Screening and identification of yeast strains from fruits and vegetables: Potential for biological control of postharvest chilli anthracnose (Colletotrichum capsici)

Yeasts antagonistic to Colletotrichum capsici were isolated from Thai fruits and vegetables. Four antagonists (R13, R6, ER1, and L2) were found that inhibited C. capsici growth with biocontrol efficacies of 93.3%, 83.1%, 76.6%, and 66.4%, respectively. Identification by 26S rDNA, and ITS region sequence together with physiological and morphological characteristics, showed them to be Pichia guilliermondii, Candida musae, Issatchenkia orientalis, and Candida quercitrusa, in order of their efficacy. P. guilliermondii strain R13 showed efficacy in reducing disease incidence on C. capsici infected chilli fruits to as low as 6.5%. Lower disease incidence was observed at lower storage temperature. The application of P. guilliermondii is more effective for preserving chilli fruits than conventional preservation with chlorinated water.     

Inheritance and genetic mapping of resistance to Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici in Lycopersicon pennellii

The fungal pathogen Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici produces AAL-toxins that function as chemical determinants of the Alternaria stem canker disease in the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). In resistant cultivars, the disease is controlled by the Asc locus on chromosome 3. Our aim was to characterize novel sources of resistance to the fungus and of insensitivity to the host-selective AAL-toxins. To that end, the degree of sensitivity of wild tomato species to AAL-toxins was analyzed. Of all members of the genus Lycopersicon, only L. cheesmanii was revealed to be sensitive to AAL-toxins and susceptible to fungal infection. Besides moderately insensitive responses from some species, L. pennellii and L. peruvianum were shown to be highly insensitive to AAL-toxins as well as resistant to the pathogen. Genetic analyses showed that high insensitivity to AAL-toxins from L. pennellii is inherited in tomato as a single complete dominant locus. This is in contrast to the incomplete dominance of insensitivity to AAL-toxins of L. esculentum. Subsequent classical genetics, RFLP mapping and allelic testing indicated that high insensitivity to AAL-toxins from L. pennellii is conferred by a new allele of the Asc locus.     

反复冻融对枯草芽孢杆菌St-zn-34抑制链格孢菌活性的影响北大核心CSCD

【目的】以从冬枣分离的内生枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis St-zn-34)为供试菌株,明确反复冻融对菌体形态及其发酵滤液抑制枣缩果病初侵染病菌(Alternaria alternata)活性的变化。【方法】对供试菌株分批发酵后进行反复冻融,采用梯度稀释计数法、滤纸片法分别测定活菌数量和芽孢含量、发酵滤液抑菌活性,对供试菌株的形态变化进行电镜观察。【结果】发酵培养中pH值、活菌量、芽孢量及抑菌活性随发酵时间的增加均呈先上升后下降的趋势,其中发酵60 h发酵滤液抑菌活性最大,对此时的发酵液反复冻融,冻融3次枯草芽孢杆菌活菌量和发酵滤液抑菌活性依次减少,以后再冻融差异不显著(P>0.05),电镜观察发现随冻融次数增加,菌体变小,表面凹陷、扭曲,胶状物流出。抑菌谱检测发现发酵滤液对12种植物病原菌具有抑菌能力。不同温度和蛋白酶处理发酵滤液表明,低于60℃以下,抑菌活性与对照相比差异不显著;80℃以上抑菌活性随温度上升而下降,与对照相比差异显著;蛋白酶K可降低抑菌活性。【结论】反复冻融影响细菌形态并降低发酵滤液的抑菌活性。     

