BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Modern sugarcanes are polyploid interspecific hybrids, combining high sugar content from Saccharum officinarum with hardiness, disease resistance and ratooning of Saccharum spontaneum. Sequencing of a haploid S. spontaneum, AP85-441, facilitated the assembly of 32 pseudo-chromosomes comprising 8 homologous groups of 4 members each, bearing 35,525 genes with alleles defined. The reduction of basic chromosome number from 10 to 8 in S. spontaneum was caused by fissions of 2 ancestral chromosomes followed by translocations to 4 chromosomes. Surprisingly, 80% of nucleotide binding site-encoding genes associated with disease resistance are located in 4 rearranged chromosomes and 51% of those in rearranged regions. Resequencing of 64 S. spontaneum genomes identified balancing selection in rearranged regions, maintaining their diversity. Introgressed S. spontaneum chromosomes in modern sugarcanes are randomly distributed in AP85-441 genome, indicating random recombination among homologs in different S. spontaneum accessions. The allele-defined Saccharum genome offers new knowledge and resources to accelerate sugarcane improvement.

背景与目标： : 现代甘蔗是多倍体种间杂种，将蔗糖的高糖含量与蔗糖的坚固性，抗病性和再生性结合在一起。AP85-441，单倍体S. spontaneum的测序促进了32个伪染色体的组装，该伪染色体包括8个同源组，每个同源组4个，带有35,525个具有定义的等位基因。自发S. spontaneum的基本染色体数从10减少到8是由2条祖先染色体的裂变引起的，然后易位为4条染色体。令人惊讶的是，与抗病性相关的核苷酸结合位点编码基因的80% 位于4个重排的染色体中，51% 位于重排的区域中。对64个spontaneum基因组的重新排序确定了重新排列区域中的平衡选择，从而保持了它们的多样性。现代甘蔗中渗入的自发S. spontaneum染色体随机分布在AP85-441基因组中，表明在不同的自发S. spontaneum种质中的同源物之间随机重组。等位基因定义的糖基因组为加速甘蔗改良提供了新的知识和资源。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Sucrose is the feedstock for more than half of the world's fuel ethanol production and a major human food. It is harvested primarily from sugarcane and beet. Despite attempts through conventional and molecular breeding, the stored sugar concentration in elite sugarcane cultivars has not been increased for several decades. Recently, genes have been cloned for bacterial isomerase enzymes that convert sucrose into sugars which are not metabolized by plants, but which are digested by humans, with health benefits over sucrose. We hypothesized that an appropriate sucrose isomerase (SI) expression pattern might simultaneously provide a valuable source of beneficial sugars and overcome the sugar yield ceiling in plants. The introduction of an SI gene tailored for vacuolar compartmentation resulted in sugarcane lines with remarkable increases in total stored sugar levels. The high-value sugar isomaltulose was accumulated in storage tissues without any decrease in stored sucrose concentration, resulting in up to doubled total sugar concentrations in harvested juice. The lines with enhanced sugar accumulation also showed increased photosynthesis, sucrose transport and sink strength. This remarkable step above the former ceiling in stored sugar concentration provides a new perspective into plant source-sink relationships, and has substantial potential for enhanced food and biofuel production.

