一平浪盐矿古老岩盐沉积中可培养细菌的系统发育多样性研究

运用纯培养法和基于16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育分析对云南省一平浪盐矿古老岩盐沉积中可培养细菌的多样性进行了研究。用补充0.5~3.5mol/L NaCl的MBA和ISP2琼脂培养基从卤水、岩盐和盐土样品中分离到38株细菌,用细菌通用引物进行16S rRNA基因扩增和序列测定,用相关软件进行序列相似性搜索、比对和系统发育分析。结果表明,38个分离菌株可分为31个物种,属于4个大的系统发育类群(Proteobacteria,Bacteroidetes,Firmicutes,Actinobacteria)、17个科、24个属。多数菌株属于Proteobacteria门(18株,47.3%;Gamma-Proteobacteria,31.5%;Alpha-Proteobacteria,15.8%)和Firmicutes门(13株,34.2%)。这些分离菌株中,至少有3个菌株可能代表3个不同属的3个新物种:Y3、Y15和Y25分别代表Idiomarina属、Salinicoccus属和Saccharospirillum属的新物种;而菌株Y21有可能代表Staphylococcaceae科的一个新属。从以上结果可以看出,一平浪盐矿古老岩盐沉积中存在较为丰富的微生物物种多样性和系统发育多样性,并且潜藏着新的微生物资源。     

绰墩山遗址古水稻土细菌与古菌群落的PCR-DGGE分析

在江苏苏州绰墩山遗址考古发掘中,发现了在剖面不同深度埋藏的距今约6280 a的新石器时期灌溉古水稻田土层和距今约3320 a的商周时期的古水稻田土层.为了解古代水稻种植活动对土壤中细菌、古菌及产甲烷古菌群落多样性的影响,以土壤剖面P-01(包含100～116 cm新石器时期水稻土,42～57 cm商周时期水稻土,0～15 cm现代水稻土和174～200 cm土壤母质)为对象, 利用细菌、古菌及产甲烷古菌群落16S rDNA的高可变区V3区的PCR-DGGE分析技术,研究了不同土层细菌、古菌及产甲烷古菌群落多样性.结果表明:利用PCR-DGGE技术成功获得了古水稻土细菌、古菌及产甲烷古菌群落的分子指纹图谱.现代水稻土、商周时期古水稻土和新石器时期古水稻土中细菌、古菌及产甲烷古菌群落的DGGE条带类型各不相同, 并且DGGE条带类型都较母质层丰富多样.UPGAMA聚类分析可以将不同时期水稻土及母质层的细菌、古菌及产甲烷古菌群落区分开来.埋藏古水稻土中仍有较多的细菌、古菌与产甲烷古菌存活.与母质层相比,不同时期水稻种植活动均增加了细菌、古菌与产甲烷古菌群落多样性.不同时期水稻种植活动可以引起特异性的细菌、古菌与产甲烷古菌群落发育,而且不同的栽培措施可能导致不同的优势种群.     

Influence of salt concentration on membrane lipids of halophilic bacteria

Abstract A review of salt-dependent changes in membrane lipid composition of halotolerant, moderately halophilic, and extremely halophilic bacteria is presented. The biosynthetic and regulatory mechanisms underlying the observed changes are discussed. Possible implications for the evolution of extreme halophiles and other Archaebacteria are also discussed.     

The use of protein characteristics to assess the retrievability of ancient DNA from ancient bones

The ability to retrieve DNA from ancient specimens has been one of the greatest achievements of the past decade, and has opened a totally new field of research with applications in seemingly distant domains such as archeobotany, the molecular phylogeny of extinct genomes, human paleopathology and the genetic of ancient human populations. However, extraction of ancient DNA has often a very low rate of success, prompting researchers to develop screening methods for the selection of promising specimens. With this goal in mind, we studied the amino acid content of nine human bones of ancient origin. We demonstrate that a single HPLC chromatogram is indicative of the integrity of ancient bone proteins. Among five specimens containing amplifiable DNA, four exhibited a protein content similar to that of contemporary bone protein content. Three of the four specimens, from which we were unable to extract any amplifiable DNA, had an amino acid content strikingly different from that of contem-porary bone. A non-parametric statistical test, Kendall's tau, was used to show that protein content and PCR products, are probably correlated (at a 95% confidence level). In addition, the D/L Asp and D/L Glu racemization ratios obtained are indicative of the presence of ancient organic compounds. We propose that protein analysis should be systematically performed in studies where there are many samples in order to select the specimens that are most likely to contain retrievable ancient DNA.     

