无绿藻的研究进展:从基础到临床

无绿藻是一种直径约3 ～ 30 μm的单细胞生物,广泛存在于自然界和动物体表及体内,属于条件致病性真菌.目前主要通过直接镜检、真菌培养、组织病理学检查及分子生物学等手段对无绿藻进行鉴定.现已发现无绿藻属包括五个种,其中对人有致病性的仅为中型无绿藻基因型2、小型无绿藻和P.blaschkeae,其致病机制可能与外伤和免疫力低下有关.随着研究的深入,越来越多的无绿藻病被临床确诊.根据不同的类型及其临床表现,对无绿藻病的治疗也有所区别.为了提高对无绿藻这一条件真菌及其致病性的认识,该文对其生物学特性、鉴定方法、致病性、临床表现等研究进展做一简要综述.     

无绿藻病的现状与发病原因分析

目的了解我国无绿藻病的发病现状及流行病学特征。方法通过对国际及国内已报道的无绿藻病相关文献的分析,归纳其病因、发病机制、临床表现、诊断治疗及预后,并对病原菌的分类、鉴定及体外药敏试验作描述。结果根据众多对无绿藻病相关文献的综合分析,导致人与动物致病的无绿藻现被确认为有3个种：大型无绿藻、中型无绿藻及小型无绿藻。而与人类疾病相关的仅是中型及小型两种。无绿藻病的临床表现主要分为3类：皮肤及皮下组织感染、滑膜炎及其纤维组织炎、系统性感染。结论随着各种原因导致的免疫缺陷患者的增多,无绿藻病的发病在全球有上升趋势,此病呈慢性、无痛性,未发现有自愈倾向。我国无绿藻病的诊断率可能远低于实际感染率,无绿藻病的治疗至今尚无明确的方案及标准。     

小型无绿藻的分离及形态特征

无绿藻（Ｐｒｏｔｏｔｈｅｃａ）是一种少见的条件致病菌^［１］,可引起人畜共患的无绿藻病。在其所致人类疾病中,主要有三种临床类型：皮肤损害、局限性感染、系统性无绿藻病^［２］。本文于１９９７年从一名女患者面部丘疹处的皮肤结节活检,分离培养出一株无绿藻菌,并进行了分离培养鉴定,利用光学显微镜、电子显微镜对其形态特征和超微结构进行观察,并通过直接组织压片和组织病理切片观察和生化试验特性,确定为一例由小型无绿藻（Ｐｒｏｔｏｔｈｅｃａｗｉｃｋｅｒｈａｍｉｉ     

无绿藻的微生物学特性和菌种鉴定

无绿藻是直径3~30μm不等的单细胞微生物,进行无性繁殖,内含特征性内孢子。无绿藻病是一种罕见、散发疾病,目前认为小型无绿藻、中型无绿藻、P.blaschkeae和P.cutis对人有致病性。直接镜检、真菌培养、组织病理学是无绿藻分型鉴定的传统方法,近年来,分子生物学技术可将菌株鉴定至亚种或变种,成为无绿藻分型鉴定又一重要手段。为提高对无绿藻这一条件致病真菌认识,该文对无绿藻的分类、流行病学、结构特征、药物敏感性及鉴定方法进行综述。     

皮肤无绿藻病

通过对国内外皮肤无绿藻病的相关文献报道进行分析,总结概括了皮肤无绿藻病的病原学、发病机制、流行病学特点、临床表现及其诊治.     

无绿藻分子生物学鉴定与分型研究新进展

以基因序列为鉴定基础的分子生物学方法以其客观、可重复性好等优点,被认为是分子鉴定无绿藻的"金标准"。该文对近年来应用在无绿藻鉴定和分型方面的实时定量PCR(Real-Time Quantitative PCR,RT-PCR)技术、单链构象多态性(Single Stranded Conformation Polymophism,SSCP)分析、限制性片段长度多态性(Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism,RFLP)分析、高分辨率熔解曲线(High Resolution Melting,HRM)分析、质谱(Mass Spectrometry,MS)分析等分子生物学新技术和新方法进行综述。     

