根据16S rRNA序列对假单胞菌属分类学的研究进展

假单胞菌属是植物病原细菌中一个重要的属,而16S rRNA序列分析是当前细菌分类中最精确的一种技术,应用这一技术对假单胞菌属进行分类有助于解决目前假单胞菌属分类的混乱,弄清假单胞菌属的系统进化关系.     

铜绿假单胞菌铁摄取与生物被膜形成研究进展

生物被膜是单细胞微生物通过其分泌的胞外多聚基质粘附于介质表面并将其自身包绕其中而成的膜样微生物细胞聚集物。生物被膜的形成使细菌具有更强的适应外界环境的能力,也是导致微生物产生耐药性及慢性感染性疾病难以治疗的重要原因之一。铜绿假单胞菌在肺部的定殖是肺囊性纤维化病患者发病和死亡主要原因,其造成的感染通常与形成抗生素抗性极强的生物被膜有关。铜绿假单胞菌生物被膜的形成受控于多种复杂的细菌调控体系之下,包括群体感应系统及参与调节胞外多聚基质合成的双组分调控系统等。此外,为了利用低浓度的环境铁来维持生存并完成各种生理功能,铜绿假单胞菌进化出了一系列铁摄取系统,这些系统对其毒力因子的释放和生物被膜的形成又起着重要的调控作用。本文主要对铜绿假单胞菌生物被膜的形成与调控机制及其铁摄取系统进行了综述,为进一步了解及清除铜绿假单胞菌引发的问题提供途径与思路。     

不常见的革兰氏阳性无芽胞杆菌的鉴定(续一)

<正> 荧光假单胞菌一在琼脂上的菌落和生化特性与绿脓假单胞菌相类似,但仅可产生一种色素即荧光素,可在5℃下生长,但42℃下不生长,蛋黄反应为阳性。本菌为腐生菌,发现在土壤与水中,也是食物腐败菌。 恶臭假单胞菌一类似于绿脓假单胞菌, 但仅形成荧光素。本菌属嗜冷营养型,不能在37℃下生长,但可在22℃下生长。有二个生物型,其一可在4℃下生长,另一则不能生长。二者均水解精氨酸,蛋黄反应阴性,不液化明胶,老培养物有明显的三甲胺气味(臭鱼味),为鱼类重要致病菌,也可从人的材料中分离到。 嗜麦芽假单胞菌-菌落类似绿脓假单胞菌,但产生黄色或褐色可扩散的色素。本菌由Gilardi氏用Difco制造的氧化酶片做氧化酶试验为阴性,而Snell用四甲基-1-苯二胺二盐酸盐做试验则发现为氧化酶阳性菌株。看来所用的方法是重要的。本菌不能水     

假单胞菌噬菌体基因组学研究进展

假单胞菌属(Pseudomonasspp.)是地球上重要的生态菌群之一,广泛分布于淡水、土壤等生态环境。假单胞菌噬菌体是以假单胞菌为宿主的病毒,不仅影响宿主的生存状况和进化过程,而且在生物物质循环和能量流动中扮演着重要角色。随着基因组测序技术的飞速发展,许多假单胞菌噬菌体的全基因组测序工作已经完成。截至2020年7月,GenBank收录的假单胞菌噬菌体基因组数有247条,占全部病毒基因组(10,069条)的2.45%。由于假单胞菌噬菌体基因组大小差异较大、遗传含量不同、基因组之间相似性较低,因此对假单胞菌噬菌体基因组的研究相对较少。本文主要对假单胞菌噬菌体基因组的特点、遗传多样性和功能基因方面的研究进行了综述,以期为理解细菌和噬菌体的对抗性共进化作用以及噬菌体的遗传进化提供参考。     

5-甲基间苯二酚对铜绿假单胞菌及其生物膜形成的影响

探讨5-甲基间苯二酚对铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aureginosa)及其生物膜形成的影响。通过微量肉汤稀释法检测铜绿假单胞菌对5-甲基间苯二酚的敏感性并绘制时间-杀菌曲线;通过微孔板培养生物膜结合结晶紫染色法检测5-甲基间苯二酚对铜绿假单胞菌生物膜形成和分散的影响。当5-甲基间苯二酚的浓度为512μg/mL时,可显著抑制铜绿假单胞菌PAO1生物膜的形成,而5-甲基间苯二酚对铜绿假单胞菌PA47生物膜的形成无影响。32μg/mL的5-甲基间苯二酚还能显著分散铜绿假单胞菌PAO1成熟生物膜,但无明显的剂量依赖性。不同临床菌株生物膜对5-甲基间苯二酚的敏感性各异。结果表明,5-甲基间苯二酚能抑制铜绿假单胞菌生物膜的形成并能分散已形成的生物膜。     

