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Prahl RE, Khan S, Deo RC. The role of internal transcribed spacer 2 secondary structures in classifying mycoparasitic Ampelomyces. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0253772. [PMID: 34191835 PMCID: PMC8244850 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Many fungi require specific growth conditions before they can be identified. Direct environmental DNA sequencing is advantageous, although for some taxa, specific primers need to be used for successful amplification of molecular markers. The internal transcribed spacer region is the preferred DNA barcode for fungi. However, inter- and intra-specific distances in ITS sequences highly vary among some fungal groups; consequently, it is not a solely reliable tool for species delineation. Ampelomyces, mycoparasites of the fungal phytopathogen order Erysiphales, can have ITS genetic differences up to 15%; this may lead to misidentification with other closely related unknown fungi. Indeed, Ampelomyces were initially misidentified as other pycnidial mycoparasites, but subsequent research showed that they differ in pycnidia morphology and culture characteristics. We investigated whether the ITS2 nucleotide content and secondary structure was different between Ampelomyces ITS2 sequences and those unrelated to this genus. To this end, we retrieved all ITS sequences referred to as Ampelomyces from the GenBank database. This analysis revealed that fungal ITS environmental DNA sequences are still being deposited in the database under the name Ampelomyces, but they do not belong to this genus. We also detected variations in the conserved hybridization model of the ITS2 proximal 5.8S and 28S stem from two Ampelomyces strains. Moreover, we suggested for the first time that pseudogenes form in the ITS region of this mycoparasite. A phylogenetic analysis based on ITS2 sequences-structures grouped the environmental sequences of putative Ampelomyces into a different clade from the Ampelomyces-containing clades. Indeed, when conducting ITS2 analysis, resolution of genetic distances between Ampelomyces and those putative Ampelomyces improved. Each clade represented a distinct consensus ITS2 S2, which suggested that different pre-ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) processes occur across different lineages. This study recommends the use of ITS2 S2s as an important tool to analyse environmental sequencing and unveiling the underlying evolutionary processes.
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- Rosa E. Prahl
- School of Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Sciences, Centre for Health Research, Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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Zhu S, Liu Q, He J, Nakajima N, Samarakoon SP, Swe S, Zaw K, Komatsu K. Genetic identification of medicinally used Salacia species by nrDNA ITS sequences and a PCR-RFLP assay for authentication of Salacia-related health foods. J Ethnopharmacol 2021; 274:113909. [PMID: 33588011 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2021.113909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The roots and stems of several Salacia species have been used as traditional medicines, especially in Ayurvedic medical system for the treatment of diabetes, rheumatism, gonorrhea, amenorrhea, skin diseases, etc. Due to reported evidence supporting Salacia's beneficial effects in early-stage diabetes and other lifestyle-related diseases, Salacia-based dietary supplements and health foods have been gaining popularity in Japan and other countries in recent years. However, due to the morphological similarities between Salacia plants, particularly in the medicinally used parts (roots and stems), the authentication of the botanical identities of Salacia-derived products is challenging. AIM OF THIS STUDY This study aims to develop a genetic approach to authenticate the medicinally used Salacia species and to determine the botanical sources of the commercially available Salacia-derived products. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sequences of nuclear DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and chloroplast trnK-rps16 region were determined and compared between 10 plant specimens from three medicinally used Salacia species as well as 48 samples of commercial crude drugs. Moreover, a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay was developed for rapid identification based on the ITS sequences. RESULTS The plant specimens from the three medicinally used Salacia species showed three main types of sequences in both ITS (types I, II, III) and trnK-rps16 (i, ii, iii) regions. Combined the sequences of ITS and trnK-rps16 regions, S. reticulata and S. oblonga had type I-i and type III-iii or similar sequences, respectively. S. chinensis had type II-ii or II(536M)-i sequences. Forty-eight samples of commercial crude drugs were identified based on ITS and trnK-rps16 DNA barcode. A convenient PCR-RFLP assay using Cac8I restriction enzyme was established and applied to identify the botanical sources of health food products purchased from online retailers. All the twelve samples were identified as S. chinensis. CONCLUSION The nrDNA ITS sequences provided useful information to authenticate Salacia species and to elucidate the phylogenetic relationship within the Salacia genus. Genetic identification results revealed that S. chinensis and S. reticulata are the major sources of commercially available Salacia-products. Based on the ITS sequences, a convenient PCR-RFLP assay was established for the identification of the medicinally used Salacia species as well as their derived health food products.
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- Shu Zhu
- Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
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- Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Uchida Wakanyaku Ltd., 4-3-3, Higashi Nippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-8571, Japan
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- Department of Botany, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Health & Sports, 47 Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
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- Department of Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Health & Sports, 47 Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
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- Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
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Choudhury A, Cole RA. Life Cycle of the Trout Cecal Nematode, Truttaedacnitis truttae (Nematoda: Cucullanidae): Experimental and Field Observations. J Parasitol 2019; 105:769-782. [PMID: 31625813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Truttaedacnitis truttae is a cucullanid nematode of primarily salmonine fishes. Brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Europe reportedly become parasitized by ingesting lampreys (Lampetra planeri) carrying infective larvae. However, our field and laboratory observations suggested that North American specimens of T. truttae have an alternative life cycle. High abundances and potential impact of T. truttae in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, in the Colorado River drainage in Grand Canyon, where there are no lampreys, prompted a study on the transmission dynamics of this nematode. Eggs of T. truttae, collected from live gravid females, were incubated in the laboratory. Snails, Physa gyrina and Lymnaea sp., were exposed to T. truttae larvae 3-4 wk later. Active larvae of T. truttae were observed penetrating the intestinal wall of exposed snails, and worm larvae were found in the visceral tissues when examined 1 wk after exposure. Larvae in snails showed little growth and development 2 wk later and corresponded to L3 larvae. Infected snails were fed to hatchery-reared juvenile rainbow trout. Developing stages were subsequently found in the mucosal lining and lumen of trout intestines. Adult male and female (gravid) worms were found in the ceca of trout examined 5-6 mo after consuming infected snails. Larvae found in pepsin/trypsin digests and mucosal scrapings from wild, naturally infected, trout corroborate laboratory findings. Screening of Physa sp. and gammarids collected from Colorado River, Grand Canyon, for natural infections with T. truttae using the ITS1 rDNA marker gave positive results. Truttaedacnitis truttae is the second species, after Truttaedacnitis clitellarius of lake sturgeon, capable of using a snail first intermediate/paratenic host and is similar to several other cucullanids in having a histotropic phase of development in the definitive fish host.
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- Anindo Choudhury
- Division of Natural Sciences, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, DePere, Wisconsin 54115
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- U.S. Geological Survey-National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
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Sugita T, Saito M, Ito T, Kato Y, Tsuboi R, Takeuchi S, Nishikawa A. The Basidiomycetous YeastsCryptococcus diffluensandC. liquefaciensColonize the Skin of Patients with Atopic Dermatitis. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 47:945-50. [PMID: 14695444 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03468.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Our previous research showed that lipophilic yeasts, Malassezia species, colonize the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) at a high frequency. In this study, we found that two basidiomycetous yeasts, Cryptococcus diffluens and C. liquefaciens, colonize the skin significantly more frequently in AD patients than in healthy subjects. Transparent dressings were applied to the skin of 36 AD patients and 30 healthy subjects and then transferred onto Sabouraud dextrose agar. Colonies recovered from the medium were identified by DNA sequence analysis of internal transcribed spacer regions and the D1/D2 26S rRNA gene. C. diffluens and C. liquefaciens were isolated from 42% (15/36) and 33% (12/36) of AD patients and from 20% (6/30) and 20% (6/30) of healthy subjects, respectively. In addition, fungal DNA was extracted directly from the dressings and amplified in a specific nested PCR assay. C. diffluens and C. liquefaciens DNA were detected in dressings from 97% (35/36) and 86% (31/36) of the AD patients and 47% (14/30) and 37% (11/30) of the healthy subjects, respectively. These findings show that Malassezia spp. are not the only yeasts that colonize the skin of AD patients; Cryptococcus spp. also are present in a high proportion of patients. The role of these microorganisms in AD is as yet unknown, but the current findings, in combination with previous results, indicate that C. diffluens, C. liquefaciens, M. globosa, and M. restricta together colonize the skin surface of AD patients at a high frequency.
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- Takashi Sugita
- Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.
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Oshaghi MA, Rassi Y, Hazratian T, Fallah E, Rafizadeh S. Natural infection of wild caught Phlebotomus tobbi to Leishmania infantum in East Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran. J Vector Borne Dis 2013; 50:24-29. [PMID: 23703436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania infantum, which is transmitted to humans by bites of phlebotomine sandflies and is one of the most important public health problems in Iran. To detect and identify the Leishmania parasites and their corresponding vector(s), an investigation was carried out in Azarshahr County, a new and important focus of the disease in East Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran during late April to late October 2010. METHODS Sandflies were sampled using sticky papers (A4 white paper soaked in castor oil) from inside and outside of the houses and animal shelters, close to the vegetation and crevices. The head and three last abdomen segments of the specimens were removed and mounted in Puri's medium for species identification. The rest of body was subjected to molecular methods for detection of leishmanial parasites. RESULTS Among 400 female sandflies tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of kDNA, ITS1-rDNA, and CPB genes of the parasite followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), only 2 out of 8 Phlebotomus tobbi were positive to L. infantum parasites. CONCLUSION The results indicated that, P. tobbi was the only species found infected by L.infantum and the principal vector of the disease agent to human.
