Intraspecific variation in gamma-radiation resistance and genomic structure in the filamentous fungus Alternaria alternata: A case study of strains inhabiting chernobyl reactor no. 4

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-187

  Mironenko, Nina V ^a   Alekhina, Irina A ^b   Zhdanova, Nelli N ^c   Bulat, Sergey A ^b  

^a ALL RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (Russian Federation)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ZABOLOTNY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alternaria alternata; Chernobyl; Fungi; Gamma radiation resistance; Genomic diversity; UP PCR

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FUNGUS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SURVIVAL;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; FUNGI;

EID: 0033950167     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1999.1848     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Adachi Y., Watanabe H., Tanabe K., Doke N., Nishimura S., Tsuge T. Nuclear ribosomal DNA as a probe for genetic variability in the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:1993;3197-3205.
2. Bennett J. W. White paper: Genomics for ilamentous fungi. Fungal Genet. Biol. 21:1997;3-7.
3. Beraha L., Smith M. A., Wright W. R. Gamma radiation dose response of some decay pathogens. Phytopathology. 50:1960;474-476.
4. Boreham D. R., Mitchel R. E. J. Heat and radiation stress response regulation in yeast by HSP104. Radiat. Res. 137:1994;190-195.
5. Brendel V., Brocchieri L., Sabdler S. J., Clark A. J., Karlin S. Evolutionary comparisons of RecA-like across all major kingdoms of living organisms. J. Mol. Evol. 44:1997;528-541.
6. Bulat S. A., Kaboev O. K., Mironenko N. V., Ibatullin Ph. M., Luchkina L. A., Suslov A. V. Polymerase Chain Reaction with Universal Primers for study of genomes. Soviet Genet. 28:1992;549-557.
7. Bulat S. A., Lubeck M., Mironenko N., Jensen D. F., Lubeck P. S. UP-PCR analysis and ITSI ribotyping of Trichoderma and Gliocladium. Mycol. Res. 102:1998;933-943.
8. Bulat S. A., Mironenko N. V., Zholkevich Yu G. Genetic structure of soil population of fungus Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.: Fr.: Molecular reidentification of the species and genetic differentiation of the isolates using polymerase chain reaction techniques with universal primers (UP-PCR). Russian J. Genet. 31:1995;315-323.
9. Cooke D. E. L., Forster J. W., Jenkins P. D., Jones D. G., Lewis D. M. Analysis of intraspecific and interspecific variation in the genus Alternaria by use of RAPD-PCR. Ann. Appl. Biol. 132:1998;197-209.
10. Domsch K. H., Gams W., Anderson T. H. Compendium of Soil Fungi. 1980;Academic Press, London.
11. Eisler R. Radiation hazards to fish, wildlife, and invertebrates: A synoptic review. Biol. Rep. 26:1994;1-125.
12. Ellis M. B. Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. 1971;Comm. Mycol. Inst. Kew.
13. Fincham J. R. S., Day P. R., Radford A. Radiation sensitive mutants in fungi. Fincham J. R. S., Day P. R., Radford A. Fungal Genetics. 1979;275-279 Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.
14. Gupta R. S. Phylogenetic analysis of the 90 kD heat shock family of protein sequences and an examination of the relationship among animals, plants, and fungi species. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:1995;1063-1073.
15. Hamer L. From genes to genomes: sequencing of filamentous fungal genomes. Fungal Genet. Biol. 21:1997;8-10.
16. Hatakeyama S., Ito Y., Shimane A, Ishii C., Inoue H. Cloning and charcterization of the yeast RAD1 homolog gene (mus-38) from Neurospora crassa: Evidence for involvement in nucleotide excision repair. Curr. Genet. 33:1998;276-283.
17. Kimura N., Tsuge T. Gene cluster involved in melanin biosynthesis of the filamentous fungus Alternaria alternata. J. Bacteriol. 175:1993;4427-4435.
18. Kiselev P. N., Kashkin K. P., Boltaks Yu. B., Vitovskaya G. A. The acquisition of radioresistivity by a microbe cell inhabiting with an increased level of natural radiation. Microbiology (Moscow). 30:1961;207-213.
19. Kupfer D. M., Reece C. A., Clifton S. W., Roe B. A., Prade R. A. Multicellular Ascomycetous fungal genomes contain more than 8000 genes. Fungal Genet. Biol. 21:1997;364-372.
20. Kusaba M., Tsuge T. Phylogeny of Alternaria fungi known to produce host-specific toxins on the basis of variation in internal transcribed spacers of ribosomal DNA. Curr. Genet. 28:1995;491-498.
21. Larraya L., Penas M. M., Perez G., Santos C., Ritter E., Pisabarro A. G., Ramirez L. Identification of incompatibility alleles and characterisation of molecular markers genetically linked to the A incompatibility locus in the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus. Curr. Genet. 34:1999;486-493.
