不同诱导方法对农杆菌介导的木霉菌遗传转化效率的影响

[目的]比较不同诱导方法对根癌农杆菌EHA105介导的哈茨木霉T88遗传转化体系转化效率的影响,以确定最佳的诱导方法.[方法]通过对复铺培养基法、转膜培养法和液体共培养法转化效率的比较来确定3种方法的优劣.[结果]复铺培养基法转化效率约为10个转化子/107个木霉孢子,转膜培养法转化效率约为20个转化子/107个木霉孢子,液体共培养法转化效率达到100个转化子/107个木霉孢子.[结论]在农杆菌介导的木霉菌遗传转化体系中,液体共培养法的转化效率最高,是常用的复铺培养基法及转膜培养法转化效率的5-10倍.     

里氏木霉细胞表面表达系统的构建

[目的]烟曲霉(Aspergillus fumigatus)的AfMp1p是一种通过糖基磷脂酰肌醇( glycosylphosphatidylinositol,GPI)修饰定位于细胞壁上的蛋白,其细胞壁定位信号位于蛋白质的C末端.里氏木霉(Trichoderma reesei)是一种重要的工业生产菌种.构建里氏木霉的细胞表面表达系统具有十分重要的意义.[方法]我们将AfMp1p的细胞壁定位GPI信号肽和烟曲霉几丁质酶AfChiB1的N端信号肽分别与绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein,GFP)的C末端和N末端融合并转化里氏木霉.本文首先对木霉遗传转化系统进行了优化;随后通过Real-time PCR和蛋白定量,对GFP融合蛋白在里氏木霉中不同时期的表达情况进行了研究;最后对里氏木霉表达的GFP融合蛋白进行细胞定位研究.[结果]荧光观察结合Western blot的结果表明,在平台期中期和后期,带有GPI信号的GFP融合蛋白定位于细胞壁.[结论]烟曲霉来源的GPI信号可被里氏木霉识别,本论文所构建的表达系统可用于外源蛋白在里氏木霉中的细胞壁定位表达.     

纳米载体介导的植物遗传转化研究现状和前景

高效遗传转化技术是植物重要性状功能基因鉴定的前提和转基因育种的基础.随着纳米生物技术的发展,以纳米载体介导的植物转基因技术已显示出巨大的应用潜力.综述了国内外应用于植物纳米载体的类型、与外源基因的结合方式以及传输细胞的原理,重点阐述了影响纳米基因载体性能与转化效率的重要因素,以及纳米载体介导外源基因转化植物细胞的方法,...     

产朊假丝酵母整合表达载体的构建

[目的]构建一个产朊假丝酵母(Candida utilis,C.utilis)整合表达载体.[方法]该载体以质粒pBR322为骨架,包括3-磷酸甘油醛脱氢酶(GAP)启动子和终止子、放线菌酮(CYH)抗性基因和18S rDNA介导的同源整合区.再以木聚糖酶基因为目标基因,插入pGLR9K载体上,构建重组表达载体,电击转化C.utilis.对阳性转化子进行酶活测定,检测其表达情况.[结果]转化子的胞内外都可检测到木聚糖酶酶活,酶活可达60 U/mL.[结论]本实验构建了一个C.utilis载体,并用此载体表达了木聚糖酶基因,本研究将为产朊假丝酵母工程菌在饲料添加剂及食品行业中的应用提供又一个新的实验平台.     

农杆菌介导的绿木霉遗传转化及重寄生缺陷突变体的筛选

绿木霉(Trichoderma virens)是一种重要菌寄生真菌,该菌已广泛应用于多种病害的生物防治上。本研究构建了双元载体pCATPH-I(GenBank登录号为：KC252999),并利用该载体成功实现了农杆菌介导的绿木霉遗传转化,转化效率可达385~460个转化子/106绿木霉分生孢子。转化子的PCR和遗传稳定性分析表明, T-DNA已整合进该菌的基因组中且在无选择压力的条件下能够稳定遗传。利用该转化体系成功建立了超过2000个转化子的转化子库,通过转化子与病原真菌立枯丝核菌(Rhizoctonia solani)对峙培养在该转化子库中成功筛选到两个重寄生缺陷突变体,D441和A281。本研究的完成可为绿木霉的功能基因组学及重寄生分子机制的研究打下基础。     

农杆菌介导的获取疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌插入突变体体系的建立

[目的]建立疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌的稳定遗传转化体系并获得插入突变体.[方法]利用农杆菌介导的方法建立疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌的遗传转化体系 ;分别通过Southern杂交、克隆转移DNA(T-DNA)侧翼序列来确定T-DNA在疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌基因组中的拷贝数和插入位点.[结果]成功建立了可靠的疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌的遗传转化体系.共培养过程中使用萌发孢子是成功建立疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌遗传转化体系的必要条件.疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌萌发的孢子与农杆菌在28℃共培养48h时,转化效率最高.乙酰丁香酮(AS)在农杆菌预培养及疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌萌发的孢子与农杆菌的共培养阶段都是必需的,且在共培养阶段当AS浓度为500 μM时转化效率最高.Southern杂交验证表明,79.2％的转化子为T-DNA单拷贝插入,且通过热不对称PCR (TAIL-PCR)分析得出T-DNA在该菌基因组中的插入位点是随机的.通过该转化系统筛选到部分表型突变体.[结论]我们首次报道了利用ATMT技术成功转化嗜热真菌-疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌,证明了该方法是一种简单有效的获得插入突变体的方法,并为该嗜热真菌进行基因定位提供了工具.     

