古尼虫草与亚香棒虫草亲缘关系初探

目的:用分子生物学方法,对古尼虫草和亚香棒虫草进行研究,对其寄主昆虫CO(Icytochrome oxidase subunit I,细胞色素氧化酶亚基I)和真菌ITS(Internal Transcribed Sequence,内转录间隔区)区的基因序列进行比较,以确定两者亲缘关系。方法:在古尼虫草和亚香棒虫草性状研究的基础上,对两者来源真菌ITS区和寄主昆虫COI基因进行了PCR扩增和序列测定,对序列进行比对分析,并与GenBank核酸序列数据库中的序列进行BLAST检索比对。结果:发现古尼虫草和亚香棒虫草的来源真菌ITS区和寄主昆虫COI基因序列均有较高相似度。结论:古尼虫草和亚香棒虫草有较近的亲缘关系。     

虫草属分子系统学研究现状

近年来的分子系统学研究结果表明 ,麦角菌目 (Clavicipitales)与肉座菌目 (Hypocreales)以及虫草属[Cordyceps(Fr.)Link]与麦角菌科 (Clavicipitaceae)内的有关种属关系密切 ,但虫草属为一多系群 ,其中只有新虫草亚属的种类形成单系群。虫草属种类的进化与寄主有一定的关系 ,有关研究显示它们在亲缘关系相差很大的寄主之间多次转移。多个独立的ITS序列研究表明 ,阔孢虫草 (CordycepscrassisporaM .Zangetal.)、甘肃虫草(CordycepsgansuensisK .Y .Zhangetal.)、多轴虫草 (CordycepsmultiaxialisM .Zang&Kinjo)、尼泊尔虫草 (CordycepsnepalensisM .Zang&Kinjo)与冬虫夏草 [Cordycepssinensis(Berk.)Sacc.]为同一物种 ;RAPD和ITS序列分析还显示不同地理分布的冬虫夏草存在明显的遗传分化。分子生物学方法在确定有性型与无性型的关系上已经为多种虫草菌提供了有力的证据。本文主要对虫草属分子系统学研究现状进行了综述 ,同时就分子生物学研究中的取样问题、一些分子方法的适用范围以及有性型与无性型的关系等问题进行了讨论。     

泰山虫草子实体形态特征与rDNA变异位点分析

用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对采自泰山的虫草子实体可孕部分进行形态观察,结果表明泰山虫草在子实体形态、子囊的排列方式、子囊的包埋方式、子囊壳的形态等与九州虫草完全一致。对虫草核糖体DNA的18S、28S、ITS区克隆测序,并进行序列比对后发现两种虫草的碱基差异较小,其同源性高达99%,符合种内遗传特性。结合形态学和分子生物学两方面的特征,初步推断两者可能都是九州虫草。     

湖南棒蝠蛾成虫形态研究

湖南棒蝠蛾（ＮａｐｉａｌｕｓＨｕｎａｎｅｎｓｉｓＣｈｕｅｔＷａｎｇ）是亚香棒虫草的寄主昆虫,亚香棒虫草是冬虫夏草的一种,是一种具有重要开发价值的中药材。为更好地人工栽培亚香棒虫草,我们对湖南棒蝠蛾进行了长期的细致的研究,本文详细地报道了它的成虫形态特征,特别是翅斑的变化。     

峨眉山自然保护区的虫草及其它昆虫病原真菌Ⅰ.

采自四川省峨眉山自然保护区的虫草及其相关昆虫病原真菌,其中除有常见的蛹虫草Cordycepsmilitaris（Vuill．）Fr,粉被虫草（CordycepspruinosaPetch）,蝉拟青霉Paecilomycescicadae（Miquel）Samson,球孢白僵菌Beauveriabassiana（Bals．）Vuill等昆虫病原真菌外,将主要描述峨眉虫草新种（CordycepsemeiensisA.Y.LiuetLiangsp.nov.）,龙洞虫草新种（CordycepslongdongensisA.Y.LiuetLiangspnov．）,暗绿虫草新记录种（CordycepsatrovirensKob．etShim．）和蛹虫草球头变种新记录种Cordycepsmilitarisvar.sphaerocephala（Schw）Fr．等几种虫草菌。     

古尼虫草无性型的分子鉴别

采用PCR技术,以rDNA的ITS区为分子指标,对古尼虫草Cordycepsgunnii的有性和无性阶段进行比较分析,从分子水平上证明古尼虫草的无性阶段是古尼拟青霉Paecilomycesgunnii。     

湖南中部山区虫草类型及其虫草菌的生物学特性

据资料统计,虫草属Cordyceps现知的有300余种,我国约有50多个种,多分布于长江以南的亚热带和热带地区.作者曾多次去湖南,安徽虫草产地调查,在湖南中部山地发现除巳报道的亚香棒虫草之外的另一种类型的虫草,与亚香棒虫草形态有明显区别.由于该种类子座头部极少有膨大,未见产生子囊孢子,难以鉴定出种名,现将两种虫草生物学特性作出比较,供鉴别时参考.     

