土壤微生物生态学研究中的非培养方法

土壤微生物种类和数量是评价土壤健康质量的重要指标之一。然而环境中90%以上的微生物不能够通过传统的培养基培养方法获得。最近发展起来的分析方法如磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)、BIOLOG微孔板和分子生物学的方法可从不同方面对土壤微生物群落进行更为详尽的分析。论文就土壤微生物生态学研究中使用的主要方法进行了综述。     

太子参连作对根际土壤微生物的影响

采用微生物培养法和末端限制性片断长度多态性(T-RFLP)技术分析连作对太子参根际土壤微生物多样性的影响。结果表明:连作导致太子参根际土壤细菌和好气性自生固氮菌数量极显著下降,相反,真菌、放线菌、厌气性纤维素分解菌数量极显著增加,而硝化细菌数量变化不显著。T-RFLP分析显示:与太子参-水稻-太子参轮作的土壤相比,太子参连作的土壤细菌种(属)略有减少,其中致病菌和病原菌种(属)增多,并出现一些具拮抗功能的链霉菌属(种);真菌种(属)则表现出上升的趋势,但未检索到与植物致病相关的真菌种(属)。     

采用PCR-RFLP技术在不同水平上鉴定大豆根瘤菌

采用16S rRNA基因PCR扩增与限制性酶切片段多态性分析(RFLP)技术对选自弗氏中华根瘤菌(S.fredii)、大豆慢生根瘤菌(B.japonicum)和埃氏慢生根瘤菌(B.elkanii)的19株代表菌进行了比较分析,根据用3种限制性内切酶的RFLP分析结果,可将供试菌株分为S.fredii,B.japonicum, B.elkanii Ⅱ和B.elkanii Ⅱa等4种基因型。各类菌株之间没有交叉,因此本研究采用的PCR-RFLP技术不失为一种快速鉴别大豆根瘤菌的新方法。采用本技术已将分离自中国的22株快生菌和19株慢生菌分别鉴定为S.fredii和B.japonicum。对供试参比菌株和野生型菌株进行的16S～23S基因间隔DNA(IGS)的PCR-RFLP分析结果表明：S.fredii和B.japonicum菌株的IGS长度不同,所有供试S.fredii菌株的IGS为2.1 kb,而供试B.japonicum菌株则为2.0 kb。依据RFLP的差异,可将来自中国两个不同地区的S.fredii株区分为2个基因型,而来自中国东北黑龙江地区的19株B.japonicum菌株则可分为11个基因型。对上述野生型菌株还进行了REP-PCR和ERIC-PCR分析并确定其具有菌株水平的特异性。     

基于T-RFLP方法的连栽杉木根际土壤细菌群落变化研究

运用末端限制性片段长度多态性技术(T-RFLP),研究福建省尤溪国有林场的多代连栽杉木根际土壤细菌群落变化特征。结果表明:杉木多代连栽后根际微生态失衡,表现为碳循环菌和氮循环菌等有益菌数量减少,病原菌数量增加。在不同代数杉木土壤中,4种内切酶消化后产生的末端限制性片段(T-RFs)数量具有显著差异,第一代杉木(first Chinese fir rotation plantation,FCP)最高,第二代杉木(second Chinese fir rotation plantation,SCP)次之,第三代杉木(third Chinese fir rotation plantation,TCP)最少。土壤理化性质结果表明连栽导致土壤养分逐代降低,除土壤碳氮比与细菌群落多样性呈显著负相关外,土壤养分含量指标与细菌群落多样性呈显著正相关。T-RFLP实验共鉴定出细菌门类12门,其中厚壁菌门、蓝藻门、放线菌门和变形菌门是主要优势菌群。随栽植代数的增加,变形菌门细菌比例递增,而厚壁菌门细菌比例递减。土壤细菌群落多样性指数,表现为随栽植代数增长而减少,呈现FCPSCPTCP趋势,与T-RFs片段数量变化趋势基本一致,表明多代连栽降低了杉木根际土壤细菌群落多样性。依据功能性不同,可将鉴定出的细菌划分为5类:碳循环功能菌、硫循环功能菌、氮循环功能菌、纤维降解菌及病原菌。连栽导致碳循环菌和氮循环菌相对含量降低,硫循环菌和纤维降解菌相对含量提高,病原菌相对含量随栽植代数增加而上升。     

T-RFLP在医学微生态研究中的应用

近年,医学微生态的研究越来越多地依赖于传统培养及镜检以外的分子技术展开。围绕核糖体小亚基rRNA基因的多种分子技术通过对PCR的扩增产物进行克隆文库构建、变性／温度梯度凝胶电泳（DGGE／TGGE）、限制性核酸内切酶酶切等手段,再对片段进行种系型分析,从而更为敏感、准确地进行微生物群落的多样性及丰度变化等特征性研究。     

