豌豆根瘤胞间细菌的扩展及其“前途”

中国张家川豌豆根瘤是一种很特殊的根瘤,它的侵入线体积较大,数量很多,在所确发育阶段的寄主细胞中几乎都存在。此外,它还有许多基质丰富,含细菌很少,通常没有壁的类侵入线结构,有时它们的膜、壁和基质还分别与附近侵入线的膜、壁和基质连在一起。在这种根瘤中,胞间细菌不仅能以侵入线方式向新形成的分生细胞扩展,而且也能通过胞间层和胞间隙向根瘤端部白色区域移动。虽然多数侵入线能向寄主细胞释放细菌,但有的直到寄主细胞衰败也无细菌释放,即使细菌在侵入线壁解体后有机会进入这些衰败细胞,它们也很快被细胞中的酶所消化。     

烟草类根瘤中ATPase的活性变化及分布特性

采用磷酸铅技术,对烟草类根瘤中ATPase的活性变化及分布特征进行了研究。分生细胞中没有磷酸铅颗粒,非含菌细胞的细胞质和细胞器中有少量的磷酸铅颗粒,但在年轻和成熟根瘤菌中却未见它们。相反,当非含菌细胞和根瘤菌开始衰老后,有大量的磷酸铅颗粒位于细胞的质膜和细胞壁上以及根瘤菌表面的内侧。随着它们进一步衰老,磷酸铅颗粒越来越多,广泛分布在细胞的液泡膜、质膜、细胞壁、胞间层、胞间隙及根瘤菌的表面、细胞质和拟核中。由于细胞的解体,磷酸铅颗粒明显减少,一般只位于质膜和由细胞器解体而来的膜泡状结构上。     

烟草类根瘤中ATPase的活性变化及分布特性

采用磷酸铅技术,对烟草类根瘤中ATPase的活性变化及分布特征进行了研究。分生细胞中没有磷酸铅颗粒,非含菌细胞的细胞质和细胞器中有少量的磷酸铅颗粒,但在年轻和成熟根瘤菌中却未见它们。相反,当非含菌细胞和根瘤菌开始衰老后,有大量的磷酸铅颗粒位于细胞的质膜和细胞壁上以及根瘤菌表面的内侧。随着它们进一步衰老,磷酸铅颗粒越来越多,广泛分布在细胞的液泡膜、质膜、细胞壁、胞间层、胞间隙及根瘤菌的表面、细胞质和拟核中。由于细胞的解体,磷酸铅颗粒明显减少,一般只位于质膜和由细胞器解体而来的膜泡状结构上。     

菜豆根瘤,类根瘤以及根颈瘤的细胞学观察

菜豆根瘤菌(Rhizobium leguminosarum bv.phaseoli)的共生质粒 pSym 3622转移到具有 C58染色体背景的农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)中以后,杂交子可以通过伤口感染菜豆(Phaseolus vulgaris)根系,并在接种位点周围诱导类根瘤形成。类根瘤的结构与根瘤和菜豆根颈瘤的结构完全不同,其维管组织位于中央,周围为含有丰富淀粉粒的、高度液泡化的薄壁细胞,而且它的任何细胞以及胞间隙内均不含细菌。但是菜豆有效根瘤则含有大片含菌细胞区,不仅其细胞含有类菌体,而且在胞间隙中也存在细菌。由农杆菌 A208(pTiT37)所诱导的菜豆根颈瘤的任何细胞和胞间隙内也不含细菌。肿瘤的内部结构可以明显地分成许多不同的细胞层次,它们分别起源于不同的分生区;并且其内还可以分化出根伏突起,通过继续发育而形成新根系。此外肿瘤内许多区域的细胞都有明显解体的现象。     

红豆草根瘤侵入线的超微结构研究

用透射电镜对红豆草根瘤侵入线的超微结构进行了观察研究.结果表明,(1)红豆草根瘤侵入线由胞间隙和胞间层细胞壁内陷形成,它们的体积较小,多为管状,基质丰富,含菌很少,常有分叉和1个以上的基质区,而且不同基质区的电子密度、细菌数量和侵入线壁厚度都不相同.(2)红豆草根瘤的侵入线十分丰富,它们不仅大量存在于根瘤分生细胞和幼龄侵染细胞中,也经常出现在发育成熟的侵染细胞内.(3)红豆草根瘤中有一种近似圆形的特殊结构,表面由一层膜包围,其内电子密度较低且无固定结构,且只位于侵染细胞的细胞质中,常在侵入线附近,从不出现在侵染细胞的液泡内和非侵染细胞里面.     

