应用AFLP技术对斜茎黄芪根瘤菌遗传多样性的分析研究

采用ＡＦＬＰ指纹图谱分析技术对来自我国不同地区的９５株斜茎黄芪根瘤菌及２４株已知根瘤菌的参比菌一起进行遗传多样性研究．结果表明,在５０％相似性水平上,全部菌株被分为３１个ＡＦＬＰ群,显示出极大的遗传多样性．相关性较高的菌株的聚类结果与先前的表型性状数值分析结果相一致．具相同ＡＦＬＰ指纹图谱的菌株都具有相同的生长速度,且其中大部分菌株来自我国同一地区,同时具很高的表型相似性．此外,本研究表明,ＡＦＬＰ指纹技术具更高的分辩率,更能揭示种内的遗传多样性     

花生根瘤菌的生长特性和脂肪酯组成研究

用７３株慢生根瘤菌Ｂ．Ｊａｐｏｎｉｃｕｍ，Ｂ．ｅｌｋａｎｉｉ和Ｂ．“ｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉｕｍ”为对照，对２２株花生根瘤菌的生长速度，产碱能力和细胞脂肪酸组成进行了测定，结果表明，花生根瘤菌慢生根瘤菌属（Ｂｒａｄｙｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍｓｐ．ａｒａｃｈｉｓ），除花生根瘤菌含有比大豆根瘤菌（Ｂ．ｊａｐｏｎｉｃｕｍ）较高的脂肪酸，１６：１ｗ５ｃ（１６个碳原子１个双键的脂肪酸）而外，花生根瘤菌与大豆根瘤菌相似，     

根瘤菌新类群的全细胞蛋白电泳及16S rDNA全序列分析

应用ＳＤＳ全细胞蛋白电泳技术对根瘤菌３个新类群进行聚类分析，并对３个新类群中心菌株的１６Ｓ ｒＤＮＡ全序列（Ｍｒ≈１．５ｋｂ）进行了测定。将所测序列与ＥＭＢＬ／ＢａｎｋＩＴ／ＤＤＢＪ资料库中根瘤菌及相关菌已知种的１６Ｓ ｒＤＮＡ全序列进行聚类比较，得到系统发育树状图，树状图中，菌株ＳＨ２２６２３和ＳＨ１９３１２与山羊豆根瘤菌、葡萄土壤杆菌、根癌土壤杆菌和悬钩子土壤杆菌在同一个分支上，彼此亲缘关系较     

慢生型花生根瘤菌16S rRNA分析

以２１株分离自四川,云南不同花生产区的慢性型花生根瘤菌和６株参比菌株为材料,进行了１６ＳｒＤＮＡＰＣＲ－ＲＦＬＰ,结果除证实了慢性型花生根瘤菌同慢生型大豆根瘤菌（Ｂｒａｄｙｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍｊａｐｏｎｉｃｕｍ）高度的遗传相似性外,还发现了一些菌株同Ｂｒａｄｙｒｈｉｚｏｉｂｉｕｍｌｉａｏｎｉｎｇｅｎｓｉｓ和Ｂｒａｄｙｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍｅｌｋａｎｉｉ有较高的遗传相似性,菌株Ｓｐｒ１－２的１６ＳｒＲＮＡ     

乳状液膜法萃取氨基酸的研究

本文以ＴＯＭＡＣ为载体，ＥＣＡ４３６０Ｊ为表面活性剂，内外相Ｃｌ＾－浓度梯度为推动力，研究了Ｌ－苯丙氨酸在乳状液膜体系中的传输，并对影响液膜萃取的各种因素进行了系统的阐述，确定了此体系的最佳膜相组成的实验条件，实现了Ｌ－苯丙氨酸的提取和浓缩。     

多位点酶电泳在黄芪根瘤菌分类中的应用

报导了分析根瘤菌各种多位点酶的电泳缓冲系统和染色方法，并对黄芪根瘤菌进行了分类研究，结果表明：采用多位点酶电泳图谱进行聚类可得到与数值分类基本一致的结果，证实这是一种行之有效、简便快速的分类方法．     