梨果黑斑病菌互隔交链孢(Alternaria alternata) hnr基因的克隆及其对侵染结构分化的调控

【背景】羟基萘还原酶(hydroxynaphthalene reductase,HNR)是1,8-间苯二酚(1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene,DHN)黑色素合成途径中起关键作用的酶,研究表明HNR不仅参与真菌黑色素合成,而且对其生长发育及致病性也具有一定的调控作用,但HNR对真菌病原物侵染结构分化的调控研究鲜见报道。【目的】在对梨果黑斑病菌互隔交链孢(Alternaria alternata) HNR的基因进行克隆与生物信息学分析的基础上,通过药理学方法初步探讨HNR对A.alternata生长及侵染结构分化的调控作用,为进一步揭示HNR在A.alternata侵染结构分化形成过程中的分子机制提供理论依据。【方法】对梨果黑斑病菌A.alternata的2个hnr基因进行了克隆;通过gene structure display server、open reading frame (ORF) Finder及conserved domain search等数据库及相关软件,对hnr基因及蛋白进行生物信息学分析,并利用HNR特异性抑制剂三环唑处理分析其对A.alternata生长发育、黑色素合成和侵染结构形成的影响,同时采用实时荧光定量PCR (RT-qPCR)技术分析了hnr基因在A.alternata不同侵染结构分化时期的表达特性。【结果】从梨果黑斑病菌A.alternata克隆得到2个羟基萘还原酶基因hnr的编码区全长,分别命名为Aa4hnr和Aa3hnr,其中Aa4hnr基因全长为1 266 bp,编码了268个氨基酸,无内含子,有9个ORF;Aa3hnr基因全长为1 356 bp,编码了267个氨基酸,含有2个大小分别为51 bp和49 bp的内含子,有17个ORF;进化分析表明,Aa4hnr和Aa3hnr与Ophiobolus disseminans和Alternaria arborescens分别具有较高的一致性,同时Aa4hnr和Aa3hnr编码的蛋白均含有NAD (P)结合域,属于短链脱氢酶/还原酶(short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase,SDR)家族。药理学结果表明,三环唑处理显著降低了A.alternata DHN黑色素的生物合成,抑制了疏水性诱导的A.alternata侵染结构的形成;进一步分析Aa4hnr和Aa3hnr在疏水表面诱导的A.alternata孢子萌发阶段(2 h)、附着胞形成阶段(6 h)、侵染菌丝形成阶段(8 h)的基因表达量,Aa4hnr的基因表达量在A.alternata侵染结构分化的各个时期均发生下调,Aa3hnr在附着胞形成阶段(6 h)表达量下调,然而在侵染菌丝形成阶段(8 h)显著上调表达。【结论】Aa4hnr和Aa3hnr对梨果黑斑病菌侵染具有一定的调控作用。     

Efficient integrative transformation of the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata mediated by the repetitive rDNA sequences

An attempt was made to transform Alternaria alternata protoplasts using a plasmid vector, pDH25, bearing the Escherichia coli hygromycin B (Hy) phosphotransferase gene (hph) under the control of the Aspergillus nidulans trpC promoter. Transformants arose on a selective medium containing 100 μg Hy/ml. There were two types of transformants, forming large and small colonies on the selective medium. Transformation with one μg of the vector produced an average of 4.5 large colonies and 600 small ones. In large-colony transformants, the vector often integrated into the recipient chromosome in the form of highly rearranged tandem arrays. To increase transformation efficiency, fragments of the highly repetitive ribosomal RNA gene cluster (rDNA) of A. alternata were used to construct four new vectors for homologous recombination system. Use of these vectors gave higher transformation efficiency than the original plasmid. The best vector, pDH25r1a, gave rise to large-colony transformants at a frequency 20 times higher than pDH25. Transformation events in A. alternata with pDH25r1a occured by homologous recombination as a single crossover between the plasmid-borne rDNA segment and its homologue in the chromosome, often giving rise to tandemly repeated vector DNA.     

热处理和壳聚糖涂膜对采后接菌哈密瓜生理生化特性的影响

以‘西州蜜25号’哈密瓜果实为试材,分别进行55℃热水浸渍3min、2%壳聚糖涂膜及两者结合处理(55℃热水浸渍3min+2%壳聚糖涂膜),以不进行任何预处理为对照,再对各处理的哈密瓜接种交链孢菌(Alternariaalternata),研究接菌哈密瓜在常温贮藏过程中抗病性和相关生理生化指标的变化情况。结果表明,与对照相比较,3种预处理均能明显抑制哈密瓜细胞膜渗透率、呼吸强度、乙烯释放量上升,显著提高贮藏后期果实几丁质酶、β-1,3-葡聚糖酶、苯丙氨酸解氨酶和过氧化物酶的活性,从而增强了哈密瓜的抗病性,有效降低贮藏过程中接菌哈密瓜病斑直径和病斑深度、防止哈密瓜的腐烂变质,并以55℃热水浸渍3min+2%壳聚糖涂膜结合处理的效果最佳。     