2,4-D诱导固氮螺菌和慢生型大豆根瘤菌在小麦上的结瘤作用及其效果

分别在水培和砂培条件下进行了2,4-D诱导固氮螺菌和慢生型大豆根瘤菌在小麦根上的结瘤试验,结果表明2,4-D能诱发它们在小麦根系上形成“类根瘤”,扫描电镜结果证明只有个别细菌进入小麦根瘤细胞内,在细胞间隙有较多的细菌。用乙炔还原法仅检测到接种大豆根瘤菌的小麦根瘤有微量的固氮酶活性,但在盆栽植株的生长方面,看不到2,4-D,2,4-D+固氮螺菌或2,4-D+根瘤菌对小麦生长的促进作用。     

果胶酶的细胞化学定位:马尾松树脂道发生的细胞化学证据

运用薄切片和电镜细胞化学方法观察了马尾松(Pinus massoniana Lamb.)茎皮层树脂道的发育及发育过程中果胶酶的变化.树脂道的发育过程一般可分为4个阶段,即原始细胞阶段、胞间隙形成阶段、腔道扩大阶段和树脂道成熟阶段.在原始细胞阶段,果胶酶的反应产物首先出现在原始细胞膨胀的细胞壁角隅处,然后沿细胞壁中层分布.胞间隙形成后,果胶酶的反应产物分布在细胞壁和胞间隙的交界面.随着胞间隙的扩大,反应产物的密度逐渐降低.当树脂道成熟后,上皮细胞壁上则没有果胶酶的反应产物出现.细胞化学证据表明:在树脂道的发育过程中,果胶酶降解树脂道原始细胞细胞壁中层,支持树脂道以裂生方式形成.果胶酶的细胞化学定位技术还可用于其他植物中与果胶水解有关的发育过程.     

小麦条锈菌胞间菌丝的超微结构和细胞化学研究

本文应用电镜技术和细胞化学方法,对小麦条锈菌寄主胞间菌丝的超微结构进行了研究。观察发现:小麦条锈菌胞间菌丝有两种类型,即具隔膜菌丝和无隔膜菌丝。在胞间菌丝中,多核现象极为普遍。常规染色和细胞化学染色结果表明:胞间菌丝的细胞壁由四层组成,隔膜由三层构成,细胞壁的内层与隔膜的外层相连,细胞壁和隔膜中含有蛋白质和多糖物质。隔膜的发育可分三个阶段,即隔膜突的形成,隔膜壁的延伸和隔膜孔结构的形成。本研究中还观察到胞间菌丝间的融合现象。本文的研究结果表明:小麦条锈菌胞间菌丝的一些特征显然不同于其它锈菌。     

PHB颗粒在红豆草根瘤细菌发育中的动态变化

红豆草根瘤胞间隙和侵入线中另有个别细菌含有PHB颗粒,而且数量很少,一个细菌通常仅有一个。随着细菌被从侵入线中释放到寄主细胞中,这些PHB颗粒立即消失。幼龄细菌不含PHB颗粒,成熟细菌一般也不含这种内含物。当细菌衰老时,它们又再度出现,并大量增加,而后很快减少,直至完全消失。从未发现这种颗粒存在于解体细菌中,尽管它们处于各种不同的解体状态。PHB颗粒在细菌发育中的变化表明,它的多少不仅与根瘤细菌发育密切有关,而且也受制于根瘤品种。     

