Gene Flow Analysis of Phytophthora porri Reveals a New Species: Phytophthora brassicae Sp. Nov.

Isozyme analysis and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS-1 and ITS-2) and the 5.8S subunit of the ribosomal DNA gene repeat were used to examine whether isolates of Phytophthora porri from Allium and Brassica represent a single homogeneous species. Twenty-six strains of P. porri, 16 strains isolated from the genus Allium, and 10 strains isolated from the genus Brassica, were analyzed using malate dehydrogenase (MDH), isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), represented altogether by four putative loci (Mdh-2, Idh-1, Idh-2, and Ldh-2). Isozyme analysis revealed that strains isolated from Allium contained five private alleles at three isozyme loci (Ldh-2 ⁸³, Ldh-2 ¹⁰⁴, Idh-1 ¹⁰⁸, Idh-1 ¹¹², and Idh-2 ⁹⁸), whereas six different alleles were observed at four isozyme loci (Ldh-2 ⁸⁵, Ldh-2 ¹⁰⁰, Ldh-2 ¹¹⁴, Idh-1 ¹⁰⁰, Idh-2 ¹⁰⁰, and Mdh-2 ¹¹¹) in strains obtained from Brassica. The heterozygosity at the Ldh-2 locus, differing in allele composition, however, between strains from Allium and Brassica, was present in all strains, indicating that it is probably fixed. Sequence analysis of the ITS regions and the 5.8S subunit showed consistent differences between isolates from Allium and isolates from Brassica. Based on isozyme data, ITS sequence analysis and formerly published differences in restriction enzyme patterns of mitochondrial DNA, morphology and pathogenicity, it was concluded that the isolates of P. porri Foister did not represent a homogeneous species. Isolates from Brassica constitute a distinct species which is described here as P. brassicae sp. nov. It was inferred from isozyme patterns, which were in no case intermediate between the two species, that P. porri and P. brassicae do not hybridize and are reproductively isolated by barriers to gene flow.     

Are cell redox or lactate dehydrogenase kinetics responsible for the absence of gluconeogenesis from lactate in sea raven,hepatocytes?

Previous studies have reported very low rates of gluconeogenesis from lactate in sea raven (Hemitripterus americanus) hepatocytes compared to other teleosts studied. This study examines whether hepatic cell redox or lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) characteristics may explain this observation. Sea raven hepatic optimal LDH activities (pyruvate reductase direction) were more than 40 times less compared with rainbow trout liver values (40 vs 1914 μmol·min⁻¹·g⁻¹ protein). The Km(lactate) was 9.24 and 0.86 mM for sea raven and trout hepatic LDH, but the Km(pyruvate) was similar between the two species (0.11 and 0.21 mM, respectively). These results suggested that sea raven liver LDH did not favour lactate use and was more indicative of the mammalian M-isozyme. Gel electrophoresis showed a predominant intermediate isozyme, with a small amount of the M-type LDH. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) was localized to the mitochondrial compartment, while there was no apparent mitochondrial glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT) activity. No in vitro lactate flux to glucose was found in untreated, 10 mM ethanol-treated, or 3 mM NH₄Cl-treated sea raven hepatocytes, although CO₂ production from lactate was decreased by ethanol and increased by NH₄Cl. These results provide evidence that cell redox does not limit gluconeogenesis from lactate, while low activities and the kinetic characteristics of LDH may partially explain the low lactate gluconeogenesis reported in sea raven hepatocytes. To whom correspondence should be addressed at University of Ottawa.     

小麦籽粒成熟与萌发期间LOX的动态变化

为了解小麦籽粒中脂肪氧化酶(LOX)同工酶的代谢过程,选用4个小麦品种(鲁麦22、中优9507、内乡188、蒿优9409)为材料,采用薄层等电聚焦电泳(IEF)活性染色法检测和分析了小麦在籽粒成熟与种子萌发期间LOX同工酶酶谱的变化,并采用分光光度计法测定其活性.结果表明,在籽粒成熟期间,中优9507、内乡188、蒿优9409含有5条不同的同工酶条带,鲁麦22含有8条不同的LOX同工酶条带;随籽粒成熟度的增加,酸性和中性部分的LOX同工酶的合成与含量逐渐减少,碱性部分的LOX同工酶的合成与含量缓慢增加,说明成熟末期小麦籽粒主要积累碱性LOX;4个品种的LOX活性随籽粒成熟均呈现先逐渐降低至最低点后轻微反弹的变化趋势.在种子萌发期间,4个小麦品种都含有7条LOX同工酶条带,除萌发第一天外,随种子萌发的进行,酸性部分的LOX同工酶合成与含量减少,碱性和中性部分的LOX同工酶合成与含量缓慢增加,说明小麦种子在萌发过程中主要积累碱性LOX;4个品种的LOX活性均呈先保持一恒定高值后迅速下降至一恒定低值的变化趋势.无论是籽粒成熟期间还是种子萌发期间,影响小麦籽粒或种子中LOX酶活性大小的主要是酸性的LOX同工酶.     