背景与目标： : 蔗糖是世界一半以上燃料乙醇生产的原料，也是人类的主要食品。主要从甘蔗和甜菜中收获。尽管通过常规育种和分子育种进行了尝试，但几十年来，优质甘蔗品种中的储存糖浓度一直没有增加。最近，已经克隆了细菌异构酶的基因，该酶将蔗糖转化为糖，这些糖不会被植物代谢，但会被人类消化，比蔗糖具有健康益处。我们假设适当的蔗糖异构酶 (SI) 表达模式可能同时提供有益糖的有价值来源，并克服植物的糖产量上限。引入专门用于液泡区隔的SI基因导致甘蔗品系的总储存糖水平显着增加。高值糖异麦芽酮糖在储存组织中积累，而储存的蔗糖浓度没有任何降低，导致收获果汁中的总糖浓度增加了一倍。糖积累增强的品系也显示出光合作用，蔗糖运输和下沉强度的增加。高于先前储存糖浓度上限的这一显着步骤为植物源汇关系提供了新的视角，并且具有增强食品和生物燃料生产的巨大潜力。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :For the first time, the phosphomannose isomerase (PMI, EC 5.3.1.8)/mannose-based "positive" selection system has been used to obtain genetically engineered sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid var. CP72-2086) plants. Transgenic lines of sugarcane were obtained following biolistic transformation of embryogenic callus with an untranslatable sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) strain E coat protein (CP) gene and the Escherichia coli PMI gene manA, as the selectable marker gene. Postbombardment, transgenic callus was selectively proliferated on modified MS medium containing 13.6 microM 2,4-D, 20 g l(-1) sucrose and 3 g l(-1) mannose. Plant regeneration was obtained on MS basal medium with 2.5 microM TDZ under similar selection conditions, and the regenerants rooted on MS basal medium with 19.7 microM IBA, 20 g l(-1) sucrose, and 1.5 g l(-1) mannose. An increase in mannose concentration from permissive (1.5 g l(-1)) to selective (3 g l(-1)) conditions after 3 weeks improved the overall transformation efficiency by reducing the number of selection escapes. Thirty-four vigorously growing putative transgenic plants were successfully transplanted into the greenhouse. PCR and Southern blot analyses showed that 19 plants were manA-positive and 15 plants were CP-positive, while 13 independent transgenics contained both transgenes. Expression of manA in the transgenic plants was evaluated using a chlorophenol red assay and enzymatic analysis.

背景与目标： : 首次将磷酸甘露糖异构酶 (PMI，EC 5.3.1.8)/基于甘露糖的 “阳性” 选择系统用于获得基因工程甘蔗 (Saccharum spp. hybrid var. CP72-2086) 植物。以不可翻译的甘蔗花叶病毒 (SCMV) 菌株E外壳蛋白 (CP) 基因和大肠杆菌PMI基因manA作为选择标记基因，对胚性愈伤组织进行生物形态转化后，获得了甘蔗的转基因品系。轰击后，转基因愈伤组织在含有13.6 microM 2,4-d，20g l(-1) 蔗糖和3g l(-1) 甘露糖的修饰的MS培养基上选择性增殖。在相似的选择条件下，在具有2.5 microM TDZ的MS基础培养基上获得植物再生，并且再生剂在具有19.7 microM IBA，20g l(-1) 蔗糖和1.5g l(-1) 甘露糖的MS基础培养基上生根。3周后，甘露糖浓度从允许 (1.5g l(-1)) 增加到选择性 (3g l(-1)) 条件，通过减少选择逃逸的数量，提高了整体转化效率。34株生长旺盛的推定转基因植物已成功移植到温室中。PCR和Southern印迹分析表明，有19株植物为manA阳性，有15株植物为CP阳性，而13种独立的转基因包含两种转基因。使用氯酚红测定和酶促分析评估了转基因植物中法力的表达。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Isolated vacuoles from sugarcane cells took up uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP-Glc) from the surrounding medium at a rapid rate. After a 7-min incubation of vacuoles with UDP-[14C]Glc, sucrose and sucrose phosphate were identified in the vacuole extract. UDP-Glc in the incubation medium was converted to hexose phosphates, sucrose, and glucose, with very little UDP-Glc remaining. Fructose 6-phosphate was not required for UDP-Glc uptake nor was [(14)C]fructose 6-phosphate taken up even in the presence of UDP-Glc. Glucose 6-phosphate and glucose 1-phosphate also were not taken up into vacuoles. UDP-Glc uptake showed saturation kinetics with a K(m) of 0.7 mM and a V(max) of 11.1 nmol/min per 10(6) vacuoles. The optimum pH for UDP-Glc uptake was between 6.5 and 7.0. Uptake of UDP-Glc could be inhibited by p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid, UDP, and GDP, and to a lesser extent by carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone. The UDP-Glc binding site was specific for UDP-Glc; adenosine diphosphate glucose was not taken up, and guanosine diphosphate glucose did not compete with UDP-Glc for the binding site. The results suggest that sucrose transfer into vacuoles from sugarcane is via a group translocation mechanism, probably involving five tonoplast-bound enzymes.