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- M A Oshaghi
- Department of Medical Entomology & Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Amro A, Gashout A, Al-Dwibe H, Zahangir Alam M, Annajar B, Hamarsheh O, Shubar H, Schönian G. First molecular epidemiological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Libya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2012; 6:e1700. [PMID: 22724036 PMCID: PMC3378605 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major public health problem in Libya. The objective of this study was to investigate, for the first time, epidemiological features of CL outbreaks in Libya including molecular identification of parasites, the geographical distribution of cases and possible scenarios of parasite transmission. Methodology/Principal Findings We studied 450 patients that came from 49 areas distributed in 12 districts in north-west Libya. The patients' ages ranged from 9 months to 87 years (median age 25 years); 54% of the cases were males. Skin scrapings spotted on glass slides were collected for molecular identification of causative agent. The ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) was amplified and subsequently characterized by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. In total, 195 samples were successfully identified of which 148 (75.9%) were Leishmania major, and 47 (24.1%) Leishmania tropica. CL cases infected with L. major were found in all CL areas whereas L. tropica cases came mainly from Al Jabal Al Gharbi (46.4%), Misrata (17.8%) and Tarhuna districts (10.7%). A trend of seasonality was noticed for the infections with L. major which showed a clear peak between November and January, but was less pronounced for infections by L. tropica. Conclusion The first molecular study on CL in Libya revealed that the disease is caused by L. major and L. tropica and the epidemiological patterns in the different foci were the same as in other Mediterranean foci of CL. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. The disease is characterized by the formation of chronic skin lesions followed by permanent scars and deformation of the infected area. It is distributed in many tropical and subtropical countries with more than 2 million cases every year. During the past few years CL has emerged as a major public health problem in Libya. So far, diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and microscopic observation of parasites. Disease outbreaks were not investigated and the causative leishmanial species of CL were not identified so far. Our study indicates the presence of two coexisting species: Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica. These results are crucial in order to provide accurate treatment, precise prognosis and appropriate public health control measures. The recent armed conflict in Libya that ended with the Gadhafi regime collapse on October 2011 has affected all aspects of the life in the country. In this study we discussed multiple risk factors that could be associated with this conflict and present major challenges that should be considered by local and national health authorities for evaluating the CL burden and highlighting priority actions for disease control.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Protozoan/genetics
- DNA, Protozoan/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Disease Outbreaks
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Leishmania major/classification
- Leishmania major/genetics
- Leishmania major/isolation & purification
- Leishmania tropica/classification
- Leishmania tropica/genetics
- Leishmania tropica/isolation & purification
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/epidemiology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/parasitology
- Libya/epidemiology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phylogeography
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Topography, Medical
- Young Adult
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- Ahmad Amro
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Quds University, Abu-Dies, Jerusalem, Palestine.
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Zhou SM, Fan Y, Zhu XQ, Xie MQ, Li AX. Rapid identification of Streptococcus iniae by specific PCR assay utilizing genetic markers in ITS rDNA. J Fish Dis 2011; 34:265-271. [PMID: 21294750 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2010.01233.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The 16S-23S intergenic spacers (ITS) of ribosomal DNA from ten independent isolates of Streptococcus iniae and one reference strain ATCC29178 were sequenced, aligned and used to design a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primer set for rapid and specific detection and identification of S. iniae. This primer set amplified a 377-bp DNA fragment specifically from S. iniae, but not from other common bacterial pathogens of fish or from non-fish pathogens. The PCR conditions were optimized to allow detection of the organism from agar, broth culture or infected fish tissue. The sensitivity of the PCR assay was established by the detection of DNA as low as 0.02 ng or as few as 10 CFU bacterial cells. The establishment of the specific PCR assay provides a useful tool for the identification and diagnosis of fish infection with S. iniae.
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- S M Zhou
- Key Laboratory for Aquatic Products Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xingang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Aarthi S, Dhinakar Raj G, Raman M, Gomathinayagam S, Kumanan K. Molecular prevalence and preponderance of Eimeria spp. among chickens in Tamil Nadu, India. Parasitol Res 2010; 107:1013-7. [PMID: 20607286 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1971-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Accepted: 06/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Coccidosis is one of the most commonly prevalent and economically important parasitic diseases of poultry worldwide. Chicken coccidia are protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria. This study aimed at analysing the molecular prevalence of seven species of Eimeria infecting chickens in Tamil Nadu, India. Tissue samples (caecum, rectum and upper and mid intestines) collected from chickens exhibiting symptoms of coccidiosis were used for DNA extraction, followed by amplification of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of Eimeria genome with genus-specific primers and speciation in nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with species-specific primers. Of 43 tissue samples examined, 25 were positive in ITS PCR and all the seven species could be identified. However, the prevalence of each species varied. In broilers, Eimeria necatrix was present in all infected chickens with Eimeria brunetti, Eimeria tenella, Eimeria maxima and Eimeria acervulina present in more than 50% of infected chickens, while Eimeria praecox and Eimeria mitis were only present in 11% to 16%. Although only 7 samples were positive among layers, the prevalence was largely similar, but with a higher prevalence of E. praecox and E. mitis and a lower prevalence of E. tenella. Multiple infections were most common, with 2-6 Eimeria species infecting the same chickens. In order to estimate the preponderance of each infecting species of Eimeria, a random cloning technique was adopted. The genus-specific ITS PCR product was cloned in a TA vector and ten clones were randomly picked and used as template for amplification of all the seven genera of Eimeria. If the specific species of Eimeria is preponderant, then the frequency of the clones showing that species-specific PCR amplification would be higher. Using this method, the most preponderant species present in the rectum, mid and upper intestines of layers was assessed to be E. acervulina, E. brunetti and E. necatrix. E. acervulina was present in 60-90%, E. necatrix in 10-30% and E. brunetti in 10-20% of the clones screened, indicating that these species could be the most preponderant Eimeria species. Intervention strategies should aim at these species. This new method of estimating preponderance of infecting Eimeria species could be used to assess the relative importance of each species at the farm or region level instead of relying only on prevalence estimates.
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- S Aarthi
- Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India, 600007
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Jang H, Kim H, Kang B, Kim C, Park H. Oligonucleotide array-based detection and genotyping of mollicutes (Acholeplasma, Mycoplasma, and Ureaplasma). J Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 19:265-270. [PMID: 19349751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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An oligonucleotide array was developed to detect and genotype mollicutes based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence. The results of the assay were compared with those of a PCR-RFLP assay. The proposed oligonucleotide array containing 5 genus- and 23 species-specific probes was able to detect Mycoplasma species, including M. penetrans and M. spermatophilum, that were not detected by the PCRRFLP assay. Therefore, the results demonstrated that the proposed oligonucleotide array was effective for the detection and discrimination of 23 species, including an acholeplasma, 21 mycoplasmas, and a ureaplasma, and showed promise as a countermeasure to ensure that biological products are safe and of good quality.
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- Hyunjung Jang
- Institute for Genomic Medicine, GeneIn Co., Ltd, Busan 617-030, Korea
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Potenza L, Cafiero MA, Camarda A, La Salandra G, Cucchiarini L, Dachà M. Characterization of Dermanyssus gallinae (Acarina: Dermanissydae) by sequence analysis of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions. Vet Res Commun 2009; 33:611-8. [PMID: 19214768 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-009-9210-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In the present work mites previously identified as Dermanyssus gallinae De Geer (Acari, Mesostigmata) using morphological keys were investigated by molecular tools. The complete internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1), 5.8S ribosomal DNA, and ITS2 region of the ribosomal DNA from mites were amplified and sequenced to examine the level of sequence variations and to explore the feasibility of using this region in the identification of this mite. Conserved primers located at the 3'end of 18S and at the 5'start of 28S rRNA genes were used first, and amplified fragments were sequenced. Sequence analyses showed no variation in 5.8S and ITS2 region while slight intraspecific variations involving substitutions as well as deletions concentrated in the ITS1 region. Based on the sequence analyses a nested PCR of the ITS2 region followed by RFLP analyses has been set up in the attempt to provide a rapid molecular diagnostic tool of D. gallinae.
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- L Potenza
- Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Via A. Saffi, 2 Urbino, 61029, Italy.
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Hortal S, Pera J, Parladé J. Tracking mycorrhizas and extraradical mycelium of the edible fungus Lactarius deliciosus under field competition with Rhizopogon spp. Mycorrhiza 2008; 18:69-77. [PMID: 18193298 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-007-0160-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the field persistence of the edible ectomycorrhizal fungus Lactarius deliciosus in competition with two ubiquitous soil fungi. Couples of plants inoculated with either L. deliciosus, Rhizopogon roseolus, or R. luteolus were transplanted, 10 cm apart, in two different sites at the following combinations: L. deliciosus-R. roseolus, L. deliciosus-R. luteolus, L. deliciosus-control (non-inoculated), control-R. roseolus, control-R. luteolus, and control-control. Eight months after transplantation, root colonization and extraradical soil mycelium for each fungal species were quantified. For mycelium quantification, soil cores equidistant to the two plants in each couple were taken, and total deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was extracted. Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis was performed using specific primers and TaqMan Minor groove binding (MGB) probes designed in the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region of each fungal species. Field site significantly influenced persistence of both mycorrhizas and extraradical mycelium of L. deliciosus. Extraradical mycelium quantity was positively correlated with the final percentage of ectomycorrhizas for the three fungal species. Different competitive pressure between the two Rhizopogon species on L. deliciosus persistence was observed, with R. luteolus having no effect on L. deliciosus survival. Negative correlation between the final percentage of mycorrhizas of L. deliciosus and R. roseolus was observed. However, no relationship was determined between extraradical mycelia of both fungal species. The results obtained suggest that competition between L. deliciosus and R. roseolus takes place in the root system, for ectomycorrhiza formation in available roots, rather than in the extraradical phase.
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- Sara Hortal
- Centre de Cabrils, IRTA, Ctra Cabrils, Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain
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Smith ME, Douhan GW, Rizzo DM. Intra-specific and intra-sporocarp ITS variation of ectomycorrhizal fungi as assessed by rDNA sequencing of sporocarps and pooled ectomycorrhizal roots from a Quercus woodland. Mycorrhiza 2007; 18:15-22. [PMID: 17710446 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-007-0148-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2007] [Accepted: 07/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) regions of ribosomal DNA are widely used as markers for phylogenetic analyses and environmental sampling from a variety of organisms including fungi, plants, and animals. In theory, concerted evolution homogenizes multicopy genes so that little or no variation exists within populations or individuals. However, contrary to theory, ITS variation has been confirmed in populations and individuals from a diverse range of eukaryotes. The presence of intraspecific and intra-individual variation in multicopy genes has important implications for ecological and phylogenetic studies, yet relatively little is known about natural variation of these genes, particularly at the community level. In this study, we examined intraspecific and intra-sporocarp ITS variation by DNA sequencing from sporocarps and pooled roots from 68 species of ectomycorrhizal fungi collected at a single site in a Quercus woodland. We detected ITS variation in 27 species, roughly 40% of the taxa examined. Although intraspecific ITS variation was generally low (0.16-2.85%, mean = 0.74%), it was widespread within this fungal community. We detected ITS variation in both sporocarps and ectomycorrhizal roots, and variation was present within species of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, two distantly related lineages within the Fungi. We discuss the implications of such widespread ITS variability with special reference to DNA-based environmental sampling from diverse fungal communities.
