消除内生质粒对苏云金芽胞杆菌YBT-1463特性的影响

研究了经完全消除苏云金芽胞杆菌野生菌株YBT-1463的内生质粒对该菌部分形态、遗传及生理生化特性的影响。结果表明,消除内生质粒后的无质粒突变株不形成伴胞晶体,但电转化4种供体质粒,即pBMBl21、pBMB304-1Ab、pBMBLC和pBMB9748的效率显著提高,转化频率最高比出发菌株提高6.8×10 倍,而无质粒突变株对红霉素等10种抗生素的敏感性,对葡萄糖等19种碳源和谷氨酸等12种氮源的利用能力及生长性能与出发菌株无明显差异。     

转化cry1C基因对苏云金芽胞杆菌杀虫活性的影响

将含基因cry1C的质粒,通过电脉冲法转入含基因cry1C的质粒,通过电泳冲法转入含基因cry1Ab、cry1Ac和cry2的对小菜蛾具有高毒力的苏云金芽胞杆菌野生菌株YBT－803－1中,得到转化子MBMY－003。PCR和SDS－PAGE分析显示,cry1C可在其中正常复制、表达,但使受体菌部分内源质粒发生丢失。生物测定结果表明,转化子MBMY－003既对甜菜蛾有毒力,LC50值为1．178μL／mL,高于出发菌株YBT－803－1（LC501．879μL／mL）,也对小菜蛾有毒力,LC50值为1．968μL／mL,低于YBKT－803－1（LC501．143μL／mL）。表明cry1C转入后,提高了野生菌株YBT－803－1对甜菜夜蛾的毒力,却降低了对小菜蛾的毒力。     

尼泊尔马桑根瘤内生菌纯培养物的质粒检测

采用胶内裂解法快速检测了21株马桑根瘤内生菌纯培养物和4株弗兰克氏菌参考菌株的质粒,其中有5株马桑分离菌株和1株参考菌株含有质粒。除马桑菌株和参考菌株各有1株携带2个质粒外,其它菌株均只含有1个质粒。这些质粒的分子量约为13～20kb。根据所含质粒的大小和数目,将21株马桑分离菌株划分成4个质粒类群。实验还对菌丝体生长,细胞酶解和裂解等条件对质粒检测效果的影响进行了探讨。     

一株污水源多重耐药大肠杆菌的耐药性检测及全基因组测序分析

【背景】水体环境分布广、流动性强,是耐药菌和耐药基因传播的主要媒介。【目的】了解北方污水厂大肠杆菌携带的耐药基因及可移动遗传元件情况。【方法】从北方污水厂筛选出一株多重耐药大肠杆菌,通过药敏试验进行耐药性检验,采用96孔板法测定菌株的最小抑菌浓度,利用酶标仪探究亚抑菌浓度抗生素对菌株生长的影响,并对菌株进行全基因组测序,对其携带的耐药基因及可移动遗传元件进行预测。【结果】大肠杆菌WEC对四环素、环丙沙星、诺氟沙星和红霉素具有耐药性,亚抑菌浓度的四环素、环丙沙星和诺氟沙星能够延缓或抑制菌株的生长。WEC菌株的基因组中包含一条大小为4 782 114 bp的环状染色体和2个大小分别为60 306 bp (pWEC-1)和92 065 bp (pWEC-2)的环状质粒。菌株共携带129个耐药基因,其中128个位于染色体上,在染色体上预测到原噬菌体、基因岛及插入序列的存在,部分可移动遗传元件携带有耐药基因。质粒pWEC-1中无耐药基因,pWEC-2含有1个耐药基因,在质粒基因组中预测到原噬菌体和插入序列。【结论】污水源大肠杆菌WEC是一株多重耐药菌株,其基因组中携带耐药基因和多种可移动遗传元件...     