滑囊腔/关节腔穿刺液直接镜检有助于无绿藻致感染性滑囊炎/关节炎的早期诊断

目的 探讨滑囊腔/关节腔穿刺液直接镜检对于无绿藻致感染性滑囊炎/关节炎的早期诊断价值及临床应用。方法 报道我科2022年3月发现的1例小型无绿藻致感染性指间关节炎病例的检查经过,并回顾1964年1月1日至2022年5月31日之间在PubMed、中国知网及万方数据库上发表的无绿藻致感染性滑囊炎/关节炎病例的主要病原学检查方法。通过比较不同患者主要病原学检查方法的异同点,探讨滑囊腔/关节腔穿刺液直接镜检的早期诊断价值。结果 经删选,最终纳入符合研究目的的文章18篇(21例病例)。病原学检查的主要方法为真菌培养、组织病理,而真菌直接镜检常常被忽略。在22例患者中,只有2例患者同时行真菌直接镜检和真菌培养检查,18例患者行真菌培养检查但未行真菌直接镜检,其余2例患者未行真菌直接镜检及真菌培养检查而依靠病理检查结果进行诊断。结论 滑囊腔/关节腔穿刺液直接镜检有助于无绿藻致感染性滑囊炎/关节炎的早期诊断,但临床缺乏正确应用,值得引起重视并推广。     

球状绿藻的隐性生物多样性及其分类学进展

球状绿藻主要指绿藻门中多为单细胞, 形状为球形、近球形, 或由球形衍生出来的其他形状的藻类。球状绿藻分布广泛, 遍布全球, 生活于淡水、海水和亚气生等生境中, 其相似的简单形态下隐藏着复杂的物种多样性。球状绿藻分类学上主要位于绿藻门的两纲四目及其一些独立支系的类群。球状绿藻分类学正由传统的基于形态特征向基于分子信息的复合分类方法转变。球状绿藻隐性的物种多样性涉及约40属, 其中15属是依据新标本材料而建立的新属, 12个属是依据新证据建立的新组合。本文重点介绍了1998年以后在共球藻纲和绿藻纲中新发现和命名的单细胞球状绿藻, 介绍了它们的形态特征、分类学迁移及理由, 特别对常见的小球藻属和栅藻属的分类学概念变迁作了详细介绍, 对一些尚没有中文名的拉丁学名给出了中文命名。另外, 本文讨论了基于DNA的分类学方法在球状绿藻分类学中的应用, 目前系统发育位置的不同已经成为球状绿藻分类的主要依据。目前球状绿藻分类面临的问题是大多分类位置未用分子系统发育方法的验证。 未来, 球状绿藻分类学家应用系统发育研究结合形态学研究探索单细胞球状绿藻的生物多样性。     

细菌鉴定方法

细菌的分类鉴定与细菌的研究和应用有着同等重要的地位。准确地鉴定细菌类别,根据其菌种种类不同,分别针对肠杆菌、阳性球菌、非发酵菌等菌种设计不同药敏板条的抗生素组合,可以指导临床应用用药。目前,细菌分类鉴定方法主要包括表型鉴定法和分子遗传学鉴定法两大类,针对这两大类鉴定方法,汇总其生理生化分类特征,简述各方法采用的关键技术,针对各技术讨论其优缺点。同时详细研究了表型鉴定法下数值分类法中自动化鉴定涉及的算法,结合目前细菌鉴定方法,对细菌分类鉴定的发展趋势进行了总结和展望。     

