内生黑曲霉JS-1对稻瘟病的拮抗作用研究

利用平板对峙法和牛津杯法,从疏花水柏枝、金银花、秋华柳的内生菌中,筛选出1株对稻瘟病菌具有很强抑制作用的菌株JS-1。经生理生化实验和18S rDNAITS序列分析,确定该菌株为黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger)。实验结果表明,JS-1发酵液作用稻瘟病菌后,稻瘟病菌的菌丝变细,分支减少,菌丝基质颜色变浅,作用72 h后干重显著降低。进一步实验表明,该菌产生的活性物质位于其发酵液的乙酸乙酯酯相部位,对稻瘟病病菌抑制率高达96.1%。大田实验数据（天然接种圃）显示,添加该物质后,丰两优4号（中感）和广陆矮4号（易感）叶瘟病情指数分别只有16.25%和32.48%,对稻瘟病的防治取得了很好的效果,说明该菌株具有开发成高效生物农药的巨大潜能。     

内生细菌B10对稻瘟病菌抑制作用的初步研究

目的:研究内生细菌B10对水稻稻瘟病菌的抑制作用,为菌株的应用提供理论依据。方法:采用菌丝生长速率法、孢子萌发法和田间试验测定内生细菌发酵上清液和菌液对稻瘟病菌的抑制作用。结果:内生细菌B10发酵上清液对稻瘟病菌菌丝生长和孢子萌发有较强的抑制作用,100倍稀释液对菌丝生长的抑制率为79.37%,对孢子萌发的抑制率为63.42%,对稻瘟病的田间防治效果达70.2%以上。结论:内生细菌B10对稻瘟病有较强的抑菌作用。     

稻瘟病菌拮抗性大豆根瘤内生细菌的筛选及抑制效果

【目的】从河南大豆根瘤的内生细菌资源中筛选对稻瘟病菌有拮抗作用的菌株,初步探讨其抑菌效果,为进一步研究其抑菌机理提供菌种资源。【方法】以稻瘟病菌为供试病原菌,采用对峙法进行拮抗性菌株筛选,显微观察法研究受抑制病原菌菌丝变化,对筛选拮抗性菌株进行细胞形态学及生理生化特性试验、16S rRNA基因测序和系统发育分析及接种防效试验。【结果】经复筛有17株内生菌拮抗效果较明显,最高抑制率为62.16%;受抑制病原菌丝呈现弯曲打结、断裂、原生质浓缩等畸形状态。拮抗性筛选过程中内生菌快速生长形成生物薄膜,包埋菌丝并使其断裂。拮抗菌株分布在7属9种,稻瘟病拮抗性大豆根瘤内生菌呈现种属多样性。防效试验表明内生菌处理组稻苗发病率和病情指数均显著降低,防治效果最高达74.19%。【结论】大豆根瘤内生拮抗性菌株具有种属多样性,拮抗性菌株处理组稻苗发病率和病情指数均显著降低,防治效果显著,为进一步研究其抑菌机理提供菌种资源。     

茶多酚对稻瘟病菌的抑制作用及抑菌机理

用不同浓度茶多酚对稻瘟病菌进行抑菌和抑菌机理研究。结果表明,不同浓度的茶多酚对稻瘟病菌菌丝生长和分生孢子萌发具有很强的抑制作用。随着茶多酚浓度的增加,其抑制作用增强,其中5.00 mg/mL和10.00 mg/mL抑制效果最好,其抑制率高达100%,且分生孢子畸形,细胞破裂,原生质外溢。其作用机理主要是破坏菌体的细胞膜结构,抑制CAT、POD酶活,使其丧失细胞膜的屏障和酶系的保护功能,最终导致菌体生长受到抑制或死亡。     

