ITS序列分析与MALDI-TOF MS质谱技术在丝状真菌鉴定中的应用

丝状真菌常用的鉴定方法为形态方法和基因鉴定方法,前者限于检验人员的知识和技能,后者操作繁琐,费用略昂贵,不适合常规开展。因此,寻找丝状真菌快速鉴定方法势在必行。本文采用VITEK MALDI-TOF MS（基质辅助激光解析电离时间飞行质谱）IVD数据库（3.0版本）对临床分离的254株丝状真菌进行鉴定,并以ITS（internal transcribed spacer 内转录间隔区）序列分析为标准,验证MALDI-TOF MS质谱技术鉴定丝状真菌的准确性。结果表明MALDI-TOF MS质谱技术可以对大部分丝状真菌实现快速、准确的鉴定,其中对毛癣菌属（100%）、毛孢子菌属（100%）、毛霉菌属（100%）、曲霉菌属（96.5%）准确率很高,对犬小孢子菌（75%）、镰刀菌属（50%）、新月弯孢霉（46.2%）准确率较低,对丝状真菌鉴定的总体准确率为86.36%,与ITS测序分析符合率为83.97%。     

Enantiomeric oxidation of organic sulfides by the filamentous fungi Botrytis cinerea, Eutypa lata and Trichoderma viride

The biotransformations of a series of substituted sulfides were carried out with the filamentous fungi Botrytis cinerea, Eutypa lata and Trichoderma viride. Several products underwent microbial oxidation of sulfide to sulfoxide with medium to high enantiomeric purity. With regard to sulfoxide enantioselectivity, the (R)-enantiomer was favoured in biotransformations by T. viride and E. lata while the (S)-enantiomer was favoured in those by B. cinerea. A minor amount of sulfone product was also obtained.     

Activity of dehydroabietic acid derivatives against wood contaminant fungi

The antifungal activity of 10 dehydroabietic acid derivatives with different configuration in A and B rings (cis/trans A/B junction) and different substituents and/or functionalities was evaluated in bioassays in vitro and in situ (pine wood blocks).

The test compounds dissolved in acetone were assayed at several concentrations w/w (test compound/culture medium) against the fungi. The Relative Inhibition (RI) was determined by measuring the radial growth of colonies of the fungi treated with the test compounds by comparison with those of control cultures; the results are expressed as EC₅₀.

The results of bioassays in vitro have shown that hydroxyl and aldehyde functions are required for antifungal activity in this group of compounds and deisopropylation can increase the activity. Our assay of antifungal activity in situ (in pine wood blocks) provides a means to investigate the preservative activities of these antifungal compounds under actual conditions of use.

The dehydroabietic acid derivative cis-deisopropyldehydroabietanol (10) inhibited the growth of several of the fungi tested, in vitro and in situ.

The results obtained in situ with the test compound (10) at 6% and 8% were not significantly different from the reference products and a good level of protection of the wood against the organisms tested was achieved.

The results in wood bioassays present new possibilities in the search for natural new compounds in the wood protection, as an alternative to conventional fungicides.     

谷胱甘肽促进液体发酵体系中蛹虫草合成虫草素

虫草素是药用真菌蛹虫草Cordyceps militaris的主要活性成分,具有抗癌、抗肿瘤、抗病毒等多种生理活性.研究表明,氧化应激参与丝状真菌的次级代谢调控,然而在蛹虫草虫草素代谢中尚未见报道.本研究以蛹虫草深层液体发酵体系为研究对象,添加谷胱甘肽(glutathione,GSH)调节细胞氧化还原状态,考察其对虫草...     

