乳杆菌电转化条件的研究

用Pgk12、Pmg36c等质粒电转化不同的乳杆菌。研究了影响转化效率的多种因素。受体细胞经20μg/ml氨苄青霉素处理1h,可以提高转化效率200倍。同时,发现电击后的细胞必需在高渗培养基中才能存活,电击后2～3h的复苏表达期和用亚抑制抗生素浓度选择转化子,这些对电转化成功以及提高转化效率都是十分关键的。在改进电转化方法中,各种参数为电场强度8.75kV/cm,电阻100Ω或200Ω,电容25μF和2×磷酸缓冲液。     

黑曲霉电转化条件的研究

研究避免了繁琐的原生体制备过程,直接使用萌发的黑曲霉孢子进行电转化,以潮霉素B作为筛选标记,从孢子萌发时间、电场强度及质粒浓度等方面考察了电转化效率的影响因素。研究表明,针对A.nigerMGG029-ΔaamA,其理想的电转化条件:孢子龄为4d,孢子萌发时间为2h,电场强度为5kV/cm。在上述条件下分别使用1μg环状或线状pBC-Hygro质粒DNA进行转化,平均可以得到34个和51个转化子,而在同样条件下使用质粒pRS303H平均可以获得163个和258个转化子。     

工业谷氨酸棒杆菌电转化整合效率的优化

研究不同因素对谷氨酸棒杆菌(Corynebacterium glutamicum)电转化效率的影响,探讨电转化的最适条件,提高电转化效率。以产L-异亮氨酸的谷氨酸棒杆菌工业菌株a11为受体菌,大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)JM109及质粒pk18mobsac B为载体,通过电转化方法研究了菌体最佳感受态性能、复苏培养基高渗溶液浓度、最适电场强度及电击后的热激培养对电转化效率的影响。对于谷氨酸棒杆菌a11而言,使用无痕的自杀载体电击转化,在感受态细胞OD_(600 nm)值为1.0~1.2,电场强度达到9.0 kV/cm,电转后46℃热激培养8 min,而且热激后继续保持37℃的适应性培养,电转化效率最高,达到1.8×10~3cfu/μg DNA。实现了工业谷氨酸棒杆菌的电转化效率的提高,也为其它谷氨酸棒杆菌电转化效率的提高提供参考方法。     

不同质粒电转三种乳酸菌的比较研究

为比较研究不同质粒针对不同乳酸茵的电转效率的差异,分别以乳酸乳球菌NZ9000、干酪乳杆菌LC2W和植物乳杆菌WCFS1三种乳酸菌为受体,以七种不同质粒为载体,进行电转实验.结果表明在乳酸乳球菌NZ9000中,转化效率最高的是pIB 184质粒,达到了1.53×107 cfg/μgDNA,在干酪乳杆菌LC2W中,pSIP403质粒的电转化效率最高,达到了6.42×105 cfg/μgDNA,在植物乳杆菌WCFS1的电转化中,是pNZ44质粒达到8.68×105 cfg/μgDNA的最高转化效率.其中质粒pIB184和pNZ44在三种菌株中均有较高的电转化效率,超过了103 cfg/μgDNA,另一方面T-pAMS100、pSIP403、pSIP409三个质粒在干酪乳杆菌与植物乳杆菌中的电转化效率明显高于乳酸乳球菌.不同质粒针对不同乳酸茵的转化效率为乳酸茵的高效电转和表达栽体的选择与构建提供了可行依据.     

制备高效大肠杆菌电转化感受态细胞和电转化条件的研究

旨在建立一种高效大肠杆菌电转化感受态细胞的制备方法,研究了摇瓶装液量,菌体生长阶段,转化电场强度,转化后复苏时间以及感受态细胞存放时间等对转化效率的影响.结果表明,基液量为400 mL/2L,菌体在OD600值为0.452时收集所制备的感受态细胞,在电场强度12.5 kV/cm条件下电击5 ms,转化后复苏时间2h,转化效率可达到1010CFU/μg DNA.此条件下制备的感受态细胞转化效率高,质量稳定,重复性好.     

电转化条件对大肠杆菌XL1-Blue菌株转化效率的影响

探讨XL1-Blue菌株电转化的最优条件。通过改变电压、质粒DNA浓度、细菌生长周期等影响电转化的重要条件,做出转化率的变化曲线,从中探索电转化的最优条件。实验结果得出在电容25μF、电阻200 Ω、电压2.5 kV、D600nm为0.3～0.4、0.2 cm电转化杯、DNA终浓度0.1μg/ml、感受态细胞终浓度2.5×1012、氨苄青霉素浓度50μg/ml的条件下,电转化效率最高,可达到7.64×108。电转化实验转化效率高,重复性好,为成功的建立抗体库提供了保证。     

