微生物单细胞分离方法研究进展

自然界中大多数微生物处于未培养状态,被称为“微生物暗物质”。随着微生物单细胞分离方法的不断更新,利用新技术、新方法应对微生物纯培养的挑战获得了重要进展,这些新的分离及培养策略对推动微生物资源学的发展具有重要意义。尽管宏基因组学和基因组学数据相关成果日益增多,但微生物单细胞的分离与培养对于系统研究微生物的生态功能、遗传进化等仍至关重要。本文主要概述了目前使用的或正在研发的膜扩散培养法、微流控分选、荧光激活细胞分选、单细胞拉曼分选、光镊技术、显微操作技术等单细胞分离技术的原理与应用,及其在微生物单细胞分离和培养方面的优点与不足,同时展望了这些单细胞分离技术未来的发展和应用前景。     

未/难培养微生物可培养策略研究：机遇与挑战

微生物分布广泛、种类众多、功能多样,虽体积微小但功能强大,关乎人类的安全健康和生态的稳定发展,在整个地球生命系统中起着举足轻重的作用。17世纪以来,研究者们一直努力获得、了解和利用这些微生物,然而目前分离方法的局限性使得环境中绝大部分微生物仍不能被纯培养,严重阻碍了我们对微生物生命活动规律的认知。因此,如何分离获得这些仍未被培养出来的“暗物质”是微生物研究面临的严峻挑战和重大机遇。本文分析了环境中制约微生物分离培养的因素,综述未/难培养微生物可培养研究的最新进展,着重论述优化的传统培养方法及网络导向培养、膜扩散培养、微流控分选培养和细胞分选培养等新型技术的应用,并对未来研究进行展望,探索多技术联合使用策略,为未/难微生物资源的挖掘及开发利用提供借鉴。     

口腔未培养微生物分离培养策略的研究进展

口腔微生物是人体微生物组的重要组成部分,其群落组成丰富且独特。现有研究显示,口腔微生物与龋病、牙周炎等口腔健康问题有直接的联系,因而具有重要的研究价值。随着高通量测序技术的发展,人们对口腔中未培养微生物多样性的认识不断加深,这进一步催生对微生物分离培养技术需求的增加。为此,本文将围绕口腔未培养微生物及其分离培养策略的研究进展,首先介绍口腔中未培养微生物的研究现状;其次分析口腔微生物分离培养中可能的限制因素;最后综述微生物分离培养技术发展及其在口腔未培养微生物研究中的应用。全文旨在为口腔未培养微生物的分离培养提供思路和技术参考。     

未培养微生物分离培养技术研究进展

自然环境中的微生物具有多样性高的特点,而99%的微生物使用传统的方法仍然是"不可培养的",并且能被培养的小部分微生物不能够代表微生态的多样性。因此,确定新的微生物物种和功能仍然是目前的重要任务。本文将综述基于调整培养基、考虑微生物间相互作用、捕获分离培养、高通量分离培养来分离培养微生物群体中的未培养微生物的方法,及功能性研究的进展情况。     

人体微生物“暗物质”：勘探、培养及应用

微生物广泛存在于自然界,其代谢活动对环境和人类健康有重要影响。定植于人体表面和内部的微生物无论从细胞还是基因数量上都远超人体,而90%以上的微生物是未培养的,这严重限制了对人体共生微生物功能的研究。因此,鉴定和分离未知或以前无法培养的微生物的必要性是显而易见的。随着各种技术的进步,可培养的微生物数量不断增加,但仍存在不足。本文论述了利用基因组测序探索微生物“暗物质”的效果,以及分离培养未培养微生物和对其进行开发利用的重要性;综述了当前有效的微生物鉴定和培养技术,如基质辅助激光解吸/电离飞行时间质谱（MALDI-TOF MS）、基因组信息抗体工程等;阐述了微生物与人体健康的相互作用,揭示了人体微生物“暗物质”的潜力,对人体微生物“暗物质”未来的研究和发展进行了讨论。     