三七根腐病株根际土壤真菌群落组成与碳源利用特征研究

根腐病是药用植物三七Panax notoginseng的多发性病害,而土壤真菌群落组成与根腐病的发生存在一定的联系。利用末端限制性酶切片段长度多态性分析和Biolog技术研究了云南文山三七种植园健康和发病三七植株根际土壤真菌群落结构和碳源利用特征,结果表明健康和发病植株的根际土壤真菌多样性和代谢活性差异不显著,但是真菌群落组成存在差异。健康和发病植株根际土壤都以小茎点霉Phoma exigua及镰孢菌属Fusarium真菌为主要种群,而健康植株根际土壤中火丝菌属Pyronema和被孢霉属Mortierella等真菌类群的相对丰度显著高于发病植株根际土壤,尖孢镰孢菌F.ox‐ysporum和刺座霉属的Volutella colletotrichoides的相对丰度则显著低于发病植株。     

内蒙古草原典型植物对土壤微生物群落的影响

为了分析内蒙古草原不同植物物种对土壤微生物群落的影响, 采用实时荧光定量PCR (real-time PCR)以及末端限制性片段长度多态性分析(terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism, T-RFLP)等分子生物学技术, 测定了退化-恢复样地上几种典型植物的根际土壤和非根际土壤中细菌和真菌的数量及群落结构。结果表明, 不同植物物种对根际和非根际细菌及根际真菌数量均有显著影响。根际土壤中的细菌和真菌数量普遍高于非根际土壤, 尤其以真菌更为明显。对T-RFLP数据进行多响应置换过程(multi-response permutation procedures, MRPP)分析和主成分分析(principal component analysis, PCA), 结果表明, 大多数物种的根际细菌及真菌的群落结构与非根际有明显差异, 并且所有物种的真菌群落可以按根际和非根际明显分为两大类群。此外, 细菌和真菌群落结构在一定程度上存在按物种聚类的现象, 以细菌较为明显。这些结果揭示了不同植物对土壤微生物群落的影响特征, 对理解内蒙古草原地区退化及恢复过程中植被演替引起的土壤性质和功能的变化有一定的帮助。     

五指山猪生物学特性、易地繁育及遗传多样性研究

五指山猪是我国濒临灭绝的珍稀品种,为保护和利用这一特有种猪基因资源,我们开展了易地繁育和生物学特性及遗传多样性的研究。通过对其生长发育规律、繁殖生理、血液生理生化、遗传标记、DNA指纹图谱等项的观察和测试,发现五指山猪具有体型小、性成熟早、耐近交繁殖、遗传性较稳定、肉质好等特点。白细胞分类中淋巴细胞占77％,白细胞抗原(SLA) 血清学分型中,与其它品种之间存在有差异性。 用人源小卫星探针33.6和鸡小卫星探针cMS18,对五指山猪及长白猪和枫泾猪进行DNA指纹图比较分析,发现五指山猪的DNA指纹图相似系数,大大高于其它已研究过的正常体型猪种,说明它经历过较高程度的近交;以猪的生长激素（GH）cDNA为探针,用EcoRI、EcoRV、PstI等酶切基因组DNA进行RFLP分析时,五指山猪均出现了一条深色带,而长白猪和枫泾猪未发现。表明五指山猪在生长激素位点上与正常体型猪种亦存在差异。     

结核分枝杆菌中插入序列的研究

用人型复合分枝杆菌的特异插入序列IS6110和IS1081制 备探针,对5种限制性内切酶消化的结核分枝杆菌DNA进行杂交。结果表明,经PvuⅡ酶消化 的结核分枝杆菌DNA,用IS6110制备的探针进行杂交呈现高度多态性,说明IS6110对于人型 复合分枝杆菌分型研究和结核病流行病学研究具有很大价值。用IS6110制备的317bp探针对4 6株人结核分枝杆菌分离株多态性分析研究证实,这些菌株呈现高度DNA多态性,而且所含拷 贝数也极为不同,一般含7～18个拷贝。     