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- Matthew E Smith
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, 20 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Pina SMR, Russell-Pinto F, Rodrigues P. Clarification of Cercaria sevillana (Digenea: Microphallidae) life cycle using morphological and molecular data. J Parasitol 2007; 93:318-22. [PMID: 17539414 DOI: 10.1645/ge-836r1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cercaria sevillana is the cercaria larval stage that infects the gonads and the digestive gland of its first intermediate host, Nassarius reticulatus. In this study the decapodous crustacean Carcinus maenas was used to determine if it would serve as second intermediate host in the parasite's life cycle. The latter hypothesis was based on the knowledge that C. maenas is the second intermediate host of several other digenean species. After dissection, it was possible to observe encysted metacercariae in the antennal glands of the green crab. After biochemical excystment, the metacercariae were processed for light and scanning electron microscopy. The morphological features observed led us to conclude that this species was a microphallid fluke, and it was identified as Gynaecotyla longiintestinata. To establish a possible relationship between C. sevillana and this metacercariae, the ITS1 region was analyzed. Thus, DNA was extracted from C. sevillana and from the cysts isolated from the antennal glands. The ITS1 region was amplified and sequenced, and the alignment clearly demonstrated that the cercaria and the metacercariae belonged to the same species, G. longiintestinata.
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- Susana M R Pina
- Laboratory of Aquatic Zoology, ICBAS-Abel Salazar Institute for the Biomedical Sciences, CIIMAR Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, University of Oporto, Lg. Prof Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal
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Capuano F, Rinaldi L, Maurelli MP, Perugini AG, Musella V, Cringoli G. A comparison of five methods for DNA isolation from liver and rumen flukes to perform ITS-2+ amplification. Parassitologia 2007; 49:27-31. [PMID: 18412040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Five different DNA isolation methods (4 commercial kits and a modification of phenol-chloroform method) were compared for the discrimination of adults of Fasciola hepatica and Dicrocoelium dendriticum (liver flukes), and Calicophoron daubneyi (rumen fluke) collected from sheep in southern Italy. The second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2) of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) plus flanking 5.8S and 28S sequence (ITS-2+) was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from serial diluted DNA templates (6 ng - 60 fg) of each fluke species. Overall, in terms of efficiency in detection limit, the best results were obtained either with phenol-chloroform purification or with QIAamp DNA Mini Kit (Qiagen), but using this latter method, rapid, safe and not expensive, an increased level of sensitivity sufficient to detect small amounts of target-DNA was achieved. In addition, electrophoresis analysis following PCR also showed that ITS-2+ could be useful as a genetic marker for the molecular identification of F. hepatica, D. dendriticum and C. daubneyi in definitive and intermediate hosts. Furthermore, for the first time, the ITS-2 sequence of D. dendriticum was defined.
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- F Capuano
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Portici, Napoli, Italy
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Hoppenrath M, Leander BS. Morphology and Phylogeny of the Pseudocolonial Dinoflagellates Polykrikos lebourae and Polykrikos herdmanae n. sp. Protist 2007; 158:209-27. [PMID: 17241813 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Both the photosynthetic and heterotrophic forms of the only known marine benthic (sand-dwelling) species of Polykrikos, namely P. lebourae, were investigated using light and electron microscopy and molecular phylogenetic analyses. The pseudocolonies usually contained eight integrated zooids and two nuclei. Pseudocolonies consisting of four or five zooids and one nucleus were observed for the first time for this species; some of these reduced pseudocolonies contained plastids, while others were heterotrophic and contained taeniocyst-nematocyst complexes. The ultrastructure of the plastids in P. lebourae did not conform to the organization of thylakoids and enveloping membranes present in the peridinin-containing plastids of other photosynthetic dinoflagellates (i.e. stacks of 3 thylakoids and 3 outer membranes). Instead, the plastids in P. lebourae had thylakoids arranged in pairs and appeared to be enveloped by only two membranes. Molecular phylogenetic data using small subunit rDNA demonstrated that the photosynthetic and heterotrophic forms of P. lebourae represent two distinct clades. The more inclusive clade containing both forms of P. lebourae was most closely related to heterotrophic polykrikoids, namely P. kofoidii. These results led us to conclude that the photosynthetic and heterotrophic forms of P. lebourae are in fact two distinct lineages, and the heterotrophic form is described here as Polykrikos herdmanae n. sp.
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- Mona Hoppenrath
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Program in Evolutionary Biology, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada.
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Ranjard L, Echairi A, Nowak V, Lejon DPH, Nouaïm R, Chaussod R. Field and microcosm experiments to evaluate the effects of agricultural Cu treatment on the density and genetic structure of microbial communities in two different soils. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2007; 58:303-15. [PMID: 17064271 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00157.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The effects of Cu amendment on indigenous soil microorganisms were investigated in two soils, a calcareous silty clay (Ep) and a sandy soil (Au), by means of a 1-year field experiment and a two-month microcosm incubation. Cu was added as 'Bordeaux mixture' [CuSO(4), Ca(OH)(2)] at the standard rate used in viticulture (B1=16 kg Cu kg(-1) soil) and at a higher level of contamination (B3=48 kg Cu ha(-1) soil). More extractable Cu was observed in sandy soil (Au) than in silty soil (Ep). Furthermore, total Cu and Cu-EDTA declined with time in Au soil, whereas they remained stable in Ep soil. Quantitative modifications of the microflora were assessed by C-biomass measurements and qualitative modifications were assessed by the characterization of the genetic structure of bacterial and fungal communities from DNA directly extracted from the soil, using B- and F-ARISA (bacterial and fungal automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis). In the field study, no significant modifications were observed in C-biomass whereas microcosm incubation showed a decrease in B3 contamination only. ARISA fingerprinting showed slight but significant modifications of bacterial and fungal communities in field and microcosm incubation. These modifications were transient in all cases, suggesting a short-term effect of Cu stress. Microcosm experiments detected the microbial community modifications with greater precision in the short-term, while field experiments showed that the biological effects of Cu contamination may be overcome or hidden by pedo-climatic variations.
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- Lionel Ranjard
- INRA-Université de Bourgogne, UMR Microbiologie et Géochimie des Sols, CMSE, Dijon, France.
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Amato A, Kooistra WHCF, Ghiron JHL, Mann DG, Pröschold T, Montresor M. Reproductive isolation among sympatric cryptic species in marine diatoms. Protist 2006; 158:193-207. [PMID: 17145201 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2006.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2006] [Accepted: 10/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pseudo-nitzschia is a marine cosmopolitan genus of chain-forming planktonic diatoms. As for the vast majority of phytoplankton organisms, species identification within this genus mostly relies upon morphological features. Taxa were initially identified based on cell shape and gross morphology of their composite silica cell wall, called the frustule. Yet, observations of the frustule in electron microscopy showed many additional characters for species identification and results of molecular studies have demonstrated that genetically distinct groups might exist within morpho-species. However, these studies have not addressed the biological meaning of these genetic differences. Here, we bridge that gap by comparing ultrastructural features and sequence data (three ribosomal and one plastid marker) of 95 strains with results of mating experiments among these strains. Experiments were performed on two morphologically distinct entities: P. delicatissima and P. pseudodelicatissima. Each of the two entities consisted of multiple genetically distinct and reproductively isolated taxa, all occurring in sympatry: P. delicatissima was composed of three phylogenetic and reproductively distinct groups, whereas P. pseudodelicatissima consisted of up to five. Once these taxa had been defined both genetically and biologically, subtle ultrastructural differences could be detected as well. Our findings not only show that cryptic genetic variants abound in sympatry, but also that they are reproductively isolated and, therefore, biologically distinct units.
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- Alberto Amato
- Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy.
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Danovaro R, Luna GM, Dell'anno A, Pietrangeli B. Comparison of two fingerprinting techniques, terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis, for determination of bacterial diversity in aquatic environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:5982-9. [PMID: 16957219 PMCID: PMC1563681 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01361-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We investigated bacterial diversity in different aquatic environments (including marine and lagoon sediments, coastal seawater, and groundwater), and we compared two fingerprinting techniques (terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism [T-RFLP] and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis [ARISA]) which are currently utilized for estimating richness and community composition. Bacterial diversity ranged from 27 to 99 phylotypes (on average, 56) using the T-RFLP approach and from 62 to 101 genotypes (on average, 81) when the same samples were analyzed using ARISA. The total diversity encountered in all matrices analyzed was 144 phylotypes for T-RFLP and 200 genotypes for ARISA. Although the two techniques provided similar results in the analysis of community structure, bacterial richness and diversity estimates were significantly higher using ARISA. These findings suggest that ARISA is more effective than T-RFLP in detecting the presence of bacterial taxa accounting for <5% of total amplified product. ARISA enabled also distinction among aquatic bacterial isolates of Pseudomonas spp. which were indistinguishable using T-RFLP analysis. Overall, the results of this study show that ARISA is more accurate than T-RFLP analysis on the 16S rRNA gene for estimating the biodiversity of aquatic bacterial assemblages.
