Boovaraghan Balaji, Marie Josée Poulin, Horst Vierheilig, Yves Piché
{"title":"Responses of an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus, Gigaspora margarita, to Exudates and Volatiles from the Ri T-DNA-Transformed Roots of Nonmycorrhizal and Mycorrhizal Mutants of Pisum sativum L Sparkle","authors":"Boovaraghan Balaji, Marie Josée Poulin, Horst Vierheilig, Yves Piché","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1034","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Balaji, B., Poulin, M. J., Vierheilig, H., and Piché Y. 1995. Responses of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, <em>Gigaspora margarita</em>, to exudates and volatiles from the Ri T-DNA-transformed roots of nonmycorrhizal and mycorrhizal mutants of <em>Pisum sativum</em> L Sparkle. <em>Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 275-283. Transformed root cultures were established from the nonmycorrhizal (Myc<sup>-</sup>) and mycorrhizal (Myc<sup>+</sup>) <em>Pisum sativum</em> L Sparkle mutants to study the biochemical factors necessary for initiating and maintaining the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. Root exudates produced by both the Myc<sup>-</sup> and the Myc<sup>+</sup> mutants inhibited the hyphal growth of <em>Gigaspora margarita</em>, whereas root volatiles from these mutants stimulated the hyphal growth significantly in the precolonization stage. Carbon dioxide is the principal volatile compound necessary for the elongation of hyphae from both the Myc<sup>-</sup> and the Myc<sup>+</sup> transformed roots. The addition of quercetin, a flavonol compound, to the medium with a Myc<sup>-</sup> mutant enriched with an optimal CO<sub>2</sub> improved hyphal elongation and spreading as previously reported but did not cause Myc<sup>-</sup> roots to become mycorrhizal. These results suggest that the root factors may stimulate or inhibit AM fungal growth and that they do not determine the mycorrhizal nature of <em>P. sativum</em> Sparkle mutants.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 275-283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90490617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mitochondrial Plasmids of the Gaeumannomyces-Phialophora Complex and Their Detection by Primed, in Situ Fluorescence Labeling","authors":"Joan M. Henson, The Can Caesar-TonThat","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1033","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Henson, J. M., and Caesar-TonThat, T. C. 1995. Mitochondrial plasmids of the <em>Gaeumannomyces-Phialophora</em> complex and their detection by primed, <em>in situ</em> fluorescence labeling. <em>Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 263-274. Double-stranded, linear DNA mitochondrial plasmids were detected in most <em>Gaeumannomyces graminis</em> var. <em>tritici</em> and var. <em>avenae</em> isolates, but were infrequently detected in <em>G. graminis</em> var. <em>graminis</em> , and only detected once in other <em>Gaeumannomyces</em> or <em>Magnaporthe</em> species. Plasmids were 4-11 kb and were apparently blocked at their 5′ termini, as they were resistant to 5′ → 3′ exonuclease digestion. Two plasmids that shared homology were further characterized. Apparently they were not derived from the mitochondrial or nuclear genomes as they did not hybridize strongly to them. An internal fragment was cloned from one plasmid and used as a primer for primed, <em>in situ</em> labeling with cryosectioned hyphae. Plasmid-bearing strains had fluorescent signal in a pattern expected of a mitochondrial location for plasmids, whereas plasmid-less strains did not fluoresce. This is the first use of cryosectioned hyphae and mitochondrial probes with <em>in situ</em> fluorescence labeling in fungi.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 263-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89777754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michel Chalot, Roger D. Finlay, Hans Ek, Bengt Söderström
{"title":"Metabolism of [15N]Alanine in the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Paxillus involutus","authors":"Michel Chalot, Roger D. Finlay, Hans Ek, Bengt Söderström","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1036","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1036","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Chalot, M., Finlay, R. D., Ek, H., and Söderström, B. 1995. Metabolism of [<sup>15</sup>N]alanine in the ectomycorrhizal fungus <em>Paxillus involutus. Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 297-304. Alanine metabolism in the ectomycorrhizal fungus <em>Paxillus involutus</em> was investigated using [<sup>15</sup>N]alanine. Short-term exposure of mycelial discs to [<sup>15</sup>N]alanine showed that the greatest flow of <sup>15</sup>N was to glutamate and to aspartate. Levels of enrichment were as high as 15-20% for glutamate and 13-18% for aspartate, whereas that of alanine reached 30%. Label was also detected in the amino-N of glutamine and in serine and glycine, although at lower levels. Preincubation of mycelia with aminooxyacetate, an inhibitor of transamination reactions. resulted in complete inhibition of the flow of the label to glutamate, aspartate, and amino-N of glutamine, whereas [<sup>15</sup>N]alanine rapidly accumulated. This evidence indicates the direct involvement of alanine aminotransferase for translocation of <sup>15</sup>N from alanine to glutamate. Alanine may be a convenient reservoir of both nitrogen and carbon.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 297-304"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78999606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin P Nadeau, Gary B Dunphy, Jacques L Boisvert
