Biodegradation of fatty acylamino acids by fusarium culmorum

Abstract

Biodegradation of the fatty acylamino acids by Fusarium culmorum, measured in terms of the release of radioactive aspartate and lysine, occurred maximally at pH 6.5 and pH 7.0, respectively in 10 day cultures. Thirty‐six percent and twenty‐four percent of the total radioactivity recovered were in released aspartate and lysine, respectivley at 30°C. Twenty degrees (C) was the minimum temperature for biodegradation of these compounds by F. culmorum. Greater degradation was observed at 15°C and 30°C. The data suggest the activity of hydrolytic isoenzymes, with optima at different pH's and temperatures, operating in the biodegradation process.     

Adapting the bioblitz to meet conservation needs

When conservation strategies require new, field‐based information, practitioners must find the best ways to rapidly deliver high‐quality survey data. To address this challenge, several rapid‐assessment approaches have been developed since the early 1990s. These typically involve large areas, take many months to complete, and are not appropriate when conservation‐relevant survey data are urgently needed for a specific locale. In contrast, bioblitzes are designed for quick collection of site‐specific survey data. Although bioblitzes are commonly used to achieve educational or public‐engagement goals, conservation practitioners are increasingly using a modified bioblitz approach to generate conservation‐relevant data while simultaneously enhancing research capacity and building working partnerships focused on conservation concerns. We term these modified events expert bioblitzes. Several expert bioblitzes have taken place on lands of conservation concern in Southern California and have involved collaborative efforts of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, botanic gardens, museums, and universities. The results of expert bioblitzes directly informed on‐the‐ground conservation and decision‐making; increased capacity for rapid deployment of expert bioblitzes in the future; and fostered collaboration and communication among taxonomically and institutionally diverse experts. As research and conservation funding becomes increasingly scarce, expert bioblitzes can play an increasingly important role in biodiversity conservation.     

Time discounting and the decision to protect areas that are near and threatened or remote and cheap to acquire

Should conservation organizations focus on protecting habitats that are at imminent risk of being converted but are expensive or more remote areas that are less immediately threatened but where a large amount of land can be set aside? Variants of this trade‐off commonly arise in spatial planning. I used models of land‐use change near a deforestation frontier to examine this trade‐off. The optimal choice of where to protect was determined by how decisions taken today accounted for ecological benefits and economic costs of conservation actions that would occur sometime in the future. I used an ecological and economic discount rate to weight these benefits and costs. A large economic discount rate favored protecting more remote areas, whereas a large, positive ecological discount rate favored protecting habitat near the current deforestation frontier. The decision over where to protect was also affected by the influence economic factors had on landowners' decisions, the rate of technological change, and ecological heterogeneity of the landscape. How benefits and costs through time are accounted for warrants careful consideration when specifying conservation objectives. It may provide a niche axis along which conservation organizations differentiate themselves when competing for donor funding or other support.     

黑藻对十二烷基苯磺酸钠和多聚磷酸钠胁迫的响应

研究了在十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)和多聚磷酸钠(STPP)及其复合胁迫下,黑藻过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性变化及其耐受浓度.结果表明,POD活性随着处理浓度的增加而逐渐增大;CAT在低浓度胁迫时活性逐渐增加,在较高浓度胁迫时活性降低;实验初期(6h时),SOD活性逐渐升高,随着SDBS处理浓度的提高及时间延长,SOD活性下降,并且在8mg/L浓度处理72h,SOD失活.SDBS对黑藻SOD的抑制作用大于STPP.黑藻对SDBS的耐受浓度(8mg/L)明显小于STPP的耐受浓度(256mg/L).黑藻对SDBS和STPP复合胁迫的耐受浓度值为(32+64)mg/L.     

交流电场与Fusarium sp.A-2耦合对博落回修复铀污染土壤的强化作用

通过盆栽试验研究了交流电场(AC)与Fusarium sp.A-2(A-2)真菌耦合对博落回(P)的生物量、富集铀(U)性能、酶活性以及根际土壤中有机酸含量、生物可利用态铀、根际微生物群落结构的影响.结果表明, 在铀(U)污染土壤中, 与AC+P+U、A-2+P+U和P+U相比, AC+A-2+P+U组博落回的鲜重、株高、总干重分别升高了10.67%~45.76%、26.87%~92.02%和61.99%~159.98%;总超氧化物歧化酶(T-SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)含量分别提高了41.24%~133%和15.35%~63.63%;根际土壤中草酸显著增加了13.03%~157.09%;与A-2+P+U和P+U组相比, AC+A-2+P+U组土壤中生物可利用态铀分别提高了12.5%和28.57%.在AC+A-2+P+U组, 植物根际土壤中存在大量的镰刀型菌(Fusarium)真菌属和酸杆菌属(Acidobacteria)等细菌菌属, 且镰刀型菌属(Fusarium)占比最高, 与AC+P+U、A-2+P+U、P+U和A-2+U组相比, Fusarium分别提高了16.67%、81.03%、299.23%和374.47%.AC和A-2耦合强化博落回修复铀污染土壤的可能机理包括AC提高了铀在土壤中的流动性, 增加了植物根部与铀的接触, 促进了铀的富集; AC刺激了博落回的生理活性, 增大了博落回的生物量, 提高了抗氧化酶活性, 使博落回对铀的耐受性增强; AC刺激了A-2真菌和酸杆菌属(Acidobacteria)的生长, 使其比例增大, 从而产生大量的有机酸, 与铀形成螯合物, 降低了铀对植物的胁迫作用, 提高了生物可利用态铀的占比, 促进了博落回对铀的富集.AC与A-2真菌耦合对P修复铀污染土壤有显著的强化作用, 是一种有潜在应用前景的强化方法.     

