TGGE分析焦化废水处理系统活性污泥细菌种群动态变化及多样性

应用TGGE指纹图谱技术对两个曝气池细菌种群的动态变化及多样性进行了研究。每3d进行1次,共8个监测时期中同一曝气池活性污泥的16SrDNAV3-PCRTGGE指纹图谱基本一致,图谱间的相似性系数(Cs)为100％。同一曝气池不同位点活性污泥的TGGE指纹图谱也完全一致。功能不同曝气池活性污泥TGGE指纹图谱存在差异,Cs为83．3％。对TJ1活性污泥TGGE图谱中9条主要条带回收、扩增、克隆建库,每个条带选4个转化子进行序列分析,结果显示TGGE条带是由序列不同的片段组成。32个序列在97％的相似性下分成16个分类操作单元(OTU),14个OTU与GenBank中已登录的细菌种群的同源性≥97％,2个OTU的同源性为95％和94％。与10个OTU同源性较高的细菌类群是在活性污泥或污染环境分离或发现的,与8个OTU相似的细菌类群目前尚无法分离培养。     

兔出血症病毒中国株衣壳蛋白基因的克隆和序列分析

应用RT—PCR技术,从兔出血症病毒中国分离株WX84中成功扩增出预期大小为1．7kb的特异性条带,将扩增产物提纯后克隆入pGEM^R—T载体,经转化、筛选及酶切鉴定后,获得了该株病毒衣壳蛋白基因的克隆,序列分析表明扩增的中国株BHD衣壳蛋白基因片段长度为1740bp,共编码580个氨基酸。该核酸序列与其它国家报道的多株BHDV序列相互间同源性高达98．2％一99．0％,其推导的氨基酸序列同源性也达98．3％--99．1％,为极度保守片段。     

假单胞菌Na+/H+逆向转运蛋白基因nhaA的克隆与鉴定

根据3种生物的Na^ ／H^ 逆向转运蛋白基因(nhaA)的两端序列设计引物,利用PCR从假单胞菌(Pseudomonas sp．cn4902)中克隆得到一结构基因。该基因长1089bp,编码362个氨基酸,与E．coil K12的nhaA基因的同源性高达97．0％。将该结构基因与pBV220构建成重组载体pBVA。SDS—PAGE电泳表明：含pBVA的转化子产生较高浓度的分子量约为41kD的蛋白,与预期相符。在含NaCl 1．0mol／L的培养基中生长达到平衡期时,转化子的菌浓度约是对照的2．3倍。经原子吸收光谱测定,转化子细胞质中Na^ 浓度仅为对照菌的60．4％。SDS—PAGE电泳表明该基因的表达蛋白位于细胞膜(壁)上。提纯外源基因表达蛋白并对其N端8个氨基酸进行测序,与nhaA基因推测的氨基酸序列完全相符。这些实验证实,克隆得到的基因是假单胞菌的nhaA基因。该基因已经在GenBank登记,收录号为AY643494。     

一种来源于链霉菌的纤溶酶的纯化及其基因的克隆

链霉菌C3662的发酵液上清经 80 %硫酸铵沉淀 ,DEAE Sepharose和CM Sepharose层析分离后纯化出一种纤溶酶。SDS PAGE显示为单一的条带 ,分子量约为 30kD。以 pIJ699为载体 ,S .lividansTK2 4为宿主菌 ,鸟枪法克隆纤溶酶基因 ,从 30 0 0个转化子中挑选到 1个具活性转化子 ,经亚克隆 ,序列测定得到一个 90 3bp的完整ORF ,其GC %为 68.33% ,密码子第三位GC %为 95.6% ,符合链霉菌基因的典型特征。与多种蛋白酶具有较高的同源性     

杜氏盐藻psaB基因cDNA的克隆与序列分析

根据真核生物莱茵衣藻(Chlamydornonas reinhardtii)、Chlamydomonas moewusii、Chlorella vulgaris以及Mesostigma viride的psaB基因的氨基酸高度保守序列,设计一对简并引物,利用TRIzol试剂提取杜氏盐藻(Dunaliella salina)细胞的总RNA,通过RTPCR,得到的一段长为1．8kb左右的cDNA片段。PCR产物经T-A克隆并测序分析以及测序结果推导成氨基酸序列进行同源性比较．表明所克隆的1815bp序列为杜氏盐藻psaB cDNA片段,GenBank收录号为AY820754。根据已经得到的psaB序列推导成氨基酸序列与一些已知物种的psaB基因相比较,同源性分别为Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 92％,Chlamydornonas moewusii 91％,Chlorella vulgaris 86％,Mesostigma viride 85％,Physcomitrella patens subsp．Patens 85％,Nephroselmis olivacea 84％。据此可推断本实验中所克隆的序列为杜氏盐藻psaB cDNA序列.     

