Intergeneric protoplast fusion between Fusobacterium varium and Enterococcus faecium for enhancing dehydrodivanillin degradation

Intergeneric protoplast fusion between Fusobacterium varium (Pcs Glu+) and Enterococcus faecium (Pcr Glu-) was performed under strictly anaerobic conditions to improve dehydrodivanillin (DDV) degradation. The fusion frequency obtained from the selective medium (Pc+ Glu-) was about 0.9 X 10(-5) to 1.3 X 10(-5). The seven fusants isolated were all gram-negative anaerobes with rod shapes like that of F. varium and with main phenotypical properties of cocci like those of E. faecium such as esculin and starch hydrolysis, milk clotting, and lactate production. Five fusants showed enhanced DDV degradation activities that were 2 to 4 times higher than those of parental strains. Genetic relatedness between a fusant (FE7) and the parents was estimated by DNA-DNA Southern blot hybridization with 32P-labeled chromosomal DNA fragments of F. varium and E. faecium as respective probes. The fusant FE7 presented a very high cross-hybridization with both probes, indicating a high DNA homology between the fusant and both parental strains. Almost all the fusants obtained here have stably kept the properties described above for about 2 years. These results suggest that intergeneric gene transfer takes place through protoplast fusion and that the fusants that were obtained are stable recombinants.     

Insertion sequence analysis of protoplast fused strains of Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris

Abstract The use of insertion sequence probes for the analysis of fusants obtained following protoplast fusion is described. Hybridization of both total and plasmid DNA from parent and fusant strains with probes to IS 904 and IS S1 showed that of the four protoplast fusions examined, three appeared to involve a rearrangement of genetic material while in the fourth the fusant appeared similar to one of the parental strains. This method of analysis provides more information about the changes induced by protoplast fusion than that obtained by monitoring the acquisition or loss of individual characteristics.     

A fusant of Sphingomonas sp. GY2B and Pseudomonas sp. GP3A with high capacity of degrading phenanthrene

A fusant strain F14 with high biodegradation capability of phenanthrene was obtained by protoplast fusion between Sphingomonas sp. GY2B (GenBank DQ139343) and Pseudomonas sp. GP3A (GenBank EU233280). F14 was screened and identified from 39 random fusants by antibiotic tests, scanning electron microscope (SEM) and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). The result of SEM analysis demonstrated that the cell shape of fusant F14 different from parental strains. RAPD analysis of 5 primers generated a total of 70 bands. The genetic similarity indices between F14 and parental strains GY2B and GP3A were 27.9 and 34.6 %, respectively. F14 could rapidly degrade phenanthrene within 24 h, and the degradation efficiency was much better than GY2B and GP3A. GC–MS analysis of metabolites of phenanthrene degradation indicated F14 had a different degradation pathway from GY2B. Furthermore, the fusant strain F14 had a wider adaptation of temperatures (25–36 °C) and pH values (6.5–9.0) than GY2B. The present study indicated that fusant strain F14 could be an effective and environment-friendly bacterial strain for PAHs bioremediation.     

克鲁维酵母种间原生质体融合的研究

乳酸克鲁维酵母(Kluyueromyces lactis Y12—1)和脆壁克鲁维酵母(K.fragilis8554)是乳糖酶生产菌株。应用原生质体融合技术进行了两菌株种问融合的研究。通过试验．原生质体形成及再生的最佳条件为：对数期的细胞,2％的蜗牛酶．30℃酶解30分钟．原生质体形成率90％以上,再生率20%左右。原生质体融合由聚乙二醇(PEG)诱导。K.lactisY12-l不能旋酵菊糖;K.fragilis 8554不能同化D－松三糖和麦芽糖;利用二菌株自身的营养缺陷性质获得融合子。融合子既能发酵菊糖又能同化D－松三糖和麦芽糖;融合子的DNA含量约为二亲株之和;融合子的菌落形态与亲株相比有一定差别．在以乳糖为碳源的培养基中,融合子的乳糖酶产量提高14一l6％;连续15次传代,融合子稳定。     