干旱地区几种豆科植物根瘤菌的数值分类和SDS-PAGE全细胞蛋白电泳分析

从新疆、内蒙干旱地区苜蓿属、草木樨属、锦鸡儿属植物的根瘤中分离出５４株根瘤菌，对其中４８株根瘤菌和２２株参比菌一起进行了数值分类研究，在８５％的相似性水平上，未知菌分为３个不同于已知种的新群．另加入６株分离自锦鸡儿属植物的根瘤菌，共７６株菌进行了全细胞蛋白ＳＤＳＰＡＧＥ分析，在８０％的相似性水平上，已知菌相应成群，未知菌除ＸＪ９６３４２在６８％的相似性水平上和群５、６、７、８、Ｒ．ｇａｌｅｇａ聚群外，其余未知菌则分布在４、５、６、７、８、９、１０七个群中．群４中所有菌株属于数值分类的群１；群６中有３株菌属于数值分类的群３；群９中有８株菌为数值分类群２的菌株．反映了两种方法在分类上得到的结果比较近似．     

陕甘宁地区根瘤菌数值分类与DNA同源性分析

在陕甘宁地区根瘤菌资源调查的基础上,选取其中与黄芪、岩黄蓍、木兰、鸡眼草及胡枝子共生的４０株快生根瘤菌和２５株参比菌株,对１３３项表型性状进行聚类分析,在８２％的相似性水平上构成５个不同于已知种的新亚群．对第１、２、３、４亚群ｘ（Ｇ＋Ｃ）／％测定及ＤＮＡ同源性分析结果表明,４个亚群ｘ（Ｇ＋Ｃ）／％含量均处于Ｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍ属范围;各亚群内菌株ＤＮＡ同源性均在７５％以上,每个亚群中心菌株与１３个已知种模式菌株的ＤＮＡ同源性均小于６３％．从而证明,第１、２、３、４亚群为４个独立的快生根瘤菌新种群     

慢生根瘤菌交叉结瘤及其系统发育关系的研究

选用包括6株花往根瘤菌[Bradyrhizobium sp.(Arachis)]在内的13株慢生根瘤菌，进行了6种豆科植物结瘤试验及共系统发育分析。研究结果表明，慢生根瘤菌与试验的豆科宿主植物间普遍存在交叉结瘤，还发现有些菌株在原宿主外的豆科植物根部形成类根瘤的现象。16S rDNA和23S rDNA的PCR－RFLP分析揭示出这些菌株rDNA基因的差异性，不同宿主来源的慢生根瘤菌株可以同属一个rDNA类型，而从同一宿主中分离的根瘤菌菌株可分属多种不同的rDNA类型，研究结果表明，采用rDNA PCR-RFLP等遗传背景分析的手段，可能筛选出广谱的根瘤菌力株，表4参8。     

慢生花生根瘤菌的遗传多样性研究

用ＲＥＰ１Ｒ１和ＲＥＰ２１ＤＮＡ为引物，对２２株四川土著慢生花生根瘤菌染色体ＤＮＡ的基因外回文重复序列（ＲｅｐｅｔｉｔｉｖｅＥｘｔｒｏｇｅｎｉｃｐａｌｉｎｄｒｏｍｉｃｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅＲＥＰ）进行了ＰＣＲ扩增和凝胶电泳，并对电泳结果的指纹图型进行了相似性聚类分析．结果表明了四川土著慢生花生根瘤菌的遗传多样性．指纹图形是根瘤菌多样性研究中一种简便而有效的方法     

四川省部分豆科植物根瘤菌的遗传多样性

从四川省豆科植物鸡眼草属、合欢属、豇豆属、葛属、金合欢、杭子梢分离获得了103株根瘤菌,采用AFLP、BOXAIR-PCR研究了这些菌株的遗传多样性.结果表明,分离自四川省豆科植物6个属的根瘤菌存在明显的遗传多样性,AFLP分析中,全部供试菌株的相似性为21%,全部供试菌株可分为26个AFLP遗传群;BOXAIR-PCR聚类分析结果表明,103个菌株分在70%相似性水平处,供试菌株被分为18个BOX遗传群.除部分菌株外,多数根瘤菌按宿主类型聚群,同一宿主而地理来源不同的根瘤菌分布于不同的遗传群,表明宿主和地理环境对根瘤菌具有深刻影响.图3表1参9     