Dynamics of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria populations and contributions to soil nitrification potentials

It is well known that the ratio of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) ranges widely in soils, but no data exist on what might influence this ratio, its dynamism, or how changes in relative abundance influences the potential contributions of AOA and AOB to soil nitrification. By sampling intensively from cropped-to-fallowed and fallowed-to-cropped phases of a 2-year wheat/fallow cycle, and adjacent uncultivated long-term fallowed land over a 15-month period in 2010 and 2011, evidence was obtained for seasonal and cropping phase effects on the soil nitrification potential (NP), and on the relative contributions of AOA and AOB to the NP that recovers after acetylene inactivation in the presence and absence of bacterial protein synthesis inhibitors. AOB community composition changed significantly (P⩽0.0001) in response to cropping phase, and there were both seasonal and cropping phase effects on the amoA gene copy numbers of AOA and AOB. Our study showed that the AOA:AOB shifts were generated by a combination of different phenomena: an increase in AOA amoA abundance in unfertilized treatments, compared with their AOA counterparts in the N-fertilized treatment; a larger population of AOB under the N-fertilized treatment compared with the AOB community under unfertilized treatments; and better overall persistence of AOA than AOB in the unfertilized treatments. These data illustrate the complexity of the factors that likely influence the relative contributions of AOA and AOB to nitrification under the various combinations of soil conditions and NH₄⁺-availability that exist in the field.     

An ancient divergence among the bacteria

Summary The 16S ribosomal RNAs from two species of methanogenic bacteria, the mesophileMethanobacterium ruminantium and the thermophileMethanobacterium thermoautotropbicum, have been characterized in terms of the oligonucleotides produced by digestion withT ₁ ribonuclease. These two organisms are found to be sufficiently related that they can be considered members of the same genus or family. However, they bear only slight resemblance to typical Procaryotic genera; such asEschericbia, Bacillus andAnacystis. The divergence of the methanogeinc bacteria from other bacteria may be the most ancient phylogenetic event yet detected — antedating considerably the divergence of the blue green algal line for example, from the main bacterial line.     

嗜盐菌耐盐机制相关基因的研究进展

嗜盐微生物能够在高盐环境中生存,其耐盐机制一直是微生物学家研究的热点。目前嗜盐微生物耐盐机制的研究主要集中在细胞吸K+排Na+作用、胞内积累小分子相容性溶质及嗜盐酶的氨基酸组成特性三个方面。文章从基因水平综述了嗜盐菌的耐盐机制,并对其在高盐废水处理上的应用进行讨论与展望。     

帕米尔高原可培养需氧冷适应细菌及古菌多样性

【目的】帕米尔高原是贫营养、高辐射、干燥的冷环境,可能蕴藏丰富的冷适应微生物资源。本研究基于分离培养技术,探究帕米尔高原不同海拔梯度及不同培养条件下的冷适应微生物多样性。【方法】针对采集自帕米尔高原1000-2000m、2000-3000m、3000-4000m和4 000-5 000 m四个海拔梯度的土壤样品,选用TSA和R2A两种培养基于4°C进行冷适应细菌的分离培养,NOM和F6两种培养基于4°C和15°C进行冷适应古菌的分离培养。根据16S rRNA基因序列同源性对分离菌株进行鉴定,分析不同海拔梯度和不同培养条件的物种多样性及之间的差异性。【结果】本研究从帕米尔高原共分离得到419株需氧原核微生物,16S rRNA基因测序鉴定结果表明,分离菌株隶属于2个域、5个门、8个纲、18个目、28个科、49个属及118个种,为115种冷适应细菌及3种古菌。冷适应细菌中,γ-变形菌纲(Gammaproteobacteria)为第一优势纲,放线菌纲(Actinobacteria)中物种多样性最为丰富。高海拔地区的冷适应细菌物种多样性存在差异,海拔1 000-4 000 m的优势菌群均为γ-变...     

Ugan古河道胡杨可培养内生细菌的多样性

摘要：【目的】为了了解塔河废弃古河道胡杨可培养内生细菌的多样性。【方法】从2棵胡杨树干部抽出其内存液,采用三种不同的培养基对样品的内生细菌进行了分离纯化;对它们进行16S rDNA测定和系统进化分析。【结果】分离纯化不同表型的细菌62株,对它们的16S rDNA序列分析表明,62株菌分别属于四个大类群;厚壁菌门（Firmicutes）、放线菌门(Actinobacteria)、α-变形菌纲(Alpha Proteobacteria) 、γ-变形菌纲(Gamma Proteobacteria),18个属,32个种;芽孢杆菌属和假单胞菌属是胡杨可培养内生细菌的优势细菌种群,它们分别占已测种群的40.32%、16.13%。其中菌株KTH-63为葡萄球菌科的潜在的新属新种,它与最近源菌株的16S rDNA序列相似率为92.491%;9株菌KLH-21、KLH-1、KTH-8、KTH-14、KNA-26、KLH-18、KTH-20、KNA-3、KLH-25是潜在的新种（16S rDNA相似率为96.089 %-97.769 %）,胡杨树干内存液中潜在新种的发现率高达总分离检测菌株的16.13 % 。本研究获得的胡杨可培养内生细菌的群落结构数据给植物内生细菌新增了10个属,18个种。【结论】胡杨具有多样性极其丰富的可培养内生细菌菌种资源,土著新种的发现频率超出了预期,胡杨可培养内生细菌的群落结构极大地刷新了植物内生细菌的种群记录,极具进一步发掘的潜力。     

Comparison of the community structures of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in rhizoplanes of floating aquatic macrophytes

