应用变性梯度凝胶电泳和16S rDNA序列分析对kefir粒中细菌多样性的研究

以开菲尔(Kefir)粒为材料,经过DNA抽提和16S rDNA V3区PCR扩增,扩增产物经变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)分离并切割电泳条带进行序列测定,并与现有的数据库进行了比较,对Kefir粒的细菌多样性进行分析。结果表明,DGGE图谱中可检测到的8条带的16S rDNA基因序列中有7个基因序列与GenBank数据库登录的相关序列的相似性大于98%,余下的1个基因序列的相似性也大于96%。相似性大于98%的7个克隆中,有3个属于鞘氨醇杆菌属(Sphingobacterium),2个属于乳杆菌属(Lactobacillus),其它2个分别属于肠杆菌属(Enterobacter)和不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)。首次报道了鞘氨醇杆菌作为优势菌群存在开菲尔Kefir粒中。     

华重楼内生菌SS02的分离与抗菌活性的初步研究

从华重楼（Paris polyphylla var．Chinensis Franch）的地下块茎中分离到一株内生细菌（SS02）,试验表明其发酵液对13种作物致病菌的生长有抑制作用。形态和生理生化特征表明SS02属于芽孢杆菌属（Bacillus sp．）细菌。扩增、测序得到SS02的部分16SrDNA序列,GenBank接收号AY842144。用Blastn调出与菌株16SrDNA同源的序列,用Clustalw进行多重序列对比,用Phylip按Neighbor—Joining法构建16SrDNA系统发育树。菌株SS02与Paenibacillus daejeonensis处于同一分支,相似性为97．7％,将其鉴定为Paenibacillus daejeonensisSS02。     

一株鞘氨醇杆菌LF-16的基因组测序与分析

鞘氨醇杆菌属(Sphingobium)是一类具有很强的烷烃、杂环芳香烃降解能力的革兰氏阴性细菌。在NCBI公共数据库报道的95株已测序的鞘氨醇杆菌属基因组中,鲜有和纤维素降解相关。Sphingobium sp.LF-16是在以甘蔗渣为碳源的筛选培养基中筛选得到一株具有纤维素降解能力的菌株。通过对LF-16的基因组测序,得到了一条大小为4.57 Mb,GC含量为64.57%的环状染色体序列,经过基因预测发现该基因组序列共有4340个编码基因,61个转运RNA。使用常用数据库对预测的基因集进行功能注释,获得了4067个编码基因的功能描述信息。通过dbCAN数据库对其编码基因进行分析发现,LF-16共有242个基因的编码产物属于碳水化合物活性酶,其中属于糖苷水解酶家族的有143个,AA家族的辅助蛋白有20个。经分泌组预测,共有488个基因能够分泌到胞外,其中有87个是碳水化合物活性酶。通过与鞘氨醇杆菌属的其他8个菌株的基因组序列进行比较基因组学分析发现LF-16与Sphingobium yanoikuyae SHJ的亲缘关系最近,比除S.yanoikuyae SHJ之外的其他菌株的碳水化合物活性酶的编码基因数量要多20%~30%。     

维吾尔族正常黑胆质人群肠道菌群的分布情况分析

目的：了解维吾尔医学正常黑胆质人群肠道菌群分布情况、多样性并优势菌。方法：对健康人进行维吾尔医学体液分型并挑 取其中正常黑胆质人群,采集受检者粪便样品,提取总DNA,设计一对通用引物扩增16S rDNA 的V6～V8 可变区,扩增出来的 PCR产物稀释并进行变形梯度凝胶电泳DGGE,从DGGE 指纹图谱中选择条带,切胶回收、克隆、序列测定。结果：通过实验得到 了反映肠道菌群结构特征的DNA指纹图谱,从指纹图谱上选择一些特异性条带切下来回收,重新纯化扩增出来并测序,测出来 的基因序列在基因库进行比对检测相似性程度。最终用相似性程度大于95%以上的序列比对做出进化树了解菌群之间的亲缘 性。结论：正常黑胆质人群肠道菌群基因序列的亲缘性结果显示黑胆质人群肠道菌群具有丰富的多样性,其中肠道优势细菌乳酸 杆菌属GU269544.1 占优势。     