Using a common commensal bacterium in endangered Takahe as a model to explore pathogen dynamics in isolated wildlife populations

Predicting and preventing outbreaks of infectious disease in endangered wildlife is problematic without an understanding of the biotic and abiotic factors that influence pathogen transmission and the genetic variation of microorganisms within and between these highly modified host communities. We used a common commensal bacterium, Campylobacter spp., in endangered Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) populations to develop a model with which to study pathogen dynamics in isolated wildlife populations connected through ongoing translocations. Takahe are endemic to New Zealand, where their total population is approximately 230 individuals. Takahe were translocated from a single remnant wild population to multiple offshore and mainland reserves. Several fragmented subpopulations are maintained and connected through regular translocations. We tested 118 Takahe from 8 locations for fecal Campylobacter spp. via culture and DNA extraction and used PCR for species assignment. Factors relating to population connectivity and host life history were explored using multivariate analytical methods to determine associations between host variables and bacterial prevalence. The apparent prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in Takahe was 99%, one of the highest reported in avian populations. Variation in prevalence was evident among Campylobacter species identified. C. sp. nova 1 (90%) colonized the majority of Takahe tested. Prevalence of C. jejuni (38%) and C. coli (24%) was different between Takahe subpopulations, and this difference was associated with factors related to population management, captivity, rearing environment, and the presence of agricultural practices in the location in which birds were sampled. Modeling results of Campylobacter spp. in Takahe metapopulations suggest that anthropogenic management of endangered species within altered environments may have unforeseen effects on microbial exposure, carriage, and disease risk. Translocation of wildlife between locations could have unpredictable consequences including the spread of novel microbes between isolated populations.     

Genetic differentiation between morphotypes of the marine sponge Suberites ficus (Demospongiae: Hadromerida)

Sponges of three morphotypes of Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842) were collected during February and March 1985 off the south-west of the Isle of Man, and were compared by using spicule size distributions and genetic allele frequencies of isozyme loci. The populations did not show any significant differences of spicule size or type, but could be easily differentiated into three separate species based on isozyme patterns. Samples of pale orange S. ficus growing on gastropod shells inhabited by hermit crabs (Pagurus spp.) were reproductively isolated from the redorange and the pale yellow colour morphs encrusting the bivalve Chlamys opercularis. These latter two colour morphs were genetically similar, but significant differences were observed at two of the 19 gene loci assayed. All the sponges studied were sympatric, and therefore the genetic differences, indicating reproductive isolation, are strong evidence for separate gene pools and, hence, that they are different species. The genetic identity between the two colour morphs of S. ficus on C. opercularis shells was 0.977, whilst between each of these and S. ficus on hermit crabs it was about 0.65. In all three species genetic variability was high, with mean expected and observed heterozygosity values per locus ranging from 0.17 to 0.36.     

Genetic divergence between colour morphs in populations of the common intertidal sea anemones Actinia equina and A. prasina (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) in the Isle of Man

A distinctive morph ofActinia equina (L.) is found at low frequency among populations on intertidal hard substrata on some shores on the Isle of Man. This morph is red with rows of green oval spots or elongate markings running longitudinally down the column. Starch gel electrophoresis of 21 allozyme loci was used to compare samples of this morph from two localities with other sympatricActinia spp. Collections were made in early summer 1986. For one sampling site the comparison was with redA. equina and greenA. prasina Gosse, whilst at the other site with redA. equina only. At both sites significant genetic differences in allele frequencies at several loci were found between the new morph and sympatricA. equina andA. prasina. The results also confirm the reproductive isolation ofA. prasina. As with much previous work on sea anemones, levels of mean heterozygosity per locus (H) were found to be high (H=0.157 to 0.342). A surprising feature of the results, although bearing out earlier unpublished data, is that high levels of genetic differentiation are found between populations of what appear to be the same morphs collected from shores only a few km apart. Among theActinia spp. studied, differentiation between populations of the same morph on different shores was of the same order as between sympatric, reproductively isolated populations.     

