养猪微生物发酵床芽胞杆菌空间分布多样性

了解微生物发酵床大栏养猪垫料中的芽胞杆菌多样性和空间分布规律,为微生物发酵床管理、芽胞杆菌新资源挖掘及菌剂开发奠定基础。将发酵床划分为32个方格(4行×8列),采用五点取样法获得每个方格的样品。采用可培养法从32份样品中分离芽胞杆菌菌株,利用16S rRNA基因序列初步鉴定所分离获得的芽胞杆菌种类。利用聚集度指标和回归分析法,分析芽胞杆菌的样方空间分布型。通过Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、Simpson优势度指数、Hill指数及丰富度指数分析,揭示微生物发酵床中芽胞杆菌的空间分布多样性。从32份样品中共获得芽胞杆菌452株,16S rRNA基因鉴定结果表明它们分别隶属于芽胞杆菌纲的2个科、8个属、48个种。其中,种类最多的为芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus),30种;赖氨酸芽胞杆菌属(Lysinibacillus),6种;类芽胞杆菌属(Paenibacillus),5种;短芽胞杆菌属(Brevibacillus),3种;鸟氨酸芽胞杆菌属(Ornithinibacillus)、大洋芽胞杆菌属(Oceanibacillus)、少盐芽胞杆菌属(Paucisalibacillus)和纤细芽胞杆菌属(Gracilibacillus)各1个种。芽胞杆菌种类在发酵床空间分布差异很大,根据其空间出现频次,可分为广分布种类,如地衣芽胞杆菌(Bacillus licheniformis);寡分布种类,如根际芽胞杆菌(B.rhizosphaerae);少分布种类,如弯曲芽胞杆菌(B.flexus)。依据其数量,可分为高含量组优势种群,如地衣芽胞杆菌(B.licheniformis);中含量组常见种群,耐盐赖氨酸芽胞杆菌(Lysinibacillus halotolerans);寡含量组寡见种群,如根际芽胞杆菌(B.rhizosphaerae);低含量组偶见种群,如土地芽胞杆菌(B.humi)。空间分布型聚集度和回归分析测定表明,芽胞杆菌在微生物发酵床的分布类型为聚集分布。微生物发酵床垫料中芽胞杆菌种类总含量高达4.41×108个/g,其种类含量范围为0.01—94.1×106个/g(均值为8.96×106个/g),丰富度指数(D)、优势度指数(λ)、Shannon-Wiener指数(H')和均匀度指数(J')分别为0.4928、0.2634、1.3589和0.9803,其中香农指数最大的单个芽胞杆菌种类为地衣芽胞杆菌(B.licheniformis)。根据芽胞杆菌种类多样性指数聚类分析,当欧式距离λ=17时,可分为高丰富度高含量和低丰富度低含量类型。微生物发酵床的芽胞杆菌种类丰富、数量高,是一个天然的菌剂"发酵罐",有望直接作为微生物菌剂,应用于土壤改良、作物病害防控、污染治理等领域。     

油茶内生拮抗细菌Y13的定殖能力及其对土著细菌的影响

采用抗利福平标记法,定期取样、平板稀释法回收等方法,检测拮抗菌株Y13在油茶叶片内的定殖能力;以平板培养及16S rDNA法分析菌株Y13对油茶叶片内土著细菌种群的影响,为油茶炭疽病的生态治理提供理论依据。结果表明,菌株Y13在油茶健株和病株叶内均能稳定定殖,接种30 d时仍分别能检测到6.60×103CFU/g和3.56×103 CFU/g的标记菌株;油茶叶片内可培养内生细菌主要属于5个属的7个已知种,分别为芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、赖氨酸芽孢杆菌属(Lysinibacillus)、克雷伯菌属(Klebsiella)、鞘氨醇菌属(Sphingomonas)和假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas),以芽孢杆菌属和赖氨酸芽孢杆菌属为优势属。菌株Y13对不同处理油茶叶片内的群落结构和数量有明显的影响,能促进土著细菌群体的多样性,同时能够显著提高油茶叶片内的枯草芽孢杆菌数量,有利于抑制油茶炭疽病病原菌的增长。     

