Production of cellulases and saccharification of lignocellulosics by A. Micromonospora sp.

A locally isolated strain of Micromonospora sp. when grown on different natural cellulosic substrates gave the highest activity of carboxymethylcellulase (34 U/ml) and Avicelase (0.9 U/ml) on rice straw. Sugar cane bagasse was also a good substrate for growth and cellulase production. With commercial cellulosic substrates, highest carboxymethylcellulase (90 U/ml) and Avicelase (2.8 U/ml) activities were when the organism grew on xylan. Saccharification of sugar cane bagasse and rice straw by enzyme preparations of the organism grown on the respective substrates released 5.6 and 5.8 mg reducing sugar/ml. With all enzyme preparations, bagasse was more easily saccharified than rice straw.The authors are with the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, GPO Box 3787, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; N.A. Chowdhury, M. Moniruzzaman, and N. Choudhury in the Institute of Food and Radiation Biology, and N. Nahar in the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology.     

Rare actinomycetes: a potential storehouse for novel antibiotics

New antimicrobial agents are desperately needed to combat the increasing number of antibiotic resistant strains of pathogenic microorganisms. Natural products remain the most propitious source of novel antibiotics. It is widely accepted that actinobacteria are prolific producers of natural bioactive compounds. We argue that the likelihood of discovering a new compound having a novel chemical structure can be increased with intensive efforts in isolating and screening rare genera of microorganisms. Screening rare actinomycetes and their previously under-represented genera from unexplored environments in natural product screening collections is one way of achieving this. Rare actinomycetes are usually regarded as the actinomycete strains whose isolation frequency is much lower than that of the streptomycete strains isolated by conventional methods. Many natural environments are still either unexplored or under-explored and thus, can be considered as a prolific resource for the isolation of less exploited microorganisms. More and different ecological niches need to be studied as sources of a greater diversity of novel microorganisms. In this review, we wish to update our understanding of the potential of the rare actinomycetes by focusing on the ways and means of enhancing their bio-discovery potential.     

炭样小单孢菌中抗生素生物合成相关蛋白的筛选

目的：筛选一株具有广谱抗菌活性的炭样小单孢菌JXNU-1中核苷类抗生素生物合成相关蛋白。方法：通过iTRAQ定量蛋白质组学技术对JXNU-1菌体生长期（36h）和产物合成期（108h）的差异蛋白进行鉴定和功能分析。结果：基于iTRAQ定量蛋白质组学技术共鉴定出炭样小单孢菌总蛋白质2390个,差异表达蛋白172个,在产物合成期（108h）表达上调76个、表达下调96个。通过蛋白GO和COG注释等功能分析,筛选出12个与抗生素合成密切相关蛋白和5个生物合成基因簇。结论：利用iTRAQ技术筛选出炭样小单孢菌JXNU-1的抗生素合成相关蛋白,为阐明该抗生素的生物合成机制奠定实验依据。     

小单孢菌属特异寡核苷酸探针的设计及杂交条件优化

小单孢菌在生态环境中占有重要地位,也是寻找新的抗生素的重要来源.为了探索小单孢菌的生态分布和在未培养情况下的生态位,在分离和鉴定一定数量的小单孢菌的情况下利用小单孢菌属的16S rDNA基因同源性,采用ClustalX软件进行序列分析,设计了小单孢菌属的16S rRNA特异寡核苷酸探针Mn1和Mn3两个序列,将这两个序列与GenBank中小单孢和非小单孢菌属的16S rRNA序列进行Blastn比对分析,先在理论上确认Mn1和Mn3对小单孢菌属是特异的.收集小单孢和非小单孢菌株19株,通过原位杂交试验的方法对设计的探针进行特异性验证,结果证明,Mn1能和试验用到的所有小单孢菌属的标准菌株杂交和非小单孢菌均不能杂交;Mn3能和所有小单孢菌属的标准菌株杂交,但也能与链霉菌CGMCC4.891(Streptomyces microflavus)杂交.初步证明Mn1可作为小单孢菌属的特异性探针.并通过杂交条件试验优化了Mn1荧光原位杂交的条件:甲酰胺浓度为30%,溶菌酶处理时间为37℃ 40 min,HCl处理时间为60 min,杂交时间为3 h.     

