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Selected AbstractsCultural Characterization and Conidial Dimorphism in Colletotrichum sublineolumJOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Issue 7-8 2003E. A. Souza-Paccola Abstract Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum sublineolum, is one of the most important diseases of sorghum in Brazil. This fungus showed conidial dimorphism when cultivated on solid or in liquid media. In solid media only falcate conidia were produced, whereas in liquid media the conidia were of variable size, but mostly oval. Wild strains, differentiated by their , and , esterase electrophoretic profiles, were assessed. The effect of different culture media on the production of both conidial types was evaluated. Unlike that of oval conidia, the production of falcate conidia was light-dependent. Some strains failed to produce falcate conidia in solid media, but all produced oval conidia in all the liquid media. The falcate conidia were uninucleate, but oval conidia contained one to three nuclei, although most were uninucleate. Both types of conidia induced symptoms in inoculable sorghum plants under controlled conditions. Both oval and falcate conidia produced mutants after exposure to UV light, and hyphal anastomoses occurred in crosses between mutant conidia carriers of complementary markers. The production of these oval conidia in C. sublineolum is an alternative to pathogenicity tests and genetic studies, especially for strains that sporulate poorly in solid culture media. [source] The murine neurokinin NK1 receptor gene contributes to the adult hypoxic facilitation of ventilationEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, Issue 12 2002Krzysztof Ptak Abstract Substance P and neurokinin-1 receptors (NK1) modulate the respiratory activity and are expressed early during development. We tested the hypothesis that NK1 receptors are involved in prenatal development of the respiratory network by comparing the resting respiratory activity and the respiratory response to hypoxia of control mice and mutant mice lacking the NK1 receptor (NK1,/,). In vitro and in vivo experiments were conducted on neonatal, young and adult mice from wild-type and NK1,/, strains. In the wild strain, immunohistological, pharmacological and electrophysiological studies showed that NK1 receptors were expressed within medullary respiratory areas prior to birth and that their activation at birth modulated central respiratory activity and the membrane properties of phrenic motoneurons. Both the membrane properties of phrenic motoneurons and the respiratory activity generated in vitro by brainstem-spinal cord preparation from NK1,/, neonate mice were similar to that from the wild strain. In addition, in vivo ventilation recordings by plethysmography did not reveal interstrain differences in resting breathing parameters. The facilitation of ventilation by short-lasting hypoxia was similar in wild and NK1,/, neonates but was significantly weaker in adult NK1,/, mice. Results demonstrate that NK1 receptors do appear to be necessary for a normal respiratory response to short-lasting hypoxia in the adult. However, NK1 receptors are not obligatory for the prenatal development of the respiratory network, for the production of the rhythm, or for the regulation of breathing by short-lasting hypoxia in neonates. [source] The role of GAP1 gene in the nitrogen metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during wine fermentationJOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, Issue 1 2009R. Chiva Abstract Aim:, The aim of this study was to analyse the relevance of the general amino acid permease gene (GAP1) of the wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on nitrogen metabolism and fermentation performance. Methods and Results:, We constructed a gap1 mutant in a wine strain. We compared fermentation rate, biomass production and nitrogen consumption between the gap1 mutant and its parental strain during fermentations with different nitrogen concentrations. The fermentation capacity of the gap1 mutant strain was impaired in the nitrogen-limited and -excessive conditions. The nitrogen consumption rate between the wild strain and the mutant was different for some amino acids, especially those affected by nitrogen catabolite repression (NCR). The deletion of GAP1 gene also modified the gene expression of other permeases. Conclusions:, The Gap1 permease seems to be important during wine fermentations with low and high nitrogen content, not only because of its amino acid transporter role but also because of its function as an amino acid sensor. Significance and Impact of the Study:, A possible biotechnological advantage of a gap1 mutant is its scarce consumption of arginine, whose metabolism has been related to the production of the carcinogenic ethyl carbamate. [source] Characterization of Phaffia rhodozyma 3A 4,8 Generated by Low-dose ,-irradiationJOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, Issue 9 2004S.H. Lee ABSTRACT: Astaxanthin content, superoxide dismutase activity, catalase activity, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of astaxanthin-hyperproducing mutant 3A 4,8, previously isolated through repeated rounds of ,-irradiation below 10 kGy and visual screening, was examined and compared with wild strain 67,385 and parent strain 2A2N to characterize its mutant. Astaxanthin content of Phaffia rhodozyma was determined using high-performance