未培养微生物研究策略概述

基于未培养微生物数量巨大、种类繁多、基因资源丰富等特点。扼要介绍了未培养微生物的纯培养分离策略和分子生物学研究方法。随着新型培养策略如原位仿生境培养、限制性培养、单细胞微操作等的出现,使未培养微生物的纯培养成为可能。同时由于宏基因组学和高通量DNA测序等现代分子生物学方法技术的逐渐成熟,使来源于未培养微生物的新基因和新活性物质的分离筛选出现了新的机遇与挑战。     

连续流生物反应器技术在微生物培养中的应用

自然环境中99%微生物在实验室条件下仍是不能被培养的,称之为"未培养"微生物或微生物"暗物质"。对其进行研究不仅有助于认识环境中微生物代谢多样性,丰富生命之树,同时未培养微生物还蕴含着巨大的新基因和新天然产物资源。但传统培养技术的局限性阻碍了"未培养"微生物资源的开发和利用。虽然随着分子生物学技术的发展,可以直接从环境中获得未培养微生物的遗传信息,分析微生物的广泛代谢多样性,但微生物的生理特征和代谢产物等分析仍然需要建立在研究纯菌株的基础上。目前,已经有很多新颖的培养技术被研发,如原位培养技术、共培养技术和连续流生物反应器培养技术等用于挖掘未培养微生物资源。本文主要介绍了连续流生物反应器培养新技术的发展与改进,探讨了"未培养"微生物培养技术及设备的发展方向,以进一步促进"未培养"微生物资源的开发与利用。     

基于微生物互作的共培养分离技术研究进展

自然条件下，微生物以一种复杂的群落形式生活，细胞周围充斥着由相邻细胞产生的各类代谢物，使各细胞间存在多样的互作形式，影响彼此的生长。不同种类的菌株共培养时，营养缺陷型菌株可以利用其他菌株产生的代谢产物进行生长；共培养还可以改变微环境、刺激菌株沉默基因的表达及改变菌株的生存状态。近年来，基于模拟菌株间的互作关系而发展起来的共培养技术逐步应用于未培养微生物的分离工作中，并被认为能有效提高未培养微生物的分离效率。结合已发表的相关文献资料，综合分析潜在共培养的类群多样性以及共培养分离技术的先进性与应用现状等，以期为微生物分离技术的发展及微生物资源的发掘提供参考。     

肠道微生物培养的研究进展及应用

肠道中栖居着组成复杂、功能多样的微生物群,这些微生物群在宿主免疫、营养吸收、代谢调节等方面发挥着重要作用。随着测序技术的快速发展,肠道微生物研究通过16S rRNA基因测序和宏基因组测序产生了大量的数据,其中许多未组装的序列成为微生物“暗物质”。近年来,不少研究利用多种不同微生物分离培养方法,结合高通量鉴定技术,从人、小鼠、猪肠道中分离了大量的微生物,丰富了菌株资源,为解析微生物“暗物质”以及后续肠道微生物功能和应用研究提供了基础和保障。尽管微生物的可培养性受到多种因素的影响,大部分微生物尚处于“未培养”的状态,但无论是病因研究还是生理和遗传特征的解析都离不开微生物实体资源的获取。肠道微生物的分离培养对微生物研究从关联分析向菌群功能验证、因果机制解析和功能菌株开发的深入研究具有重要意义。本文旨在探讨和综述影响微生物可培养性的因素,总结回顾肠道微生物的培养方法并阐述肠道微生物培养研究的进展,以期为肠道微生物培养研究提供新的视角。     

海洋动物来源微生物分离培养的新方法

海洋动物体内有着丰富的微生物,它们可以帮助动物宿主合成一些营养物质或者抵御其他动物侵害所需的化合物。在海洋动物来源微生物的生物活性化合物中,目前已有功能较好且应用于临床治疗的化合物。由于实验室分离培养条件的限制,目前仅有小部分的微生物被分离利用。因此开展新颖而有效的海洋动物来源微生物分离培养方法的研究十分必要。本文概括了近些年从海洋动物中分离微生物的新方法的结果和不足,这些方法包括原位培养技术、电回收法和培养基的改良等,重点介绍了扩散盒技术、I-tip技术和微囊包埋技术等。这些新方法的应用有助于获得更多新的微生物菌种和微生物次生代谢产物,了解微生物与动物宿主之间的关系,以及扩大海洋微生物资源的开发和利用。     