豌豆根瘤侵染细胞衰老过程的电镜观察

用透射电镜观察了豌豆根瘤侵染细胞在衰老过程中的超微结构变化,结果表明,侵染细胞和拟菌体的衰老有一定的规律和特征,首先是一些包裹拟菌体的包囊变得疏松,包囊和拟菌体之间出现较大间隙,间隙中常有一些纤维状和泡状物质。然后,细胞质失去正常结构,逐渐凝聚为染色很深的团块,进而完全泡状化,伴随着拟菌体的衰老,寄主细胞质染色由深变浅,细胞器逐渐减少,最后,液泡和质膜相继破裂,细胞完全瓦解,有时在衰老细胞的胞间隙,或在衰老的细胞质中有一定年轻的细菌,甚至在一片崩溃的拟菌体中还有侵染丝,有的还正在向寄主细胞质释放细菌。     

The flavonoid naringenin stimulates the intercellular colonization of wheat roots by Azorhizobium caulinodans

We have studied intercellular colonization of wheat roots by Azorhizobium caulinodans and other diazotrophic bacteria, using strains marked with the lacZ reporter gene to facilitate their detection and identification. A. caulinodans was observed by light and electron microscopy to enter the roots of wheat at high frequency at the points of emergence of lateral roots (lateral root cracks). After lateral root crack colonization, bacteria moved into intercellular spaces within the cortical cell layer of roots. The flavonoid naringenin at 10 and 100 mmol m^–3 significantly stimulated root colonization. The roles of the structural nodABC genes and the regulatory nodD gene were also studied; lateral root crack colonization of wheat was shown to be Nod factor- and NodD-independent. Similar frequencies of lateral root crack colonization were observed following inoculation of wheat with Azospirillum brasilense. Colonization by A. brasilense was stimulated by naringenin and also by other flavonoid molecules.     

Formation of artificial nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with rape (Brassica napus var. napus) plants in nonsterile soil]

The treatment of rape plants grown in nonsterile soil with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (auxin-like growth-promoting substance) or their inoculation with the bacterial association Micrococcus sp. + Rhodococcus sp. and/or with the mixed nitrogen-fixing culture Azotobacter nigricans + Bacillus sp. led to the formation of paranodules on the rape roots. The introduced bacteria were detected both in the intercellular space and inside the cells of the paranodules and the rape roots. The nitrogen-fixing activity of the paranodulated plants was two times higher than that of the inoculated plants lacking paranodules and five times higher than that of the control (i.e., not inoculated) plants. The paranodulation led to a 40% increase in the crop yield of rape plants and provided for a statistically significant increase in the total nitrogen as well as protein nitrogen contents of the plants.     

Transmission Electron Microscopy of Susceptible and Resistant Tomato Leaves Following Infection with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato

Ultrastructural changes in tomato leaves of susceptible cv. Peto 95 and resistant cv. Ontario 7710 infected with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato were followed by transmission electron microscopy. Up to 48 hours from the inoculation host cells of both cultivars looked quite normal and no bacteria were visible in the intercellular spaces; bacterial cells were found only in the substomatal chambers. Afterwards, the leaf cells of cv. Peto 95 began to degenerate and bacteria invaded the intercellular spaces which seemed enlarged. After 15 days the disorganization was complete: tomato cells were plasmolyzed and the intercellular spaces were filled with bacteria. In the leaves of resistant cv. Ontario 7710 no bacteria were observed later than 48 hours and no visible modifications occurred up to 15 days after the inoculation.     

The Formation of Artificial Nitrogen-Fixing Symbioses with Rape (Brassica napusvar. napus) Plants in Nonsterile Soil

The treatment of rape plants grown in nonsterile soil with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (auxin-like growth-promoting substance) or their inoculation with the bacterial association Micrococcussp. + Rhodococcussp. and/or with the mixed nitrogen-fixing culture Azotobacter nigricans+ Bacillussp. led to the formation of paranodules on the rape roots. The introduced bacteria were detected both in the intercellular space and inside the cells of the paranodules and the rape roots. The nitrogen-fixing activity of the paranodulated plants was two times higher than that of the inoculated plants lacking paranodules and five times higher than that of the control (i.e., not inoculated) plants. The paranodulation led to a 40% increase in the crop yield of rape plants and provided for a statistically significant increase in the total nitrogen as well as protein nitrogen contents of the plants.     