新疆伊犁马铃薯根际芽胞杆菌纯培养多样性

了解马铃薯根际土壤中芽胞杆菌种类多样性,可为挖掘芽胞杆菌新资源提供基础。从新疆伊犁州9个地点采集了30份马铃薯根际土壤样品,采用可培养法从中分离芽胞杆菌,通过16S rRNA基因同源性鉴定了分离菌株的分类地位。共获得芽胞杆菌349株,基于菌落形态特征和16S rRNA基因序列确定了66个代表菌株,其中14株与近缘种模式菌株的16S rRNA基因序列相似性介于93.0–98.5%之间,为潜在芽胞杆菌新种。349株芽胞杆菌属于9属66种,分别为芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)的41个种(41/66,62.1%),为最优势属;类芽胞杆菌属(Paenibacillus)有9种(9/66,13.6%),赖氨酸芽胞杆菌属(Lysinibacillus)共6种(6/66,9.1%),嗜冷芽胞杆菌属(Pscychrobacillus)共4种(4/66,6.1%),虚构芽胞杆菌属(Fictibacillus)有2种(2/66,3.0%),短芽胞杆菌属(Brevibacillus)、大洋芽胞杆菌属(Oceanobacillus)、鲁梅尔芽胞杆菌属(Rummelibacillus)和解硫胺素芽胞杆菌属(Aneurinibacillus)皆为1种。新疆9个地点马铃薯根际土壤中芽胞杆菌含量为2.20–8.86×104 cfu/g,其中特克斯蒙古乡马铃薯根际土壤中芽胞杆菌的菌落含量和种类最多,分别为8.86×104 cfu/g和37种;尼勒克县马场马铃薯根际土壤中的芽胞杆菌含量最少,特克斯去昭苏路上和阜康西沟村的芽胞杆菌种类最少,仅9种。但每个地点的优势种均相同,均为简单芽胞杆菌(Bacillus simplex)和阿氏芽胞杆菌(B.aryabhattai)。芽胞杆菌种类可划分为高频度分布型(简单芽胞杆菌等4种)、中频度分布型(植物内生芽胞杆菌等12种)和低频度分布型(其余51种芽胞杆菌,如蕈状芽胞杆菌)。新疆9个地点芽胞杆菌种类分布可分为高含量高丰度型(特克斯蒙古乡和农技推广园)和低含量低丰度型(如尼勒克县马场等地)。相关性分析发现,马铃薯根际芽胞杆菌种类分布与海拔高度无显著相关性。新疆马铃薯根际土壤蕴含种类丰富的芽胞杆菌资源,可为芽胞杆菌功能菌株开发提供丰富的菌种来源。     

基于可培养法分析亚热带植物内生与根际芽胞杆菌种类分布异质性

【背景】芽胞杆菌是农业上重要的微生物菌剂,对植物具有促生、防病、防虫等作用。【目的】了解亚热带植物内生和根际芽胞杆菌的种群分布,为其功能挖掘提供科学依据。【方法】采用可培养手段对甘蔗(Saccharum officinarum)、红麻(Hibiscus cannabinus L.)、黄麻(Corchorus capsularis L.)、黄秋葵(Abelmoschus esculentus)和玫瑰茄(Hibiscus sabdariffa)根际土壤和根内生芽胞杆菌进行分离,利用16S rRNA基因测序对分离菌株进行分类鉴定,并分析系统发育地位。【结果】共获得了可培养芽胞杆菌菌株144株,其中根内生芽胞杆菌82株,根际土壤62株。经16S rRNA基因测序鉴定为芽胞杆菌4个属37个种,分别为芽胞杆菌属、短芽胞杆菌属、类芽胞杆菌属和赖氨酸芽胞杆菌属。芽胞杆菌菌落数量和种类在根部及其根际土壤中差异较大,根际土壤中芽胞杆菌菌落数量远远大于根部,根际土壤中芽胞杆菌菌落含量范围为(0.2-370.0)×10~5CFU/g,而根部为(0.1-81.0)×10~3 CFU/g。根部分离获得的芽胞杆菌种类远大于根际土壤中,从作物根际土壤中共获得了芽胞杆菌19个种,从根部获得内生芽胞杆菌共32个种。阿氏芽胞杆菌(Bacillus aryabhattai)、仙草芽胞杆菌(Bacillus mesonae)和假蕈状芽胞杆菌(Bacillus pseudomycoides)同时存在于4种作物的根际土壤和根部,其他芽胞杆菌种类仅存在于1种作物的根际或者根部。【结论】亚热带作物根际土壤和根部芽胞杆菌种类和数量极为丰富,而且还存在可分离培养的芽胞杆菌潜在新物种,这为了解植物与根际微生物相互作用、根际环境生态平衡提供了理论基础和科学依据。     