Drivers of population genetic differentiation in the wild: isolation by dispersal limitation,isolation by adaptation and isolation by colonization

Empirical population genetic studies have been dominated by a neutralist view, according to which gene flow and drift are the main forces driving population genetic structure in nature. The neutralist view in essence describes a process of isolation by dispersal limitation (IBDL) that generally leads to a pattern of isolation by distance (IBD). Recently, however, conceptual frameworks have been put forward that view local genetic adaptation as an important driver of population genetic structure. Isolation by adaptation (IBA) and monopolization (M) posit that gene flow among natural populations is reduced as a consequence of local genetic adaptation. IBA stresses that effective gene flow is reduced among habitats that show dissimilar ecological characteristics, leading to a pattern of isolation by environment. In monopolization, local genetic adaptation of initial colonizing genotypes results in a reduction in gene flow that fosters the persistence of founder effects. Here, we relate these different processes driving landscape genetic structure to patterns of IBD and isolation by environment (IBE). We propose a method to detect whether IBDL, IBA and M shape genetic differentiation in natural landscapes by studying patterns of variation at neutral and non‐neutral markers as well as at ecologically relevant traits. Finally, we reinterpret a representative number of studies from the recent literature by associating patterns to processes and identify patterns associated with local genetic adaptation to be as common as IBDL in structuring regional genetic variation of populations in the wild. Our results point to the importance of quantifying environmental gradients and incorporating ecology in the analysis of population genetics.     

Isolation of single cell suspensions from the rat mammary gland: Separation,characterization, and primary culture of various cell populations

Summary Isolation and characterization of a single cell suspension from the rat mammary gland was achieved by combining selective enzymatic digestion and the mechanical agitation of a Stomacher laboratory blender with immunohistological identification of cell-specific markers. Utilizing this procedure we were able to isolate single cell suspensions of high yield (10 to 15×10⁶ cells/rat) and viability (>98%) with a concurrent decrease in isolation time and the amount of proteolytic enzymes required. Five distinct cell fractions were isolated from the mammary gland cell suspension after banding on discontinuous Percoll gradients. These populations were characterized both before and after primary cell culture by a combination of histological, immunohistological, and autoradiographic techniques. Fractions two and three were found to be enriched for mammary epithelial cells, as identified by their high binding of antikeratin antibodies. These populations also exhibited a minimal degree of binding to actin, myosin, and fibronectin antibodies. Fraction three also exhibited a high labeling index as measured by autoradiography following in vivo administration of [methyl-³H]thymidine. The remaining fractions were found to contain higher percentages of myoepithelial cells or other mammary cell types. Inasmuch as there is a direct correlation between mammary gland cell types and susceptibility to mammary gland carcinomas, further studies of these cell populations may provide new insights into the mechanisms underlying mammary gland carcinogenesis. This work was supported by grant R809580 from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research Grants and Centers, Washington, D. C.     

厌氧微生物培养分离：过去、现在和未来

厌氧菌是地球上数量最多、物种最丰富的微生物,也是分类上报道最少的微生物。它们对氧气敏感、生长条件苛刻,不容易培养分离。本文简要总结了厌氧微生物的研究历史,分析了限制厌氧微生物培养分离的主要因素,讨论了厌氧微生物培养分离的策略和方法,回顾了国内外厌氧微生物的系统分类学现状,并展望了厌氧微生物培养分离的发展趋势。     

Sexual isolation evolves faster than hybrid inviability in a diverse and sexually dimorphic genus of fish (Percidae: Etheostoma)

