致病菌烟曲霉新基因Afu4g13170生孢致毒相关性初步研究

【目的】对烟曲霉Afu4g13170基因功能进行初步研究。【方法】利用Double-jointPCR方法和一步基因敲除技术,构建Afu4g13170基因缺失突变株。【结果】序列比对表明烟曲霉Afu4g13170蛋白与构巢曲霉Ani04163蛋白和新型隐球菌Gib2蛋白的氨基酸序列相似性为88.6%;表型分析表明基因破坏使突变株生长迟缓、梗基伸长、孢子分化能力下降,产孢推迟、产孢量减少,色素产生量降低;色谱分析显示基因缺失突变株的产毒能力下降。【结论】烟曲霉Afu4g13170基因可以作为控制曲霉致毒的一个靶位点。     

多项分类方法鉴定西藏地区藏灵菇中的乳酸球菌

【目的】采用多项分类法对16株分离自藏灵菇中的乳酸球菌进行准确鉴定。【方法】首先应用传统的生理生化试验,之后采用16S-23S rRNA间区序列多态性分析和变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)进行了鉴定,最后,通过16S rRNA基因序列分析进行验证。【结果】将16株菌株初步鉴定为3个菌群:片球菌群、乳球菌群和肠球菌群,进一步鉴定为14株耐久肠球菌,1株乳酸片球菌,1株乳酸乳球菌乳酸亚种,16S rRNA基因序列分析验证的结果与前3种试验方法的结果相一致。【结论】试验结果表明传统的生理生化鉴定和16S-23S rRNA间区序列多态性分析和变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)相结合的多项分类方法有利于乳酸球菌种间的准确鉴定。     

黑水虻肠道细菌抗菌筛选及其活性物质分子鉴定

【目的】从昆虫黑水虻分离的肠道细菌进行抗植物病原菌的拮抗菌筛选,对获得有拮抗活性的肠道细菌进行活性物质的分子鉴定。【方法】用稀释涂布法从水虻肠道中分离菌株,采用平板对峙法进行抗菌筛选,对有抗菌活性的菌株通过生理生化实验、16S rRNA鉴定和进化树分析确定其种属。参考已知脂肽合成关键基因设计引物,以拮抗菌总DNA为模板进行PCR扩增,对目的片段进行测序。【结果】通过抗菌筛选获得一株对水稻黄单胞菌以及小麦纹枯病病原菌等有很强抑制效果的水虻肠道细菌BSF-CL,经鉴定为枯草芽胞杆菌。脂肽合成关键基因PCR结果显示BSF-CL菌株具有脂肽Iturin和Surfactin合成的关键基因。推测BSF-CL很可能合成脂肽Iturin和Surfactin。【结论】从水虻肠道中分离出对水稻黄单胞菌有很强抑菌活性的菌株,分离菌被鉴定为一种枯草芽胞杆菌,通过活性物质的分子克隆鉴定初步推测其活性物质可能为脂肽Iturin和Surfactin。     

九龙江河口及厦门污水处理设施抗生素抗性基因污染分析

【目的】近年来由于抗生素的滥用,导致了多药物抗性超级细菌的产生,有关抗生素抗性基因(Antibiotic resistance genes,ARGs)在环境介质中分布、迁移和扩散已经引起人们的广泛关注。针对九龙江河口及厦门污水处理设施抗生素抗性基因污染情况开展研究。【方法】通过定性PCR研究九龙江河口水体、沉积物和厦门污水处理设施活性污泥中4种磺胺类、13种四环素类ARGs及2种整合子基因的污染情况,并选择四环素类tet(W)基因进行克隆文库测序分析。【结果】除tet(O)和tet(S)外,其他基因均被检出。不同环境介质中的ARGs及整合子基因检出率为活性污泥(0.86)>沉积物(0.57)>水体(0.24)。在淡水和淡盐水中,sul(l)、int(1)、tet(A)、tet(C)、tet(E)、tet(M)和tet(W)的检出率要高于海水,表明九龙江上游可能是ARGs的污染源之一。【结论】主成分分析表明污水处理设施是ARGs的高发载体;沉积物是ARGs的稳定载体;而水体中的ARGs易于分解。此外,tet(W)基因克隆文库分析表明,厦门污水处理设施也可能是九龙江河口及厦门沿岸的ARG污染源。     

Spatial and temporal nature of reactive oxygen species production and programmed cell death in elm (Ulmus pumila L.) seeds during controlled deterioration

Seed deterioration is poorly understood and remains an active area for research. Seeds of elm (Ulmus pumila L.) were aged at 37 °C above water [controlled deterioration treatment (CDT)] for various lengths of time to assess programmed cell death (PCD) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) product in embryonic tissues during a 5 d period. The hallmarks of PCD were identified in the elm seeds during CDT including TUNEL experiments, DNA laddering, cytochrome c (cyt c) leakage and enzymatic activities. These analyses indicated that PCD occurred systematically and progressively in deteriorated elm seeds. Cyt c release and increase in caspase‐3‐like/DEVDase activity occurred during CDT, which could be suppressed by ascorbic acid (AsA) and caspase‐3 inhibitor Ac‐DEVD‐CHO, respectively. In situ localization of ROS production indicated that the distinct spatial‐temporal signature of ROS during CDT coincided with the changes in PCD hallmark features. Multiple antioxidant elements were activated during the first few days of CDT, but were subsequently depleted as PCD progressed. Taken together, our findings identify PCD as a key mechanism that occurs asymmetrically during elm seeds CDT and suggest an important role for PCD in seeds deterioration.     