假单胞菌生物被膜核心胞外多糖生物合成系统研究进展

胞外多糖是假单胞菌生物被膜的重要组成部分,能增强菌体对外界环境、抗菌剂和宿主防御的耐受性.假单胞菌能产生3种与生物被膜形成密切相关的核心胞外多糖:褐藻胶、Psl和Pel,它们在细菌细胞中的合成和转运分别依赖对应的褐藻胶、Psl和Pel生物合成系统.因此,本综述系统全面地总结了假单胞菌3种胞外多糖生物合成系统结构生物学的...     

海洋交替假单胞菌活性物质的研究

海洋交替假单胞菌是一个新鉴定的海洋细菌,其次生代谢产物具有特殊的化学结构和广泛的生物活性而受到研究者的广泛关注.本文以海洋交替假单胞菌为探讨对象,综述海洋交替假单胞菌的生物学特性及其产生的生物活性代谢产物的研究进展,最后对该菌的发展前景进行展望.     

铜绿假单胞菌fur基因缺失突变株的构建及其表型分析

铁摄取调节蛋白(ferric uptake regulator, Fur)是控制铜绿假单胞菌铁代谢和毒力的关键调节因子。许多课题组尝试构建铜绿假单胞菌fur的缺失突变株均失败,因此铜绿假单胞菌的fur一直被认为是必需基因,这导致其生物学功能一直未得到全面的解析。【目的】构建铜绿假单胞菌fur的缺失突变株,并对该突变株的表型进行分析。【方法】以铜绿假单胞菌PAO1为亲本菌株,通过同源重组的方法构建fur缺失突变株,研究该基因对铜绿假单胞菌生长、铁载体生物合成、抗氧胁迫能力、鞭毛形成、生物被膜形成和毒力等的影响。同时,通过遗传分析对fur缺失突变株生长缺陷表型的原因进行探究。【结果】本研究成功构建了铜绿假单胞菌fur基因的缺失突变株,发现缺失突变fur极大地限制了铜绿假单胞菌的生长能力,并降低了该菌对限铁环境的生长适应性,但不影响该菌对高铁环境的生长适应性。铜绿假单胞菌Δfur的这种生长缺陷表型是细胞生长增殖变慢造成的,而不是诱导细胞死亡引起的。然而,其他异源的fur基因能完全互补Δfur的这种生长缺陷表型,暗示铜绿假单胞菌的Fur蛋白在功能上不存在独特性。尽管Fur与毒素-抗毒素系统PacTA存在功能关联性,但是铜绿假单胞菌Δfur的这种生长缺陷表型却与PacT毒素无关。除了影响铜绿假单胞菌的生长表型,缺失突变fur还使铜绿假单胞菌丧失了对铁载体生物合成的抑制作用,导致该菌对H₂O₂更敏感并丧失了鞭毛的形成能力,同时降低了该菌对大蜡螟幼虫的毒力。此外,缺失突变fur还显著提升了铜绿假单胞菌的胞内环二鸟苷酸(cyclic diguanylate, c-di-GMP)水平,从而诱导pelF和pslA基因的表达,进而促进铜绿假单胞菌生物被膜的形成。【结论】fur是可以缺失的非必需基因,在铜绿假单胞菌的正常生长、铁载体生物合成、抗氧胁迫能力、鞭毛形成、生物被膜形成和毒力等方面都发挥着十分重要的作用,这为针对铜绿假单胞菌的疫苗和抗菌药物开发奠定了基础。     