Abstract .Theory predicts that sexual (or behavioral) isolation will be the first form of reproductive isolation to evolve in lineages characterized by sexual selection. Here I directly compare the rate of evolution of sexual isolation with that of hybrid inviability in a diverse and sexually dimorphic genus of freshwater fish. The magnitude of both sexual isolation and hybrid inviability were quantified for multiple pairs of allopatric species. Rates of evolution were inferred by comparing genetic distances of these species pairs with the magnitude of each form of reproductive isolation: the slope of the regression of genetic distance on the magnitude of reproductive isolation represents the rate of evolution. Of the two forms of isolation, the magnitude of sexual isolation exhibited the steeper slope of regression, indicating that sexual isolation will tend to evolve to completion earlier than hybrid inviability, strictly as a by-product of evolution in geographically isolated populations. Additional evidence from the literature is used to qualitatively compare rates of evolution of sexual isolation with that of other forms of reproductive isolation. Preliminary comparisons support the prediction that sexual isolation will evolve more rapidly than other forms. Because Etheostoma is characterized by striking sexual dimorphism, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that sexual selection for exaggerated mate-recognition characters causes the relatively rapid evolution of sexual isolation.     

COMPONENTS OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEEN ORCHIS MASCULA AND ORCHIS PAUCIFLORA

Studies of the strength and nature of reproductive isolation (RI) between species can greatly contribute to our understanding of speciation. Although the role of RI in speciation is well recognized, there is a dearth of information on the contributions of different barriers between related plant species. Here, we estimated multiple components of RI between two Mediterranean orchid sister species (Orchis mascula and Orchis pauciflora), disentangling the strength and absolute contributions of seven different isolating mechanisms. Our survey includes one prepollination, two postpollination prezygotic (pollen–stigma incompatibility, conspecific pollen precedence), two intrinsic postzygotic (embryo mortality and hybrid sterility) and two extrinsic postzygotic (hybrid habitat differentiation and hybrid pollination) isolating mechanisms. We found strong RI between the investigated species, although none of the barriers were able to completely impede gene flow. Five isolating mechanisms contributed positively to the maintenance of species boundaries. Contrary to most surveys of isolating mechanisms, our data speak against a clear predominance of prepollination or of prezygotic barriers but confirm the emerging pattern of multiple barriers contributing to the maintenance of species integrity. These findings suggest an allopatric condition during early phases of species divergence. We discuss our data in the wider context of previous studies carried out in this orchid group by using a comparative approach.     

阿克苏高盐咸水滩放线菌分离新策略及系统发育多样性

[目的]探讨高盐咸水滩放线菌的分离新策略,为高盐地区放线菌资源的分离提供理论依据.[方法]以甘油-精氨酸培养基、海藻糖-肌酸培养基、甘油-天冬氨酸培养基、甘露醇-酸水解酪蛋白培养基、干酪素-甘露醇、甘露醇-丙氨酸培养基、壳聚糖-天冬酰胺培养基和高氏一号琼脂培养基8种培养基为基础培养基,采用营养成分十倍稀释法、据土样理化性质模拟原始生态环境、免培养分子技术检测菌株的分离培养基及培养条件指导放线菌可培养以及借鉴半咸水海洋环境放线菌分离培养基等4种策略来优化设计培养基,进行阿克苏高盐咸水滩土样放线菌的分离,并采用细菌通用引物进行16S rRNA基因扩增和序列测定,并构建系统发育树.[结果]共分离到403株,分属于放线菌的8个亚目10个科,Streptomyces、Streptomonospora、Saccharomonospora、Plantactinospora、Nocardia、Amycolatopsis、Glycomyces、Micromonospora、Nocardiopsis、Isoptericola、Nonomuraea、Thermobifida、Actinopolyspora和Actinomadura等14个属.69.96%菌株属于链霉菌亚目(Streptomycineae),9.68%菌株属于链孢囊菌亚目(Streptosporangineae),9株为潜在新种.[结论]4种分离新策略显著地提高了高盐地区放线菌的可培养性,还发现了许多新物种,为放线菌的分离提供了新思路与途径.     

