狐、貉源大肠杆菌分离鉴定及毒力基因检测

[背景]狐、貉肺炎频发导致养殖户遭受巨大经济损失.[目的]调查黑龙江省、吉林省、河北省、山东省等地狐、貉肺炎原因,对病原菌进行分离、鉴定及部分生物学特性研究.[方法]无菌采集患病狐、貉肺组织进行细菌分离培养;对分离菌进行革兰氏染色、生化试验、特异性基因PCR鉴定、药物纸片扩散法敏感性试验、毒力基因检测及小鼠致病性试验....     

风疹病毒抗原基因E1植物表达载体的构建

目的:为了提高目的基因在番茄果实中的表达量,为进一步研究口服植物疫苗打下基础。方法:PCR扩增1.1kb番茄果实特异性启动子E8基因、460bp风疹病毒抗原E1基因、256bp NOS基因,将这些片段插入到pCAMBIA1301多克隆位点,得到植物表达载体pCAM1301E8-E1,经测序鉴定正确,将其转化至根癌农杆菌EHA105,然后进行酶切鉴定。结果:重组质粒酶切鉴定均得到预期片段,测序结果正确。结论:该实验成功构建番茄果实特异性启动子驱动风疹病毒E1基因的植物表达载体。     

利用多重PCR反应同时筛选番茄Cf-9和Tm-1基因

利用同一PCR反应体系,对分别与番茄抗叶霉病的Cf-9基因和抗番茄烟草花叶病毒病的Tm-1基因紧密连锁的PCR标记进行了同时扩增筛选,扩增的特异性片段与单引物扩增片段吻合。其中与Cf-9基因紧密连锁的CAPs标记在抗感试材均可扩增出560bp的特异片段,且都存在TaqⅠ酶切位点,抗病基因型酶切后分别产生了450bp、330bp和290bp的不同特异性片段,而感病基因型试材酶切后产生450bp和290bp的特异性片段;与Tm-1基因紧密连锁的SCAR标记为显性标记,只有抗病试材产生750bp的特异片段,不能被TaqⅠ酶切。经反复验证,结果稳定准确,可用于在同一PCR反应体系中对两个抗病基因进行同时筛选鉴定。该体系的建立不仅省时、省工、节省费用,而且可用于苗期辅助选育,加快番茄抗病育种进程。     

浙江番茄灰叶斑病病原菌

近年浙江省杭州市余杭区温室大棚内番茄灰叶斑病发生为害严重,对当地番茄生产造成了较大的经济损失,但该病害的病原菌种类尚未在浙江报道。本文通过对病原菌形态学、分子系统学（rDNA-ITS、gpd和EF-1α基因的PCR扩增、序列分析和系统进化树的构建）和致病性测定相结合的研究,将侵染番茄的病原菌鉴定为番茄匍柄霉菌Stemphylium lycopersici。研究结果对制定该病害的防治决策和有效防治提供了科学理论依据。     

云南蛋鸡源肠炎沙门氏菌的分离鉴定及生物学特性

[背景]肠炎沙门氏菌(Salmonella enteritidis)是一种重要的人畜共患病原菌,禽类的肉制品及蛋类是其重要的传播途径.[目的]确诊云南某蛋鸡场疑似沙门氏菌感染病原情况.[方法]无菌采集发病蛋鸡肝脏组织进行细菌分离培养鉴定,对获得的菌株进行耐药性分析、致病性实验及毒力基因的检测.[结果]鉴定该分离菌为肠炎...     