用于微生物多样性分析的棉田土壤总DNA的提取

目的：探讨适用于微生物多样性研究的棉田土壤微生物总DNA提取方法。方法：采用4种方法提取不同连作和轮作处理的棉田土壤微生物总DNA,比较其纯度、产率、片段大小,并应用ARDRA技术验证其质量。结果：其中3种方法均可获得23kb的DNA片段,但不同方法提取的DNA的产率和纯度上有明显差异。改良CTAB-SDS法提取的DNA完整性好,得率为24.20μg.g-1干土,纯化后A260/A280和A260/A230为分别为1.80和1.70,纯化回收率可达70.1%,完全适用于后续的PCR分析。结论：采用该法提取棉田土壤总DNA简便而高效。对该法提取获得的棉田土壤微生物总DNA进行ARDRA和DGGE分析,所得图谱能较全面地反映不同处理间微生物多样性及群落结构的差别,为不同栽培体系下棉田土壤微生物的分子生态学研究提供了基础。     

Analysis of treatment effects on the microbial ecology of the human intestine

A large number of studies have investigated gastrointestinal microbiota and changes in the gastrointestinal community. However, a concern in these studies is how best to assess changes in gastrointestinal community structure. This paper presents two different human trials where the fecal terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data sets were analyzed to search for treatment effects. Principle components analysis and cluster analysis based on grouped data are compared with analysis of data by subject using distance coefficients. Comparison with baseline within an individual before grouping by treatment provided a clearer indication of treatment effects than did an evaluation of data grouped before analysis. In addition, a large within-subject sample size and multiple baseline samples are necessary to accurately analyze treatment effects.     

Microbial Diversity in a Pyrite-Rich Tailings Impoundment (Carnoulès,France)

The microbial communities have been investigated in the subsurface waters of the Carnoulès pyrite-rich tailings impoundment (France) for two hydrological situations characterized by the presence of oxygenated waters during winter and suboxic conditions in early autumn. In these acidic waters (2–5) characterized by elevated concentrations of Fe (1608–3354 mg · l^?1), As (130–434 mg · l^?1) and sulfates (5796–14318 mg · l^?1) and variable dissolved oxygen content, the cultivable bacteria found in these system are Thiomonas and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Molecular methods, Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP), and 16S rRNA encoding gene library analysis indicate low diversity. The environment is dominated by only a few types of microorganisms, with 70–80% of the whole bacterial population assigned to two or three Terminal-Restriction Fragments (T-RFs). Most of these organisms are uncultured, newly described, or recently associated with acid mine drainage. Modifications of the community structure are observed as a function of the sampling period and seem to be related to the aqueous chemistry of the tailings water. At low Dissolved Oxygen (DO = 1 mg · l^?1) concentrations and moderately acidic conditions (pH = 5.7), the dominant organisms are related to the uncultured clone BA31 affiliated with Desulfosarcina variabilis, a sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and the uncultured clone BVB20, closely related to Thiobacillus. At high (12 mg · l^?1) DO concentrations and low (< 2) pH values, the microbial diversity is less important and 65% of the population is assigned to the uncultured bacterium clone AS6 related to Desulfosarcina variabilis.     

Bacterial communities in Arctic fjelds of Finnish Lapland are stable but highly pH-dependent

The seasonal and spatial variations of microbial communities in Arctic fjelds of Finnish Lapland were studied. Phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA) and terminal restriction fragment analysis (T-RFLP) of amplified 16S rRNA genes were used to assess the effect of soil conditions and vegetation on microbial community structures along different altitudes of two fjelds, Saana and Jehkas. Terminal restriction fragments were additionally analysed from c. 160 cloned sequences and isolated bacterial strains and matched with those of soil DNA samples. T-RFLP and PLFA analyses indicated relatively similar microbial communities at various altitudes and under different vegetation of the two fjelds. However, soil pH had a major influence on microbial community composition. Members of the phylum Acidobacteria dominated especially in the low pH soils (pH 4.6-5.2), but above pH 5.5, the relative amount of terminal restriction fragments corresponding to acidobacterial clones was substantially lower. Both T-RFLP and PLFA analysis indicated stable microbial communities as the DNA and fatty acid profiles were similar in spring and late summer samples sampled over 3 years. These results indicate that differences in microbial community composition could be explained primarily by variation in the bedrock materials that cause variation in the soil pH.     

Simazine treatment history determines a significant herbicide degradation potential in soils that is not improved by bioaugmentation with Pseudomonas sp. ADP

AIMS: To study biological removal of the herbicide simazine in soils with different history of herbicide treatment and to test bioaugmentation with a simazine-degrading bacterial strain. METHODS AND RESULTS: Simazine removal was studied in microcosms prepared with soils that had been differentially exposed to this herbicide. Simazine removal was much higher in previously exposed soils than in unexposed ones. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and multivariate analysis showed that soils previously exposed to simazine contained bacterial communities that were significantly impacted by simazine but also had an increased resilience. The biodegradation potential was also related to the presence of high levels of the atz-like gene sequences involved in simazine degradation. Bioaugmentation with Pseudomonas sp. ADP resulted in an increased initial rate of simazine removal, but this strain scarcely survived. After 28 days, residual simazine removals were the same in bioaugmented and not bioaugmented microcosms. CONCLUSIONS: In soils with a history of simazine treatment bacterial communities were able to overcome subsequent impacts with the herbicide. The success of bioaugmentation was limited by the low survival of the introduced strain. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Conclusions from this work provided insights on simazine biodegradation potential of soils and the convenience of bioaugmentation.     

