浙江乐清湾缢蛏的形态和遗传多样性

采用形态学、SRAP两种标记对浙江省乐清湾6个,及采自福建、江苏及山东等中国沿海4省共11个缢蛏群体进行比较分析,形态学分析结果显示:(1)福建竹塔群体和浙江乐清湾5个野生群体有较大的相似性,聚成一支,乐清湾养殖群体没有与野生群体聚为一支;(2)11个群体平均判别准确率为82.4%;(3)壳顶点到体前端(BD)、背前端到腹前端(BH)、背前端到背后端(AC)3项负荷值比较大,是重要的特征参数。SRAP分析结果表明:(1)浙江乐清雁湾野生群体遗传多样性高,其Shannon多样性指数均值为0.481 4,浙江以外区域的为0.402 8,前者比后者高16.3%;(2)乐清湾群体聚成一支。2种标记研究结果同时表明浙江乐清湾野生群体之间具有较高的形态和遗传相似性。     

Association between Burkholderia species and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus spores in soil

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacterial cause of the potentially fatal infection known as melioidosis, has a facultative intracellular lifestyle. The intracellular presence of B. pseudomallei in various eukaryotes including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) spores can be demonstrated in vitro. AMF spores were isolated from soils in a melioidosis-endemic area. B. pseudomallei and other Burkholderia spp. DNA was detected in these AMF spore samples, confirming an AMF spore-Burkholderia spp. association in soils which did not yield Burkholderia spp. by culture. This association may explain the environmental persistence, difficulty of recovery and dispersal of Burkholderia spp. in specific environments.