liquid chromatography. After 10 d culture, 3A 4,8 produced 2.5 mg/g yeast, 78% higher astaxanthin content than parent strain. Mutant exhibited lower superoxide dismutase and higher catalase activities than parent strain. TEM study showed mutant had smaller-sized mitochondria than parent strain. These results indicate ,-irradiation is an effective means of mutagenesis for production of carotenoidhyperproducing mutants. [source] Elucidation of the molecular structure of lipid A isolated from both a rough mutant and a wild strain of Aeromonas salmonicida lipopolysaccharides using electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometryRAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY, Issue 12 2005Anas El-Aneed The chemical structure of lipid A, isolated by mild acid hydrolysis from a rough mutant and a wild strain of Aeromonas salmonicida lipopolysaccharide, was investigated using electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight (QqToF) hybrid tandem mass spectrometry and showed a great degree of microheterogeneity. The chemical structure of the main constituent of this heterogeneous mixture was identified as a , -D-(1,,,6) linked D-glucosamine disaccharide substituted by two phosphate groups, one being bound to the non-reducing end at position O-4, and the other to the position O-1 of the reducing end of the D-glucosamine disaccharide. The location of the fatty acids linked to the disaccharide backbone was established by identifying diagnostic ions in the conventional QqToF-MS scan. Low-energy collision tandem mass spectrometry analysis of the selected precursor diagnostic ions confirmed, unambiguously, their proposed molecular structures. We have established that myristyloxylauric (C14:0(3- O(12:0))) acid residues were both N-2, and O-3, linked to the non-reducing end of the D-GlcN residue, and that two 3-hydroxymyristic (C14:0(3-OH)) acid chains acylated the remaining positions of the reducing end. The MS and MS/MS data obtained allowed us to determine the complex molecular structure of lipid A. The QqToF-MS/MS instrument has shown excellent superiority over a conventional quadrupole-hexapole-quadrupole tandem instrument which failed to fragment the selected precursor ion. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Fatty acid composition in wild and cultivated pacu and pintado fishEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LIPID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Issue 2 2009Augusto Tanamati Abstract The fatty acid compositions of muscle tissue taken from wild strains of pintado (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans) and pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) fish, which were taken from the Brazilian Pantanal, were compared to the fatty acid compositions of tissue taken from two corresponding cultivated strains, which were fed commercial diets. The cultivated species possessed lipid contents of 12.2% (pacu) and 8.9% (pintado) while the wild species contained 7.9% (pacu) and 2.5% (pintado) lipids. Despite the high lipid contents of the cultivated pintado and pacu, the n -3 polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations in muscle tissue were higher in wild pintado (224.9,mg/g flesh) and wild pacu (485.1,mg/g flesh) than in their respective cultivated strains (129.8 and 106.1,mg/g flesh, respectively). The n -6/n -3 ratios of pacu were 1.2 (wild) and 9.8 (cultivated), and those of pintado were 1.0 (wild) and 7.3 (cultivated). The fatty acid composition of pacu and pintado are strongly influenced by habitat and diet. [source] Chemotactic response of plant-growth-promoting bacteria towards roots of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal tomato plantsFEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY, Issue 3 2003Sushma Gupta Sood Abstract The chemotactic responses of the plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria Azotobacter chroococcum and Pseudomonas fluorescens to roots of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (Glomus fasciculatum) tomato plants were determined. A significantly (P=0.05) greater number of bacterial cells of wild strains were attracted towards vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal tomato roots compared to non-vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal tomato roots. Substances exuded by roots served as chemoattractants for these bacteria. P. fluorescens was strongly attracted towards citric and malic acids, which were predominant constituents in root exudates of tomato plants. A. chroococcum showed a stronger response towards sugars than amino acids, but the response was weakest towards organic acids. The effects of temperature, pH, and soil water matric potential on bacterial chemotaxis towards roots were also investigated. In general, significantly (P=0.05) greater chemotactic responses of bacteria were observed at higher water matric potentials (0, ,1, and ,5 kPa), slightly acidic to neutral pH (6, 6.5 and 7), and at 20,30°C (depending on the bacterium) than in other environmental conditions. It is suggested that chemotaxis of P. fluorescens and A. chroococcum towards roots and their exudates is one of the several steps in the interaction process between bacteria and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal roots. [source] Permethrin resistance ratios compared by two methods of testing nymphs of the German cockroach, Blattella germanicaMEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY, Issue 