江苏部分地区食源性和人源沙门氏菌的多重耐药性研究

从江苏省部分地区收集了117个沙门氏菌分离株,其中食物源和人源菌株分别有81株和36株。16种抗生素敏感性试验表明,有111个分离株对2种或2种以上的抗生素有耐药性,人源沙门氏菌分离株的抗生素耐药率比食物源的高,单一抗生素以链霉素耐药率(92.3%,108/117)最高。对5种或5种以上抗生素耐药的分离株有59株(50.4%),其中对特定六种抗生素:氨苄青霉素、氯霉素、链霉素、磺胺、四环素和卡那霉素耐药(ACSSuTK,R型)的菌株有12株。设计18对耐药基因和I类整合子保守区的引物,对36株有不同来源和耐药特征的多重耐药菌株进行耐药基因和I类整合子的检测,PCR扩增结果与抗生素敏感性表型一致。有30株细菌携带有I类整合子,大小为0.3、0.6、1.0、1.2和1.6kb,其中1.6kb(aadA5-dfr17)大小的整合子在25株细菌中分布(24/36)。接合试验表明,氨苄青霉素、氯霉素、链霉素、甲氧苄氨嘧啶和四环素的耐药特性是由接合性质粒携带。结果显示,耐药基因多数由I类整合子和质粒携带,可以通过接合试验发生转移,可移动的DNA成分可能在耐药特性的转移和分布中起到重要作用。     

拟诺卡氏菌线型质粒pNPL1的测序和分析

【目的】检测和分析稀有放线菌中新的线型质粒。【方法】从植物内生菌中分离链霉菌之外的放线菌菌株,检测、测序和分析线型质粒。【结果】从中草药植物紫花前胡的叶片中分离到一株内生放线菌25L-1-1c,经过16S rRNA基因序列比对属于拟诺卡氏菌。从该菌株中检测到一个约25 kb的线型质粒pNPL1。克隆和测序了pNPL1新的端粒,含有多个小的回文序列。测序获得全长为24 621 bp的线型质粒pNPL1,预测编码22个基因,其中2个基因与链霉菌质粒的端粒复制基因同源,1个基因与链霉菌质粒主要的接合转移基因相似,其余19个基因为未知功能。携带pNPL1端粒复制基因的质粒不能转化变铅青链霉菌,暗示需要发展拟诺卡氏菌的遗传操作系统。【结论】这是首次在拟诺卡氏菌中发现和描述线型质粒。     

肺炎克雷伯杆菌对氟喹诺酮耐药的机制研究

目的研究肺炎克雷伯杆菌对氟喹诺酮类药物（FQNs）的耐药机制。方法筛选临床分离的对环丙沙星耐药的肺炎克雷伯杆菌共10株,采用微量肉汤稀释法检测菌株对5种氟喹诺酮类药物的MIC值;采用PCR方法检测菌株染色体和质粒携带的喹诺酮耐药基因（gyrA基因、parC基因和qnr基因）并测序;质粒接合试验验证qnr基因的转移性。结果 10株肺炎克雷伯杆菌对5种氟喹诺酮类药物均产生耐药性。扩增产物经测序发现10株肺炎克雷伯杆菌染色体的gyrA基因和parC基因均有突变;有2株菌株（K79和K107）携带qnrA基因,这2株菌的接合菌对喹诺酮抗菌药的MIC值上升了5～30倍;未检测到qnrB阳性的菌株。结论 gyrA和parC基因突变是肺炎克雷菌对氟喹诺酮类产生耐药机制的主要原因,质粒上qnrA基因的存在,也是产生喹诺酮耐药的一个重要因素。     