Intergeneric Protoplast Fusion between Ruminococcus albus and an Anaerobic Recombinant, FE7

Intergeneric protoplast fusion between Ruminococcus albus, a cellulolytic, gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium (Pc Sm Km), and an anaerobic recombinant, FE7 (Pc Sm Km), having lignin-related compound-degrading activities, was performed under strictly anaerobic conditions to introduce cellulase genes into strain FE7. The fusion frequency varied with different selected markers from 3.0 x 10 to 3.3 x 10. Two fusants, obtained from a synthetic medium with selective pressures of penicillin and streptomycin and with cellooli-gomer as the sole carbon source, were gram-negative rods. One of them, named FE7R2, showed 45 to 47% of the beta-glucosidase and cellobiosidase activities of its parent R. albus and still maintained a level of degradation activity against dehydrodivanillin, a lignin-related compound, of up to 87% of that of the parent strain FE7. To verify that the cellulolytic activities expressed in the fusant FE7R2 originated from R. albus cellulase genes, the beta-glucosidase gene of R. albus was cloned into Escherichia coli HB101 with plasmid pBR322. Cells bearing a recombinant plasmid, pRAII, produced high enzyme activities against both p-nitrophenyl-beta-d-glucoside and p-nitrophenyl-beta-d-cellobioside and could degrade cellobiose to glucose. Southern blot results showed that the cloned DNA fragment could hybridize with chromosomal DNAs of both R. albus and FE7R2, but did not with the chromosomal DNA of FE7, indicating that the beta-glucosidase gene fragment was introduced into the chromosome of FE7R2 from R. albus via the protoplast fusion. The fusant FE7R2 could utilize simultaneously both cellobiose and dehydrodivanillin. These results gave evidence that the fusion product FE7R2 is a recombinant strain between its parents R. albus and FE7. This recombinant has stably kept the above properties for about 2 years.     

Frankia与链霉菌融合子特性的研究

将Frankia菌株CcOl与金色链霉菌GL原生质体融合,得到3株融合子,均具有GL生长快的特性与CcOl的结瘤固氮能力.固体培养时,3株融合子呈现出与GL不同的颜色;且均具有Frankia菌的顶囊形态,以及链霉菌的链状孢子丝结构.与两亲本相同,3株融合子均对大肠杆菌有抗性,其中F4与GL的抗菌谱基本相同.在传10代之后,它们仍具有结瘤与固氮能力.血清学分析表明,F1与F6兼具两亲本的特异抗原,而F4仅具有GL的特异抗原,融合子F1、F6较F4在遗传上更为稳定.     

Intergeneric protoplast fusion between Acinetobacter sp. A3 and Pseudomonas putida DP99 for enchanced hydrocarbon degradation

Summary Polyethylene glycol 6000 mediated protoplast fusion between an alkane degrader Acinetobacter sp. A3, and a naphthalene degrader, Pseudomonas putida DP99 , resulted in fusants capable of degrading both hydrocarbons and were morphologically similar to Acinetobacter sp. A3. While fusant F4/13 and Pseudomonas putida DP99 degraded over 98% of naphthalene provided by the end of five days, tetradecane degradation by fusant F4/13 was 82% compared to 77% by Acinetobacter sp. A3 in the same time period. Also, while from naphthalene +tetradecane mixture, fusant F4/13 could degrade 99% and 53% of naphthalene and tetradecane respectively, both the parent strains together could degrade over 99% naphthalene but only about 16% tetradecane.     