2 2000H. Ladonni Summary For the German cockroach, Blattella germanica L. (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae), the permethrin resistance ratio (RR) was assessed by topical application and by tarsal contact tests, using first-instar nymphs of five strains from Tehran, Iran. Each test was replicated three or four times with 10 nymphs aged 2,3 days; mortality was scored 24 h post-treatment. The reference susceptible strain showed LD50 permethrin 0.0175 ,l/nymph from topical application, KT50 of 8.41 min and LT50 of 12.82 following tarsal contact with permethrin 15 mg/m2. In four wild strains (F1 generation) the RR varied from 4.14 to 4.7 for mortality after topical application, from 4.2 to 6.45 for mortality and 17,27 for knockdown following tarsal contact tests. Hence, overall knockdown results gave much higher RRs than for mortality data. Resistance ratios based on both methods of treatment were very similar: one strain showed a slightly higher value by topical application (RR 4.6 vs. 4.2, i.e. 1.1-fold difference) whereas the other three strains gave slightly greater RR (1.2,1.4 fold) by tarsal contact. Resistance was abolished by cotreatment with the synergist piperonyl butoxide plus permethrin (ratio 3 : 1 required for full efficacy), indicating that mixed-function oxidases were inhibited as a major metabolic pathway in all four resistant strains. [source] Identification of medically important Aspergillus species by single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) of the PCR-amplified intergenic spacer region Identifizierung humanmedizinisch relevanter Aspergillus-Arten durch Analyse der Einzelstrang-Konformations-Polymorphismen der amplifizierten Intergenic-Spacer-RegionMYCOSES, Issue 11-12 2000P.-M. Rath Aspergillus; Identifizierung; ITS-Region; PCR; SSCP Summary., The amplified 5.8S RNA coding DNA with the neighbouring internal transcribed spacers ITS I and ITS II (ITS I,5.8S rDNA , ITS II) of 27 culture collection strains of Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus niger, and Aspergillus terreus were investigated by single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. All strains showed a polymerase gel electrophoresis (PCR) product of 0.6 kb. Separation of DNA single strands of the PCR product in an acrylamide-bisacrylamide gel containing formamide SSCP resulted in individual patterns for each of the species. A minor variability within the species A. fumigatus and A. flavus did not affect the correct species identification. The results were confirmed when investigating 55 wild strains from patients and the environment. It is concluded that the analysis of the amplified ITS I,5.8S rDNA , ITS II region by SSCP allows the differentiation of the medically most relevant aspergilli. As the method does not require morphologically fully developed fungal colonies, it yields species diagnosis faster than the conventional macroscopic and microscopic identification. Zusammenfassung., Die amplifizierte 5,8S RNA kodierende DNA mit den benachbarten Internal Transcribed Spacern ITS I und ITS II (ITS I,5,8S rDNA , ITS II) von 27 Referenzstämmen der Spezies Aspergillus fumigatus, A. flavus, A. nidulans, A. niger und A. terreus wurde durch Analyse der Einzelstrang-Konformations-Polymorphismen (SSCP) untersucht. Alle Stämme zeigten ein PCR-Produkt mit einer Größe von 0,6 kb. Die SSCP-Muster nach Auftrennung der DNA-Einzelstränge dieses Produktes in einem Acrylamid-Bisacrylamid Gel mit Formamid waren für jede der untersuchten Spezies charakteristisch. Eine geringfügige Variabilität der Muster bei den Spezies A. fumigatus und A. flavus schränkte die Interpretation nicht ein. Die Ergebnisse wurden bei der Analyse von 55 Isolaten von Patienten und aus der Umwelt bestätigt. Die SSCP-Analyse der amplifizierten ITS I,5,8S rDNA , ITS II Region erlaubt somit eine Differenzierung der humanmedizinisch wichtigsten Aspergillus -Spezies vor der Ausbildung charakteristischer makro- und mikromorphologischer Strukturen. [source] Heterosis in fingerlings from a diallel cross between two wild strains of silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus)AQUACULTURE RESEARCH, Issue 11 2009Jeffrey A Guy Abstract Cross-breeding was investigated as a strategy to improve performance of the Australian native freshwater fish, silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus Mitchell) through the exploitation of heterosis during the fingerling phase of production. Growth, and mid and best parent heterosis of two wild strains, Cataract Dam (C,× C,) and Murray River (M,× M,) and their reciprocal crosses (C,× M, and M,× C,) were evaluated in cages and ponds through summer, and in tanks in a re-circulating aquaculture system during winter. The M × C cross grew significantly faster than the reciprocal cross and pure strains in cages and tanks, had the lowest coefficients of variation of weight and length and was 20.9% and 16.0% heavier than mid-parent and best-parent average, respectively, when grown in ponds. Differences in growth between the reciprocal crosses were also evident, with C × M expressing significantly less heterosis in cages and tanks. Faster growth of M × C was attributed to greater appetite; however, at sizes approaching 250 g this feeding vigour diminished. The results of this study suggest that use of the M × C cross has the potential to reduce the length of the culture period and lower costs of silver perch production. [source] | |||||||||||||