水稻内生放线菌OsiRt-1的分离鉴定及对稻瘟病的防治作用

【目的】从水稻中分离、筛选并鉴定出对稻瘟病真菌具有拮抗性能的内生放线菌,对高抗菌株进行稻瘟病生防效果评定,初步探讨其作用机制。【方法】采用4种分离培养基对水稻内生放线菌进行分离,用平板对峙法筛选出对稻瘟病菌拮抗性能最好的菌株,结合其菌落形态、生理生化及16S rRNA基因序列分析进行鉴定;用环境扫描电镜(SEM)观察拮抗菌对稻瘟病菌菌丝形态影响,用菌丝生长速率法对拮抗菌发酵滤液进行抗菌活性评价;大田条件下,喷洒拮抗菌孢子液于水稻,检测其稻瘟病控制效果;同时,对拮抗菌进行产酶和次级代谢产物分析,检测其聚酮合酶基因(PKSⅡ型)和非核糖体多肽合成酶基因(NRPS)。【结果】从1 800个水稻样品中分离出117株内生放线菌,从中筛选出拮抗性能最好的菌株Osi Rt-1,鉴定为米修链霉菌Streptomyces misionensis。该菌株使稻瘟病菌菌丝出现畸形,其无菌滤液对病菌菌丝生长的抑制率为28.06%;大田条件下,Osi Rt-1对水稻苗瘟、穗瘟均有较好防效,其中对苗瘟防效为7.76%,穗瘟防效高达25.65%,损失率降低了17.46%。与之对应,Osi Rt-1处理过的水稻地上部分,Osi Rt-1所占内生放线菌的比例明显高于未处理水稻。该菌株具有可能降解真菌细胞壁的纤维素酶、蛋白酶活性,同时可产生植物生长促进剂铁载体、IAA、ACC脱氨酶。菌株Osi Rt-1呈现PKSⅡ型和NRPS阳性。【结论】菌株Osi Rt-1是一株具生防潜力的内生放线菌,在农业上具有实际研发价值。     

菌株YN145对稻瘟病菌黑色素合成的影响及全基因组分析

【背景】枯草芽孢杆菌YN145是一株从湖南省桃江县的健康稻株中分离的细菌,前期研究中该菌对稻瘟病菌拮抗效果显著,在生物防治方面有很大的应用潜力。【目的】深入研究该菌株的生防机制并挖掘次级代谢产物基因资源。【方法】在4株稻瘟病菌生防菌中,选择其胞外抗菌物质抑制稻瘟病菌黑色素合成效果最佳的菌株YN145,采用紫外-可见分光光度计在波长400 nm处测定胞外和菌丝体内黑色素液的吸光度值,采用菌丝生长抑制平板法和分生孢子萌发抑制法测定抑菌活性。采用PacBio第三代测序和IlluminaHiSeq第二代测序相结合的技术对菌株YN145进行全基因组测序,并对测序数据进行组装,注释预测基因的功能,分析次级代谢产物合成基因簇。【结果】菌株YN145的胞外抗菌物质能较好地抑制稻瘟病菌黑色素合成、分生孢子萌发和菌丝生长。菌株YN145全基因组大小为4 167 871 bp,GC含量为43.86%,编码序列(coding sequence, CDS)数量为4 294个;共找到85个tRNA、30个rRNA和92个sRNA。同时预测到5个已知的次级代谢产物合成基因簇,分别编码合成bacillaene、bac...     

药用野生稻拮抗稻瘟病内生细菌的筛选、鉴定及发酵条件优化

【背景】稻瘟病是水稻的三大重要病害之一,每年对水稻生产都会造成较大的损失,生物防治稻瘟病已成防治该病害的重要手段,而目前鲜少有报道从药用野生稻中分离内生菌用以防治稻瘟病。【目的】从药用野生稻内生菌中挖掘对稻瘟病具有拮抗作用的微生物资源。【方法】采用分离法从勐遮药用野生稻中先分离出内生菌,再通过平板对峙法筛选对稻瘟病菌具有拮抗作用的菌株,通过形态学和16S rRNA基因序列分析对菌株进行鉴定,同时筛选该菌株的最适培养基、pH、培养温度和摇床转速。【结果】筛选得到拮抗菌株Z5,在LB培养基上对稻瘟病菌菌丝生长的抑制率达到96.43%,经形态学和16S rRNA基因序列分析,初步鉴定为短小芽孢杆菌(Bacillus pumilus)。在NYBD、CM、LB、NA和YSP这5种培养基中,菌株Z5的最适培养基为NYBD培养基、最适pH值为8.0-9.0、最适培养温度为35℃、最适摇床转速为250 r/min。【结论】短小芽孢杆菌Z5对稻瘟病菌的生长具有较好的抑制作用,且该菌株耐高温、较耐酸碱,作为稻瘟病生防制剂研发具有一定的价值。     