22. Lubeck P. S., Alekhina I. A., Lubeck M., Bulat S. A. UP-PCR genotyping and rDNA analysis of Ascochyta pisi Lib. J. Phytopathol. 146:1998;51-55.
23. Lubeck M., Alekhina I., Lubeck P. S., Jensen D. F., Bulat S. A. Delineation of Trichoderma harziamm Rifai into two different genotypic groups by a highly robust fingerprinting method, UP-PCR, and UP-PCR product cross-hybridisation. Mycol. Res. 103:1999;289-298.
24. Magan N. Fungi in extreme environments. Wicklow D. T., Soderstrom B. E. The Mycota. IV. Environmental and Microbial Relationships. 1997;99-114 Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
25. Michelmore R. Molecular approaches to manipulation of disease resistance genes. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 15:1995;393-427.
26. Michelmore R. W., Paran I., Kesseli R. V. Identification of markers linked to disease-resistance genes by bulked segregant analysis: a rapid method to detect markers in specific genomic regions by using segregating populations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 88:1991;9828-9832.
27. Middendorp S., Paoletti A., Schiebel E., Bornens M. Identification of a new mammalian centrin gene, more closely related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae CDC31 gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 94:1997;9141-9146.
28. Nasim A., James A. P. Life under conditions of high irradiation. Kushner D. J. Microbial life in extreme environments. 1978;409-439 Acad. Press Inc. London.
29. Nikoh N., Hayase N., Iwabe N., Kuma K., Miyata T. Phylogenetic relationship of the kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, and Fungi, inferred from 23 different protein species. Mol. Biol. Evol. 11:1994;762-768.
30. Palumbi S. R. Nucleic acids. II. The polymerase chain reaction. Hillis D. M., Moritz C., Mable B. K. Molecular Systematics. 1996;205-247 Sinauer Associates, Massachusetts.
31. Pointing S., Jones E. B. G., Jones M. Radiosensitivity of fungi isolated from waterlogged archaeological wood. Mycoscience. 37:1996;455-458.
32. Radicella J. P., Dherin C., Desmaze C., Fox M. S., Boiteux S. Cloning and characterization of hOGG1, a human homolog of the OGG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 94:1997;8010-8015.
33. Rice M. C., Smith S. T., Bullrich F., Havre P., Kmiec E. B. Isolation of human and mouse genes based on homology to REC2, a recombinational repair gene from the fungus Ustilago maydis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 94:1997;7417-7422.
34. Saleh Y. G., Mayo M. S., Ahearn D. G. Resistance of some common fungi to gamma irradiation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54:1988;2134-2135.
35. Savva D. Use of DNA fingerprinting to detect genotoxic effects. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 41:1998;103-106.
36. Schlick A., Kuhls K., Lieckfeldt E., Borner T., Messner K. Fingerprinting reveals gamma-ray induced mutations in fungal DNA: Implicatins for identification of patent strains of Trichoderma harzianum. Curr. Genet. 26:1994;74-78.
37. Sharma T. R., Tewari J. P. RAPD analysis of three Alternaria species pathogenic to crucifers. Mycol. Res. 102:1998;807-814.
38. Simmons E. G. Alternaria themes and variations (27-53). Mycotaxon. 37:1990;79-119.
39. Simmons E. G. Alternaria taxonomy: Current status, veiwpoint, challenge. Chelkowski J., Visconti A. Alternaria Biology, Plant Diseases and Metabolism. 1992;1-35 Elsevier, Amsterdam.
40. Stall R. E. An investigation of nuclear number in Alternaria solani. Am. J. Botany. 45:1958;657-659.
41. Strike P., Osman F. Fungal responses to DNA damage. Jennings D. H. Stress Tolerance of Fungi. 1993;297-338 Dekker, New York.
42. Takeuchi T., Kuninaga S. Genetic relationships in Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides determined from DNA relatedness. Mycol. Res. 98:1994;1059-1064.
43. Wang D. Y.-C., Kumar S., Hedges S. B. Divergence item estimates for the early history of animal phyla and the origin of plants, animals and fungi. Proc. R. Soc. London B. 266:1999;163-171.
44. Weir T. L., Huff D. R., Christ B. J., Romaine C. P. RAPD-PCR analysis of genetic variation among isolates of Alternaria solani and Alternaria alternata from potato and tomato. Mycologia. 90:1998;813-821.
45. Zakharov Y. A., Kriviskiy A. S. Radiation Genetics of Microorganisms. 1972;Atomizdat, Moscow. p. 295.
46. Zhdanova N. N., Vasilevskaya A. I. The fungal attitude to light, UV-rays and ionizing radiation. Bilai V. I. Methods of Experimental Mycology. 1982;376-389 Naukova dumka, Kiex.
47. Zhdanova N. N., Vasilevskaya A. I., Artyshkova L. V., Sadovnikov Yu. S., Lashko T. N., Gavrilyuk V. I., Dighton J. Changes in micromycete communities in soil in response to pollution by long-lived radionuclides emitted in the Chernobyl accident. Mycol. Res. 98:1994;789-795.
48. Zolan M. E. Chromosome-length polymorphism in fungi. Microbiol. Rev. 59:1995;686-698.