Thermus rehai sp nov., isolated from Rehai of Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China

A yellow-pigmented strain of the genus Thermus, with optimum growth temperatures about 65-70 degreesC, was isolated from the hot springs in Rehai of Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China. Morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics, pigment analysis of RH99-GF7504 strain and its phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA showed that this organism represented a new species of the genus Thermus(1)). This strain had maximum temperatures for growth below 80 degreesC. The new isolate from Rehai of Tengchong could be distinguished from other strains of the genus Thermus by its special structure and by its inability to hydrolyze gelatin and starch. On the basis of phylogenetic analysis, morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics, the name Thermus rehai sp nov is proposed for the species, represented by strain RH99-GF7504 (CCTCC-AB200292).

溶藻细菌DC-L5的分离、鉴定及其溶藻特性

从滇池蓝藻水华集聚区分离获得一株溶藻细菌DC-L5,通过形态及16S rDNA测序分析鉴定为短小芽孢杆菌。用小白鼠进行生物安全实验,小白鼠无中毒症状。研究表明当细菌处于对数生长期时溶藻效果最强,共培养5d使铜锈微囊藻的叶绿素a含量下降83.33%,使惠氏微囊藻、绿色微囊藻、水华束丝藻和水华鱼腥藻4种蓝藻叶绿素a下降率最高为67.6%,最低为58.5%,平均为62.25%。离心沉降后,发现沉淀菌体和无菌上清液对铜锈微囊藻都有溶藻效果,但溶藻效果不及原菌液,推测DC-L5可能是通过直接接触使藻细胞凝聚下沉及进

原生动物单细胞PCR应用初探——以天蓝喇叭虫为例

以天蓝喇叭虫(Stentor coeruleus)为研究对象,探索了单细胞单基因PCR扩增及单细胞全基因组PCR扩增技术在原生动物中的应用.经过不断探索和优化条件后,试验取得了理想的结果.在40例单细胞单基因(SSU rDNA基因全序列)PCR的一次性扩增中,新鲜细胞和经过中性红染色的细胞都获得了100%的成功率,室温下酒精(95%)保存一周的细胞获得了82.5%的成功率.在单细胞全基因组PCR扩增中,采用高效高保真的phi29DNA聚合酶结合随机引物(Random Primer)进行扩增,获得了丰富且质

斑点叉尾鮰套肠症的病原学初步研究

本研究从2例垂死的患败血症并肠套叠的斑点叉尾鮰血液、肝脏及脑组织中分离到2种类型的致病性细菌菌株,经对细菌进行形态观察、生理生化测试和16S rDNA序列分析,分别鉴定为嗜水气单胞菌和荧光假单胞菌;攻毒实验证实它们确为斑点叉尾鮰病鱼的病原。根据药敏实验的结果,及时对病区斑点叉尾鮰进行治疗,连续用药3—5d,发病的叉尾鮰即停止死亡。根据研究结果,文章对斑点叉尾鮰肠套叠发生的原因进行了的分析,提出了不同的观点。

广东中山地区气单胞菌环境株的分离、鉴定及系统发生关系

从广东省中山市的池塘水样、底泥、健康鱼、肠道及稻田土样中用Aeromonas的选择培养基分离到10株气单胞菌。通过生理生化测试、16S rDNA序列测定、与气单胞菌典型菌株的16S rDNA序列进行比对和聚类分析,对它们进行了鉴定,并研究了它们之间的系统发生关系。结果显示该地区环境中气单胞菌的优势种除A.hydrophila(HG1组)外,还有A.caviae(HG4组)、A.jandaei(HG9组)和A.veronii(HG10组),其中后两种是国内新记录。这是国内首次对环境中气单胞菌多样性进行研究。

中国9种嗜子宫线虫系统发育的初步研究

为了探讨鱼类寄生嗜子宫线虫的系统发育关系,测定了8种嗜子宫线虫的ITS rDNA(核糖体转录内间隔区核 糖核酸)序列和9种嗜子宫线虫的18S rDNA(小亚基核糖体核糖核酸)部分序列,并构建了18S rDNA序列的系统发 育树。在比较和分析ITS rDNA和18S rDNA两种分子标记对嗜子宫科线虫系统发育适用性的基础上,分析了嗜子 宫线虫的系统发育关系。结果表明:中国嗜子宫线虫是单系起源;黄颡鱼似嗜子宫线虫、赣州似嗜子宫线虫和棍头 嗜子宫线虫亲缘关系非常接近,可能是较晚形成的种;似嗜子宫线虫属可能应该被

