VARIATION IN RIBOSOMAL DNA AMONG BIOLOGICAL SPECIES OF ARMILLARIA,A GENUS OF ROOT-INFECTING FUNGI

Armillaria is a genus of root-infecting fungi composed of several biological species in North America and Europe. To examine relatedness among biological species, ribosomal DNA (rDNA) from one isolate was cloned and rDNAs from 30 isolates were mapped for eight restriction enzymes. The positions of the large (26S) and small (18S) rRNA cistrons were found by Northern hybridizations of total cellular RNA with rDNA subclones and by alignment of maps with conserved restriction sites present in rRNA genes of other fungi. Nine restriction-site and two length polymorphisms were observed. Eight North American (Roman numerals) and five European (species epithets) biological species could be placed in six classes with respect to rDNA maps (rDNA class 1: I and A. ostoyae; class 2: II; class 3: A. borealis; class 4: V, IX, and X; class 5: III, VII, A. lutea, and A. cepistipes; and class 6: VI and A. mellea). Most, but not all, polymorphisms were in intergenic regions.     

利用培养特征和生理特性鉴别担子菌菌种的研究

担子菌菌种多是菌丝型的培养物,在长期保藏中如发生错误也较难辨别。本文报道了以培养特征和生理特性作为保藏的担子菌菌种的特征集要,并根据集要制定出鉴别他们的检索表。通过对48属、71种、142株菌种的实验结果,利用培养特征和生理特性鉴别保藏的担子菌菌种是可行的。     

植病生防菌成团泛菌电击转化条件的研究*

研究了植病生防菌成团泛菌（Ｐａｎｔｏｅａ ａｇｇｌｏｍｅｒａｎｓ）的电击转化条件。结果表明受体菌固体培养、生长到对数早期时的细胞转化效果最好;质粒ＤＮＡ分子量增加１０培,转化效率降低１００倍;质粒ＤＮＡ浓度在０．０１－１μｇ／μＬ范围内其变化与转化频率呈正比,与转化效率成反比;从成团泛菌中提纯的质粒ＤＮＡ比从大肠杆菌中提纯的相同质粒ＤＮＡ转化成团泛菌的效率高出３０倍;最佳电击条件为场强１５ｋＶ／ｃ     

LOCATION AND COMPOSITION OF SPORE MUCOPEPTIDE IN BACILLUS SPECIES

Spore integuments of Bacillus coagulans were prepared containing nearly all the hexosamine and α, ε-diaminopimelic acid (DAP) present in intact spores. Subsequent autolytic action resulted in the destruction and removal of the residual cortical structure and "cortical membrane" leaving the appearance of the inner and outer spore coats unchanged in electron micrographs. Concurrently, all the hexosamine and DAP in the preparation was released mainly as non-diffusible mucopeptide containing alanine, glutamic acid, DAP, and all the glucosamine and muramic acid. Some diffusible peptides containing alanine, glutamic acid, and DAP were also present but there was little protein or carbohydrate. Lysozyme digestion of integument preparations from heated spores of Bacillus 636, B. subtilis, B. coagulans, and B. stearothermophilus specifically removed the residual cortex and cortical membrane with the release of the mucopeptide. In B. cereus T, only the residual cortex and part of the mucopeptide were solubilized by lysozyme. The effect of several reagents and enzymes upon the appearance and removal of hexosamine from B. coagul ans spore integuments is reported. The results show that spore mucopeptide is mainly located in the residual cortex and cortical membrane and suggest that these structures consist essentially of mucopeptide. The implications of these results in relation to the "contractile cortex" theory of heat resistance in spores are discussed.     

稻田生境调节和捕食性天敌对稻飞虱的控制作用

广东省四会市大沙镇１９７３年开展以发挥天敌作用为主的水稻害虫综合防治,２０多年来稻飞虱一直没有大发生,且发生程度低于临近地区。本文试图从理论上解释这一现象。通过改善天敌的生境条件,捕食性天敌群落种库中天敌的种类和多样性增多,天敌各落重建和发展的能力增强,重建后群落的种类数量和多样性均高于临近地区,最终使得天敌群落对稻飞虱的控制作用增强,９８％以上的稻田飞虱的数量常在防治指标以下。     

SZZ—Harpin融合蛋白在苏云金芽孢杆菌中的表达及活性测定

PCR扩增编码SZZ短肽与植物过敏素(harpin)融合蛋白的1．5kb基因片段,克隆到苏云金杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,Bt)表达载体pHZB1上,并置于晶体蛋白cry1类基因的启动子下游,从而构建表达质粒pHSZH。将表达载体pHSZH电激转化晶体缺陷型的BG—CDB菌株,获得工程菌Bt-pHSZH。SDS-PAGE蛋白分析和生物测定结果显示,培养48h的Bt-pHSZH明显表达SZZ-Harpin融合蛋白,表达产物具有诱导烟草过敏反应和系统性获得抗性的功能。     