Improvement of the cell volume ofCandida blankii through protoplast fusion

Summary The yeastCandida blankii ESP-94, capable of utilizing xylose as substrate, was isolated for the production of single-cell protein (SCP) on bagasse hydrolysates. However, the small cell volume of strain ESP-94 would complicate harvesting of the cells during a continuous fermentation process. Auxotrophic mutants of strain ESP-94 were generated and intraspecific protoplast fusion experiments performed in an attempt to increase the cell volume of strain ESP-94. The fusion products were characterised with respect to cell volume, DNA content and genetic stability. Six genetically stable fusants with bigger cell volumes and higher DNA contents were obtained. One such fusant, fusant F17, had a cell volume 3-times that of strain ESP-94, while exhibiting similar growth rates to strain ESP-94 ond-xylose as carbon source.     

原生质体融合技术构建棕榈油酸高产酵母菌株

采用原生质体融合技术进行产棕榈油酸酵母Saccharomy cescerevisiaeNo.12.926和产脂酵母RhodotorulaNo.12.908的融合研究,获得了棕榈油酸高产酵母工程菌株。实验结果表明,原生质体形成的最佳条件为:对数期酵母No.12.926和No.12.908用2%蜗牛酶于30℃分别酶解1.5和2h。在最佳条件下,酵母No.12.926和No.12.908原生质体形成率分别为94%和80%,再生率分别为75%和60%。原生质体融合由聚乙二醇诱导。将得到的融合子进行多次传代培养优选,获得了遗传性状稳定的融合菌株。融合子的生物量为亲株的两倍多,其细胞形态和菌落颜色与亲株有差别。产脂和产棕榈油酸分析表明,融合子的产脂量为菌体干重的48.53%,其中棕榈油酸占油脂总量的47.29%,为菌体干重的22.95%。     

单亲灭活柠檬酸杆菌与奇球菌原生质体融合

利用单亲灭活原生质体技术对柠檬酸杆菌和奇球菌原生质体进行了融合,考察了原生质体制备条件与融合中的影响因素。试验表明,随着溶菌酶浓度,酶解时间的增加和温度的上升,原生质体的形成率呈上升趋势,而再生率则逐渐下降。另外,正交试验结果表明,在PEG(6000)浓度40%、融合时间10min、融合温度42°C、pH值为8的条件下促融,最大融合频率可达2.74×10-7。筛选出来的融合子传代10次,性状稳定。进一步研究发现融合子在铀溶度为85mg/L时,比柠檬酸杆菌耐受性好;融合子和亲本吸附比较试验中,融合子总体吸附性能比柠檬酸杆菌略高。研究结果为耐辐射基因工程菌的构建提供了基础。     

双亲灭活制备粘质沙雷氏菌和红曲霉的跨界产色素融合子

目的:采用双亲灭活原生质体技术制备粘质沙雷氏菌和红曲霉的跨界产色素融合子,并测定其抑菌活性。方法:经0.2%溶菌酶处理获得粘质沙雷氏菌的原生质体并热灭活;经混合酶(0.8%溶菌酶+1.2%蜗牛酶+1.6%纤维素酶)处理获得红曲霉的原生质体并紫外灭活;用含25%PEG的原生质体融合剂进行促融合与再生。观察融合子的菌落形态和色素合成能力,测定融合子色素提取物对金黄色葡萄球菌的抑制活性。结果:在优化条件下,粘质沙雷氏菌原生质体的形成率为92.58%,红曲霉原生质体形成数约为106个/mL,两菌原生质体灭活率均为100%。共获得13个融合子,9个能产红色素,融合率为1×10-5%。其中8个融合子的95%乙醇提取物对金黄色葡萄球菌表现出不同程度的抑制。结论:采用双亲灭活原生质体技术,能够制备具有抑菌活性的粘质沙雷氏菌和红曲霉的跨界产色素融合子。     

