细菌感受态细胞摄取和分泌DNA的相关性研究I.含有质粒的枯草芽孢杆菌自然感受态缺陷突变株的诱变和分离

以携带ｐＵＢ１１０质粒的枯草芽孢杆菌ＢＲ１５１菌株为出发菌株,利用亚硝基胍作诱变剂,直接在ＬＢ平板上进行诱变。从２９４９个菌落中筛选出一个转化频率低于出发菌株２～３个数量级的突变株,并对其营养缺陷型、ＵＶ的敏感性及Ｋｍ抗性和质粒进行了检测,确证其转化能力降低为自然感受态缺陷而非营养缺陷型的改变或重组缺陷所致     

米曲霉尿嘧啶营养缺陷型突变体筛选及转化体系建立

米曲霉(Aspergillus oryzae)是一种十分重要的工业微生物，但由于其菌丝体和孢子均含有多个细胞核，并且对多种抗性药物具有抗性，导致其遗传转化和分子生物学研究较其他模式丝状真菌困难。目前米曲霉遗传转化主要采用营养缺陷型作为筛选标记。尿嘧啶营养缺陷型是米曲霉转化中最常用的一种营养缺陷型标记，其筛选标记基因pyrG编码乳清酸核苷-5′-磷酸脱羧酶为尿嘧啶的前体尿苷合成所必需。本研究以米曲霉3.042为背景，利用紫外线诱变和5-氟乳清酸(5-FOA)胁迫筛选获得5株尿嘧啶营养缺陷型菌株，经DNA测序5株菌株均为pyrG基因不同位点突变，确定为尿嘧啶营养缺陷型。以筛选到的尿嘧啶营养缺陷型菌株为背景，利用农杆菌介导的米曲霉转化系统，成功构建了米曲霉尿嘧啶营养缺陷型为筛选标记的农杆菌转化体系。     

黑曲霉UB4和NB3的原生质体制备及其再生条件的研究

以两株黑曲霉营养缺陷型突变株ＵＢ４和ＮＢ３为材料,对于其原生质体制备及其原生质体再生条件作了详细的研究,从中找到了合适的破细胞壁方法和培养条件,为尔后的黑曲霉原生质体的利用如融合或诱变育种等方面的研究奠定了基础。     

紫外诱变筛选海洋红酵母S8的尿嘧啶缺陷型菌株

本课题组从海南天然海域筛选到一株高产类胡萝卜素的海洋红酵母菌株S8,该菌株对鱼无毒害,并与鱼共生,欲将其应用于盐诱导表达外源蛋白的海洋红酵母工程菌的构建。本研究利用紫外诱变筛选的方法处理S8菌株,通过统计其UV致死率、5-氟乳清酸致死率等筛选S8的尿嘧啶营养缺陷型突变株。研究结果表明,供试菌株通过紫外线诱变、5-氟乳清酸致死和回复突变率的实验筛选,共获得16株稳定的尿嘧啶缺陷型突变株,突变菌株在基本培养基中培养了8d仍不能生长。选择了其中的一株ST5进行了产胡萝卜素能力的测定,结果表明,在同样的培养条件下,野生型S8菌株细胞生物产量可达87.55g/L,类胡萝卜素含量可达520μg/g,突变株ST5的细胞生物产量为85.45g/L,类胡萝卜素含量为512μg/g;ST5的产胡萝卜素能力方面与野生型S8无明显差异。因此,尿嘧啶缺陷型菌株ST5可为下一步海洋红酵母工程菌的构建提供受体菌。     

产紫杉醇菌株原生质体诱变育种的研究

对紫杉醇产生菌NCEU-1的原生质体进行了紫外线和氯化锂复合诱变,筛选制霉菌素抗性突变株,共筛选出了4株正突变株。经发酵筛选试验,获得了一株遗传性状稳定、高产紫杉醇的原生质体诱变菌株——UL_04-5,其紫杉醇产量从出发菌株的314.07μg/L提高至418.24μg/L。     

结合缺陷型菌株显色法采用离子束诱变筛选高产L-精氨酸突变株

为快速高效筛选L-精氨酸高产突变株,建立一种缺陷菌株平板显色法并采用低能N+离子束对L-精氨酸生产用菌株钝齿棒杆菌SYPA5-5进行诱变处理,通过上述平板显色法筛选获得高产突变株.对突变株进行摇瓶发酵实验,最终选育出一株L-精氨酸产量较高且产酸性能比较稳定的突变菌株钝齿棒杆菌SYPA5-5-36.该菌株摇瓶发酵L-精氨酸产量可达35.85 g/L,比出发菌株提高了19.5％.因此,缺陷型菌株平板显色法可以用于快速、高效筛选高产L-精氨酸突变株.     

