山田胶锈菌和亚洲胶锈菌吸器提取体系建立

利用锈菌吸器特异性结合伴刀豆球蛋白Concanavalin A（ConA）的特性,用ConA-sepharose 4b作为层析介质,对自然状态下感染山田胶锈菌Gymnosporangium yamadae的绚丽海棠叶片以及接种亚洲胶锈菌G. asiaticum后不同发病时期沙梨叶片中胶锈菌的吸器进行分离,构建了吸器提取体系。结果表明,在感病叶片产生大量花斑时提取到这两种胶锈菌的完整吸器,经光学显微镜与透射电子显微镜观察,发现这两种胶锈菌的吸器形态相似,呈菌丝状或肾形或不规则形状,吸器体与叶绿体含量接近1:1。研究中提取得到了G. yamadae吸器总RNA,为胶锈菌的吸器转录组中候选效应分子筛选以及病原与寄主互作分子机制研究奠定了重要基础。     

梨胶锈菌性孢子和锈孢子阶段吸器的超微结构研究

本文对梨胶锈菌性子期和锈子期菌丝吸器的形成方式、吸器及其与寄主细胞界面的超微结构进行了研究。观察结果表明：梨胶锈菌性子期和锈子期寄主胞间菌丝吸器的形成方式有两种：一种是由寄主胞间菌丝直接形成吸器;另一种是由寄主胞间菌丝先形成吸器母细胞,然后由吸器母细胞形成吸器。吸器在开始形成时只是一个乳头状的侵入楔,以后逐渐形成囊状、镰刀状、指状及其它不规则形状的吸器。多数吸器分化为颈和吸器主体两部分,在颈部及部分吸器主体外有一个由类似寄主细胞壁物质形成的领圈。吸器内部的超微结构与寄主胞间菌丝基本相同,但吸器壁比胞间菌丝或吸器母细胞的壁薄。吸器鞘的厚度随着吸器伸长膨大 而逐渐增厚。     

小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞超微结构的研究

本文利用电镜技术研究了小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞的超微特征。观察发现,小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞大都位于胞间菌丝的顶部,但也可形成于两菌丝细胞间,同一菌丝细胞上可着生多个吸器母细胞,吸器母细胞的多核现象较为普遍。吸器母细胞壁由６层组成,而其隔膜可分辩为４层。细胞化学染色结果表明隔膜突中含有多糖类物质,吸器母细胞隔膜突的出现和消失与吸器的发育密切相关。本文结果表明小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞的一些超微特征明显不同于其它     

小麦条锈菌吸器超微结构和细胞化学的研究

本文应用电镜技术和细胞化学方法,对小麦条锈菌吸器和入侵点的超微结构进行了研究。小麦条锈菌吸器由呈管状的颈部和顶端膨大的吸器体组成,颈部壁和吸器体壁相互连贯,均为两层,并且含有多糖物质。在颈部中段存在有一染色较深的颈环结构。观察发现吸器中的多核现象极为普遍。细胞化学染色表明：在吸器外间质内分布有多糖物质;经质白消酶解处理后,吸外间可观察到染色较深的纤丝状物质。在入侵点部位,吸器母细胞壁因局部增厚而呈     

小麦条锈菌吸器超微结构和细胞化学的研究

本文应用电镜技术和细胞化学方法,对小麦条锈菌吸器和入侵点的超微结构进行了研究。小麦条锈菌吸器由呈管状的颈部和顶端膨大的吸器体组成,颈部壁和吸器体壁相互连贯,均为两层,并且含有多糖物质。在颈部中段存在有一染色较深的颈环结构。观察发现吸器中的多核现象极为普遍。细胞化学染色结果表明:在吸器外间质内分布有多糖物质;经蛋白消酶解处理后,吸器外间质中可观察到染色较深的纤丝状物质。在入侵点部位,吸器母细胞壁因局部增厚而呈凸镜状,入侵栓壁由内、外两层构成,这两层分别与吸器母细胞壁的第六层和第五层相连接。本研究还观察到同一入侵点产生两个入侵栓的现象。     