海洋抑菌放线菌Y15的筛选、鉴定及其代谢产物理化性质

【目的】筛选产广谱、高效抑菌活性物质的海洋放线菌,为新型抗生素的开发奠定基础。【方法】采用琼脂块法初筛,打孔扩散法复筛,以金黄色葡萄球菌、大肠埃希氏菌、枯草芽孢杆菌和单核细胞增生李斯特菌为指示菌从海泥样品中筛选目标菌株;利用20种指示菌株考查Y10、Y11、Y15、Y16和Y21的抑菌谱;通过形态观察和16S r RNA基因序列分析确定菌株分类地位;以单核细胞增生李斯特菌的OD600值为指标探讨Y15抑菌活性物质对该菌的作用方式;以抑菌活性为指标研究Y15抑菌活性物质的理化性质。【结果】共分离12株具抑菌活性的海洋放线菌,其中Y15抑菌谱最广,对20种指示菌株中的18种具有抑菌活性,并且在4种培养基中均能产生抑菌活性物质。16S r RNA基因序列分析表明Y15属于小单孢菌属,并与Micromonospora endolithica亲缘关系最近。Y15抑菌活性物质在144 h达到最高值为480 AU/m L,在168-216 h保持平衡为320 AU/m L。Y15抑菌活性物质对单核细胞李斯特菌作用方式为杀菌。Y15抑菌活性物质在-20-60°C抑菌活性保持稳定,在80-120°C活性逐渐下降,但在120°C处理30 min仍保留37.5%的活性;在p H 7.0-10.0抑菌活性稳定,在p H 2.0-6.0和p H 11.0-12.0抑菌活性均有所损失;Y15抑菌活性物质对紫外和4种酶(蛋白酶K、胰蛋白酶、木瓜蛋白酶和α-淀粉酶)处理均保持稳定,表明活性物质为非蛋白和非多肽类的抑菌物质。【结论】Y15产生的活性物质具有良好的抑菌谱和抑菌活性,且较为稳定,具有较高的应用价值。     

炭样小单孢菌产抗生素对水稻细菌性条斑病菌的抗菌作用及其机理

【背景】水稻细菌性条斑病菌为水稻细菌性条斑病的病原菌,土壤中分离到的一株具有广谱抗菌活性的炭样小单孢菌JXNU-1,其发酵产物(即抗生素JX)对植物病原菌具有较强的抑菌活性。【目的】研究抗生素JX对水稻细菌性条斑病菌的抗菌作用及其机理。【方法】采用杯碟法测定抑菌圈大小,二倍稀释法测定最低抑菌浓度、最低杀菌浓度,并且从菌体形态观察、电导率变化、培养液大分子漏出、蛋白质合成、核酸合成和膜电位变化6个方面探究其作用机理。【结果】抗生素JX对水稻细菌性条斑病菌的抑菌圈直径达18.84±0.28mm,最低抑菌浓度和最低杀菌浓度分别为1.39μg/m L和2.78μg/mL,且杀菌速度很快,作用12 h的杀菌率达100%。在抗生素JX作用下,水稻细菌性条斑病菌的细胞形态发生改变,培养液电导率、膜电位和大分子漏出量均随抗生素浓度增加而增大,但菌体蛋白质含量随着抗生素浓度增加而降低,同时,通过实时荧光定量PCR方法检测发现ef-p表达量下调。【结论】抗生素JX对水稻细菌性条斑病菌具有较强的抗菌作用,推测其抑菌机理是通过抑制菌体蛋白质的生物合成和影响细胞膜完整性而起作用。     

棘孢小单孢菌和灰色链霉菌原生质体融合的研究

用庆大霉素产生菌——棘孢小单孢菌Micromonospora echinospora 814(Gm~r,Km~r)和链霉素产生菌Streptomyces griseus No. 45(Sm~r,Lm~r)进行了原生质体融合。以抗性为选择标记,选出了融合体。其融合频率在10~(-3)—10~(-4)之间。在电镜条件下,观察了原生质体融合的详细过程,测定了融合体的产抗生素能力,其中一株融合体F106的抗生素产量比亲本菌株814高58％。用羧甲基纤维素薄层对发酵液层析表明,有一个融合体的发酵液比亲本菌株814多一个组份,但没有测出其生物活性。     

Improved processes for the production and isolation of dynemicin A and large-scale fermentation in a 10000-liter fermentor

Summary Supplementing the culture ofMicromonospora chersina sp. nov. No. M956-1 with NaI (0.5 mg/l) enhanced the production of dynemicin A by 35-fold in shake flask culture. Homogeneous dynemicin A was obtained from the whole broth extract by Dicalite chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 chromatography and vacuum liquid chromatography. Gram quantities of dynemicin A were obtained from the fermentation ofM. chersina sp. nov. No. M956-1 in a 10000-liter fermentor.     

A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Catellatospora based on 16S ribosomal DNA sequences, including transfer of Catellatospora matsumotoense to the genus Micromonospora as Micromonospora matsumotoense comb. nov.

Phylogenetic studies based on the 16S ribosomal gene sequences showed that members of the genus Catellatospora revealed phylogenetic heterogeneity within the family Micromonosporaceae as well as a heterogeneous menaquinone composition. Among them, Catellatospora matsumotoense was closely related to members of the genus Micromonospora, indicating that this organism should be excluded from the genus Catellatospora. On the basis of classical taxonomic characteristics and phylogenetic evidence, Catellatospora matsumotoense is proposed to be transferred to the genus Micromonospora as M. matsumotoense comb. nov.     

小单孢菌属的分类及应用研究

小单孢菌在自然界分布广泛,但由于分离、分类方法所限,绝大多数还没有被人们所认识。在小单孢菌的分类学研究中,最初主要依据的是形态特征、培养特征及生理生化特征等表观分类学指征,随着“多相分类”的广泛应用,分子分类在小单孢菌的分类学研究中起到了越来越重要的作用。小单孢菌是寻找新的生物活性物质的重要菌源,某些种能产生抗生素,如庆大霉素、利福霉素、新霉素等;某些种能降解天然橡胶和纤维素。近年来的研究表明,小单孢菌能产生具有独特化学结构的生物活性物质,对肿瘤细胞有靶向和识别作用,并能有效地杀死肿瘤细胞。