残次苹果发酵产物对连作土壤环境及‘平邑甜茶’幼苗生长的影响

在盆栽条件下,研究残次苹果发酵产物对连作土壤环境及平邑甜茶幼苗生长的影响,为减轻苹果连作障碍提供理论依据。试验以连作土壤为对照(CK),设置溴甲烷灭菌连作土壤(T₁)、连作土壤施加苹果发酵产物(T₂)、连作土壤施加灭菌苹果发酵产物(T₃)处理,测定了土壤和平邑甜茶幼苗的相关指标。结果表明: T₁、T₂、T₃能显著促进平邑甜茶幼苗的生长,其中以T₁和T₂的效果较好,其根系呼吸速率、株高、地径、鲜质量、干质量分别比CK提高了107.3%、50.6%、42.4%、171.7%、225.3%和104.4%、50.6%、42.3%、171.8%、225.5%。T₂和T₃提高了连作土壤中养分转化相关酶的活性,过氧化氢酶、脲酶、中性磷酸酶和蔗糖酶活性分别比CK提高了44.5%、169.5%、23.4%、169.3%和23.7%、72.6%、1.5%、121.5%;T₁处理的过氧化氢酶和蔗糖酶活性与CK无显著差异,脲酶和中性磷酸酶活性分别降低了40.8%和41.6%。T₂土壤铵态氮、硝态氮、速效磷和速效钾含量分别较CK提高了18.6%、50.6%、14.0%和36.7%;T₃只提高了速效氮的含量,铵态氮和硝态氮含量分别提高了7.0%和23.6%;T₁与CK相比速效养分含量有所降低。T₁和T₂显著降低了土壤放线菌和真菌数量,增加了细菌数量;T₃处理的细菌、放线菌和真菌数量均较CK显著降低。实时荧光定量PCR分析发现,T₁、T₂和T₃处理的层出镰孢菌、串珠镰孢菌、腐皮镰孢菌和尖孢镰孢菌基因拷贝数均较CK有不同程度的降低。表明苹果发酵产物处理能抑制连作土壤病原菌,改善土壤环境,促进平邑甜茶幼苗生长,可作为一种减轻苹果连作障碍的方法。     

皂角发酵物对红托竹荪病害防治及土壤主要微生物群落影响

为了研究皂角发酵物对贵州当地特色产业红托竹荪的病害防治及促生长作用,本研究在室内分离病原菌并进行平板对峙实验,田间试验设计4个处理：不施用药剂的常规处理、解淀粉芽孢杆菌HN11菌液、皂角粉末、皂角发酵物,调查防治效果,测量菌蛋大小及个数,检测土壤微生物群落变化。从发病组织中分离出一株病原菌,鉴定为阴沟肠杆菌Enterobacter cloacae。皂角发酵物对竹荪病害田间防治效果达77.86%,生长面积提高61.22%。土壤微生物群落中细菌和真菌分析结果显示,相较于其他处理组,皂角发酵物处理组中竹荪相对丰度占比最大,达25.83%。皂角发酵物能有效防治红托竹荪病害,促进红托竹荪菌蛋生长,减少化学农药的用量,促进生态循环,保障农产品食用安全,提升皂角和竹荪产业综合效益。     

Utility of the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the intergenic spacer region of the rDNA for characterizing Gibberella fujikuroi isolates

In the present report, a total of thirty-one isolates of Gibberella fujikuroi (Sawada) Wollenw. species complex of Fusarium (section Liseola) morphologically classified as F. moniliforme according to the taxonomy of Nelson, Toussoun and Marasas (1983) were analyzed for their ability to produce fumonisin B₁ and fumonisin B₂ by an optimized liquid chromatographic method. They were isolated from three hosts (Zea mays, Musa sapientum and Pinus pinea). The results indicate that M. sapientum is a preferential host for G. fujikuroi isolates with low or null capacity for producing fumonisins, while isolates from Z. mays and P. pinea are generally high fumonisin producers.

The molecular characterization of isolates was carried out in parallel using an optimized, simple and low-cost method for isolating DNA from filamentous fungi and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms (PCR-RFLP) of the rDNA intergenic spacer (IGS) region. The haplotypes obtained with Hha I enzyme and combinations of Hha I, EcoR I, Alu I, Pst I and Xho I enzymes provided very characteristic groupings of G. fujikuroi isolates as a function of host type and fumonisin B₁ and B₂ producing capacity. IGS region restriction patterns showed no relationship to isolate geographical origin. This is the first report on this method's capacity to detect polymorphism permitting discrimination between G. fujikuroi isolates from different hosts and with different toxigenic profiles.     

