用floral dip法对黄瓜遗传转化的初步研究

用floral dip方法进行遗传转化已经在模式植物拟南芥、部分十字花科及豆科植物苜蓿中取得成功,但在黄瓜转化中未见报道.本研究首次采用floral dip法转化黄瓜,结果表明,采用0.05%Silwet-77和含质粒pX6-GAD-GLP-1的工程农杆菌EHA105转化黄瓜自交系P2及2M1,分别收获种子544和1022粒:将收获种子经60 mg/L的卡那霉素筛选,其抗性植株移栽成活后分别进行PCR及斑点杂交检测,在2个自交系中均获得了阳性转化植株,转化率分别为0.55%和0.68%.本研究首次将floral dip法用于黄瓜遗传转化并获得成功,为扩展floral dip法的应用领域、研究floral dip法在葫芦科植物上的应用奠定了基础,同时也进一步完善了黄瓜转基因手段.     

一株能在苜蓿上结瘤的费氏中华根瘤菌

费氏中华根瘤菌 (Sinorhizobiumfredii) 0 4 2BS分离自新疆的苜蓿根瘤 ,通过交叉结瘤试验 ,发现它既可在苜蓿上又可在大豆上结瘤固氮。 1 6SrDNAPCR RFLP分析表明 ,0 4 2BS与费氏中华根瘤菌模式菌株USDA2 0 5的 4种限制性酶切图谱完全一致。其G +Cmol%为 60 0 ,与费氏中华根瘤菌USDA2 0 5和USDA1 91的DNA同源性分别为 84 9%和89 6% ,表明 0 4 2BS属于费氏中华根瘤菌。应用绿色荧光蛋白基因标记 0 4 2BS ,得到重组菌株 0 4 2BSG。将其接种保定苜蓿和北引 1号大豆 ,并重新分离出根瘤菌 ,利用激光共聚焦荧光显微镜检测到标记基因的表达 ,从而确证了 0 4 2BS能在苜蓿和大豆上结瘤。而且 ,0 4 2BS对不同苜蓿品种的结瘤能力不同     

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。     

苜蓿中华根瘤菌042B共同结瘤基因nodABC的克隆与序列分析*

根瘤菌的nodABC和nodD在结构和功能上保守,在不同的菌种之间能够互换〔1〕,是目前所有供试的豆科植物结瘤所必不可少的,称为共同结瘤基因。另一类是寄生专一性结瘤基因,如苜蓿中华根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium meliloti)的nodPQ等〔2〕,这些基因决定根瘤菌能与哪些种属豆科植物结瘤〔3〕。根瘤菌的结瘤呈寄主专一性,例如苜蓿中华根瘤菌的寄主范围很窄,仅能在苜蓿、草木樨和葫芦巴3个属的豆科植物结瘤〔4〕。但在1995年。本实验室从新疆苜蓿分离到一株菌株042B,既能在大豆又能在苜蓿上结瘤．而且在大豆上具有较高的共生效率〔5〕。本文拟克隆其nodABC,并与其他菌株nodABC序列进行比较,以阐明042B能在大豆和苜蓿结瘤的分子机制。     

苜蓿中华根瘤菌042B nodD基因的克隆、序列分析及其表达

苜蓿中华根瘤菌０４２Ｂ是一株能在苜蓿和大豆上结瘤的菌株。将０４２Ｂ的ｎｏｄＳＤ基因克隆到时载体ｐＢＢＲ１ＭＣＳ－５,并在豌豆根瘤菌ＬＲＲ５０４５系统中进行功能分析,发现０４２Ｂ的ＮｏｄＤ蛋白能与大豆的类黄酮化合物ｇｅｎｉｓｔｅｉｎ结合,也怀苜蓿原类黄酮化合物ｌｕｔｅｏｌｉｎ反应。     

新疆豆科短命植物弯果胡卢巴根瘤与根瘤菌的特性

[目的]对弯果胡卢巴根瘤增殖特性、根瘤显微结构、根瘤菌遗传聚类以及根瘤菌各种抗性进行观察、分析和鉴定.[方法]分别利用不同基质培养、石蜡切片和树脂半超薄切片以及16S rRNA基因序列扩增和序列分析等技术方法对弯果胡卢巴根瘤和根瘤菌进行研究.[结果]①在混合土(养花土:白杨林下土:沙土=1:1:1)中有明显结瘤且植株结荚最多,多数根瘤呈掌状和姜形;②显微结构显示根瘤由表及里分为表层、皮层、维管束、已侵染细胞与未侵染细胞几部分;③对根瘤菌16S rRNA基因全长序列(1377bp)测序并分析,结果显示其与苜蓿中华根瘤菌16S rRNA基因的同源性达99.9%;④根瘤菌抗逆性鉴定结果显示,在温度为4℃～60℃(20 Min)、pH值为6.0～12.0、NaCl浓度为0%～2%的范围内根瘤菌均可正常生长;低浓度的卡那霉素、链霉素及头孢霉素等抗生素(25μg/mL,)就能完全抑制根瘤菌的生长,但仍能在100μg/mL的氨苄青霉素中正常生长.[结论]弯果胡卢巴结瘤需要较好的土壤及通气条件;根瘤簇生,瘤内含大量被根瘤菌侵染的细胞;弯果胡卢巴根瘤菌与苜蓿中华根瘤菌(sinorhizobium meliloti,)同源性最高,是一类较耐高温和强碱的菌株.     

