Schardl C L, Leuchtmann A, Tsai H F, Collett M A, Watt D M, Scott D B
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40546-0091.
Genetics. 1994 Apr;136(4):1307-17. doi: 10.1093/genetics/136.4.1307.
Seed-borne fungal symbionts (endophytes) provide many cool-season grass species with biological protection from biotic and abiotic stresses. The endophytes are asexual, whereas closely related sexual species of genus Epichloë (Clavicipitales) cause grass choke disease. Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is a host of two endophyte taxa, LpTG-1 (L. perenne endophyte taxonomic grouping one = Acremonium lolii) and LpTG-2, as well as the choke pathogen, Epichloë typhina (represented by isolate E8). Relationships among these fungi and other Epichloë species were investigated by analysis of gene sequences, DNA polymorphisms and allozymes. The results indicate that LpTG-2 is a heteroploid derived from an interspecific hybrid. The LpTG-2 isolates had two copies each of nine out of ten genes analyzed (the exception being the rRNA gene locus), and the profiles for seven of these were composites of those from E. typhina E8 and A. lolii isolate Lp5. Molecular phylogenetic analysis grouped the two beta-tubulin genes of LpTG-2 into separate clades. One (tub2-1) was related to that of E. typhina E8, and the other (tub2-2) to that of A. lolii. The mitochondrial DNA profile of LpTG-2 was similar to that of A. lolii, but its rRNA gene sequence grouped it with E. typhina E8. A proposed model for the evolution of LpTG-2 involves infection of a L. perenne-A. lolii symbiotum by E. typhina, followed by hybridization of the two fungi. Such interspecific hybridization may be a common and important mechanism for genetic variation in Epichloë endophytes.
种子携带的真菌共生体(内生菌)为许多冷季型草种提供了抵御生物和非生物胁迫的生物保护。这些内生菌是无性的,而与Epichloë属(麦角菌目)密切相关的有性物种会导致草窒息病。多年生黑麦草(Lolium perenne)是两种内生菌分类群LpTG - 1(多年生黑麦草内生菌分类群一 = 黑麦草顶孢霉)和LpTG - 2以及窒息病原体Epichloë typhina(以分离株E8代表)的宿主。通过对基因序列、DNA多态性和等位酶的分析,研究了这些真菌与其他Epichloë物种之间的关系。结果表明,LpTG - 2是一种源自种间杂交的异倍体。在分析的十个基因中,LpTG - 2分离株的九个基因各有两个拷贝(rRNA基因座除外),其中七个基因的图谱是Epichloë typhina E8和黑麦草顶孢霉分离株Lp5的图谱组合。分子系统发育分析将LpTG - 2的两个β-微管蛋白基因归入不同的进化枝。一个(tub2 - 1)与Epichloë typhina E8的相关,另一个(tub2 - 2)与黑麦草顶孢霉的相关。LpTG - 2的线粒体DNA图谱与黑麦草顶孢霉的相似,但其rRNA基因序列将其与Epichloë typhina E8归为一类。提出的LpTG - 2进化模型涉及Epichloë typhina对多年生黑麦草 - 黑麦草顶孢霉共生体的感染,随后两种真菌杂交。这种种间杂交可能是Epichloë内生菌遗传变异的一种常见且重要的机制。