Detection of Serotypes and Virulence Factors of Escherichia coli from Piglets in Beijing

To investigate the cause of piglets diarrhea, and the distribution of the serotype and virulence factors of swine Escherichia coli in Beijing, 400 diarrhea samples were collected. TSA serum agar culture method was used to isolate Escherichia coli, serotype identification test and virulence factor genes test were used to verify the presence of O-antigen. 64 strains of E.coli were isolated from 400 diarrhea samples, among which 42 strains of E.coli were classified as 8 serotypes:O101(18.7%),O64(12.5%),O8(10.9%),O20(10.9%),O45(4.7%),O149(4.7%),O2(1.6%) and O89(1.6%), and the major virulence factors were STa, Stx2e, astA and eaeA. There were 8 mainly serotypes that caused piglets diarrhea in Beijing area, among which O101 serotype accounted for the highest proportion. The major virulence factors were astA and eaeA, accounted for more than 50% of all strains, STa and Stx2e accounted for more than 30% of all strains. These data would provide effective data to support the prevention and control of piglet diarrhea in Beijing.     

低温胁迫下马铃薯的数字基因表达谱分析

以马铃薯品种合作88为材料,利用数字基因表达谱(DGE)技术,对–2℃低温胁迫处理后的马铃薯叶片c DNA文库进行差异基因表达谱分析。结果表明,有28 505个基因受低温胁迫诱导差异表达,其中上调表达基因13 703个,下调表达基因14 802个。GO功能显著性富集分析表明,DEGs主要涉及信号生物代谢过程、氧化还原过程、能量代谢、次生代谢过程以及催化活性。KEGG富集分析表明,上调表达基因主要富集于苯丙烷、光合作用天线蛋白、类胡萝卜素的生物合成、苯丙氨酸代谢及淀粉与蔗糖代谢途径,而下调表达基因主要富集于植物激素信号转导途径。利用实时荧光定量PCR(q RT-PCR)验证4个DEGs在低温胁迫条件下的差异表达,其结果与DGE分析结果基本一致,证实了DGE测序结果的可靠性。     

Soybean plant height QTL mapping and meta‐analysis for mining candidate genes

Plant height is closely related to seed yield of soybean. The goal of this study was to identify important loci affecting soybean plant height using meta‐analysis based on a reference physical map. Plant height related to QTLs was mapped across eight years with a RIL population by WinQTLCart v2.5. 182 QTLs related to plant height of soybean from database and our research were collected, and each QTL was projected onto the soybean physical map by software BioMercator v2.1. The confidence interval of meta‐QTL ranged from 0.09 to 5.07 Mb, and the mean phenotypic variance ranged from 4.9% to 73.0%. Furthermore, 4,259 candidate genes were located in these consensus QTLs, and 40 of them were involved in the plant growth and stem elongation and annotated as plant hormone signal transduction (pathway ID ko04075) in KEGG pathway. These results would lay a foundation for fine mapping of QTLs/genes related to plant height and marker‐assisted selection for breeding in soybean.     

Research Progress on Bacterial Resistance in Environment

Antibiotic resistance genes have become a recognized environmental pollutant, threatening the ecological safety and human health. The application of antibiotics in the clinical and animals breeding, making the environmental microorganisms living with the impact of the residue of antibiotics and elements of resistance genetic and leading to antibiotic resistant bacteria to gain a competitive advantage and destroyed the stability of ecosystem. In this paper, we expounded the concept of resistance gene transmission by the view of macro environment. Through analyzing the mechanism of resistance development,environmental pollution caused by drug resistance and the impact of environmental microorganism for drug resistance, we clarified the key role of the environment in the development of the characteristics of bacterial resistance and analysis environmental resistance.Such as the ecological diversity of flora, the types and the spread of resistant bacteria, the residues of antibiotics and the transmission of the resistance genes.     

Pseudomonas putida BP25 alters root phenotype and triggers salicylic acid signaling as a feedback loop in regulating endophytic colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana

Endophytic Pseudomonas putida BP25 (PpBP25) triggered density dependent alterations on Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 growth. Endogenous colonization of PpBP25 was found regulated within Arabidopsis that caused induction and repression of 131 and 74 plant genes, respectively. Induced genes like WRKY33, AtRLP19, ATL2, ATEXO70B2, pEARLI, RPS2, CBP60G, PLA2, CRK18, ATFBS1, DREB2A, TIR, RAP2.4, and MOS1 were components of defense and salicylic acid (SA) signaling. Development associated genes were found significantly repressed. Biased activation of phytohormone signaling with their associated fitness costs on plant growth was observed. The data suggests that PpBP25 colonization triggered expression of defense genes that restricted its own population in a feedback loop besides causing altered root phenotype.     

Analysis on Target Genes with Mutation in microRNA of Blue-shelled Chicken and White Leghorn

The study was conducted to explore the potential different characters between Blue-shelled chicken and White leghorn.Global genome microRNA was combined the identified microRNA with complementary lab-predicted microRNA.Then the two breed chicken's SNP data got by GGRS were mapped to the microRNA and focused on SNP that deliberately located in mature-microRNA.Bioinformatics method was adopted for target prediction on microRNA which had SNPs.By further gene enrichment analysis,the study found these genes enriched in 22 GO terms,10 KEGG pathways,and 3 IPA important networks.And they enriched in traits which associated with growth,such as mTOR signaling pathways,Wnt signaling pathways,growth hormone receptor networks and insulin-like growth factor Ⅰ receptor networks.And they also enriched in some laying traits,such as oocyte meiotic signaling pathways and progesterone mature oocytes signaling pathways.The methods and the results might provide references for further studies.     