Microbial characterization during composting of municipal solid waste

This study investigates the prevailing physico-chemical conditions and microbial community; mesophilic bacteria, yeasts and filamentous fungi, bacterial spores, Salmonella and Shigella as well as faecal indicator bacteria: total coliforms, faecal coliforms and faecal Streptococci, present in a compost of municipal solid waste. Investigations were conducted in a semi-industrial pilot plant using a moderate aeration during the composting process. Our results showed that: (i) auto-sterilization induced by relatively high temperatures (60–55°C) caused a significant change in bacterial communities. For instance, Escherichia coli and faecal Streptococci populations decreased, respectively, from 2×10⁷ to 3.1×10³ and 10⁷ to 1.5×10³ cells/g waste dry weight (WDW); yeasts and filamentous fungi decreased from 4.5×10⁶ to 2.6×10³ cells/g WDW and mesophilic bacteria were reduced from 5.8×10⁹ to 1.8×10⁷ bacteria/g WDW. On the other hand, the number of bacterial spores increased at the beginning of the composting process, but after the third week their number decreased notably; (ii) Salmonella disappeared completely from compost by the 25th day as soon as the temperature reached 60°C; and (iii) the bacterial population increased gradually during the cooling phase. While Staphylococci seemed to be the dominant bacteria during the mesophilic phase and at the beginning of the thermophilic phase, bacilli predominated during the remainder of the composting cycle. The appearance of gram-negative rods (opportunistic pathogens) during the cooling phase may represent a serious risk for the sanitary quality of the finished product intended for agronomic reuse. Compost sonication for about 3 min induced the inactivation of delicate bacteria, in particular gram-negatives. By contrast, gram-positive bacteria, especially micrococcus, spores of bacilli, and fungal propagules survived, and reached high concentrations in the compost.     

Lipid accumulation in Trichoderma species

Abstract Two filamentous fungi, Trichoderma harzianum and Trichoderma viride , were compared for their ability to synthesize lipids on different carbon and nitrogen sources. Three culture media were selected for each strain after preliminary screening. All the test media were nitrogen-deficient (C/N = 60) so as to stimulate lipid accumulation. For both microorganisms the glucose-ammonium sulphate medium was the most conducive to lipid production: a lipid accumulation of 17% (w/w) of biomass dry weight was obtained for T. harzianum and of 32% (w/w) of biomass dry weight for T. viride . In sucrose-sodium nitrate medium T. harzianum was able to accumulate almost 25% (w/w) of its biomass in lipid form. However the small quantity of biomass produced (2 g dry weight/l) limited the quantity of lipid obtained. Neutral lipids, free fatty acids and phospholipids were monitored during 8 days of cultivation of the two fungi.     

栎生桑黄和忍冬桑黄液体培养过程中发酵液抗氧化能力

桑黄孔菌属Sanghuangporus是药用木生真菌资源中一个重要的属,但是该属仅有少数几个种类被用于人工栽培,且栽培面积较小。此外,桑黄孔菌属中大部分种类的药用功能仍未完全明确。因此,本研究以桑黄孔菌属近期新发表的新种栎生桑黄S. quercicola和关注度较低的忍冬桑黄S. lonicericola为主要研究对象,通过测定它们液体培养过程中第2、4、6、8、10、12和14天的菌丝生物量以及发酵液的粗多糖含量、多酚含量、黄酮含量、抗坏血酸含量、DPPH自由基清除能力、ABTS自由基清除能力、总抗氧化能力、超氧化物歧化酶活性、羟自由基清除能力、超氧阴离子清除能力、铁离子还原能力和亚铁离子螯合能力等12个抗氧化指标,对桑黄的抗氧化能力进行评定。2种桑黄真菌各选取一号菌株,其发酵液均表现出强抗氧化能力。相比之下,栎生桑黄的多糖、抗坏血酸和超氧化物歧化酶含量更高,而忍冬桑黄的多酚和黄酮含量更高。相应的,栎生桑黄和忍冬桑黄在其他一些抗氧化指标上也表现出强弱程度及出现时间的差异。上述研究结果为桑黄孔菌属真菌的药用功能开发提供了新资源,为不同抗氧化代谢产物的分离纯化提供了科学依据。     

Cmku70基因敲除对蛹虫草生长发育的影响

ku70和ku80是非同源末端连接修复通路的关键基因,在一些丝状真菌中其基因敲除株可作为底盘菌株,提高同源重组效率和基因敲除效率。本研究从蛹虫草基因组中鉴定得到Cmku70及Cmku80基因,分别编码分子量为71.50kDa和80.96kDa的蛋白,均含有Ku core结构域,预测均定位于细胞核。系统进化分析表明Ku70和Ku80蛋白在真菌中广泛存在,且具有保守性。通过农杆菌介导的同源重组法敲除Cmku70,发现不影响蛹虫草菌丝生长、见光转色、分生孢子形成及形态等无性生长过程,但敲除后不能形成子实体,因此Cmku70敲除株不宜用作蛹虫草生长发育相关基因高效敲除的底盘菌株。     