长白山白眉蝮蛇乌苏里亚种类凝血酶（TLE）基因克隆及分析

目的为了获得长白山白眉蝮蛇乌苏里亚种类凝血酶基因。方法根据GeneBank自眉类凝血酶eDNA5．和3保守序列设计了引物,通过RT-PCR从白眉蝮蛇乌苏里亚种毒腺TotalRNA中扩增得到1条长714bp的特异cDNA片段,将该cDNA片段重组到SimpleTvector,转化进E．coliJM109competentcell,阳性克隆委托生物公司测序,利用生物信息学方法对测序结果进行分析。结果该特异性片段与蛇毒类凝血酶同源性为95％,它为一个开发阅读框架,其编码的蛋白质序列与其他蛇毒类凝血酶序列同源性为94％,与其他蛇毒类凝血亲缘关系非常近。结论本实验获得了一种新型白眉蝮蛇乌苏里亚种类凝血酶基因。     

降低mRNA差异显示技术假阳性率的一种方法

为了探讨降低mRNA差异显示技术假阳性率的方法 ,进一步提高此技术的可靠性 ,提取了手术切除肝癌及非癌肝组织成对标本的总RNA ,逆转录获得cDNA片段 ,以mRNA差异显示方法筛选差异表达基因 ,选取较明显的一条差异表达条带 ,行进一步PCR扩增 .分别对PCR产物及其经TA克隆后随机挑选的 6个单克隆质粒DNA进行序列分析 ,并通过GenBank BLAST数据库进行序列的同源性比较 ,以Northern杂交予以来源确认 .自 72 0余条扩增条带中共选出 2 8条差异条带 .序列分析及同源性比较表明 ,所选择条带的PCR产物为一可能的新基因片段 ;而随机选择的 6个TA克隆质粒DNA中 ,有 4个为同一已知基因片段 ,一个为另一已知基因片段 ,一个为一可能的新基因片段 .同源性比较表明 ,PCR产物直接测序所得序列与TA克隆质粒DNA的 6个片段不具同源性 .结果表明 ,mRNA差异显示条带可能由 1条以上分子量相似的片段构成 ,直接对PCR产物行序列分析并以其为探针进行Northern杂交 ,是导致出现假阳性片段的原因之一 .将PCR产物进行TA克隆 ,对单克隆质粒DNA进行序列分析并以其为探针进行Northern杂交 ,可能是解决此问题的一种较好方法 .     

马尾松毛虫CPV基因组S7的序列分析及部分序列的原核表达

马尾松毛虫质多角体病毒(湖南株)基因组S7节段(AY180908)cDNA克隆及序列分析结果表明：S7由1501个碱基组成,编码由448个氨基酸组成的分子量为49．8kDa的多肽P50。5’末端和3’末端具有5’-AGTAA-3’和5’-GTTAGCC-3’末端保守序列。该基因组与舞毒蛾质多角体病毒1型和家蚕质多角体病毒1型s7节段有很高的同源性,核苷酸序列同源性分别为97．2％和87．0％,氨基酸序列同源性分别为98．7％和92．8％。P50多肽与人型支原体的DnaK样蛋白在C-末端有相似性。本文报道了编码P50 C259的cDNA序列的克隆并作了原核表达,当用1．0mmol／L IPTG诱导2h,分子量约为37.3kDa的融合蛋白在大肠杆菌BL21中得到大量表达。     

人BMP4基因的克隆及其原核表达载体的构建

以成熟人胎盘组织为材料来源,克隆人BMP-4基因的全长cDNA,经过PCR扩增后与pMD18-T载体连接,构建pMD18-T-BMP4克隆质粒.酶切后回收小片段与表达载体pET-22b的多克隆酶切位点连接,构建原核表达载体pET22b-BMP4,酶切及测序鉴定重组子.重组质粒转化至感受态的Rosseta宿主菌,经IPTG诱导表达,SDS-PAGE检测蛋白表达情况.结果显示,从胎盘组织中成功地克隆到人BMP4基因,与NCBI中公布的序列100％相符合,原核表达载体pET22b-BMP4转化至Rosseta构建表达菌体,经IPTG诱导后电泳分析可见重组蛋白表达的条带.     