双亲灭活制备粘质沙雷氏菌和红曲霉的跨界产色素融合子

目的：采用双亲灭活原生质体技术制备粘质沙雷氏菌和红曲霉的跨界产色素融合子,并测定其抑菌活性。方法：经0.2%溶菌酶处理获得粘质沙雷氏菌的原生质体并热灭活;经混合酶（0.8%溶菌酶＋1.2%蜗牛酶＋1.6%纤维素酶）处理获得红曲霉的原生质体并紫外灭活;用含25%PEG的原生质体融合剂进行促融合与再生。观察融合子的菌落形态和色素合成能力,测定融合子色素提取物对金黄色葡萄球菌的抑制活性。结果：在优化条件下,粘质沙雷氏菌原生质体的形成率为92.58%,红曲霉原生质体形成数约为106个/mL,两菌原生质体灭活率均为100%。共获得13个融合子,9个能产红色素,融合率为1×10-5%。其中8个融合子的95%乙醇提取物对金黄色葡萄球菌表现出不同程度的抑制。结论：采用双亲灭活原生质体技术,能够制备具有抑菌活性的粘质沙雷氏菌和红曲霉的跨界产色素融合子。     

用原生质体融合技术选育2—酮基—L—古龙酸高产菌株的研究

对革兰氏阳性的地衣芽孢杆菌（Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓｌｉｃｈｅｎｉｆｏｒｍｉｓ）Ｈ１９和革兰氏阴性的２－酮基－Ｌ－古龙酸产生菌Ｓ１９的原生质体的制备条件进行了研究,并采用聚乙二醇作诱导剂进行了两菌株的原生质体融合,用链霉素作为抗性标记对融合子进行了选择。从１７株产生２－酮基－Ｌ－古龙酸的融合子中选出了一株连续传代八次产酸高且产量稳定的融合子１５号。融合子１５号具有两个亲本菌株所具有的一些特性。     

Protoplast formation and regeneration of dehydrodivanillin-degrading strains of Fusobacterium varium and Enterococcus faecium.

Two strains of rumen anaerobes isolated from dehydrodivanillin-degrading cultures were identified as Fusobacterium varium and Enterococcus faecium. These organisms degraded dehydrodivanillin synergistically to 5-carboxymethylvanillin and vanillic acid. Specific conditions for protoplast formation and cell wall regeneration for both bacteria were determined, under strictly anaerobic conditions, to be as follows. The cell wall of each bacterium in yeast extract medium was loosened by adding penicillin G during early log-phase growth. The cell wall of F. varium was lysed by lysozyme (1 mg/ml) in glycerol (0.2 M)-phosphate buffer (0.05 M; pH 7.0). The addition of NaCl (0.08 M) with lysozyme was necessary for lysis of E. faecium in this solution. Almost all cells were converted to protoplasts after 2 h of incubation at 37 degrees C. Regeneration of both protoplasts was 20 to 30% on an agar-containing yeast extract medium.     

基因组重排选育胸苷磷酸化酶高产菌株

以短乳杆菌为研究对象,通过基因组重排技术选育胸苷磷酸化酶高产菌株。首先采用紫外复合诱变筛选出EA42、EB27作为基因组重排育种的亲本并制备成原生质体,分别采用紫外照射50min和60℃水浴加热60min双亲灭活原生质体,然后用质量分数40％PEG6000,30℃恒温诱导融合10min进行基因组重排。经过3轮基因组重排育种,成功选育出3株胸苷磷酸化酶高产菌株,其中菌株F3-36在菌体发酵量提高的前提下,进行5次传代测试其胸苷磷酸化酶活均在2．500U／mg湿菌体,比原始菌株酶活提高了260％。     

Protoplast formation and regeneration of dehydrodivanillin-degrading strains of Fusobacterium varium and Enterococcus faecium

Two strains of rumen anaerobes isolated from dehydrodivanillin-degrading cultures were identified as Fusobacterium varium and Enterococcus faecium. These organisms degraded dehydrodivanillin synergistically to 5-carboxymethylvanillin and vanillic acid. Specific conditions for protoplast formation and cell wall regeneration for both bacteria were determined, under strictly anaerobic conditions, to be as follows. The cell wall of each bacterium in yeast extract medium was loosened by adding penicillin G during early log-phase growth. The cell wall of F. varium was lysed by lysozyme (1 mg/ml) in glycerol (0.2 M)-phosphate buffer (0.05 M; pH 7.0). The addition of NaCl (0.08 M) with lysozyme was necessary for lysis of E. faecium in this solution. Almost all cells were converted to protoplasts after 2 h of incubation at 37 degrees C. Regeneration of both protoplasts was 20 to 30% on an agar-containing yeast extract medium.     