External and internal carbonic anhydrases in Dunaliella species

Four species of Dunaliella and a carbonic anhydrase deficient mutant of Dunaliella tertiolecta (Butcher), HL 25/8, developed a process for concentrating dissolved inorganic carbon when adapted on air or low CO₂ for 24 h in the light. However, the external carbonic anhydrase activities in Dunaliella species were nil or low compared with those in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Danegard) or some Chlorella species. D. tertiolecta had low and about equal levels of external and internal carbonic anhydrase. D. parva (Lerche) and the D. tertiolecta mutant had negligible external carbonic anhydrase. D. viridis (Teodoresco) and D. salina (Teodoresco), high salt tolerant species, had high activities of intenal carbonic anhydrase but low levels of external carbonic anhydrase. Antiserum prepared against the 37 kDa peptide of extracellular carbonic anhydrase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was immunoreactive with a polypeptide of 30 kDa in D. tertiolecta and its salt sensitive external carbonic anhydrase (CA) mutant HL 25/8. External CA activity from D. tertiolecta was stimulated about three-fold, by including 0.5 M NaCl in the assay medium, while internal CA was not significantly affected by NaCl. External CA activities in the other species were insensitive to NaCl, while their internal activities were 90% inhibited by 0.5 M NaCl. Sorbitol only partly replaced NaCl in stimulating the external CA from D. tertiolecta. These experiments were performed with Dunaliella spp. grown in controlled laboratory cultures during September through November 1989.     

Screening and bioassays for biologically-active substances from forty marine sponge species from San Diego,California, USA

Biologically-active substances were investigated from 35 demosponge species and 5 calcareous sponge species collected from intertidal or shallow subtidal habitats near San Diego, California, USA, from 1978 to 1980. Crude methanolic extracts of each species were tested for suppression of growth by bacteria (7 species) and a yeast. Antimicrobial activity was found in 26 Demospongiae and 2 Calcarea. Strong activity was found in 11 demosponges and, subsequently, 38 natural products with antimicrobial activity were isolated from 8 of these species (Aplysina fistularis, Dysidea amblia, Leiosella idia, Euryspongia sp., Toxadocia zumi, Axinella sp., Haliclona?cinerea and ?Pachychalina lunisimilis). Twenty-eight of these natural products (usually as pure compounds) were assayed for: (1) suppression of growth of marine fungi (3 spp.) and a red alga; (2) behavior modifications of invertebrate adults (4spp.); (3) toxicity to a goldfish; (4) inhibition of sexual reproduction of a brown alga; (5) inhibition of settlement and/or metamorphosis of late larvae or invertebrate juveniles (4spp.). Many of the natural products were also incorporated into pelleted fish food and tested for feeding-behavior modifications of fishes (5 spp.). Three of the compounds from Dysidea amblia were inactive in all tests. All other natural products were active in at least one assay, although none was active in all assays. The discussion relates the possession of biologically-active substances to the ecology of each sponge species; for example, sponges with antimicrobial substances are rarely overgrown.     

Application of sensory and microbial analysis to assess quality of fish in Siliguri city of West Bengal, India