从甘油富集菌宏基因组中克隆甘油脱水酶基因

采用一种简便快速的方法从经甘油富集培养的土样中提取出质量较好宏基因组DNA。然后以此DNA为模板,以扩增肺炎克雷伯氏菌、弗氏柠檬酸菌和丁酸梭菌甘油脱水酶基因的引物进行PCR,分别扩增出目的条带,并将其克隆至T载体中。进行测序分析显示,PCR扩增出来的片段与其引物相应的甘油脱水酶序列同源性分别达到99％,90％和99％。这表明克隆出来的这3个基因为相应的甘油脱水酶基因。     

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a metabolite fingerprinting tool for monitoring the phenotypic changes in complex bacterial communities capable of degrading phenol

The coking process produces great volumes of wastewater contaminated with pollutants such as cyanides, sulfides and phenolics. Chemical and physical remediation of this wastewater removes the majority of these pollutants; however, these processes do not remove phenol and thiocyanate. The removal of these compounds has been effected during bioremediation with activated sludge containing a complex microbial community. In this investigation we acquired activated sludge from an industrial bioreactor capable of degrading phenol. The sludge was incubated in our laboratory and monitored for its ability to degrade phenol over a 48 h period. Multiple samples were taken across the time‐course and analysed by Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy. FT‐IR was used as a whole‐organism fingerprinting approach to monitor biochemical changes in the bacterial cells during the degradation of phenol. We also investigated the ability of the activated sludge to degrade phenol following extended periods (2–131 days) of storage in the absence of phenol. A reduction was observed in the ability of the microbial community to degrade phenol and this was accompanied by a detectable biochemical change in the FT‐IR fingerprint related to cellular phenotype of the microbial community. In the absence of phenol a decrease in thiocyanate vibrations was observed, reflecting the ability of these communities to degrade this substrate. Actively degrading communities showed an additional new band in their FT‐IR spectra that could be attributed to phenol degradation products from the ortho‐ and meta‐cleavage of the aromatic ring. This study demonstrates that FT‐IR spectroscopy when combined with chemometric analysis is a very powerful high throughput screening approach for assessing the metabolic capability of complex microbial communities.     

A novel approach for extraction of PCR-compatible DNA from activated sludge samples collected from different biological effluent treatment plants

This paper describes a method that facilitates the extraction of PCR-compatible DNA from different activated sludge samples. The approach involves a novel preprocessing step in DNA extraction, which removes potential PCR inhibitors. The sludge was washed with different ratios of acetone and petroleum ether after pretreatment with 0.01% Tween-20 at 50 degrees C. It was observed that an initial washing step with 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 9.0, before the detergent-solvent step, improved the quality of the extracted DNA. The extraction protocol resulted in amplifiable amounts of DNA when 10 mg of a sludge sample was used, even in the presence of phenol as a sludge contaminant. The usefulness of the extracted template was demonstrated by carrying out different PCR reactions. The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) patterns demonstrated the diversity of sludge samples.     

Comparative metabolomic analysis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sinorhizobium</Emphasis> sp. C4 during the degradation of phenanthrene

We describe a quantitative analysis of the genetic diversity of phenol-degrading potential in bacterial communities from laboratory-scale activated sludge. Genomic DNA extracted from activated sludge from two sequential batch reactors fed with synthetic sewage plus phenol was amplified using conserved primers for the major subunit of the phenol hydroxylase (LmPH) gene and used to generate clone libraries. Following phylogenetic analysis, 59 sequences containing a 470-bp fragment clustered into six distinct subgroups with a genetic distance of 8%, most likely representing ecologically relevant variants of the enzyme. Seven sets of primers were designed to target the six clusters and used to obtain quantitative information on the dynamics of LmPH gene diversity using real-time PCR assays throughout 9 months of bioreactors operation. Total LmPH gene copy number remained approximately steady in phenol-amended and control reactors. However, a significant increase in phenol-degrading activity in the phenol-amended sludge was accompanied by a parallel increase in LmPH gene diversity, suggesting that phenol degradation in the activated sludge depends on the combined activity of a number of redundant species.     

A comparison of biodegradation of phenol and homologous compounds by Pseudomonas vesicularis and Staphylococcus sciuri strains

Pseudomonas vesicularis and Staphylococcus sciuri were isolated as dominant strains from phenol-acclimated activated sludge. P. vesicularis was an efficient degrader of phenol, catechol, p-cresol, sodium benzoate and sodium salicylate in a single substrate system. Under similar conditions S. sciuri degraded only phenol and catechol from among aromatic compounds that were tested. Cell-free extracts of P. vesicularis grown on phenol (376 mg l(-1)), sodium benzoate (576 mg l(-1)) and sodium salicylate (640 mg l(-1)) showed catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activity initiating an extradiol (meta) splitting pathway. The degradative intradiol (ortho) pathway as a result of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase synthesis was induced in P. vesicularis cells grown on catechol (440 mg l(-1)) orp-cresol (432 mg l(-1)). Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase and the ortho-cleavage has been also reported in S. sciuri cells capable of degrading phenol (376 mg l(-1)) or catechol (440 mg l(-1)). In cell-free extracts of S. sciuri no meta-cleavage enzyme activity was detected. These results demonstrated that gram-positive S. sciuri strain was able to effectively metabolize some phenols as do many bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas but have a different capacity for degrading of these compounds.     

