杉木连栽致害真菌拮抗菌Bacillus subtilis3728的研究

杉木是我国重要的速生丰产树种，分布在北纬21°41′到33°41′，东经102°到122°的广大地区，杉木人工林面积约占我国人工林总面积的1/4，随着连栽代数的增加，土壤中毒和生产力下降程度日趋严重。 本论文以分离自与红树林、珍珠贝、海兔子、海绵、软珊瑚等与海洋动、植物共栖或共生存的106株海洋微生物(54株放线菌，52株细菌)为资源，以杉木连栽致害真菌尖孢镰刀菌萎蔫专化型(Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.vasinfectum)菌株SF2为靶菌，通过平板对峙试验和土壤原位定殖试验，筛选到一株分离自红树林木榄(Bruguiera gymnorrhizo)根际土壤的海洋细菌3728菌株；该菌对SF2具有很强抑菌活性，能够高密度在杉木根际土壤中定殖，对杉木幼苗的生长有一定的促进作用。采用传统的细菌学和分子生物学的鉴定方法对其进行了菌种鉴定，为枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)。 通过对抗菌谱的研究，发现海洋细菌3728除了对杉木连栽主要致害真菌尖孢镰刀菌萎蔫专化型菌株SF2有很强的抑菌活性外，对大豆连作致害菌 (Penicillium purpurogenum)，棉花枯萎病菌(Fusarium oxysporum)，棉花立枯病菌(Rhizoctonia solani)，大豆根腐病菌(Fusarium solani)以及小麦赤霉病菌(Fusarium graminerum)等也有较强的抑制作用。室内模拟试验还表明，在土壤中接种海洋细菌3728后，能够明显增加土壤中氨化细菌和氨化真菌的数量，能够增加土壤中功能性微生物——纤维素分解细菌和纤维素分解真菌的数量和种类，增强了纤维素分解能力。再添加C/N比较低的白三叶草凋落物，土壤中氨化细菌、氨化真菌的数量继续增加，土壤纤维素分解能力更显著提高。这为进一步开展对杉木连栽障碍的生物调控试验，提供了一定的科学依据。

Volatile compounds in Bacillus-fermented soybeans

Thua nao, a traditional, proteolytic, fermented soybean condiment of northern Thailand, was prepared from cooked whole soybeans by natural flora fermentation. The microbial flora during the fermentation was dominated by Bacillus species. The formation of volatile compounds during the fermentation was studied. In addition, the volatile compounds of two samples of commercial dried thua nao and two samples of commercial Japanese natto were analysed. Fermentation led to a large increase in the concentration of total volatile compounds, from 35 mug kg(-1) wet weight in cooked soybeans to 3500 mug kg(-1) wet weight in 72h fermented material. The major volatile compounds in fermented beans were 3-hydroxybutanone (acetoin), 2-methlybutanoic acid, pyrazines, dimethyl disulphide and 2-pentylfuran. Sun drying of 72 h fermented material resulted in the loss of 65% of total volatiles, including important aroma compounds. The commercial dried thua nao samples had low concentrations of total volatile compounds (380 mug kg(-1) wet weight). It is suggested that improved drying/preservation methods are needed to retain aroma compounds in the traditional products. The natto samples were devoid of aldehydes, aliphatic acids and esters, and sulphur compounds, whereas the thua nao samples contained a diversity of these compounds. Previous investigators have reported these compounds in natto and it is not possible to suggest the existence of systematic differences between the volatile compounds in traditional thua nao prepared with an undefined, mixed microbial flora and those in natto fermented with Bacillus subtilis. (C) 2001 Society of Chemical Industry.

Enhanced aglycone production of fermented soybean products by Bacillus species

This study evaluated the effect of starter culture and fermentation period on the isoflavone content of protein-rich soybeans variety TG145. Initially, soybeans were washed, soaked in water for 16 h and autoclaved at 121°C for 40min. Three different bacterial starter cultures (~104 CFU/g) namely Bacillus subtilis BEST195, B. subtilis Asaichiban and B. subtilis TN51 were then added and the fermentation was allowed to proceed at 42°C for 24 h (natto-style) and 72 h (thua nao-style). The quantities of six major isoflavones (daidzin, genistin, glycitin, daidzein, genistein, and glycitein) were then determined in these fermented soybean products using reverse phase HPLC technique. Generally, our results clearly showed that the content of total isoflavones in the fermented products prepared by Bacillus starter cultures greatly increased ranging from 43 to 99% compared to that of the unfermented autoclaved soybeans. In addition, a dramatic increase of aglycones was also observed (> 400%) in the soybean products fermented by Bacillus subtilis strain TN51. This present study suggests a promising use of Bacillus starter cultures in improving isoflavone compounds especially the aglycones which would benefit for novel functional food development.