Patterns of morphological evolution in the mandible of the house mouse Mus musculus (Rodentia: Muridae)

The worldwide distributed house mouse, Mus musculus, is subdivided into at least three lineages, Mus musculus musculus, Mus musculus domesticus, and Mus musculus castaneus. The subspecies occur parapatrically in a region considered to be the cradle of the species in Southern Asia (‘central region’), as well as in the rest of the world (‘peripheral region’). The morphological evolution of this species in a phylogeographical context is studied using a landmark‐based approach on mandible morphology of different populations of the three lineages. The morphological variation increases from central to peripheral regions at the population and subspecific levels, confirming a centrifugal sub‐speciation within this species. Furthermore, the outgroup comparison with sister species suggests that M. musculus musculus and populations of all subspecies inhabiting the Iranian plateau have retained a more ancestral mandible morphology, suggesting that this region may represent one of the relevant places of the origin of the species. Mus musculus castaneus, both from central and peripheral regions, is morphologically the most variable and divergent subspecies. Finally, the results obtained in the present study suggest that the independent evolution to commensalism in the three lineages is not accompanied by a convergence detectable on jaw morphology. © 2012 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, 105 , 635–647.     

基于数字PCR的单分子DNA定量技术研究进展

数字PCR是一项针对单分子目标DNA的绝对定量技术．该技术是将含有DNA模板的反应溶液分配到大量独立的反应室中并且发生扩增反应,通过统计反应室中的阳性信号来定量DNA的拷贝数．DNA样品在反应室中随机和独立分布是单分子成功扩增和准确定量DNA拷贝数的关键因素．本文综述了数字PCR的发展历史、数字PCR与实时荧光定量PCR的区别,以及数字PCR在临床诊断、转基因成分定量、单细胞基因表达、环境微生物检测和下一代测序等方面的最新进展,并展望了该技术的应用前景．     

蝴蝶兰组培快繁及热激处理抑制褐变的研究

以9个蝴蝶兰品种的花梗和无菌苗叶片为试材,研究了不同品种间不定芽诱导率及增殖系数的差异,并选出增殖系数高、中、低的3个代表性品种‘内山姑娘’、‘梦幻兄弟’和‘万花筒’,对不定芽增殖条件进行优化,并对培养过程中褐变严重的品种‘内山姑娘’进行了热激处理抑制褐变的研究。结果表明:(1)相同条件下,不同蝴蝶兰品种间不定芽诱导率和增殖(分化)系数存在显著差异,且花梗芽诱导率和繁殖系数高的品种,其叶片的不定芽诱导率和分化系数也较高。(2)6-BA是影响蝴蝶兰不定芽增殖的主要因素,椰汁次之。培养基1/2MS+7.0mg.L-16-BA+0.2mg.L-1 NAA+100mL.L-1椰汁适于‘内山姑娘’和‘梦幻兄弟’品种的不定芽增殖,1/2MS+5.0mg.L-1 6-BA+0.2mg.L-1 NAA+50mL.L-1椰汁适合‘万花筒’品种的不定芽增殖。(3)40℃热激处理9min恢复48h后再切割接种能够显著减轻蝴蝶兰‘内山姑娘’叶片的褐变程度,热激处理后叶片组培过程中的褐变指数、总酚含量以及苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性均显著低于对照,且三者的两两之间均具有极显著正相关关系,证明短时间的热激处理可降低酚合成酶PAL的活性,减少酚类化合物的积累,从而减轻组培过程中的褐变伤害。     

云南野生稻叶茎根组织结构特性的比较研究

采用徒手切片法对云南3种野生稻和栽培稻的叶片、茎秆及根的组织结构进行比较研究,以明确野生稻的内部结构,为进一步揭示其结构与云南野生稻的生长势旺盛、营养吸收能力强、抗某些病虫害能力强的关系奠定基础。结果表明,(1)云南野生稻与栽培稻叶片主脉、茎秆及根的组织结构差异显著,其中景洪疣粒野生稻、景洪药用野生稻与栽培稻的差异最明显。(2)在叶主脉结构中,景洪疣粒野生稻无气腔结构,维管束数量少、面积小;景洪药用野生稻、3个普通野生稻材料存在多个维管束和气腔结构,维管束、束内导管直径及气腔面积较栽培稻大,而栽培稻中的气腔均为2个。(3)在茎秆结构方面,景洪疣粒野生稻茎秆最小,维管束数量最少,其茎壁内的维管束排列方式与栽培稻不同;景洪药用野生稻和普通野生稻茎秆及茎壁较栽培稻粗厚,维管束数量也较栽培稻多,普通野生稻的茎壁中有通气组织。(4)在根的组织结构中,3种野生稻的导管数量较多,导管直径及中柱面积较栽培稻大,外皮层出现了具有凯氏带功能的凯氏点等。