哈茨木霉超氧化物歧化酶基因克隆与特性分析

构建了哈茨木霉菌丝的cDNA文库,并获得了3298条ESTs序列,对哈茨木霉(Trichoderma harzianum)ESTs序列本地数据库进行tBlastn检索,获得了哈茨木霉超氧化物歧化酶cDNA序列。cDNA序列全长751 bp,开放阅读框465bp,编码154个氨基酸组成的多肽,蛋白分子量为15.7kD。BlastP同源性分析表明该基因与麦角真菌(Claviceps purpurea)相似性最高为86%;与解脂耶氏酵母菌(Yarrowia lipolytica)相似性最低为72%。三级结构预测表明,其活性中心可能与His47,His49,His64,His72,His81,His121,D84位点有关,并构成其活性中心骨架。     

Determination of yeast viability during a stress-model alcoholic fermentation using reagent-free microscopy image analysis

A dedicated microscopy imaging system including automated positioning, focusing, image acquisition, and image analysis was developed to characterize a yeast population with regard to cell morphology. This method was used to monitor a stress-model alcoholic fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Combination of dark field and epifluorescence microscopy after propidium iodide staining for membrane integrity showed that cell death went along with important changes in cell morphology, with a cell shrinking, the onset of inhomogeneities in the cytoplasm, and a detachment of the plasma membrane from the cell wall. These modifications were significant enough to enable a trained human operator to make the difference between dead and viable cells. Accordingly, a multivariate data analysis using an artificial neural network was achieved to build a predictive model to infer viability at single-cell level automatically from microscopy images without any staining. Applying this method to in situ microscope images could help to detect abnormal situations during a fermentation course and to prevent cell death by applying adapted corrective actions.     

Desorption of zinc by extracellularly produced metabolites of Trichoderma harzianum, Trichoderma reesei and Coriolus versicolor

AIMS: To determine the role of fungal metabolites in the desorption of metals. METHODS AND RESULTS: Desorption of Zn from charcoal by three different fungi was compared against metal desorption with reverse osmosis water, a 0.1% Tween 80 solution and a 0.1 mol l(-1) CaCl(2) solution. All three fungal filtrates desorbed three times more Zn than either 0.1% Tween 80 or 0.1 mol l(-1) CaCl(2). Metal chelator production in Trichoderma harzianum and Coriolus versicolor was constitutively expressed while chelator production in Trichoderma reesei was induced by Zn. The presence of Zn inhibited the production of metal chelators by C. versicolor. Only C. versicolor was found to produce oxalic acid (a strong metal chelator). All fungi caused a marked decrease in pH, although this was not enough to explain the increased desorption of the metals by the different fungal filtrates. CONCLUSIONS: Metal chelation via organic acids and proteins are the main mechanisms by which the fungal filtrates increase zinc desorption. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The results of this study explain why plants inoculated with T. harzianum T22 take up more metal from soil, than noninoculated plants while metabolites produced by fungi could be used for metal leaching from contaminated soils.     

Control of green mould of citrus by using Trichoderma harzianum,humic acid or garlic

Penicillium digitatum, an aggressive fungus causes post-harvest decay of mandarin sweet orange and Washington navel. In vitro Trichoderma harzianum or humic acid (HA) or powdered cloves of garlic caused inhibition of fungal growth of isolates P₁ and P₂. Under storage conditions, the fruit citrus is protected by using T. harzianum with standard volume 2.0?ml (9.6?×?10⁶?conidia/ml) and application 24?h before inoculation reduces disease incidence and disease severity after seven?days from inoculation with P. digitatum spore suspension (1.0?×?10⁶?spores/ml) compared to control. Spraying the fruit citrus by standard volume of 2.0?ml of either HA or powder cloves of garlic 1% on each fruit 24?h before inoculation reduces disease incidence and disease severity after seven?days from inoculation with P. digitatum (1.0?×?10⁶ spores/ml) compared to control. The lowest percentage of disease incidence and disease severity were associated with powder of cloves garlic and followed by HA and T. harzianum during two growing seasons compared with the untreated and control.     