Controle da ferrugem asiática da soja (Phakopsora packyrhizi) com óleo de café e bacillus spp

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Proteção de Plantas) - FCA

Efeito de produtos alternativos no controle de oídio e Bacillus spp. como promotores de crescimento da soja

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Espécies de Bacillus no controle de Meloidogyne incógnita e Meloidogyne javanica in vitro e na cana-de-açúcar

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Controlling Asian soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) with Bacillus spp. and coffee oil

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Eucalyptus growth promotion by endophytic Bacillus spp

Clonal eucalyptus plantings have increased in recent years; however, some clones with high production characteristics have vegetative propagation problems because of weak root and aerial development. Endophytic microorganisms live inside healthy plants without causing any damage to their hosts and can be beneficial, acting as plant growth promoters. We isolated endophytic bacteria from eucalyptus plants and evaluated their potential in plant growth promotion of clonal plantlets of Eucalyptus urophylla x E. grandis, known as the hybrid, E. urograndis. Eighteen isolates of E. urograndis, clone 4622, were tested for plant growth promotion using the same clone. These isolates were also evaluated for indole acetic acid production and their potential for nitrogen fixation and phosphate solubilization. The isolates were identified by partial sequencing of 16S rRNA. Bacillus subtilis was the most prevalent species. Several Bacillus species, including B. licheniformis and B. subtilis, were found for the first time as endophytes of eucalyptus. Bacillus sp strain EUCB 10 significantly increased the growth of the root and aerial parts of eucalyptus plantlets under greenhouse conditions, during the summer and winter seasons.

SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION, PURIFICATION AND PROPERTIES OF A CDP-DIACYLGLYCEROL - DEPENDENT PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE SYNTHASE IN BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS

A CDP-diacylglycerol dependent phosphatidylserine synthase was detected in three species of gram-positive bacilli, viz. Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium; the enzyme in B. licheniformis was studied in detail. The subcellular distribution experiments in cell-free extracts of B. licheniformis using differential centrifugation, sucrose gradient centrifugation and detergent solubilization showed the phosphatidylserine synthase to be tightly associated with the membrane. The enzyme was shown to have an absolute requirement for divalent metal ion for activity with a strong preference for manganese. The enzyme activity was completely dependent upon the addition of CDP-diacylglycerol to the assay system; the role of the liponucleotide was rigorously shown to be that of phosphatidyl donor and not just a detergent-like stimulator. This enzyme was then solubilized from B. licheniformis membranes and purified to near homogeneity. The purification procedure consisted of CDP-diacylglycerol-Sepharose affinity chromatography followed by substrate elution from blue-dextran Sepharose. The purified preparation showed a single band with an apparent minimum molecular weight of 53,000 when subjected to SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The preparation was free of any phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase, CDP-diacylglycerol hydrolase and phosphatidylserine hydrolase activities. The utilization of substrates and formation of products occurred with the expected stoichiometry. Radioisotopic exchange patterns between related substrate and product pairs suggest a sequential BiBi reaction as opposed to the ping-pong mechanism exhibited by the well studied phosphatidylserine synthase of Escherichia coli. Proteolytic digestion of the enzyme yielded a smaller active form of the enzyme (41,000 daltons) which appears to be less prone to aggregation.^ This has been the first detailed study in a well-defined bacillus species of the enzyme catalyzing the CDP-diacylglycerol-dependent formation of phosphatidylserine; this reaction is the first committed step in the biosynthetic pathway to the major membrane component, phosphatidylethanolamine. Further study of this enzyme may lead to understanding of new mechanisms of phosphatidyl transfer and novel modes of control of phospholipid biosynthetic enzymes. ^

Structure and function of the Bacillus hybrid enzyme GluXyn-1: Native-like jellyroll fold preserved after insertion of autonomous globular domain

The 1,3–1,4-β-glucanase from Bacillus macerans (wtGLU) and the 1,4-β-xylanase from Bacillus subtilis (wtXYN) are both single-domain jellyroll proteins catalyzing similar enzymatic reactions. In the fusion protein GluXyn-1, the two proteins are joined by insertion of the entire XYN domain into a surface loop of cpMAC-57, a circularly permuted variant of wtGLU. GluXyn-1 was generated by protein engineering methods, produced in Escherichia coli and shown to fold spontaneously and have both enzymatic activities at wild-type level. The crystal structure of GluXyn-1 was determined at 2.1 Å resolution and refined to R = 17.7% and R(free) = 22.4%. It shows nearly ideal, native-like folding of both protein domains and a small, but significant hinge bending between the domains. The active sites are independent and accessible explaining the observed enzymatic activity. Because in GluXyn-1 the complete XYN domain is inserted into the compact folding unit of GLU, the wild-type-like activity and tertiary structure of the latter proves that the folding process of GLU does not depend on intramolecular interactions that are short-ranged in the sequence. Insertion fusions of the GluXyn-1 type may prove to be an easy route toward more stable bifunctional proteins in which the two parts are more closely associated than in linear end-to-end protein fusions.