铜绿假单胞菌脂多糖对阿萨希毛孢子菌生物膜形成的影响

目的研究铜绿假单胞菌脂多糖(LPS)对阿萨希毛孢子菌生物膜形成的影响。方法将不同浓度(100~0.1μg/mL)铜绿假单胞菌脂多糖与阿萨希毛孢子菌共培养后,利用倒置显微镜观察生物膜的形态学变化,并利用甲基四氮盐(XTT)减低法检测不同时间点生物膜生成量的变化。结果与生长对照组相比,实验组铜绿假单胞菌LPS对阿萨希毛孢子菌生物膜的生成具有菌株差异性和LPS浓度依赖性。其中,黏附阶段(2h),各浓度组铜绿假单胞菌LPS对生物膜形成的影响没有统计学差异。生物膜形成阶段(24h),与生长对照比,100μg/mL、10μg/mL、1μg/mL的铜绿假单胞菌LPS对阿萨希毛孢子菌的生物膜形成的抑制作用均有统计学意义作用。而在生物膜成熟阶段(48h),只有100μg/mL的铜绿假单胞菌LPS对阿萨希毛孢子菌的生物膜形成的抑制作用具有统计学意义。倒置显微镜下,实验组菌丝形成明显受到抑制,以孢子相为主。结论铜绿假单胞菌脂多糖可以通过抑制阿萨希毛孢子菌菌丝的形成来减少生物膜的形成,并且抑制作用具有时间和浓度依赖性,以24h时,100μg/mL作用最为显著。     

多重耐药铜绿假单胞菌产ESBLs酶与高产AmpC酶情况及药物敏感性研究

目的探讨多重耐药铜绿假单胞菌产超广谱β-内酰胺酶(ESBLs酶)与高产头孢菌素酶(Amp C酶)情况及药物敏感性。方法收集我院各病区提供的多重耐药铜绿假单胞菌菌株共128株,无重复菌株,检测产ESBLs酶、Amp C酶情况同时进行药物敏感性分析。结果 128株铜绿假单胞菌共检测出产酶菌株98株,占总菌株数的76.56%,其中单产ESBLs酶菌株25株、单产Amp C酶菌株58株、同时产ESBLs酶与Amp C酶菌株15株、不产酶菌株30株;大多数抗菌素对产酶铜绿假单胞菌不敏感,特别是同时产ESBLs酶与Amp C酶菌株几乎所有抗菌素均不敏感,而对于不产酶铜绿假单胞菌大多数抗菌素均较为敏感。结论多重耐药铜绿假单胞菌产酶菌株较多,抗菌药物敏感性差,临床应该根据药敏结果合理使用抗菌素,减少和控制细菌耐药的发生。     

EXPLORING THE SOCIOBIOLOGY OF PYOVERDIN‐PRODUCING PSEUDOMONAS

The idea that bacteria are social is a popular concept with implications for understanding the ecology and evolution of microbes. The view arises predominately from reasoning regarding extracellular products, which, it has been argued, can be considered “public goods.” Among the best studied is pyoverdin—a diffusible iron‐chelating agent produced by bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas. Here we report the de novo evolution of pyoverdin nonproducing mutants, genetically characterize these types and then test the appropriateness of the sociobiology framework by performing growth and fitness assays in the same environment in which the nonproducing mutants evolved. Our data draw attention to discordance in the fit between social evolution theory and biological reality. We show that pyoverdin‐defective genotypes can gain advantage by avoiding the cost of production under conditions where the molecule is not required; in some environments pyoverdin is personalized. By exploring the fitness consequences of nonproducing types under a range of conditions, we show complex genotype‐by‐environment interactions with outcomes that range from social to asocial. Together these findings give reason to question the generality of the conclusion that pyoverdin is a social trait.     

Penicillin production by glucose-derepressed mutants ofPenicillium chrysogenum

Summary Wild-type strains ofPenicillium chrysogenum produce lower penicillin V titers in media containing excess glucose. Two mutant strains were isolated and shown to produce normal penicillin V titers in the presence of excess glucose. These strains, designated as glucose-repression insensitive (GRI) mutants, produced higher penicillin V titers than the wild-type strain in media containing lactose as the main carbohydrate source. In lactose-based media, the production of penicillin V was depressed to a much lesser extent by in-cycle additions of glucose with the GRI mutants when compared to the wild-type strain. In short-term biosynthesis experiments using washed cells in a medium containing glucose as the sole carbon source, the GRI mutants produced penicillin V at a faster rate than the wild-type strain. In fed-batch fermentations in 14-liter fermentors, where glucose was fed continuously and pH controlled, both GRI mutants produced more than 10% higher penicillin V titers than the wild-type strain. These results suggest that isolation of GRI mutants is an effective way to select for higher producing strains and that the synthesis of penicillin synthesizing enzymes in GRI mutants may be less repressed by glucose than in wild-type strains.     

