Replication,maturation and physical mapping of bacteriophage MB78 genome

Bacteriophage MB78 is a virulent phage ofSalmonella typhimurium. The viral DNA is 42 kb in size and seems to be circularly permuted. We show that viral DNA replication is through concatemeric DNA formation which is subsequently converted into full length DNA through headful packaging. A restriction map of MB78 DNA for six restriction endonucleases e.g.BgIII,PvuII, ECORI, ClaI, SalI and SmaI has been constructed. The yield of certain fragments in less than molar amount is explained in terms of permutation and the headful mechanism of packaging. The packaging site (pac site) has been suggested.     

Maturation of bacteriophage 9NA DNA is influenced by the fatty acid composition of the host cell membrane

The fatty acid composition of the membrane of the conditional auxotroph fabB2 can be altered by allowing the cells to grow at non-permissive temperature (37°C) in the presence of a cis-unsaturated fatty acid. The phage 9NA, a virulent phage ofSalmonella typhimurium, can not multiply in fabB2. Synthesis and maturation of the phage DNA are differentially affected by variation in the fatty acid composition of the cell membrane. The replicating DNA associates with the membrane complex, the site of DNA synthesis. The association is comparatively weak in oleic, claidic, palmitoleic, palmitelaidic and linolelaidic acid enriched cells. When the cells are grown in the presence of palmitoleic acid, a large pool of concatemeric phage DNA accumulates in the cytoplasm within 10 min of infection. The conversion of concatemeric DNA to monomeric one i.e., mature phage length DNA, is inhibited in such cells. The presence of concatemeric DNA can be visualized by electron microscope. Such a situation is not observed when the cells are grown in media supplemented with other types of unsaturated fatty acids. The mechanism by which the host cell membrane lipid controls phage development is yet to be worked out.     

Chloroplast DNA restriction site mapping and the phylogeny ofRanunculus (Ranunculaceae)

A chloroplast DNA restriction site map forRanunculus sceleratus (Ranunculaceae) was constructed using 14 restriction endonucleases. The total size of the chloroplast genome is 152.4kb. No inversions were detected relative to the tobacco chloroplast DNA. Cladistic analyses of chloroplast DNA restriction site polymorphism were employed in order to elucidate the phylogeny among 76 species of the genusRanunculus in a wide sense and one species ofTrautvetteria. A total of 341 informative restriction site changes were detected. Parsimony jackknifing, bootstrapping and decay analysis were undertaken in order to evaluate the amount of support for the monophyletic groups. The results suggest that the analysed species ofRanunculus are divisible into two main clades. Only few of the traditional sections and subgenera ofRanunculus are monophyletic. The genusTrautvetteria is nested within a clade comprising, e.g.Ranunculus cymbalaria, R. andersonii, R. lapponicus andR. ficaria. SubgenusBatrachium lies within a larger clade containing, e.g.R. sceleratus andR. hyperboreus. Contractions of the inverted repeat due to parallel deletions of 200–300 bp close to the J_SB have occurred in many clades and the phylogenetic distribution of this size reduction was mapped among the species.     

Isolation and genetic characterization of new uvsW alleles of bacteriophage T4

Summary TheuvsW gene of bacteriophage T4 is required for wild-type levels of recombination, for normal survival and mutagenesis after UV irradiation, and for wild-type resistance to hydroxyurea. Additionally,uvsW mutations restore the arrested DNA synthesis caused by mutations in any of several genes that block secondary initiation (recombination-primed replication, the major mode of initiation at late times), but only partially restore the reduced burst size. AuvsW deletion mutation was constructed to establish the null-allele phenotype, which is similar but not identical to the phenotype of the canonicaluvsW mutation, and to demonstrate convincingly that theuvsW gene is non-essential (althoughuvsW mutations severely compromise phage production). In an attempt to uncouple the diverse effects ofuvsW mutations, temperature-sensitiveuvsWts mutants were isolated. Recombination and replication effects were partially uncoupled in these mutants, suggesting distinct and separable roles foruvsW in the two processes. Furthermore, the restoration of DNA synthesis but not recombination in the double mutantsuvsW uvsX anduvsW uvsY prompts the hypothesis that the restored DNA synthesis is not recombinationally initiated.     

