Hyphal healing mechanism in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Scutellospora reticulata and Glomus clarum differs in response to severe physical stress

The hyphal healing mechanism (HHM) has been shown to differ between Gigasporaceae and Glomeraceae. However, this process has not been considered under (severe) physical stress conditions. Scutellospora reticulata and Glomus clarum strains were cultured monoxenically. The impact of long distance separating cut extremities of hyphae and of multiple injuries within hyphae on the HHM was monitored. For long distances (>5000 microm) separating cut extremities, hyphae healing was observed in half the cases in S. reticulata and was absent in G. clarum. For multiple-injured hyphae, the HHM was always oriented towards the complete recovery of hyphae integrity in S. reticulata, while in G. clarum, the growing hyphal tips (GHTs) could indifferently reconnect cut sections, by-pass cut sections or develop into the environment. Hyphae behaviour under severe physical stress clearly differentiated S. reticulata from G. clarum, suggesting that both fungi have developed different strategies for colony growth to survive under adverse conditions.     

Cryopreservation of entrapped monoxenically produced spores of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

A study was conducted to quantify the ability of entrapped, monoxenically produced spores of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus to germinate and reproduce the fungal life cycle after cryopreservation. No germination was obtained after incubation of entrapped spores in glycerol and mannitol and subsequent cryopreservation at −70 °C, regardless of the concentration of cryoprotectants and duration of incubation. Incubation for 1 d in 0.5 M sucrose, and for 1 and 2 d in 0.5 M trehalose, led to spore germination after cryopreservation at −70 °C. Lower cryopreservation temperatures were tested with entrapped spores incubated for 1 d in 0.5 M trehalose. The highest germination rate, estimated by the percentage of potentially infective beads (%PIB), was obtained at −100 °C. A %PIB of 95% (water agar medium) to 100% (Strullu–Romand medium) was obtained at this temperature. Thereafter, %PIB rapidly decreased at −140 and −180 °C. Heavy sporulation and high internal root colonization were obtained after re-association of the entrapped spores, incubated for 1 d in 0.5 M trehalose and subsequently cryopreserved at −100 °C, with transformed carrot roots. This demonstrates the ability of entrapped spores to reproduce the fungal life cycle following cold treatment.     

丛枝菌根结构与功能研究进展

丛枝菌根(arbuscular mycorrhiza,AM)是陆地生态系统中分布最广泛、最重要的互惠共生体之一,对提高植物抗逆性、修复污染生境、保持生态系统稳定与可持续生产力的作用显著.AM结构特征是判断菌根形成的主要指标,与其功能密切相关.本文总结了AM丛枝结构、泡囊结构、菌丝结构和侵入点结构等发育特征;分析了A型丛枝结构、P型丛枝结构、泡囊结构和根外菌丝结构与促进寄主植物养分吸收和生长、提高植物抗旱性、耐涝性、耐盐性、抗高温、拮抗病原物、提高植物抗病性、抗重金属毒性、分解有毒有机物、修复污染与退化土壤等功能的关系,及其所发挥的重要作用;探讨了影响AM结构与功能的因子,以及基于AM不同结构所发挥功能的作用机制.旨在为系统研究AM真菌发育特征、AM真菌效能机制,以及评价和筛选AM真菌高效菌种提供依据.     

Putative sites for nutrient uptake in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Nutrition of the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is addressed from a fungal point of view. Intraradical and extraradical structures proposed as preferential sites for nutrient acquisition in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are considered, and their main features compared. This comparison includes the formation and function of branched structures (either intra- or extraradical) as putative nutrient uptake sites with unique morphological and physiological features in the AM fungal colony. The morphology and functioning of these structures are further affected by intra- or extraradical environmental factors. A model is presented which portrays the intrinsic developmental and physiological duality of the AM fungus. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

丛枝菌根真菌离体培养研究概况(综述)

本文综述丛枝菌根真菌在离体条件下的生长发育、生长促进物质及生理生化代谢等方面的研究概况。     

水分胁迫下丛枝菌根真菌对红橘叶片活性氧代谢的影响

研究了水分胁迫下接种地表球囊霉（Glomus versiforme (Karsten) Berch）对红橘(Citrus tangerine Hort. ex Tanaka)叶片活性氧代谢的影响.结果表明：水分胁迫显著抑制了地表球囊霉对红橘根系的侵染,抑制率为33％.在正常供水和水分胁迫下,接种地表球囊霉处理的红橘叶片磷含量显著增加,与未接种处理相比,分别增加了45％和27%,丙二醛（MDA）和H₂O₂含量分别降低了25％、21％和16％、16％.正常供水和水分胁迫下接种地表球囊霉增强了叶片超氧化物岐化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性;提高了可溶性蛋白质、还原型抗坏血酸（ASC）和总抗坏血酸(TASC)含量.水分胁迫下接种处理显著降低了叶片超氧阴离子自由基（O₂^-_·）含量,与正常供水相比降低了31％.表明菌根化红橘植株的抗旱性增强.     