外源载体高效转化肺炎克雷伯菌的新途径

研究介绍了提高Klebsiella pneumoniae电转化效率的新途径,即直接从固体平板上收集K.pneumoniae菌落制备电转化感受态细胞,完全不同于传统的试验方法。试验菌株为野生型K.pneumoniae NTUH-K2044和magA—突变型菌株。将大小不同的质粒pIP843T、pIP843TdhaB、pIP843TdhaT电转化K.pneumoniae,计算电转化效率。电转化试验结果表明:K.pneumoniaeNTUH-K2044固体菌电转化效率高达2×105±300转化子/μgDNA,而其液体菌电转化效率仅为150±10转化子/?gDNA;其magA—突变株固体菌的转化效率最高,可以达到3.4×107±500转化子/μgDNA,比液体菌电转化效率提高了104倍。同时发现质粒大小对电转化效率并没有明显影响。此外,激光共聚焦显微镜观察发现固体平板和液体培养基中的菌体存在形态学方面差异,推测固体培养菌电转化效率的显著提高和形态学方面的表现可能具有一定的相关性。     

嗜热厌氧乙醇菌JW200转化条件的研究

摘要 嗜热厌氧乙醇菌遗传转化系统的缺少,制约了对该菌理论基础和应用领域的进一步研究。利用聚乙二醇（PEG6000）转化和电转化技术国际首次实现了嗜热厌氧乙醇菌JW200外源基因的导入。PEG转化效率很低,因此选择对电转化条件进行优化,转化效率从4±3.2个转化子/μg质粒DNA提高到50±7.4个转化子/μg质粒DNA。实验表明获得较高的转化效率的必要条件是在细胞密度为OD660 0.2时添加甘氨酸与蔗糖后继续培养2h以及细胞在电击前的收集与洗涤保持低温。本研究为利用基因工程手段改造嗜热厌氧乙醇菌和从分子水平研究胞内乙醇代谢途径奠定了基础。     

双歧杆菌感受态细胞的制备和电转化条件的研究

介绍目前常用的双歧杆菌感受态细胞制备方法,并系统研究影响双歧杆菌电转化效率的关键因素。通过研究,菌体在4oo为0.3-0. 5时收集以制备感受态细胞,制备好的感受态细胞应尽早用于电转化;最佳电场强度为12.5 kV/cm;转化后的细胞复苏培养2 h为佳。感受态细胞的转化效率可达103 CFU/μg DNA。     

唾液乳杆菌电转化效率优化研究

唾液乳杆菌对人体健康有重要意义,作为一株可食用益生菌有着极大的应用潜力,但较低的电转化效率限制了唾液乳杆菌的遗传操作。本研究从细菌培养状态、甘氨酸浓度、蔗糖浓度、电压和复苏时间等因素着手对唾液乳杆菌(Lactobacillus salivarius AR612)的电转化条件进行优化。结果表明,唾液乳杆菌AR612的最佳电转化参数为:OD600为01,甘氨酸浓度10 g/L,蔗糖浓度03mol/L,电压75 kV/cm,复苏时间3 h。在优化条件下,电转化效率最高可达116×108 CFU/μg DNA。与优化前(233×105 CFU/μg DNA)相比,转化效率提升了3个数量级。本文通过电转化参数的优化,成功地提高了唾液乳杆菌菌株AR612的转化效率,为进一步解析唾液乳杆菌功能基因及益生机制奠定了基础。     

H.pylori尿素酶B亚单位在保加利亚乳杆菌的表达与鉴定

目的构建表达幽门螺杆菌（Helicobacter pylori,H、pylori）尿素酶B亚单位（UreB）的基因工程乳杆菌,并对其进行初步的安全性评估。方法采用高保真PCR从H.pylori标准菌株NCTC 11637中扩增ureB基因,插入乳酸菌表达质粒pMG36e,将重组质粒电转入保加利亚乳杆菌L6032中,获得表达ureB的基因工程乳杆菌。在含乳糖的MRS培养基诱导目的蛋白表达,Western blot鉴定其免疫原性。连续传代培养60代,检测基因工程乳杆菌的稳定性、形态学与生理生化特性以进行初步的安全性评估。结果特异PCR、酶切和测序鉴定均证实ureB基因克隆入表达载体pMG36e,SDS-PAGE结果显示,重组质粒pMG36e-ureB电转入保加利亚乳杆菌所构建的基因工程乳杆菌能表达约64KD的蛋白,Western blot证明该蛋白能与抗H.priori ureB的兔血清反应。稳定性、形态学与生理生化特性检测结果表明,基因工程乳杆菌与原始菌株保加利亚乳杆菌完全一致。结论成功构建能表达H.pylori UreB的保加利亚乳杆菌L6032-UreB,该基因工程菌在形态与生理生化特性上未发生任何变异,从而为探索幽门螺杆菌感染的益生菌制剂调理疗法奠定了坚实的基础。     

Lacticin, a bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis

Twenty-one strains of Lactobacillus delbrueckii and L. helveticus were tested for bacteriocin production against each other. Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis JCM 1106 and 1107 produced an inhibitory agent active against L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus JCM 1002 and NIAI yB-62, L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis JCM 1248 and L. delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii JCM 1012. Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis JCM 1248 inhibited only the growth of L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus NIAI yB-62. These agents were sensitive to proteolytic enzymes and heating (at 60°C for 10min). These agents were considered to be bacteriocins and designated lacticin A and B.     