设施蔬菜种植年限对氮素循环微生物群落结构和丰度的影响

以甘肃武威设施菜地为研究对象,采用末端限制性片段多态性分析(PCR-T-RFLP)和实时荧光定量PCR(real-time PCR)相结合的方法,研究了设施菜地种植3、9、14、17年等年限下土壤中细菌、氨氧化细菌(AOB)和nirK型反硝化细菌群落结构和丰度的变化.结果表明: 设施菜地中细菌、氨氧化细菌和nirK型反硝化细菌优势种群及丰度与大田明显不同,并随种植年限不同发生变化.随种植年限的增加,细菌和nirK型反硝化细菌的丰度呈现先增后减的趋势,分别在种植14年和9年达到最大,0～20 cm土层为每克干土9.67×10⁹、2.30×10⁷个拷贝数,是种植3年的1.51、1.52倍;而氨氧化细菌的丰度则呈现出先减后增的趋势,在种植14年的0～20 cm土层为每克干土3.28×10⁷个拷贝数,仅是种植3年土壤的45.7%,说明设施菜地中参与氮素循环的功能微生物生态适应机制存在显著差异.研究结果为进一步研究设施栽培条件下土壤微生物的适应机制等奠定了基础.     

Molecular analysis of bacterial communities associated with the roots of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) colonized by different ectomycorrhizal fungi

We studied the effect of ectomycorrhizal fungi on bacterial communities colonizing roots of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Mycorrhizal tips were cleaned of soil and separated based on gross morphological characteristics. Sequencing of the internal transcribed spacers of the nuclear rRNA gene cluster indicated that the majority of the tips were colonized by fungi in the Russulaceae, with the genera Russula and Lactarius comprising 70% of the tips. Because coamplification of organellar 16S rRNA genes can interfere with bacterial community analysis of root tips, we developed and tested a new primer pair that permits amplification of bacterial 16S rRNA genes but discriminates more effectively against organellar sequences than commonly used bacterial primer sets. We then used terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene to examine differences in bacterial communities associated with the mycorrhizal tips. Cluster analysis of T-RFLP profiles indicated that there were different bacterial communities among the root tips; however, the communities did not seem to be affected by the taxonomic identity of the ectomycorrhizal fungi. Terminal restriction fragment profiling and sequencing of cloned partial 16S rRNA genes indicated that most bacteria on the ectomycorrhizal tips were related to the Alphaproteobacteria and the Bacteroidetes group.     

磷脂脂肪酸分析方法在微生物生态学中的应用

磷脂脂肪酸分析方法(PLFA)是基于生物化学手段的一种微生物生态学研究新技术,它具有对细胞生理活性没有特殊的要求,对样品保存时间也要求不高等优点,由样品中所有微生物提供信息,是一种快捷、可靠的分析方法。本文介绍了PLFA在微生物生态学研究中的应用,主要包括对微生物群落生物量、群落结构和功能及其变化,指示特定微生物以及营养状况方面的研究。     

Assessment of anaerobic wastewater treatment failure using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

AIMS: The suitability of genetic fingerprinting to study the microbiological basis of anaerobic bioreactor failure is investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two laboratory-scale anaerobic expanded granular sludge bed bioreactors, R1 and R2, were used for the mesophilic (37 degrees C) treatment of high-strength [10 g chemical oxygen demand (COD) l(-1)] synthetic industrial-like wastewater over a 100-day trial period. A successful start up was achieved by both bioreactors with COD removal over 90%. Both reactors were operated under identical parameters; however, increased organic loading during the trial induced a reduction in the COD removal of R1, while R2 maintained satisfactory performance (COD removal >90%) throughout the experiment. Specific methanogenic activity measurements of biomass from both reactors indicated that the main route of methane production was hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis was applied to the characterization of microbial community dynamics within the system during the trial. The principal differences between the two consortia analysed included an increased abundance of Thiovulum- and Methanococcus-like organisms and uncultured Crenarchaeota in R1. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that there was a microbiological basis for the deviation, in terms of operational performance, of R1 and R2. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: High-throughput fingerprinting techniques, such as TRFLP, have been demonstrated as practically relevant for biomonitoring of anaerobic reactor communities.