A molecular toolbox for manipulating Eremothecium coryli

The genus Eremothecium contains dimorphic and filamentous fungal species, most notably Eremothecium sinecaudum (Holleya sinecauda), a dimorphic plant pathogen, which was isolated from mustard seeds, and Eremothecium gossypii (Ashbya gossypii), a filamentous fungus, which is well known for its ability to produce riboflavin. In this study, we present the initial molecular characterization of another Eremothecium species classified as Eremothecium coryli. E.coryli is a dimorphic fungus. We have developed, based on previously described reagents, a transformation system for E. coryli using kanMX and NATMX3 as dominant selectable marker genes on freely replicating plasmids conferring resistance to the antibiotics G418 and nourseothricin, respectively. As reporter genes we could introduce lacZ and GFP, which were controlled either by the AgTEF1 promoter or by regulatable MET promoters derived from the A. gossypii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae MET3 genes. These newly established tools will allow a detailed comparison of different growth modes in filamentous or dimorphic species within the genus Eremothecium.     

丝状真菌蛋白表达系统研究进展*

丝状真菌以其优秀的表达分泌能力和良好的环境适应能力,使得其在蛋白质表达领域应用越来越广泛。近几十年来,通过诱变、培养优化及遗传改造等手段,使得包含曲霉属、木霉属、青霉属等在内的丝状真菌被开发成高效表达宿主。为促进丝状真菌蛋白表达系统的开发,结合作者的研究工作,对工业上丝状真菌表达宿主、蛋白质表达元件及其改造策略进行综述,并探讨了当前丝状真菌表达系统开发过程中的不足之处,为新型丝状真菌表达系统的研究提供参考和启示。     

Synthesis and evaluation of anticancer benzoxazoles and benzimidazoles related to UK-1

UK-1 is a structurally unique bis(benzoxazole) natural product isolated from a strain of Streptomyces. UK-1 has been reported to possess anticancer activity but no activity against bacteria, yeast, or fungi. Previous work has also demonstrated the ability of UK-1 to bind a variety of di- and tri-valent metal ions, particularly Mg²⁺ ions, and to form complexes with double-stranded DNA in the presence of Mg²⁺ ions. Here we report the activity of UK-1 against a wide range of human cancer cell lines. UK-1 displays a wide spectrum of potent anticancer activity against leukemia, lymphoma, and certain solid tumor-derived cell lines, with IC₅₀ values as low as 20 nM, but is inactive against Staphylococcus aureus, a methicillin-resistant strain of S. aureus, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A series of analogues of the bis(benzoxazole) natural product UK-1 in which the carbomethoxy-substituted benzoxazole ring of the natural product was modified were prepared and evaluated for their anticancer and antibacterial properties. An analogue of UK-1 in which the carbomethoxy-substituted benzoxazole ring was replaced with a carbomethoxy-substituted benzimidazole ring was inactive against human cancer cell lines and the two strains of S. aureus. In contrast, a simplified analogue in which the carbomethoxy-substituted benzoxazole ring was replaced with a carbomethoxy group was almost as active as UK-1 against the four cancer cell lines examined but lacked activity against S. aureus. Metal ion binding studies of these analogues demonstrate that they both bind Zn²⁺ and Ca²⁺ ions about as well as UK-1. The non-cytotoxic benzimidazole UK-1 analogue binds Mg²⁺ ions 50-fold weaker than UK-1, whereas the simple benzoxazole analogue binds Mg²⁺ ions nearly as well as UK-1. These results support a role of Mg²⁺ ion binding in the selective cytotoxicity of UK-1 and provide a minimal pharmacophore for the selective cytotoxic activity of the natural product.     

Saprotrophy of Conidiobolus and Basidiobolus in leaf litter

This study of the putative saprotrophs of Conidiobolus and Basidiobolus aids the understanding of their ecological roles in litter, and their relationship with the entomogenous fungi of the Entomophthorales. A total of 47 isolates (ten spp.) were screened for their ability to utilise pure compounds, arthropod cadavers, and plant leaf fragments as substrates. Isolates co-occurred in a larch plantation (Larix sp.) or were from adjacent habitats. Of the 21 isolates (nine spp.) tested on potential prime carbon sources, none could utilise common plant structural polymers. Conidiobolus adiaeretus, C. iuxtagenitus, and B. ranarum from litter and some soil isolates of C. heterosporus, C. pumilus, and C. firmipilleus could use starches and glycogen. In marked contrast, all could utilise animal chitin, gelatine, casein, N-acetyl glucosamine, and trehalose. The lipids tributyrin and sunflower oil also supported growth. Conidia on cadavers usually led to high levels of colonisation as was the case for 30 isolates (ten species). Collembola were more frequently and rapidly colonised than mites. Cadavers of many other arthropods were also internally colonised. The ability to utilise cadavers of diverse arthropods indicates that trophic competition between co-occurring test species may be minimal. Niche differentiation may depend more on non-trophic features of their life history. Negative correlation of performance with the presence of naturally occurring, non-test fungi suggests competition with (or antibiosis from) at least some of the other fungi. In washed or unwashed plant fragments of larch litter (F-layer) only occasional local growth and resting spore formation occurred. Extra nutrients did not facilitate colonisation. Alternative forms of repetitional conidia showed a strong association with plant fragments but not with cadavers.     

