细胞脂肪酸气相色谱图鉴别细菌的研究

本文介绍了细胞脂肪酸毛细管柱气相色谱图的绘制方法,对所得细菌细胞脂肪酸气相色谱图中的某些组分用气相色谱一质谱一计算机联用技术进行了分析鉴定,并借助电子计算机对细菌脂肪酸模式进行了聚类分析。用上述方法分别对24株(5种)芽孢杆菌、14株(3种)无芽孢杆菌、3种弧菌和2株临床分离的类霍乱弧菌进行鉴别,均得到满意结果。为微生物的分类鉴定、生理生化研究提供了一种现代分析方法。     

病毒单糖的研究 Ⅰ.颗粒体病毒(GV)单糖的气相色谱分析

本文介绍了颗粒体病毒中单糖的气相色谱分析法,对所得病毒单糖色谱图中的主要组分进行了分析鉴定,证明组成病毒的单糖成分有:鼠李糖、核糖、木糖、甘露糖、葡萄糖和阿拉伯糖。并用相应单糖峰高比值,区分了它们间的异同。病毒单糖分析结果。能与血清学和裂解气相色谱法分析鉴定病毒的结果相符。     

若干需氧芽孢杆菌芽孢脂肪酸成分分析

51株需氧芽孢杆菌纯化后的芽孢培养物经处理抽提全细胞脂肪酸甲酯 ,用于气相色谱分析 ,同时以相应的繁殖体作为对照。芽孢脂肪酸成分的重现性实验发现 ,芽孢的脂肪酸成分比较稳定。将脂肪酸百分含量编制成原始数据矩阵 ,以 Statistica5.0统计软件进行聚类分析 ,得到两张分别基于芽孢脂肪酸成分和繁殖体脂肪酸成分的实验菌株树状聚类图。通过对比这两张图可以得出一些有意义的结论 ,同时也说明芽孢脂肪酸分析可望成为需氧芽孢杆菌化学分类的新手段。     

水稻内生固氮细菌的分离及鹑鸡肠球菌在水稻根中的分布

从福建省推广的谷杆两用水稻201中分离出内牛细菌12株,鉴定为阴沟肠杆菌（Enterobacter cloacae）、鹑鸡肠球菌（Enterococcus gallinarum）、短小芽孢杆菌（Bacillus pumilus）、地衣芽孢杆菌（Bacillus licheniformis）、巨大芽孢杆菌（Bacillus megaterium）、球形芽孢杆菌（Bacillus sphaericus）、蜡状芽孢杆菌（Bacillus cereus）、脂肪杆菌（Pimelobacter）和节杆菌（Arthrobacter）。选择固氮酶活性较大的3个菌株,对其抗性、革蓝氏染色特性进行了研究。采用三亲交配法将标记基因nifH-lacZ导入到鹑鸡肠球菌中,用该固氮细菌回接水稻,对感染鹑鸡肠球菌的水稻根进行β-半乳糖苷酶组织化学染色、光学显微镜和电子显微镜观察。结果表明,固氮细菌鹑鸡肠球菌在水稻根表皮细胞、内皮层细胞、维管组织细胞和细胞间隙中存在。     

动物用芽孢杆菌微生态制剂中蜡样芽孢杆菌的分离及安全性

【背景】芽孢杆菌是仅次于乳酸菌常用于微生态制剂中的菌种,然而部分芽孢杆菌微生态制剂规范不严,应用存在安全隐患。【目的】调查我国在售动物用芽孢杆菌微生态制剂中蜡样芽孢杆菌携带情况,揭示蜡样芽孢杆菌应用的潜在风险。【方法】对微生态制剂预处理,选择性筛选分离蜡样芽孢杆菌,通过全基因组测序测绘细菌毒素基因谱与耐药基因谱,细胞计数试剂盒-8法测定菌株对细胞的毒性,利用微量肉汤稀释法确定菌株耐药值。【结果】从50份微生态制剂产品中筛选分离得到23株蜡样芽孢杆菌群细菌,它们对氨苄西林、林可霉素和泰妙菌素3种抗生素均耐药,主要毒力基因nhe、hbl、cytK、ces的检出率分别为100%、30%、39%和4%,分离株均有溶血性且39%菌株产生热稳定毒素,不同菌株对非洲绿猴肾细胞呈现出不同程度的毒性。【结论】微生态制剂来源的蜡样芽孢杆菌毒性与耐药性严重,携带毒素基因与耐药基因广泛,多株菌株呈高细胞毒性且产生热稳定毒素。芽孢杆菌微生态制剂存在安全性问题,应加强对蜡样芽孢杆菌的质量安全监管力度,规范微生态制剂的市场秩序,杜绝安全隐患。     