Electrotransformation of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis with various plasmids.

We describe, for the first time, a detailed electroporation procedure for Lactobacillus delbrueckii. Three L. delbrueckii strains were successfully transformed. Under optimal conditions, the transformation efficiency was 10(4) transformants per microg of DNA. Using this procedure, we identified several plasmids able to replicate in L. delbrueckii and integrated an integrative vector based on phage integrative elements into the L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus chromosome. These vectors provide a good basis for developing molecular tools for L. delbrueckii and open the field of genetic studies in L. delbrueckii.     

Regulation and Adaptive Evolution of Lactose Operon Expression in Lactobacillus delbrueckii

Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis are both used in the dairy industry as homofermentative lactic acid bacteria in the production of fermented milk products. After selective pressure for the fast fermentation of milk in the manufacture of yogurts, L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus loses its ability to regulate lac operon expression. A series of mutations led to the constitutive expression of the lac genes. A complex of insertion sequence (IS) elements (ISL4 inside ISL5), inserted at the border of the lac promoter, induced the loss of the palindromic structure of one of the operators likely involved in the binding of regulatory factors. A lac repressor gene was discovered downstream of the beta-galactosidase gene of L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis and was shown to be inactivated by several mutations in L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus. Regulatory mechanisms of the lac gene expression of L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis were compared by heterologous expression in Lactococcus lactis of the two lac promoters in front of a reporter gene (beta-glucuronidase) in the presence or absence of the lac repressor gene. Insertion of the complex of IS elements in the lac promoter of L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus increased the promoter's activity but did not prevent repressor binding; rather, it increased the affinity of the repressor for the promoter. Inactivation of the lac repressor by mutations was then necessary to induce the constitutive expression of the lac genes in L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus.     

Factors affecting exocellular polysaccharide production by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus grown in a chemically defined medium

We developed a chemically defined medium (CDM) containing lactose or glucose as the carbon source that supports growth and exopolysaccharide (EPS) production of two strains of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus. The factors found to affect EPS production in this medium were oxygen, pH, temperature, and medium constituents, such as orotic acid and the carbon source. EPS production was greatest during the stationary phase. Composition analysis of EPS isolated at different growth phases and produced under different fermentation conditions (varying carbon source or pH) revealed that the component sugars were the same. The EPS from strain L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CNRZ 1187 contained galactose and glucose, and that of strain L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CNRZ 416 contained galactose, glucose, and rhamnose. However, the relative proportions of the individual monosaccharides differed, suggesting that repeating unit structures can vary according to specific medium alterations. Under pH-controlled fermentation conditions, L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus strains produced as much EPS in the CDM as in milk. Furthermore, the relative proportions of individual monosaccharides of EPS produced in pH-controlled CDM or in milk were very similar. The CDM we developed may be a useful model and an alternative to milk in studies of EPS production.     

Evolution of the bacterial species Lactobacillus delbrueckii: a partial genomic study with reflections on prokaryotic species concept

The species Lactobacillus delbrueckii consists at present of three subspecies, delbrueckii, lactis and bulgaricus, showing a high level of DNA-DNA hybridization similarity but presenting markedly different traits related to distinct ecological adaptation. The internal genetic heterogeneity of the bacterial species L. delbrueckii was analyzed. Phenotypic and several genetic traits were investigated for 61 strains belonging to this species. These included 16S rDNA sequence mutations, expression of beta-galactosidase and of the cell wall-anchored protease, the characterization of the lactose operon locus and of the sequence of lacR gene, galactose metabolism, and the distribution of insertion sequences. The high genetic heterogeneity of taxa was confirmed by every trait investigated: the lac operon was completely deleted in the subsp. delbrueckii, different mutation events in the repressor gene of the operon led to a constitutive expression of lacZ in the subsp. bulgaricus. Structural differences in the same genetic locus were probably due to the presence of different IS elements in the flanking regions. The different expression of the cell wall-anchored protease, constitutive in the subsp. bulgaricus, inducible in the subsp. lactis, and absent in the subsp. delbrueckii was also a consequence of mutations at the gene level. The galT gene for galactose metabolism was found only in the subsp. lactis, while no specific amplification product was detected in the other two subspecies. All these data, together with the absence of a specific IS element, ISL6, from the major number of strains belonging to the subsp. bulgaricus, confirmed a deep internal heterogeneity among the three subspecies. Moreover, this evidence and the directional mutations found in the 16S rDNA sequences suggested that, of the three subspecies, L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis is the taxon closer to the ancestor. Limitations of the current prokaryotic species definition were also discussed, based on presented evidences. Our results indicate the need for an accurate investigation of internal heterogeneity of bacterial species. This study has consequences on the prokaryotic species concept, since genomic flexibility of prokaryotes collides with a stable classification, necessary from a scientific and applied point of view.     