Ultrastructural localization and identification ofAzospirillum brasilense Cd on and within wheat root by immuno-gold labeling

Azospirillum brasilense Cd localization in wheat roots was studied by light microscopy, by scanning, and by transmission electron microscopy.A. brasilense Cd cells were specifically identified immunocytochemically around and within root tissues.A. brasilense Cd cells found both outside and inside inoculated roots were intensively labeled with colloidal gold. In non-axenic cultures other bacterial strains or plant tissue were not labeled, thereby providing a non-interfering background. The roots of axenic grown wheat plants were colonized both externally and internally byA. brasilense Cd after inoculation, whereas non-axenic cultures were colonized by other bacterial strains as well.A. brasilense Cd cells were located on the root surface along the following zones: the root tip, the elongation, and the root-hair zone. However, bacteria were located within the cortex only in the latter two zones. In a number of observations, an electron dense material mediated the binding of bacterial cells to outer surfaces of epidermal cells, or between adjacent bacterial cells.A. brasilense Cd were found in root cortical intercellular spaces, but were not detected in either the endodermal layer or in the vascular system. This study proposes that in addition to root surface colonization,A. brasilense Cd forms intercellular associations within wheat roots.     

Evidence that short-term regulation of nodule permeability does not occur in the inner cortex

Regulation of nodule permeability in response to short-term changes in environmental and physiological conditions is thought to occur by occlusion of intercellular spaces in the nodule inner cortex. To test this hypothesis, the permeability of legume nodules was altered by adapting them to either 20 or 80% O₂ over a 2.5-h period. The nodules were then rapidly frozen, cryo-planed and examined under cryo-scanning electron microscopy for differences in the number, area or shape factor of intercellular spaces. Comparisons were made between whole nodules and specific nodule zones (outer cortex, middle cortex, inner cortex and central zone) in each treatment. Gas analysis measurements indicated that nodules equilibrated at 20% O₂ had a 6.6-fold higher permeability than those equilibrated at 80% O₂ However, no significant differences were observed between pO₂ treatments in the number of open intercellular spaces, the cross-sectional area of those spaces, or the proportion of the tissue area present as open space in whole nodules or any nodule zone. Also, although nodules in both treatments possessed a boundary layer of tightly packed cells in the inner cortex, the total area of intercellular spaces between cells bordering this layer did not differ between treatments. Together these observations do not support the currently favored hypothesis that nodule permeability is regulated by opening or occlusion of intercellular spaces in the nodule inner cortex. Highly significant differences (P= 0.0006) were observed between O₂ treatments in the shape factor of the open intercellular spaces in all nodule zones. Nodules equilibrated at 80% O₂ had significantly more isodiametric spaces while those equilibrated at 20% O₂ had more long, narrow spaces. This observation suggests that the critical step in the regulation of nodule permeability to O₂ may be localized in the central, infected zone and involve changes in the ratio of the surface area of the intercellular space to the volume of the infected cell.     

Dimensions and distribution of intercellular spaces in cryo-planed soybean nodules

The ability of legume nodules to regulate their permeability to gas diffusion has been attributed to physiological control over the size and distribution of gas-filed intercellular spaces within the nodule cortex. To examine the size and distribution of intercellular spaces and to determine whether they were filled with gas (high diffusion permeability) or liquid (low diffusion permeability), whole nodules were frozen in liquid nitrogen slush (-210°C), and then either cryo-fractured or cryo-planed before being examined by cold-stage scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The cryo-planed tissue was found to have many advantages over cryo-fractured nodules in providing images which were easier to interpret and quantify. Intercellular spaces throughout the nodule were examined in both tangential and medial planed faces. Since no differences were observed between views in either the size or shape of the open intercellular spaces, it was concluded that the intercellular spaces of nodules were not radially oriented as assumed in many mathematical models of gas diffusion. The inner cortex region in the nodules had the smallest intercellular spaces compared to other zones, and less than 10% of the intercellular spaces were occluded with any type of material in the central zone regions. Vacuum infiltration of nodules with salt solutions and subsequent cryo-planing for SEM examination showed that open and water-filled intercellular spaces could be differentiated. The potential is discussed for using this method to study the mechanism of diffusion barrier regulation in legume nodules.     