Laccase production at reactor scale by filamentous fungi

Laccases have received much attention from researchers during the past decades due to their broad substrate specificity and to the fact that they use molecular oxygen as the final electron acceptor instead of hydrogen peroxide as used by peroxidases. This makes laccases highly interesting for a wide variety of processes, such as textile dye decolouration, pulp bleaching, effluent detoxification, biosensors and bioremediation.

The successful application of laccases to the above-mentioned processes requires the production of large quantities of enzyme at low cost. Filamentous fungi are able to produce laccases in high amounts, however, an efficient production system at bioreactor scale is still lacking. This is mainly due to the fact that laccase production by wild-type strains of filamentous fungi is linked to secondary metabolism, which implies that the following drawbacks must be overcome: uncontrolled fungal growth, the formation of polysaccharides around mycelia and the secretion of certain compounds (i.e. proteases) that inactivate laccases. This review summarizes the current status of laccase production by wild-type strains of filamentous fungi at the bioreactor scale.     

子囊菌交配型基因MAT1-1的系统发育

子囊菌具有无性态与有性态的复杂性,以及人们对其系统发育和亲缘关系了解的局限性,进而导致菌物学家对子囊菌分类尚持不同意见。子囊菌的交配型基因（MAT）进化保守,且编码的蛋白质调控子囊菌的有性生殖过程。核盘菌Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary隶属于子囊菌门Ascomycota、盘菌纲Discomycete,是一种典型丝状同宗配合真菌,控制该菌有性生殖的交配型基因MAT1-1和MAT1-2紧密连锁,且该菌并无有性态与无性态的复杂性。故此,本文根据所克隆的核盘菌交配型基因MAT1-1,利用PAUP*软件将82种含有Alpha-box交配型基因的子囊菌进行了系统进化分析,通过核苷酸及氨基酸水平的系统发育分析,并结合Ainsworth（1973）分类系统及最新的Deep Hyphae（2006）分类系统的对比研究,发现所构建的系统进化树与传统分类所表现的进化关系基本一致,且核盘菌交配型基因MAT1-1在进化过程中功能相对保守,该分析结果有助于对其他子囊菌交配型基因的克隆、系统分类与进化研究,同时对核盘菌的亲缘关系、病害预测及防治等具有重要意义。     

利用扁桃斑鸠菊叶发酵高产粗毛纤孔菌胞外多糖的条件优化及其抗氧化活性研究

粗毛纤孔菌胞外多糖是粗毛纤孔菌液体发酵的重要活性代谢产物,但采用常规的发酵方法,粗毛纤孔菌胞外多糖的产量较低。为更好地获取粗毛纤孔菌胞外多糖,本文采用双向液体发酵的方法,通过向发酵培养基中添加适量的扁桃斑鸠菊叶粉末,来提高粗毛纤孔菌胞外多糖的产量,并对优化得到的胞外多糖抗氧化活性进行了研究。以发酵液中胞外多糖含量为指标,采用单因素实验和正交实验优化发酵条件;采用红外光谱对胞外多糖的结构特征进行分析;通过测定胞外多糖对ABTS、DPPH和羟基自由基的清除率来了解其抗氧化活性。结果表明,最优发酵条件为:扁桃斑鸠菊叶粉末添加量0.5g/L、发酵时间10d、pH 6.5、接种量5.0mL,在此条件下,粗毛纤孔菌胞外多糖的产量达到(2.34±0.25)mg/mL,与未添加扁桃斑鸠菊叶的空白组相比,其胞外多糖产量提高了约216.22%;红外分析与抗氧化活性实验结果表明,添加扁桃斑鸠菊叶后的胞外多糖与未添加扁桃斑鸠菊叶的胞外多糖红外主要吸收峰一致,并且对ABTS、DPPH以及羟基自由基清除能力相近。本研究结果表明扁桃斑鸠菊叶能够有效地提高粗毛纤孔菌胞外多糖的产量,为其他珍稀食药用菌胞外多糖的高效生产提供了新思路。     

毛筒壳科真菌次级代谢产物生物活性的评价

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