Heterologous expression of lactose- and galactose-utilizing pathways from lactic acid bacteria in Corynebacterium glutamicum for production of lysine in whey

The genetic determinants for lactose utilization from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus ATCC 11842 and galactose utilization from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG 1363 were heterologously expressed in the lysine-overproducing strain Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 21253. The C. glutamicum strains expressing the lactose permease and beta-galactosidase genes of L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus exhibited beta-galactosidase activity in excess of 1000 Miller units/ml of cells and were able to grow in medium in which lactose was the sole carbon source. Similarly, C. glutamicum strains containing the lactococcal aldose-1-epimerase, galactokinase, UDP-glucose-1-P-uridylyltransferase, and UDP-galactose-4-epimerase genes in association with the lactose permease and beta-galactosidase genes exhibited beta-galactosidase levels in excess of 730 Miller units/ml of cells and were able to grow in medium in which galactose was the sole carbon source. When grown in whey-based medium, the engineered C. glutamicum strain produced lysine at concentrations of up to 2 mg/ml, which represented a 10-fold increase over the results obtained with the lactose- and galactose-negative control, C. glutamicum 21253. Despite their increased catabolic flexibility, however, the modified corynebacteria exhibited slower growth rates and plasmid instability.     

Survival of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus in the terminal ileum of fistulated Göttingen minipigs

The ability of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus administered in yogurt to survive the passage through the upper gastrointestinal tract was investigated with G?ttingen minipigs that were fitted with ileum T-cannulas. After ingestion of yogurt containing viable microorganisms, ileostomy samples were collected nearly every hour beginning 3 h after food uptake. Living L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus were detected in the magnitude of 10(6) to 10(7) per gram of intestinal contents (wet weight) in all animals under investigation. A calculation of the minimum amount of surviving bacteria that had been administered is presented. Total DNA extracted from ileostomy samples was subjected to PCR, which was species specific for L. delbrueckii and S. thermophilus and subspecies specific for L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus. All three bacterial groups could be detected by PCR after yogurt uptake but not after uptake of a semisynthetic diet. One pig apparently had developed an endogenous L. delbrueckii flora. When heat-treated yogurt was administered, L. delbrueckii was detected in all animals. S. thermophilus or L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus was not detected, indicating that heat-inactivated cells and their DNAs had already been digested and their own L. delbrueckii flora had been stimulated for growth.     

Increased production of hydrogen peroxide by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus upon aeration: involvement of an NADH oxidase in oxidative stress

The growth of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus) on lactose was altered upon aerating the cultures by agitation. Aeration caused the bacteria to enter early into stationary phase, thus reducing markedly the biomass production but without modifying the maximum growth rate. The early entry into stationary phase of aerated cultures was probably related to the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in the medium. Indeed, the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in aerated cultures was two to three times higher than in unaerated ones. Also, a similar shift from exponential to stationary phase could be induced in unaerated cultures by adding increasing concentrations of hydrogen peroxide. A significant fraction of the hydrogen peroxide produced by L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus originated from the reduction of molecular oxygen by NADH catalyzed by an NADH:H(2)O(2) oxidase. The specific activity of this NADH oxidase was the same in aerated and unaerated cultures, suggesting that the amount of this enzyme was not directly regulated by oxygen. Aeration did not change the homolactic character of lactose fermentation by L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and most of the NADH was reoxidized by lactate dehydrogenase with pyruvate. This indicated that NADH oxidase had no (or a very small) energetic role and could be involved in eliminating oxygen.     

Use of PCR-based methods for rapid differentiation of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis.

Two PCR-based methods, specific PCR and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR (RAPD-PCR), were used for rapid and reliable differentiation of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis. PCR with a single combination of primers which targeted the proline iminopeptidase (pepIP) gene of L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus allowed amplification of genomic fragments specific for the two subspecies when either DNA from a single colony or cells extracted from dairy products were used. A numerical analysis of the RAPD-PCR patterns obtained with primer M13 gave results that were consistent with the results of specific PCR for all strains except L. delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii LMG 6412(T), which clustered with L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis strains. In addition, RAPD-PCR performed with primer 1254 provided highly polymorphic profiles and thus was superior for distinguishing individual L. delbrueckii strains.