Biological activities of synthetic analogues of Alternaria alternata toxin (AAL-toxin) and fumonisin in plant and mammalian cell cultures

In a search for an analogue of AAL-toxin with high phytotoxicity and low mammalian toxicity, aminopentols [(AP₁), hexacetyl AP₁ and N-acetyl AP₁], and nine analogues (1–9), were tested for toxicity to duckweed (Lemna pausicostata), susceptible tomato (asc/asc) leaf discs, black nightshade leaf discs and mammalian cell lines, including dog kidney (MDCK), rat liver hepatoma (H4TG) and mouse fibroblasts (NIH3T3). These were compared with AAL-toxin and fumonisin B₁ (FB₁). Analogue 9 at 10 μM increased cellular leakage and chlorophyll loss from both tomato and black nightshade leaf discs. The diester 9 was the most active in the duckweed bioassay, but it was much less toxic to MDCK and H4TG cells with an IC₅₀ of 200 μM compared to 10 μM for FB₁. Analogue 9 and FB₁ showed similar low toxicities (IC₅₀ = 150 μM) to NIH3T3 cells. Among the substances tested, only analogue 9 had significant phytotoxicity and low mammalian toxicity, indicating some potential for development of safe and effective natural herbicides.     

赤星病胁迫对不同抗性烟草品种光合作用和叶绿素荧光特性的影响

以不同烟草赤星病抗性品种JYH(抗病品种)和CBH(感病品种)为材料,在盆栽试验条件下,调查不同烟草赤星病胁迫程度(轻度胁迫、中度胁迫和重度胁迫)对光合色素含量、光合作用参数和叶绿素荧光动力学特征的影响。结果显示:1)烟草赤星病胁迫导致2个品种的叶绿素a、叶绿素b、总叶绿素和类胡萝卜素含量均呈下降趋势,且JYH的降幅小于CBH。2)除JYH的净光合速率在轻度胁迫下有所增加外,JYH、CBH的净光合速率、气孔导度因烟草赤星病胁迫而降低。2个品种的胞间CO2浓度、气孔限制值变化具有明显差异,烟草赤星病胁迫导致CBH的胞间CO2浓度上升,气孔限制值则明显下降,这与JYH在重度胁迫下的变化趋势一致。而JYH的胞间CO2浓度在轻度、中度胁迫降低,气孔限制值则呈上升趋势。3)烟草赤星病胁迫下,2个品种的初始荧光(F0)、非光化学猝灭系数(NPQ)均有所增加。重度胁迫下,JYH、CBH的F0分别比对照增加16.5%、34.48%,NPQ分别上升95.54%、137.45%,差异均达到显著水平。而各品种的最大荧光(Fm)、可变荧光(Fv)、PSⅡ最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm)、PSⅡ潜在活性(Fv/F0)、光化学淬灭系数(qp)、PSⅡ实际光化学效率(ΦPSⅡ)在烟草赤星病胁迫下均呈下降趋势,降幅表现为JYHCBH。研究结果表明,JYH的光合色素、光合作用和叶绿素荧光特性受烟草赤星病胁迫影响小于CBH,维持较高的光合性能是对烟草赤星病具有较强抗性的生理基础。     

蛋白-O-岩藻糖基转移酶1基因CfPOFUT1在果生炭疽菌中的功能分析

【目的】蛋白-O-岩藻糖基转移酶1 (protein O-fucosyltransferase 1,POFUT1)是催化蛋白质O-岩藻糖基化的关键酶,在动物和人体内被证明调控一系列的生理病理过程,然而POFUT1基因在果生炭疽菌乃至真菌中还未见报道。本研究旨在克隆果生炭疽菌中CfPOFUT1基因,并分析其生物学功能。【方法】利用RT-PCR技术扩增CfPOFUT1的基因并进行生物信息学分析,构建了CfPOFUT1基因的沉默和过表达载体,通过PEG介导法将载体导入原生质体中获得CfPOFUT1基因的沉默和过表达突变体。测定了野生型菌株、CfPOFUT1沉默菌株和过表达菌株在PDA上的菌丝生长、分生孢子产生、萌发与附着胞形成、胁迫应答和致病力、杀菌剂敏感性等生物学表型。【结果】与野生型菌株相比,基因过表达突变体产孢量显著增加,致病力增强,对嘧菌酯敏感性降低,但对多菌灵和咪鲜胺敏感性增强。基因沉默突变体产孢量减少,细胞壁完整性、内质网应激敏感性提高,致病力减弱,对嘧菌酯敏感性提高,但对多菌灵和咪鲜胺敏感性降低。【结论】CfPOFUT1基因参与调控果生炭疽菌分生孢子产量,细胞壁完整性、内质网对应激和药剂敏感性,并对其致病性也具有一定的影响。     

