协议,以使微生物相互作用的光显微镜在生活玉米丝 (风格组织) 上
Michelle E H Thompson1, Manish N Raizada1
1Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Journal of microbiological methods
|August 30, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了包含的方法来研究玉米丝微生物,包括真菌病原体和有益细菌,使用共聚焦显微镜. 这些协议允许在植物中观察微生物与植物之间的相互作用,同时保持丝的生存能力和实验相关性.
科学领域:
- 植物病理学 植物病理学
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 微生物生态学 微生物生态学
背景情况:
- 玉米丝对于繁殖至关重要,并且是有益微生物和病原体的宿主.
- 使用显微镜研究活体丝上的微生物-植物相互作用是关键,但面临着制和可行性挑战.
- 监管问题和实验需求需要在植物丝研究中包含,具有生物相关性.
研究的目的:
- 开发和介绍用于研究微生物殖民和生活玉米丝上的相互作用的包含方法.
- 为了使在玉米丝上的真菌病原体和细菌内生菌之间的相互作用能够在植物中成像.
- 为在玉米丝上观察微生物殖民和感染途径提供协议.
主要方法:
- 开发了两种方法:一种是使用连接于的丝,另一种是使用脱离的丝片段.
- 这两种方法都使用光标记的微生物 (DsRed标记的细菌,GFP标记的Fusarium graminearum) 进行共聚焦显微镜.
- 协议的重点是保持丝的生存能力,允许研究人员访问,并促进在封闭条件下多重复制.
主要成果:
- 开发的方法成功地允许观察微生物感染,殖民和玉米丝上的相互作用.
- 观察到细菌内植物殖民真菌,丝三体,并通过伤口和切断端进入丝.
- 这些协议在研究Fusarium graminearum和来自丝的细菌内细胞之间的相互作用方面被证明是有效的.
结论:
- 提出的包含方法符合在植物中研究玉米丝和微生物相互作用的标准.
- 这些协议可用于研究各种与丝相关的微生物,包括重要的真菌病原体.
- 这些方法有助于对微生物殖民和玉米生殖结构内的相互作用进行关键的洞察.
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