哈茨木霉几丁质酶cDNA基因的克隆及在酿酒酵母中的表达

为研究哈茨木霉 (Trichodermaharzianum)的生物防治机制并获得与生物防治相关基因 ,通过构建哈茨木霉菌丝生长期的cDNA文库及对部分表达序列标签序列的测定与生物信息学分析 ,成功获得了哈茨木霉几丁质酶v(ChiV)基因的全长cDNA序列。该基因的编码框长度为 1194bp ,编码 397个氨基酸 ,理论分子量为 4 4kD。将该基因构建到酿酒酵母诱导型表达载体pYES2上 ,转化到酿酒酵母H15 8菌株中 ,通过Northern杂交检验后 ,确定该基因在酿酒酵母转录水平上表达。在 β_半乳糖诱导下 ,转化子在培养 6 0h时产生的酶活活性最高 ,几丁质酶V最适活性温度为 37℃ ,在pH 6和pH 8时活性较高。     

The viability assessment of ethanol-producing yeast by computer-aided fluorescence microscopy

A vital staining of the ethanol-producing yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with ethidium bromide and DAPI allows intact and damaged cells to be differentiated by fluorescence microscopy. A computer image analysis procedure is developed for the automatic determination of the relative number of damaged cells using ImageJ software (National Institute of Health, United States; http://rsb.info.nih.gov./ij/). A good correlation has been found between the viability rates determined by the plate count method and the relative numbers of intact cells assessed by the developed procedure in the dry-yeast preparations rehydrated under various conditions.     

Determination of orchid seed viability using fluorescein diacetate

Abstract Fluorescein diacetate (FDA) staining (0.25% FDA for 10 min) was found to be a suitable technique for the rapid determination of orchid seed viability. Penetration of the dye through the testa varies between species, thus the test is ideally performed on isolated embryos. Direct FDA application to isolated embryos of seeds taken from dry storage, but after the surface had been sterilized, elicits a poor staining reaction. Incubation of the surface sterilized seeds in distilled water for 16 h, either at 6°C or at room temperature, prior to applying the test was found to overcome this problem. In the range of species studied, FDA staining accurately indicates seed viability when compared with germination of seeds on sterile nutrient media. Storage of dry Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soó seed at an elevated temperature of 62°C indicated that, under such conditions of accelerated ageing, the FDA test accurately describes the rate of seed viability loss.     

哈茨木霉的培养及其对烟草疫霉生长的抑制研究

哈茨木霉是一类重要的植病生防因子。哈茨木霉TH-1分别在PDA培养基、麦芽糖培养基、查氏培养基和琼脂培养基上培养均能产孢,其中PDA培养基为最适培养基。PDA培养基上,菌丝生长适宜温度27．5℃～35℃,最适温度32．5℃,产孢最适温度27．5℃。菌丝生长适宜pH值为3～7,产孢适宜pH值为5-9,生长与产孢最适pH值为5。光照对菌丝生长影响不大但明显影响菌株的产孢数量,光照时间越长产孢量越大。对峙培养试验表明TH-1明显抑制疫霉菌的生长速率,其无菌滤液明显抑制烟草疫霉菌游动孢子的萌发,并抑制游动孢子芽管的伸长,TH-1对游动孢子萌发的相对抑制率为12．7％,对芽管生长长度的相对抑制率为63．1％。水解酶平板活性测定显示,TH-1产生β-1,3葡聚糖酶与纤维素酶,从而使烟草疫霉菌细胞壁的消解,产生非挥发性抗生素抑制烟草疫霉菌孢子萌发,但对菌丝生长影响不大。     

重寄生菌哈茨木霉的研究及其在植病生防中的应用

综述了国内外对哈茨木霉菌产生的抑菌活性物质的研究概况,包括几丁质酶、葡聚糖酶和蛋白酶在内的细胞壁降解酶和抗生素,以及哈茨木霉菌生防产品的应用现状,并提出了其在植病生防中的研究展望。     

