaea in the aerobic and nitrate-reducing upper sediment column towards deeply branching, uncultured crenarchaeotal and euryarchaeotal lineages in nitrate-depleted, anaerobic sediment horizons. Bacterial 16S rRNA clone libraries revealed a similar shift on the phylum and subphylum level within the bacteria, from a complex community of Alpha-, Gamma- and Deltaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Gemmatimonadetes in oxic surface sediments towards uncultured Chloroflexi and Planctomycetes in the anaerobic sediment column. The distinct stratification of largely uncultured bacterial and archaeal groups within the oxic and nitrate-reducing marine sediment column provides initial constraints for their microbial habitat preferences.     

Diversity of prokaryotes and methanogenesis in deep subsurface sediments from the Nankai Trough, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190

Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea was studied in deep marine sediments by PCR amplification and sequence analysis of 16S rRNA and methyl co-enzyme M reductase (mcrA) genes. Samples analysed were from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 190 deep subsurface sediments at three sites spanning the Nankai Trough in the Pacific Ocean off Shikoku Island, Japan. DNA was amplified, from three depths at site 1173 (4.15, 98.29 and 193.29 mbsf; metres below the sea floor), and phylogenetic analysis of clone libraries showed a wide variety of uncultured Bacteria and Archaea. Sequences of Bacteria were dominated by an uncultured and deeply branching 'deep sediment group' (53% of sequences). Archaeal 16S rRNA gene sequences were mainly within the uncultured clades of the Crenarchaeota. There was good agreement between sequences obtained independently by cloning and by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. These sequences were similar to others retrieved from marine sediment and other anoxic habitats, and so probably represent important indigenous bacteria. The mcrA gene analysis suggested limited methanogen diversity with only three gene clusters identified within the Methanosarcinales and Methanobacteriales. The cultivated members of the Methanobacteriales and some of the Methanosarcinales can use CO2 and H2 for methanogenesis. These substrates also gave the highest rates in 14C-radiotracer estimates of methanogenic activity, with rates comparable to those from other deep marine sediments. Thus, this research demonstrates the importance of the 'deep sediment group' of uncultured Bacteria and links limited diversity of methanogens to the dominance of CO2/H2 based methanogenesis in deep sub-seafloor sediments.     

Diversity and structure of bacterial communities in Fildes Peninsula, King George Island

To examine the bacterial community structure in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, we examined the bacterial diversity and community composition of samples collected from lacustrine sediment, marine sediment, penguin ornithogenic sediments, and soils using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods. The 70 strains fell into five groups: Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Gammaproteobacteria, and Betaproteobacteria. Bacterial diversity at the phylum level detected in Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles comprised Proteobacteria (including the subphyla Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma-, Deltaproteobacteria), Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Chlorobi, and Deinococcus-Thermus. Gammaproteobacteria was identified to be the dominant bacterial subphylum by cultivation and DGGE method. By cluster analysis, the overall structure and composition of bacterial communities in the soil and lacustrine sediment were similar to one another but significantly different from bacterial communities in penguin ornithogenic sediment and marine sediment, which were similar to one another. The majority of 16S rDNA sequences from cultured bacteria were closely related to sequences found in cold environments. In contrast, a minority of 16S rDNA sequences from the DGGE approach were closely related to sequences found in cold environments.     

Isolation of novel bacteria, including a candidate division, from geothermal soils in New Zealand

We examined bacterial diversity of three geothermal soils in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA genes recovered directly from soils indicated that the bacterial communities differed in composition and richness, and were dominated by previously uncultured species of the phyla Actinobacteria , Acidobacteria , Chloroflexi , Proteobacteria and candidate division OP10. Aerobic, thermophilic, organotrophic bacteria were isolated using cultivation protocols that involved extended incubation times, low-pH media and gellan as a replacement gelling agent to agar. Isolates represented previously uncultured species, genera, classes, and even a new phylum of bacteria. They included members of the commonly cultivated phyla Proteobacteria , Firmicutes , Thermus/Deinococcus , Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes , as well as more-difficult-to-cultivate groups. Isolates possessing < 85% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity to any cultivated species were obtained from the phyla Acidobacteria , Chloroflexi and the previously uncultured candidate division OP10. Several isolates were prevalent in 16S rRNA gene clone libraries constructed directly from the soils. A key factor facilitating isolation was the use of gellan-solidified plates, where the gellan itself served as an energy source for certain bacteria. The results indicate that geothermal soils are a rich potential source of novel bacteria, and that relatively simple cultivation techniques are practical for isolating bacteria from these habitats.     

聚酮类化合物生物合成途径基因阳性菌株生物多样性研究

从中国云南省采集土样,采用GPY培养基、淀粉_酪素琼脂培养基和甘油天门冬酰胺琼脂培养基分离得到了876株细菌放线菌菌株。经聚酮类化合物基因筛选得到75株Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型聚酮类化合物生物合成基因双阳性的菌株,经抗菌活性、形态、生理等结果分析比较,选取其中的10株进行了16S rDNA序列分析。在物种多样性方面,分离到的菌分布至少有7个科,8个属。其中有链霉菌科的链霉菌属,分枝杆菌科的分枝杆菌属,链孢囊菌科的链孢囊菌属和野野村菌属,诺卡氏菌科的诺卡氏菌属,微球菌亚目的一新属、产碱杆菌科的无色杆菌属和β_亚纲中与紫色杆菌属紧邻的一革兰氏阴性菌新属。综合其表型、基因型特征,初步确定其中8株为新物种。研究表明利用新的思路和程序从自然环境分离、鉴定未知菌是微生物资源开发利用的关键。