SZZ-Harpin融合蛋白在苏云金芽孢杆菌中的表达及活性测定*

PCR扩增编码SZZ短肽与植物过敏素 (harpin)融合蛋白的 1 5kb基因片段 ,克隆到苏云金杆菌 (^{Bacillusthuringiensis} ,Bt)表达载体pHZB1上 ,并置于晶体蛋白cry1类基因的启动子下游 ,从而构建表达质粒pHSZH。将表达载体pHSZH电激转化晶体缺陷型的BtK CryB菌株 ,获得工程菌Bt pHSZH。SDS PAGE蛋白分析和生物测定结果显示 ,培养 4 8h的Bt pH SZH明显表达SZZ Harpin融合蛋白 ,表达产物具有诱导烟草     

中国蜜环菌生物种与北美种的交配关系

将中国三个未知蜜环菌生物种A、C、D的38个代表菌株与北美蜜环菌A．sinopina、A．calvescens、A．nabsnona、A．gemina、A．ostoyae、NABSX等六个种的22个代表菌株进行了配对试验,结果表明中国生物种A与北美种A．sinopina互交可育,属于同一种。中国生物种C与任一北美种都互交不育,不存在部分可育现象,为亚洲特有种。中国生物种D与欧美的A．ostoyae的两个菌株互交可育,实验证实该种另外四个欧美菌株已经失去交配能力,因此确认中国生物种D与A．ostoyae属于同种。     

小菜蛾的天敌类群及其利用现状

本文介绍了小菜蛾Plutella xylostella的天敌类群包括寄生性天敌、捕食性天敌和病原微生物、原虫、线虫等共约97种,并对利用天敌进行生物防治的现状作了概述.     

GENETIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN BACILLUS SUBTILIS AND BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS: VARIABLE HYBRID STABILITY AND THE NATURE OF BACTERIAL SPECIES

Experiments employing both broth and soil cultures demonstrated the capacity for bidirectional genetic exchange between the eubacterial species Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis. The process was studied using standard laboratory strains and wild isolates of these species. The genetic exchange in soil occurs spontaneously. The interspecific recombination involved markers for antibiotic resistance and for the use of specific carbon sources (API characters). Hybrids frequently had unstable phenotypes, i.e., lacked a consistent expression of foreign genes over repeated transfer and growth. This instability often involved a “correction” back toward the phenotype of one or the other of the parental species for many differentiating characters; the final phenotype was always that of the more probable or actually known recipient species. This “correction” process is reminiscent of phenomena associated with the instability of artificial fusion protoplasts or noncomplementing diploids of B. subtilis, as well as the merodiploids formed by intergeneric crosses with enteric bacteria. The hybrids observed here must also be diploid, in some manner, because they sequentially express traits of both parental species at rates well above the frequency of mutation. Among the unstable changes in hybrids of the wild strains there was a 3:1 bias in favor of “correction.” The dynamics of the hybridization process in soil are described. It appears that the hybrids are formed most rapidly following outgrowth from spores and during the early growth of parental vegetative cell populations. Later on, the hybrids are much less frequent in the soil cultures, suggesting that they are competitively inferior to the parental species. It is argued that the capacity for recombination found between B. subtilis and B. licheniformis could locally erase their distinctness, even though they possess only about 15% DNA sequence homology. Yet they remain distinct in the wild. The methods and results of these experiments prepare the way for detailed studies of the nature of species and species boundaries throughout the genus Bacillus.     

超低温冻结保藏担子菌

本文报道了担子菌菌种24属43种122株经过液氮超低温冻结后的结果。122株担子菌分别用5％或10％二甲亚砜(DMSO)和10％甘油作保护剂,经快速和慢速冻结其成活率分别是,以甘油作保护剂,快速冻结为81％;慢速冻结为94％;以DMSO作保护剂时,快速冻结为97％;慢速冻结为100％。14属23种41株担子菌经冻结保存不同时间后,进行结菇试验,除银耳 (Tremella fucifor-mis) 的对照和冻结样品均未形成子实体外,其余属种均保持着结菇这一特性。     

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF COFFEE STEM BORERS, XYLOTRECHUS QUARDRLPES AND ACALOLEPlA CERVZNUS, BY BEAWEHA BASSIANA PREPARATION

Abstract  The use of Beauveria bassiana proparations for control of coffee stem borers, Xylotrechus quardripes Chevr. and Acalolepta cervinus (Hope), as tested in the laboratory and field conditions. The results show that each instar of coffee stem borers could be infected and killed successfully when being inoculated or contacted with B. bassiana . The control efficacy under indoor cultivation conditions exceeded 90% within 15 days. Jamming drilled hole with fungal mud resulted in the accumulative mortality and corrected mortality of > 90% within 20 days. In the field, three methods, jamming drilled holes with bamboo sticker, bamboo sticker with fungal mud, and fungal mud only, were employed, and each led to the control effect of > 90% within 20 days. However, spraying suspensions and dusting powder of B. bassiana ww insignificant. The yield of fresh coffee fruits in biological control area waa 125.7 kg/0.067 ha greater than that of control area when being harvested in February. Compared the cost of microbial control with that of chemical control, B. bassiana proved to be a profitable, effective, and safe biocontrol agent against coffee stem-borer.