苏云金芽孢杆菌无晶体突变株的逐级升温筛选及其转化性能

逐级从４２ ℃到４４ ℃和４６ ℃升温培养、并用０－０５ ％ ＳＤＳ 处理苏云金芽孢杆菌ＹＢＴ１４６３ ,获得了一系列内生质粒被部分或完全消除的无晶体（Ｃｒｙ －） 突变株,对４ 种Ｃｒｙ － 突变株的转化性能及导入的外源质粒的稳定性进行了研究。用限量培养基和４２ ℃培养筛选到Ｃｒｙ － 突变株后,升温至４４ ℃,从Ｃｒｙ － 突变株得到内生质粒被进一步消除的突变株;然后升温至４６ ℃来培养其中突变株ＢＭＢ１７０ ,并用０－０５ ％ 的ＳＤＳ进行处理,最终筛选到１ 株无质粒突变株ＢＭＢ１７１ 。用ｐＨＴ３１０１ 、ｐＢＭＢ１７３６ 、ｐＢＴＬ１ 和ｐＨＶ１２４９ 等４ 种外源质粒进行的转化及稳定性研究表明,转化频率的大小及导入质粒的稳定性与用作受体菌的Ｃｒｙ － 突变株携有的内生质粒数之间呈现一定的相关性,Ｃｒｙ－ 突变株的转化频率显著高于出发菌株,其中ＢＭＢ１７１ 的转化频率最高达１０７ 转化子／μｇ ＤＮＡ,且所导入的外源质粒的稳定性也高于其它Ｃｒｙ － 突变株及出发菌株ＹＢＴ１４６３ 。     

消除内生质粒对苏云金芽胞杆菌YBT-1463特性的影响

研究了经完全消除苏云金芽胞杆菌野生菌株ＹＢＴ－１４６３的内生质粒对该菌部分形态、遗传及生理生化特性的影响。结果表明,消除内生质粒后的无质粒突变株不形成伴胞晶体,但电转化４种供体质粒,即ｐＢＭＢ１２１、ｐＢＭＢ３０４－１Ａｂ、ｐＢＭＢＬＣ和ｐＢＭＢ９７４８的效率显著提高,转化频率最高比出发菌株提高６．８×１０^４倍,而无质粒突变株对红霉素等１０种抗生素的敏感性、对葡萄糖等１９种碳源和谷氨酸等１２种氮源的利用能力及生长性能与出发菌株无明显差异。     

苏云金芽胞杆菌营养期杀虫蛋白基因的克隆及表达分析

选择本实验室分离的苏云金芽胞杆菌李氏亚种 (subsp. Leesis) 菌株YBT833、鲇泽亚种(subsp.Aizawai) 菌株YBT-1416和库斯塔克亚种(subsp. Kurstaki)菌株YBT1535为出发菌株,以营养期杀虫蛋白基因PCR扩增的特异片段为探针,进行总DNA酶切片段的Southern杂交定位。结果显示3株菌株的营养期杀虫蛋白基因,均位于经XbaI完全消化的4～5kb大小的DNA 片段上。将该区域DNA片段回收后克隆到pUC19载体,建立了3个较基因组文库小的亚基因组文库。通过菌落原位杂交筛选和酶切鉴定分别得到3个相应的营养期杀虫蛋白基因vip83、vip14和vip15,并对其测序。DNA序列比较发现基因vip83与已知营养期杀虫蛋白基因存在5个差异碱基。将vip83、vip14基因亚克隆到苏云金芽胞杆菌大肠杆菌穿梭载体pHT315, 分别得到重组质粒pBMB8901和pBMB8902。将它们电转化到vip^-的B.t.受体菌BMB171和4Q7,获得了相应的工程菌BMB8901-171,BMB8902-171,BMB8901-4Q7和BMB8902-4Q7。SDS-PAGE电泳检测均有88kD大小的蛋白表达。生物测定结果亦表明了,营养期杀虫蛋白Vip83和Vip14对鳞翅目棉铃虫、小菜蛾和甜菜夜蛾的三龄幼虫均有一定的杀虫活性;其中对小菜蛾的毒力最高,LC₅₀值分别为28.6,31.6,45.4和37.6μL/mL。该结果为构建高效广谱工程菌提供了实际材料和理论依据。      