农林生态区土壤中的可培养芽胞杆菌资源调查——以四川省和重庆市部分地区为例

调查了四川和重庆农林生态区土壤中的芽胞杆菌资源种群分布,为芽胞杆菌功能资源挖掘和菌剂开发提供基础。采用可培养法从农林生态区土壤中分离获得芽胞杆菌,利用细菌16S rRNA基因初步确定其分类地位,并通过多样性指数分析芽胞杆菌种群结构。结果表明,共分离获得芽胞杆菌95株,经16S rRNA基因鉴定,7个属38个种,其中芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)22个种、赖氨酸芽胞杆菌属(Lysinbacillus)4个种、类芽胞杆菌属(Paenibacillus)7个种、短芽胞杆菌属(Brevibacillus)2个种、嗜冷芽胞杆菌属(Psychrobacillus)1个种、鲁梅尔芽胞杆菌属(Rummeliibacillus)1个种和虚构芽胞杆菌属(Fictibacillus)1个种。其中,6株芽胞杆菌与其最相近模式菌株的16S rRNA相似性低于98.65%,为潜在新种。农林生态区土壤芽胞杆菌多样性指数香农指数大小依次为乐山林地盐亭县农地重庆林地盐亭县林地。以芽胞杆菌种类为样本,含量为指标,当欧式距离λ=15时,芽胞杆菌种类可分为高含量分布广型和低含量分布不均匀型。综上所述,农林生态区土壤蕴藏着较丰富的芽胞杆菌种类,为芽胞杆菌资源开发和利用提供了资源保障。     

青海可可西里嗜碱芽胞杆菌资源调查

【目的】了解可可西里嗜碱芽胞杆菌资源多样性及产酶多样性,为芽胞杆菌功能资源挖掘和菌剂开发提供基础。【方法】采用Horikoshi I培养基,通过可培养法分离青海可可西里土壤中的嗜碱芽胞杆菌,利用16S r RNA基因序列初步鉴定分离获得的芽胞杆菌。采用透明圈法分析分离菌株的产蛋白酶、纤维素酶及木聚糖酶活性。【结果】从青海可可西里土壤中共分离获得66株嗜碱芽胞杆菌,根据16S r RNA基因序列相似性分析,发现它们隶属于6个属22个种,分别为芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)、纤细芽胞杆菌属(Gracilibacillus)、喜盐芽胞杆菌属(Halobacillus)、咸海鲜芽胞杆菌属(Jeotgalibacillus)、类芽胞杆菌属(Paenibacillus)和嗜冷芽胞杆菌属(Psychrobacillus),其中以芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)为优势属。2株嗜碱芽胞杆菌与它们最近匹配模式菌株的16S r RNA基因序列相似性为97.00%和98.65%,为潜在新种。三种酶活检测结果表明产酶菌株约占总分离菌株的95.00%,其中55株具有产蛋白酶活性,27株具有产纤维素酶活性,8株能够产木聚糖酶。【结论】青海可可西里蕴藏着较丰富的嗜碱芽胞杆菌资源及丰富的产酶资源,为后续嗜碱芽胞杆菌的挖掘提供理论基础。     