Isolation and characterization of protease overproducing mutants of Trichoderma harzianum

Several Trichoderma strains have been reported to be effective in controlling plant diseases, and the action of fungal hydrolytic enzymes is considered as the main mechanism involved in the antagonistic process. Strain Trichoderma harzianum T334 is a potential biocontrol agent against plant pathogenic fungi with the ability to produce low levels of proteases constitutively. To improve its fungal antagonistic capacity, mutagenetic program was undertaken for the construction of protease overproducing derivates. The mutant strains were obtained by means of UV-irradiation and were selected for p-fluorophenyl-alanine resistance or altered colony morphology. It was revealed by means of specific chromogenic protease substrates that both trypsin-like and chymotrypsin-like protease secretion was elevated in most of the mutant strains. The profiles of isoenzymes were different between the mutants and the wild-type strain, when examined by gel filtration chromatography. Certain mutants proved to be better antagonists against plant pathogens in in vitro antagonism experiments. This study suggests the possibility of using mutants with improved constitutive extracellular protease secretion against plant pathogenic fungi.     

根癌农杆菌介导的哈茨木霉菌遗传转化的研究

利用根癌农杆菌EHA105进行了哈茨木霉Th-33的转化,在优化的转化条件下,EHA105对木霉菌的转化效率约45-100个转化子/106个孢子。本实验室利用该方法已建立了含4000多个转化子的木霉T-DNA插入突变体库。随机挑选24个转化子进行遗传稳定性分析,结果显示转化子经过5代无选择压力连续转接后都能在选择平板上正常生长;潮霉素抗性基因的PCR扩增和Southern blot杂交分析表明,木霉转化子含有该基因,Southern blot杂交进一步表明转化子多为单拷贝随机插入。该转化体系的改进将有利于木霉菌生防功能基因的克隆和作用机制的研究。     

Automated monitoring of cell concentration and viability using an image analysis system

In order to automate measurements of cell concentration and viability in a suspended animal cell culture, we have developed anin situ microscopic image analysis system with an effective cell recognition algorithm. With a small amount of sample, this system can measure the cell density rapidly and aseptically. In addition, it can measure a cell size histogram including cell debris small particle distribution. These small particles have been found to be related to the viability of the mouse-mouse hybridoma STK1 cell line. By using cell debris small particle density as an indicator of cell viability, the developed system provides non-destructive viability monitoring without trypan blue staining.     

Comparison of aerial and submerged spore properties for Trichoderma harzianum

Abstract Spores produced by aerial mycelium of Trichoderma harzianum PI, a potential biocontrol agent, showed both higher UV-resistance and longer viability after storage than those produced within liquid media ('submerged' spores). Aerial spores were produced in clusters, had a thick outer wall, and few organelles. Trehalose content was significantly lower than in submerged spores. Conversely, submerged spores were mostly collapsed, not clustered and larger than aerial spores. They had many cytoplasmic organelles and a thinner outer wall. These spores were hydrophilic, while aerial ones were highly hydrophobic. On analysis, the latter was related with the presence of a single major low molecular mass protein (< 14 kDa). This protein was nearly absent in extracts from walls of submerged spores but was found in the extracellular medium. An involvement of the outer wall layer in the resting state of T. harzianum spores is proposed.     

哈茨木霉发酵液中肽类物质对豇豆根瘤结构和功能的影响

通过树脂吸附、离子交换、薄层层析、高效液相色谱系统等分离、纯化方法,从哈茨木霉(Trichoderm aharzianum)T2-16菌株发酵液中分离得到一种对豆科作物生长具促进作用的物质,通过质谱等方法鉴定为肽类物质。为探明该活性物质对豆科作物的促生机制,用该活性物质对豇豆种子浸种处理后,进行盆栽实验,通过对盆栽实验中根瘤结构与固氮活性变化的研究,结果显示,该活性物质可增加根瘤侵染组织的面积和根瘤细胞中类菌体的数量,降低根瘤细胞液泡化程度,促进根瘤中公共细胞周膜较多形成,加快类菌体的发育成熟,提高根瘤豆血红蛋白的含量,从而提高根瘤的固氮活性。     

