Life cycle inference and phylogeny of Ortholinea labracis n. sp. (Myxosporea: Ortholineidae), a parasite of the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax (Teleostei: Moronidae), in a Portuguese fish farm

Ortholinea labracis n. sp. is described and its life cycle is inferred from a Southern Portuguese fish farm, with basis on microscopic and molecular procedures. This myxosporean parasite infects the urinary bladder of the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax and the intestinal epithelium of a marine oligochaete of the genus Tectidrilus. Myxospores subspherical in valvular view and ellipsoidal in sutural view measuring 7.6 ± 0.3 (6.8–8.7) μm in length, 7.2 ± 0.2 (6.7–7.7) μm in width and 6.5 ± 0.4 (5.8–7.7) μm in thickness. Two polar capsules, 3.0 ± 0.2 (2.6–3.4) μm long and 2.4 ± 0.1 (2.0–2.9) μm wide, located at the same level, but with divergent orientation and opening to opposite sides of the suture line. Sequencing of the SSU rRNA gene revealed a similarity of 100% between the analysed myxospores and triactinomyxon actinospores. The phylogenetic setting of O. labracis n. sp. shows subgrouping in correlation with tissue tropism, but identifies this parasite as another exception to the main division of Myxosporea into the main freshwater and marine lineages.     

两种大眼蟹线粒体12S rRNA基因序列的比较研究

测定了宽身大眼蟹和日本大眼蟹线粒体12S rRNA基因部分片段的序列,前者为577 bp, 后者为572 bp.二者的核苷酸序列A、T、G、C的含量相似,分别为39.0%、35.7%、16.5%、8.8%;39.3%、 36.2%、 15.8%、8.7%;不包括11处插入/缺失位点,两序列间有75个变异位点,核苷酸差异率为13.18%,其中转换42个、颠换33个, 转换与颠换比约为1.3.对国内外4种大眼蟹长度为331 bp的12S rRNA基因同源序列进行分析,A+T的平均含量为76.6%,明显高于G+C的平均含量,且存有变异位点52个,简约信息位点25个.系统发生树的拓扑结构显示,所有的大眼蟹聚为一支,支持大眼蟹类为一单系.     

条斑紫菜细胞质甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶的cDNA克隆和序列分析

利用已知甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶(GAPDH)的特征性保守区域获得的探针筛选条斑紫菜cDNA文库,获得了1个全长的cDNA克隆GAP2,编码细胞质甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶(GAPC)。其中GAP2 cDNA插入片段为1596bp,包括一个1008bp的开放阅读框编码336个氨基酸的细胞质甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶(GAPC)蛋白。将获得的GAPC蛋白的氨基酸序列与其它物种的GAPDH序列进行多重序列比较后,发现条斑紫菜的GAPC氨基酸序列包含了4个高度保守的结构域。条斑紫菜GAPC的cDNA序列中GC含量很高,为64．2％,与紫菜EST分析中得到的结果(65．2％)近似。通过GAPDH的分子发育进化分析,对红藻的分类地位进行了初步探讨,条斑紫菜的细胞质甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶的cDNA序列已登记到GenBank数据库,序列号分别为：AY273820。     

叶甲科的系统学研究进展

叶甲科昆虫是农业、林业及牧业的重要害虫．从叶甲科的分类简史、化石研究、形态学、细胞学以及分子生物学等方面综述了叶甲科昆虫的系统分类学研究,为进一步研究叶甲的生物学特性,寻求防治对策提供理论基础．     

Shallow Hydrothermal Vent Bacteria and Their Secondary Metabolites with a Particular Focus on Bacillus

Extreme environments are hostile for most organisms, but such habitats represent suitable settings to be inhabited by specialized microorganisms. A marine shallow-water hydrothermal vent field is located offshore in northeast Taiwan, near the shallow shore of the southeast of Kueishantao Island (121°55′ E, 24°50′ N). Research on extremophilic microorganisms makes use of the biotechnological potential associated with such microorganisms and their cellular products. With the notion that extremophiles are capable of surviving in extreme environments, it is assumed that their metabolites are adapted to function optimally under such conditions. As extremophiles, they need specific culture conditions, and only a fraction of species from the original samples are recovered in culture. We used different non-selective and selective media to isolate bacterial species associated with the hydrothermal vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus and the sediments of its habitat. The highest number of colonies was obtained from Zobell marine agar plates with an overall number of 29 genetically distinct isolates. 16S RNA gene sequencing using the Sanger sequencing method revealed that most of the bacterial species belonged to the phylum Firmicutes and the class Bacilli. The present study indicates that hydrothermal vent bacteria and their secondary metabolites may play an important role for the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the phylum Procaryota.     

Presence and genetic variability of Piscine orthoreovirus genotype 1 (PRV‐1) in wild salmonids in Northern Europe and North Atlantic Ocean

Piscine orthoreovirus genotype 1 (PRV‐1) is widespread in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) populations in northern Europe, Canada and Chile. PRV‐1 occurs in wild fish in Norway and Canada; however, little information of its geographical distribution in wild populations is currently available, and the effect of PRV‐1 infection in wild populations is currently unknown. In this study, we present the findings of a survey conducted on 1,130 wild salmonids sampled in Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Faroe Islands, France, Belgium and Greenland between 2008 and 2017. PRV‐1 is reported for the first time in wild salmonids in Denmark, Sweden, Faroe Island and Ireland. The annual PRV‐1 prevalence ranged from 0% in France, Belgium and Greenland to 43% in Faroe Islands. In total, 66 samples tested positive for PRV‐1, including Atlantic salmon broodfish returning to spawn and Atlantic salmon collected at the feeding ground north of Faroe Islands. The phylogenetic analysis of S1 sequences of the PRV‐1 isolates obtained in this survey did not show systematic geographical distribution. This study sheds light on the spread and genetic diversity of the virus identified in populations of free‐living fish and provides rationale for screening wild broodfish used in restocking programmes.     