基于可培养方法分析云南腾冲小空山火山谷芽胞杆菌分布特征

【目的】为了解云南腾冲小空山火山谷土壤中可培养芽胞杆菌种类分布特征。【方法】采用可培养手段对小空山火山谷阳坡、谷底和阴坡土壤中的芽胞杆菌进行分离培养,根据16S rRNA基因序列同源性对分离菌株进行鉴定,并分析系统发育地位。利用Canoco5软件分析采样点芽胞杆菌种类分布特征与土壤样品理化性质的相关性。【结果】从火山谷土壤样品中共分离获得180株芽胞杆菌,16S rRNA基因测序鉴定结果表明分离菌株隶属于芽胞杆菌纲2个科(芽胞杆菌科和类芽胞杆菌科)、6个属、34个种,其中芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus) 11个种,类芽胞杆菌属(Paenibacillus) 14个种,短芽胞杆菌属(Brevibacillus)3个种,赖氨酸芽胞杆菌属(Lysinibacillus)4个种,嗜冷芽胞杆菌属(Psychrobacillus)1个种和绿芽胞杆菌属(Viridibacillus)2个种,其中7个菌株与其最近模式菌株16SrRNA相似性低于种的界定阈值(98.65%),为芽胞杆菌潜在新物种。优势属为芽胞杆菌属和类芽胞杆菌属,优势种为蕈状芽胞杆菌(Bacillusmycoides),图瓦永芽胞杆菌(Bacillustoyonensis),蜡状芽胞杆菌(Bacilluscereus),解木糖赖氨酸芽胞杆菌(Lysinibacillusxylanilyticus),蜂房类芽胞杆菌(Paenibacillusalvei)和沙地绿芽胞杆菌(Viridibacillus arenosi)。其中16个种分离自阳坡,29个种分离自阴坡,9个种分离自谷底,三者共同种类为6种。阳坡、谷底和阴坡的芽胞杆菌种群分布Bray-Curtis相似性为62.4%,多样性分析结果表明,Shannon指数(H′)大小次序为阴坡阳坡谷底。环境因子分析发现,芽胞杆菌种群分布多样性特征与其土壤的海拔高度、碳氮比和硫含量呈负相关,而和碳源和氮源含量呈正相关。【结论】从以上结果得出,云南腾冲火山谷有着较为丰富的芽胞杆菌资源,且还存在可分离培养的芽胞杆菌的潜在新物种,为利用火山微生物资源提供了保障。     

台湾地区芽胞杆菌物种多样性

了解芽胞杆菌资源多样性, 可为芽胞杆菌功能资源挖掘和菌剂开发提供基础。从台湾地区8个市(县)采集土壤样本, 从20份土壤样品中分离获得了136株芽胞杆菌, 采用16S rRNA基因同源性将其鉴定为芽胞杆菌科的2个属、20个种。分别属于芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)的16个种和赖氨酸芽胞杆菌属(Lysinibacillus)的4个种。根据分离频度分析得知, 台湾地区土壤中的芽胞杆菌优势菌群为阿氏芽胞杆菌(Bacillus aryabhattai)、苏云金芽胞杆菌(B. thuringiensis)和蜡样芽胞杆菌(B. cereus), 其他种类分布极其不均匀。芽胞杆菌Shannon多样性指数为1.2925-2.5850, 最高的为台中市和嘉义市(2.5850), 最低的为桃园县(1.2925)。根据分离频度对芽胞杆菌种类的聚类分析显示, 当欧式距离λ = 20时, 芽胞杆菌种类可分为高频度分布类型如阿氏芽胞杆菌(B. aryabhattai), 低频度分布类型如简单芽胞杆菌(B. simplex)。依据分离频度对8个采样点间的聚类分析未发现采样点间的芽胞杆菌种类分布的相关性。本研究认为台湾地区土壤中蕴藏着丰富芽胞杆菌种类多样性高, 具有很大的开发潜力。     

枯草芽孢杆菌ZH-8对黄瓜霜霉病防治效果的研究

枯草芽孢杆菌ZH-8分离于黄瓜根际,将该菌株发酵后,添加助剂制成液体菌剂。该液体菌剂在温室试验和田间试验中表现出较好的防治效果,对黄瓜霜霉病的防效分别达75．61％和69．12％。该菌剂可以有效抑制黄瓜霜霉病菌孢子囊的萌发,并且能够在黄瓜叶片上形成一层保护膜,阻止病原菌孢子的侵入。同时对其抗利福平标记菌株进行了在黄瓜叶片上定殖的研究,研究表明,该生防菌株在黄瓜叶片上具有较强的定殖能力,定殖时间达21d。     