Functional Analysis of A Pyoverdine Synthetase from Pseudomonas sp. MIS38

Fluorescent Pseudomonas sp. MIS38 produces a cyclic lipopeptide, arthrofactin. Arthrofactin is synthesized by a unique nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) with dual C/E-domains. In this study, another class of cyclic peptide, pyoverdine, was isolated from MIS38, viz., Pvd38. The main fraction of Pvd38 had an m/z value of 1,064.57 and contained Ala, Glu, Gly, (OHOrn), Ser, and Thr at a ratio of 2:1:1:(1):1:1 in the peptide part, suggesting a new structure compound. A gene encoding NRPS for the chromophore part of Pvd38 was identified, and we found that it contained a conventional E-domain. Gene disruption completely impaired the production of Pvd38, demonstrating that the synthetase is functional. This observation allows us to conclude that different NRPS systems with dual C/E-domains (in arthrofactin synthetase) and a conventional E-domain (in pyoverdine synthetase) are both functional in MIS38.     

Involvement of nitrate reductase and pyoverdine in competitiveness of Pseudomonas fluorescens strain C7R12 in soil

Involvement of nitrate reductase and pyoverdine in the competitiveness of the biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens C7R12 was determined, under gnotobiotic conditions, in two soil compartments (bulk and rhizosphere soil), with the soil being kept at two different values of matric potential (-1 and -10 kPa). Three mutants affected in the synthesis of either the nitrate reductase (Nar(-)), the pyoverdine (Pvd(-)), or both (Nar(-) Pvd(-)) were used. The Nar(-) and Nar(-) Pvd(-) mutants were obtained by site-directed mutagenesis of the wild-type strain and of the Pvd(-) mutant, respectively. The selective advantage given by nitrate reductase and pyoverdine to the wild-type strain was assessed by measuring the dynamic of each mutant-to-total-inoculant (wild-type strain plus mutant) ratio. All three mutants showed a lower competitiveness than the wild-type strain, indicating that both nitrate reductase and pyoverdine are involved in the fitness of P. fluorescens C7R12. The double mutant presented the lowest competitiveness. Overall, the competitive advantages given to C7R12 by nitrate reductase and pyoverdine were similar. However, the selective advantage given by nitrate reductase was more strongly expressed under conditions of lower aeration (-1 kPa). In contrast, the selective advantage given by nitrate reductase and pyoverdine did not differ in bulk and rhizosphere soil, indicating that these bacterial traits are not specifically involved in the rhizosphere competence but rather in the saprophytic ability of C7R12 in soil environments.     

Pyoverdine-mediated iron uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the Tat system is required for PvdN but not for FpvA transport

Under iron-limiting conditions, Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 secretes a fluorescent siderophore called pyoverdine (Pvd). After chelating iron, this ferric siderophore is transported back into the cells via the outer membrane receptor FpvA. The Pvd-dependent iron uptake pathway requires several essential genes involved in both the synthesis of Pvd and the uptake of ferric Pvd inside the cell. A previous study describing the global phenotype of a tat-deficient P. aeruginosa strain showed that the defect in Pvd-mediated iron uptake was due to the Tat-dependent export of proteins involved in Pvd biogenesis and ferric Pvd uptake (U. Ochsner, A. Snyder, A. I. Vasil, and M. L. Vasil, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:8312-8317, 2002). Using biochemical and biophysical tools, we showed that despite its predicted Tat signal sequence, FpvA is correctly located in the outer membrane of a tat mutant and is fully functional for all steps of the iron uptake process (ferric Pvd uptake and recycling of Pvd on FpvA after iron release). However, in the tat mutant, no Pvd was produced. This suggested that a key element in the Pvd biogenesis pathway must be exported to the periplasm by the Tat pathway. We located PvdN, a still unknown but essential component in Pvd biogenesis, at the periplasmic side of the cytoplasmic membrane and showed that its export is Tat dependent. Our results further support the idea that a critical step of the Pvd biogenesis pathway involving PvdN occurs at the periplasmic side of the cytoplasmic membrane.     

The bialaphos biosynthetic genes ofStreptomyces hygroscopicus: Molecular cloning and characterization of the gene cluster

Summary We have isolated and studied the organization ofStreptomyces hygroscopicus genes responsible for the biosynthesis of the antibiotic herbicide bialaphos. Bialaphos production genes were cloned from genomic DNA using a plasmid vector (pIJ702). Three plasmids were isolated which restored productivity toS. hygroscopicus mutants blocked at different steps of the biosynthetic pathway. Subcloning experiments using other nonproducing mutants showed that four additional bialaphos production genes were also contained on these plasmids. A gene conferring resistance to bialaphos, which was independently cloned using the plasmid vector pIJ61, and an antibiotic-sensitive host (S. lividans), was also linked to the production genes. Cosmids were isolated which defined the location of these genes in a 16 kb cluster.     