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- R Danovaro
- Department of Marine Science, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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Tissues from Coffea arabica, C. congensis, C. dewevrei and C. liberica collected in Colombia, Hawaii and at a local plant nursery in Maryland were sampled for the presence of fungal endophytes. Surface sterilized tissues including roots, leaves, stems and various berry parts were plated on yeast-malt agar. DNA was extracted from a set of isolates visually recognized as Penicillium, and the internal transcribed spacer region and partial LSU-rDNA was amplified and sequenced. Comparison of DNA sequences with GenBank and unpublished sequences revealed the presence of 11 known Penicillium species: P. brevicompactum, P. brocae, P. cecidicola, P. citrinum, P. coffeae, P. crustosum, P. janthinellum, P. olsonii, P. oxalicum, P. sclerotiorum and P. steckii as well as two possibly undescribed species near P. diversum and P. roseopurpureum. Ochratoxin A was produced by only four isolates, one isolate each of P. brevicompactum, P. crustosum, P. olsonii and P. oxalicum. The role these endophytes play in the biology of the coffee plant remains enigmatic.
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MESH Headings
- Coffea/microbiology
- Colombia
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Hawaii
- Maryland
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Ochratoxins/biosynthesis
- Penicillium/classification
- Penicillium/isolation & purification
- Penicillium/physiology
- Phylogeny
- Plant Structures/microbiology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- Fernando E Vega
- Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, BARC-W, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA.
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Specimens of Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca from Mount Wuling can be divided into two distinct groups based on obvious differences in morphological characters. Here we investigated 26 specimens of R. chrysoleuca from Mount Wuling, 10 specimens of this species from other areas and seven specimens of other Rhizoplaca species by analyzing morphology, chemistry and genetics. Nine chemotypes were detected among the specimens of R. chrysoleuca from Mount Wuling, and five of them were reported for the first time. Based on the ITS phylogenetic analysis, the chemotypes and the insertion distribution patterns in SSU rDNA, the samples of R. chrysoleuca from Mount Wuling were grouped in two distinct clades corresponding to two phenotypic groups and no gene flow was detected between these two groups. Our results establish all individuals of Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca are conspecific although some populations have been isolated on Mount Wuling, indicating that they are in the process of speciation. Our study also reveals that the relationships between genotypes and chemotypes are complicated and should be avoided, and we instead recommend using single individuals or few individuals from the same site to represent the population or whole species in systematics study. The results also indicate that Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca might provide a good model for studying the speciation of saxicolous lichenized fungi.
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- Ascomycota/chemistry
- Ascomycota/classification
- Ascomycota/genetics
- Benzofurans/analysis
- Chromatography, Thin Layer
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, rRNA/genetics
- Genetic Variation
- Hydroxybenzoates/analysis
- Introns/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Salicylates/analysis
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
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- Qi-Ming Zhou
- Systematic Mycology & Lichenology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, PR China
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Zimmer C, Platz T, Cadez N, Giffhorn F, Kohring GW. A cold active (2R,3R)-(−)-di-O-benzoyl-tartrate hydrolyzing esterase from Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 73:132-40. [PMID: 16847603 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0463-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2006] [Revised: 04/06/2006] [Accepted: 04/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In a screening procedure a pink-colored yeast was isolated from enrichment cultures with (2R,3R)-(-)-di-O-benzoyl-tartrate (benzoyl-tartrate) as the sole carbon source. The organism saar1 was identified by morphological, physiological, and 18S ribosomal DNA/internal transcribed spacer analysis as Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, a basidiomycetous yeast. During growth the yeast hydrolyzed the dibenzoyl ester stoichiometrically to the monoester using the separated benzoate as the growth substrate, before the monoester was further cleaved into benzoate and tartrate, which were both metabolized. The corresponding benzoyl esterase was purified from the culture supernatant and characterized as a monomeric glycosylated 86-kDa protein with an optimum pH of 7.5 and an optimum temperature of 45 degrees C. At 0 degrees C the esterase still exhibited 20% of the corresponding activity at 30 degrees C, which correlates it to psychrophilic enzymes. The esterase could hydrolyze short chain p-nitrophenyl-alkyl esters and several benzoyl esters like benzoyl-methyl ester, ethylene-glycol-dibenzoyl ester, phenyl-benzoyl ester, cocaine, and 1,5-anhydro-D: -fructose-tribenzoyl ester. However feruloyl-ethyl ester was not hydrolyzed. The activity characteristics let the enzyme appear as a promising tool for synthesis of benzoylated compounds for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, or fine chemical applications, even at low temperatures.
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- Cold Temperature
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Enzyme Stability
- Esterases/isolation & purification
- Esterases/metabolism
- Genes, rRNA
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics
- Rhodotorula/classification
- Rhodotorula/enzymology
- Rhodotorula/growth & development
- Rhodotorula/isolation & purification
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Substrate Specificity
- Tartrates/metabolism
- Temperature
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- Christian Zimmer
- Applied Microbiology, Saarland University, Im Stadwald Geb. 2, 66123, Saarbruecken, Germany
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In this study we evaluated the short-term effects of copper, cadmium, and mercury, added singly or in combination at different doses, on soil bacterial community structure using the bacterial automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (B-ARISA) fingerprinting technique. Principal-component analysis of B-ARISA profiles allowed us to deduce the following order of impact: (Cu + Cd + Hg) >> Hg > or = Cd > Cu. These results demonstrated that there was a cumulative effect of metal toxicity. Furthermore, the trend of modifications was consistent with the "hump-backed" relationships between biological diversity and disturbance described by Giller et al. (K. E. Giller, E. Witler, and S. P. McGrath, Soil Biol. Biochem. 30:1389-1414, 1998).
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- L Ranjard
- INRA/Université de Bourgogne, UMR Microbiologie et Géochimie des Sols, CMSE, 17 rue de Sully, B.V. 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France.
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Zhang H, Hong YZ, Xiao YZ, Yuan J, Tu XM, Zhang XQ. Efficient production of laccases by Trametes sp. AH28-2 in cocultivation with a Trichoderma strain. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 73:89-94. [PMID: 16622678 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0430-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2006] [Revised: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 03/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A biocontrol fungus isolated from rotting wood was identified as a Trichoderma strain (named as Trichoderma sp. ZH1) by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of rRNA genes. The laccase yield of Trametes sp. AH28-2 in cocultivation with Trichoderma sp. ZH1 reached 6,210 U l(-1), approximately identical to those induced by toxic aromatic inducers. Cocultures maintained 60-70 % of their highest laccase activity obtained at 5 days after inoculation of the biocontrol fungus, at least for 20 days. Furthermore, a novel laccase isozyme (LacC) was obtained through the fungal interactions. The molecular weight of LacC is about 64 kDa, and its isoelectric point is 6.6. The temperature and pH optimum for LacC to oxidize guaiacol are 55 degrees C and 5.0, respectively. LacC is stable both at 60 degrees C and pH 4.0-8.0. Furthermore, the K (m) values of LacC for various substrates were also determined. Our work demonstrates a safe strategy for the production of industrial laccases, instead of the traditional method of chemical induction.
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- H Zhang
- School of Life Sciences & Modern Experiment Technology Center, Anhui University, 230039, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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Neubert K, Mendgen K, Brinkmann H, Wirsel SGR. Only a few fungal species dominate highly diverse mycofloras associated with the common reed. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:1118-28. [PMID: 16461657 PMCID: PMC1392925 DOI: 10.1128/aem.72.2.1118-1128.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2005] [Accepted: 11/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Plants are naturally colonized by many fungal species that produce effects ranging from beneficial to pathogenic. However, how many of these fungi are linked with a single host plant has not been determined. Furthermore, the composition of plant-associated fungal communities has not been rigorously determined. We investigated these essential issues by employing the perennial wetland reed Phragmites australis as a model. DNA extracted from roots, rhizomes, stems, and leaves was used for amplification and cloning of internal transcribed spacer rRNA gene fragments originating from reed-associated fungi. A total of 1,991 clones from 15 clone libraries were differentiated by restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses into 345 operational taxonomical units (OTUs). Nonparametric estimators for total richness (Chao1 and ACE) and also a parametric log normal model predicted a total of about 750 OTUs if the libraries were infinite. Sixty-two percent of the OTUs sequenced were novel at a threshold of 3%. Several of these OTUs represented undocumented fungal species, which also included higher taxonomic levels. In spite of the high diversity of the OTUs, the mycofloras of vegetative organs were dominated by just a few typical fungi, which suggested that competition and niche differentiation influence the composition of plant-associated fungal communities. This suggestion was independently supported by the results of nested PCR assays specifically monitoring two OTUs over 3 years, which revealed significant preferences for host habitat and host organ.
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- Karin Neubert
- Lehrstuhl Phytopathologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Beszteri B, Acs E, Medlin LK. Ribosomal DNA sequence variation among sympatric strains of the Cyclotella meneghiniana complex (Bacillariophyceae) reveals cryptic diversity. Protist 2005; 156:317-33. [PMID: 16325544 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2005.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2005] [Accepted: 07/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing is one of the most commonly found and intensively studied freshwater diatom species. However, it is considered taxonomically problematic because of its unusually wide ecological range and large frustule ultrastructural variation. As part of a study of morphological and genetic variation in this morphospecies, we surveyed nucleotide variation in the hypervariable D1/D2 regions of the 28S rDNA, in the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region (containing ITS1, the 5.8S rDNA and ITS2) and in the 18S rDNA in a collection of 20 sympatric strains. High genetic variability and strong indications of genetic structure among the Cyclotella meneghiniana strains were found. Representatives of four genetically distinct--apparently reproductively isolated--groups were revealed among them. The random distribution of ITS variation within these four groups indicated that the genetic structure in Cyclotella meneghiniana can probably be explained by the presence of cryptic sexual species rather than by the lack of allogamous sexual reproduction. The morphological features traditionally used for species identification in this group cannot distinguish these putative cryptic species.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Biodiversity
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Diatoms/classification
- Diatoms/genetics
- Genetic Variation
- Germany
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/isolation & purification
- RNA, Ribosomal, 28S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 28S/isolation & purification
- Recombination, Genetic
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Species Specificity
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- Bánk Beszteri
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
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Larue R, Yu Z, Parisi VA, Egan AR, Morrison M. Novel microbial diversity adherent to plant biomass in the herbivore gastrointestinal tract, as revealed by ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis and rrs gene sequencing. Environ Microbiol 2005; 7:530-43. [PMID: 15816930 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00721.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It is well recognized that a dynamic biofilm develops upon plant biomass in the herbivore gastrointestinal tract, but this component of the microbiome has not previously been specifically sampled, or directly compared with the biodiversity present in the planktonic fraction of digesta. In this study, the digesta collected from four sheep fed two different diets was separated into three fractions: the planktonic phase, and the microbial populations either weakly or tightly adherent to plant biomass. The community DNA prepared from each fraction was then subjected to both ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (RISA) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Both types of analysis showed that dietary factors influence community structure, and that the adherent fractions produced more complex profiles. The RIS-clone libraries prepared from the planktonic and adherent populations were then subjected to restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and DNA sequence analyses, which resulted in a far greater degree of discrimination among the fractions. Although many of the sequenced clones from the adherent populations were assigned to various clusters within the low G+C Gram-positive bacteria, the clone libraries from animals consuming an all-grass diet were largely comprised of novel lineages of Clostridium, while in animals consuming the starch-containing diet, Selenomonas and Ruminococcus spp. were the dominant low G+C Gram-positive bacteria. Additionally, the libraries from hay-fed animals also contained clones most similar to asaccharolytic Clostridia, and other Gram-positive bacteria that specialize in the transformation of plant phenolic compounds and the formation of cinnamic, phenylacetic and phenylpropionic acids. These results reveal, for the first time, the phylogeny of adherent subpopulations that specialize in the transformation of plant lignins and other secondary compounds, which potentiate polysaccharide hydrolysis by other members of the biofilm.