荧光定量PCR监测五氯酚对好氧颗粒污泥和活性污泥中氨氧化细菌数量的影响

通过特异引物扩增环境中氨氧化细菌16S rDNAV2保守区域,将该片段克隆到T-easy载体上,PCR产物经测序和定量PCR扩增体系鉴定,证实PCR扩增产物为氨氧化细菌16S rDNA保守序列,以含该序列的重组质粒作为定量PCR监测氨氧化细菌数量的DNA标准品。用荧光定量PCR技术比较了五氯酚(PCP)对好氧颗粒污泥和活性污泥中氨氧化细菌数量的影响。结果表明,不加PCP的反应器中,好氧颗粒污泥和活性污泥中氨氧化细菌的数量分别为4.28×107±5.44×106cells/(g干污泥)和2.51×109±8.61×108cells/(g干污泥)。随着PCP浓度的增加(0~50mg/L),PCP对氨氧化细菌数量的影响不大(P>0.05),而且,污泥中氨氧化细菌的数量与氨氮的去除率无直接的正相关关系(P>0.05),PCP主要是抑制氨氧化细菌的代谢活性导致污泥氨氮去除效率降低。     

Influence of Sustainability and Immigration in Assembling Bacterial Populations of Known Size and Function

The rational assembly of microbial communities to perform desired functions would be of great practical benefit to society. Broadly speaking, there are two major theoretical foundations for microbial community assembly: one based on island biogeography theory and another based on niche theory. In this study, we compared a parameter from each theory (immigration rate and sustainability, respectively) to ascertain which was more influential in establishing a functional bacterial population in phenol degrading activated sludge over a 30-day period. Two bacterial strains originally isolated from activated sludge, but differing in their ability to sustain a population in this environment, were repeatedly added to activated sludge reactors at different doses. The resulting size of each population was monitored by competitive polymerase chain reaction. Large, unexpected, yet reproducible fluctuations in population sizes were observed. Irrespective of this, difference in the ability to sustain a population in this environment, overshadowed the influence of 100-fold differences in immigration rate.     

ERIC-PCR-based strain-specific detection of phenol-degrading bacteria in activated sludge of wastewater treatment systems

Aims:  To evaluate the use of Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus PCR (ERIC-PCR)-derived probes and primers to specifically detect bacterial strains in an activated sludge microbial community.
Methods and Results:  ERIC-PCR was performed on two phenol-degrading bacterial strains, Arthrobacter nicotianae P1-7 and Klebsiella sp. P8-14. Their amplicons were DIG labelled for use as probes and then hybridized with ERIC-PCR fingerprints. The results showed the distinct band patterns for both bacterial strains. Strain-specific PCR primers were designed based on the sequences of ERIC-PCR bands. The DNA of each of these strains was successfully detected from its mixture with activated sludge DNA, either by using their respective ERIC-PCR-based probes for hybridization or by using species-specific primers for amplification, with higher sensitivity by latter method.
Conclusions:  Two phenol-degrading bacterial strains were identified from a mixture of activated sludge by using ERIC-PCR-based methods.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  The study demonstrated that the bacteria, which have important functions in complex wastewater treatment microbial communities, could be specifically detected by using ERIC-PCR fingerprint-based hybridization or amplification.     

Analysis of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase gene in activated sludge that produces PHA containing 3-hydroxy-2-methylvalerate

The identification of phaC which encodes PHA synthase, that is involved in the formation of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) containing 3-hydroxy-2-methylvalerate (3H2MV), was attempted. As of now, PHA containing 3H2MV has been reported to be produced only by mixed microbial cultures in activated sludge, but no pure bacterial cultures. A laboratory-scale activated sludge process was operated for 67 days. During the operation of the activated sludge process, its capacity to produce PHA containing 3H2MV, and the diversity of the partial phaC genes in the activated sludge microorganisms were monitored periodically. Analysis of the partial phaC genes was conducted by PCR followed by cloning and DNA sequencing, or by PCR followed by terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP). The cloning-sequencing of the 263 clones gave 11 distinct genetic groups (GGs). All of the genetic groups had similarities to known phaC higher than 48%, and one of them had similarity as high as 96% to that of Alcaligenes sp. The behavior of each of the genetic groups during the operation of the activated sludge process was monitored by the T-RFLP method. The restriction enzyme AccII, with the help of MboI, enabled the monitoring of each of the genetic groups. One of the genetic groups was found to have a strong correlation with the capability of the activated sludge to produce PHA containing 3H2MV, and its DNA sequence together with its amino acid sequence are reported.