大莲湖池杉林湿地土壤可培养细菌的分离与鉴定

采用牛肉膏蛋白胨培养基培养,从大莲湖池杉林土壤中共分离得到20个菌落形态不同的菌株。通过对这些菌株的形态、培养特征、生理生化特征的研究以及16S rDNA序列分析,初步确定这些菌株分别属于假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)、芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)、红球菌属(Rhodococcus)、北里孢菌属(Kitasatosporia)、金黄杆菌属(Chryseobacterium)、不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)、黄杆菌属(Flavobacterium)、鞘氨醇杆菌属(Sphingobacte-rium)和丛毛单胞菌属(Comamonas)等9个属细菌。其中芽胞杆菌属和不动杆菌属细菌是优势菌,分离到的红球菌属、北里孢菌属、鞘氨醇杆菌属和丛毛单胞菌属细菌在国内湿地土壤中报道较少。     

海绵Pachychalina sp．体内古菌多样性非培养技术分析

采用非分离培养分析方法 ,即 16SrDNA限制性酶切片段长度多态性 (ARDRA)和测序方法对南海湛江海域海绵Pachychalinasp .体内的古菌多样性进行了研究。从海绵体内直接提取古菌总DNA。以样品总DNA为模板 ,用古菌 16SrDNA通用引物进行PCR扩增获得 16SrDNA ,回收、纯化 16SrDNA产物并克隆到T Vector。进行第二次PCR扩增反应 ,且对扩增产物进行ARDRA。在古菌 16SrDNA的ARDRA图谱中 ,大多数克隆的酶切带谱上存在差异 ;随机挑选 8个克隆子进行测序 ,获得古菌 16SrDNA的部分序列 ,并对 16SrDNA序列进行聚类分析构建了系统进化树 ,结果发现海绵体内的古菌主要属于Methanogeniumorganophilum、Methanoplanuspetrolearius等古菌类。但它们与目前数据库中收录的古细菌间的相似性均不超过 90 % ,它们极有可能是一些新的古菌     

PCR-DGGE技术用于湖泊沉积物中微生物群落结构多样性研究

采用PCR-DGGE分子指纹图谱技术比较南京市玄武湖、奠愁湖和太湖不同位置的表层沉积物微生物群落结构,研究结果表明,三湖泊沉积物微生物的16SrDNA的PCR扩增结果约为626bp,为16S rDNA V3～V5区特异性片段。玄武湖和莫愁湖表层沉积物中大约有20种优势菌群,且同一湖泊不同采样点DGGE图谱的差异性不大,细菌群落结构具有较高的相似性,而太湖样品DGGE条带的数目和位置表现出明显差异,且不同采样点图谱的差异性较大。三湖泊除具有特征性的微生物种属外,还分布约5个相同的细菌种群,可能与沉积物的理化性质和水生植被的影响相关。对DGGE图谱中7条主带进行回收、扩增和测序,结果显示其优势菌群具有不同的序列组成,其中5个序列与Genebank中已登录的细菌种群的同源性≥99％,2个序列的同源性为96％和93％,其中2个相似的细菌类群目前尚未获得纯培养。     

新疆一号冰川土壤细菌多样性的研究

应用变性梯度凝胶电泳（DGGE）技术分离PCR扩增的16SrDNA来研究土壤微生物的多样性。直接从新疆一号冰川不同海拔高度的土壤样品中提取总DNA。用两套细菌通用引物分别扩增16SrDNA的V3和V6／V9高变区的特异性片段,PCR产物进行DGGE分析。PCR—DGGE图谱表明,PCR产物经DGGE检测到的条带清晰且分离效果好。结果表明,PCR—DGGE是一种快速研究微生物群落结构的有效方法。     