虫草多型现象的5.8S rDNA 和ITS2 序列测定研究

新定名的甘肃虫草Cordycepsgansuensi与冬虫夏草Cordycepssinensi形态相似。蛹虫草Cordycepsmilitaris具有拟青霉型（Paecilomyces-type）和轮枝孢型（Verticillium-type）两类无性型。此研究对5.8SrRNA基因及ITS2间区DNA序列的分析结果表明,甘肃虫草和冬虫夏草的DNA序列相同,属于同一种;蛹虫草的两类无性型具有分子水平上的遗传趋异性。     

虫草多型现象的5.8SrDNA和ITS2序列测定研究

新定名的甘肃虫草Cordyceps gansuensi与冬虫夏草Cordyceps sinensi形态相似。 蛹虫草Cordyceps militaris具有拟青霉型（Paecilomyces-type）和轮枝孢型（Verticillium-type）两类无性型。此研究对5.8S rRNA基因 及ITS2间区DNA序列的分析结果表明,甘肃虫草和冬虫夏草的DNA序列相同,属于同一种;蛹虫草的两类无性型具有分子水平上的遗传趋异性。     

两种虫草无性型的微循环产孢确证

从贵阳地区采得两种虫草,古厄虫草Cordycepsgunnii（Bark．）Berk．和布氏虫草CordycepsbrongniartiiShimazu。经诱发它们子囊孢子的微循环产孢再次确证了古尼虫草的无性型是古尼拟青霉PaecilomycesgunniiLiang,布氏虫草的无性型是布氏白僵菌Beauveriabrongniartii（Sacc．）Peteh。     

Genetic variation of Cordyceps sinensis, a fruit-body-producing entomopathogenic species from different geographical regions in China

Cordyceps sinensis is one of the most valuable medicinal fungi in the Orient. It is naturally distributed in the eastern extension area of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, at an altitude over 4000 m high. In order to investigate genetic variation and evolutionary relationships of C. sinensis from different geographical regions, 17 isolates of C. sinensis were collected from different provinces and the complete sequences of rDNA ITS were determined. On the basis of 5.8S rDNA and ITS region analysis, it was clearly shown that the ITS sequences within C. sinensis are highly homologous regardless of geographical origin. The distance values between the sequences in this study were lower than 0.03. This implied that C. sinensis from different geographic regions are the same species; they are not different species or a species complex. The results also showed that distance values between C. sinensis and Hirsutella sinensis are of the same order as those within C. sinensis from different geographic regions. This confirmed our previous results that C. sinensis should only have H. sinensis as its asexual stage whatever the geographic region from which the samples were collected. An rDNA ITS clone library was established to obtain further evidence for the interpretation of the fungal community structure from C. sinensis and to confirm the accuracy of the taxonomic identities produced by directly sequencing the rDNA ITS region. The discrimination between intraspecies of C. sinensis might provide additional data for the authentication of medicinal material at the species or intraspecies level.     

Sequence analysis of ribosomal and mitochondrial genes of the giant liver fluke Fascioloides magna (Trematoda: Fasciolidae): intraspecific variation and differentiation from Fasciola hepatica

Complete sequences of ribosomal and mitochondrial genes of the giant liver fluke Fascioloides magna are presented. In particular, small subunit (18S) and internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) of the ribosomal gene (rDNA), as well as cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) and nicotinamide dehydrogenase subunit I (nad1) of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), were analyzed. The 18S and ITS sequences were compared with previously published sequences of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica. Fixed interspecific genetic differences were determined that allow molecular differentiation of F. magna and F. hepatica using either the PCR-RFLP method or PCR amplification of species-specific DNA regions. Additionally, intraspecific sequence polymorphism of the complete cox1 and nad1 mitochondrial genes in geographically distinct F. magna populations was determined. Based on the sequence divergences, short (< 500 bp) variable regions suitable for broader biogeographical studies of giant liver fluke were designed.     