养猪微生物发酵床芽胞杆菌空间生态位特性

研究养猪微生物发酵床芽胞杆菌空间生态位特性,理解养殖粪污形成的环境生态位与芽胞杆菌种类的相互关系,为阐明微生物发酵床猪粪降解、臭味消除、猪病防控机理和资源化利用等提供科学数据。采用随机采样法获得微生物发酵床的上层垫料(0—20 cm)和下层垫料(40—60 cm)样本共14个。利用营养条件检测和宏基因组测序的方法,分析垫料样本的营养特性(有机质、全氮、腐殖酸、粗纤维)和生长条件(水分、pH),鉴定芽胞杆菌种类和测定相对丰度(reads);利用聚类分析、相关性分析、空间分布型分析、生态位宽度和重叠,揭示芽胞杆菌空间生态位特性及其因子间相互关系。研究结果表明,从空间生态位样本中共鉴定出芽胞杆菌目8个科中的6个科24个属种类(其中2个属具有芽胞杆菌种名形式,不属于芽胞杆菌),发现微生物发酵床垫料空间生态位中Ammoniibacillus(氨芽胞杆菌属,类芽胞杆菌科)、Desulfuribacillus(脱硫芽胞杆菌属,芽胞杆菌待建立新科)、Tuberibacillus(肿块芽胞杆菌属,芽胞乳杆菌科),国内未见报道,为中国新记录属。在被测生态位中相对含量(reads)最高的前3个属为芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)(reads=8020)、乳杆菌属(Lactobacillus)(reads=4565)、肿块芽胞杆菌属(Tuberibacillus)(reads=1418);发酵床上层垫料生态位芽胞杆菌属总量与下层相比无显著差异(P0.05),但属种类和数量结构、亚群落分化差异显著,上层生态位前5位高含量芽胞杆菌优势属(数量平均值)分别为Bacillus(532.86)、Lactobacillus(480.43)、Geobacillus(88.86)、Gracilibacillus(70.00)、Paenibacillus(40.86),而下层为Bacillus(612.86)、Tuberibacillus(188.57)、Lactobacillus(171.71)、Paucisalibacillus(60.00)、Ureibacillus(46.71)。分析表明5个生态位最宽的芽胞杆菌分别为:Bacillus(10.5159)、Ornithinibacillus(8.6094)、Paenibacillus(7.8463)、Oceanobacillus(6.9927)、Rummeliibacillus(5.7417),对发酵床环境条件适应范围较宽、对营养条件要求较低的芽胞杆菌,空间生态位宽度较宽,可利用的资源数较多,反之亦然;分析表明芽胞杆菌各属之间空间生态位重叠Pianka测度范围为0.00—0.99,有些属之间生态位重叠很高,如Gracilibacillus和Ammoniibacillus,有些几乎不重叠,如Desulfuribacillus和Aneurinibacillus;芽胞杆菌空间生态位宽度与生态位重叠存在着相互关系,生态位较宽的属,如芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus),与其他属之间的空间生态位重叠集中在0.20—0.80之间,空间生态位较窄的属,如Geobacillus,与其他属之间的空间生态位重叠主要分布在0.20或0.80。     

Role of Leaf Surface Sugars in Colonization of Plants by Bacterial Epiphytes

The relationship between nutrients leached onto the leaf surface and the colonization of plants by bacteria was studied by measuring both the abundance of simple sugars and the growth of Pseudomonas fluorescens on individual bean leaves. Data obtained in this study indicate that the population size of epiphytic bacteria on plants under environmentally favorable conditions is limited by the abundance of carbon sources on the leaf surface. Sugars were depleted during the course of bacterial colonization of the leaf surface. However, about 20% of readily utilizable sugar, such as glucose, present initially remained on fully colonized leaves. The amounts of sugars on a population of apparently identical individual bean leaves before and after microbial colonization exhibited a similar right-hand-skewed distribution and varied by about 25-fold from leaf to leaf. Total bacterial population sizes on inoculated leaves under conditions favorable for bacterial growth also varied by about 29-fold and exhibited a right-hand-skewed distribution. The amounts of sugars on leaves of different plant species were directly correlated with the maximum bacterial population sizes that could be attained on those species. The capacity of bacteria to deplete leaf surface sugars varied greatly among plant species. Plants capable of supporting high bacterial population sizes were proportionally more depleted of leaf surface nutrients than plants with low epiphytic populations. Even in species with a high epiphytic bacterial population, a substantial amount of sugar remained after bacterial colonization. It is hypothesized that residual sugars on colonized leaves may not be physically accessible to the bacteria due to limitations in wettability and/or diffusion of nutrients across the leaf surface.     