Classification of Azolla spp., section Azolla

Summary Azolla accessions (section Azolla) from the germplasm collections of the International Rice Research Institute and Washington State University were fingerprinted and classified by enzyme electrophoresis and leaf trichome morphology. A. filiculoides was enzymatically distinctive and also reliably identified by its prominent one-celled trichomes. Neotropical accessions labelled as A. filiculoides proved to be members of other species. Two groups of isolates were designated A. rubra, but those from Japan were identified as A. filiculoides. The A. rubra of Australia-New Zealand was biochemically unique and possessed less protuberant trichomes than A. filiculoides. A. microphylla, A. mexicana, and A. caroliniana were phenetically similar, but a. microphylla was identifiable from the others in the banding patterns of certain enzymes. A. mexicana and A. caroliniana were closely related enzymatically. The two-celled leaf trichomes of these three species were similar in size and shape.     

果实褐腐病的调查与防治研究

 通过系统考察,标本采集,分离培养、鉴定,电镜扫描及酯酶同工酶电泳分析,明确我国丛梗孢属Monilia的种类及其寄主与分布,通过室内毒力测定,筛选出有效化学药剂并对桃褐腐病进行两年的综合防治,防效明显.     

塔里木河大狗头鱼乳酸脱氢酶（LDH）同工酶凝胶电泳分析

本实验用聚丙烯酸胺凝胶电泳（PAGE）方法,对塔里木河大狗头鱼（学名：叶尔羌鼓鳔鳅）六种不同组织（骨骼肌、心、肝胰、肾、肠、鳃）中LDH同工酶进行了分析研究,结果表明,LDH同工酶具有组织特异性,其中骨骼肌中含有五种LDH同工酶,即LDH1、LDH2、LDH3、LDH4、LDH5,心、肝胰和肾含有LDH1、LDH2、LDH3,鳃有LDH1和LDH4,肠有LDH4。     

不同水域中克氏原螯虾主要组织的LDH同工酶分析

[目的]为探究克氏原螯虾的食用安全性以及哈夫病的致病因素等提供检测方法。[方法]以孝感市不同水域中生活的克氏原螯虾为材料,对其主要组织的LDH同工酶进行电泳分析。[结果]2处水域的pH、总磷、总氮和化学需氧量存在差异,2处水域中克氏原螯虾的鳃、心脏和肌肉的LDH同工酶酶谱也存在差异。B水域(流水)中克氏原螯虾的酶带数目比A水域(静水)多。从Ldh-5同工酶染色深浅可以看出,静水虾肝胰腺、心脏和眼球的Ldh-5同工酶活力比流水虾的大,而肌肉和腮则是流水虾的Ldh-5同工酶活力较大。[结论]2处水域克氏原螯虾组织LDH同工酶的差异是由水质差异引起的。     

Armillaria species on tea in Kenya identified using isozyme and DNA sequence comparisons

The aim of this study was to identify seven Armillaria isolates obtained from diseased tea bushes in Kenya using pectic enzyme profiles, PCR-RFLP and IGS-I DNA sequence data. The combination of these identification methods confirmed the presence of three distinct Armillaria groups. One of these groups resembled Zimbabwean group I ( A. fuscipes ). The second group was phylogenetically closely related to A. mellea ssp. nipponica . The third group was different from all other African isolates examined, but had isozyme patterns, especially of pectin methylesterases (PMEs), similar to those of isolates related to A. mellea ssp. nipponica. Analyses of sequence data suggested that this group is phylogenetically closely related to A. hinnulea from Australia and New Zealand.     

草鱼LDH同工酶比较酶学和免疫化学性质

本文以草鱼为材料,利用亲和层析法,从肌肉、心脏和肝脏中分离纯化了 LDH同工酶基因产物;LDH-A_4、B_4和C_4,并对其纯度,氨基酸组成以及动力学性质进行了比较分析,同时制取了A_4、B_4和C_4的相应抗体,利用抗原-抗体免疫吸附反应对一些淡水鱼类的LDH 酶谱进行了准确的鉴定。     

Meiotic and Isozymic Analyses of Tall Fescue × Giant Fescue Hybrids and Amphiploids1

The meiotic behavior of three tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea, 2n = 6x = 42) genotypes, giant fescue (F. gigantea, 2n = 6x = 42), and their reciprocal F₁ hybrids and C₁, amphiploids was evaluated to determine the parental genomic relationships. Isozyme banding patterns were used to confirm the parental identity of the hybrids and amphiploids. At meta-phase I, the parents had predominantly bivalent pairing. The hybrids had an average of 9.51 I, 16.02 II, 0.12 III, 0.02 IV, and the amphiploids had 2.17 I, 38.82 II, 0.60 III, 0.58 IV, 0.01 V—VIII. The prevalence of bivalent pairing in both hybrids and amphiploids suggested a homoeologous relationship between the six genomes, with four of the six being more closely related. Bivalent pairing in the amphiploids indicated genetic regulation of chromosome pairing. Zymograms were obtained for acid phosphatase (ACPH), alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-PGD) and phosphoglucoisomerase (PGI). The three tall fescue and giant fescue parents had different zymograms for ACPH, MDH, 6-PGD and PGI; thus, the tall fescue parents of the hybrids and amphiploids could be determined based on the banding patterns of these four enzymes. Phenotypes were determined for ACPH-1, PGI-2 and 6-PGD-1. ACPH-1 may be used to follow the introgression of giant fescue chromatin into a certain tall fescue genotype.