抗Ⅰ型马立克氏病毒sorf2蛋白的多克隆抗体制备及其特异性鉴定

[目的]制备高效价鼠和兔抗Ⅰ型马立克氏病毒(Marek's disease virus,MDV) sorf2蛋白的多克隆抗体并对其特异性进行鉴定.[方法]以Ⅰ型MDV GX0101为模板,利用PCR扩增sorf2基因,分别克隆进原核表达载体pET-28a(+)和pET-32a(+)中,转化大肠杆菌BL21 (Rosetta),经异丙基硫代-β-D半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导后进行融合蛋白的表达和纯化.用纯化的融合目的蛋白常规免疫6-8周龄Balb/c小鼠和成年新西兰大白兔,制备抗sorf2蛋白的多克隆抗体.用Western blot和间接免疫荧光试验鉴定多克隆抗体的特异性.[结果]Ⅰ型MDV的sorf2基因在原核表达载体中能够正确表达,免疫小鼠和兔后能获得与sorf2蛋白发生特异性反应的高效价的多克隆抗体.[结论]制备的抗sorf2蛋白的多克隆抗体能够特异的鉴定MDV sorf2基因缺失株,有效的区分MDV疫苗株HVT(FC-126)与Ⅰ型MDV毒株,用于临床MDV野毒的分离鉴定.     

北京泛菌的生长特性及快速鉴定方法研究

[目的]研究分析了杏鲍菇软腐病病原菌北京泛菌的生长特性以及病原菌的快速鉴定方法,从而为杏鲍菇软腐病的防控打下基础。[方法]测定了北京泛菌在不同温度、不同种类抗生素、不同浓度的杀菌剂二氧化氯的生长情况,以及采用特异性引物进行PCR鉴定病原菌。[结果]北京泛菌生长的最适温度28℃,对硫酸链霉素、羧苄青霉素等7类抗生素敏感,在含有50 mg/L的杀菌剂二氧化氯的培养基中不能生长,引物对hrp LF/R、wzx CF/R、tua GF/R和lps DF/R在北京泛菌能够扩增出目的条带。[结论]明确了北京泛菌的生长特性,50 mg/L的杀菌剂能够有效杀灭病原菌,并开发了4对特异性引物用于病原菌的快速、准确鉴定,为杏鲍菇软腐病的防控打下基础。     

一株番茄青枯病菌拮抗细菌的筛选、发酵条件优化及田间小区防效

[背景]番茄青枯病是由青枯劳尔氏菌(Ralstonia solanacearum)引起的一种土传细菌性病害,该病原菌严重影响番茄的生产。[目的]筛选番茄青枯病的生防细菌,并将其用于病害防治。[方法]采用抑菌圈法、琼脂扩散法从湖南衡阳青枯病发病田的健康番茄根际土壤筛选对青枯劳尔氏菌具有较强拮抗能力的菌株,通过形态学观察、生理生化试验、16S rRNA基因和gyrA基因测序分析确定其分类地位;以单因素试验和正交试验对发酵条件进行优化;通过田间小区试验初探其防效。[结果]筛选的菌株TR-1被初步鉴定为贝莱斯芽孢杆菌(Bacillus velezensislezensis);菌株TR-1最佳培养基配方(g/L):可溶性淀粉20.0,大豆蛋白胨10.0,磷酸氢二钾5.0;最佳发酵条件:pH6.0-7.0,温度30-33℃,摇床转速160 r/min,发酵时长48 h,优化后TR-1无菌发酵上清液对青枯菌抑菌圈直径达2.95 cm,约为优化前的2倍;其田间小区防效为60.30%。[结论]通过对菌株TR-1发酵条件进行优化可大大提升其发酵液抑菌效果,而且菌株TR-1在田间小区试验中对番茄青枯病防效优...     

加工番茄SlAGO4A基因过表达及干扰载体构建与遗传转化北大核心

[目的]构建加工番茄SlAGO4A基因过表达及干扰载体,获得相应的转基因番茄植株。[方法]利用PCR技术从番茄c DNA文库中获得2 727 bp的加工番茄SlAGO4A基因。构建SlAGO4A基因的过量表达载体35S:SlAGO4A。以获得的SlAGO4A基因为模板,获得了SlAGO4A PIWI的220 bp的片段,构建SlAGO4A基因的RNAi干扰载体RNAi-PIWI,通过农杆菌介导的遗传转化,获得SlAGO4A过表达及干扰转基因番茄阳性植株,并利用实时荧光定量PCR(QRTPCR)技术检测过表达番茄阳性植株中的SlAGO4A基因的表达水平。[结果]经PCR鉴定获得5株独立转化的里格87-5干扰转基因加工番茄株系,获得6株独立转化的里格87-5过量表达转基因加工番茄株系,其6株SlAGO4A基因过表达的阳性植株的表达量均有不同程度的上调。[结论]为阐明SlAGO4A基因在加工番茄抗病毒信号通路中的功能奠定基础。     