四种绒螯蟹分子分类与系统发育

利用PCR技术,扩增了中华绒螯解、狭额绒螯蟹线粒体16SrDNA片段,经测序,与GenBank数据库中的日本绒螯解16SrDNA同源序列进行比较。结果显示,在长为376bp的16SrDNA同源序列中有33个多态性核革酸位点（8．78％）,其中种间多态性核苷酸位点28个（7．45％）,种间差异远大于种内差异。引入方蟹科其它近缘种类厚纹蟹、相手蟹和张口蟹的16SrDNA同源序列与上述4种绒螯蟹比较分析,MP法和NJ法构建的分子系统树表明：中华绒螯蟹与日本绒螯蟹亲缘关系最近,首先聚在一起,然后与台湾绒螯蟹聚为一支,狭额绒螯蟹则为相对独立的一支,且进化速度大于前3种绒螯蟹,但最后与前者仍聚在同一组,狭额绒螯蟹只是绒螯蟹属系统进化中的一个侧支,故本研究结果不支持Sakai（1983）和Guo等（1997）把狭额绒螯蟹和台湾绒螯蟹各自立为新属的观点。     

共存于厌氧真菌分离培养液中瘤胃甲烷菌的检测及其多样性分析

对分离自山羊瘤胃的真菌分离培养液中甲烷菌进行16SrDNA扩增、DGGE分析、RFLP及测序分析,研究共存于真菌分离培养液中甲烷菌的种类及其多样性。DGGE结果显示:从厌氧真菌分离至第45代,甲烷菌多样性指数由1·32降至0·99,相似性最低为34·7%;第45代至62代,多样性指数由0·99升至1·15,相似性最低为89·2%。RFLP多态性分析69个克隆共得到5个操作分类单元,选择其中6个具有代表性的序列进行测序。序列及系统进化分析表明,属于其中3个操作分类单元的克隆最相似菌都是UnculturedarchaealsymbiontPA202,相似性均为95%,没有与这些克隆相似性较高的已培养甲烷菌;属于另外2个操作分类单元的克隆最相似菌都是Unculturedrumenmethanogen956,相似性均为97%,最相似已知菌为Methanobrevibactersp.NT7,相似性为97%。结果表明,真菌培养液中存在目前尚未分离培养的瘤胃甲烷菌。     

PCR-based dENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORETICtypification and identification of the microbial consortium present in Kefir grains

Kefir grains have a complex microbiological composition that makes it difficult to obtain an optimal and constant starter culture necessary for the production of a quality Kefir beverage. The microbes present in the grains have in the past been identified using traditional methods such as growth on selective media and morphological and physiological characteristics. The aim of this study was to typify and identify the complex microbial community present in mass cultured, traditionally cultured and Irish Kefir grains by PCR amplification of a variable part of the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes in Eubacteria and yeasts and resolving these PCR fragments by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Unique PCR-based DGGE fingerprints were obtained for the Eubacterial and yeast species present in the three different grain types. A part of the Eubacterial and yeast rRNA genes were sequenced and compared to sequences available on NCBI. The phylogenetic relatedness of the amplified and sequenced lactobacilli was determined. Different bands in the Eubacterial and the yeast DGGE profiles of the mass cultured grains were identified to species level. A DGGE marker was constructed providing a quick reference for the identification of the members of the Eubacterial microbial population in mass cultured Kefir grains.     

Design and evaluation of PCR primers to amplify bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA fragments used for community fingerprinting

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) fragments has frequently been applied to the fingerprinting of natural bacterial populations (PCR/DGGE). In this study, sequences of bacterial universal primers frequently used in PCR/DGGE were compared with 16S rDNA sequences that represent recently proposed divisions in the domain Bacteria. We found mismatches in 16S rDNA sequences from some groups of bacteria. Inosine residues were then introduced into the bacterial universal primers to reduce amplification biases caused by these mismatches. Using the improved primers, phylotypes affiliated with Verrucomicrobia and candidate division OP11, were detected in DGGE fingerprints of groundwater populations, which have not been detected by PCR/DGGE with conventional universal primers.     