枯草芽孢杆菌B-332产抗稻瘟病菌的活性物质分析

枯草芽孢杆菌B-332能够产生具有稻瘟病菌拮抗活性的物质。通过等电点法提取该抗菌液粗提物,并利用高效液相色谱-质联用仪对粗提物进行分离纯化,共得到5个组分,它们的质荷比(m/z)分别为1 045.0、1 057.8、1 072.3、1 017.5和1 031.1,是Bacillomycin D(C14-C17)的同系物(质荷比(m/z)为1 017.5的除外),它们结构间相差1个或几个-CH2-基团;各组分均对稻瘟病菌有抑制作用,其中质荷比(m/z)为1 045.0、1 057.8、1 072.3组分的抑菌效果最强。致畸作用试验表明,这3种组分的致畸作用均为使稻瘟病菌的附着孢膨大破裂,与B-332菌株的致畸作用相同,证实了这3种组分是B-332菌株产生具有抑制稻瘟病菌作用的主要活性成分。     

多噬伯克霍尔德氏菌WS-FJ9对林木病原菌物的拮抗作用及代谢产物的稳定性

【背景】伯克霍尔德氏菌(Burkholderia)是一类重要的植物根际促生细菌,许多菌株具有抑制植物病原菌生长和促进植物生长等功能。【目的】探究高效解磷促生细菌多噬伯克霍尔德氏菌(B. multivorans) WS-FJ9对不同林木病原菌物的抑菌作用。【方法】采用平板对峙法检测菌株WS-FJ9对5株林木病原真菌和卵菌的抑制效果;基于比色法检测经菌株WS-FJ9处理后病原菌菌丝细胞内含物的变化;使用antiSMASH 5.0在线预测网站对其次生代谢物质进行预测;通过菌丝生长抑制速率法对其无菌发酵滤液的抑菌活性和稳定性进行研究。【结果】菌株WS-FJ9对5种林木病原菌均具有不同程度的抑制作用,其中菌悬液对樟疫霉(Phytophthora cinnamomi)的抑制作用最好,抑菌带宽度为14.82±0.20mm,无菌发酵滤液对真菌拟茎点霉(Phomopsismacrospore)和松杉球壳孢(Sphaeropsis sapinea)的抑制效果显著,抑菌率分别为62.22%和62.78%;经无菌发酵滤液处理后的病原菌菌丝内的丙二醛含量增高,还原糖和可溶性蛋白含量显著降低。WS-FJ9菌株的基因组中含27个不同的次级代谢产物编码基因簇,其中包含编码嗜铁素、细菌素和抗生素等抑菌基因簇;该菌株发酵液在高温、紫外照射和强酸强碱环境条件下及经蛋白酶处理后,其抑菌活性均未受到影响。【结论】多噬伯克霍尔德氏菌WS-FJ9对林木病原菌物具有很好的生防潜力。     

桑树内生拮抗菌的分离鉴定及其对桑断枝烂叶病的生防初探

【目的】本研究从健康桑树茎中分离筛选对桑断枝烂叶病菌具显著拮抗作用的内生细菌,为该病生物防治奠定研究基础。【方法】采用组织培养法分离桑树内生菌,抑菌圈法和平板对峙法筛选抑菌活性稳定的内生拮抗菌;根据形态学、生理生化特征检测和基于16SrDNA、gyrA和gyrB基因的系统发育分析对拮抗菌进行菌种鉴定;利用抑菌圈法测定拮抗菌株活性发酵液热稳定性,菌丝生长速率法检测活性发酵液抑菌谱;并通过观察拮抗菌对桑断枝烂叶病菌BoeremiaexiguaGXH1菌株生长及菌丝形态的影响,扩增抑菌活性物质合成关键基因,以及采用酸沉淀法提取拮抗菌株脂肽类化合物并进行高效液相色谱串联质谱分析(LC-MS),初步探究可能的抑菌机制。【结果】从健康桑树茎中共分离获得17株桑树内生细菌,并从中筛选获得一株对桑断枝烂叶病菌B.exiguaGXH1有稳定拮抗作用的桑树内生细菌NPJ13菌株。该菌株形态学、生理生化特征与芽孢杆菌属一致,基于16SrDNA、gyrA和gyrB基因序列的系统发育分析结果显示该菌株与贝莱斯芽孢杆菌(Bacillusvelezensis)的亲缘关系最近,且处于系统发育树的最小分枝,故将NPJ13菌株鉴定为贝莱斯芽孢杆菌,命名为B. velezensis NPJ13。NPJ13菌株对灰霉病菌SWU5、核地杖菌SXSG-5、核盘菌PZ-2及烟草疫霉SWU20等12种病原真菌具有不同程度的拮抗作用,其活性发酵液具有较好的热稳定性。NPJ13菌株会导致桑断枝烂叶病菌GXH1菌丝发生扭曲、膨大、透明度增加、断裂等畸变现象;基因检测结果显示NPJ13菌株基因组中具有PKSI、NRPS、Sfp、ItuD、Srfc等5种抑菌活性物质合成关键基因,LC-MS检测结果表明菌株NPJ13脂肽类粗提物中含有表面活性素和伊枯草菌素。【结论】本研究分离筛选获得一株对桑断枝烂叶病菌具有显著拮抗作用的桑树内生细菌B. velezensis NPJ13菌株,为桑断枝烂叶病的生物防治提供了候选菌株。     