Physical mapping of plastid DNA variation among eleven Nicotiana species

Summary Plastid DNA of seven American and four Australian species of the genus Nicotiana was examined by restriction endonuclease analysis using the enzymes Sal I, Bgl I, Pst I, Kpn I, Xho I, Pvu II and Eco RI. These endonucleases collectively distinguish more than 120 sites on N. tabacum plastid DNA. The DNAs of all ten species exhibited restriction patterns distinguishable from those of N. tabacum for at least one of the enzymes used. All distinctive sites were physically mapped taking advantage of the restriction cleavage site map available for plastid DNA from Nicotiana tabacum (Seyer et al. 1981). This map was extended for the restriction endonucleases Pst I and Kpn I. In spite of variation in detail, the overall fragment order was found to be the same for plastid DNA from the eleven Nicotiana species. Most of the DNA changes resulted from small insertions/deletions and, possibly, inversions. They are located within seven regions scattered along the plastid chromosome. The divergence pattern of the Nicotiana plastid chromosomes was strikingly similar to that found in the genus Oenothera subsection Euoenothera (Gordon et al. 1982). The possible role of replication as a factor in the evolution of divergence patterns is discussed. The restriction patterns of plastid DNA from species within a continent resembled each other with one exception in each instance. The American species N. repanda showed patterns similar to those of most Australian species, and those of the Australian species N. debneyi resembled those of most American species.Abbreviations ims isonuclear male sterile - ptDNA plastid chloroplast DNA - Rubisco ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase - kbp kilobase pairs - LSU large subunit of Rubisco     

Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY

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鲍曼不动杆菌裂解性噬菌体LZ35的分离及全基因组分析

目的 通过分离鉴定鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体并进行遗传信息分析,为今后噬菌体用于治疗鲍曼不动杆菌引起的感染提供依据。方法 以鲍曼不动杆菌临床分离株为宿主菌,从医院污水中分离鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体并进行纯化、电镜观察形态特征、提取噬菌体DNA,进行全基因组测序,分析全基因组的结构特征,比较基因组分析其进化关系。结果 分离到鲍曼不动杆菌裂解性噬菌体LZ35,电镜观察显示,该噬菌体属于有尾噬菌体目肌尾病毒科。基因组全长44 885 bp,G＋C含量为37.95%,含有83个开放阅读框,其中22个编码序列可预测其功能,61个编码序列为未知基因。噬菌体LZ35的基因组与鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体IME-AB2和YMC-13-01-C62具有很高的同源性（分别为97%和99%）,与鲍曼不动杆菌噬菌体YMC11/12/R1215的进化关系最近。结论 以鲍曼不动杆菌临床分离株为宿主菌,分离到鲍曼不动杆菌裂解性噬菌体LZ35,明确了其形态和基因组特征,为防治噬菌体疗法奠定基础。     

沙门氏菌泛耐药基因组特征分析

[目的]分析沙门氏菌的泛耐药基因组特征.[方法]以EnteroBase数据库中16365株沙门氏菌为对象,利用课题组自主研发的泛耐药基因组分析软件(PRAP),进行泛耐药基因组结构的鉴定,通过曼-惠特尼秩和检验和皮尔逊检验,来分析耐药基因与血清型、序列型(sequence type,ST)及分离株样本来源信息间的相关性...     