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- Ross Larue
- The MAPLE Research Initiative, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Kanoksilapatham W, González JM, Maeder DL, DiRuggiero J, Robb FT. A proposal to rename the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus woesei as Pyrococcus furiosus subsp. woesei. Archaea 2005; 1:277-83. [PMID: 15810438 PMCID: PMC2685572 DOI: 10.1155/2004/513563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pyrococcus species are hyperthermophilic members of the order Thermococcales, with optimal growth temperatures approaching 100 degrees C. All species grow heterotrophically and produce H2 or, in the presence of elemental sulfur (S(o)), H2S. Pyrococcus woesei and P. furiosus were isolated from marine sediments at the same Vulcano Island beach site and share many morphological and physiological characteristics. We report here that the rDNA operons of these strains have identical sequences, including their intergenic spacer regions and part of the 23S rRNA. Both species grow rapidly and produce H2 in the presence of 0.1% maltose and 10-100 microM sodium tungstate in S(o)-free medium. However, P. woesei shows more extensive autolysis than P. furiosus in the stationary phase. Pyrococcus furiosus and P. woesei share three closely related families of insertion sequences (ISs). A Southern blot performed with IS probes showed extensive colinearity between the genomes of P. woesei and P. furiosus. Cloning and sequencing of ISs that were in different contexts in P. woesei and P. furiosus revealed that the napA gene in P. woesei is disrupted by a type III IS element, whereas in P. furiosus, this gene is intact. A type I IS element, closely linked to the napA gene, was observed in the same context in both P. furiosus and P. woesei genomes. Our results suggest that the IS elements are implicated in genomic rearrangements and reshuffling in these closely related strains. We propose to rename P. woesei a subspecies of P. furiosus based on their identical rDNA operon sequences, many common IS elements that are shared genomic markers, and the observation that all P. woesei nucleotide sequences deposited in GenBank to date are > 99% identical to P. furiosus sequences.
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MESH Headings
- Acid Phosphatase/genetics
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Archaeal/chemistry
- DNA, Archaeal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, rRNA
- Geologic Sediments/microbiology
- Hydrogen/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Pyrococcus/classification
- Pyrococcus/genetics
- Pyrococcus/growth & development
- Pyrococcus/isolation & purification
- Pyrococcus/metabolism
- RNA, Archaeal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- Recombination, Genetic
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Synteny
- Terminology as Topic
- rRNA Operon
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- Wirojne Kanoksilapatham
- Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
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- Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
- IRNAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 1052, 41080 Sevilla, Spain
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- Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
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- Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20274, USA
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- Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
- Corresponding author ()
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Langrell SRH. Development of a nested PCR detection procedure for Nectria fuckeliana direct from Norway spruce bark extracts. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 242:185-93. [PMID: 15621436 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2004] [Revised: 10/25/2004] [Accepted: 11/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A pair of primers specific for Nectria fuckeliana, a bark infecting pathogen predominantly of Norway spruce (Picea abies), were designed from comparisons of nucleotide sequences of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of nine isolates from Norway, Lithuania, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Scotland (Larix sp.) and New Zealand (Pinus radiata), and other closely related nectriaceous species, including Neo. Neomacrospora, and 'N'. mammoidea, to which it exhibits taxonomic similarities. Complete ITS sequence homology was observed between each of the nine N. fuckeliana isolates, regardless of geographic provenance, including a previously published Danish strain. Primers Cct1 and Cct2 consistently amplified a single product of 360 bp from DNA prepared from 20 isolates covering the principle range of the disease from Central and Northern Europe, but not from other Neonectria, 'Nectria' or a range of species commonly encountered in forest ecosystems, as well as P. abies or P. radiata DNA. A quick, simple and efficient mechanical lysis procedure for the extraction of high quality total DNA from bark, coupled with post-extraction polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP) chromatography purification, is described to facilitate successful PCR detection of N. fuckeliana direct from bark extracts. Detection of N. fuckeliana from bark preparations was only possible following nested PCR of PVPP purified extracts using universal primers ITS5 and 4 in first round amplification. The identity of products from bark tissues was confirmed by Southern hybridisation and sequencing. Using the above procedure, positive diagnosis of N. fuckeliana was achievable within 5 h and has the potential for full exploitation as both a forest management and ecological research tool. As the DNA extraction procedure described here has been successful in application against other tree species, it has potential for incorporation into other molecular diagnostic systems for other microorganisms responsible for other wood or tree bark diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Fungal/analysis
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/analysis
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/analysis
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Hypocreales/genetics
- Hypocreales/isolation & purification
- Larix/microbiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Picea/microbiology
- Pinus/microbiology
- Plant Bark/microbiology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
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- Stephen R H Langrell
- Laboratoire de Pathologie Forestière, Unité de Recherches en Santé Végétale, Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux, Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique, BP81, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France.
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Vanden Heuvel BD, Benson DR, Bortiri E, Potter D. Low genetic diversity among Frankia spp. strains nodulating sympatric populations of actinorhizal species of Rosaceae, Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae) and Datisca glomerata (Datiscaceae) west of the Sierra Nevada (California). Can J Microbiol 2005; 50:989-1000. [PMID: 15714229 DOI: 10.1139/w04-079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Frankia spp. strains typically induce N2-fixing root nodules on actinorhizal plants. The majority of host plant taxa associated with the uncultured Group 1 Frankia strains, i.e., Ceanothus of the Rhamnaceae, Datisca glomerata (Datiscaceae), and all actinorhizal members of the Rosaceae except Dryas, are found in California. A study was conducted to determine the distribution of Frankia strains among root nodules collected from both sympatric and solitary stands of hosts. Three DNA regions were examined, the 5' end of the 16S rRNA gene, the internal transcribed spacer region between the 16S and 23S rRNA genes, and a portion of the glutamine synthetase gene (glnA). The results suggest that a narrow range of Group 1 Frankia spp. strains dominate in root nodules collected over a large area of California west of the Sierra Nevada crest with no apparent host-specificity. Comparisons with Group 2 Frankia strain diversity from Alnus and Myrica within the study range suggest that the observed low diversity is peculiar to Group 1 Frankia strains only. Factors that may account for the observed lack of genetic variability and host specificity include strain dominance over a large geographical area, current environmental selection, and (or) a past evolutionary bottleneck.
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- California
- Ceanothus/microbiology
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Frankia/classification
- Frankia/genetics
- Frankia/isolation & purification
- Frankia/physiology
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase/genetics
- Magnoliopsida/microbiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Plant Roots/microbiology
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Rosaceae/microbiology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology
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- Brian D Vanden Heuvel
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University--Pueblo, Pueblo, CO 81001-4901, USA.
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Hartmann M, Frey B, Kölliker R, Widmer F. Semi-automated genetic analyses of soil microbial communities: comparison of T-RFLP and RISA based on descriptive and discriminative statistical approaches. J Microbiol Methods 2005; 61:349-60. [PMID: 15767011 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2004] [Accepted: 12/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cultivation independent analyses of soil microbial community structures are frequently used to describe microbiological soil characteristics. This approach is based on direct extraction of total soil DNA followed by PCR amplification of selected marker genes and subsequent genetic fingerprint analyses. Semi-automated genetic fingerprinting techniques such as terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (RISA) yield high-resolution patterns of highly diverse soil microbial communities and hold great potential for use in routine soil quality monitoring, when rapid high throughput screening for differences or changes is more important than phylogenetic identification of organisms affected. Our objective was to perform profound statistical analysis to evaluate the cultivation independent approach and the consistency of results from T-RFLP and RISA. As a model system, we used two different heavy metal treated soils from an open top chamber experiment. Bacterial T-RFLP and RISA profiles of 16S rDNA were converted into numeric data matrices in order to allow for detailed statistical analyses with cluster analysis, Mantel test statistics, Monte Carlo permutation tests and ANOVA. Analyses revealed that soil DNA-contents were significantly correlated with soil microbial biomass in our system. T-RFLP and RISA yielded highly consistent and correlating results and both allowed to distinguish the four treatments with equal significance. While RISA represents a fast and general fingerprinting method of moderate cost and labor intensity, T-RFLP is technically more demanding but offers the advantage of phylogenetic identification of detected soil microorganisms. Therefore, selection of either of these methods should be based on the specific research question under investigation.