A B-lectin receptor kinase gene conferring rice blast resistance

Rice blast, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe grisea, is one of the most devastating diseases in rice worldwide. The dominant resistance gene, Pi-d2 [previously named Pi-d(t)2], present in the rice variety Digu, confers gene-for-gene resistance to the Chinese blast strain, ZB15. Pi-d2 was previously mapped close to the centromere of chromosome 6. In this study, the Pi-d2 gene was isolated by a map-based cloning strategy. Pi-d2 encodes a receptor-like kinase protein with a predicted extracellular domain of a bulb-type mannose specific binding lectin (B-lectin) and an intracellular serine-threonine kinase domain. Pi-d2 is a single-copy gene that is constitutively expressed in the rice variety Digu. Transgenic plants carrying the Pi-d2 transgene confer race-specific resistance to the M. grisea strain, ZB15. The Pi-d2 protein is plasma membrane localized. A single amino acid difference at position 441 of Pi-d2 distinguishes resistant and susceptible alleles of rice blast resistance gene Pi-d2. Because of its novel extracellular domain, Pi-d2 represents a new class of plant resistance genes.     

Identification and characterization of rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91 antagonistic to rice blast and sheath blight pathogens

Aim

To examine the inhibition effects of rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91 on the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea and sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia solani.

Methods and Results

Rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91 and its metabolites suppressed the in vitro mycelial growth of R. solani. The inhibitory effect of the metabolites was affected by incubation temperature, lighting time, initial pH and incubation time of rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91. The in vitro mycelial growth of M. grisea was insignificantly inhibited by rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91 and its metabolites. The metabolites of rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91 significantly inhibited the conidial germination and appressorium formation of M. grisea. Moreover, the metabolites reduced the disease index of rice sheath blight by 35·02% in a greenhouse and 57·81% in a field as well as reduced the disease index of rice blast by 66·07% in a field. Rhizosphere fungal strain MF‐91 was identified as Chaetomium aureum based on the morphological observation, the analysis of 18S ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequence and its physiological characteristics, such as the optimal medium, temperature and initial pH for mycelial growth and sporulation production.

Conclusions

Rhizosphere fungus C. aureum is effective in the biocontrolling of rice blast pathogen M. grisea and sheath blight pathogen R. solani both in in vitro and in vivo conditions.

Significance and Impact of the Study

This study is the first to show that rhizosphere fungus C. aureum is a potential fungicide against rice blast and sheath blight pathogens.     

Pyricularia sp. jiangsuensis,a new cryptic rice panicle blast pathogen from rice fields in Jiangsu Province,China

