Enzyme activity and phytohormone production of a mycorrhizal fungus, Laccarialaccata

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 855-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwan Ho

Six isolates of Laccarialaccata, S-167 from a forest nursery and S-238, S-283, S-326, S-444, and S-472 from natural forests, were analyzed for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, and nitrate reductase activity, acid phosphatase isozyme patterns, and IAA and cytokinin production. Differences in enzyme activity and phytohormone production were prominent among the isolates. The patterns of acid phosphatase isozyme could be clearly divided into three host-related groups. Two polymorphic gene loci could be identified as coding for enzymes of acid phosphatase. Two of these gene loci, Acp-b and Acp-c, are characterized by mostly constant, host-dependent frequencies. The other, Acp-d, exhibits allele frequencies related to different habitats. Five isolates share the same Acp-a habitat. Four isolates share the Acp-b habitat, two the Acp-c habitat, and only one isolate, S-238, was from a high elevation at the Acp-d habitat. The isolate from a forest nursery differed strikingly in several characteristics from the other isolates, all of which were from a natural forest. This suggests that nursery soilmanagement practices may select for particular edaphic ecotypes of mycorrhizal fungi.

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 750-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwan Ho

Seventeen isolates, encompassing five genera and eight species of ectomycorrhizal fungi, were compared for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, and nitrate reductase activity. Isolates within species differed in enzyme activity and isozyme patterns by host specificity and site (as exemplified by the genus Suillus). Host and site may have affected phosphatase enzyme activity. Generally, the Douglas-fir associates, which dominate in mesic sites, have higher acid phosphatase activity than pine associates, which mostly occupy xeric sites; however, pine associates from mesic sites also have higher acid phosphatase activity (e.g., S. tomentosus). In four isolates of Amanita muscaria, the effect of site was also apparent. Two of them, which have significantly higher acid phosphatase activity than the others, were isolated from mesic sites. The isozyme pattern of the genus Suillus appeared to be separated by host groups. Other isolates with only one species also differed more or less by host groups. They shared at least one band within host groups, except for the two isolates of Paxillus involutus from different hosts. The P. involutus S-403 isolated from an orchard showed much higher nitrate reductase activity than all other isolates. No apparent differences in nitrate reductase activity were found between the other isolates.


1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwan Ho

Eight isolates of Pisolithustinctorius (Pers.) Coker and Couch (three each from Georgia and northern California and one each from Oregon and Washington) were compared invitro for growth rate, for alkaline and acid phosphatase and nitrate reductase activities, for acid phosphatase isozyme patterns, and for cytokinin, indoleacetic acid, and gibberellin production. Significant differences appeared between isolates for each parameter examined. All isolates showed relatively low phosphatase and nitrate reductase activities. Isolate S-359 from northern California grew the slowest in culture and produced significantly more indoleacetic acid than all other isolates and more cytokinin than six of the other seven isolates; this isolate was also the only one of the eight that did not share at least one acid phosphatase allele with the others in the isozyme analysis.


1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 565 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Perkins ◽  
PA Mcgee

The plant pathology model was tested as an explanation of the distribution of orchid mycorrhizal fungi in the field. The mycorrhizal fungus, Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn AG 6, was isolated from adult plants and protocorms of Pterostylis acuminata R.Br. at a study site and from adult plants at five other locations in the Sydney region. In litter and trap seedlings, R. solani AG 6 was found within 50 cm of adult plants of the orchid P. acuminata and was more abundant close to the host plant. In the laboratory, protocorms of P. acuminata became infected with R. solani AG 6, but not with fungi isolated from the other orchids, P. concinna R.Br., P. ophioglossa R.Br. and Caladenia catenata (Smith) Druce, found at the site. It was concluded that the co-distribution model better explains the distribution of fungus and host in this case.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
G. Nowo Nekou ◽  
A.-M. Sontsa-Donhoung ◽  
. Hawaou ◽  
M. Bahdjolbe ◽  
R. Tobolbaï ◽  
...  