背景与目标： : 来自甘蔗细胞的分离液泡以快速的速度从周围培养基中吸收尿苷二磷酸葡萄糖 (UDP-Glc)。液泡与UDP-[14C]Glc孵育7分钟后，在液泡提取物中鉴定出蔗糖和蔗糖磷酸。在孵育培养基中UDP-Glc转化为己糖磷酸盐，蔗糖和葡萄糖，仅剩很少的UDP-Glc。即使在存在UDP-Glc的情况下，也不需要6-磷酸果糖来吸收UDP-Glc，也不需要 [(14)C] 6-磷酸果糖。6-磷酸葡萄糖和1-磷酸葡萄糖也没有被吸收到液泡中。UDP-Glc的吸收表现出饱和动力学，每10(6) 个液泡的K(m) 为0.7 mM，V(max) 为11.1 nmol/min。UDP-Glc吸收的最佳pH在6.5和7.0之间。对氯苯磺酸可以抑制UDP-Glc的吸收酸，UDP和GDP，并在较小程度上通过羰基氰化物间-氯苯基腙。UDP-Glc结合位点对UDP-Glc具有特异性; 二磷酸腺苷葡萄糖不被吸收，鸟苷二磷酸葡萄糖与UDP-Glc的结合位点没有竞争。结果表明，蔗糖从甘蔗转移到液泡中是通过基团易位机制，可能涉及五种液泡膜结合酶。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Sustainability in crop production has emerged as one of the most important concerns of present era's agricultural systems. Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) has been characterized as a set of microorganisms used for enhancing plant growth and a tool for biological control of phytopathogens. However, the inconsistent performance of these bacteria from laboratory/greenhouse to field level has emerged due to prevailing abiotic stresses in fields. Sugarcane crop encounters a combination of biotic and abiotic stresses during its long developmental stages. Nevertheless, the selection of antagonistic PGPB with abiotic stress tolerance would be beneficial for end-user by the successful establishment of product with required effects under field conditions. Stress tolerant Bacillus xiamenensis strain (PM14) isolated from the sugarcane rhizosphere grown in the fields was examined for various PGP activities, enzyme assays, and antibiotic resistance. Strain was screened for in vitro tolerance against drought, salinity, heat stress, and heavy metal toxicity. Inhibition co-efficient of B. xiamenensis PM14 was also calculated against six phyto-pathogenic fungi, including Colletotrichum falcatum (53.81), Fusarium oxysporum (68.24), Fusarium moniliforme (69.70), Rhizoctonia solani (71.62), Macrophomina phaseolina (67.50), and Pythium splendens (77.58). B. xiamenensis is reported here for the first time as the rhizospheric bacterium which possesses resistance against 12 antibiotics and positive results for all in vitro PGP traits except HCN production. Role of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase in the amelioration of biotic and abiotic stress was also supported by the amplification of acds gene. Moreover, in vitro and in vivo experiments revealed B. xiamenensis as the potential antagonistic PGPR and bio-control agent. Results of greenhouse experiment against sugarcane red rot indicated that inoculation of B. xiamenensis to sugarcane plants could suppress the disease symptoms and enhance plant growth. Augmented production of antioxidative enzymes and proline content may lead to the induced systemic resistance against red rot disease of sugarcane. Thus, the future application of native multi-stress tolerant bacteria as bio-control agents in combination with current heat, drought, salinity, and heavy metal tolerance strategy could contribute towards the global food security.