Intergeneric protoplast fusion between Kluyveromyces and Saccharomyces cerevisiae – to produce sorbitol from Jerusalem artichokes

The construction of inulin-assimilating and sorbitol-producing fusants was achieved by intergeneric protoplast fusion between Kluyveromyces sp. Y-85 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae E-15. The cells of parental strains were pretreated with 0.1% EDTA (w/v) and 2-mercaptoethanol (0.1%, v/v) and then exposed to 2.0% (w/v) Zymolase at 30 °C for 30–40 min. The optimized fusion condition demonstrated that with the presence of 30% (w/v) polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG-6000) and 10 mM CaCl₂ for 30 min, the fusion frequency reached 2.64 fusants/10⁶ parental cells. The fusants were screened by different characters between two parental strains and further identified by DNA contents, inulinase activity and sorbitol productivity. One of the genetically stable fusants, Strain F27, reached a maximal sorbitol production of 4.87 g/100 ml under optimal fermentation condition.     

凤尾菇和桃红平菇种间原生质体电融合获杂种菌株

以有自然标记的双核风尾菇(Pleurotus sajor-caju)和桃红平菇(P．Rhodophyllus)为出发菌株,以它们携带营养缺陷型标记的单孢菌株为直接亲本,采用BAEKON 2 000基因转移仪进行侧耳属种间原生质体电融合,成功地获得若干株融合体,其中有一株编号为F57的融台体已培育出子实体。比较了融合体F57与亲本的形态、生理、生化和遗传等性状,结果证实,融合体F57是一株新的种间杂种菌株。     

凤尾菇和盖囊侧耳原生质体非对称融合的研究

盖囊侧耳的双核体原生质体经过灭活处理作为供体与带有营养缺陷型标记的凤尾菇单核体原生质体受体融合,得到大量生长速度和菌落形态差异较大的融合子,这些融合子主要显示了供体菌株的特性,数次转接和进行原生质体再分离后,有的融合子再生菌株恢复了供体亲本的遗传特性,同时获得了一些新的生理特证。结果表明原生质体非对称融合可以作为食用菌原生质体融合育种的一种有效方式。     

Intergeneric yeast fusants with efficient ethanol production from cheese whey powder solution: Construction of a Kluyveromyces marxianus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae AY‐5 hybrid

Due to its high content of lactose and abundant availability, cheese whey powder (CWP) has received much attention for ethanol production in fermentation processes. However, lactose‐fermenting yeast strains including Kluyveromyces marxianus can only produce alcohol at a relatively low level, while the most commonly used distiller yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae cannot ferment lactose since it lacks both β‐galactosidase and the lactose permease system. To combine the unique aspects of these two yeast strains, hybrids of K. marxianus TY‐22 and S. cerevisiae AY‐5 were constructed by protoplast fusion. The fusants were screened and characterized by DNA content, β‐galactosidase activity, ethanol tolerance, and ethanol productivity. Among the genetically stable fusants, the DNA content of strain R‐1 was 6.94%, close to the sum of the DNA contents of TY‐22 (3.99%) and AY‐5 (3.51%). The results obtained by random‐amplified polymorphic DNA analysis suggested that R‐1 was a fusant between AY‐5 and TY‐22. During the fermentation process with CWP, the hybrid strain R‐1 produced 3.8% v/v ethanol in 72 h, while the parental strain TY‐22 only produced 3.1% v/v ethanol in 84 h under the same conditions.