{"title":"Effects of Physical Factors on the Development of Secondary Conidia of Erynia conica (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales), a Pathogen of Adult Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)","authors":"Martin P Nadeau, Gary B Dunphy, Jacques L Boisvert","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1040","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1040","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nadeau, M. P., Dunphy, G. B., and Boisvert, J. L. 1995. Effects of physical factors on the development of secondary conidia of <em>Erynia conica</em> (Zygomycetes: Entomophthorales), a pathogen of adult black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). <em>Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 324-329. The effects of selected physical factors on the development of secondary type 2 conidia of <em>Erynia conica</em> was studied <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in situ</em>. Conidial germination and sporulation occurred without exogenous nutrients and was not influenced by substratum hardness or hydrophobicity but was influenced by pH, temperature, and charge of the substrata. Germination and sporulation occurred throughout the pH range of 5.5 to 8.0 and temperatures ranging between 5 and 30°C. Both germination and sporulation had the same optimum pH (7.5-8.0) and optimum temperature (10-20°C). The effect of temperature on the pattern of germination of conidia was similar <em>in vitro</em> and <em>in situ</em>. The infective stages of appressorial formation and penetration (observed only <em>in situ</em>) were more affected by temperature than was conidial germination.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 324-329"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90568279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extraction and Characterization of the Insecticidal Toxin Hirsutellin A Produced by Hirsutella thompsonii var. thompsonii","authors":"Wei-Zhen Liu, Drion G. Boucias, Clayton W. McCoy","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1032","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Liu, W.-Z., Boucias, D. G., and McCoy, C. W. 1995. Extraction and characterization of the insecticidal toxin hirsutellin A produced by <em>Hirsutella thompsonii</em> var. <em>thompsonii. Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 254-262. Hirsutellin A (HtA) produced by <em>Hirsutella thompsonii</em> var. <em>thompsonii</em> (strain JAB-04) was extracted and purified using a combination of ion-exchange, gel-permeation, and immunoaffinity chromatography. The identity of the purified HtA was confirmed by amino acid analysis and N-terminal sequencing. Monoclonal antibodies prepared against HtA were capable of detecting 25-50 ng of HtA by direct sandwich ELISA. In addition, utilizing Western blot methods, the antibodies were shown to be specific to HtA. The production of HtA was monitored during submerged fermentation. The peak level of exocellular HtA (13-14 μg/ml) was during the late exponential growth phase (39-45 h), determined by utilizing a combination of densitometric analysis of the 16.3-kDa bands on SDS-PAGE gels and ELISA. HtA production was directly correlated with mycelial growth. Twenty-one-hour culture filtrates were highly toxic to larvae of the greater wax moth. Pure HtA at a final concentration of 40 pmol was highly toxic to <em>Galleria mellonella</em> larvae.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 254-262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19554417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christine Imbert-Bernard, Alexis Valentin, Michèle Mallie, Jean-Marie Bastide
{"title":"Involvement of Candida albicans Cell Wall Proteins in the Adherence of Blastospores to Human Buccal Epithelial Cells","authors":"Christine Imbert-Bernard, Alexis Valentin, Michèle Mallie, Jean-Marie Bastide","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1031","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Imbert-Bernard, C., Valentin, A., Mallie, M., and Bastide, J.-M. 1995. Involvement of <em>Candida albicans</em> cell wall proteins in the adherence of blastospores to human buccal epithelial cells. <em>Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 247-253. The adherence of <em>Candida albicans</em> to epithelial cells is one of the first steps in the development of candidiasis and therefore could constitute an interesting target for the prevention of infection. A yeast cell wall extract was prepared by using a <em>C. albicans</em> isolate (IVP 1453) highly adherent to buccal epithelial cells (BECs). This cell wall extract was separated by concanavalin A-affinity chromatography into two fractions referred to as Fr1 (proteic fraction) and Fr2 (mannoproteic fraction). The adhesion activity was mostly associated with the proteic fraction. This fraction was therefore retained and further fractionated by ion-exchange chromatography into two other fractions, referred to as Fr1a and Fr1b. The adhesion activity was mostly associated with the Fr1b fraction (56.4% adherence inhibition); it was not specific to the <em>C. albicans</em> isolate used during the cell wall extract preparation. The Fr1b fraction contained four major proteins with molecular masses of 30, 38, 47, and 54 kDa. Among these four proteins, those with molecular masses of 38 and 54 kDa could be involved in adherence mechanisms of <em>C. albicans</em> to human BECs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 247-253"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19554416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organism Index for Volume 19","authors":"","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1006/emyc.1995.1043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 336-337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92117092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Superoxide Dismutase: A Differentiation Protein Expressed in Uromyces Germlings during Early Appressorium Development","authors":"J.S. Lamboy, R.C. Staples, H.C. Hoch","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1035","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lamboy, J. S., Staples, R. C., and Hoch H. C. 1995. Superoxide dismutase: A differentiation protein expressed in <em>Uromyces</em> germlings during early appressorium development. <em>Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 284-296. Germlings of the bean rust fungus <em>Uromyces appendiculatus</em> detect penetration sites on the surface of the host leaf by thigmosensing topographical features. Within 2-4 min after the apex of a urediospore germ tube encounters the cuticular lip of a stomate, the germling ceases polarized growth and begins to swell over the aperture. The mechanism by which the cells detect topographical signals is not understood; however, previous experiments indicated that the initiation process does not involve <em>de novo</em> gene expression. In order to detect posttranslational modifications, the protein profiles of induced and noninduced germlings were compared at the earliest stages of appressorium formation, and a 21-kDa differentiation protein was identified by a shift in isoelectric point. The N-terminal amino acid sequence exhibited homology with superoxide dismutase (SOD), and antibodies to a synthetic peptide fragment of the respective sequence recognized cooper/zinc isozymes of SOD in electroblots of native gels. Electroelution of the active enzyme bands and separation by SDS-PAGE indicated that the 21-kDa protein is a component of a tetrameric 85-kDa SOD.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 284-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19554418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Suppressor Mutation Which Suppresses Adenylyl Cyclase Mutations in Neurospora crassa","authors":"Tadako Murayama, Yasuyuki Fujisawa, Yoko Okano","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1039","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Murayama, T., Fujisawa, Y., and Okano, Y. 1995. A suppressor mutation which suppresses adenylyl cyclase mutations in <em>Neurospora crassa. Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 320-323. A spontaneous suppressor mutant, <em>hah</em>, which suppressed the colonial growth of adenylyl cyclase mutants (<em>cr-1</em>) was isolated. The morphology of <em>cr-1 hah</em> was filamentous, but slightly different from that of wild type on solid medium. The <em>hah</em> strain formed many high aerial hyphae, but did not form any conidia. The expression levels of an adenylyl cyclase gene, <em>nac</em>, in both <em>hah</em> and <em>cr-1 hah</em> were much higher than those in wild type or in <em>cr-1</em>. The level of cAMP in <em>cr-1</em> was very low but returned to close to the wild-type level in the <em>cr-1 hah</em> suppressed strain, whereas that in the strain carrying <em>hah</em> alone was similar to or a little higher than that in wild type. The <em>hah</em> gene was located 13.3 map units from <em>inl</em> on the right arm of the linkage group V. The <em>hah</em> mutation was recessive and allele specificity of <em>hah</em> for the suppression of <em>cr-1</em> mutations was weak.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 320-323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19554897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Osmotic Effects on the Polyamine Pathway of Neurospora crassa","authors":"Rowland H. Davis, Janet L. Ristow","doi":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1038","DOIUrl":"10.1006/emyc.1995.1038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Davis, R. H., and Ristow, J. L. 1995. Osmotic effects on the polyamine pathway of <em>Neurospora crassa. Experimental Mycology</em> 19, 314-319. In bacteria, mammals, and certain plants, the induction of the polyamine synthetic enzyme, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), and the accumulation of its product, putrescine, follows osmotic manipulations of cells. In at least some of these cases, this response is indispensable for survival. We wished to determine whether the polyamine pathway of <em>Neurospora crassa</em> was regulated in response to hyper- or hypoosmotic conditions. Unlike ODC of most other classes of organisms, the <em>N. crassa</em> enzyme and the accumulation of putrescine appears to be relatively indifferent to these conditions, either during sudden transitions or in steady-state. We conclude that other mechanisms of osmotic adjustment or tolerance have evolved in <em>N. crassa</em> and perhaps other fungi that obviate the need for putrescine accumulation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":12110,"journal":{"name":"Experimental Mycology","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 314-319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1006/emyc.1995.1038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19554420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}