B. thuringiensis is a Poor Colonist of Leaf Surfaces

The ability of several Bacillus thuringiensis strains to colonize plant surfaces was assessed and compared with that of more common epiphytic bacteria. While all B. thuringiensis strains multiplied to some extent after inoculation on bean plants, their maximum epiphytic population sizes of 10⁶ cfu/g of leaf were always much less than that achieved by other resident epiphytic bacteria or an epiphytically fit Pseudomonas fluorescens strain, which attained population sizes of about 10⁷ cfu/g of leaf. However B. thuringiensis strains exhibited much less decline in culturable populations upon imposition of desiccation stress than did other resident bacteria or an inoculated P. fluorescens strain, and most cells were in a spore form soon after inoculation onto plants. B. thuringiensis strains produced commercially for insect control were not less epiphytically fit than strains recently isolated from leaf surfaces. The growth of B. thuringiensis was not affected by the presence of Pseudomonas syringae when co-inoculated, and vice versa. B. thuringiensis strains harboring a green fluorescent protein marker gene did not form large cell aggregates, were not associated with other epiphytic bacteria, and were not found associated with leaf structures, such as stomata, trichomes, or veins when directly observed on bean leaves by epifluorescent microscopy. Thus, B. thuringiensis appears unable to grow extensively on leaves and its common isolation from plants may reflect immigration from more abundant reservoirs elsewhere.     

微生物发酵青蒿叶和叶渣的研究

为扩大青蒿原料的应用途径,延伸青蒿产业链,对青蒿叶和叶渣进行发酵研究.拟开发可用于动物保健的青蒿来源的产品.采用微生物发酵青蒿及青蒿叶渣,检测枯草芽孢杆菌、酿酒酵母菌、植物乳杆菌等菌株发酵青蒿叶和叶渣后其粗蛋白、粗脂肪、粗纤维素以及青蒿素、青蒿乙素、双氢青蒿酸、青蒿酸含量变化.青蒿叶发酵产物及功效成分含量与对照组比较,...     

Role of leaf surface sugars in colonization of plants by bacterial epiphytes

The relationship between nutrients leached onto the leaf surface and the colonization of plants by bacteria was studied by measuring both the abundance of simple sugars and the growth of Pseudomonas fluorescens on individual bean leaves. Data obtained in this study indicate that the population size of epiphytic bacteria on plants under environmentally favorable conditions is limited by the abundance of carbon sources on the leaf surface. Sugars were depleted during the course of bacterial colonization of the leaf surface. However, about 20% of readily utilizable sugar, such as glucose, present initially remained on fully colonized leaves. The amounts of sugars on a population of apparently identical individual bean leaves before and after microbial colonization exhibited a similar right-hand-skewed distribution and varied by about 25-fold from leaf to leaf. Total bacterial population sizes on inoculated leaves under conditions favorable for bacterial growth also varied by about 29-fold and exhibited a right-hand-skewed distribution. The amounts of sugars on leaves of different plant species were directly correlated with the maximum bacterial population sizes that could be attained on those species. The capacity of bacteria to deplete leaf surface sugars varied greatly among plant species. Plants capable of supporting high bacterial population sizes were proportionally more depleted of leaf surface nutrients than plants with low epiphytic populations. Even in species with a high epiphytic bacterial population, a substantial amount of sugar remained after bacterial colonization. It is hypothesized that residual sugars on colonized leaves may not be physically accessible to the bacteria due to limitations in wettability and/or diffusion of nutrients across the leaf surface.     