中华苜蓿根瘤菌噬菌体的分离及主要壳蛋白基因g23的系统进化分析

【目的】揭示苜蓿根瘤菌噬菌体的形态学特征及主要壳蛋白g23基因的分布地位,为根瘤菌噬菌体的生态学研究提供数据支持。【方法】以中华苜蓿根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium meliloti USDA1002T)为宿主,采用双层平板法分离土壤环境中的苜蓿根瘤菌噬菌体,利用电子显微镜观察纯化的噬菌体形态特征;提取噬菌体DNA,PCR扩增编码噬菌体壳蛋白的g23基因,构建系统进化树,以形态学鉴定和分子生物学相结合的方法,明确分离获得的苜蓿根瘤菌噬菌体g23基因的系统进化地位。【结果】分离获得了3株噬菌体,头部均呈二十面体,直径大小为81–86 nm,尾部有收缩尾鞘,长度大约为54–70 nm。克隆测序结果显示,获得的3株噬菌体g23基因株间相似度较高,但与可培养的Exo T-、Schizo T-、T-、Pseudo T-evens相似度较低。系统进化分析表明,获得的3株噬菌体不隶属于目前已划分的不同环境噬菌体g23基因的分类类群中。【结论】3株噬菌体均属于肌尾噬菌体科的裂性噬菌体,与目前获得的所有噬菌体g23基因相似性较低,属于新的侵染中华苜蓿根瘤菌的噬菌体株。     

转座子挽救法对苜蓿中华根瘤菌与耐盐有关基因的定位

用含Tn5转座子的质粒pRL1063a诱变苜蓿中华根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium meliloti)042BM,得到盐敏感突变株042BML-2。采用转座子挽救法对Tn5插入位点两边的序列进行克隆与测序,获得了1179bp的转座子插入位点侧翼DNA序列。在GenBank中进行序列同源性和基因定位分析,结果表明：转座子插入在一个功能未知的基因内部,此基因长6270bp。研究证明：该基因与042BM的耐盐性有关,并定名为rtsC。氨基酸疏水性分析表明,在RtsC蛋白的N端有两个跨膜区,该蛋白与细菌趋化性相关蛋白的功能域有同源性。并对RtsC蛋白在苜蓿中华根瘤菌042BM耐盐性中的作用进行了讨论。     

一株能在大豆上结瘤的苜蓿中华根瘤菌

苜蓿中华根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium meliloti)XJ96077分离自新疆的苜蓿根瘤中,其原宿主为紫花苜蓿(Medicago sativa)。交叉结瘤试验发现,它既可在苜蓿上又能在大豆上结瘤固氮。DNA(G C)mol％分析表明,XJ96077的DNA(G C)mol％为61．9％,与已报道的根瘤菌属的DNA(G C)mol％范围(59％-64％)相符。DNA同源性分析表明,XJ96077与苜蓿中华根瘤菌USDA1002^T和042BM的同源性分别达到93％和80％,说明XJ96077归属于苜蓿中华根瘤菌。应用绿色荧光蛋白基因标记XJ96077,得到重组菌株XJ96077(G)。将其接种普通紫花苜蓿,通过激光共聚焦荧光显微镜可以检测到标记基因的表达。接种北引1号大豆上,同样可以清楚地观察到标记基因在根瘤中的表达,从而确证了XJ96077能同时在苜蓿和大豆上结瘤。通过不同品种大豆的结瘤试验,发现XJ96077对大豆品种的结瘤能力不同。     

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.     