Some common floating aquatic macrophytes could remove nutrients, such as nitrogen, from eutrophic water. However, the relationship between these macrophytes and the ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms on their rhizoplanes is still unknown. In this study, we examined communities of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) on the rhizoplanes of common floating aquatic macrophytes (Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia stratiotes and Ipomoea aquatic) in a eutrophic reservoir.The results show that AOB were the predominant ammonia-oxidizer on the three rhizoplanes. The principal AOB were Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrosomonas ureae clades. The principal group of AOA was most similar to the clone from activated sludge. The ratio of AOB amoA gene copies to AOA varied from 1.36 (on E. crassipes) to 41.90 (on P. stratiotes). Diversity of AOA was much lower than that of AOB in most samples, with the exception of P. stratiotes.     

植物古汉名渊源及蕴含的古文化

本文通过植物古汉名训诂研究，探讨了一些鲜为人知的植物古汉名命名的渊源，以例析形式阐明植物古汉名命名的几种主要类型，并挖掘基因中有价值的古代文化。     

Diversity of moderately halophilic bacteria producing extracellular hydrolytic enzymes

AIMS: The aim of this study was to determine the diversity of moderately halophilic bacteria with hydrolase activities. METHODS AND RESULTS: Screening bacteria from different hypersaline environments in South Spain led to the isolation of a total of 122 moderately halophilic bacteria able to produce different hydrolases (amylases, DNases, lipases, proteases and pullulanases). These bacteria are able to grow optimally in media with 5-15% salts and in most cases up to 20-25% salts. In contrast to strains belonging to previously described species, that showed very little hydrolase activities, environmental isolates produced a great variety of hydrolases. These strains were identified as members of the genera: Salinivibrio (55 strains), Halomonas (25 strains), Chromohalobacter (two strains), Bacillus-Salibacillus (29 strains), Salinicoccus (two strains) and Marinococcus (one strain), as well as eight non-identified isolates. CONCLUSIONS: Moderately halophilic bacteria are a source of hydrolytic enzymes such as amylases, DNases, lipases, proteases and pullulanases. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Although most culture collection strains are not able to produce hydrolases, it has been shown that environmental isolates can produce these potentially biotechnological important enzymes.     

Community assembly of bacteria and archaea in coastal waters governed by contrasting mechanisms: A seasonal perspective

Marine planktonic bacteria and archaea commonly exhibit pronounced seasonal succession in community composition. But the existence of seasonality in their assembly processes and between‐domain differences in underlying mechanism are largely unassessed. Using a high‐coverage sampling strategy (including single sample for each station during four cruises in different seasons), 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and null models, we investigated seasonal patterns in the processes governing spatial turnover of bacteria and archaea in surface coastal waters across a sampling grid over ~300 km in the East China Sea. We found that archaea only bloomed in prokaryotic communities during autumn and winter cruises. Seasonality mostly overwhelmed spatial variability in the compositions of both domains. Bacterial and archaeal communities were dominantly governed by deterministic and stochastic assembly processes, respectively, in autumn cruise, probably due to the differences in niche breadths (bacteria < archaea) and relative abundance (bacteria > archaea). Stochasticity dominated assembly mechanisms of both domains but was driven by distinct processes in winter cruise. Determinism‐dominated assembly mechanisms of bacteria rebounded in spring and summer cruises, reflecting seasonal variability in bacterial community assembly. This could be attributed to seasonal changes in bacterial niche breadths and habitat heterogeneity across the study area. There were seasonal changes in environmental factors mediating the determinism‐stochasticity balance of bacterial community assembly, holding a probability of the existence of unmeasured mediators. Our results suggest contrasting assembly mechanisms of bacteria and archaea in terms of determinism‐vs.‐stochasticity pattern and its seasonality, highlighting the importance of seasonal perspective on microbial community assembly in marine ecosystems.     

巴里坤湖和玛纳斯湖嗜盐菌的分离及功能酶的筛选

目的:了解新疆巴里坤湖与马纳斯湖中嗜盐菌及功能酶的多样性。方法:从两湖中采集水样进行菌种分离,采用PCR方法扩增出其16S rRNA基因(16S rDNA),并测定了基因的序列。对分离菌株进行了蛋白酶、淀粉酶、酯酶、脂肪酶、以及纤维素酶的筛选。结果:从两湖水样共分离得到51株嗜盐菌。基于16SrDNA序列的同源性比较和系统发育学分析,发现从两湖分离获得的中度嗜盐菌分别属于Planococcaceae、Bacillacea、Staphylococcus、Halomonadaceae、Salicolaceae以及Pseudomonadacaeae 6个属。分离得到的极端嗜盐古菌属于Halobacteriaceae属。功能酶筛选结果表明产蛋白酶的嗜盐菌共有15株,产酯酶的共有23株,产淀粉酶的共有8株,未获得产脂肪酶和纤维素酶的嗜盐菌。结论:新疆巴里坤湖和马纳斯湖中有丰富的嗜盐微生物资源及酶资源,有重要的研究意义和应用前景。