基于种特异性SS-COⅠ技术快速鉴定瘤胫实蝇

[目的]瘤胫实蝇为我国进境植物检疫性有害生物。寄主范围广、危害大,形态与其同属近缘种相似,传统鉴定方法是将果蔬上的各虫态饲养至成虫后进行分类鉴定,鉴定周期较长,影响口岸进境果蔬快速通关,而采用分子鉴定不仅快速且不受虫态影响。[方法]选用瘤胫实蝇为鉴定靶标,番石榴实蝇、锈红果实蝇等19种实蝇作阴性对照,应用种特异性技术,基于mtDNA COⅠ线粒体基因序列,研究筛选并设计一对种特异性引物(SS-COⅠ) LJF400和LJR564,进行PCR扩增并将PCR产物进行电泳检测。[结果]种特异性引物仅对靶标种瘤胫实蝇的COⅠ基因有扩增能力,能扩增出一条单一的长度约165 bp清晰的条带,而对其余阴性对照种均不具有扩增效果,未出现任何条带。[结论]设计的种特异性引物具高特异性,能够快速准确鉴定瘤胫实蝇,适用于各种虫态,对瘤胫实蝇的检疫鉴定和进境果蔬的快速通关具有重要意义。     

Protection of tomato seedlings against infection by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato by using the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the causal agent of bacterial speck of tomato, and the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense were inoculated onto tomato plants, either alone, as a mixed culture, or consecutively. The population dynamics in the rhizosphere and foliage, the development of bacterial speck disease, and their effects on plant growth were monitored. When inoculated onto separate plants, the A. brasilense population in the rhizosphere of tomato plants was 2 orders of magnitude greater than the population of P. syringae pv. tomato (10(7) versus 10(5) CFU/g [dry weight] of root). Under mist chamber conditions, the leaf population of P. syringae pv. tomato was 1 order of magnitude greater than that of A. brasilense (10(7) versus 10(6) CFU/g [dry weight] of leaf). Inoculation of seeds with a mixed culture of the two bacterial strains resulted in a reduction of the pathogen population in the rhizosphere, an increase in the A. brasilense population, the prevention of bacterial speck disease development, and improved plant growth. Inoculation of leaves with the mixed bacterial culture under mist conditions significantly reduced the P. syringae pv. tomato population and significantly decreased disease severity. Challenge with P. syringae pv. tomato after A. brasilense was established in the leaves further reduced both the population of P. syringae pv. tomato and disease severity and significantly enhanced plant development. Both bacteria maintained a large population in the rhizosphere for 45 days when each was inoculated separately onto tomato seeds (10(5) to 10(6) CFU/g [dry weight] of root). However, P. syringae pv. tomato did not survive in the rhizosphere in the presence of A. brasilense. Foliar inoculation of A. brasilense after P. syringae pv. tomato was established on the leaves did not alleviate bacterial speck disease, and A. brasilense did not survive well in the phyllosphere under these conditions, even in a mist chamber. Several applications of a low concentration of buffered malic acid significantly enhanced the leaf population of A. brasilense (>10(8) CFU/g [dry weight] of leaf), decreased the population of P. syringae pv. tomato to almost undetectable levels, almost eliminated disease development, and improved plant growth to the level of uninoculated healthy control plants. Based on our results, we propose that A. brasilense be used in prevention programs to combat the foliar bacterial speck disease caused by P. syringae pv. tomato.     