The model legume Medicago truncatula A17 is poorly matched for N2 fixation with the sequenced microsymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021

Medicago truncatula (barrel medic) A17 is currently being sequenced as a model legume, complementing the sequenced root nodule bacterial strain Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 (Sm1021). In this study, the effectiveness of the Sm1021-M. truncatula symbiosis at fixing N(2) was evaluated. N(2) fixation effectiveness was examined with eight Medicago species and three accessions of M. truncatula with Sm1021 and two other Sinorhizobium strains. Plant shoot dry weights, plant nitrogen content and nodule distribution, morphology and number were analysed. Compared with nitrogen-fed controls, Sm1021 was ineffective or partially effective on all hosts tested (excluding M. sativa), as measured by reduced dry weights and shoot N content. Against an effective strain, Sm1021 on M. truncatula accessions produced more nodules, which were small, pale, more widely distributed on the root system and with fewer infected cells. The Sm1021-M. truncatula symbiosis is poorly matched for N(2) fixation and the strain could possess broader N(2) fixation deficiencies. A possible origin for this reduction in effectiveness is discussed. An alternative sequenced strain, effective at N(2) fixation on M. truncatula A17, is Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419.     

High-resolution physical map of the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 pSyma megaplasmid

To facilitate sequencing of the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 pSyma megaplasmid, a high-resolution map was constructed by ordering 113 overlapping bacterial artificial chromosome clones with 192 markers. The 157 anonymous sequence tagged site markers (81,072 bases) reveal hypothetical functions encoded by the replicon.     

Plasmid-associated genes in the model micro-symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 affect the growth and development of young rice seedlings

Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021 and its closely related strain Rm2011 inhibit rice seedling (Oryza sativa L. cv. Pelde) growth and development under certain rice-growing conditions. Experiments showed that inoculation of seedlings with approximately less than 10 cells of 1021 was sufficient to cause this inhibition. By using a series of plasmid-cured and plasmid-deleted derivatives of Rm2011, it was found that interactions between genes encoded on pSymA, and possibly pSymB, of Rm2011, affected rice growth and development by affecting both/either the plant and/or the bacteria. Further studies found that genes potentially related to indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) synthesis and nitrate metabolism, encoded on pSymA, were involved in rice growth inhibition in Sm1021- and Sm2011-treated rice seedlings. We conclude that the rice growth inhibition by S. meliloti Sm1021 is pSymA-associated and is induced by environmental nitrate.     

苜蓿根瘤菌17560细胞膜膜脂组成分析及DGTS合成基因克隆与表达

【目的】分析一株分离自黑龙江省的苜蓿根瘤菌在低磷胁迫及正常磷含量条件下细胞膜脂的组成,并从该菌中克隆和鉴定细胞膜无磷脂二酰基甘油三甲基高丝氨酸(DGTS)合成基因。【方法】分别在不同磷含量的Sherwood基本培养基中进行根瘤菌培养,采用Bligh-Dyer方法提取细胞膜脂,以文献报道Sinorhizobium meliloti(苜蓿中华根瘤菌)菌株1021的脂类图谱和磷脂PE、PG、PC标准品作为参照,利用薄层层析方法分析不同磷含量条件下培养菌株的细胞膜脂组成。根据GenBank中已发表的DGTS合成基因btaA和btaB序列设计引物,以产DGTS菌株基因组DNA为模板,扩增btaA和btaB同源基因,并在E.coil BL21(DE3)表达。同时检测表达菌株是否合成细胞膜无磷脂DGTS以验证基因功能。对菌株17560进行16S rRNA基因序列分析。【结果】分离自黑龙江省的苜蓿根瘤菌17560与Sinorhizobium meliloti的16S rRNA基因序列相似性高达99.8%,但其细胞膜脂组成明显不同于参比菌株Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021的膜脂组成。在低磷胁迫条件下,该菌株的细胞膜脂主要由OL和DGTS等无磷脂组成,但OL的组成明显不同,该菌株含有3种不同类型的鸟氨酸脂(OLs),而参比菌株Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021只含有一种类型的鸟氨酸脂(OL)。在正常磷含量条件下,该菌株的细胞膜脂主要由PE和一种未知的含氨基磷脂组成,PG与PC的含量均较少,而参比菌株Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021的细胞膜脂主要由PE、PG与PC组成。通过PCR扩增从产DGTS菌株17560中获得1 913 bpDNA片段,经序列分析发现其中有两个ORF与菌株Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021的btaA和btaB基因序列相似性均为99%。将该DNA片段克隆于pET-30a(+)得到重组质粒pLH01,转化宿主菌获得表达菌株E.coli BL21(DE3).pLH01,经IPTG诱导后产生相对分子量约为45 kD和25 kD的蛋白。薄层层析验证重组菌细胞膜脂组成,结果表明,表达菌株E.coliBL21(DE3).pLH01可以在IPTG诱导后合成无磷脂DGTS,而转入空载体pET-30a(+)的阴性对照菌株E.coli BL21(DE3).pET-30a(+)则不能合成。【结论】系统发育地位相同的苜蓿根瘤菌株的细胞膜脂组成明显不同;苜蓿根瘤菌的细胞膜组成随培养基中的磷含量不同而变化,低磷胁迫条件下其细胞膜脂主要由OL和DGTS等无磷脂组成;在Sinorhizobium膜脂中首次发现一种未知的氨基磷脂及3种不同类型的鸟氨酸脂(OLs);从菌株17560中克隆获得2个DGTS合成基因btaA和btaB,在大肠杆菌中成功表达,并证实了所表达基因的功能。     