优良啤酒酵母原生质体融合株GR5的构建及其发酵特性

以发酵度较高的非絮凝性的啤酒酵母菌株X6和发酵度较低、絮凝性较强的啤酒酵母菌株N1为亲本进行原生质体融合。用亚硝酸诱变原养型的菌株X6,经筛选得到一株需酪素水解物的营养缺陷型菌株X6~20。采用正交试验法分别优化菌株X6~20和N1的原生质体形成和再生的条件。用X6~20菌株的原生质体作为受体和热灭活的N1菌株原生质体作为供体进行融合。融合株经三角瓶发酵筛选,得到一株较优良的融合株GR5。该融合株的絮凝性较强(本斯值为2.7),以12°Bx麦芽汁为培养基,用500 L的发酵罐在12℃下发酵,发酵至第8 d菌株GR5的发酵度为69.2%,发酵液中的双乙酰含量为0.0498 mg/L、乙醛含量为6.34 mg/L,总高级醇含量为74.4mg/L。融合株GR5具有双亲的优点,发酵的啤酒风味较好,是一株具有工业应用前景的啤酒酿造酵母菌株。     

林肯链霉菌双亲灭活原生质体融合的研究

分别以紫外线、热灭活林肯链霉菌 94 7和 95 0 2原生质体 ,然后进行灭活双亲的原生质体融合 ,从 1 6株融合子筛选到林肯霉素高产株。用双亲的互补营养缺陷型对林肯链霉菌原生质体的制备、融合、再生的部分条件进行了研究。发现含 0 .4 %Gly和 34 %蔗糖的SM培养基最适于实验菌株原生质体的制备、再生。聚乙二醇 (PEG)分子量对原生质体融合影响不大 ,其在P缓冲液中的浓度却很重要。含 5 0 %PEG的P缓冲液最有利于原生质体融合     

林青链霉菌双亲灭活原生质体融合的研究

分别以紫外线、热灭活性林肯链霉菌947和9502原生质体,然后进行灭活双亲的原生质体融合,从16株融合子筛选到林青霉素高产株。用双亲的互补营养缺陷型对林肯链霉菌原生质体的制备、融合、再生的部分条件进行了研究。发现含0．4％Gly和34％蔗糖的SM培养基最适于实验菌株原生质体的制备、再生。聚乙二醇（PEG）分子量对原生质体融合影响不大,其在P缓冲液中的浓度却很重要。含50％PEG的P缓冲液最有利于原生质体融合。     

磷脂酶D高产菌株的原生质体紫外诱变选育

为了获得磷脂酶D高产菌株,由链霉菌野生菌株LD0501出发研究原生质体的制备和再生条件,建立原生质体紫外诱变筛选方案。采用酶解法制备原生质体,用紫外线对原生质体诱变,TLC检测突变株产磷脂酶D活力。原生质体的适宜条件:种子培养基中甘氨酸质量浓度5 g/L,菌龄72 h,用3 mg/m L的溶菌酶在30℃下酶解75min。通过原生质体诱变筛选,得到1株高产菌株,磷脂酶D水解活力达4.29 U/m L,提高幅度为180.4%。该方法有效改善了链霉菌野生菌株原生质体的制备效果,紫外诱变筛选显著提高了磷脂酶D的活力,高产突变株具有较好的稳定性。     

The use of mitochondrial mutants in the isolation of hybrids involving industrial yeast strains

Summary Methods for the isolation of hybrids in which one or both of the parental strains are industrial yeasts, using mitochondrial mutations as markers for the selection and isolation of the hybrids, are described. The systems used included crosses of industrial strains with auxotrophic laboratory strains which also carried a mitochondrial antibiotic resistance mutation, crosses using an auxotrophic laboratory strain and a petite mutant of an industrial strain carrying a rescuable antibiotic resistance mutation, and crosses using a petite mutant of an industrial strain, carrying a rescuable mitochondrial mutation for antibiotic resistance and a respiratory-competent industrial strain which carried some other marker.     

