Construction and functional analysis of Trichoderma harzianum mutants that modulate maize resistance to the pathogen Curvularia lunata

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT) was used to generate an insertional mutant library of the mycelial fungus Trichoderma harzianum. From a total of 450 mutants, six mutants that showed significant influence on maize resistance to C. lunata were analyzed in detail. Maize coated with these mutants was more susceptible to C. lunata compared with those coated with a wild-type (WT) strain. Similar to other fungal ATMT libraries, all six mutants were single copy integrations, which occurred preferentially in noncoding regions (except two mutants) and were frequently accompanied by the loss of border sequences. Two mutants (T66 and T312) that were linked to resistance were characterized further. Maize seeds coated with T66 and T312 were more susceptible to C. lunata than those treated with WT. Moreover, the mutants affected the resistance of maize to C. lunata by enhancing jasmonate-responsive gene expression. T66 and T312 induced maize resistance to C. lunata infection through a jasmonic acid-dependent pathway.     

氢化可的松高转化菌株的选育及其发酵条件

利用酮康唑抗性突变选育氢化可的松高转化菌株，即将经过紫外线诱变处理的新月弯孢霉原生质体倾注于含有酮康唑最小抑制浓度(10μmoL／L)的培养基平板上，获得了136株酮康唑抗性突变株，氢化可的松转化率高于出发菌株的有14株．其中抗性突变株KA-91，其氢化可的松转化率为出发菌株的1．42倍，达到68．05％．研究了菌株的发酵性能，优化了培养基组成和发酵工艺条件，氢化可的松转化率达到73．6％．图7表3参5