Gene clusters located on two large plasmids determine spore crystal association (SCA) in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. finitimus strain YBT-020

Crystals in Bacillus thuringiensis are usually formed in the mother cell compartment during sporulation and are separated from the spores after mother cell lysis. In a few strains, crystals are produced inside the exosporium and are associated with the spores after sporulation. This special phenotype, named 'spore crystal association' (SCA), typically occurs in B. thuringiensis subsp. finitimus. Our aim was to identify genes determining the SCA phenotype in B. thuringiensis subsp. finitimus strain YBT-020. Plasmid conjugation experiments indicated that the SCA phenotype in this strain was tightly linked with two large plasmids (pBMB26 and pBMB28). A shuttle bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library of strain YBT-020 was constructed. Six fragments from BAC clones were screened from this library and discovered to cover the full length of pBMB26; four others were found to cover pBMB28. Using fragment complementation testing, two fragments, each of approximately 35 kb and located on pBMB26 and pBMB28, were observed to recover the SCA phenotype in an acrystalliferous mutant, B. thuringiensis strain BMB171. Furthermore, deletion analysis indicated that the crystal protein gene cry26Aa from pBMB26, along with five genes from pBMB28, were indispensable to the SCA phenotype. Gene disruption and frame-shift mutation analyses revealed that two of the five genes from pBMB28, which showed low similarity to crystal proteins, determined the location of crystals inside the exosporium. Gene disruption revealed that the three remaining genes, similar to spore germination genes, contributed to the stability of the SCA phenotype in strain YBT-020. Our results thus identified the genes determining the SCA phenotype in B. thuringiensis subsp. finitimus.     

苏云金芽胞杆菌大质粒pBMB28的克隆

苏云金芽胞杆菌幕虫亚种YBT-020具有典型的晶胞粘连表型。在前期的研究中,通过质粒消除实验,推测晶胞粘连现象与YBT-020内生质粒pBMB28有关。为了定位质粒pBMB28上控制晶胞粘连表型的基因,首先对质粒pBMB28进行克隆。利用穿梭载体pEMB0557,成功构建了苏云金芽胞杆菌YBT-020的基因组人工染色体(BAC)文库。前期的研究表明晶体蛋白基因cry28Aa定位在质粒pBMB28上,根据cry28Aa基因序列设计引物,从文库中筛选到含有cry28Aa的重组质粒pBMB231。镜检和SDS-PAGE证明质粒pBMB231转化无晶体突变株BMB171形成的重组子BMB231可以产生Cry28Aa晶体蛋白,但不能恢复晶胞粘连表型。对重组质粒pBMB231的插入片段末端序列测定并设计引物筛选文库,通过染色体步移方式得到4个可以重叠覆盖质粒pBMB28不同区域的克隆子,从而克隆了该质粒。对这4个克隆子末端测序和酶切分析,测算出该质粒的大小约为140 kb。进一步确定应用基因组BAC文库以及重叠片段筛选的方法,可以快速有效的克隆苏云金芽胞杆菌大质粒。     

Role of benzylsuccinate in the induction of the tutE tutFDGH gene complex of T. aromatica strain T1

Expression of the tutE tutFDGH gene cluster of Thauera aromatica strain T1 was examined by Northern and Western analysis in a wild-type strain and chromosomally deleted strains with or without in-frame deletion plasmids. While expression was observed when the wild-type strain was induced with toluene, various chromosomally deleted strains exhibited little or no expression of the tut genes. In contrast, both wild-type and chromosomally deleted strains expressed the tut genes when induced with benzylsuccinate. We conclude that benzylsuccinate is required for the full induction of the tutE tutFDGH gene cluster of T. aromatica strain T1.     