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- Martin Hartmann
- Molecular Ecology, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz, Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland
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Hinojo MJ, Llorens A, Mateo R, Patiño B, González-Jaén MT, Jiménez M. Utility of the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms of the intergenic spacer region of the rDNA for characterizing Gibberella fujikuroi isolates. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 27:681-8. [PMID: 15612625 DOI: 10.1078/0723202042369938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In the present report, a total of thirty-one isolates of Gibberella fujikuroi (Sawada) Wollenw. species complex of Fusarium (section Liseola) morphologically classified as F. moniliforme according to the taxonomy of Nelson, Toussoun and Marasas (1983) were analyzed for their ability to produce fumonisin B1 and fumonisin B2 by an optimized liquid chromatographic method. They were isolated from three hosts (Zea mays, Musa sapientum and Pinus pinea). The results indicate that M. sapientum is a preferential host for G. fujikuroi isolates with low or null capacity for producing fumonisins, while isolates from Z. mays and P. pinea are generally high fumonisin producers. The molecular characterization of isolates was carried out in parallel using an optimized, simple and low-cost method for isolating DNA from filamentous fungi and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphisms (PCR-RFLP) of the rDNA intergenic spacer (IGS) region. The haplotypes obtained with Hha I enzyme and combinations of Hha I, EcoR I, Alu I, Pst I and Xho I enzymes provided very characteristic groupings of G. fujikuroi isolates as a function of host type and fumonisin B1 and B2 producing capacity. IGS region restriction patterns showed no relationship to isolate geographical origin. This is the first report on this method's capacity to detect polymorphism permitting discrimination between G. fujikuroi isolates from different hosts and with different toxigenic profiles.
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- María J Hinojo
- Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Shin KS, Park YH, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Cryptococcus taeanensis sp. nov., a new anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast isolated from a salt farm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1365-1368. [PMID: 15879283 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63441-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cryptococcus taeanensis, a new anamorphic yeast species originating from a salt farm on the Taean peninsula in Korea, is described. Strain 3-12(T) grew by budding, contained ubiquinone Q-10 and xylose in cell hydrolysates, utilized d-glucuronate and did not ferment D-glucose. A molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the large-subunit rRNA D1/D2 domain and ITS region sequences placed C. taeanensis near Auriculibuller fuscus and Bullera japonica, recently proposed taxa of the Tremellales. However, these species were distinguishable based on standard physiological tests used for yeast identification, with characteristics including the assimilation of L-sorbose, absence of ballistoconidia, no arbutin hydrolysis and no growth in the presence of 0.01 % cycloheximide. The isolate exhibited the typical physiology of the genus Cryptococcus Vuillemin, but its large-subunit rRNA D1/D2 domain sequence was clearly distinct from previously described species in the genus. Therefore, on the basis of these results, Cryptococcus taeanensis sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is 3-12(T) (=KCTC 17149(T) = CBS 9742(T)).
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MESH Headings
- Antifungal Agents/pharmacology
- Arbutin/metabolism
- Cryptococcus/classification
- Cryptococcus/cytology
- Cryptococcus/isolation & purification
- Cryptococcus/physiology
- Cycloheximide/pharmacology
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, Fungal
- Genes, rRNA
- Geologic Sediments/microbiology
- Glucose/metabolism
- Glucuronates/metabolism
- Korea
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sodium Chloride
- Soil Microbiology
- Sorbose/metabolism
- Ubiquinone/isolation & purification
- Xylose/isolation & purification
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- Kee-Sun Shin
- Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yusong, Daejeon, 305-333, Republic of Korea
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- Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yusong, Daejeon, 305-333, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Drug Discovery, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yusong, Daejeon, 305-333, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Drug Discovery, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yusong, Daejeon, 305-333, Republic of Korea
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Qu Y, Zhou J, Wang J, Fu X, Xing L. Microbial community dynamics in bioaugmented sequencing batch reactors for bromoamine acid removal. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 246:143-9. [PMID: 15869973 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2005] [Revised: 03/03/2005] [Accepted: 04/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Sphingomonas xenophaga QYY with the ability to degrade bromoamine acid (BAA) was previously isolated from sludge samples. The enhancement of BAA removal by strain QYY in sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) was investigated in this study. The results showed that augmented SBRs exhibited stronger abilities to degrade BAA than the non-augmented control one. In order to estimate the relationship between community dynamics and function of augmented SBRs, a combined method based on fingerprints (ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis, RISA) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used. The results indicated that the microbial community dynamics were substantially changed, and the introduced strain QYY was persistent in the augmented systems. This study suggests that it is feasible and potentially useful to enhance BAA removal using BAA-degrading bacteria, such as S. xenophaga QYY.
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MESH Headings
- Anthraquinones/metabolism
- Bacteria/growth & development
- Bacteria/metabolism
- Bioreactors
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial/analysis
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/analysis
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/analysis
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, rRNA
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sphingomonas/growth & development
- Sphingomonas/metabolism
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- Yuanyuan Qu
- School of Environmental and Biological Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalina Linggong Road, Liaoning 116024, PR China
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de Vries RP, Frisvad JC, van de Vondervoort PJI, Burgers K, Kuijpers AFA, Samson RA, Visser J. Aspergillus vadensis, a new species of the group of black Aspergilli. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2005; 87:195-203. [PMID: 15803385 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-004-3194-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2004] [Accepted: 09/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A strain from the group of black Aspergilli was analysed in detail to determine the species to which it belongs. A detailed analysis of morphology, RFLP patterns and metabolite profiles was carried out. In addition, a phylogenetic tree was constructed for the black Aspergilli using the ITS and the beta-tubulin sequences of the individual strains. The new species differs by its poor growth on glycerol and galacturonate and its unique extrolite profile consisting of aurasperone B, nigragillin, asperazine and kotanins. RFLP analysis using three genes as probes also resulted in a unique pattern. These data indicate that the strain was closely related but not identical to Aspergillus foetidus, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus tubingensis. It was therefore designated as a novel species and named Aspergillus vadensis.
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- Ronald P de Vries
- Molecular Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 2, 6703 HA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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de Hoog GS, Matos T, Sudhadham M, Luijsterburg KF, Haase G. Intestinal prevalence of the neurotropic black yeast Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis in healthy and impaired individuals. Mycoses 2005; 48:142-5. [PMID: 15743434 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01083.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A screening of 2300 samples of faeces from humans with and without underlying disease revealed that the black yeast Exophiala dermatitidis is present at a frequency of 5.2 per thousand (n=12). Eight individuals positive for the fungus had diarrhoea at the moment of its isolation, out of 11 where relevant information was available. Judging from repeated isolation over several weeks in one patient, the organism is able to persist in the human intestinal tract.
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- G S de Hoog
- Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Wang QM, Bai FY, Lu HZ, Jia JH, Takashima M. Bullera cylindrica sp. nov., Bullera hubeiensis sp. nov. and Bullera nakasei sp. nov., ballistoconidium-forming yeast species from plant leaves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 54:1877-1882. [PMID: 15388757 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63092-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Among yeasts isolated from plant leaves collected in different regions of China that form whitish or yellowish colonies and symmetrical ballistoconidia, four strains were shown to represent three novel Bullera species by conventional and molecular taxonomic characterization. The novel species are described as Bullera cylindrica sp. nov. (type strain CB 169T = AS 2.2308T = CBS 9744T), Bullera hubeiensis sp. nov. (type strain HX 19.3T = AS 2.2466T = CBS 9747T) and Bullera nakasei sp. nov. (type strain HX 15.5T = AS 2.2435T = CBS 9746T). These three species, and another eight previously described Bullera species represented by Bullera mrakii, formed a strongly supported distinct clade among the hymenomycetous yeasts in each of the phylogenetic trees drawn from the 26S rDNA D1/D2 domain and the internal transcribed spacer region sequences.
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MESH Headings
- Basidiomycota/classification
- Basidiomycota/cytology
- Basidiomycota/genetics
- Basidiomycota/isolation & purification
- China
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, rRNA
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Phylogeny
- Plant Leaves/microbiology
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
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- Qi-Ming Wang
- Systematic Mycology and Lichenology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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- Systematic Mycology and Lichenology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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- Systematic Mycology and Lichenology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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- Systematic Mycology and Lichenology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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- Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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In 2000, the full genome sequence of Ureaplasma parvum (previously known as Ureaplasma urealyticum) serovar 3 was released. In 2002, after prolonged debate, it was agreed that the former U. urealyticum should be divided into two species -- U. parvum and U. urealyticum. To provide additional support for this decision and improve our understanding of the relationship between these two species, the authors studied four 'core' genes or gene clusters in ATCC reference strains of all 14 serovars of U. parvum and U. urealyticum. These 'core' regions were the rRNA gene clusters, the EF-Tu genes (tuf), urease gene clusters and multiple-banded antigen genes (mba). The known U. parvum genome sequences (GenBank accession no. NC_002162) were used as reference. DNA insertions and deletions (indels) were found in all of the gene regions studied, except tuf, but they were found only between, not within, the two species. An incidental finding was that there was inter-copy heterogeneity for rRNA gene cluster sequences. Sequence analysis (sequence heterogeneity and especially indels) of all four selected targets consistently supported the separation of human ureaplasmas into two species. Except for multiple-banded antigen, there was less heterogeneity in amino acid sequences of proteins, between species, than in the nucleic acid sequences of the corresponding genes. The degrees of heterogeneity at the 5' end of the species-specific regions of multiple-banded antigen were almost identical for both amino acid and nucleotide sequences. Analysis of the authors' results provided an interesting case study to help resolve some common problems in the use of sequence data to infer phylogenetic relationships and support taxonomic changes. It is recommended that, to avoid confusion, the new nomenclature be used for human ureaplasmas in future publications.
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- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genes, rRNA/genetics
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/genetics
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Deletion
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Ureaplasma/classification
- Ureaplasma/genetics
- Urease/genetics
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- Fanrong Kong
- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM), Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM), Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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Abraham WR, Strömpl C, Vancanneyt M, Bennasar A, Swings J, Lünsdorf H, Smit J, Moore ERB. Woodsholea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium with a low diversity of polar lipids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 54:1227-1234. [PMID: 15280296 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02943-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two cauliform bacteria (CM243T and CM251) isolated by J. Poindexter from the Atlantic Ocean were characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, TaqI restriction fragment length polymorphism and single-strand conformation polymorphism analyses of the internally transcribed 16S-23S rDNA spacer (ITS1) region, analysis of fatty acids from cellular lipids, mass spectrometry of polar lipids and physiological properties. The two strains showed very low diversity of polar lipids with diacyl-sulfoquinovosyl glycerols as the predominant lipids. The two bacterial strains were observed to have nearly identical 16S rRNA gene sequences and could not be differentiated by their ITS1 regions. The isolates differed from species of the genus Maricaulis by their 16S rRNA gene sequences, polar lipids and fatty acid patterns. On the basis of the genotypic analyses and estimations of phylogenetic similarities, physiological and chemotaxonomic characteristics, it is proposed that the isolates represent a new genus and species, for which the name Woodsholea maritima gen. nov., sp. nov. (type strain CM243T=VKM B-1512T=LMG 21817T) is proposed.