Housekeeping gene sequencing and multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis to identify subpopulations within Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato that correlate with host specificity

Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola causes bacterial spot on Brassicaceae worldwide, and for the last 10 years severe outbreaks have been reported in the Loire Valley, France. P. syringae pv. maculicola resembles P. syringae pv. tomato in that it is also pathogenic for tomato and causes the same types of symptoms. We used a collection of 106 strains of P. syringae to characterize the relationships between P. syringae pv. maculicola and related pathovars, paying special attention to P. syringae pv. tomato. Phylogenetic analysis of gyrB and rpoD gene sequences showed that P. syringae pv. maculicola, which causes diseases in Brassicaceae, forms six genetic lineages within genomospecies 3 of P. syringae strains as defined by L. Gardan et al. (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 49[Pt 2]:469-478, 1999), whereas P. syringae pv. tomato forms two distinct genetic lineages. A multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) conducted with eight minisatellite loci confirmed the genetic structure obtained with rpoD and gyrB sequence analyses. These results provide promising tools for fine-scale epidemiological studies on diseases caused by P. syringae pv. maculicola and P. syringae pv. tomato. The two pathovars had distinct host ranges; only P. syringae pv. maculicola strains were pathogenic for Brassicaceae. A subpopulation of P. syringae pv. maculicola strains that are pathogenic for Pto-expressing tomato plants were shown to lack avrPto1 and avrPtoB or to contain a disrupted avrPtoB homolog. Taking phylogenetic and pathological features into account, our data suggest that the DC3000 strain belongs to P. syringae pv. maculicola. This study shows that P. syringae pv. maculicola and P. syringae pv. tomato appear multiclonal, as they did not diverge from a single common ancestral group within the ancestral P. syringae genomospecies 3, and suggests that pathovar specificity within P. syringae may be due to independent genetic events.     

The cloned avirulence gene avrPto induces disease resistance in tomato cultivars containing the Pto resistance gene.

Resistance of tomato plants to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato race 0 is controlled by the locus Pto. A bacterial avirulence gene was cloned by constructing a cosmid library from an avirulent P. syringae pv. tomato race, conjugating the recombinants into a strain of P. syringae pv. maculicola virulent on a tomato cultivar containing Pto, and screening for those clones that converted the normally virulent phenotype to avirulence. The cloned gene, designated avrPto, reduced multiplication of P. syringae pv. tomato transconjugants specifically on Pto tomato lines, as demonstrated by bacterial growth curve analyses. Analysis of F2 populations revealed cosegregation of resistance to P. syringae pv. tomato transconjugants carrying avrPto with resistance to P. syringae pv. tomato race 0. Surprisingly, mutation of avrPto in P. syringae pv. tomato race 0 does not eliminate the avirulent phenotype of race 0, suggesting that additional, as yet uncharacterized, avirulence genes and/or resistance genes may contribute to specificity in the avrPto-Pto interaction. Genetic analysis indicates that this resistance gene(s) would be tightly linked to Pto. Interestingly, P. syringae pv. glycinea transconjugants carrying avrPto elicit a typical hypersensitive resistant response in the soybean cultivar Centennial, suggesting conservation of Pto function between two crop plants, tomato and soybean.     

In silico analysis reveals multiple putative type VI secretion systems and effector proteins in Pseudomonas syringae pathovars

Type VI secretion systems (T6SS) of Gram-negative bacteria form injectisomes that have the potential to translocate effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. In silico analysis of the genomes in six Pseudomonas syringae pathovars revealed that P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000, pv. tabaci ATCC 11528, pv. tomato T1 and pv. oryzae 1-6 each carry two putative T6SS gene clusters (HSI-I and HSI-II; HSI: Hcp secretion island), whereas pv. phaseolicola 1448A and pv. syringae B728 each carry one. The pv. tomato DC3000 HSI-I and pv. tomato T1 HSI-II possess a highly similar organization and nucleotide sequence, whereas the pv. tomato DC3000, pv. oryzae 1-6 and pv. tabaci 11528 HSI-II are more divergent. Putative effector orthologues vary in number among the strains examined. The Clp-ATPases and IcmF orthologues form distinct phylogenetic groups: the proteins from pv. tomato DC3000, pv. tomato T1, pv. oryzae and pv. tabaci 11528 from HSI-II group together with most orthologues from other fluorescent pseudomonads, whereas those from pv. phaseolicola, pv. syringae, pv. tabaci, pv. tomato T1 and pv. oryzae from HSI-I group closer to the Ralstonia solanacearum and Xanthomonas orthologues. Our analysis suggests multiple independent acquisitions and possible gene attrition/loss of putative T6SS genes by members of P. syringae.     