Pyricularia oryzae is a multi-host pathogen causing cereal disease, including the devastating rice blast. Panicle blast is a serious stage, leading to severe yield loss. Thirty-one isolates (average 4.1%) were collected from the rice panicle lesions at nine locations covering Jiangsu province from 2010 to 2017. These isolates were characterized as Pyricularia sp. jiangsuensis distinct from known Pyricularia species. The representative strain 18-2 can infect rice panicle, root and five kinds of grasses. Intriguingly, strain 18-2 can co-infect rice leaf with P. oryzae Guy11. The whole genome of P. sp. jiangsuensis 18-2 was sequenced. Nine effectors were distributed in translocation or inversion region, which may link to the rapid evolution of effectors. Twenty-one homologues of known blast-effectors were identified in strain 18-2, seven effectors including the homologues of SLP1, BAS2, BAS113, CDIP2/3, MoHEG16 and Avr-Pi54, were upregulated in the sample of inoculated panicle with strain 18-2 at 24 hpi compared with inoculation at 8 hpi. Our results provide evidences that P. sp. jiangsuensis represents an addition to the mycobiota of blast disease. This study advances our understanding of the pathogenicity of P. sp. jiangsuensis to hosts, which sheds new light on the adaptability in the co-evolution of pathogen and host.     

The biotrophy-associated secreted protein 4 (BAS4) participates in the transition of Magnaporthe oryzae from the biotrophic to the necrotrophic phase

The physiological and metabolic processes of host plants are manipulated and remodeled by phytopathogenic fungi during infection, revealed obvious signs of biotrophy of the hemibiotrophic pathogen. As we known that effector proteins play key roles in interaction of hemibiotrophic fungi and their host plants. BAS4 (biotrophy-associated secreted protein 4) is an EIHM (extrainvasive hyphal membrane) matrix protein that was highly expressed in infectious hyphae. In order to study whether BAS4 is involved in the transition of rice blast fungus from biotrophic to necrotrophic phase, The susceptible rice cultivar Lijiangxintuanheigu (LTH) that were pre-treated with prokaryotic expression product of BAS4 and then followed with inoculation of the blast strain, more serious blast disease symptom, more biomass such as sporulation and fungal relative growth, and lower expression level of pathogenicity-related genes appeared in lesion of the rice leaves than those of the PBS-pretreated-leaves followed with inoculation of the same blast strain, which demonstrating that BAS4 invitro changed rice defense system to facilitate infection of rice blast strain. And the susceptible rice cultivar (LTH) were inoculated withBAS4-overexpressed blast strain, we also found more serious blast disease symptom and more biomass also appeared in lesion of leaves inoculated with BAS4-overexpressed strain than those of leaves inoculated with the wild-type strain, and expression level of pathogenicity-related genes appeared lower in biotrophic phase and higher in necrotrophic phase of infection, indicating BAS4 maybe in vivo regulate defense system of rice to facilitate transition of biotrophic to necrotrophic phase. Our data demonstrates that BAS4 in vitro and in vivo participates in transition from the biotrophic to the necrotrophic phase of Magnaporthe oryzae.     

Population Structure of Magnaporthe grisea from North-western Himalayas and its Implications for Blast Resistance Breeding of Rice

Neutral and pathogenicity markers were used to analyse the population structure of Magnaporthe grisea rice isolates from the north‐western Himalayan region of India. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)‐based DNA fingerprinting of 48 rice isolates of M. grisea with five primers (OPA‐04, OPA‐10, OPA‐13, OPJ‐06 and OPJ‐19) showed a total of 65 RAPD bands, of which 54 were polymorphic. Cluster analysis of 48 rice isolates of M. grisea on the basis of these 65 RAPD bands revealed the presence of high genotypic diversity and continuous DNA fingerprint variation in the pathogen population. No correlation was observed between RAPD patterns and virulence characteristics of the pathogen. The observed population structure contrasted with presumed clonal reproductive behaviour of the pathogen and indicated the possibility of ongoing genetic recombination in the pathogen population. Analysis of the virulence organization of five RAPD groups (RG1–RG5) using 20 rice genotypes comprising at least 15 resistance genes revealed that no combination of resistance genes would confer resistance against all RAPD fingerprint groups present in the M. grisea rice population. The possible implications of the observed population structure of M. grisea for blast resistance breeding have been discussed.     