Pyoverdin cheats fail to invade bacterial populations in stationary phase

Microbes engage in cooperative behaviours by producing and secreting public goods, the benefits of which are shared among cells, and are therefore susceptible to exploitation by nonproducing cheats. In nature, bacteria are not typically colonizing sterile, rich environments in contrast to laboratory experiments, which involve inoculating sterile culture with few bacterial cells that then race to fill the available niche. Here, we study the potential implications of this difference, using the production of pyoverdin, an iron‐scavenging siderophore that acts as a public good in the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We show that (1) nonproducers are able to invade cultures of producers when added at the start of growth or during early exponential growth phase, but not during late exponential or stationary phase; (2) the producer strain does not produce pyoverdin in the late exponential and stationary phases and so is not paying the cost of cooperating during those phases. These results suggest that whether a nonproducing mutant can invade will depend upon when the mutation arises, as well as the population structure, and raise a potential difficulty with the use of antimicrobial treatment strategies that propose to exploit the invasive abilities of cheats.     

Isolation and phenotypic characterization ofChlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants defective in chloroplast DNA segregation

Summary Each wild-typeChlamydomonas reinhardtii cell has one large chloroplast containing several nuclei (nucleoids). We used DNA insertional mutagenesis to isolate Chlamydomonas mutants which contain a single, large chloroplast (cp) nucleus and which we namedmoc (monokaryotic chloroplast). DAPI-fluorescence microscopy and microphotometry observations revealed thatmoc mutant cells only contain one cp-nucleus throughout the cell division cycle, and that unequal segregation of cpDNA occurred during cell division in themoc mutant. One cell with a large amount of cpDNA and another with a small amount of cpDNA were produced after the first cell division. Unequal segregation also occurred in the second cell division, producing one cell with a large amount (about 70 copies) of cpDNA and three other cells with a small amount (only 2–8 copies) of cpDNA. However, most individualmoc cells contained several dozen cpDNA copies 12 h after the completion of cell division, suggesting that cpDNA synthesis was activated immediately after chloroplast division. In contrast to the cpDNA, the mitochondrial (mt) DNA of themoc mutants was observed as tiny granules scattered throughout the entire cell. These segregated to each daughter cell equally during cell division. Electron-microscopic observation of the ultrastructure ofmoc mutants showed that a low-electron-density area, which was identified as the cp-nucleus by immunoelectron microscopy with anti-DNA antibody, existed near the pyrenoid. However, there were no other structural differences between the chloroplasts of wild-type cells andmoc mutants. The thylakoid membranes and pyrenoid were identical. Therefore, we propose that the novelmoc mutants are only defective in the dispersion and segregation of cpDNA. This strain should be useful to elucidate the mechanism for the segregation of cpDNA.Abbreviations DAPI 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole - VIMPCS video-intensified microscope photon-counting system     

The metal dependence of pyoverdine interactions with its outer membrane receptor FpvA

To acquire iron, Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes the fluorescent siderophore pyoverdine (Pvd), which chelates iron and shuttles it into the cells via the specific outer membrane transporter FpvA. We studied the role of iron and other metals in the binding and transport of Pvd by FpvA and conclude that there is no significant affinity between FpvA and metal-free Pvd. We found that the fluorescent in vivo complex of iron-free FpvA-Pvd is in fact a complex with aluminum (FpvA-Pvd-Al) formed from trace aluminum in the growth medium. When Pseudomonas aeruginosa was cultured in a medium that had been treated with a metal affinity resin, the in vivo formation of the FpvA-Pvd complex and the recycling of Pvd on FpvA were nearly abolished. The accumulation of Pvd in the periplasm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was also reduced in the treated growth medium, while the addition of 1 microM AlCl(3) to the treated medium restored the effects of trace metals observed in standard growth medium. Using fluorescent resonance energy transfer and surface plasmon resonance techniques, the in vitro interactions between Pvd and detergent-solubilized FpvA were also shown to be metal dependent. We demonstrated that FpvA binds Pvd-Fe but not Pvd and that Pvd did not compete with Pvd-Fe for FpvA binding. In light of our finding that the Pvd-Al complex is transported across the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a model for siderophore recognition based on a metal-induced conformation followed by redox selectivity for iron is discussed.