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a hydrolyses indole-3-acetonitrile to the plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid

Nitrilase enzymes catalyse the hydrolysis of nitrile compounds to the corresponding carboxylic acid and ammonia, and have been identified in plants, bacteria and fungi. There is mounting evidence to support a role for nitrilases in plant–microbe interactions, but the activity of these enzymes in plant pathogenic bacteria remains unexplored. The genomes of the plant pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 contain nitrilase genes with high similarity to characterized bacterial arylacetonitrilases. In this study, we show that the nitrilase of P. syringae pv. syringae B728a is an arylacetonitrilase, which is capable of hydrolysing indole-3-acetonitrile to the plant hormone indole-3-acetic acid, and allows P. syringae pv. syringae B728a to use indole-3-acetonitrile as a nitrogen source. This enzyme may represent an additional mechanism for indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis by P. syringae pv. syringae B728a, or may be used to degrade and assimilate aldoximes and nitriles produced during plant secondary metabolism. Nitrilase activity was not detected in P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000, despite the presence of a homologous nitrilase gene. This raises the interesting question of why nitrilase activity has been retained in P. syringae pv. syringae B728a and not in P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000.     

Protein and enzymatic criteria for the characterization of phytopathogenic Pseudomonas fluorescens

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of proteins was carried out to characterize eight bacterial strains belonging to the genus Pseudomonas. The sampling included three species (P. cichorii, P. viridiflava and P. syringae), with three pathovars for this last species (pv. pisi, pv. syringae, pv. tomato). Several molecular markers were evaluated: native proteins, denatured proteins, esterases, superoxide dismutases (SOD) and polyphenoloxidases (PPO). Each species or pathovar of Pseudomonas was clearly differentiated by esterase patterns. SOD, PPO and native protein patterns allowed strains of P. cichorii, P. viridiflava and P.s. pv. tomato also to be distinguished. Strains of P.s. pv. pisi and P.s. pv. syringae were identical for these criteria. Denatured protein patterns of these two pathovars and P. viridiflava were similar.     

Silencing and heterologous expression of ppo-2 indicate a specific function of a single polyphenol oxidase isoform in resistance of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) possesses an unusually high degree of disease resistance. As this plant exhibits high polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity and PPO have been implicated in resistance against pests and pathogens, we analyzed the potential involvement of five PPO isoenzymes in the resistance of dandelion against Botrytis cinerea and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. Only one PPO (ppo-2) was induced during infection, and ppo-2 promoter and β-glucuronidase marker gene fusions revealed strong induction of the gene surrounding lesions induced by B. cinerea. Specific RNAi silencing reduced ppo-2 expression only, and concomitantly increased plant susceptibility to P. syringae pv. tomato. At 4 days postinoculation, P. syringae pv. tomato populations were strongly increased in the ppo-2 RNAi lines compared with wild-type plants. When the dandelion ppo-2 gene was expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant having no PPO gene, active protein was formed and protein extracts of the transgenic plants exhibited substrate-dependent antimicrobial activity against P. syringae pv. tomato. These results clearly indicate a strong contribution of a specific, single PPO isoform to disease resistance. Therefore, we propose that specific PPO isoenzymes be included in a new family of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins.     