Bacterial exopolysaccharides as a modern biotechnological tool for modification of fungal laccase properties and metal ion binding

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering - Four bacterial EPSs extracted from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii Rt24.2, Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021, Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110, and...     

Diversity of group II introns in the genome of <Emphasis Type="Italic"> Sinorhizobium meliloti </Emphasis>strain 1021: splicing and mobility of RmInt1

The number and diversity of known group II introns in eubacteria are continually increasing with the addition of new data from sequencing projects, but the significance of these introns in the evolution of bacterial genomes is unknown. We analyzed the main features of the group II introns present in the genome of the soil microorganism Sinorhizobium meliloti (strain 1021), the nitrogen-fixing symbiont of alfalfa, the DNA sequence of which was recently determined. Strain 1021 harbors three different classes of group II introns: RmInt1, of bacterial class D; SMb2147/SMb21167, which cluster within bacterial class C; and SMa1875, the phylogenetic class of which is uncertain. The group II introns SMb2147/SMb21167 and SMa1875 are widely distributed in S. meliloti, but are present in lower copy numbers than RmInt1. Strain 1021 harbors three copies of RmInt1, which is pSym-specific. Although RmInt1 is spliced in strain 1021, mobility assays suggested that, in contrast to other S. meliloti strains, the genetic background of strain 1021 does not support intron homing events.     

Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021 produces a low-molecular-mass capsular polysaccharide that is a homopolymer of 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid harboring a phospholipid anchor

Sinorhizobium meliloti strain 1021 possesses the particularity to synthesize biologically inefficient capsular polysaccharides (KPS). It has been assumed that this class of compounds is not produced in high-molecular-mass (HMM) forms, even if many genetic analyses show the existence of expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of capsular polysaccharides. The expression of these genes that are involved in the export of a KPS throughout the membrane and in the attachment of a lipid moiety has never been related to a structurally characterized surface polysaccharide. It is now reported that S. meliloti strain 1021 produces low-molecular-mass polysaccharides (4-4.5 kDa) that are exclusively composed of beta-(2-->7)-linked 3-deoxy-d-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonic acid (Kdo) residues. These compounds are considered precursor molecules of HMM KPS, whose biosynthesis is arrested in the case of S. meliloti strain 1021. For the first time, the phospholipid anchor of a rhizobial KPS has been found, and its structure could be partially identified-namely, a phosphoglycerol moiety bearing a hydroxy-octacosanoic acid. When compared to other rhizobial KPS (composed of dimeric hexose-Kdo-like sugar repeating units), the Kdo homopolymer described here may explain why a complementation of S. meliloti strain 1021 Exo B mutant with an effective rkpZ gene restoring an active higher KPS size does not completely lead to the fully effective nitrogen fixing phenotype.     

Evidence that the exoH gene of Sinorhizobium meliloti does not appear to influence symbiotic effectiveness with Medicago truncatula 'Jemalong A17'

The purpose of this study was to identify strains of Sinorhizobium meliloti that formed either an effective or completely ineffective symbiosis with Medicago truncatula L. 'Jemalong A17' and, subsequently, to determine whether differences existed between their exoH genes. Sinorhizobium meliloti TII7 and A5 formed an effective and ineffective symbiosis with M. truncatula 'Jemalong A17', respectively. Using a multilocus sequence typing method, both strains were shown to have chromosomes identical with S. meliloti Rm1021 and RCR2011. The 2260-bp segments of DNA stretching from the 3' end of exoI through open reading frames of hypothetical proteins SM_b20952 and SM_b20953 through exoH into the 5' end of exoK in strains TII7 and Rm1021 differed by a single nucleotide at base 127 of the hypothetical protein SM_b20953. However, the derived amino acid sequences of the exoH genes of effective TII7, ineffective A5, and strain Rm1021 were shown to be identical with each other. Therefore, it would seem unlikely that the gene product of exoH is directly involved with the low efficiency of a symbiosis of strain Rm1021 with M. truncatula 'Jemalong A17'. Complementation or complete genome sequence analyses involving strains TII7 and A5 might be useful approaches to investigate the molecular bases for the differential symbiotic response with M. truncatula 'Jemalong A17'.