Colletotrichum sublineolum genetic instability assessed by mutants resistant to chlorate

The fungus Colletotrichum sublineolum, causal agent of sorghum anthracnose, presents high variability, genetic instability and host specialization. The aims of the present work were to investigate the mechanisms involved in the genetic instability in this species. Mutants resistant to chlorate and unable to use nitrate (Nit mutants), were obtained spontaneously, isolated and characterized for complementation pattern, reversion frequency and RAPD profile. The results showed that chlorate-resistant mutants could be divided into six phenotypic classes that probably represented mutations in the structural nitrate reductase locus (nit1), in the structural nitrite reductase locus (nit6 and niiA of Neurospora and Aspergillus, respectively), in the specific regulator locus (nit3), in the main regulator locus (nit2), in loci that codified the cofactor containing molybdenum necessary for nitrate reductase activity (NitM), and one or more genes responsible for nitrate intake (crn). In addition, the genetic control of this metabolism in C. sublineolum seems to be similar to other fungi species such as Aspergillus, Neurospora and Fusarium. The high reversion frequency (10⁻⁴ to 10⁻⁵) presented by nit1 mutants suggests that the instability in evaluated strains could be a result of transposable elements activity. The RAPD analysis enabled confirmation that the Nit mutants have a similar genetic background to original strain, and that polymorphism exists among wild-type strains, nit1 mutants and revertants of C. sublineolum. These are important aspects for the later direction of molecular analysis, where these mutants will be used as a tool to isolate the active transposable elements in the C. sublineolum genome.     

Efficient gene targeting in the filamentous fungusAlternaria alternata

To characterize homologous recombination of transforming DNA in the filamentous fungusAlternaria alternata, we have compared the frequencies of gene targeting by circular and linear DNA fragments in the fungus. TheA. alternata BRM1 gene, which is an essential gene for melanin biosynthesis, was selected as a target locus.BRM1 targeting events are easily identified because loss of function leads to a change in mycelial color from black to light brown. We constructed targeting vectors by inserting 0.6 to 3.1 kb internalBRM1 segments into a plasmid containing the hygromycin B phosphotransferase gene. When circular plasmids were used, melanin-deficient (Me1^–) transformants accounted for 30 to 80% of hygromycin B-resistant (Hy^R) transformants, correlating closely with the size of theBRM1 segment in the transforming DNA. Restriction enzyme digestion within theBRM1 region greatly enhanced the frequency of gene targeting: integration of the linear plasmids was almost completely attributable to homologous recombination, regardless of the size of theBRM1 segments. Plasmids carrying bothBRM1 segments and rDNA segments were transformed into the fungus to examine the effect of the number of target copies on homologous recombination. Using the circular plasmids, Me1^– transformants accounted for only 5% of Hy^R transformants. In contrast, when the linear plasmid produced by restriction enzyme digestion within theBRM1 segment was used, almost all transformants were Me1^–. These results indicate that homologous integration of circular molecules inA. alternata is sensitive to the length of homology and the number of targets, and that double-strand breaks in transforming DNA greatly enhance homologous recombination.     

CgOpt1, a putative oligopeptide transporter from Colletotrichum gloeosporioides that is involved in responses to auxin and pathogeniCity

Background  

The fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene produces high levels of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in axenic cultures and during plant infection. We generated a suppression subtractive hybridization library enriched for IAA-induced genes and identified a clone, which was highly expressed in IAA-containing medium.     