This work aims to assess the leek-arbuscular fungus symbiosis response to the effect of cutting and light exposure on the one hand, and the impact of seedling density on this symbiosis on the other hand. Allium Porrum was grown in a container in two different trials. Four species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus hoi, Scutellospora gregaria, Rhizophagus intraradices and Gigaspora margarita were used to constitute the mycorrhizal inoculum. After 150 days of growth and inoculation, a series of cuts were made on the aerial part (0% = zero cut, 50% = half cut, 100% = whole cut). Plants that had undergone these treatments were placed in shade and sun for 30 days. The leek density per bag was varied by the order of 1, 2, 3 and 4 plant (s) by the pocket density test. Results showed that for 0% of cut in the shade, the vesicle occurrence decreases from 83.33% to 52.22%, and from 90% to 25.5% for 50% of cut in the shade. On the other hand, there is a significant increase in intra-root spores for a complete cut compared to other levels of cuts. For extra-root sporulation, under light, cuts have a negative and weak effect (from -11 to -3%) while in the absence of light, cuts have significant positive effects (from +16 to +61%). Regarding seedling density, the best root colonization (90%) and biomass production (14 g) are obtained with three plants per pot, but it is rather with a density of two plants per pot that extra-root sporulation is higher (153 spores/g). Variation in light, cut level and density significantly affects the development of mycorrhizal fungi.


1986 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1832-1835 ◽  
Author(s):  
P C Patel ◽  
L Aubin ◽  
J Côte

Abstract We investigated two techniques of immunoblotting--the Western blot and the dot blot--for use in detecting prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP, EC 3.1.3.2). We used polyclonal antisera to human PAP, produced in rabbits by hyperimmunization with purified PAP, and PAP-specific monoclonal antibodies in the immunoenzymatic protocols. We conclude that PAP can be readily detected by Western blots with use of polyclonal antisera, but not with monoclonal antibodies. On the other hand, using a dot blot assay, we could easily detect PAP with both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anurag Chaturvedi ◽  
Joaquim Cruz Corella ◽  
Chanz Robbins ◽  
Anita Loha ◽  
Laure Menin ◽  
...  

AbstractEarly-diverging fungi (EDF) are distinct from Dikarya and other eukaryotes, exhibiting high N6-methyldeoxyadenine (6mA) contents, rather than 5-methylcytosine (5mC). As plants transitioned to land the EDF sub-phylum, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF; Glomeromycotina) evolved a symbiotic lifestyle with 80% of plant species worldwide. Here we show that these fungi exhibit 5mC and 6mA methylation characteristics that jointly set them apart from other fungi. The model AMF, R. irregularis, evolved very high levels of 5mC and greatly reduced levels of 6mA. However, unlike the Dikarya, 6mA in AMF occurs at symmetrical ApT motifs in genes and is associated with their transcription. 6mA is heterogeneously distributed among nuclei in these coenocytic fungi suggesting functional differences among nuclei. While far fewer genes are regulated by 6mA in the AMF genome than in EDF, most strikingly, 6mA methylation has been specifically retained in genes implicated in components of phosphate regulation; the quintessential hallmark defining this globally important symbiosis.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Li ◽  
Yanan Sun ◽  
Lihua Jin ◽  
Xiaohong Qiao ◽  
Cong Li ◽  
...  

With the rapid development of point-of-care (POC) technologies, the improvement of sensitive method featured with fast analysis and affordable devices has become an emerging requirement for the practical application. In...


1973 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul V. Maynard ◽  
Euan H. D. Cameron

The C19-steroid 5α-reductase activity in the microsomal fraction of rat adrenal tissue under various hormonal treatments was examined. In intact control rats the activity is similar in both males and females, and after gonadectomy it is markedly increased. Treatment with oestradiol (150μg/day per animal for 7 days) or testosterone propionate (2mg/day per animal for 7 days) lowered the activity of 5α-reductase in castrated animals to approximately the values for intact animals in both sexes, and in intact animals the activity was also decreased by these treatments. The enzyme activity was also decreased by adrenocorticotrophin treatment but to a lesser extent than by the steroid hormones. The activity of the 5α-reductase enzyme in the Snell adrenocortical tumour 494 is very low when incubated as a whole homogenate, but the activity in microsomal material of the tumour was measured and unexpectedly found to be similar to that in intact controls.


1974 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 465-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. H. J. C. Danse ◽  
W. A. Steenbergen-Botterweg

Adipose tissue of piglets with yellow fat disease had increased activity of nonspecific esterase, 5-nucleotidase, and acid phosphatase. Since these enzymes are associated with different cell structures and damage to these structures can result in increased enzyme activity, they are criteria for pathogenetic study of yellow fat disease.


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