Application of image analysis in the fungal fermentation of Trichoderma reesei RUT-C30

Trichoderma reesei was grown in a stirred-tank bioreactor (STB) and a reciprocating plate bioreactor (RPB) at four different agitation speeds. A semiautomatic image analysis protocol that was developed to characterize the mycelium morphology during the fermentation process based on four morphological types (unbranched, branched, entangled, and clumped microorganisms) was applied to study the effect of agitation on the morphology of T. reesei. It was shown via statistical validation that broth samples used for image analysis represented the whole population of the fungi in the bioreactor. High shear was found to be damaging to T. reesei grown in the STB. The gentler shear produced in the RPB was not detrimental to the microorganism even at higher agitation speed. Better productivity was obtained for T. reesei grown in the STB and the highest productivity, 0.121 IU/mL h, was obtained at 400 rpm. The morphological parameter, the hyphal growth unit, was found to be correlated to the productivity. Understanding the effect of agitation on the morphology and productivity of T. reesei could lead to the design of better bioreactors and the selection of operating conditions of bioreactors to optimize the production of cellulase.     

Cloning and heterologous expression of SS10, a subtilisin-like protease displaying antifungal activity from Trichoderma harzianum

Trichoderma harzianum parasitizes a large variety of phytopathogenic fungi. Trichoderma harzianum mycoparasitic activity depends on the secretion of complex mixtures of hydrolytic enzymes able to degrade the host cell wall. A gene ( SS10 ) encoding a subtilisin-like protease was cloned from T. harzianum T88, a biocontrol agent effective against soil-borne fungal pathogens. The full-length cDNA was isolated by 5' and 3' rapid amplification of the cDNA ends. The coding region of the gene is 1302 bp long, encoding 433 amino acids of a predicted protein with a molecular mass of 45 kDa and a pI of 6.1. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed that this protein had homology to the serine proteases of the subtilisin-like superfamily (subtilases) (EC 3.4.21.) and had a predicted active site made up of the catalytic residues Asp 187, His 218 and Ser 376. Northern experiments demonstrated that SS10 was induced in response to different fungal cell walls. Subtilisin-like protease gene SS10 was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under control of the GAL1 promoter. The enzyme activity culminates (17.8 U mL⁻¹) 60 h after induction with galactose. The optimal enzyme reaction temperature was 50 °C and the optimal pH was 8. The subtilisin-like protease exerted broad-spectrum antifungal activity against Alternaria alternata, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Cytospora chrysosperma .     

Seed biopriming with novel strain of Trichoderma harzianum for the control of toxigenic Fusarium verticillioides and fumonisins in maize

Fusarium verticillioides is one of the most important fungal pathogens in maize causing both pre- and post-harvest losses and also capable of producing Fumonisins. In the present study attempts have been made for screening potential T. harzianum from native rhizosphere and to study its effect on Fusarium ear rot disease, fumonisin accumulation in different maize cultivars grown in India. Eight isolates of T. harzianum were isolated and T. harzianum isolate Th-8 exhibited better antifungal activity than carbendizim. Th-8 was formulated in different solid substrates like wheat bran, paddy husk, talcum powder and cornstarch. Maize seeds of kanchan (moderately resistant), pioneer (resistant) and sweet corn (susceptible) were selected for laboratory and field studies and these seeds were treated with a conidial suspension of T. harzianum at the rate of 1 × 10⁸ spore/ml and formulation at the rate of 10 g/kg. Treated seeds were subjected to evaluate F. verticillioides incidence, seed germination, seedling vigour and field emergence, yield, thousand seed weight and fumonisin production. It was found that the pure culture of T. harzianum was more effective in reducing the F. verticillioides and fumonisin incidence followed by Talc formulation than the carbendizim treated and untreated control. Formulations of T. harzianum were effective at reducing the F. verticillioides and Fumonisin infection and also increasing the seed germination, vigour index, field emergence, yield, and thousand seed weight in comparison with the control.     