Application of broad-range 16S rRNA PCR amplification and DGGE fingerprinting for detection of tick-infecting bacteria

Ticks play an important role in the transmission of arthropod-borne diseases of viral, protozoal and bacterial origin. The present article describes a molecular-biological based method, which facilitated the broad-range analyses of bacterial communities in ixodid ticks (Ixodes ricinus). DNA was extracted both from single ticks and pooled adult ticks. Eubacterial 16S rRNA gene fragments (16S rDNA) were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with broad-range ribosomal primers. Sequences spanning the hypervariable V3 region of the 16S rDNA and representing individual bacterial taxons were separated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). For phylogenetic identification, DGGE bands were exised, cloned and sequenced. In addition, we set up a 16S rDNA clone library which was screened by DGGE. Sequences were compared with sequences of known bacteria listed in the GenBank database. A number of bacteria were affiliated with the genera Rickettsia, Bartonella, and Borrelia, which are known to be pathogenic and transmitted by ticks. Two sequences were related to the yet to be cultivated Haemobartonella. To our knowledge, Haemobartonella has never been directly detected in I. ricinus. In addition, members of the genera Staphylococcus, Rhodococcus, Pseudomonas, and Moraxella were detected, which have not been identified in ticks so far. Two bacteria were most closely related to a rickettsial endosymbiont of an Acanthamoeba sp., and to an endosymbiont (Legionellaceae, Coxiella group) of the microarthropod Folsomia candida. The results prove that 16S rDNA genotyping in combination with DGGE analysis is a promising approach for the detection and identification of bacteria infecting ticks, regardless of whether these bacteria are fastidious, obligate intracellular or noncultivable.     

应用rpoB和16S rDNA基因的变性梯度凝胶电泳技术对山羊瘤胃细菌多样性的研究

采用免培养的rpoB和16S rDNA基因的变性梯度凝胶电泳技术(DGGE)对3种山羊(波尔山羊,内蒙古绒山羊,四川南江黄羊)瘤胃细菌优势菌群结构进行了比较分析。研究结果显示rpoBDGGE图谱中条带数目少于16S rDNA图谱,并且条带分离效果明显,更有利于分析瘤胃细菌群落组成。从两种DGGE图谱中均可以发现3种山羊瘤胃细菌具有一定的相似性,种内个体间相似性明显高于种间相似性,这说明寄主品种是影响瘤胃细菌种群构成的一个重要因素。同时进行了部分优势细菌16S rDNA基因V6-V8区序列的系统发育分析。基因序列分析表明,DGGE图谱中优势条带的16S rDNA基因序列中有4条克隆的序列与基因库最相似菌的相似性大于97%,余下的克隆序列相似性在89%～96%之间,其中13条序列的与之相似性最高的序列均来自于未被鉴定的瘤胃细菌。     

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) approaches to study the diversity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of PCR amplicons of the ammonia monooxygenase gene (amoA) was developed and employed to investigate the diversity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in four different habitats. The results were compared to DGGE of PCR-amplified partial 16S rDNA sequences made with primers specific for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Potential problems, such as primer degeneracy and multiple gene copies of the amoA gene, were investigated to evaluate and minimize their possible impact on the outcome of a DGGE analysis. amoA and 16S rDNA amplicons were cloned, and a number of clones screened by DGGE to determine the abundance of different motility types in the clone library. The abundance of clones was compared to the relative intensity of bands emerging in the band pattern produced by direct amplification of the genes from the environmental sample. Selected clones were sequenced to evaluate the specificity of the respective primers. The 16S rDNA primer pair, reported to be specific for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), generated several sequences that were not related to the known Nitrosospira-Nitrosomonas group and, thus, not likely to be ammonia oxidizers. However, no false positives were found among the sequences retrieved with the modified amoA primers. Some phylogenetic information could be deduced from the position of amoA bands in DGGE gels. The Nitrosomonas-like sequences were found within a denaturant range from 30% to 46%, whereas the Nitrosospira-like sequences migrated to 50% to 60% denaturant. The majority of retrieved sequences from all four habitats with high ammonia loads were Nitrosomonas-like and only few Nitrosospira-like sequences were detected.     

Discrimination of Rhizobium tropici and R. leguminosarum strains by PCR-specific amplification of 16S-23S rDNA spacer region fragments and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)

With the aim of detecting Rhizobium species directly in the environment, specific PCR primers for Rh. tropici and Rh. leguminosarum were designed on the basis of sequence analysis of 16S-23S rDNA spacer regions of several Rh. tropici, Rh. leguminosarum and Agrobacterium rhizogenes strains. Primer specificity was checked by comparison with available rDNA spacer sequences in databases, and by PCR using DNA from target and reference strains. Sequence polymorphisms of rDNA spacer fragments among strains of the same species were detected by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). The specific PCR primers designed in this study could be applied to evaluate the diversity of Rh. tropici and Rh. leguminosarum by analysing the polymorphisms of 16S-23S spacer rDNA amplified from either whole-cell or soil-extracted DNA.     