1株鸭源非O1/O139群霍乱弧菌的分离鉴定与致病性分析

为探明引起贵州省某鸭场雏鸭发病的病原及其致病性和耐药情况，本研究对该鸭场送的疑似细菌感染病鸭进行剖检，取鼻黏膜、心脏和肝脏等组织器官接种于培养基中进行细菌分离鉴定，通过对分离菌进行药敏试验、动物回归试验和毒力基因检测研究其耐药情况和致病性。结果显示，分离菌在血琼脂培养基上生长16 h后呈现为边缘整齐、有光泽的乳白色菌落，伴有β-溶血现象，经革兰氏染色后在生物显微镜下呈两端钝圆、弧状、排列无规则的革兰氏阴性短小杆菌，与霍乱弧菌相符；16S rDNA基因序列同源性及系统进化树显示，该分离菌与霍乱弧菌同源性高达99.6%~99.7%聚为一支；药敏试验结果显示，分离菌对大部分药物都表现为耐药，其中对氨苄西林、克林霉素、复方新诺明、苯唑西林和克林霉素等抗菌药耐药性较强，对头孢哌酮和头孢曲松敏感；动物回归试验显示，分离菌可导致试验组雏鸭5 d内全部发病死亡，表明该分离菌对雏鸭具有较强的致病性；毒力基因PCR检测结果显示，检测的霍乱弧菌相关毒力基因hlyA、ompW和chxA为阳性，而检测的O1群rfb、O139群rfb、tcpA及ctxA基因为阴性，表明本次分离的霍乱弧菌携带有致病基因，但不属于O1和O139血清群。结果表明，该鸭场雏鸭发病的疫情病原为非O1/O139血清群霍乱弧菌，该菌致病性强且对多种抗菌药物耐药。本试验结果为贵州省鸭霍乱弧菌病的防控提供了参考依据。     

4 株致病性大肠杆菌致犊牛腹泻的分离鉴定及毒力与耐药性分析

[目的]为查明致北疆地区某牧场犊牛腹泻的病原,对脱水濒死10日龄新生犊牛进行剖检,无菌采集充血肠系膜淋巴结2 份。[方法]通过采用培养、染色镜检、生化特性考察、PCR鉴定等方法来分离鉴定致病菌,并对分离致病菌株进行相关毒力基因检测及药物敏感性试验。[结果]经分离鉴定分离出4 株大肠杆菌,毒力基因PCR检测结果K99、Sta、irp2、Eae基因分别在163 bp、314 bp、301 bp、552 bp处有清晰条带,与预期[目的]片段大小相符;药物敏感性试验结果表明,分离株对头孢哌酮、链霉素、庆大霉素敏感,对恩诺沙星、卡那霉素高度敏感。[结论]犊牛腹泻要以预防为主,治疗建议采用对因治疗,并配合提高抵抗力的中兽药进行。     

ZBED6基因敲除猪肾脏转录组分析

【目的】 探究锌指BED结构域结合蛋白6(zinc finger BED domain-containing protein 6,ZBED6)基因敲除对猪肾脏组织基因转录表达的影响,并解析ZBED6基因调控猪肾脏代谢的靶基因及其通路。【方法】 对8月龄ZBED6基因敲除巴马香猪(ZBED6 KO)和同月龄野生型巴马香猪(WT)的肾脏组织(n=3)进行总RNA提取,利用实时荧光定量PCR检测胰岛素样生长因子2(insulin-like growth factor 2,IGF2)和差异基因的表达量;以Illumina Hiseq高通量测序技术对ZBED6 KO和WT猪肾脏组织mRNA进行转录组测序(RNA-Seq),用猪Sus scrofa 11.1作为参考基因组序列,通过生物信息学软件TopHat、Cufflink、Cuffmerge和Cuffdiff对测序数据进行分析,筛选ZBED6 KO和WT猪肾脏组织中的差异表达基因,对差异表达基因进行层次聚类和KEGG通路富集分析,并通过实时荧光定量PCR验证RNA-Seq结果中差异表达基因的可靠性。【结果】 实时荧光定量PCR结果显示,ZBED6 KO猪肾脏IGF2基因mRNA表达量显著高于WT猪(P<0.05)。测序共获得78 G数据量,每个样本比对率在87.3%以上,测序质量良好;ZBED6 KO和WT猪肾脏组织之间共检测到25 213个基因,以调整后P<0.05和log₂|FoldChange|>2为筛选标准,得到299个差异表达基因,其中上调的基因103个,下调的基因199个。热图和主成分分析(PCA)结果显示,ZBED6 KO和WT组猪肾脏基因组内表达模式相似,组间表达模式不同;KEGG通路富集分析显示,差异基因主要参与视黄醇及疾病代谢相关通路。ZBED6基因敲除后,其中有9个差异表达基因(CYP2C42、AOX1、ENSSSCG00000036274、RDH16、CYP2A19、ENSSSCG00000022724、CYP26B1、CYP1A1、RDH5)被富集到视黄醇代谢通路中,可能参与调控猪肾脏代谢平衡。实时荧光定量PCR检测发现,7个差异表达基因(CYP2C42、AOX1、RDH16、CYP2A19、CYP26B1、CYP1A1、RDH5)的表达模式与RNA-Seq分析结果一致,证实RNA-Seq结果的可靠性。【结论】 本试验利用RNA-Seq技术分析了ZBED6基因敲除对巴马香猪肾脏代谢的影响,其通过调控肾脏多个下游基因表达,从而影响其代谢相关信号通路,试验结果为阐明ZBED6基因功能提供了材料。