广义虫草属二新记录种

【背景】广义虫草属是一类重要的虫生真菌资源。【目的】对我国西南地区虫生真菌及其相关真菌资源进行调查。【方法】在贵州省习水县和花溪区进行标本采集,采用含双抗的PDA培养基分离目的菌株;基于形态学特征和ITS rDNA序列系统发育分析相结合的方法进行菌株鉴定。【结果】从采集到的标本中分离获得5个菌株,菌株GY1113、GY90809和GY90810在形态特征上与马拉维白僵菌模式菌株非常相近;系统发育树中二者以高持率(ML/BI为99/1)聚成一个分支。菌株A1997在形态特征上与鳞翅目虫草模式菌株非常吻合;系统发育树中二者以较高支持率(ML/BI为78/0.95)聚成一个分支。菌株A1972在形态上与苏格兰白僵菌模式菌株的形态特征非常相近;系统发育树中二者以高支持率(ML/BI为99/1)聚成一个分支。因此分别鉴定为马拉维白僵菌、鳞翅目虫草及苏格兰白僵菌。【结论】马拉维白僵菌和鳞翅目虫草为中国新记录种。     

Decoupling of molecular and morphological evolution in deep lineages of a meiobenthic harpacticoid copepod

Molecular and biochemical genetic analyses have revealed that many marine invertebrate taxa, including some well-studied and presumably cosmopolitan species, are actually complexes of sibling species. When morphological differences are slight and estimated divergence times are old, data suggest either unusually high rates of sequence evolution or long-term morphological stasis. Here, five gene regions (mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I and large-subunit ribosomal 16S rDNA and nuclear ITS1, 5.8S rDNA, and ITS2) were analyzed in four geographic samples of the meiobenthic harpacticoid copepod Cletocamptus deitersi. Molecular sequences revealed four extremely differentiated molecular lineages with unalignable nuclear intergenic spacers and mitochondrial uncorrected divergences reaching 25% (cytochrome oxidase) and 36% (16S rDNA). These levels of divergence are greater than those reported previously for congeneric species in diverse invertebrate taxa, including crustaceans. The nominally intraspecific divergence matches or exceeds the corresponding divergence from a known congener (Cletocamptus helobius). A molecular clock applied to the cytochrome oxidase subunit I data suggests that these lineages split in the Miocene, consistent with the fossil record of a North American Cletocamptus from the same period. Morphological differences among the major lineages are subtle but congruent with the patterns of genetic differentiation. Our conclusion, based on concordant patterns of variation in two mitochondrial and three nuclear gene regions, as well as morphological observations, is that C. deitersi in North America is composed of at least four separate species by the genealogical concordance, phylogenetic, and morphological-species criteria. Alternative explanations for the deep phylogenetic nodes and apparent morphological stasis, including high rates of sequence evolution, balancing selection, and genetic signatures of historical events, are considered unlikely.     

Fungal-specific PCR primers developed for analysis of the ITS region of environmental DNA extracts

Background  

The Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) regions of fungal ribosomal DNA (rDNA) are highly variable sequences of great importance in distinguishing fungal species by PCR analysis. Previously published PCR primers available for amplifying these sequences from environmental samples provide varying degrees of success at discriminating against plant DNA while maintaining a broad range of compatibility. Typically, it has been necessary to use multiple primer sets to accommodate the range of fungi under study, potentially creating artificial distinctions for fungal sequences that amplify with more than one primer set.     

Use of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms to Characterize English Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Genotypes

English walnut (Juglans regia L.) is the most economically important species, for both food and timber, of the 21 species belonging to the genus Juglans. This study was undertaken to analyze and compare DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit II (COX2) and ribosomal DNA (rDNA) genes in the molecular characterization of 30 English walnut genotypes. rDNA sequences revealed the presence of 402 variations, including 101 in 3′ ends of 18S, 21 in internal transcribed spacer 1(ITS1), 170 in ITS2, 30 in 5.8S, and 80 in 5′ ends of 28S regions. Cox2 intron I sequences showed 769 variable positions and GG insertion/deletion at 3′ end regions. Based on single nucleotide polymorphism markers of rDNA and cox2 intron I sequences, an amplification refractory mutation system was used to fingerprint 18 out of 30 walnut genotypes. The findings revealed that the cox2 intron I region, either alone or in conjunction with rDNA, could be used effectively in identifying these walnut genotypes.     

Phylogenetic relationship of ribosomal ITS2 and mitochondrial COI among diploid and triploid Paragonimus westermani isolates

We compared patterns of intraspecific polymorphism of two markers with contrasting modes of evolution, nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), in the lung fluke, diploid and triploid Paragonimus westermani from three geographical regions of Korea. The genetic distances between three populations of Korean diploid and triploid P. westermani showed no significant difference in the nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) and ribosomaal second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) genes. A highly resolved strict-consensus tree was obtained that illustrated phylogenetically useful information of the ITS2 and mtCOI sequences from diploid and triploid P. westermani.