Comparison of PCR primer-based strategies for characterization of ammonia oxidizer communities in environmental samples

PCR-based techniques are commonly used to characterize microbial communities, but are subject to bias that is difficult to assess. This study aimed to evaluate bias of several PCR primer-based strategies used to study diversity of autotrophic ammonia oxidizers. 16S rRNA genes from soil- or sediment-DNA were amplified using primers considered either selective or specific for betaproteobacterial ammonia oxidizers. Five approaches were assessed: (a) amplification with primers betaAMO143f-betaAMO1315r; (b) amplification with primers CTO189f-CTO654r; (c) nested amplification with betaAMO143f-betaAMO1315r followed by CTO189f-CTO654r primers; (d) nested amplification with betaAMO143f-betaAMO1315r and CTO189f-Pf1053r primers; (e) nested amplification with 27f-1492r and CTO189f-CTO654r primers. Amplification products were characterized by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis after further amplification with 357f-GC-518r primers. DGGE profiles of soil communities were heterogeneous and depended on the approach followed. Ammonia oxidizer diversity was higher using approaches (b), (c) and (e) than using (a) and (d), where sequences of the most prominent bands showed similarities to nonammonia oxidizers. Profiles from marine sediments were more consistent, regardless of the approach adopted, and sequence analysis of excised bands indicated that these consisted of ammonia oxidizers only. The study demonstrates the importance of choice of primer, of screening for sequences of nontarget organisms and use of several approaches when characterizing microbial communities in natural environments.     

An advanced molecular strategy to identify bacterial communities on art objects

The application of culture-independent techniques based on molecular biological methods, especially on the PCR amplification of 16S rRNA genes, attempts to overcome some shortcomings of conventional cultivation methods and reveals far more complex bacterial communities on art objects than can be shown by cultivation methods. One of the major challenges of investigating microbial growth on art objects by molecular means is the extraction of DNA, due to small sample amounts and PCR inhibitors. In the present study, we introduce a DNA extraction protocol, which allowed the extraction of PCR-amplifiable DNA from samples derived from lime wall paintings and loamy soil underground. The DNA extracts were used to amplify 16S ribosomal fragments, which were subsequently analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). In parallel with the DGGE analysis, clone libraries containing PCR fragments of the ribosomal gene were constructed and clones were screened by DGGE. Clone libraries allow the inclusion of the entire 16S rDNA sequence in the phylogenetic analyses of microorganisms, providing a more reliable phylogenetic identification of microorganisms than is obtained from sequence analyses of excised and directly sequenced DGGE bands.     

Molecular tools for isolate and community studies of Pyrenomycete fungi

The Pyrenomycetes, defined physiologically by the formation of a flask-shaped fruiting body present in the sexual form, are a monophyletic group of fungi that consist of a wide diversity of populations including human and plant pathogens. Based on sequence analysis of 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), rDNA regions conserved among the Pyrenomycetes but divergent among other organisms were identified and used to develop selective PCR primers and a highly specific primer set. The primers presented here were used to amplify large portions of the 18S rDNA as well as the entire internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region (ITS 1, 5.8S rDNA, and ITS 2). In addition to database searches, the specificity of the primers was verified by PCR amplification of DNA extracted from pure culture isolates and by sequence analysis of fungal rDNA PCR-amplified from environmental samples. In addition, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analyses were performed on closely related Colletotrichum isolates serving as a model pathogenic genus of the Pyrenomycetes. Although both ITS and 18S rDNA DGGE analyses of Colletotrichum were consistent with a phylogeny established from sequence analysis of the ITS region, DGGE analysis of the ITS region was found to be more sensitive than DGGE analysis of the 18S rDNA. This study introduces molecular tools for the study of Pyrenomycete fungi by the development of two specific primers, demonstration of the enhanced sensitivity of ITS-DGGE for typing of closely related isolates and application of these tools to environmental samples.