里氏木霉RutC30常温常压等离子体（ARTP）诱变筛选pyr4基因缺陷型菌株及转化系统的建立

以里氏木霉Trichoderma reesei重要工业生产菌RutC30为出发菌株,通过等离子体（ARTP）诱变筛选,以5-氟乳清酸（5-FOA）和尿苷（Uridine）进行筛选,获得一株pyr4基因缺陷株RutC30ΔU3。用含有野生型里氏木霉pyr4基因的互补质粒转化突变株,可回复野生性状。经测序发现其pyr4基因在核酸序列多个位点发生突变,其中包括两个错义突变和一个移码突变,从而导致乳清酸核苷-5′-磷酸脱羧酶失活。经遗传稳定性研究分析,传代5次后仍保持良好的尿苷依赖性、去葡萄糖阻遏以及高产纤维素酶特性。经实验筛选获得了pyr4基因缺陷菌株可作为基因表达系统的受体菌株,建立了以尿苷营养缺陷为筛选标记的木霉转化系统。     

Construction of a Quadruple Auxotrophic Mutant of an Industrial Polyploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain by Using RNA-Guided Cas9 Nuclease

Industrial polyploid yeast strains harbor numerous beneficial traits but suffer from a lack of available auxotrophic markers for genetic manipulation. Here we demonstrated a quick and efficient strategy to generate auxotrophic markers in industrial polyploid yeast strains with the RNA-guided Cas9 nuclease. We successfully constructed a quadruple auxotrophic mutant of a popular industrial polyploid yeast strain, Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 4124, with ura3, trp1, leu2, and his3 auxotrophies through RNA-guided Cas9 nuclease. Even though multiple alleles of auxotrophic marker genes had to be disrupted simultaneously, we observed knockouts in up to 60% of the positive colonies after targeted gene disruption. In addition, growth-based spotting assays and fermentation experiments showed that the auxotrophic mutants inherited the beneficial traits of the parental strain, such as tolerance of major fermentation inhibitors and high temperature. Moreover, the auxotrophic mutants could be transformed with plasmids containing selection marker genes. These results indicate that precise gene disruptions based on the RNA-guided Cas9 nuclease now enable metabolic engineering of polyploid S. cerevisiae strains that have been widely used in the wine, beer, and fermentation industries.     

Complementation analysis with new genetic markers in Phaffia rhodozyma

Isolation and characterization of auxotrophic mutants from wild-type and astaxanthin mutant strains of Phaffia rhodozyma is described. Differences in survival were observed when u.v. irradiation of P. rhodozyma wild-type and astaxanthin mutant strains were incubated in the dark or exposed to photoreactivating light. Ultra-violet mutagenesis was not effective to produce auxotrophic mutants in this yeast. Auxotrophic mutants were obtained with high efficiency through a nystatin enrichment procedure after a N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NTG) mutagenic treatment with a 0.12% survivor level. Stringent mutagenetic conditions were needed to obtain P. rhodozyma auxotrophs. The most frequent mutants were ade^- and met^- in a rather narrow auxotroph spectrum. These results may be associated with a possible diploid condition of this yeast. The high number of adenine auxotrophs obtained in relation to other auxotrophic mutants suggests the possibility of some degree of heterozygosity in the wild-type strain UCD 67-385.     

Characteristics of Agrobacterium tumefaciens auxotrophic mutant infectivity

Lippincott, Barbara B. (Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.), and James A. Lippincott. Characteristics of Agrobacterium tumefaciens auxotrophic mutant infectivity. J. Bacteriol. 92:937-945. 166.-Mutants of Agrobacterium tumefaciens auxotrophic for adenine, methionine, or asparagine are less infectious than the wild-type strain B6 from which they were derived and show increased infectivity on pinto bean leaves when the specific compounds required for growth of the mutants are added to the infected leaf. Reversion to a prototrophic form of nutrition is accompanied by increased infectivity. Tumors initiated by these auxotrophic mutants are shown to arise only at large wound sites where nutritional conditions may be less restricting. The data indicate that, after inoculation, the bacteria pass through a phase in which host-supplied nutrients are utilized for the production of one or more factors necessary for successful tumor initiation.     

Evidence for ammonia as an inhibitor of heterocyst and nitrogenase formation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena cycadeae

Growth and regulation of heterocyst and nitrogenase by fixed nitrogen sources were studied comparatively in parent and glutamine auxotrophic mutant of Anabaena cycadeae. The parent strain grew well on N2, NH+4 or glutamine while the mutant strain grew on glutamine but not on N2 or NH+4. The total lack of active glutamine synthetase in the mutant strain thus appears to be the reason for its observed lack of growth in N2 or NH+4, which explains why it is a glutamine auxotroph and at the same time shows glutamine synthetase to be the sole primary ammonia assimilating enzyme. NH+4 repression of heterocyst and nitrogenase in the mutant and the parental strains and their derepression by L-methionine-DL-sulfoximine suggest that NH+4 per se and not glutamine synthetase mediated pathway of ammonia assimilation is the initial repressor signal of heterocyst and nitrogenase in A. cycadeae.     