Determination of plasmid copy number reveals the total plasmid DNA amount is greater than the chromosomal DNA amount in Bacillus thuringiensis YBT-1520

Bacillus thuringiensis is the most widely used bacterial bio-insecticide, and most insecticidal crystal protein-coding genes are located on plasmids. Most strains of B. thuringiensis harbor numerous diverse plasmids, although the plasmid copy numbers (PCNs) of all native plasmids in this host and the corresponding total plasmid DNA amount remains unknown. In this study, we determined the PCNs of 11 plasmids (ranging from 2 kb to 416 kb) in a sequenced B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain YBT-1520 using real-time qPCR. PCNs were found to range from 1.38 to 172, and were negatively correlated to plasmid size. The amount of total plasmid DNA (∼8.7 Mbp) was 1.62-fold greater than the amount of chromosomal DNA (∼5.4 Mbp) at the mid-exponential growth stage (OD₆₀₀ = 2.0) of the organism. Furthermore, we selected three plasmids with different sizes and replication mechanisms to determine the PCNs over the entire life cycle. We found that the PCNs dynamically shifted at different stages, reaching their maximum during the mid-exponential growth or stationary phases and remaining stable and close to their minimum after the prespore formation stage. The PCN of pBMB2062, which is the smallest plasmid (2062 bp) and has the highest PCN of those tested, varied in strain YBT-1520, HD-1, and HD-136 (172, 115, and 94, respectively). These findings provide insight into both the total plasmid DNA amount of B. thuringiensis and the strong ability of the species to harbor plasmids.     

Hydrogen autotrophy of Nocardia opaca strains is encoded by linear megaplasmids

Several linear megaplasmids were detected in the facultatively lithoautotrophic Gram-positive bacterium Nocardia opaca. The wild-type strain MR11 contains, in addition to the cccDNA plasmids pHG31-a and pHG31-b, the linear plasmids pHG201 (270 kb), pHG202 (400 kb) and pHG203 (420 kb). The wild-type strain MR22 contains, in addition to the cccDNA plasmid pHG33, the linear plasmids pHG204 (180 kb), pHG205 (280 kb) and pHG206 (510 kb). After preparation of DNA from cells embedded in agarose, the linear plasmids were demonstrated by pulsed-field electrophoresis. By means of DNA probes for genes of soluble hydrogenase and ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase, the conjugative plasmids pHG201 and pHG205 were shown to be the carriers of the genetic information for these enzymes. A restriction map of pHG201 for the enzymes AsnI, SpeI, XbaI is presented.     

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Corynebacterium glutamicum is dispensable for growth and lysine production

Abstract The symbiotic plasmid pRHc1J and the helper plasmid pJB3JI were transferred from Rhizobium "hedysari" strain RJ77 to Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain GMI9023. Transconjugants harboured recombinant plasmids (R-prime plasmids) consisting of pJB3JI carrying DNA fragments, of different sizes, surrounding the Tn 5 mob insert in pRHc1J. Two of these R-prime plasmids (pR1 and pR2) carried nod genes and were able to restore the Nod⁺ phenotype of pSym⁻ derivatives of R. "hedysari" . The R. "hedysari" nod genes harboured by both R-primes were expressed in R. leguminosarum biovar trifolii wild-type but not in a pSym⁻ derivative.     

Microcalorimetric investigation on the growth model and the protein yield of Bacillus thuringiensis

A novel microcalorimetric technique based on the bacterial heat output was applied to evaluate the special growth model, the protein expression and the generation time of Bacillus thuringiensis for the first time. The thermogenic curves of the aerobic metabolism of B. thuringiensis strains YBT-833, YBT-1520 and YBT-833-2-1 were determined by using an LKB-2277 BioActivity Monitor. The analysis of the thermogenic curves indicated both the mutant strain and the wild-type strains followed the same linear growth model during sporulation. The metabolism heat output revealed heat output was correlated to the yield of the insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs) very well, the more protein product, and the less heat output. Based on the data acquired, we proposed that this method could be a useful tool in monitoring the fermentation of B. thuringiensis.