基因CfATG6和CfATG14参与调控果生刺盘孢细胞自噬和致病力

【目的】炭疽病是油茶的主要病害,由刺盘孢属的多种真菌引起,其中果生刺盘孢分布范围最广、分离率最高,是油茶炭疽病的主要致病菌。研究自噬相关蛋白CfAtg6和CfAtg14的生物学功能,为进一步揭示果生刺盘孢通过细胞自噬调控致病的分子机制,并为油茶炭疽病的防治提供理论基础。【方法】根据同源重组原理,通过聚乙二醇(polyethylene glycol, PEG)介导的方法,在果生刺盘孢中敲除基因CfATG6和CfATG14,并进一步获得回补菌株ΔCfatg6-C和ΔCfatg14-C。【结果】酵母双杂交试验结果显示,果生刺盘孢蛋白CfAtg6和CfAtg14可能存在互作关系。生物学表型测定结果表明,相较于野生型和回补菌株,突变体ΔCfatg6和ΔCfatg14均表现出营养生长速率显著减慢,附着胞形成率分别只有野生型的5%和18%;突变体ΔCfatg6和ΔCfatg14致病力均极显著减弱,造成的油茶叶片病斑面积少于野生型和回补菌株的1/3;CfATG6和CfATG14基因缺失突变体均丧失转运和降解CfAtg8蛋白的能力,并对细胞壁胁迫更敏感。突变体ΔCfatg6的分生孢子产量显著降低,仅为野生型的20%左右;氧化胁迫试验结果表明,相较于野生型和回补菌株,过氧化氢对突变体的生长抑制率升高10%左右。内质网压力胁迫试验表明,ΔCfatg14对二硫苏糖醇抑制率升高5%以上。【结论】自噬相关基因CfATG6和CfATG14参与调控了果生刺盘孢生长发育、细胞自噬和致病力。     

甲基营养型芽孢杆菌拮抗玉蜀黍尾孢菌、链格菌和灰葡萄孢菌及环脂肽分析

[目的]探究甲基营养型芽孢杆菌(Bacillus methylotrophicus)对植物病原菌玉蜀黍尾孢菌(Cercospora zeae-maydis Tehon et Daniels)、链格菌(Alternaria alternate)和灰葡萄孢菌(Botrytis cinerea)的拮抗作用并鉴定抗菌物质,为其...     

辣椒疫霉PcCRN20-C蛋白的表达纯化及结晶 *

CRN(crinkling and necrosis-inducing protein)为疫霉菌在与寄主互作过程中分泌的一类特有胞质效应因子,干扰寄主细胞正常的生理代谢和功能。采用PCR法从辣椒疫霉LT1534菌株cDNA中克隆PcCRN20-C基因。该基因序列长783bp,编码261个氨基酸。构建重组表达载体,并转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)。在优化条件下诱导表达重组蛋白,利用Ni-NTA金属螯合层析、离子交换层析、分子筛层析和胰蛋白酶酶解技术获得高纯目的蛋白,SDS-PAGE分析表明,蛋白质分子量约为25kDa。采用座滴气相扩散法进行晶体制备和筛选,成功获得了蛋白质晶体,并通过X-射线衍射仪收集了晶体衍射花样。结合蛋白质晶体学方法,获得了有衍射的辣椒疫霉PcCRN20-C蛋白晶体,为进一步研究CRN蛋白的结构与病原菌致病机制提供参考资料。     

Production of conidia of Alternaria cassiae with alginate pellets

Formulations of alginate-encapsulated mycelia are used to generate spores for mycoherbicidal application to weed-infested fields and for bulk production of spore-based products. Spore yield of such formulations is a primary determinant of product efficacy. A number of parameters of the alginate process were studied to develop an optimal alginate formulation for field application of Alternaria cassiae, a mycoherbicide for sicklepod (Cassia obtusifolia). The composition of the fermentation medium and of the filler used in formulation and the fermentation time were important variables. The addition of nutrients to the mycelial homogenate after fermentation increased sporulation but the amount and ratio of nutrients in the fermentation medium had a greater influence on spore yield from pellets. Optimal sporulation resulted from mycelia produced during a 60- to 70-h fermentation in 2.4% dehydrated potato dextrose broth and 14% V-8 vegetable juice and entrapped in pellets containing corn cob grits as the filler.