Evolutionary analysis of plant jacalin-related lectins (JRLs) family and expression of rice JRLs in response to Magnaporthe oryzae

Jacalin-related lectins (JRLs) are widely distributed carbohydrate-binding proteins in the plant kingdom, which play key roles in development and pathogen defense. In this study, we profiled evolutionary trajectory of JRLs family in 30 plant species and identified domain diversification and recombination leading to different responsive patterns of JRLs in rice during defense against rice blast. All of 30 plant species analyzed in our study have two types of JRLs by containing either a single jacalin or repeated jacalin domains, while chimeric jacalins exist in more than half of the species, especially in the Poaceae family. Moreover, Poaceae species have evolved two types of unique chimeric JRLs by fusing the jacalin domain(s) with dirigent or NB_ARC domain, some of which positively regulate plant immunity. Seven Poaceae-specific JRLs are found in the rice genome. We further found expression of rice JRLs, including four Poaceae-specific JRLs, are induced by Magnaporthe oryzae infections at either early or late infection stages. Overall, the results present the evolutionary trajectory of JRLs in plant and highlight essential roles of Poaceae specific JRLs against pathogen attacks in rice.     

红果型沙地云杉内生真菌多样性

了解沙地云杉植物内生真菌生态多样性,为沙地云杉内生真菌的种属鉴别和资源的开发利用提供科学的依据,并为下一步深入研究内生真菌代谢产物提供理论基础。对内蒙古自治区克什克腾旗白音敖包自然保护区的沙地云杉进行调查,采用组织分离法对沙地云杉的不同组织部位进行内生真菌分离,以形态学和分子生物学相结合的方法进行鉴定,选取其中60株进行扩增、测序和系统发育分析。从系统发育树可见,菌株聚为2个大分支,分别为子囊菌亚门和半知菌亚门,10个小分支对应7个科分属于10个属12种,其中链格孢属（Alternaria）与青霉属（Penicillium）为优势菌属,红果型沙地云杉内生真菌菌种资源较丰富。     

5科11种鱼类ITS1特征分析及其在系统分类研究中的适用性

为了探讨ITS1作为分子标记用于鱼类系统演化的适用性,实验选取鲈形目5科11种鱼类为研究对象,包括尖吻鲈科、射水鱼科、军曹鱼科、剑鱼科和鲹科。通过克隆和测序等技术共获得了348条ITS1序列,长度范围为442~661 bp;通过对所有序列的长度、变异位点数量、GC含量、核苷酸多样性及单倍型多样性指数等遗传特征比较分析发现,11种鱼类ITS1序列无论是在种内还是在种间,长度和序列都表现出较为明显的多态性。特别是在军曹鱼中,70条克隆的长度范围为648~661 bp,但有一条序列存在55 bp缺失,结合该序列的GC含量,二级结构和最小自由能,推断该序列为假基因。以鮣为外类群,基于核糖体ITS1序列构建的邻接树显示在物种种类水平上,不同个体的克隆都按种类聚支,ITS1可以用于该类群物种的区分;在属级水平上,ITS1将11属鱼类完全区分开,能够用于属级水平的区分;在科级水平上,虽然鲹科分为2支的分子结果和形态分类存在差异,但ITS1构建的系统关系与线粒体分子标记构建的系统进化树相似。研究表明,核糖体ITS1可以作为一种有效的分子标记用于研究鱼类的系统分类研究,并且不同的分类阶元其解析能力不同,这将为鱼类核糖体的研究提供科学依据。     

中国达氏鳇野生群体和两个养殖群体的线粒体遗传多样性分析

达氏鳇(Huso dauricus)是黑龙江流域土著鲟,近几十年来野生资源急剧下降,被确定为濒危物种之一。本研究采用线粒体DNA的Cyt b基因和D-loop区域的多态性信息评估了黑龙江抚远段野生群体、北京房山国家级鲟鱼原种场的保种群体及浙江衢州国家级鲟鱼良种场的繁殖群体等3个达氏鳇群体的遗传多样性水平。所有测试个体在Cyt b基因位点的核苷酸水平上没有检测到多样性,均具有相同的Cyt b单倍型,而在D-loop区域中发现了9种单倍型,对于D-loop区,单倍型多样性(H_d)达到0.593,但核苷酸多样性(π)仅为0.00213。在8尾野生个体中检测到6种D-loop单倍型,2个养殖群体共计58尾个体共计检出5种D-loop单倍型个体。分析结果显示:野生达氏鳇群体遗传多样性极低,历史上可能经历过严重的遗传瓶颈,同时达氏鳇人工繁殖过程中每批次可能只有极少个体参与了繁殖。此外,基于Cyt b基因部分序列的分析结果提示,达氏鳇与其他太平洋鲟类的亲缘关系较近,而与欧鳇(Huso huso)关系较远,传统上鳇属(Huso)的分类地位得不到有效的分子生物学数据支持。