桔黄赛多孢，一种潜在的致病有丝分裂产孢真菌

【目的】调查发现我国土壤中稀有且重要的真菌资源。【方法】采用经典形态学及分子系统学方法对获得的菌株进行鉴定。【结果】从一养殖场含有猪粪的土样中分离获得一赛多孢EM12901菌株。其主要鉴别特征是:在查氏培养基上,绒状,灰白色至淡棕色。分生孢子梗单生或分支;单生的分生孢子梗常退化为产孢细胞。产孢细胞顶生或侧生,透明至半透明,薄壁,柱状或轻微膨大的烧瓶状,(3.5-45.0)μm×(1.5-3.0)μm;分生孢子顶生或侧生,单生,透明至半透明,光滑,椭圆形、倒卵圆形或近柱状,(4.3-14.0)μm×(2.5-5.5)μm。【结论】基于形态学及分子系统学方法相结合鉴定,赛多孢EM12901菌株为我国一新记录种,桔黄赛多孢Scedosporium aurantiacum Gilgado,Cano,GenéGuarro。     

中国虫草一新记录种

【目的】对一个寄生鳞翅目幼虫的虫草标本Dxhir140901进行分类鉴定。【方法】采用形态学比较和基于ITS1-5.8S-ITS2rDNA的系统发育与进化网络分析进行鉴定。【结果】形态学观察：标本的分离菌株形态显示其为典型的被毛孢属真菌,具有两型产孢结构：A型产孢细胞柱状,(1.8?6.3) μm×1.8 μm;B型产孢细胞锥形,基部柱状,向上逐渐变细无明显颈部,基部宽3?3.8 μm,长21?63 μm,颈部宽1.8?2.0 μm,菌丝末端可直接形成产孢细胞;孢子橘瓣形或卵形,(8.1?10.8) μm×(2.7?5.4) μm,具粘液,黏液层厚1.8?2.7 μm。系统发育分析结果显示该菌株与巨针线形虫草Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis聚为一支,支持率为98%,进化网络分析也支持上述结果。【结论】通过与O. macroacicularis的形态比较和分子系统学分析结果,Dxhir140901及其分离株Gzuifr-hir140901为巨针线形虫草Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis S. Ban, T. Sakane & Nakagiri的无性阶段,该种为中国新记录种。     

被毛孢属两个昆虫病原真菌的重新描述

【目的】调查研究被毛孢属真菌资源,丰富该属的物种多样性,完善已知种在公共数据库中的分类信息。【方法】从贵州省发现两个分别寄生于同翅目沫蝉、鳞翅目松梢螟成虫的真菌标本GZUIFR-dj14和GZUIFR-dy1,通过形态学观察和基于tef1、ITS和28S r DNA 3个基因序列的分子生物学系统发育分析对其进行鉴定。【结果】两个病原真菌被鉴定为两个已知种,分别为长白山被毛孢(Hirsutella changbeisanensis)和雷州被毛孢(Hirsutella leizhouensis)。【结论】重新描述了这两种被毛孢的标本和无性型分离菌株,对其新寄主、新栖息地进行了报道,并补充了分子序列、系统发育分析等分类信息。     

来自土壤的金孢属四个新记录种

【背景】金孢属是一类重要的嗜角蛋白真菌资源。【目的】对我国甘肃省和云南省土壤中的金孢属资源进行调查。【方法】采集不同环境中的土壤样品,利用鸡毛和头发对土壤样品中的这类资源进行钓饵,分离目标菌株;基于形态特征和ITSrDNA序列进行系统发育分析相结合的方法进行菌株的鉴定。【结果】从土壤中分离发现5个金孢属菌株,其中菌株H5.11在形态上与节状金孢模式菌株的形态特征非常相近,而且系统发育中与GenBank上报道的该种序列以较高的支持率聚在一个亚分支;H10.10菌株的形态特征与乔治金孢模式标本的形态非常吻合,培养基上均呈现红色,同时系统发育分析结果表明该菌株与GenBank上报道的序列较好的聚在一个亚分支中;EB8803M和EB8801M两个菌株在形态特征上与水生金孢模式标本的描述非常吻合,系统发育分析结果显示它们与网上该种序列能较好地聚在一个亚分支中;O1菌株在形态特征上与轮带金孢模式标本的描述非常吻合,其系统发育表明它与GenBank已报道菌株序列能较好聚在一起。因此将它们鉴定为节状金孢Chrysosporiumarticulatum、乔治金孢C.georgiae、水生金孢C.submersum和轮带金孢C.zonatum。【结论】这4个种均为中国新记录种。     

一种寄生家蚕被毛孢的鉴定及产孢条件优化

【目的】对寄生家蚕的真菌被毛孢进行鉴定和孢子培养进行研究。【方法】采用形态特征比较和内转录间隔区(ITS)序列构建系统树进行鉴定,通过单因素筛选和正交试验进行产孢条件优化。【结果】根据形态特征比较和系统发育分析,该真菌为鹿儿岛被毛孢Hirsutella satumaensis Aoki。较优产孢条件为(质量体积比):蛋白胨3%,葡萄糖1%,蚕蛹粉1.5%,维生素B1 1%,硫酸镁0.05%,磷酸二氢钾0.1%,琼脂2%,蒸馏水1 000 mL,25°C。【结论】鹿儿岛被毛孢为已知种,文中对其显微特征进行了重新描述并补充相关分子系统学资料;产孢条件的优化可为该类群真菌孢子的获得与应用提供参考。     