The induction of tomato leucine aminopeptidase genes (LapA) after Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato infection is primarily a wound response triggered by coronatine

Tomato plants constitutively express a neutral leucine aminopeptidase (LAP-N) and an acidic LAP (LAP-A) during floral development and in leaves in response to insect infestation, wounding, and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato infection. To assess the physiological roles of LAP-A, a LapA-antisense construct (35S:asLapA1) was introduced into tomato. The 35S:asLapA1 plants had greatly reduced or showed undetectable levels of LAP-A and LAP-N proteins in healthy and wounded leaves and during floral development. Despite the loss of these aminopeptidases, no global changes in protein profiles were noted. The 35S:asLapA1 plants also exhibited no significant alteration in floral development and did not impact the growth and development of Manduca sexta and P. syringae pv. tomato growth rates during compatible or incompatible infections. To investigate the mechanism underlying the strong induction of LapA upon P. syringae pv. tomato infection, LapA expression was monitored after infection with coronatine-producing and -deficient P. syringae pv. tomato strains. LapA RNA and activity were detected only with the coronatine-producing P. syringae pv. tomato strain. Coronatine treatment of excised shoots caused increases in RNAs for jasmonic acid (JA)-regulated wound-response genes (LapA and pin2) but did not influence expression of a JA-regulated pathogenesis-related protein gene (PR-1). These results indicated that coronatine mimicked the wound response but was insufficient to activate JA-regulated PR genes.     

Indigenous plasmids in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato: conjugative transfer and role in copper resistance

Twenty strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato were examined for the presence of plasmid DNA. P. syringae pv. tomato plasmids were grouped into five size classes: class A ranged from 95 to 103 kilobases (kb); class B ranged from 71 to 83 kb; class C ranged from 59 to 67 kb; class D ranged from 37 to 39 kb; and class E was 29 kb. All strains contained at least two plasmids in classes A and B. The conjugative ability of P. syringae pv. tomato plasmids in three strains was demonstrated by mobilization of the nonconjugative plasmid RSF1010 into Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae recipients. Plasmids from the three conjugative strains were labeled with Tn5. Four conjugative plasmids were identified by their repeated transfer to P. syringae pv. syringae recipients. P. syringae pv. tomato strains varied in sensitivity to copper sulfate (CuSO4): MICs were 0.4 to 0.6 mM for sensitive strains, 1.2 mM for moderately resistant strains, and 1.6 to 2.0 mM for very resistant strains. One very resistant strain, PT23, functioned as a donor of copper resistance. Recipient P. syringae pv. syringae strains PS51 and PS61 were inhibited by 0.1 mM CuSO4, whereas the CuSO4 MICs for transconjugant strains PS51(pPT23A) and PS61(pPT23C) were 1.8 and 2.6 mM, respectively. P. syringae pv. tomato strains PT12.2 and PT17.2 were inhibited by 0.6 mM copper sulfate, but their copper sulfate MICs were 2.6 and 1.8 mM, respectively, when they acquired pPT23C. Therefore, copper resistance in PT23 was controlled by two conjugative plasmids, designated pPT23A (101 kb) and pPT23C (67 kb).     

Molecular cloning of copper resistance genes from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato.

A cosmid library of copper-resistant (Cur) Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato PT23 plasmid DNA was constructed and mobilized into the copper-sensitive recipient P. syringae pv. syringae PS61. One resultant cosmid clone, pCOP1 (46 kilobases), conferred copper resistance. The PT23 Cur gene(s) was located on pCOP1 by subcloning PstI restriction endonuclease fragments of pCOP1 in the broad-host-range vector pRK404. A subclone containing a 4.4-kilobase PstI fragment conferred Cur on PS61. The Cur gene(s) was further located by insertional inactivation with Tn5. A subcloned fragment internal to the Cur determinant on pCOP2 was probed to plasmid and chromosomal DNA of four copper-resistant and three copper-sensitive strains of P. syringae pv. tomato. The probe hybridized to plasmids in resistant strains, but showed no detectable homology to copper-sensitive strains.