Components of reproductive isolation between the monkeyflowers Mimulus lewisii and M. cardinalis (Phrymaceae)

Evolutionists have long recognized the role of reproductive isolation in speciation, but the relative contributions of different reproductive barriers are poorly understood. We examined the nature of isolation between Mimulus lewisii and M. cardinalis, sister species of monkeyflowers. Studied reproductive barriers include: ecogeographic isolation; pollinator isolation (pollinator fidelity in a natural mixed population); pollen competition (seed set and hybrid production from experimental interspecific, intraspecific, and mixed pollinations in the greenhouse); and relative hybrid fitness (germination, survivorship, percent flowering, biomass, pollen viability, and seed mass in the greenhouse). Additionally, the rate of hybridization in nature was estimated from seed collections in a sympatric population. We found substantial reproductive barriers at multiple stages in the life history of M. lewisii and M. cardinalis. Using range maps constructed from herbarium collections, we estimated that the different ecogeographic distributions of the species result in 58.7% reproductive isolation. Mimulus lewisii and M. cardinalis are visited by different pollinators, and in a region of sympatry 97.6% of pollinator foraging bouts were specific to one species or the other. In the greenhouse, interspecific pollinations generated nearly 50% fewer seeds than intraspecific controls. Mixed pollinations of M. cardinalis flowers yielded >75% parentals even when only one-quarter of the pollen treatment consisted of M. cardinalis pollen. In contrast, both species had similar siring success on M. lewisii flowers. The observed 99.915% occurrence of parental M. lewisii and M. cardinalis in seeds collected from a sympatric population is nearly identical to that expected, based upon our field observations of pollinator behavior and our laboratory experiments of pollen competition. F1 hybrids exhibited reduced germination rates, high survivorship and reproduction, and low pollen and ovule fertility. In aggregate, the studied reproductive barriers prevent, on average, 99.87% of gene flow, with most reproductive isolation occurring prior to hybrid formation. Our results suggest that ecological factors resulting from adaptive divergence are the primary isolating barriers in this system. Additional studies of taxa at varying degrees of evolutionary divergence are needed to identify the relative importance of pre- and postzygotic isolating mechanisms in speciation.     

Divergence of premating behaviors in the closely related species Drosophila subquinaria and D. recens

Most animal species use distinctive courship patterns to choose among potential mates. Over time, the sensory signaling and preferences used during courtship can diverge among groups that are reproductively isolated. This divergence of signal traits and preferences is thought to be an important cause of behavioral isolation during the speciation process. Here, we examine the sensory modalities used in courtship by two closely related species, Drosophila subquinaria and Drosophila recens, which overlap in geographic range and are incompletely reproductively isolated. We use observational studies of courtship patterns and manipulation of male and female sensory modalities to determine the relative roles of visual, olfactory, gustatory, and auditory signals during conspecific mate choice. We find that sex‐specific, species‐specific, and population‐specific cues are used during mate acquisition within populations of D. subquinaria and D. recens. We identify shifts in both male and female sensory modalities between species, and also between populations of D. subquinaria. Our results indicate that divergence in mating signals and preferences have occurred on a relatively short timescale within and between these species. Finally, we suggest that because olfactory cues are essential for D. subquinaria females to mate within species, they may also underlie variation in behavioral discrimination across populations and species.     

Challenges and frustrations in the separation and analysis of chiral agrochemicals

The development of chiral HPLC methods and isolation techniques within Zeneca Agrochemicals (formerly ICI Agrochemicals) is reviewed. The use of low temperature to improve chiral separations has been successfully applied to production analysis, but although useful for some compounds it is regrettably not a universal panacea for all poor separations. The need to isolate small quantities of individual enantiomers from new compounds for research evaluation has led us to devise a more universal and cheap chiral stationary phase (CSP) for Preparative-LC. Joint academic research produced a CSP based on tartaric acid which was made commercially available and it was gratifying to find it was the only phase able to resolve a novel insecticide. However, as new CSPs emerged almost every month, our attention turned to using a universal chiral detector for analysis, rather than via separation of individual enantiomers. Diode laser-based polarimeters offered the opportunity of cheap, sensitive chiroptical detectors for HPLC and the ability to move away from chiral columns in both research and production analysis. Jointly sponsored research with a university has successfully explored the versatility of chiroptical detectors in agrochemical and food analysis. Comparison of chiral SFC with chiral HPLC and an extensive evaluation of established and research agrochemicals on a wide range of commercial CSPs have led to a revised method development strategy. Current work with high load displacement chiral chromatography will be described as a potential means of isolating pure enantiomers from racemates. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.