一株侵染豌豆蚜的昆虫病原真菌的分离及鉴定

【目的】从采集到的自然染菌的豌豆蚜Acyrthosiphon pisum虫尸分离纯化得到一株病原真菌,定名为TF-2。本研究旨在确定该菌株的分类地位,为豌豆蚜生物防治提供真菌资源。【方法】对自然染菌的豌豆蚜虫尸上寄生真菌TF-2进行回接试验,分离纯化出致病菌株TF-2;在显微镜下配制TF-2菌株不同浓度孢子悬浮液,采用浸渍法和离体叶片饲养法测定其对豌豆蚜成虫的毒力;利用光学显微镜观察菌株形态学特征。PCR扩增TF-2的rDNA-ITS序列并测序,构建系统发育树对TF-2菌株进行分子鉴定。【结果】毒力测定结果表明,TF-2菌株对豌豆蚜成虫表现出很强的致病力,1×10^7孢子/mL处理6 d后豌豆蚜成虫校正死亡率达到100%。TF-2在PDA培养基上菌落呈圆形,白色或淡黄色毡状,菌落背面呈奶油色;菌株孢梗呈瓶状,在菌丝上单生或侧生2~3个,大小为(19-42)μm×(1.1-2.5)μm,基部较粗至尖端逐渐变细,分生孢子长椭圆形,大小为(4.2-11.8)μm×(1.6-2.6)μm。菌丝体产生晶体呈八面体。该菌株的rDNA-ITS序列与长孢蜡蚧菌Lecanicillium longisporum(GenBank登录号:KX426564)的rDNA-ITS核苷酸序列一致性达99%,位于系统发育树的同一分支。【结论】菌株TF-2被鉴定为豌豆蚜的病原真菌长孢蜡蚧菌L.longisporum,对豌豆蚜的生物防治具有潜在的应用价值。     

金龟拟多头束霉Tilachlidiopsis scarabaei，一种稀有的束梗孢类虫生真菌

【目的】调查发现我国稀有但重要的虫生束梗孢类真菌。【方法】采用经典形态学及生态学特征对研究标本进行鉴定。【结果】在寄生鞘翅目昆虫的标本中,发现我国一拟多头束霉新记录种,金龟拟多头束霉Tilachlidiopsis scarabaei L.S.Olive,其形态特征为:寄主昆虫长约15 mm,宽4 mm。孢梗束下部深褐色,上部白色,长约36 mm,宽约1.8 mm,头状,可简单分枝。瓶梗锥形,少数棒状,顶端变细,长约19.4-25.9μm,宽1.1-2.2μm,在孢梗束的球状头部,呈栅栏状密集排列;在近头部的柄上瓶梗顶侧生于简单分枝的分生孢子梗上。分生孢子大多椭圆形,(2.2-3.2)μm×(1.1-2.2)μm;近柱形,(4.3-5.4)μm×(1.1-2.2)μm;少数球形,1.1-2.2μm。【结论】经文献检索和鉴定,金龟拟多头束霉为我国报道的新记录种。     

瓶梗颈部螺旋且寄生卷叶蛾幼虫的被毛孢新种

Hirsutella tortricicola sp. nov.（菌株GZUIFR-hir090704）分离于寄生卷叶蛾科昆虫幼虫的真菌标本GZUIFR-kks-2。其主要形态特征为产孢细胞颈部具1-2个螺旋状结构且再育明显;分生孢子具黏液,橘瓣状,2.7-3.6×1.4-1.8μm。通过形态学比较和系统发育学分析确定H. tortricicola为被毛孢属新成员。     

一蚁巢中束梗孢类昆虫病原真菌的多型现象II.隐存的一个多头束霉新种，蚁生多头束霉

【目的】探明在一个猛蚁Ponera sp.蚁巢罹病兵蚁上的一株束梗孢类昆虫病原真菌的分类地位。【方法】主要基于表型特征(特别是营养来源)结合分子系统学及拆分网络的组合分析。【结果】通过表型特征比较,菌株GZAC XCH-ant-710以寄主为蚂蚁、较小的瓶梗(11.9-16.2)μm×1.1μm和分生孢子(2.2-4.3)μm×1.1μm与其他几种寄生昆虫的多头束霉已知种相区别。【结论】基于表型特征(特别是营养来源)与种的界定及进化关系的理论支持,及多途径的组合分析揭示,菌株GZAC XCH-ant-710是多头束霉属一新成员,蚁生多头束霉Tilachlidium poneraticum。     

来自青海农田土壤的金孢属一新种

从青海省格尔木的农田土壤中分离到一嗜角蛋白的金孢属新种——青海金孢。采用形态学和分子系统学对其进行了描述和鉴定,其主要鉴别特征是:侧生孢子较多,光滑,3.6-9×1.8-3.6μm,棒状至柱状,基痕宽>1.0μm;双细胞分生孢子存在,9-13×1.8-2.7μm,柱状;具间生孢子和厚垣孢子。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.