耐锰菌Fusarium sp.浸出电解锰渣中锰的机制研究

为了探讨耐锰菌Fusarium sp.浸出锰离子的作用机制,对比分析了用Fusarium sp.与外加有机酸浸取后电解锰废渣的表征及锰离子浸出率的变化,重点考察了在Fusarium sp.浸取条件下锰离子浸出率、pH以及部分有机酸含量变化的关系.在锰离子的浸出过程中,当加入Fusarium sp.后,浸取后的电解锰废渣...     

Relationships between volatile organic compounds with an emphasis on terpene compounds and genetic matrix in inoculated and non-inoculated winter wheat cultivars

In the present study, we focus on the analysis of the volatile organic compound (VOC) contents in the grain of a representative set of winter wheat cultivars grown in Central Europe. The cultivars were grown in control conditions or were inoculated with the fungus Fusarium culmorum. In the analysed samples, hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones, aromatics, terpenes and others were found. Among them, results for terpenes seem particularly important. The discriminant analysis allowed complete separation of the quality groups of wheat based on VOCs. Simultaneously, a genetic matrix was created based on the genetic distance between the wheat cultivars and the Mantel test was used to compare it with the VOC matrix. The analysis revealed relationships between the genetic matrix and the overall VOCs, as well as terpenes. The obtained results indicate a significant relationship between microorganisms that exist in the environment, genetic features of plants and VOCs formed in the grain.     

多环芳烃降解真菌Fusarium solani对芘的吸收存储和降解特性研究

以芘为唯一碳源,从公路旁污染土壤中分离得到一株芘降解真菌,经鉴定为Fusarium solani(命名为Py F-1),荧光显微镜观察发现其菌丝能吸收储存芘.对该菌株在芘浓度为50 mg·L-1的液体培养基中对芘的吸收储存和降解特性,具体包括芘的生物降解、菌体吸收、菌体吸附和消解总量进行了39 d的动态研究,结果表明:生物降解芘在培养0~14 d内逐渐增加,培养14 d时占芘添加量的15.9%,此后基本达到稳定,培养结束时生物降解芘为芘添加量的17.6%;菌体吸收芘在0~21 d内含量较少且变化不显著,低于芘添加量的3%;而在21~39 d内,菌体吸收芘变化显著,芘的消解总量随着菌体吸收量的变化产生显著波动;培养28 d时,芘的消解总量达到最大值,其中菌体吸收芘占芘消解总量的一半,达到芘添加量的16.0%,菌体吸附芘不足芘添加量的0.5%,在研究中可以忽略不计.因此,培养前期培养基中芘的消解以生物降解为主,培养后期菌体吸收芘的变化是芘消解总量变化的主要原因.     

Biomass from phytopathogens and culture conditions improve Penicillium chrysogenum antimicrobial activity and antifungal compounds production

The present study evaluated the effect of culture conditions and phytopathogenic strain co-culture on the production of antimicrobial metabolites and antifungal activity of Penicillium chrysogenum R1, which PCR identified. Antimicrobial activity was determined using the Hunter-Hunter experimental design with three factors (pH, incubation temperature, and inoculum, at two levels each). The antifungal metabolites, β 1-3 glucanase and chitinase, produced in the presence of live and inactivated Fusarium oxysporum Fsox C11 biomass, were evaluated using HPLC-MS and GC-MS. Results showed that P. chrysogenum inhibited the growth of five phytopathogenic fungal strains, and the most significant inhibition was observed for F. oxysporum Fsox C11. The best conditions to achieve the highest antifungal activity of the cell-free extract were pH 7, 28°C, 1 × 10⁶ spores/mL, and 144 h of fermentation, observing 86% inhibition of F. oxysporum Fsox C11 growth. Production of antifungal metabolites such as 1,4-benzoquinone imine, viridicatic acid, phenol-5-methyl-2-(1-methyl ethyl), and hydrolytic enzymes β 1-3 glucanase and chitinase was detected. The results define the perspective in designing new processes and products for biocontrol phytopathogens.     

Potentiality of different isolates of wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum collected from rhizosphere of tomato against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita

This investigation was undertaken to determine the effect of culture filtrates of different isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici on mortality of Meloidogyne incognita juveniles and egg hatching. It was observed that different concentrations including standard extract (S.E), 1:10 and 1:100 dilutions of all fungal filtrates inhibited egg hatch when compared with control. Minimum mortality and maximum hatching was observed in BRT (showing least mortality) isolate of F. oxysporum, while maximum mortality and minimum egg hatching was recorded in BGT (showing maximum mortality) isolate. Larval mortality was decreased with a decrease in concentration and the least mortality was observed in 1:100 when compared with SE and 1:10. The potentiality of both the isolates (BRT and BGT) against root-knot nematode M. incognita was confirmed by the pathogenicity test on tomato. These observations confirmed that F. oxysporumisolates possesses variability in pathogenicity ranging from pathogenic to bio-control agent. The plants inoculated with BRT isolate failed to show wilt symptoms while plants inoculated with BGT isolate showed wilt indices.