Fungi from decaying intertidal fronds of Nypa fruticans, including three new genera and four new species

HYDE, K. D., 1992. Fungi from decaying fronds of Nypa fruticans, including three new genera and four new species. Decaying fronds and exposed stems of the mangrove palm Nypa fruticans were collected from beaches and intertidal regions of mangroves in Brunei and examined for the presence of higher marine fungi. Forty-three species were identified, four of which are new to science. The fungi included 32 Ascomycotina, one Basidiomycotina and ten Deuteromycotina. Three new genera and four new species are described and illustrated.     

Impact of salinity stress on soil-borne fungi of sugarbeet

The sugarbeet cultivar Kaumera was found to be highly susceptible to infection by the root-rot pathogens Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotium rolfsii in the absence of salinity stress. Under this environmental condition, R. solani was more efficient than S. rolfsii in producing cell wall-degrading enzymes in infected hypocotyls. Xylanase and galactanase were most effective. The rate of cell wall degradation by R. solani was nearly 2.5 times that of S. rolfsii when cells walls of healthy hypocotyls were used as sole carbon substrate for the in vitro produced crude enzymes.Under salinity stress the pathogenicity and the performance of cell wall-degrading enzymes of R. solani and S. rolfsii varied profoundly. Pathogenicity studies showed that R. solani appeared to be more tolerant than S. rolfsii of the salinity stresses applied, and relatively more virulent to cv Kaumera. The activities of cell wall enzymes of R. solani decreased and those of S. rolfsii increased with increased salt concentration when cell wall material was used as a sole carbon source. The metabolic products produced under salinity stress by R. solani and R. solani in the cell wall amended culture media shifted the initial pH towards neutrality or slight alkalinity for R. solani and to high acidity for S. rolfsii.When model substrates were used, xyland and galactan were the most responsive substrates for degradation by the cell wall enzymes of the two fungi studied. The rate of degradation was higher for S. rolfsii than for R. solani. The excessive acidity in salt stressed S. rolfsii culture media suggested reduced activities of the enzymes involved in cell wall degradation in vivo. This may explain the decreased virulence potentialities.     

The vacuolar ATPase ofNeurospora crassa

The filamentous fungusNeurospora crassa has many small vacuoles which, like mammalian lysosomes, contain hydrolytic enzymes. They also store large amounts of phosphate and basic amino acids. To generate an acidic interior and to drive the transport of small molecules, the vacuolar membranes are densely studded with a proton-pumping ATPase. The vacuolar ATPase is a large enzyme, composed of 8–10 subunits. These subunits are arranged into two sectors, a complex of peripheral subunits called V₁ and an integral membrane complex called V₀. Genes encoding three of the subunits have been isolated.vma-1 andvma-2 encode polypeptides homologous to the and subunits of F-type ATPases. These subunits appear to contain the sites of ATP binding and hydrolysis.vma-3 encodes a highly hydrophobic polypeptide homologous to the proteolipid subunit of vacuolar ATPases from other organisms. This subunit may form part of the proton-containing pathway through the membrane. We have examined the structures of the genes and attempted to inactivate them.     

Association of soybean root mycoflora with root modulation, root necrosis and plant fresh weight

Fungi were isolated from soybean plants in ten fields in south-west France. Correspondence analysis (COA) was used to find associations among taxa (species, genera, groups) and sampling units (i.e. one field at one sampling date). The first axis of the COA demonstrated a dominant sampling date effect; the second indicated an association among certain sampling units and specific taxa. Regression analysis of COA coordinate values indicated that fields with high relative isolation frequencies of Fusarium spp., F. oxysporum and ‘other species’ (mostly Chaetomium spp. and sterile fungi) were characterised by greater plant fresh weight and nodule number and lower ratings for root necrosis. Cylindrocarpon spp., Cephalosporium spp. and F. solanihad high relative isolation frequencies in fields with lower plant weight, lower nodule number and higher root necrosis ratings. The relative importance of fungal taxa was also related to soil type.     

