石楠拟盘多毛孢致病毒素除草作用的初步研究

石楠拟盘多毛孢(Pestalotiopsis photiniae)是草莓根腐病的优势致病菌,主要通过毒素引发病害。为明确该病菌毒素对常见几种杂草的影响,本试验利用离体叶片和种子根芽伸长法研究了该病菌粗毒素对几种杂草的致病作用。结果表明:该粗毒素对供试的13种杂草叶片均有不同程度的致病作用,致病强度与杂草种类及粗毒素浓度有关,其中车前、马齿苋、马唐、反枝苋和灰菜5种杂草受害最重,经较低浓度(0.036mg/mL)毒素处理后1d即开始出现褐色斑点,第3天病斑面积达到最大(50%以上);该粗毒素(0.036mg/mL)对车前等5种杂草种子萌发、幼根和幼芽伸长也均有显著的抑制作用,且随毒素浓度升高抑制作用增强,抑制率均在53%以上,但对小麦和大豆种子萌发及根芽伸长均无明显的抑制作用;粗毒素经紫外线照射后,对车前和蒲公英的除草活性在自然光照下比黑暗下明显增强。这些结果揭示石楠拟盘多毛孢粗毒素有一定的除草潜力。     

Effect of Fusarium toxin-contaminated triticale and forage-to-concentrate ratio on fermentation and microbial protein synthesis in the rumen

In this study, the effect of Fusarium toxin-contaminated triticale (FUS) at high (60%) and low (30%) concentrate proportion in ruminant rations on ruminal fermentation, microbial protein synthesis and digestibility was investigated, using in vivo and in vitro methods. Significant effects of the forage-to-concentrate ratio on ruminal degradation and digestibility of crude nutrients and detergent fibre fractions as well as on the pH value and the concentration of short chain fatty acids (SCFA) in rumen fluid were found. The production of SCFA was affected, and the degradation of crude fibre and neutral detergent fibre in the rumen was reduced by the inclusion of FUS at high concentrate proportion. The efficiency of microbial crude protein synthesis was higher in diets with 60% than in diets with 30% concentrates, but was impaired in the presence of FUS in vitro at the high concentrate level. Marginal effects of FUS on the amino acid pattern of microbial protein were detected. It was concluded that the use of FUS in high concentrate diets can influence ruminal fermentation and microbial protein synthesis at a dietary deoxynivalenol concentration below 5 mg/kg dry matter.     

Involvement of Cylindrocarpon destructans in root death of Pinus sylvestris seedlings: Pathogenic behaviour and predisposing factors

The common rhizospheric fungus Cylindrocarpon destructans was investigated in relation to its role in root death of Pinus sylvestris in Nordic nurseries and plantations. Laboratory methods were developed for studying similar root problems as well as the early effects of phytotoxicity and fungal infection. Seedlings grown under standardized optimal conditions were exposed to controlled stress (known to occur in nurseries), with or without C. destructans in the rhizosphere. Low light conditions, anaerobic root environment, and fungicide treatment were each found to predispose pine seedlings to invasion by the pathogen. The pathogen was very sensitive to competition as well as antagonism on the root, and fungicide‐induced inhibition of antagonists such as Trichoderma spp. also increased the severity of attack by the pathogen. To compete successfully, the pathogen would have to invade and dominate weakened roots prior to the arrival of saprophytes. Toxic metabolites produced by the pathogen weakened or killed nearby root tissues, and pathogen metabolites seemed to prevent saprophytes from taking hold in the infected roots. Such heavily infected, dead roots may act as inoculum sources allowing the pathogen to invade adjacent living roots, even healthy ones. Dead roots left in nursery soil after earlier harvests may act as reservoirs of inoculum for long periods and pose a threat to new plants.     

松针褐斑病毒素诱发紫茎泽兰电解质渗漏对几种真菌的影响

松针褐斑病菌毒素是一种非寄主专化性毒素,能够伤害紫茎泽兰叶片,引起细胞电解质渗漏。电导率测定结果表明,毒素粗提液对紫茎泽兰的伤害活性最强,LA-I次之,LA-II最弱。孢子萌发试验和菌丝生长试验显示,紫茎泽兰电解质对青霉菌、木霉菌、尖孢镰刀菌、链格孢菌的孢子萌发和菌丝生长都有不同程度的抑制作用,但是对泽兰尾孢菌的孢子萌发和菌丝生长有促进作用。毒素粗提液对供试真菌的的孢子萌发和菌丝生长没有明显的抑制作用和促进作用。分析认为将松针褐斑病菌毒素与泽兰尾孢菌混和将可能提高对紫茎泽兰的除草效果。     

松材线虫对其携带的一株致病细菌产毒的影响

该文报道了以黑松细胞为材料的一种改进的细胞荧光染色显微生测法.用该方法测定了接种松材线虫虫体上分离到的荧光假单胞GcM5-1A菌株或该菌株和无菌松材线虫混合物接种后的愈伤组织水提物的毒性.结果表明,单独接种无菌松材线虫或单独接种该菌株后的愈伤组织水提液未表现出毒性;而接种无菌松材线虫与该菌株的混合物后的愈伤组织水提液与接种野生松材线虫后的愈伤组织水提液的毒性以及该菌株的NB培养液的无细胞滤液的毒性均很强,并且它们三者之间没有显著差异.该结果说明松材线虫在寄主组织中能促进细菌的产毒.向该菌株的NB培养液的无细胞滤液中添加松材线虫后测定其毒性,结果表明无菌松材线虫对其毒性并无显著影响.实验结果表明松材线虫本身不产生毒素,在荧光假单胞菌培养液的无细胞滤液中加入无菌松材线虫未能显著改变其毒性.      