Evaluación del efecto de la inoculación de Bacillus spp. con potencial fijador de nitrógeno en cultivos de Chlorella sorokiniana

El uso de microalgas y PGPBs como principio activo de problemas ambientales ha generado interés científico en los últimos años -- Entre las soluciones propuestas se encuentra el uso de los cocultivos de estos 2 tipos de microrganismos para la formulación de bioinsumos y la biorremedación -- El objetivo de este estudio se centró en evaluar el efecto de la inoculación de Bacillus spp. con potencial fijador de nitrógeno ambiental en cultivos de Chlorella sorokiniana a nivel de matraz -- Se encontró que 10 cepas PGPB, del banco de cepas del grupo CIBIOP de la Universidad EAFIT, probablemente fijaron nitrógeno debido a que crecen en medio NFb -- De las cuales, Bacillus subtilis EA-CB0575 promueve el crecimiento de la microalga Chlorella sorokiniana UTEX 1230, aumentando en un 94% la densidad celular y en 4.5 veces el tamaño de la microalga comparada su crecimiento individual -- Finalmente se usó el método ARA para evaluar fijación de nitrógeno, y se encontró que la bacteria fue capaz de reducir el acetileno en etileno cuando se siembra en medio NFb y BBM libre de nitrógeno, además cuando se cocultivo con la microalga, lo que indicaría que posiblemente la fijación de nitrógeno sea el método de promoción de crecimiento microalgar

Ação de formulações comerciais de Bacillus spp sobre lagartas de Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

Grapholita molesta é uma praga-chave em cultivos de macieira no sul do Brasil. Para controle de suas populações inúmeras intervenções com agrotóxicos são necessárias ao longo da safra. Neste estudo, objetivou-se avaliar a eficiência de formulações comerciais à base de Bacillus spp. no controle de lagartas de primeiro ínstar de G. molesta. O estudo foi realizado em delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado com cinco tratamentos e cinco repetições: B. thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Dipel WG®); B. thuringiensis var. aizawai + kurstaki (Agree®); B. subtilis (Serenade®); B. pumilus (Sonata®) e uma testemunha (água). Cada tratamento foi alocado em uma microplaca contendo 24 células preenchidas com 0,67ml de dieta artificial e 12micronL da solução tratamento (em dose comercial) mais uma lagarta por célula. Os tratamentos foram mantidos em condições controladas e avaliada a mortalidade em 24, 48, 72 e 96 horas. As formulações de B. thuringiensis mostraram eficiência de controle superior aos demais tratamentos e não diferem entre si. Bacillus subtilis e B. pumilus evidenciaram controle da praga, porém, intermediário quando comparado à B. thuringiensis.

Some novel techniques of parameter estimation for the dynamical models in biological systems

Inverse problems based on using experimental data to estimate unknown parameters of a system often arise in biological and chaotic systems. In this paper, we consider parameter estimation in systems biology involving linear and non-linear complex dynamical models, including the Michaelis–Menten enzyme kinetic system, a dynamical model of competence induction in Bacillus subtilis bacteria and a model of feedback bypass in B. subtilis bacteria. We propose some novel techniques for inverse problems. Firstly, we establish an approximation of a non-linear differential algebraic equation that corresponds to the given biological systems. Secondly, we use the Picard contraction mapping, collage methods and numerical integration techniques to convert the parameter estimation into a minimization problem of the parameters. We propose two optimization techniques: a grid approximation method and a modified hybrid Nelder–Mead simplex search and particle swarm optimization (MH-NMSS-PSO) for non-linear parameter estimation. The two techniques are used for parameter estimation in a model of competence induction in B. subtilis bacteria with noisy data. The MH-NMSS-PSO scheme is applied to a dynamical model of competence induction in B. subtilis bacteria based on experimental data and the model for feedback bypass. Numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.

Use of a coupled transcriptional system for consistent overexpression and purification of UDG-Ugi complex and Ugi from Escherichia coli

We have designed a novel coupled transcriptional construct wherein Escherichia coil uracil DNA glycosylase (UDC:) and Bacillus subtilis phage PBS-2 encoded uracil DNA glycosylase inhibitor protein (Ugi) genes were cloned in tandem, downstream of an inducible promoter (P-trc). Use of this bicistronic operon has allowed purification of large amounts of UDG-Ugi complex formed in vivo. The system has also been exploited for purification of large amounts of Ugi. While establishing the expression system, one of the constructs showed detectable suppression of UAG termination codon and resulted in accumulation of a minor population of a putative readthrough polypeptide cor responding to UDG. We discuss the likely occurrence of such a phenomenon in overproduction of other recombinant proteins. Finally, the usefulness of the operon construct in convenient mutational analysis to study the mechanism of UDG-Ugi interaction is also discussed.

Biodegradation of gelatin graft copolymers. IV

Gelatin graft copolymers of different compositions were tested for microbial susceptibility in a synthetic medium with pure cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, and Serratia marcescens. The percent weight losses were recorded over 6 weeks of incubation period in nitrogen-free and nitrogen-rich media. The relationship between [log(rate)] during the first week of the test period and composition of the grafted samples showed a linear behavior. There was no difference in the aggressivity of these bacterial strains. Nitrogen analysis data and pH measurements of the media seem to reinforce our earlier observations. Soil burial tests also indicate degradation of polymer samples under natural weathering conditions. This article also summarizes the salient features of our series of investigations.