Serotonin attenuates biotic stress and leads to lesion browning caused by a hypersensitive response to Magnaporthe oryzae penetration in rice

The hypersensitive response (HR) of plants is one of the earliest responses to prevent pathogen invasion. A brown dot lesion on a leaf is visual evidence of the HR against the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae in rice, but tracking the browning process has been difficult. In this study, we induced the HR in rice cultivars harboring the blast resistance gene Pit by inoculation of an incompatible M. oryzae strain, which generated a unique resistance lesion with a brown ring (halo) around the brown fungal penetration site. Inoculation analysis using a plant harboring Pit but lacking an enzyme that catalyzes tryptamine to serotonin showed that high accumulation of the oxidized form of serotonin was the cause of the browning at the halo and penetration site. Our analysis of the halo browning process in the rice leaf revealed that abscisic acid enhanced biosynthesis of serotonin under light conditions, and serotonin changed to the oxidized form via hydrogen peroxide produced by light. The dramatic increase in serotonin, which has a high antioxidant activity, suppressed leaf damage outside the halo, blocked expansion of the browning area and attenuated inhibition of plant growth. These results suggest that serotonin helps to reduce biotic stress in the plant by acting as a scavenger of oxygen radicals to protect uninfected tissues from oxidative damage caused by the HR. The deposition of its oxide at the HR lesion is observed as lesion browning.     

Microbial Oxidation of Cephalosporins to Cephalosporin Sulfoxides

The highest inhibition rate of conidial germination of Pyricularia oryzae was shown by extracts of rice plant leaves inoculated by a pathogen after treatment with probenazole, a rice blast controlling agent. Four anti-conidial germination substances were isolated from these extracts. Substances A, C and D inhibited the germination of the conidia at concentrations between 100 and 200 mcg/ml, and substance B caused morphological changes in the germination tubes of the conidia with a little inhibition of germination. These substances were differentiated from momilactone A, B and the degraded or metabolized products of probenazole. Besides anti-conidial germination activity, they showed antimicrobial activities against several kinds of phytopathogenic bacteria of fungi on agar plates by diffusion method.     

QTL analysis of resistance to the rice blast pathogen in barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Barley is compatible with the rice blast pathogen (Pyricularia oryzae Cav.). Fiftyfour barley cultivars of diverse geographic origin and pedigree were inoculated with three isolates of the rice blast pathogen. All barley genotypes showed blast disease symptoms when inoculated at the seedling stage with each of the three isolates. However, one genotype showed quantitative resistance to all three isolates and three genotypes showed quantitative resistance to one or two of the isolates. By inoculating a set of doubled-haploid lines derived from the cross ’Harrington’ (susceptible) and ’TR306’ (resistant) with isolate Ken 54–20, we mapped quantitative trait loci (QTLs) determining seedling stage blast resistance. At all QTLs, TR306 contributed the resistance alleles. The four QTLs, when considered jointly, explained 43.6% of the phenotypic variation in blast symptom expression. A comparison of the blast resistance QTLs with other disease resistance QTLs reported in this population revealed a region on chromosome 4 (4H) with multiple disease resistance loci. It will be useful to capitalize on the syntenic relationship of rice and barley and to integrate information on species-specific resistance genes with information on the reaction of the two species to the same pathogen. Received: 7 January 2000 / Accepted: 22 September 2000     

A Large-Insert (130 kbp) Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library of the Rice Blast FungusMagnaporthe grisea:Genome Analysis, Contig Assembly, and Gene Cloning

Magnaporthe grisea(Hebert) Barr causes rice blast, one of the most devastating diseases of rice (Oryza sativa) worldwide. This fungus is an ideal organism for studying a number of aspects of plant–pathogen interactions, including infection-related morphogenesis, avirulence, and pathogen evolution. To facilitateM. griseagenome analysis, physical mapping, and positional cloning, we have constructed a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library from the rice infecting strain 70-15. A new method was developed for separation of partially digested large-molecular-weight DNA fragments that facilitated library construction with large inserts. The library contains 9216 clones, with an average insert size of 130 kbp (>25 genome equivalents) stored in 384-well microtiter plates that can be double spotted robotically on to a single nylon membrane. Several unlinked single-copy DNA probes were used to screen 4608 clones in the library and an average of 13 (minimum of 6) overlapping BAC clones was found in each case. Hybridization of total genomic DNA to the library and analysis of individual clones indicated that ≈26% of the clones contain single-copy DNA. Approximately 35% of BAC clones contained the retrotransposon MAGGY. The library was used to identify BAC clones containing a adenylate cyclase gene (mac1). In addition, a 550-kbp contig composed of 6 BAC clones was constructed that encompassed two adjacent RFLP markers on chromosome 2. These data show that the BAC library is suitable for genome analysis ofM. grisea.Copies of colony hybridization membranes are available upon request.