Sensory and certain microbial analyses were applied to assess the quality of raw fish sold at a market in Siliguri cityof West Bengal, India. In regular surveys undertaken during June to August 2008, a particular fish species was randomly selected, its source was noted and a sensory analysis, the quality index method (QIM) was applied to assess its quality Raw fish samples were also collected and a small quantity (about 1 g) of scales oran upper layer of the skin surface (forscale-less fish samples), gill, liverand a portion of gut with gut-contents were aseptically removed for enumeration of the total aerobic heterotrophic bacteria, Aeromonas spp., Pseudomonas spp., Salmonella spp. and coliform counts. Oreochromis mossambicus and Tenulosa ilisha recorded significantly higher QIM scores, compared to other species (p<0.05). Riverine fish, Lepidocephalichthys guntea and Channa punctatus scored the lowest QIM scores (0) while scores for Puntius ticto and Mystus vittatus and pond cultured species like Cirrhinus mrigala, Catla catla, Labeo rohita, Labeo bata and Cyprinus carpio were very marginal (p<0.05). Aeromonas spp., Salmonella spp. and total coliforms were recorded from all the studied species while Pseudomonas spp. was isolated from only seven species. Among the tissues examined, the lowest counts of total heterotrophic bacteria, Aeromonas spp., Pseudomonas spp., Salmonella spp. and total coliforms were recorded from the skin in every fish species. Highest counts of pathogenic bacteria (except Pseudomonas spp.) were recorded in Tenulosa ilisha for all the tissues except liver. Since fish are properly cooked in Bengali households, the risk of disease from fish consumption is relatively less. However, some tribes residing in the region are known to consume undercooked fish and proper cooking methods should be followed in view of the present findings to avoid health risks. Besides, utmost care should be taken while handling fish.     

Biodegradation of 2-methylisoborneol by bacteria enriched from biological activated carbon

One of the most common taste and odour compounds (TOCs) in drinking water is 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) which cannot be readily removed by conventional water treatments. Four bacterial strains for degrading 2-MIB were isolated from the surface of a biological activated carbon filter, and were characterized as Micrococcus spp., Flavobacterium spp., Brevibacterium spp. and Pseudomonas spp. based on 16S rRNA analysis. The removal efficiencies of 2-MIB with initial concentrations of 515 ng·L^-1 were 98.4%, 96.3%, 95.0%, and 92.8% for Micrococcus spp., Flavobacterium spp., Brevibacterium spp. and Pseudomonas spp., respectively. These removal efficiencies were slightly higher than those with initial concentration at 4.2 mg·L^-1 (86.1%, 84.4%, 86.7% and 86.0%, respectively). The kinetic model showed that biodegradation of 2-MIB at an initial dose of 4.2 mg·L^-1 was a pseudo-first-order reaction, with rate constants of 0.287, 0.277, 0.281, and 0.294 d^-1, respectively. These degraders decomposed 2-MIB to form 2-methylenebornane and 2-methyl-2-bornane as the products.     

Biochemical genetic divergence and systematics in sponges of the genera Corticium and Oscarella (Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha) in the Mediterranean Sea

The sponge sub-class Homoscleromorpha is generally considered to include just two families, the Oscarellidae (without spicules) and the Plakinidae (with simple spicules). In May 1990, an unusual sponge was found deep inside a submarine cave in the western Mediterranean Sea. On the basis of externally visible characters this sponge appeared indistinguishable from the common plakinid species Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862. However, on closer examination in the laboratory the new sponge proved to be devoid of spicules. Therefore, despite great morphological similarities to C. candelabrum, the new sponge should, by taxonomic convention, have been placed in the Oscarellidae. On the basis of other criteria, the similarities to C. candelabrum were great and the new sponge was at first considered to be conspecific. Thus, the taxonomic position of the new sponge and its relationship to C. candelabrum are highly confusing. It could be an aspiculate morph of C. candelabrum, or a new and undescribed related species or, lacking spicules, it could justifiably be placed in a different family (Oscarellidae). The relationship of the new sponge to C. candelabrum and also to two species of Oscarella (Oscarellidae) was assessed by the use of enzyme electrophoresis to estimate genetic divergence between species. It was found that the new sponge was reproductively isolated from sympatric C. candelabrum, with 6 of 16 loci proving diagnostic. Thus it is clear that the new sponge belongs to a different biological species. Surprisingly it was also found that, although this new species was fairly closely related to C. candelabrum (level of genetic identity, I0.47), the two Oscarella species were similarly closely related to C. candelabrum (I0.31 to 0.41) and rather less closely to the new species (I0.17 to 0.28). Indeed from genetic identity estimates, O. tuberculata is more closely related to C. candelabrum than it is to O. lobularis. It is concluded that all homoscleromorph sponges should be placed in the single family Plakinidae.