小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞入侵菌丝现象的进一步研究

应用电镜技术对小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞入侵自身菌丝的现象进行了研究。观察发现,在吸器母细胞与寄主细胞和菌丝细胞同时相接触的情况下,入侵栓可在与寄主细胞细胞接触处形成,也可在与菌丝接触处形成;在菌落中心部位,吸器母细胞虽然未与寄主细胞接触,但同样可在与菌丝细胞接触处产生入侵栓;吸器母细胞在与菌丝接触处形成的入侵栓,其超微结构正常,并且可侵入到菌丝细胞壁内,但是未能穿透菌丝细胞壁。本文观察结果表明,小麦条     

小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞超微结构的研究

本文利唱电镜技术研究了小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞的超微特征。观察发现,小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞大部位于胞间菌丝的顶部,但也可形成于两菌丝细胞间,同一菌丝细胞上可着生多个吸器母细胞,吸器母细胞的多核现象较为普遍。吸器母细胞壁由6层组成,而其隔膜可分辩为4层。细泡化学染色结果表明隔膜突中含有多糖类物质,吸器母细胞隔膜突的出现和消失与吸器的发育密切相关。本文结果表明小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞的一些超微特征明显不同于其它锈菌。     

小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞入侵菌丝现象的进一步研究

应用电镜技术对小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞入侵自身菌丝的现象进行了研究,观察发现,在吸器母细胞与寄主细胞和菌丝细胞同时相接触的情况下,入侵栓可在与寄主细胞接触处形成,也可在与菌丝接触处形成;在菌落中心部位,吸器母细胞虽然未与寄主细胞接触,但同样可在与菌丝细胞接触处产生入侵栓;吸器母细胞在与菌丝接触处形成的人侵栓,其超微结构正常,并且可侵入到菌丝细胞壁内,但是未能穿透菌丝细胞壁。本文观察结果表明,小麦条锈菌吸器母细胞和人侵栓形成所需诱导因子可能是物理接触作用,而不涉及到化学作用,并且该病菌与寄主间的识别作用可能发生在入侵栓形成之后。     

初花期和盛花期的桂花比较转录组分析

桂花开放期间色泽和香味均发生明显变化,目前对于其内在的分子机制尚不清楚。本研究以四季桂"金玉台阁"为实验材料,对初花期和盛花期桂花花朵进行转录组测序。去除低质量数据后,初花期桂花文库得到6 342万条Clean reads,盛花期桂花文库得到4 941万条Clean reads,经de novo组装后共得到113 292条Unigenes,平均长度为775 bp。在设定阈值下(|log2 Ratio|≥1且FDR≤0.05),有1 381个Unigenes上调表达,464个Unigenes下调表达。Gene Ontology (GO)分析显示有47个GO类别被显著富集;KEGG分析显示有24代谢通路显著富集,涉及植物激素与信号传导、类胡萝卜素生物合成、萜类生物合成、苯丙氨酸代谢、淀粉与蔗糖代谢等代谢过程。此外,还在转录组数据中鉴定到9个类胡萝卜素合成基因和3个香味形成基因,大部分基因在盛花期的表达量要高于初花期。本研究有助于桂花花色和香味形成关键基因的挖掘,且对今后桂花遗传改良育种有一定的指导意义。     

梨锈病病菌生态位研究

安徽主栽梨树品种对锈病菌的抗性差异显著,而对感病品种以病情指数和病叶数为依据的锈菌寄主生态位进行研究,结果生态位宽度依次是0.7555和0.7951;各品种水平空间和垂直空间生态位宽度均接近于1.此研究表明梨锈病菌是以随机扩散传播侵染的.     

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Porphyromonas gingivalis biofilm and planktonic cells

Background  

Porphyromonas gingivalis in subgingival dental plaque, as part of a mature biofilm, has been strongly implicated in the onset and progression of chronic periodontitis. In this study using DNA microarray we compared the global gene expression of a P. gingivalis biofilm with that of its planktonic counterpart grown in the same continuous culture.     

Nodule haustoria and microbial features of Cajanus and Pongamia parasitized by sandal (sandal wood)

A field observation that roots of sandal wood tree (Santalum album (L.)) formed direct haustorial connections with root nodules of nodulating legumes was confirmed by pot culture studies on interaction between sandal wood plants and pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) or Pongamia glabra Vent. plants. The number of nodules and nitrogen content of plants decreased in parasitized nodulating species with corresponding increase in the nitrogen content of sandal plants. The root region of sandal had more of nitrogen-fixing bacteria and VAM fungi than those of pigeonpea.     