食用菌栽培种类野生种质的评价

我国是食用菌野生种质资源丰富的国家,目前已查明自然分布可栽培野生种类93种,分布于担子菌的33个属。我国人工栽培种类近70种（变种）,不同规模栽培有50种,商业规模栽培33种,分布于5目,12科,18属。与绿色植物的自养型光合作用合成有机物质相反,食用菌将植物光合作用合成的有机物分解,以体壁吸收方式摄取营养建造自身。这种生理特点的不同,导致其种质资源评价要求的不同。由于子实体形态相对于绿色植物简单,且易受环境条件的影响,常常导致以形态特征为主要依据进行分类鉴定陷入困境。另一方面,形态相似的多个可栽培近缘种在侧耳（Pleurotus）、木耳（Auricularia）、蜜环菌（Armillaria）等中广泛存在,完全靠形态特征进行分类鉴定就更加困难。因此,在食用菌可栽培种类野生种质评价中,ITS测序等成为获得菌种生物学种的常用鉴定技术。菌种的分离培养中常受到菌落形态相似真菌的污染,RAPD、ISSR或ITS测序等常用来进行菌种符合性鉴定。食用菌孢子传播的特点,使其分布地理区域广泛,地理区域的隔离产生种内的个体或群体间的差异,形成种群的多样性,常用拮抗反应进行营养亲和群（个体、菌株）的鉴定。不同区域气候和生态条件下的个体,长期的进化和对环境条件适应性的形成,导致可栽培利用的特点不同。栽培性状要通过栽培试验进行评价。栽培性状主要包括菌丝长速、温度反应、结实性、丰产性、抗性、商品形态和耐贮运性等。为了充分利用远缘优势,对于具可利用栽培性状的种质还需要与栽培菌株间的遗传距离分析,通常用生物化学和分子生物学方法进行。     

DEGRADATION OF ADENINE BY PROTOTHECA ZOPFII (CHLOROPHYTA)1

The purines 6-amino-2-hydroxypurine and 6-amino-8-hydroxypurine, not normally associated with purine degradation in algae, were isolated by high-pressure liquid chromatography from cell extracts of Prototheca zopfii Krüger grown with adenine as the sole nitrogen source .     

Cutaneous Protothecosis in Patient with Diabetes Mellitus and Review of Published Case Reports

Protothecosis is an opportunistic infection caused by Prototheca, usually called as saprophytes, and is frequently found in natural and living surroundings with low virulence, but may cause chronic infection in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of cutaneous protothecosis with zopfii var. portoricensis infection in a 66-year-old diabetic woman following hand surgery on middle right finger. Mycology study showed that smooth, creamy white, yeast-like colonies grown after necrotic tissue was cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar at both 37 and 25°C. The organism was then identified as Prototheca zopfii var. portoricensis by molecular identification and also found from histopathology of the lesion. The lesion got improved with intravenous amphotericin B and itraconazole.     

Growth of Prototheca isolates on n-hexadecane and mixed-hydrocarbon substrate

Prototheca zopfii, an achlorphyllous alga, was capable of using hydrocarbons as sole carbon and energy source. The ability of P. zopfii to use hydrocarbons did not correlate with source of isolation. Seventy-five percent of the P. zopfii cultures recovered from sewage, plants, or animals utilized hydrocarbons. Other Prototheca species and P. zopfii that did not utilize hydrocarbons were isolated simultaneously from several sources with isolates that did use hydrocarbons. Species type rather than source of isolation was the predominant factor that determined hydrocarbon utilization.     

Growth of Prototheca isolates on n-hexadecane and mixed-hydrocarbon substrate.

Prototheca zopfii, an achlorphyllous alga, was capable of using hydrocarbons as sole carbon and energy source. The ability of P. zopfii to use hydrocarbons did not correlate with source of isolation. Seventy-five percent of the P. zopfii cultures recovered from sewage, plants, or animals utilized hydrocarbons. Other Prototheca species and P. zopfii that did not utilize hydrocarbons were isolated simultaneously from several sources with isolates that did use hydrocarbons. Species type rather than source of isolation was the predominant factor that determined hydrocarbon utilization.     

广西岩溶区烟草黑胫病拮抗细菌的筛选鉴定及其抗病机理

从广西岩溶区靖西县优质烟叶生产区分离烟草黑胫病病原及土壤细菌,通过拮抗试验、离体及田间抗病能力测试等方法筛选拮抗细菌;利用形态观察、生理生化测试和16SrDNA序列分析三种方法相结合,对抗病效果良好的菌株进行分类鉴定;并对拮抗菌抗黑胫病机理进行初步研究。结果表明:从8份土壤样品中,共分离出土壤细菌340株,获得抗黑胫病效果良好的拮抗细菌3株,编号为8-23、6-70和13,它们分别属芽孢杆菌属、溶菌杆属和假单胞杆菌属细菌;三个拮抗细菌的抗黑胫病机理是通过胞外分泌一些可溶解病原菌细胞壁的酶或其它化学物质,破坏菌丝的细胞壁和细胞膜等生理结构,使细胞质渗漏、凝集,从而导致病原死亡;其中,菌株8-23和13的抗病活性物质主要为蛋白质类化合物;而菌株6-70除蛋白质外,还有其它一些非蛋白因子起作用。     