Cavitation of intercellular spaces is critical to establishment of hydraulic properties of compression wood of Chamaecyparis obtusa seedlings

Background and Aims When the orientation of the stems of conifers departs from the vertical as a result of environmental influences, conifers form compression wood that results in restoration of verticality. It is well known that intercellular spaces are formed between tracheids in compression wood, but the function of these spaces remains to be clarified. In the present study, we evaluated the impact of these spaces in artificially induced compression wood in Chamaecyparis obtusa seedlings.Methods We monitored the presence or absence of liquid in the intercellular spaces of differentiating xylem by cryo-scanning electron microscopy. In addition, we analysed the relationship between intercellular spaces and the hydraulic properties of the compression wood.Key Results Initially, we detected small intercellular spaces with liquid in regions in which the profiles of tracheids were not rounded in transverse surfaces, indicating that the intercellular spaces had originally contained no gases. In the regions where tracheids had formed secondary walls, we found that some intercellular spaces had lost their liquid. Cavitation of intercellular spaces would affect hydraulic conductivity as a consequence of the induction of cavitation in neighbouring tracheids.Conclusions Our observations suggest that cavitation of intercellular spaces is the critical event that affects not only the functions of intercellular spaces but also the hydraulic properties of compression wood.     

Bacteria in ovarioles of females from maleless families of ladybird beetles Adalia bipunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) naturally infected with Rickettsia,Wolbachia, and Spiroplasma

Ovarioles were found to be infected with Spiroplasma, Wolbachia, and Rickettsia in Adalia bipunctata females with maleless progeny in different natural populations. Ooplasm was infected with few Wolbachia bacteria. In ooplasm infected by Rickettsia, bacteria were present in small foci. Spiroplasmas were found encapsulated into ooplasm from the wider intercellular spaces between epithelial and oocyte cells. The cytoplasm of follicular epithelia infected with Rickettsia was heavily destroyed, but the nucleus was intact and free from bacteria. The essential feature of follicular epithelium cells from Spiroplasma and Wolbachia infected A. bipunctata females was inclusions of three types: crystalline, filaments, and concentric myelin-like lamellae. Observations of smears prepared from ovaries of A. bipunctata from natural populations revealed a low concentration of bacteria within a microscopy field (less 10 bacteria) in more than 90% of specimens, and only a few ovaries were heavily infected. Two different ways of bacterial invasion of the oocyte are suggested: Spiroplasma-like, through the intercellular spaces in the epithelium and Rickettsia-like, through the cytoplasm of follicular epithelium cells. Bacteria were not found in germarium zones and we suggest that each follicle is infected from haemolymph.     

Structure ofNecturus gallbladder epithelium during transport at low external osmolarities

Summary Gallbladders transport isotonically over a wide range of osmolarities. This ability has been assumed to depend on the geometry of the lateral intercellular spaces. We report that this geometry in theNecturus gallbladder varies extensively with the external osmolarity and dependsin vitro on the integrity of the subepithelial tissues. The structure of the living epithelium was studied by Nomarski light microscopy while ultrastructural effects were revealed by electron microscopy. The short-term effects (<60 min) of low external osmolarities were: 1) the cells became bell-shaped with an increased cell height measured centrally, 2) lateral intercellular spaces lost their convoluted character; and 3) numerous membrane-bound cavities appeared in the cells. Furthermore, long-term exposure to the low external osmolarities caused an uneven density of epithelial cells. With subepithelial tissues intact, blistering of the epithelium cell layer was evident. Qualitative electron-microscopic data indicate that the membrane of the cavities was recruited from the basolateral cell membrane. This agrees well with light-microscopic observation that the cavities were initiated as invaginations of this cell membrane.