辣椒内生细菌BS-1和BS-2在植物体内的定殖及鉴定

以抗利福平为标记,用浸种、涂叶和灌根方法接种,测定菌株在植物体内的定殖。结果表明,来自辣椒体内的BS_2和BS_1菌株不仅可在辣椒体内定殖,也可在番茄、茄子、黄瓜、甜瓜、西瓜、丝瓜、小白菜等植物体内定殖,BS_2菌株还可在水稻、小麦及豇豆等植物体内定殖,BS_2菌株的内生定殖宿主范围比BS_1菌株的广;另外BS_2菌株可在辣椒和白菜体内较长期定殖。用常规方法、Biolog及16S rRNA序列比较,两菌株鉴定为枯草芽杆菌内生亚种（Bacillus subtilis subsp. endophyticus）。     

Location and Survival of Leaf-Associated Bacteria in Relation to Pathogenicity and Potential for Growth within the Leaf

The growth and survival of pathogenic and nonpathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains and of the nonpathogenic species Pantoea agglomerans, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Methylobacterium organophilum were compared in the phyllosphere of bean. In general, the plant pathogens survived better than the nonpathogens on leaves under environmental stress. The sizes of the total leaf-associated populations of the pathogenic P. syringae strains were greater than the sizes of the total leaf-associated populations of the nonpathogens under dry conditions but not under moist conditions. In these studies the surface sterilants hydrogen peroxide and UV irradiation were used to differentiate cells that were fully exposed on the surface from nonexposed cells that were in “protected sites” that were inaccessible to these agents. In general, the population sizes in protected sites increased with time after inoculation of plants. The proportion of bacteria on leaves that were in protected sites was generally greater for pathogens than for nonpathogens and was greater under dry conditions than under moist conditions. When organisms were vacuum infiltrated into leaves, the sizes of the nonexposed “internal” populations were greater for pathogenic P. syringae strains than for nonpathogenic P. syringae strains. The sizes of the populations of the nonpathogenic species failed to increase or even decreased. The sizes of nonexposed populations following spray inoculation were correlated with the sizes of nonexposed, internal populations which developed after vacuum infiltration and incubation. While the sizes of the populations of the pathogenic P. syringae strains increased on leaves under dry conditions, the sizes of the populations of the nonpathogenic strains of P. syringae, P. agglomerans, and S. maltophilia decreased when the organisms were applied to plants. The sizes of the populations on dry leaves were also correlated with the sizes of the nonexposed populations that developed following vacuum infiltration. Although pathogenicity was not required for growth in the phyllosphere under high-relative-humidity conditions, pathogenicity apparently was involved in the ability to access and/or multiply in certain protected sites in the phyllosphere and in growth on dry leaves.     

Effect of Surface-Active Pseudomonas spp. on Leaf Wettability

Different strains of Pseudomonas putida and P. fluorescens isolated from the rhizosphere and phyllosphere were tested for surface activity in droplet cultures on polystyrene. Droplets of 6 of the 12 wild types tested spread over the surface during incubation, and these strains were considered surface active; strains not showing this reaction were considered non-surface active. Similar reactions were observed on pieces of wheat leaves. Supernatants from centrifuged broth cultures behaved like droplets of suspensions in broth; exposure to 100°C destroyed the activity. Average contact angles of the supernatants of surface-active and non-surface-active strains on polystyrene were 24° and 72°, respectively. The minimal surface tension of supernatants of the surface-active strains was about 46 mN/m, whereas that of the non-surface-active strains was 64 mN/m (estimations from Zisman plots). After 6 days of incubation, wheat flag leaves sprayed with a dilute suspension of a surface-active strain of P. putida (WCS 358RR) showed a significant increase in leaf wettability, which was determined by contact angle measurements. Increasing the initial concentration of bacteria and the amount of nutrients in the inoculum sprayed on leaves reduced the contact angles from 138° on leaves treated with antibiotics (control) to 43° on leaves treated with surface-active bacteria. A closely related strain with no surface activity on polystyrene did not affect leaf wettability, although it was present in densities similar to those of the surface-active strain. Nutrients alone could occasionally also increase leaf wettability, apparently by stimulating naturally occurring surface-active bacteria. When estimating densities of Pseudomonas spp. underneath droplets with low contact angles, it appeared that populations on leaves treated with a surface-active strain could vary from about 10⁴ to 10⁶ CFU cm⁻², suggesting that the surface effect may be prolonged after a decline of the population. The possible ecological implications are discussed.     