西藏高原针茅草地土壤因子对丛枝菌根真菌物种多样性的影响

在对西藏高原北部针茅草地根围土壤中的丛枝菌根(AM)真菌种类分离鉴定基础上,研究了藏北针茅草地的土壤质地、pH、有机质和有效磷含量对AM真菌孢子密度、分离频度、相对多度、重要值、物种多样性指数和均匀度的影响.结果表明: 针茅草地根围土壤中共分离鉴定出AM真菌3属15种,其中,球囊霉属9种、无梗囊霉属6种、盾巨孢囊霉属1种.球囊霉属和无梗囊霉属为藏北针茅草地AM真菌的优势属;近明球囊霉和光壁无梗囊霉为藏北高寒草原针茅属植物根围AM真菌的优势种.不同质地土壤中AM真菌孢子密度、分离频度、相对多度和重要值均表现出球囊霉属＞无梗囊霉属＞盾巨孢囊霉属的趋势;土壤pH值对AM真菌种群组成无明显影响,球囊霉属和无梗囊霉属真菌分离频度、相对多度和重要值随土壤pH升高而增加,盾巨孢囊霉属则呈现相反趋势;不同土壤有机质含量范围内,AM真菌孢子密度等各项指标均呈球囊霉属＞无梗囊霉属＞盾巨孢囊霉属,而AM真菌属的分布没有明显规律;土壤有效磷含量对AM真菌种丰度和孢子密度影响较小.研究区域内AM真菌物种多样性指数和均匀度随着土壤有效磷含量升高而增加.     

丛枝菌根真菌对黄花蒿生长及药效成分的影响

通过盆栽接种试验,研究丛枝菌根（AM）真菌对药用植物黄花蒿的生长、营养吸收和药效成分的影响.结果表明：接种摩西球囊霉和地表球囊霉增加了黄花蒿对N、P、K的吸收,及叶片叶绿素含量、净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率、茎粗和地上生物量,尤其以接种摩西球囊霉的促进作用更强;接种摩西球囊霉后植株茎、小枝和叶中的青蒿素含量分别提高了32.8%、15.2%和19.6%,接种地表球囊霉后分别提高了26.5%、10.1%和14.9%;接种摩西球囊霉和地表球囊霉的黄花蒿地上部的挥发油收油率比未接种的分别提高45.0%和25.0%,而且挥发油成分发生了改变.     

南方红豆杉丛枝菌根(AM)的研究

研究了南方红豆杉根部丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)侵染情况、菌根形态结构以及根际土中AMF孢子的种类与数量.结果显示:南方红豆杉可与AMF形成典型的丛枝-泡囊型菌根,侵染率在71.2%~94.4%,但是历山、蟒河自然保护区的侵染强度优于人工栽培区;在南方红豆杉根际土中共分离鉴定出5种AMF,无梗囊霉属1种、球囊霉属4种,分别是:光壁无梗囊霉、地表球囊霉、地球囊霉、缩球囊霉、明球囊霉,其中光壁无梗囊霉为优势种;南方红豆杉的根由表皮、外皮层、内皮层、中柱组成,AMF只侵染表皮层、内皮层,不能侵染中柱.这为将来利用AMF接种技术进行南方红豆杉的繁殖、移植栽培以及紫杉醇的积累等研究提供了理论依据.     

Sucrose synthase levels do not limit or regulate carbon transfer in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Abstract

Sucrose synthase (SuSy) is the main sucrose breakdown enzyme in plant sink tissues, including nodules, and is a possible candidate for the diversion of plant carbon to arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in roots. We tested the involvement of SuSy in AM symbiosis of Glomus intraradices and Pisum sativum (pea). We observed that peas deficient in the predominant root isoform of SuSy were colonized successfully by AM fungi similar to wild-type roots. SuSy protein levels did not increase in roots as AM symbiosis developed, although SuSy protein levels did increase in nodules as the rhizobium symbiosis developed. Our results lead us to conclude that, unlike nodule symbiosis, SuSy protein does not limit or regulate carbon transfer in the AM symbiosis.     

湿地植物与丛枝菌根真菌(AMF)相互关系的研究进展

丛枝菌根真菌(arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,AMF)是湿地植物主要共生菌之一,在湿地生态系统中具有重要的作用.本文就近年来AMF对湿地植物的营养物质吸收、生长发育、抗逆境胁迫和抗污染能力等的作用,湿地植物、水分、季节、土壤理化性质因素对根际AMF的多样性、侵染能力、空间分布、生长发育、孢子密度的影响,以及植物与AMF之间相互作用关系的研究进展进行综述.