一株感染铜绿假单胞菌的双链RNA噬菌体PaP6的分离和鉴定

【目的】鉴定一株新分离的铜绿假单胞菌噬菌体PaP6的生物学特性。【方法】利用铜绿假单胞菌临床分离株PA038为宿主,从西南医院污水中分离得到一株裂解性噬菌体PaP6,观察其噬斑特点;氯化铯密度梯度离心纯化噬菌体颗粒后,用透射电子显微镜观察噬菌体形态;提取PaP6基因组,通过DNA酶和RNA酶酶切,做基因组酶切图谱分析;按照感染复数(MOI)分别为10、1、0.1、0.01、0.001和0.000 1加入噬菌体和宿主菌,裂解细菌后,测定噬菌体滴度;以MOI=10的比例加入噬菌体和宿主菌,绘制一步生长曲线;用112株铜绿假单胞菌临床分离株检测PaP6宿主谱。【结果】PaP6的噬斑直径约2 mm-4 mm,圆形透明,边缘清晰;PaP6噬菌体呈多面体立体对称的头部,直径约45 nm;酶切图谱表明PaP6基因组对DNase不敏感,对RNase敏感,未酶切基因组具有3节段双链RNA(dsRNA),长度分别约为9.0、4.5、3.5 kb,共约17 kb;当MOI为0.1时PaP6感染其宿主菌产生的子代噬菌体滴度最高,达到3.4×109 PFU/m L;用一步生长曲线描绘了其生长特性;PaP6可以感染40.1%的临床分离株,是一株比较广谱的噬菌体。【结论】首次报道了一株铜绿假单胞菌的ds RNA分节段噬菌体,分类学上属于囊病毒科,该噬菌体具有较广的宿主谱,在噬菌体治疗领域具有应用前景。     

Restriction site map of the Chlorella virus PBCV-1 genome

The virus PBCV-1, which replicates in a Chlorella-like green alga, has a dsDNA genome. The DNA was mapped for BamHI, HindIII, and PstI restriction sites. The resulting map has a size of 333 kbp and is circular—indicating either covalently closed circular DNA or circularly permuted linear DNA. Several regions of repetitive DNA were also identified and located on the restriction map.     

屎肠球菌噬菌体vB_EfaS_29生物学特性及基因组分析

【背景】随着屎肠球菌耐药性越来越严重,亟需筛选获得新的、裂解效率高且遗传背景清晰的裂解性噬菌体,丰富噬菌体资源,为噬菌体疗法提供可用的菌株。【目的】从江苏省南京市西岗奶牛场粪便样品中分离出一株裂解性屎肠球菌噬菌体,研究其生物学特性及分析基因组学特征。【方法】通过双层平板法对其进行纯化,观察噬菌斑特征,透射电镜观察噬菌体形态,测定一步生长曲线、pH耐受性、温度耐受性以及最佳感染复数,对噬菌体进行全基因组测序及遗传进化分析。【结果】分离并纯化的一株裂解性屎肠球菌噬菌体命名为vB_EfaS_29,其噬菌斑圆形透亮,外周无晕环。该噬菌体头部呈二十面体,头部直径约52.4 nm,尾长约157.1 nm,为长尾噬菌体科。该噬菌体的最佳感染复数为0.1,最高耐受温度为70℃左右,当pH值在6.0-9.0时其效价稳定。一步生长曲线表明,其潜伏期为10 min,暴发期约为50 min,暴发量为80。基因组全长41 014 bp,GC含量为34.99%,共有63个开放阅读框(Open Reading Frame,ORF),其中36个被注释出已知基因,基因组中不含毒力基因、耐药基因及整合基因。进化分析显示以裂解酶编码氨基酸为靶标对比,该噬菌体与GenBank上的粪肠球菌噬菌体vB_EfaS_DELF1相似性大于99%,但是以噬菌体衣壳蛋白编码氨基酸为靶标比对发现,该噬菌体肠球菌与其他噬菌体遗传距离均较远。【结论】分离出一株裂解性屎肠球菌噬菌体,对其进行生物学特性及基因组分析,为噬菌体研究和应用提供理论依据及研究基础。     

The mitochondrial genome of fission yeast: inability of all introns to splice autocatalytically, and construction and characterization of an intronless genome

Summary In this paper we report the inability of four group I introns in the gene encoding subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase (cox1) and the group II intron in the apocytochrome b gene (cob) to splice autocatalytically. Furthermore we present the characterization of the first cox1 intron in the mutator strain ana ^r -14 and the construction and characterization of strains with intronless mitochondrial genomes. We provide evidence that removal of introns at the DNA level (termed DNA splicing) is dependent on an active RNA maturase. Finally we demonstrate that the absence of introns does not abolish homologous mitochondrial recombination.Abbreviations cox1, cox2, cox3 genes encoding subunits 1, 2 and 3 of cytochrome - c oxidase - cob gene encoding apocytochrome b - cox1I1, cox1I2a, cox1I2b, cox1I3 introns in cox1 - cox1Ix ^+/– indicates the presence or absence of the intron either in the native gene or after intron DNA excision - cox1Ix is a deletion in the intron leading to respiratory deficiency     