Degradation of Petroleum by an Alga, Prototheca Zopfii

Prototheca zopfii is an achlorophyllous alga which degrades oil. It has been found to degrade 10 and 40% of a motor oil and crude oil, respectively, when tested under appropriate conditions. Degradation of the crude oil observed in this study compares well with the amount of degradation accomplished by bacteria. P. zopfii was found to degrade a greater percentage of the aromatic hydrocarbons in motor oil than of the saturated hydrocarbons and a greater percentage of saturated hydrocarbons in crude oil than of aromatic hydrocarbons. Resins and asphaltens were produced during degradation of motor oil, whereas these fractions in crude oil were degraded. P. zopfii did not demonstrate preferential utilization of lower homologues of cycloalkanes and aromatics as has been observed with bacteria.     

Susceptibility and features of the ultrastructure of Prototheca zopfii following exposure to copper sulphate,silver nitrate and chlorexidine

One of the most important forms of the occurrence of protothecosis is bovine mastitis. Studies on the "in vivo" and "in vitro" susceptibility to antimicrobials have shown that the microorganism is resistant to most of them. Looking for alternative treatments this study aimed to study the susceptibility to copper sulphate (which has an important algicide effect) and silver nitrate (used in dairy cattle breeding for the cauterization of mammary glands) and also to chlorexidine (an important post-dipping anti-septic used in dairy practice), and the effect of these antimicrobials in the ultrastructure of Prototheca zopfii before and after the exposure to these drugs. The "in vitro" susceptibility tests to chlorexidine, silver nitrate and copper sulphate of the strains of Prototheca zopfii for the determination of their minimal microbicidal concentrations (MMC), were performed using the tube dilution method in Sabouraud dextrose broth and evaluation of colony growth after plating in Sabouraud dextrose agar. The MMCs of chlorexidine, copper sulphate and silver nitrate of the 50 strains tested were 0.01%, 0.1% and 0.3%, respectively. The tubes containing the material used in the antimicrobial susceptibility tests were prepared for the examination in an electron microscope. The untreated controls of P. zopfii showed a similar ultrastructural appearance with the typical characteristics of the microorganism. Cells exposed to silver nitrate showed changes suggesting thickness of the cell wall. Cells exposed to chlorexidine showed changes suggesting degradation of intra-cellular organelles present in the cytoplasm. P. zopfii treated with copper sulphate showed changes suggesting fibrilation of inner layer of cell wall.     

Isolation, characterization, and fermentative pattern of a novel thermotolerant Prototheca zopfii var. hydrocarbonea strain producing ethanol and CO2 from glucose at 40 °C

A novel thermotolerant strain of the achlorophyllous micro-alga Prototheca was isolated from a hot spring. The isolate was found to produce an appreciable amount of ethanol and CO2 from glucose under anoxic conditions at both 25 and 40 degrees C; this type of alcohol fermentation has not yet been reported in the genus Prototheca. Moreover, it also evolved gas from sucrose after a time lag at 40 degrees C. Its taxonomic characteristics coincided with those of Prototheca zopfii var. hydrocarbonea, and phylogenetic analysis, based on a small-subunit (SSU) rDNA sequence, also revealed a close relationship between the two strains. D-lactic acid, ethanol, CO2 and a trace of acetic acid were produced from glucose, but L-lactic acid, formic acid, and H2 were not. At 25 degrees C, D-lactic acid and ethanol were produced in approximately equimolar amounts under N2/H2/CO2, whereas ethanol production was predominant under N2. More ethanol was produced at 40 degrees C than at 25 degrees C irrespective of the gas composition in the atmosphere. This is the first report on gas production from glucose and on the changes in the fermentative patterns as a function of temperature for the genus Prototheca.