Characterization of the cellulolytic secretome of Trichoderma harzianum during growth on sugarcane bagasse and analysis of the activity boosting effects of swollenin

This study demonstrates the production of an active enzyme cocktail produced by growing Trichoderma harzianum on sugarcane bagasse. The component enzymes were identified by LCMS‐MS. Glycosyl hydrolases were the most abundant class of proteins, representing 67% of total secreted protein. Other carbohydrate active enzymes involved in cell wall deconstruction included lytic polysaccharide mono‐oxygenases (AA9), carbohydrate‐binding modules, carbohydrate esterases and swollenin, all present at levels of 1%. In total, proteases and lipases represented 5 and 1% of the total secretome, respectively, with the rest of the secretome being made up of proteins of unknown or putative function. This enzyme cocktail was efficient in catalysing the hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse cellulolignin to fermentable sugars for potential use in ethanol production. Apart from mapping the secretome of T. harzianum, which is a very important tool to understand the catalytic performance of enzyme cocktails, the gene coding for T. harzianum swollenin was expressed in Aspergillus niger. This novel aspect in this work, allowed increasing the swollenin concentration by 95 fold. This is the first report about the heterologous expression of swollenin from T. harzianum, and the findings are of interest in enriching enzyme cocktail with this important accessory protein which takes part in the cellulose amorphogenesis. Despite lacking detectable glycoside activity, the addition of swollenin of T. harzianum increased by two‐fold the hydrolysis efficiency of a commercial cellulase cocktail. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 32:327–336, 2016     

Addition of substrate-binding domains increases substrate-binding capacity and specific activity of a chitinase from Trichoderma harzianum

Chitinase Chit42 from Trichoderma harzianum CECT 2413 is considered to play an important role in the biocontrol activity of this fungus against plant pathogens. Chit42 lacks a chitin-binding domain (ChBD). We have produced hybrid chitinases with stronger chitin-binding capacity by fusing to Chit42 a ChBD from Nicotiana tabacum ChiA chitinase and the cellulose-binding domain from cellobiohydrolase II of Trichoderma reesei. The chimeric chitinases had similar activities towards soluble substrate but higher hydrolytic activity than the native chitinase on high molecular mass insoluble substrates such as ground chitin or chitin-rich fungal cell walls.     

Biocontrol effect of Trichoderma harzianum T4 on brassica clubroot and analysis of rhizosphere microbial communities based on T-RFLP

Clubroot is a serious threat to cruciferous crops in Shanghai, China, and Trichoderma harzianum T4 (T4) has shown good efficiency for its control. In this study, T4 was applied alone or in combination with the fungicide cyazofamid or Bacillus subtilis XF-1, respectively, in a pot experiment to determine its efficiency of controlling clubroot. The control efficiency of T4 (79.3%) was significantly higher than that of XF-1 (63.1%, p?p?>?.05). Furthermore, T4 could promote the growth of the Chinese cabbage Brassica, particularly with respect to its fresh weight. These results indicated that T4 could be used as a green biofungicide not only to control the incidence of clubroot but also to increase the production of vegetables. The structure of microbial communities changed substantially when T4 was applied to the soil, as revealed by a non-metric multidimensional scaling test. T4 could not only reduce the average abundance of Bacillus sp. and Acidiphilium sp. (terminal restriction fragment 231 (TRF231), the most dominant fragment) but could also increase the average abundance of Streptococcus sp. (TRF307, the second most dominant fragment). Therefore, the high control efficiency of T4 against clubroot results not only from its ability to directly inhibit spore germination of Plasmodiophora brassicae but also from its ability to regulate the microbial communities in the rhizosphere soil of B. chinensis, which could then inhibit the growth of P. brassicae in soil indirectly.