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- Atlantic Ocean
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Caulobacteraceae/classification
- Caulobacteraceae/isolation & purification
- Caulobacteraceae/physiology
- Caulobacteraceae/ultrastructure
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, rRNA
- Lipids/analysis
- Lipids/isolation & purification
- Microscopy
- Microscopy, Electron
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Seawater/microbiology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology
- Water Microbiology
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- Wolf-Rainer Abraham
- GBF - German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- GBF - German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Area de Microbiologia, Campus UIB - Edifici Guillem Colom, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Crta. Valldemossa km 7·5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- GBF - German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- The Macaulay Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK
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Lim YW, Alamouti SM, Kim JJ, Lee S, Breuil C. Multigene phylogenies of Ophiostoma clavigerum and closely related species from bark beetle-attacked Pinus in North America. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 237:89-96. [PMID: 15268942 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2004] [Revised: 05/14/2004] [Accepted: 06/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Leptographium pyrinum, Leptographium terebrantis, Ophiostoma aureum, Ophiostoma clavigerum, and Ophiostoma robustum are very similar in morphology, host trees choice, and the way they are disseminated by bark beetles. Their phylogenetic relationships were clarified using rDNA and protein coding genes including actin, beta-tubulin, and translation elongation factor-1alpha. Protein coding gene trees showed better resolution than the rDNA tree, which generated three clades: O. clavigerum, L. terebrantis/L. pyrinum, and O. robustum/O. aureum. A combined gene phylogenetic tree, which was supported by high bootstrap values, showed that O. aureum, L. pyrinum, O. robustum, and O. clavigerum each formed distinct clades while L. terebrantis was paraphyletic to O. clavigerum. The higher variability of the protein coding genes and the congruity in their phylogenetic results suggested that these genes may be better markers for identifying closely related species. These gene trees have also facilitated the description of the evolutionary relationships among these species.
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- Young Woon Lim
- Department of Wood Science, Chair Forest Products Biotechnology, University of British Columbia, 4036-2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
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Middelhoven WJ. Cryptococcus allantoinivorans sp.nov., an anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast (Tremellales) physiologically resembling other species of the Cryptococcus laurentii complex that degrade polysaccharides and C2 compounds. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2005; 87:101-8. [PMID: 15793619 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-004-1728-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2004] [Accepted: 08/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A novel Cryptococcus species is proposed to accommodate a yeast strain (CBS 9604) able to assimilate allantoin as sole carbon source, a characteristic very uncommon among yeasts. By traditional methods, the strain could not be distinguished from Cryptococcus laurentii, but nucleotide sequences of the D1D2 region of the large subunit (26S) and of the ITS region of ribosomal DNA showed relationship to the Bulleromyces clade of the genus Cryptococcus (order Tremellales) with some Tremella spp. as the closest relatives. A traditional morphological and physiological description of the strain is given. Data on the assimilation of some C2 compounds and polysaccharides are provided and compared with those of other type strains of novel species of the C. laurentii complex.
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- Allantoin/metabolism
- Cryptococcus/classification
- Cryptococcus/isolation & purification
- Cryptococcus/metabolism
- Cryptococcus/physiology
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, rRNA
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Phylogeny
- Polysaccharides/metabolism
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Soil Microbiology
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- Wouter J Middelhoven
- Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Wageningen University, Hesselink van Suchtelenweg 4, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Lim YW, Kim JJ, Chedgy R, Morris PI, Breuil C. Fungal diversity from western redcedar fences and their resistance to ?-thujaplicin. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2005; 87:109-17. [PMID: 15793620 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-004-1729-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2004] [Accepted: 08/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The work reported here investigated the fungal community inhabiting western redcedar fence material with a focus on species colonizing wood below the surface, of which little is known. From seven pieces of fence material, twenty-three different fungal species were isolated and characterized using both traditional morphology and molecular identification methods. The species identified included thirteen ascomycetous and ten basidiomycetous fungi. Isolates were tested for their resistance to beta-thujaplicin - one of the principle fungicidal agents of western redcedar heartwood extractives. Generally, ascomycetous fungi exhibited greater resistance to beta-thujaplicin than basidiomycetous fungi. Interestingly, three ascomycetous and two basidiomycetous species frequently isolated had high tolerance to this compound. These species could be candidate 'pioneer' species that invade and detoxify western redcedar extractives, paving the way for colonization by decay fungi.
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- Young Woon Lim
- Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, 2900-2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Fliegerová K, Hodrová B, Voigt K. Classical and molecular approaches as a powerful tool for the characterization of rumen polycentric fungi. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2005; 49:157-64. [PMID: 15227788 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ribosomal ITS1 and ITS2 fragments from 8 isolates of polycentric rumen anaerobic fungi were PCR-amplified and sequenced; the sequences obtained were aligned with published data and phylogenetic analyses were performed. Analysis of the ITS1 fragment clearly differentiated between the two polycentric genera Orpinomyces and Anaeromyces and this classification is supported by morphological observation. A multi-order phylogram based on ITS2 sequences proved that anaerobic rumen fungi are separated from aerobic chytrids, which form a well-supported monophylum with the highest possible bootstrap proportion values of 100%. Sequence analysis of ITS regions is a powerful tool for classification of anaerobic fungi but morphological description of strains is still necessary because some genera of rumen fungi display a high genetic heterogeneity.
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- K Fliegerová
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czechia.
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Yao YJ, Pegler DN, Chase MW. Molecular variation in thePostia caesiacomplex. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 242:109-16. [PMID: 15621427 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.10.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2004] [Revised: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 10/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) and small-subunit of mitochondrial ribosomal DNA (mt-rDNA) were obtained from 12 different collections initially identified as either Postia caesia or P. subcaesia based on morphological criteria. Sequences of ITS from British collections separate into three clear groups, each with identical sequences, regardless of the lignicolous host and distribution. These British collections can be distinguished morphologically as two groups, (a) thick and larger basidiomata (1.5-5.0x2.0-6.0x3.0-15 cm) with a strigose to tomentose pileus and (b) thin and smaller basidiomata (0.5-2.0x1.0-2.5x1.5-4.0 cm) with a smooth pileus. The former were all collected from hardwoods and the latter from both hardwoods and coniferous woods. Group (a) corresponds to one of the sequence groups, but group (b) displays two different sequences. Two collections from Norway, one from each of the morphological groups, exhibit further sequence variation within the ITS regions, although closer to those of British group (b). Representative sequences of mt-rDNA from each of the three British ITS sequence groups remain distinct, but those from the two Norwegian collections, however, are identical to one of the British groups. Further comparison of basidiospore size revealed no clear distinction among these groups, although the ratio of spore length to spore width is generally greater in group (a). Although there is no clear separation of these collections into two species, there is a clear tendency of variation at both morphological and molecular levels, among them. Differences in morphology and DNA sequences do not warrant species recognition, but do demonstrate high variability within the species complex.
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MESH Headings
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics
- DNA, Mitochondrial/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Norway
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polyporales/classification
- Polyporales/cytology
- Polyporales/genetics
- Polyporales/isolation & purification
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- United Kingdom
- Wood
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- Yi-Jian Yao
- Systematic Mycology and Lichenology Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
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Schaad NW, Postnikova E, Lacy G, Fatmi M, Chang CJ. Xylella fastidiosa subspecies: X. fastidiosa subsp. [correction] fastidiosa [correction] subsp. nov., X. fastidiosa subsp. multiplex subsp. nov., and X. fastidiosa subsp. pauca subsp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:290-300. [PMID: 15214634 DOI: 10.1078/0723-2020-00263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Xylella fastidiosa, a fastidious bacterium causing disease in over 100 plant species, is classified as a single species, although genetic studies support multiple taxons. To determine the taxonomic relatedness among strains of X. fastidiosa, we conducted DNA-DNA relatedness assays and sequenced the 16S-23S intergenic spacer (ITS) region using 26 strains from 10 hosts. Under stringent conditions (Tm -15 degrees C), the DNA relatedness for most X. fastidiosa strains was *70%. However, at high stringency (Tm -8 degrees C), three distinct genotypes (A, B, and C) were revealed. Taxon A included strains from cultivated grape, alfalfa, almond (two), and maple, interrelated by 85% (mean); taxon B included strains from peach, elm, plum, pigeon grape, sycamore, and almond (one), interrelated by 84%; and taxon C included only strains from citrus, interrelated by 87%. The mean reciprocal relatedness between taxons A and B, A and C, and B and C, were 58, 41, and 45%, respectively. ITS results also indicated the same grouping; taxons A and B, A and C, and B and C had identities of 98.7, 97.9, and 99.2%, respectively. Previous and present phenotypic data supports the molecular data. Taxon A strains grow faster on Pierce's disease agar medium whereas B and C strains grow more slowly. Taxon B and C strains are susceptible to penicillin and resistant to carbenicillin whereas A strains are opposite. Each taxon can be differentiated serologically as well as by structural proteins. We propose taxons A, B, and C be named X. fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa [correction] subsp. nov, subsp. multiplex, subsp. nov., and subsp. pauca, subsp. nov., respectively. The type strains of the subspecies are subsp. fastidiosa [correction] ICPB 50025 (= ATTC 35879T and ICMP 15197), subsp. multiplex ICPB 50039 (= ATTC 35871 and ICMP 15199), and subsp. pauca ICPB 50031 (= ICMP 15198).