全细胞PCR扩增用于鱼腥藻种类鉴定

传统鉴定藻种的方法主要是通过形态学观察的方法加以判断。蓝藻在自然条件和人工培养过程中 ,其形态、代谢能力等都可能发生变化 ,同时该过程需要的时间长 ,难以区分种或种以下的分类、单位 ,亦难以在水华暴发早期阶段准确鉴定。本文利用rDNA通用引物扩增 ,表明在 5 0 μL的反应体系中加入 2 0个鱼腥藻细胞能扩增出目的条带 ;对已知的鱼腥藻PC基因的分析设计引物 ,在BSA浓度为 0 2 %— 1% (w/v)下 ,全细胞扩增出实验室保存的四种鱼腥藻的部分PC以及PC IGS序列 ,序列分析结果表明PC I

水华藻类的分子鉴定研究进展

中国科学院知识创新工程重大项目 (KZCX1 SW 12 ); 973项目 (2 0 0 2CB412 3 0 0 ); 国家重大环境课题“滇池蓝藻水华污染控制技术研究”(K99 0 5 3 5 0 1); 中国科学院方向性创新课题 (No .2 2 0 3 16)资助

四种臂尾轮虫rDNA16S-23S基因间隔区的序列测定与分析

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二种淡水微囊藻rDNA16S-235基因间隔区的序列测定与分析

本研究采用ＰＣＲ及序列测定的方法，对我国淡水铜绿微囊藻有毒株（Ｍ８６４１）和另一低毒的种类惠氏微囊藻（Ｍ５７４）ｒＤＮＡ１６Ｓ－２３Ｓ基因间隔区进行了序列的测定和分析，结果表明：ｒＤＮＡ１６Ｓ－２３Ｓ基因间隔区可以作为一个精细且稳定的指标，用于微囊藻的分类和鉴定。并从分子水平提出了铜绿微囊藻与惠氏微囊藻在种系发生上有较近缘的关系。本文首次对微囊藻属Ｍｉｃｒｏｃｙｓｔｉｓ　ｒＤＮＡ基因间隔区全序列作了报道，为微囊藻属的鉴定及系统学研究提供了分子基础。

蓝藻OscilatoriaceaerDNA16S-23S基因间隔区的序列分析及其分类学意义

采用末端终止法对蓝藻类颤藻科Ｏｓｃｉｌａｔｏｒｉａｓｐ．ｒＤＮＡ１６Ｓ－２３Ｓ基因间隔区进行了序列测定，获得了Ｏｓｃｉｌａｔｏｒｉａｓｐ．ｒＤＮＡ基因间隔区４２７个核苷酸，其中包含１个异亮氨酸ｔＲＮＡ基因（ｔＲＮＡＩｌｅ）。并通过计算机联网从国际分子生物学数据弹库中获取颤藻科其它种的ｒＤＮＡ基因间隔区序列，通过比较分析，从分子水平对颤藻科Ｏｓｃｉｌａｔｏｒｉａｃｅａｅ属间的某些分类学问题进行了讨论，并根据序列中核苷酸差异值探讨了颤藻科属间界定的分子标准。提出了ｒＤＮＡ基因间隔区是良好的分子标记，可用于“赤

Identification of Prorocentrum minimum and Takayama pulchella by fluorescence in situ hybridization through epifluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry

Partial rDNA sequences of Prorocentrum minimum and Takayama pulchella were amplified, cloned and sequenced. and these sequence data were deposited in the GenBank. Eight oligonucleotide probes (DNA probes) were designed based on the sequence analysis. The probes were employed to detect and identify P. minimum and T. pulchella in unialgal and mixed algal samples with a fluorescence in situ hybridization method using flow cytometry. Epifluorescence micrographs showed that these specific probes labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate entered the algal cells and bound to target sequences, and the fluorescence signal resulting from whole-cell hybridization varied from probe to probe. These DNA probes and the hybridization protocol we developed were specific and effective for P. minimum and T. pulchella, without any specific binding to other algal species. The hybridization efficiency of different probes specific to P. minimum was in the order: PM18S02 > PM28S02 > PM28S01 > PM18S01, and that of the probes specific to T. pulchella was TP18S02 > TP28S01 > TP28S02 > TP18S01. The different hybridization efficiency of the DNA probes could also be shown in the fluorescent signals between the labeled and unlabeled cells demonstrated using flow cytometry. The DNA probes PM18S02, PM28S02; TP18S02 and TP28S01, and the protocol, were also useful for the detection of algae in natural samples.

Morphological and molecular phylogenetic analysis of two Saprolegnia sp (Oomycetes) isolated from silver crucian carp and zebra fish

Two Saprolegnia isolates, JY isolated from silver crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio Bloch) and BMY isolated from zebra fish (Brachydanio rerio Hamilton) came from infections occurring concurrently in different locations in China. To confirm whether the two isolates were from the same Saprolegnia clone, comparative studies have been carried out based on their morphological, physiological and molecular characteristics. Observations showed that morphologically (both asexual and sexual organs) the two isolates were broadly similar and both isolates under-went repeated zoospore emergence. Comparing 704 base pairs of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and the 5.8S rDNA, we found isolates JY and BMY shared an identical ITS sequence with a minor variation (99.6 % similarity). Forty available sequences for representatives Saprolegnia spp. belonged to four phylogenetically separate clades. The two studied isolates fell within clade I that comprised a group of isolates which showed almost an identical ITS sequence but had been identified as a number of different morphological species. our findings suggest that isolates JY and BMY appear to belong to the S. ferax clade and this clade (1) contains a number of closely related phylogenetic species. This is distinct from the more common fish pathogenic isolates, which belong to the S. parasitica clade (III) and are characterized by having cysts decorated by bundles of long hooked hairs and two further clades (II and IV) containing largely saprotrophic or soil born species. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The British Mycological Society.

Aerobic biodegradation of hexachlorobenzene by an acclimated microbial community

The aerobic degradation of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) by an acclimated microbial community which isolated from a contaminated site and acclimated in our laboratory was investigated. The enriched microbial community was capable of biodegrading HCB when cultivated in minimal salts medium and supplied HCB as the sole carbon source. The efficiencies of microbial community in the degradation of HCB under different pH and temperatures were examined. The phylogenetic analysis for the nearly complete sequences of 16S rDNA demonstrated that the bacteria assemblage in the microbial community was dominated by Azospirillum and Alcaligenes groups.

First description of a novel Weissella species as an opportunistic pathogen for rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) in China

Six strains of Gram-positive, catalase-negative, non-motile, irregular short rod-shaped Weissella bacteria, with width and length of 0.5-0.6 and 1.2-2.7 mu m were isolated from diseased rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) in winter of 2007 at a commercial fishery in Jingmen, Hubei province, China. The diseased rainbow trout exhibited hemorrhage in eyes, anal region, intestine and abdomen wall, petechia of liver, some fish with hydrocele in stomach. Six isolates had identical biochemical reactions, phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA sequences, amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), enzymatic profile analysis and antimicrobial susceptibility results, indicating as a single clonal outbreak. But all were different from any other validated twelve Weissella species in the term of physiological and biochemical characters. It is indicated that isolates are phylogenetically closer to Weissella halotolerans, Weissella viridescens and Weissella minor on 16S rDNA phylogenetic analysis result, than to W halotolerans and W viridescens on the result of ARDRA study and enzymatic profile analysis. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was used to scan effective drugs for the therapy of this disease. Experimental infection assays with one isolate were conducted and pathogenicity (by intraperitoneal injection) was demonstrated in rainbow trout O. mykiss (Walbaum) and crucian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) fingerlings. Because no Weissella was detected in fish feedstuffs and pond water, the source of this pathogen remains unknown, and Weissella isolates were regarded as an opportunistic pathogen for rainbow trout. This is the first report of Weissella strains which can cause disease of cultured fish in the world. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.