Auxotrophic mutants in the selection of the rubomycin producer, Actinomyces coeruleorubidus

A total of 351 auxotrophic mutants with different antibiotic activity, including several mutants with activity higher than that of the parent prototrophic strains were obtained under the effect of gamma-rays from 3 prototrophic strains of Act. coeruleorubidus. It was shown that most of the auxotrophic mutants did not preserve the property of biochemical insufficiency on passages on complete media. A mutant strain 1059-32 with activity 2 times higher than that of the prototrophic strain 2-39 and the parent auxotrophic culture was obtained from the revertants. Requirements in 29 growth factors including 17 amino acids, 4 nitrous bases, 8 vitamins and coenzymes were determined in 46 stable auxotrophic mutants isolated. The effect of the specific and non-specific growth factors on the culture antibiotic production was studied.     

Transferring chromosome DNA fragments from multiple donor cells into a host strain for yeast strain improvement

Based on a common biological phenomenon - homologous recombination - a novel method was developed by transferring chromosome DNA fragments extracted from multiple donor cells into a host strain. Through this method of transferring DNA fragments, foreign DNA fragments are introduced into one host cell and multiple positive traits from multiple strains may be integrated into the host strain. We first confirmed its feasibility in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells by selecting reverse mutants to prototrophy from auxotrophic strains through receiving chromosomal DNA fragments of wild-type parental strains. We then applied this method to Saccharomyces cerevisiae to improve its ethanol and temperature tolerance. We introduced donor chromosome DNA fragments from different S. cerevisiae strains with improvements in ethanol or temperature tolerance into a common strain S. cerevisiae and obtained a strain with much superior ethanol and temperature tolerance. The results showed that the Transferring DNA Fragments method provides a new way for strain breeding.     

A Comparison of Auxotrophic and Wild Strains of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Used as a Mycoherbicide Against Californian Thistle ( Cirsium arvense )

Two auxotrophic mutant strains of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were tested in the greenhouse for pathogenicity on Cirsium arvense (Californian thistle) with and without amino acid amendments. An arginine auxotrophic mutant, with an amendment of the amino acid, followed an identical disease progress curve to that of the wild strain of the pathogen from which it was derived. However, when deprived of the amino acid amendment it was still highly pathogenic. A leucine auxotrophic mutant demonstrated poor pathogenicity without a leucine amendment, but improved pathogenicity with the addition of the amino acid. However, both of these treatments were inferior to the two wild strains tested and the arginine auxotroph with and without amendments. A field experiment was conducted on C. arvense stems in permanent pasture to compare the pathogenicity of amended auxotrophic strains and wild strains of S. sclerotiorum applied as a granule in a wheat-based carrier. The two wild strains gave significant reductions in thistle cover within 3 months of treatment, and subsequent reductions in thistle stem height and density during the following season. There was no evidence that the auxotrophic strains reduced thistle cover in the season the treatments were applied, but they did reduce subsequent stem density in the following spring. To determine disease carry-over associated with the wild and auxotrophic strains of the pathogen, rape was planted into subplots over the next three consecutive seasons. Despite substantial populations of sclerotia being present in the soil, especially in the first season after treatment of the thistles, no disease of rape caused by S. sclerotiorum was detected over the three seasons in any of the plots. Sclerotium populations of S. sclerotiorum in the soil declined by over 50% between 20 and 32 months after treatment, but there was no decline over the subsequent 12 months. The trial demonstrated that the auxotrophic strains were less field fit compared with the wild strains and that the presence of inoculum and a susceptible host to S. sclerotiorum were not the only prerequisites for disease development. It was concluded that use of a trap crop following treatment is not a suitable method for determining the risk of using this pathogen as a mycoherbicide in pasture.     

Comparative pathogenicity of auxotrophic mutants of Candida albicans

An induced mutant of Candida albicans with greatly decreased virulence for mice is described. The mutant was one of five auxotrophic mutants obtained by ultraviolet irradiation of a clinical isolate (strain MY 1044). The five mutants included two methionine auxotrophs, one methionine-cysteine auxotroph, one temperature-sensitive serine auxotroph, and one auxotroph with unknown growth requirements. Each of the mutants produced normal mycelium and had a normal profile of susceptibility to four antifungal drugs. The virulence of each mutant was compared with the parent strain by LD50 determination in mice. Four of the five auxotrophs exhibited LD50's that were not significantly different from the parent strain (mean LD50 = 7.5 x 10(5) cells). However, the temperature-sensitive serine auxotroph was significantly less virulent than the parent strain (LD50 greater than 10(7) cells), even though it grew well in vivo and in mouse serum at 37 degrees C in vitro. Use of this mutant in conjunction with its "isogenic" parent should help to elucidate true virulence factors in C. albicans.