玉米根系内生细菌种群及动态分析

2000-2002年,先后对辽宁省14个玉米主栽品种进行了根系内主要细菌种群分析．结果表明．玉米内生细菌的主要种群为芽孢杆菌属(Bucillus spp．),此外还包括肠杆菌属、沙雷氏杆菌属、假单胞菌属、黄单胞菌属和棍状杆菌属．其中Bacillus分布最广,已鉴定出8个种,包括枯草芽孢杆菌、巨大芽孢杆菌、蜡状芽孢杆菌、地衣芽孢杆菌、炭疽芽孢杆菌、蕈状芽孢杆菌、短小芽孢杆菌、环状芽孢杆菌．Bacillusspp．总量占根系内生细菌总量比苗期和成株期分别为75．5％和76．6％．内生细菌在不同玉米品种和不同生育期之间存在程度不同的差异．研究发现,品种的遗传背景与其内生细菌的种类和数量显著相关．     

原油微生物群落构成及降解菌降解特性的研究

为分离得到高效原油降解菌,直接向原油中加入营养物刺激,培养一段时间后原油乳化降解。气相色谱法、红外光谱法和紫外吸收均表明降解菌体系具有较强的降解原油烃的能力。采用细菌16S rDNA通用引物和PCR扩增等方法,构建原油降解菌体系16S rDNA克隆文库,并对所构建的文库进行分析。同时,从降解菌体系中分离得到一株降解菌,鉴定结果表明所分离的细菌为短小芽孢杆菌(Bacillus pumilus)。采用气相色谱技术对降解过程中的原油烃的变化进行分析,结果显示原油烃类组分会随着降解时间的变化而发生变化,降解菌表现出其对烷烃类物质的降解能力。     

神农架林区和自然保护区芽孢杆菌资源的调查

芽孢杆菌属是一群好氧和兼性厌氧生活、产耐热性内生孢子的杆状细菌。它的营养细胞具有活跃的酶活性和多样的代谢类型,从而被广泛应用于生产各种酶制剂、杀虫剂、抗生素和生物添加剂等。它还具有处于休眠期的内生孢子和营养细胞交替的生长周期,可作为研究细菌分化的重要材料;而作为典型种的枯草芽孢杆菌又是分子生物学研究的重要材料迷一。因此,我们进行了神农架林区和自然保护区芽孢杆菌资源的调查,以了解芽孢杆菌在该地区土壤     

胶质芽孢杆菌胞外多糖的发酵生产及结构鉴定

以胶质芽孢杆菌(Bacillus mucilaginosus)SM-01作为出发菌株,通过研究5 L发酵罐中不同搅拌转速、通气量对菌株SM-01生产胞外多糖的影响,确定了最适的搅拌转速与通气量分别为600 r/min、2.0 VVM(每分钟通气量与罐体实际料液体积的比值)。在最适条件下,发酵液中胶质芽孢杆菌胞外多糖(BMPS)的质量浓度可达29.8 g/L。进而经DEAE-52离子交换柱层析纯化得到纯多糖。凝胶渗透色谱法测定多糖的分子量为4.4×10~6。红外光谱分析其含有酸性糖成分,经间羟基联苯法测定,其酸性糖含量为24.6%。采用气相色谱检测BMPS单糖构成为葡萄糖、甘露糖及半乳糖,摩尔比为3.2∶2.2∶1。     

雪茄茄衣人工发酵过程中叶面微生物区系研究

在恒温恒湿箱内对海南光村茄衣发酵42 d,并对整个过程中烟叶表面微生物进行分离、纯化和鉴定,研究探讨了茄衣人工发酵过程中叶面微生物区系的变化。结果显示:在茄衣人工发酵过程中细菌为优势菌群,霉菌所占比例很小,没有检测出放线菌和酵母菌;所有细菌均为芽孢杆菌,数量由高到低依次是:巨大芽孢杆菌枯草芽孢杆菌蜡状芽孢杆菌环状芽孢杆菌蕈状芽孢杆菌嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌短小芽孢杆菌凝结芽孢杆菌;茄衣表面各菌种数量在发酵过程前24 d内呈急剧下降趋势;巨大芽孢杆菌和枯草芽孢杆菌为雪茄茄衣人工发酵中的优势菌种,分别占芽孢杆菌数量的50%以上和19%左右。     

Comparison of carbohydrate substrate preferences in eight species of bifidobacteria

Eight species of bifidobacteria were tested for their abilities to grow on a range of monosaccharides (glucose, arabinose, xylose, galactose and mannose). In contrast to the other sugars, glucose and galactose were utilized by all species and, in general, specific growth rates were highest on these sugars. Different substrate preferences were observed between species when the bacteria were grown in the presence of all five monosaccharides. For example, glucose and xylose were coutilized by Bifidobacterium longum, whereas glucose repressed uptake of all other sugars in B. bifidum and B. catenulatum. Galactose was the preferred substrate with B. pseudolongum. In B. angulatum, glucose and galactose were utilized simultaneously. B. breve did not grow on arabinose when this sugar provided the sole source of energy. However, glucose and arabinose were preferentially taken up during growth on sugar mixtures.     