阪崎克罗诺杆菌噬菌体JC01的筛选和特性

【背景】阪崎克罗诺杆菌是一种食源性病原体,摄入受污染的婴儿配方奶粉(powdered infant formula, PIF)常引起新生儿坏死性小肠结肠炎和脑膜炎,对早产儿和免疫功能低下的婴儿健康甚至生命产生严重威胁。噬菌体具有特异性杀菌性,可成为一种新型生物防控制剂预防阪崎克罗诺杆菌和其他食源性致病菌的污染。【目的】从污水中分离出感染阪崎克罗诺杆菌噬菌体,评价其生物学特性、基因组生物信息及在婴儿配方奶粉中杀菌作用。【方法】采用双层琼脂法分离鉴定噬菌体,并测定其酸碱稳定性、温度稳定性、宿主范围和一步生长曲线,透射电镜观察形态,对其基因组进行二代测序和裂解功效测定。【结果】从污水中分离到一株新的能裂解阪崎克罗诺杆菌的噬菌体JC01,具有二十面立体对称头部和非收缩的长尾,噬菌体JC01基因组为双链DNA,由61 736 bp组成,预测有76个开放阅读框(open reading frame, ORF),不含有tRNA,基因组中不含有耐药基因和毒力基因。系统发育分析及基因比对分析显示噬菌体JC01是全新的噬菌体,归类于有尾噬菌体纲(Caudoviricetes)卡金斯病毒科(Casjensviridae)雅昆病毒属(Jacunavirus),被命名为Jacunavirus 01。噬菌体JC01在不同温度(−20-40 °C)和pH 5.0-9.0范围内稳定,且对婴儿配方奶粉污染的阪崎克罗诺杆菌具有良好的杀菌效果。【结论】JC01噬菌体是裂解阪崎克罗诺杆菌的新噬菌体,作为生物安全防控剂在食品生产和加工方面具有很大潜力。     

The linear 20 kb mitochondrial genome of Pandorina morum (Volvocaceae,Chlorophyta)

A physical restriction map of the mitochondrial genome from one clone (TCC 854) of the sexually isolated populations (syngens) of the morphologically uniform species Pandorina morum Bory has been constructed using restriction endonucleases Ava I, Bam HI, Bgl II, Eco RI, Kpn I, and Pst I. The 20 kb linear genome can easily be separated from plastid DNA, nuclear satellite rDNA, and main band (nuclear) DNA on a Hoechst/CsCl buoyant density gradient. The Pandorina mitochondrial DNA shows sufficient similarity to the 16 kb mitochondrial genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to cross-hybridize, and also hybridizes with a probe containing maize mitochondrial 18S rRNA genes. Double digests, self-probing, and Bal31 exonuclease experiments suggest that 1.8 to 3.3 kb of sequence is repeated at each end of the genome as an inverted repeat. Mitochondrial genome sizes of other P. morum syngens were found to range from ca. 20 to ca. 38 kb. The mitochondrial genome should be valuable for taxonomic studies; it can be used for comparative organellar studies; and it should be of interest to compare with that of other plant and animal mitochondrial genomes.     

一株屎肠球菌烈性噬菌体的分离鉴定及基因组测序分析

【背景】屎肠球菌为ESKAPE(由屎肠球菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、肺炎克雷伯菌、鲍曼不动杆菌、铜绿假单胞菌和肠杆菌属六大超级细菌的拉丁学名首字母组成)病原体之一,对多种抗菌药物具有耐药性,严重威胁全球人类健康,被世界卫生组织列入亟须研发新抗菌药的病原体名单。【目的】分离针对屎肠球菌的烈性噬菌体,测定其基本生物学特性并进行基因组测序分析,为屎肠球菌噬菌体疗法提供原料。【方法】从牧场污水中分离筛选出一株烈性屎肠球菌噬菌体,命名为Enterococcus phage 1A11,通过透射电镜观察噬菌体的形态,测定其最佳感染复数、一步生长曲线和裂解谱,并进行全基因组的测序和分析,以阐释该噬菌体的基本生物学特性。【结果】电镜下可观察到屎肠球菌噬菌体1A11具有典型的正二十面体头部结构和较长的尾部结构,属于有尾病毒目长尾病毒科,而且测得其最佳感染复数为0.01,裂解周期为70 min,潜伏期为30 min,暴发期为40 min,并特异性地对部分屎肠球菌产生裂解作用。噬菌体1A11的基因组大小为42 750 bp,GC含量为34.71%,含有70个推定的开放阅读框(open reading frame, O...     