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- Norman W Schaad
- ARS-USDA, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, Ft. Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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Jan-Roblero J, Magos X, Fernández L, Hernández-Rodríguez C, Le Borgne S. Phylogenetic analysis of bacterial populations in waters of the former Texcoco Lake, Mexico. Can J Microbiol 2004; 50:1049-59. [PMID: 15714236 DOI: 10.1139/w04-102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Molecular techniques were used to compare the compositions of the bacterial communities of the 2 following lagoons from the former soda Texcoco Lake, Mexico: the restored Facultativa lagoon and the Nabor Carrillo lagoon. Ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (RISA) revealed that bacterial communities of the 2 lagoons were different and presented a relatively low diversity. Clone libraries of 16S rDNA genes were constructed, and significant phylotypes were distinguished by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). A representative clone from each phylotype was partially sequenced. Molecular identification and phylogenetic analyses based on ribosomal sequences revealed that the Facultativa lagoon harbored mainly γ- and β-Proteobacteria, low G+C Gram-positive bacteria, and several members of the Halobacteriaceae family of archaea. The Nabor Carrillo lagoon mainly included typical halophilic and alkaliphilic low G+C Gram-positive bacteria, γ-Proteobacteria, and β-Proteobacteria similar to those found in other soda lakes. Several probably noncultured new bacterial species were detected. Three strains were isolated from the Nabor Carrillo lagoon, their partial 16S rDNA sequences were obtained. On this basis, they were identified as Halomonas magadiensis (H1), Halomonas eurihalina (H2), and Staphylococcus sciuri (H3). This is the first study that uses molecular techniques to investigate potential genetic diversity in the Texcoco lakes. In this preliminary evaluation, we infer the presence of alkalophilic, halophilic, or haloalkaliphilic bacteria potentially useful for biotechnology.Key words: bacterial diversity, 16S rDNA gene, soda lakes, former soda Texcoco Lake, Mexico, alkaliphiles, halophiles, haloalkaliphiles.
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- Archaea/classification
- Archaea/genetics
- Archaea/isolation & purification
- Bacteria/classification
- Bacteria/genetics
- Bacteria/isolation & purification
- Betaproteobacteria/classification
- Betaproteobacteria/isolation & purification
- Biodiversity
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Ecosystem
- Gammaproteobacteria/classification
- Gammaproteobacteria/isolation & purification
- Genes, rRNA
- Gram-Positive Bacteria/classification
- Gram-Positive Bacteria/isolation & purification
- Halobacteriaceae/classification
- Halobacteriaceae/isolation & purification
- Halomonas/classification
- Halomonas/isolation & purification
- Mexico
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Staphylococcus/classification
- Staphylococcus/isolation & purification
- Water Microbiology
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- Janet Jan-Roblero
- Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, Col. San Bartolo Atepehuacan, Mexico DF, Mexico
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Five yeast strains belonging to the genus Cryptococcus Vuillemin were isolated from steppe plants and turf collected in the Prioksko-terrasny biosphere reserve (Moscow region, Russia). Sequence analyses of the D1/D2 domains of the 26S rDNA and of the internal transcribed spacer region revealed that these yeast strains and strain CBS 8016 have almost identical sequences and belong to the Holtermannia clade of the Tremellomycetidae (Basidiomycota, Hymenomycetes). A novel species named Cryptococcus festucosus (type strain VKM Y-2930) is proposed to accommodate these strains. Physiological characteristics and mycocin sensitivity patterns distinguishing Cryptococcus festucosus from the other species of this clade are presented.Key words: mycocin sensitivity, rDNA sequencing, Cryptococcus, Holtermannia.
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- Wladyslav I Golubev
- Russia Collection of Microorganisms, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino, Russia.
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Molnar O, Schatzmayr G, Fuchs E, Prillinger H. Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans sp. nov., A New Yeast Species Useful in Biological Detoxification of Various Mycotoxins. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:661-71. [PMID: 15612623 DOI: 10.1078/0723202042369947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A yeast strain isolated from the hindgut of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis (Mastotermitidae) was found to represent a new member of the genus Trichosporon. Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans is closely related to T. loubieri on the basis of the phylogenetic trees based on the D1/D2 region of 26S rDNA, an approx. 600 bp fragment of the 18S rDNA and both ITS regions. However, the two species differ at nine positions in the D1/D2 region of 26S rDNA. The IGS1 region of T. mycotoxinivorans is 401 bp long. T. mycotoxinivorans is distinguished from T. loubieri by its ability to assimilate inulin and galactitol, and its inability to grow at 40 degrees C. The name of this newly isolated strain refers to an important characteristics of T. mycotoxinivorans to detoxify mycotoxins such as ochratoxin A and zearalenone. Therefore this strain can be used for the deactivation of the respective mycotoxins in animal feeds.
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- Animals
- Biodegradation, Environmental
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Disaccharides/metabolism
- Gastrointestinal Tract/microbiology
- Genes, rRNA
- Inulin/metabolism
- Isoptera/microbiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Mycotoxins/metabolism
- Ochratoxins/metabolism
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Temperature
- Trichosporon/classification
- Trichosporon/cytology
- Trichosporon/isolation & purification
- Trichosporon/metabolism
- Zearalenone/metabolism
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- Orsolya Molnar
- Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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Rodríguez-Navarro DN, Camacho M, Leidi EO, Rivas R, Velázquez E. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Rhizobia from Diverse Geographical Origin that Nodulate Pachyrhizus species. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:737-45. [PMID: 15612632 DOI: 10.1078/0723202042369839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Legumes from the genus Pachyrhizus, commonly known as yam bean, are cultivated in several countries from the American continent and constitute an alternative source for sustainable starch, oil and protein production. The endosymbionts of these legumes have been poorly studied although it is known that this legume is nodulated by fast and slow growing rhizobia. In this study we have analyzed a collection of strains isolated in several countries using different phenotypic and molecular methods. The results obtained by SDS-PAGE analysis, LPS profiling and TP-RAPD fingerprinting showed the high diversity of the strains analyzed, although all of them presented slow growth in yeast mannitol agar (YMA) medium. These results were confirmed using 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and complete sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, showing that most strains analyzed belong to different species of genus Bradyrhizobium. Three strains were closely related to B. elkanii and the rest of the strains were related to the phylogenetic group constituted by B. japonicum, B. liaoningense, B. yuanmingense and B. betae. These results support that the study of rhizobia nodulating unexplored legumes in different geographical locations will allow the discovery of new species able to establish legume symbioses.
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- Bacterial Proteins/analysis
- Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification
- Bradyrhizobium/chemistry
- Bradyrhizobium/classification
- Bradyrhizobium/genetics
- Bradyrhizobium/isolation & purification
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial/analysis
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Genes, rRNA
- Lipopolysaccharides/analysis
- Lipopolysaccharides/isolation & purification
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pachyrhizus/microbiology
- Phylogeny
- Proteome/analysis
- Proteome/isolation & purification
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
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- Dulce N Rodríguez-Navarro
- Centro de Formación e Investigación Agraria CIFA Las Torres y Tomejil, Alcalá del Río, Sevilla, Spain.
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Dobson CM, Chaban B, Deneer H, Ziola B. Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, and Lactobacillus zeae isolates identified by sequence signature and immunoblot phenotype. Can J Microbiol 2004; 50:482-8. [PMID: 15381972 DOI: 10.1139/w04-044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Species taxonomy within the Lactobacillus casei group of bacteria has been unsettled. With the goal of helping clarify the taxonomy of these bacteria, we investigated the first 3 variable regions of the 16S rRNA gene, the 16S-23S rRNA interspacer region, and one third of the chaperonin 60 gene for Lactobacillus isolates originally designated as L. casei, L. paracasei, L. rhamnosus, and L. zeae. For each genetic region, a phylogenetic tree was created and signature sequence analysis was done. As well, phenotypic analysis of the various strains was performed by immunoblotting. Both sequence signature analysis and immunoblotting gave immediate identification of L. casei, L. rhamnosus, and L. zeae isolates. These results corroborate and extend previous findings concerning these lactobacilli; therefore, we strongly endorse recent proposals for revised nomenclature. Specifically, isolate ATCC 393 is appropriately rejected as the L. casei type strain because of grouping with isolates identified as L. zeae. As well, because all other L. casei isolates, including the proposed neotype isolate ATCC 334, grouped together with isolates designated L. paracasei, we support the use of the single species L. casei and rejection of the name L. paracasei.
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- Bacterial Proteins/analysis
- Bacterial Proteins/immunology
- Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification
- Chaperonin 60/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Genes, rRNA
- Immunoblotting
- Lactobacillus/classification
- Lactobacillus/genetics
- Lacticaseibacillus casei/classification
- Lacticaseibacillus casei/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Proteome/analysis
- Proteome/immunology
- Proteome/isolation & purification
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology
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- C Melissa Dobson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Nakase T, Jan-ngam H, Tsuzuki S, Lee FL, Jindamorakot S, Potacharoen W, Tanticharoen M, Takashima M. Two new ballistoconidium-forming yeast species, Bullera melastomae and Bullera formosana, found in Taiwan. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:558-64. [PMID: 15490557 DOI: 10.1078/0723202041748118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Two yeast strains, the cells of which contained xylose and Q-10 as the major ubiquinone, were isolated from a plant leaf collected in Taiwan. These yeasts were found to represent two new species of the genus Bullera in the Hymenomycetes. Identification was based on the sequence analysis of the 18S rDNA, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and the D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA. The yeasts are named Bullera melastomae sp. nov. and Bullera formosana sp. nov. In the phylogenetic trees based on 18S rDNA and D1/D2 domain of 26S rDNA sequences, these two species constitute a cluster connected with Dioszegia cluster in the Cryptococcus luteolus lineage.
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MESH Headings
- Basidiomycota/chemistry
- Basidiomycota/classification
- Basidiomycota/cytology
- Basidiomycota/isolation & purification
- Coenzymes
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/isolation & purification
- Melastomataceae/microbiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Phylogeny
- Plant Leaves/microbiology
- Quinones/analysis
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Taiwan
- Ubiquinone/analogs & derivatives
- Ubiquinone/analysis
- Xylose/analysis
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Affiliation(s)
- Takashi Nakase
- Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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