Bioenergetic consequences of glucoamylase production in carbon-limited chemostat cultures ofAspergillus niger

Aspergillus niger has been grown in glucose- and maltose-limited continuous cultures to determine the bioenergetic consequences of the production of the extracellular enzyme glucoamylase. Growth yields (g biomass per mol substrate) were high, indicating that growth was very efficient and protein production for biomass was not exceedingly energy consuming. It has been found that the energy costs for the production of this extracellular enzyme is very high. Depending on the efficiency of energy conservation the glucoamylase protein yield on ATP is between 1.3 and 2.6 g protein per mol ATP, which is equal or less than 10% of the theoretical maximum of 25.5. These high energy costs most probably have to be invested in the process of excretion. A comparison between an industrial over-producing strain and the wild typeAspergillus niger showed that this over-producing strain most probably is a regulatory mutant. Two regions of specific growth rates could be determined (one at specific growth rates lower and one at specific growth rates higher than 0.1 h^-1), which are characterized by differences in mycelium morphology and a significant deviation from linearity in the linear equation for substrate utilization. Analysis of the region of specific growth rates higher than 0.1 h^-1 yielded maintenance requirements of virtual zero. It has been concluded that for a good analysis of the growth behaviour of filamentour fungi the linear equation for substrate utilization is not suitable, since it contains no term for the process of differentiation.     

Spatial patterns and sampling plans for cereal aphids [Hom.: Aphididae] killed by entomophthoralean fungi and hymenopterous parasitoids in spring wheat

Cereal aphids infesting spring wheat in southwestern Idaho were surveyed during 1988 and 1989 for the presence of entomophthoralean fungi and hymenopterous parasitoids. Cereal aphids killed by the fungi (cadavers) and parasitoids (mummies) includedDiuraphis noxia (Mordvilko),Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker),Sitobion avenae (F.), andSchizaphis graminum (Rondani). Taylor's power law was used to describe the relationships between mean densities of cadavers or mummies (number per tiller) and associated variances. Except forS. graminum mummies, which were at low levels throughout the growing seasons and tended to be randomly distributed, Taylor's slopes exceeded 1.0 for all the aphid cadavers and mummies, indicating varying degrees of clumping in spatial pattern. The spatial patterns ofD. noxia andM. dirhodum cadavers were similar, simply reflecting those of their own populations, but more aggregated than were their respective mummies resulting from parasitoid attack. The intercepts and slopes from the power law analysis were used to generate functional relationships between the proportion of wheat tillers bearing cadavers or mummies of each aphid species and the mean density, and develop optimal numerical (direct counting) and binomial (presence or absence) sample size curves for both cadavers and mummies of each aphid species.      

青藏高原东缘的锈菌资料I.竹上的柄锈菌一新种

描述了采自四川西部山区竹上的柄锈菌一新种,即寄生在箭竹Sinarundinaria nitida(Mitf.) Nakai上的箭竹柄锈菌Puccinia sinarundinariae J-y. Zhuang & S.-x. Wei。模式标本保藏在中国科学院微生物研究所真菌标本室。     

致病性暗色霉的浆膜超微结构分类学意义初探

对致病性暗色霉中的着色霉(Fonsecaea Negroni)外瓶霉(Exophiala Charmichael)瓶霉(Phialophoro Medlar)中的五种真菌浆膜超微结构进行了冰冻蚀刻研究,发现裴氏着色霉(Fonsecaea pedrosoi)和紧密着色霉(F.compacta)的内折长而宽,较深,略有弯曲,数量少,多呈平行或垂直排列。皮炎外瓶霉(Exophiala dermatitidis)的内折数量多,密集而分布均匀,呈圆点状或圆棒状。棘状外瓶霉(Exophiala spinifera)的内折少而表浅,多为圆形。疣状瓶霉(Phialophora verrucosa)的内折数量,排列,形状无一定规律。据上述特征,着色霉可以与外瓶霉,疣状瓶霉区别开来,皮炎外瓶霉也可与棘状外瓶霉区分。浆膜超微结构的性状有一定的分类学意义。     

青藏高原东缘的锈菌资料Ⅱ.裸堆串孢锈菌属在我国的首次记录

裸堆串孢锈菌属以冬孢子单孢串生为主要特征,孢子堆裸露缺包被,外观酷似柄锈属的孢子堆。此属已知7种。寄生于菊科,大戟科和荨麻科植物,6种分布美洲,1种分布东亚.本文报告亚洲仅知的一种,即寄生于宽叶孢麻Urtica laetevirens Maxim.的川息尔堆串孢锈菌Baeodromus tranzschelii Azbukina,标本采自四川九寨沟(岷山).