Intestinal inflammation alters mucosal carbohydrate foraging and monosaccharide incorporation into microbial glycans

Endogenous carbohydrates released from the intestinal mucus represent a constant source of nutrients to the intestinal microbiota. Mucus‐derived carbohydrates can also be used as building blocks in the biosynthesis of bacterial cell wall components, thereby influencing host mucosal immunity. To assess the uptake of endogenous carbohydrates by gut microbes in healthy mice and during intestinal inflammation, we applied azido‐monosaccharides that can be tracked on bacterial cell walls after conjugation with fluorophores. In interleukin‐10 deficient mice, changes in the gut microbiota were accompanied by decreased carbohydrate hydrolase activities and increased lumenal concentrations of host glycan‐derived monosaccharides. Tracking of the monosaccharide N‐azidoacetylglucosamine (GlcNAz) in caecum bacteria revealed a preferential incorporation of this carbohydrate by Xanthomonadaceae in healthy mice and by Bacteroidaceae in interleukin‐10 deficient mice. These GlcNAz‐positive Bacteroidaceae fractions mainly belonged to the species B. acidifaciens and B. vulgatus. Growth of Bacteroides species in the presence of specific monosaccharides changed their stimulatory activity toward CD11c⁺ dendritic cells. Expression of activation markers and cytokine production was highest after stimulation of dendritic cells with B. vulgatus. The variable incorporation of monosaccharides by related Bacteroides species underline the necessity to investigate intestinal bacteria down to the species level when addressing microbiota‐host interactions.     

Studies on a microchemical method for the determination of the degree of polymerization of neutral oligo- and polysaccharides. I. Quantitative separation of trace amounts of alditols from mixtures with a large excess of monosaccharides.

A method has been devised for the quantitative separation of trace amounts of alditols from mixtures with large amounts of monosaccharides, using a strongly basic ion-exchange resin. Ten kinds of common reducing monosaccharides used were strongly retained by a very basic anion-exchange resin in the hydroxyl form, whereas the corresponding alditols showed no significant affinity for the basic resin. Model studies showed excellent recoveries of alditol from known mixtures of alditol and the corresponding aldose at ratios in the range from 1 : 1X10(3) TO 1 : 1X10(4) (by weight). Application of this procedure to dextrans after reduction and hydrolysis resulted in quantitative separation of the terminal alditol.     

Identification of Efficient Denitrifying Bacteria from Tannery Wastewaters in Ethiopia and a Study of the Effects of Chromium III and Sulphide on Their Denitrification Rate

In order to identify potential microorganisms with high denitrifying capacity from tannery wastewaters, 1000 pure cultures of bacterial isolates from Modjo Tannery Pilot and Ethio-tannery wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), in Ethiopia, were investigated. Twenty-eight isolates were selected as efficient denitrifiers. These were Gram-negative rods, oxidase and catalase positive denitrifying organisms. The 28 denitrifying strains were further classified according to their biochemical fingerprints into three different phylogenetic groups (BPT1, BPT2 and BPT3) and seven singles. Isolates B79^T, B11, B12, B15, B28 and B38 belonging to the BPT3 cluster were found to be the most efficient denitrifying bacteria. All phenotypic studies, including cellular fatty acid profiles, showed that the 6 BPT3 isolates were closely related to each other. The 16S rRNA partial sequence analysis of type strain B79^T(CCUG 45880) indicated a sequence similarity of 99% to Brachymonas denitrificans JCM9216 (D14320) in the β-subdivision of proteobacteria. Further studies of the effects of chromium III and sulphide on the six Brachymonas denitrificans strains indicated that denitrification by the isolates were inhibited 50% at concentrations of 54 and 96 mg/l, respectively. The efficient isolates characterized in this study are of great value because of their excellent denitrifying properties and relatively high tolerance to the concentrations of toxic compounds (70 mg chromium/l and 160 mg sulphide/l) prevailing in tannery wastewaters.     

Characterization of Bacteroides gingivalis by direct fluorescent antibody staining and cellular fatty acid profiles

Bacteroides gingivalis is a newly proposed species which includes strains isolated from the mouth. Thirteen strains of B. gingivalis isolated from three geographic locations in the United States and France were examined with direct fluorescent antibody staining and analysis of total cellular fatty acids and compared with 16 strains of B. asaccharolyticus of nonoral origin by the same methods. Bacteroides gingivalis strains reacted with the B. gingivalis conjugate (fluorescein isothiocyanate labeled antibody reagent) only, while the B, asaccharolyticus strains reacted with the B. asaccharolyticus conjugate only. The B. gingivalis strains showed negative fluorescence with fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugates for other black-pigmented Bacteroides species. The specificity of the B. gingivalis conjugate was demonstrated by its failure to stain 88 strains of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria other than B. gingivalis. The fatty acid profiles of B. gingivalis and B. asaccharolyticus were readily distinguishable. The B. gingivalis profile was also distinguishable from those of other pigmenting Bacteroides species on the basis of concentration ratios among the characteristic components. These results support the species separation of B. gingivalis and B. asaccharolyticus. Further, they indicate the usefulness of cellular fatty acid profiles as an adjunct to the use of specific fluorescent antibody conjugates for identification of Bacteroides species.     