全基因组测序技术对沙门氏菌血清型和耐药性的预测能力分析

【目的】评价全基因组测序技术在沙门氏菌血清型和耐药性检测方面的应用能力。【方法】对我国1950–2015年分离的290株鸡源沙门氏菌用常规检测方法进行了血清分型和药敏试验;提取全基因组进行测序,应用SeqSero和ResFinder数据库分析沙门氏菌的血清型和耐药性;对用常规检测方法和全基因组测序分析方法得到的血清型和耐药性结果进行比较,分析两种方法所得结果的符合性情况。【结果】沙门氏菌的主要血清型为肠炎和鸡白痢(≥84.5%),常规检测方法和全基因组测序分析方法在沙门氏菌血清分型方面的总体符合率为97.6%。对11种抗菌药物的最小抑菌浓度(MIC)检测结果显示,沙门氏菌对磺胺异噁唑(39.3%)、氨苄西林(39.0%)和粘菌素(39.0%)的耐药率较高,对其他抗菌药物的耐药率较低。全基因组测序分析能够100%预测美罗培南、氟苯尼考、阿奇霉素和阿莫西林/克拉维酸的耐药性,而且对恩诺沙星、四环素、复方新诺明、氨苄西林、头孢噻呋、磺胺异噁唑的预测符合率均超过95.0%。【结论】本研究结果表明,全基因组测序技术对沙门氏菌的血清分型和耐药性的预测具有较高的准确性和敏感性,是分析沙门氏菌血清型和...     

EcoRI-generated reiterated components of the rat genome I. Sequence of two (92 and 93 bp) related DNA fragments

The sequence of the 92 and 93 bp long, highly repetitive DNA fragments, isolated from EcoRI digested rat liver DNA, were determined. These fragments, designated 92 and 93, are found in equal abundance, 6.5 × 10⁵ copies per haploid genome. J92 and J93 can be distinguished by their differential sensitivity to cleavage by HaeIII and HindIII, respectively, which cut the fragments at 75 and 57 bp from their mutually homologous 5'-ends. J92 and J93 are 38% and 35.4% G + C, respectively, and contain a disproportionate number of triplets complementary to stop codons in all reading frames. Three methylated sites were found in J92 while none could be detected in J93. The sequences around the m⁵C sites were 5'-Py-Py-m⁵C-G-Pu-Pu, except for one case where the second Py was replaced by an A. This site appeared to be hemimethylated. When J92 and J93 are placed in register from their mutually homologous 5'-ends, homology is 73% for the first 30 bp region and 63.5% for the total molecule. Thermal melting studies indicate sequence heterogeneity within J92 and J93 from substantial internal base mismatches. The sequences derived are therefore composite averages for the whole molecules. The Cot_/1/2 for the sequence was measured spectrophotometrically to be 2 × 10⁻² M/s on a DNA phosphorus basis and 2.15 × 10⁻⁴ M/s on a mole fragment basis.     

Physical map and gene organization of the mitochondrial genome from the unicellular green alga Platymonas (Tetraselmis) subcordiformis (Prasinophyceae)

the entire mitochondrial genome (mt genome) of the unicellular green alga Platymonas subcordiformis (synonym Tetraselmis subcordiformis; Prasinophyceae) was cloned and a physical map for the four restriction enzymes Hind III, Eco RI, Bgl II and Xba I was constructed. The mt genome of P. subcordiformis is a 42.8 kb circular molecule, coding for at least 23 genes. Hybridization and sequence analysis revealed the presence of a ca. 1.5 kb inverted repeat on the mt genome of P. subcordiformis. Phylogenetic analyses based on sequences of several coxI genes were carried out. Our data indicate that mitochondria from P. subcordiformis and from land plants form a natural, monophyletic group.