DNA polymorphisms and biocontrol of bacillus antagonistic to citrus bacterial canker with indication of the interference of phyllosphere biofilms

Citrus bacterial canker caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri is a devastating disease resulting in significant crop losses in various citrus cultivars worldwide. A biocontrol agent has not been recommended for this disease. To explore the potential of bacilli native to Taiwan to control this disease, Bacillus species with a broad spectrum of antagonistic activity against various phytopathogens were isolated from plant potting mixes, organic compost and the rhizosphere soil. Seven strains TKS1-1, OF3-16, SP4-17, HSP1, WG6-14, TLB7-7, and WP8-12 showing superior antagonistic activity were chosen for biopesticide development. The genetic identity based on 16S rDNA sequences indicated that all seven native strains were close relatives of the B. subtilis group and appeared to be discrete from the B. cereus group. DNA polymorphisms in strains WG6-14, SP4-17, TKS1-1, and WP8-12, as revealed by repetitive sequence-based PCR with the BOXA1R primers were similar to each other, but different from those of the respective Bacillus type strains. However, molecular typing of the strains using either tDNA-intergenic spacer regions or 16S-23S intergenic transcribed spacer regions was unable to differentiate the strains at the species level. Strains TKS1-1 and WG6-14 attenuated symptom development of citrus bacterial canker, which was found to be correlated with a reduction in colonization and biofilm formation by X. axonopodis pv. citri on leaf surfaces. The application of a Bacillus strain TKS1-1 endospore formulation to the leaf surfaces of citrus reduced the incidence of citrus bacterial canker and could prevent development of the disease.     

Sequence analysis and in vitro maturation of five precursor 5S RNAs from Bacillus Q.

Bacillus Q, which is closely related to B. subtilis, contains at least six different precursors of 5S rRNA. The complete nucleotide sequences of four of these precursors, as well as the major part of the sequence of a fifth one, have been determined. They all contain the same 5'-terminal non-conserved segment which is to a large degree homologous with the corresponding segment of the B. subtilis p5S RNAs (Sogin, M.L., Pace, N.R., Rosenberg, M., Weissman, S.M. (1976) J. Biol. Chem. 251, 3480-3488). On the other hand the 3'-terminal non-conserved sequences of the various Bacillus Q precursors show considerable differences both in length and in nucleotide sequence, while there is also little or no homology with the 3'-terminal non-conserved sequence of the B. subtilis precursors. Bacillus Q p5S RNAs do not possess tetranucleotide repeats around the sites which are cleaved during maturation, as does B. subtilis p5S RNA. Like in B. subtilis, however, the cleavage sites are contained within a double-helical region of the precursor molecules. Crude RNAse M5 isolated from various Bacillus strains can maturate the Bacillus Q p5S RNAs with high efficiency. Despite considerable differences in primary structure between the precursors from the various strains, each RNAs M5 preparation can maturate all these precursors with about the same efficiency.     

栓皮栎叶片解剖结构种群变异及其对环境因子的适应

【目的】厘清天然广布树种栓皮栎叶片解剖结构的种群变异及其与环境因子的关系。【方法】以中国28个天然分布栓皮栎种群叶片为研究对象,用常规石蜡切片结合光学显微技术对栓皮栎叶片解剖性状进行研究,用巢式方差分析、Pearson相关性分析等方法对栓皮栎叶片解剖结构的种群变异与环境因子关系进行分析。【结果】(1)栓皮栎叶片解剖性状在28个种群间存在显著差异,平均变异系数为7.84%～15.16%,且同一叶片解剖性状在不同种群间的变异范围不同;(2)9个解剖性状在种群内及种群间均存在极显著差异,平均表型分化系数为37.44%,解剖性状变异主要来自种群内;(3)叶片厚度、上表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度与纬度呈显著正相关关系,年均气温及年降水量对上表皮厚度和栅栏组织厚度有显著影响。【结论】栓皮栎具有丰富的遗传多样性,为适应低温与干旱,栓皮栎叶片整体呈增厚趋势。研究结果为了解栓皮栎环境适应策略提供理论依据。