适用于粉红粘帚霉绿色荧光标记的重组质粒的构建及应用

[目的]构建含有完整的绿色荧光蛋白(Green Fluorescence Protein,GFP)和潮霉素抗性基因的表达质粒,观察该质粒在丝状真菌粉红粘帚霉中的表达.[方法]采用PCR、酶切、去磷酸化、酶连、转化等多种分子生物学手段,利用原生质体制备及转化的方法将其转入机会真菌粉红粘帚霉中,并在荧光显微镜下观察表达情况.[结果]成功构建了用于真菌标记的真核表达载体pANGH3,将其转化粉红粘帚霉后,在荧光显微镜下观察到菌丝有绿色荧光产生.[结论]重组质粒pANGH3的成功建立及其在染粉红粘帚霉中的表达,为研究真菌侵染机理的模型奠定了实验基础.     

农杆菌介导转化莱茵衣藻体系的优化

[目的]为建立根癌农杆菌介导的莱茵衣藻快速简便高效的遗传转化体系,本研究以模式生物莱茵衣藻为受体材料,从转化方法和转化子快速鉴定两个方面进行了优化.[方法]比较了固体培养基共培养转化方法和液体培养基共培养转化方法对根癌农杆菌LBA 4404介导的莱茵衣藻CC425转化效率的影响;研究并比较了(1)首先经过TE裂解再进行...     

基于纳米基因载体的动植物遗传转化研究进展

转基因技术在动植物优良新品种的培育中发挥着重要作用,而随着纳米生物技术的发展,基于纳米材料构建基因载体的动植物转基因技术,对于发展动植物转基因新方法以及加速转基因种质材料的大规模制备、优良新品种的培育进程具有更为重要的意义。综述了纳米基因载体的种类与性质,并结合动植物遗传育种的研究进展,分析了纳米基因载体相比于其他载体的特点及优势,同时,重点阐述了基于纳米基因载体的基因转染技术的基本原理和操作过程,及其在动植物遗传转化中的应用,以期为动植物基因工程改造提供新思路。     

高效大丽轮枝菌(Verticillium dahliae) 基因敲除体系的构建

[目的]为了深入研究大丽轮枝菌(Verticillium dahliae)致病基因的功能,构建高效大丽轮枝菌基因敲除体系.[方法]融合PCR构建基因敲除载体;利用农杆菌介导法转化大丽轮枝菌;使用在T-DNA之间加入致死基因的双元载体,使T-DNA随机插入转化子在添加5-氟脱氧尿苷的培养基上不能存活,实现对随机插入转化子的"反向筛选".[结果]对大丽轮枝菌腺嘌呤合成酶基因和几丁质合成酶基因进行基因敲除验证,基因敲除转化子在总转化子中的比例分别达到87%和44%.[结论]成功构建大丽轮枝菌高效基因敲除体系,为大丽轮枝菌致病基因的功能验证提供了技术平台.     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Biological control of three floating water weeds,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Eichhornia crassipes,Pistia stratiotes</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salviniamolesta</Emphasis> in the Republic of Congo

Since 1999, four specific weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) were released in the Republic of Congo against three exotic floating water weeds: Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache against water hyacinth, Neohydronomus affinis Hustache against water lettuce, and Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands against water fern. Recoveries of exotic weevils were made from all 24 release sites except one, and all four species have established and spread (up to 800 km for water hyacinth weevils). Within a few years of releases, control of water fern and water lettuce was such that fishing and navigation could be resumed, while reductions of water hyacinth populations were only beginning.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Die GattungKarschia — Bindeglied zwischen bitunicaten Ascomyceten und lecanoralen Flechtenpilzen?

The genusKarschia, in the earlier sense, including saprophytes and parasites on lichens, has been thought to be a non-lichenized parallel genus of the lichen genusBuellia. Modern workers included it on the one hand inBuellia, on the other hand combined it with bitunicate ascomycetes. It is now proved thatKarschia is heterogeneous and contains but superficially similar members both of the genusBuellia of theLecanorales and of typical or masked bitunicateAscomycetes. Therefore, it can not be regarded as a link betweenLecanorales andDothideales. The type species ofKarschia belongs to theDothideales.

     

Demographic characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Synopsis In a fourteen month study (May 1976 – June 1977) I examined the following characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) in Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.: annual and seasonal patterns of abundance, age composition and growth rates, survivorship and mortality patterns, and the reproductive cycle for female gobies. Fishes were collected with the aid of quinaldine and otoliths and ovaries removed. Age and growth rates were estimated from otolith annuli using a back calculation formula and a Brody-Bertalanffy growth curve. Mortality rates were derived using the methods of Heincke (1913), Robson & Chapman (1960), mean age, and a catch curve (Ricker 1975). A gonad index was used to describe the annual reproductive cycle. Results indicated that abundance fluctuated seasonally and that these fluctuations appeared to be caused by reproductive emigrations. Bay gobies reached an age of 7+ and a standard length of 87 mm. Growth was relatively constant (6 mm yr⁻¹) until age 5, at which point it began to decline. The mean rates of survivorship, mortality, and instantaneous mortality were 0.75, 0.25, and 0.29 respectively. Mortality rates for individual age classes ranged from 0.13 to 0.51 and increased with age. This stock appears to reproduce mainly during the winter.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.