The effect of growth medium on B. anthracis Sterne spore carbohydrate content

The expressed characteristics of biothreat agents may be impacted by variations in the culture environment, including growth medium formulation. The carbohydrate composition of B. anthracis spores has been well studied, particularly for the exosporium, which is the outermost spore structure. The carbohydrate composition of the exosporium has been demonstrated to be distinct from the vegetative form containing unique monosaccharides. We have investigated the carbohydrate composition of B. anthracis Sterne spores produced using four different medium types formulated with different sources of medium components. The amount of rhamnose, 3-O-methyl rhamnose and galactosamine was found to vary significantly between spores cultured using different medium formulations. The relative abundance of these monosaccharides compared to other monosaccharides such as mannosamine was also found to vary with medium type. Specific medium components were also found to impact the carbohydrate profile. Xylose has not been previously described in B. anthracis spores but was detected at low levels in two media. This may represent residual material from the brewery yeast extract used to formulate these two media. These results illustrate the utility of this method to capture the impact of growth medium on carbohydrate variation in spores. Detecting carbohydrate profiles in B. anthracis evidentiary material may provide useful forensic information on the growth medium used for sporulation.     

Inter-species differences in maximum specific growth rates and cell yields of bifidobacteria cultured on oligosaccharides and other simple carbohydrate sources

The abilities of seven bifidobacterial isolates ( Bifidobacterium adolescentis , B. bifidum (two strains), B. catenulatum , B. infantis , B. longum , B. pseudolongum ) to utilize 15 different carbohydrate sources (eight oligosaccharide products, and a variety of monosaccharides and disaccharides) were studied, with regard to maximum specific growth rates and production of bacterial cell mass. Results showed that substrate utilization was highly variable and that considerable interspecies and interstrain differences existed. Galactooligosaccharides and oligofructose, with a low degree of polymerization, supported best growth of the test micro-organisms. In contrast, xylooligosaccharides and pyrodextrins were almost invariably poor bifidobacterial substrates. In many species, maximum specific growth rates and bacterial cell yields were higher on oligosaccharides compared to their monosaccharide constituents, particularly with respect to fructooligosaccharides. Bifidobacterium pseudolongum , B. longum and B. catenulatum were the most nutritionally versatile isolates studied in relation to the range of oligosaccharide products utilized, and the extent to which bacteria could grow on these substrates.     

Role of soluble cytotoxic factor in concanavalin A-induced cellular cytotoxicity to rabbit erythrocytes.

A new sensitive and simplified method for detecting concanavalin A-induced cellular cytotoxicity was developed by using 51Cr-labeled rabbit erythrocytes as target cells, and a soluble cytotoxic factor (SCF) to rabbit erythrocytes was demonstrated with this system. From morphological studies, this factor appeared to play a major role in cellular cytotoxicity. The cytotoxic activity of SCF was removed by absorption with rabbit erythrocytes. Furthermore, the target cells pretreated with SCF and washed were subsequently destroyed. These results may indicate that SCF exerts its effect through binding to cellular receptors. Some monosaccharides showed inhibitory effects on the cytolysis of rabbit erythrocytes by SCF and on the adsorption of SCF activity to them. The significance of these findings in elucidation of the action of SCF was discussed.     

Characterization of Lactobacillus carbohydrate fermentation activity using immobilized cell technique

A microbial bioreactor based on calcium alginate immobilized Lactobacillus cells coupled to a pH electrode was developed for quantitative determination of carbohydrate fermentation activity. A high biomass (10(10) cfu mL(-)(1)) and particular pregrowth conditions were needed. Reduction of catabolite repression by monosaccharides was achieved by pregrowth in lactose. The evolution of acid production in a continuous flow-stopped flow bioreactor was monitored for different sugar solutions in contact with the immobilized bacteria. The resulting slopes (DeltamV/Deltat) were used to quantify the fermentation capability for a defined sugar related to that of glucose, which was taken as 100%. The procedure is simple, being based on pH variation that can give quantitative results compared to other reported techniques for carbohydrate fermentation pattern from which only qualitative results are obtained. In addition, it offers reduction in time and costs and is a suitable tool for the rapid analysis of isolated strains and in studies of modifications of sugar metabolism in mutants.