香樟转录组基因密码子偏好性分析

为了解香樟基因密码子偏好性,该文以NCBI网站中香樟转录组数据为材料,利用生物信息学手段评价转录组数据质量,选取高质量数据的转录组,去除低质量序列,组装转录组,预测基因结构,再利用自编perl脚本提取以AUG开头的基因序列37 Mb序列34 931个基因,进一步利用CodonW分析基因密码子偏好性。结果表明:GC含量的变化范围为0.273～0.742,均值为0.452; ENC的范围为26.29～61.00,均值为52.76; CAI的范围为0.064～0.401,均值为0.199; RSCU值大于1的密码子数目为27个,其中以U或A结尾的有22个; 中性分析表明,小部分基因在对角线上,大多数基因偏离对角线; ENC-plot分析表明小部分基因在标准曲线上,大多数基因偏离标准曲线。上述研究结果表明,香樟基因的密码子偏好性比较弱,密码子常以A/U结尾; 突变和选择两者都在密码子偏好中起作用,而选择作用更大; 最终确定了GUU、CAG、GAA、UCU、GCU、GGU为最优密码子,通过对目标基因密码子的校正,提高表达效率,从而为利用基因工程技术改良香樟重要性状奠定了基础。     

Prediction of the in planta Phakopsora pachyrhizi secretome and potential effector families

Asian soybean rust (ASR), caused by the obligate biotrophic fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, can cause losses greater than 80%. Despite its economic importance, there is no soybean cultivar with durable ASR resistance. In addition, the P. pachyrhizi genome is not yet available. However, the availability of other rust genomes, as well as the development of sample enrichment strategies and bioinformatics tools, has improved our knowledge of the ASR secretome and its potential effectors. In this context, we used a combination of laser capture microdissection (LCM), RNAseq and a bioinformatics pipeline to identify a total of 36 350 P. pachyrhizi contigs expressed in planta and a predicted secretome of 851 proteins. Some of the predicted secreted proteins had characteristics of candidate effectors: small size, cysteine rich, do not contain PFAM domains (except those associated with pathogenicity) and strongly expressed in planta. A comparative analysis of the predicted secreted proteins present in Pucciniales species identified new members of soybean rust and new Pucciniales‐ or P. pachyrhizi‐specific families (tribes). Members of some families were strongly up‐regulated during early infection, starting with initial infection through haustorium formation. Effector candidates selected from two of these families were able to suppress immunity in transient assays, and were localized in the plant cytoplasm and nuclei. These experiments support our bioinformatics predictions and show that these families contain members that have functions consistent with P. pachyrhizi effectors.     

Evidence for unusual choice of host and haustoria by Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh,a leafy mistletoe

We have noticed Annona squamosa and Psidium guajava trees exhibiting heavy infection from the leafy mistletoe, Dendrophthoe falcata. The mistletoe has skipped its infection on other more common hosts, viz. Mangifera indica and Achras sapota growing in the close proximities to the infected hosts. The haustoria on each of the infected hosts were distinct. On A. squamosa, they occur as solitary unions while on P. guajava they exhibit a network of epicortical roots. The article illustrates these observations and discusses the possible explanation to such evidences.     

Evolution of the secondary haustoria to a primary haustorium in the parasiticScrophulariaceae/Orobanchaceae

In the parasiticScrophulariaceae andOrobanchaceae, two types of contact organs exist: secondary and primary haustoria. Secondary haustoria are lateral organs, developing in large numbers and only when the seedling is fully established. In contrast, a primary haustorium represents the first developmental stage of the seedling itself. In the root system of the parasiticLesquereuxia syriaca (=Siphonostegia syriaca) there are only secondary haustoria, but a few of them apparently develop in a terminal position. This is achieved by transferring the haustorial initiation region closer to the root apex. One can interpret this as a transformation of the apical meristem into a meristematic haustorial tissue. On the condition that an extreme shortening (abbrevation) of the primary root could happen, we discuss the transformation of the terminal secondary into a primary haustorium.