3种ELISA法检测Bt杀虫蛋白的比较研究

运用3种ELISA法对提纯的Bt杀虫蛋白进行检测,结果表明:直接法ELISA和夹心法ELISA的灵敏度相同,都为0.94 ng/孔,但直接法ELISA中Bt蛋白量与OD值间呈极显著的线性关系,夹心法ELISA中Bt蛋白量与OD值间呈显著的线性关系;间接法ELISA的灵敏度较前两者低,使用HRP-IgG的灵敏度为15 ng/孔,Bt蛋白量与OD值间呈显著的线性关系,使用AKP-IgG的灵敏度为3.75ng/孔,Bt蛋白量与OD值间呈极显著的线性关系。     

Cytolytic Toxin and Related Genes in Bacillus thuringiensis

Bacillus thuringiensis is a ubiquitous gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that forms parasporal crystal during the stationary phase of its growth cycle. These crystal proteins, including Cry and Cyt protein, are toxic to certain insects. Lately, some problems about Cyt classification, structural characteristic, action mechanism and resistance to Cyt toxin are becoming new hotspots. We review the progress of above problems in several foreign labs.     

产气荚膜梭菌和腐败梭菌在厌氧菌基础培养基中的生长特性

测定了产气荚膜梭菌B型、D型和腐败梭菌在新研制的厌氧菌基础培养基中的生长曲线和产毒能力等特性。结果表明,这些细菌可以在新培养基中良好生长和产毒。产气荚膜梭菌B 型经2 h 的适应期后,很快进入对数生长期,培养到8 h细菌密度接近最高值,OD630为4.329;经检测,培养4 h~24 h的细菌所产生的毒素(培养物上清)1μL~2μL可致死KM小鼠。产气荚膜梭菌D型的生长速度也较快,无适应期就直接进入对数生长期,培养到12 h 时细菌密度最高, OD630 为1.75;细菌最佳产毒期在6 h~14 h,培养物上清0.5μL~0.65μL可致死KM小鼠。腐败梭菌生长速度较慢,经6 h的适应期后,才进入对数生长期,培养到14 h时细菌密度最高,OD630为1.335;细菌毒力在培养后的6 h~24 h内10μL菌液可达到在24 h内致死KM小鼠的效果。     

猪水肿病大肠杆菌F18ab菌毛A亚单位与志贺样毒素Ⅱ型变异体A亚单位的联合表达

扩增、克隆和表达了水肿病大肠杆菌的致病因子F18ab 菌毛的主要亚单位FedA全基因(包括信号肽序列),并与现有的另一致病因子志贺样毒素Ⅱ型变异体A亚单位基因(stx 2eA)连接,然后进行联合表达。同时用已制备的抗Stx 2eA 单克隆抗体和抗F18ab菌毛单克隆抗体对联合表达的融合蛋白质进行检测鉴定。     

A Conus regularis Conotoxin with a Novel Eight-Cysteine Framework Inhibits CaV2.2 Channels and Displays an Anti-Nociceptive Activity

A novel peptide, RsXXIVA, was isolated from the venom duct of Conus regularis, a worm-hunting species collected in the Sea of Cortez, México. Its primary structure was determined by mass spectrometry and confirmed by automated Edman degradation. This conotoxin contains 40 amino acids and exhibits a novel arrangement of eight cysteine residues (C-C-C-C-CC-CC). Surprisingly, two loops of the novel peptide are highly identical to the amino acids sequence of ω-MVIIA. The total length and disulfide pairing of both peptides are quite different, although the two most important residues for the described function of ω-MVIIA (Lys2 and Tyr13) are also present in the peptide reported here. Electrophysiological analysis using superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons indicates that RsXXIVA inhibits Ca_V2.2 channel current in a dose-dependent manner with an EC₅₀ of 2.8 μM, whose effect is partially reversed after washing. Furthermore, RsXXIVA was tested in hot-plate assays to measure the potential anti-nociceptive effect to an acute thermal stimulus, showing an analgesic effect in acute thermal pain at 30 and 45 min post-injection. Also, the toxin shows an anti-nociceptive effect in a formalin chronic pain test. However, the low affinity for Ca_V2.2 suggests that the primary target of the peptide could be different from that of ω-MVIIA.