背景与目标： : 作物生产的可持续性已成为当今农业系统最重要的问题之一。植物生长促进细菌 (PGPB) 已被表征为用于促进植物生长的一组微生物和植物病原体的生物控制工具。然而，由于田间普遍存在的非生物胁迫，这些细菌从实验室/温室到田间水平的不一致表现已经出现。甘蔗作物在其漫长的发育阶段会遇到生物和非生物胁迫的组合。尽管如此，通过成功建立在现场条件下具有所需效果的产品，选择具有非生物胁迫耐受性的拮抗PGPB对最终用户将是有益的。检查了从田间种植的甘蔗根际分离出的耐胁迫性夏门氏芽孢杆菌 (PM14) 的各种PGP活性，酶测定和抗生素抗性。筛选了菌株对干旱，盐度，热胁迫和重金属毒性的体外耐受性。还计算了夏门芽孢杆菌PM14对六种植物致病性真菌的抑制共效率，包括镰孢炭疽菌 (53.81)，尖孢镰刀菌 (68.24)，小镰刀菌 (69.70)，茄状根瘤菌 (71.62)，菜豆 (67.50) 和腐霉 (77.58)。这里首次报道了夏门氏菌作为根际细菌，它对12种抗生素具有抗性，并且对除HCN生产外的所有体外PGP性状均具有阳性结果。acds基因的扩增也支持1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸脱氨酶在改善生物和非生物胁迫中的作用。此外，体外和体内实验表明，夏蒙芽孢杆菌是潜在的拮抗PGPR和生物防治剂。针对甘蔗红腐的温室试验结果表明，将夏蒙芽孢杆菌接种到甘蔗植株上可以抑制病害症状，促进植株生长。抗氧化酶和脯氨酸含量的增加可能导致诱导的对甘蔗红腐病的系统抗性。因此，未来将天然耐多胁迫细菌作为生物防治剂，结合当前的热量，干旱，盐度和重金属耐受策略，可以为全球粮食安全做出贡献。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Efficient biosynthesis of succinate from a renewable biomass resource by engineered Escherichia coli is reported in this paper. Fermentation of sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate by engineered E. coli BA204, a pflB, ldhA, and ppc deletion strain overexpressing the ATP-forming phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase from Bacillus subtilis 168, produced a final succinate concentration of 15.85 g L(-1) with a high yield of 0.89 g L(-1) total sugar under anaerobic conditions. During dual-phase fermentations, initial aerobic growth facilitated subsequent anaerobic succinate production, with a final succinate concentration of 18.88 g L(-1) and a yield of 0.96 g g(-1) total sugar after 24 h of anaerobic fermentation. The high succinate yield from sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate demonstrated a great potential application of renewable biomass as a feedstock for the economical production of succinate using metabolically engineered E. coli.

背景与目标： : 本文报道了通过工程大肠杆菌从可再生生物质资源中高效生物合成琥珀酸酯。通过工程化大肠杆菌BA204发酵甘蔗渣水解产物，这是一种pflB，ldhA和ppc缺失菌株，过表达枯草芽孢杆菌168形成ATP的磷酸烯醇丙酮酸羧激酶，在厌氧条件下，产生15.85g L(-1) 的最终琥珀酸盐浓度和0.89g L(-1) 的总糖的高产率。在双相发酵过程中，初始好氧生长促进了随后的厌氧琥珀酸酯生产，最终琥珀酸酯浓度为18.88g L(-1)，厌氧发酵24小时后总糖产量为0.96g g(-1)。甘蔗渣水解产物中琥珀酸的高产量证明了可再生生物质作为使用代谢工程大肠杆菌经济生产琥珀酸的原料的巨大潜力。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Based on the enrichment culture strategy, a novel N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO)-tolerant cellulase-producing strain Galactomyces sp. CCZU11-1 was isolated from soil samples. After the optimization of culture condition, the highest FPA (13.4 U/mL) and CMCase (24.5 U/mL) were obtained. In both culture and reaction media containing NMMO 25% (w/v), the cellulase from Galactomyces sp. CCZU11-1 still had good activity. Furthermore, high saccharification rate was obtained in aqueous-NMMO media. Moreover, the fermentability of the hydrolyzates, obtained after enzymatic in situ saccharification of the NMMO-pretreated sugarcane bagasse, was evaluated using Saccharomyce scerevisiae. In conclusion, Galactomyces sp. CCZU11-1 is a promising candidate as high NMMO-tolerant cellulase producer and has potential application in future.

背景与目标： : 基于富集培养策略，从土壤样品中分离出了一种新型的耐N-甲基吗啉-N-氧化物 (NMMO) 的产纤维素酶菌株半乳CCZU11-1。优化培养条件后，获得最高的FPA (13.4 U/mL) 和CMCase (24.5 U/mL)。在含有NMMO 25% (w/v) 的培养基和反应培养基中，来自半乳CCZU11-1的纤维素酶仍具有良好的活性。此外，在NMMO水溶液介质中获得了很高的糖化率。此外，使用酿酒酵母评估了NMMO预处理的甘蔗渣的酶促原位糖化后获得的水解产物的可发酵性。总之，半乳霉菌属CCZU11-1作为高NMMO耐受性纤维素酶生产者是有前途的候选者，并且在未来具有潜在的应用前景。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) eliminated the ACA's "shared responsibility payment," which penalized those who failed to comply with the requirement to purchase health insurance. In this article the authors explain efforts in several states to respond to this change by adopting individual health insurance mandates at the state level. Although there are good reasons to think that states may be reluctant to consider establishing their own mandates, New Jersey, the District of Columbia, and Vermont quickly joined Massachusetts in establishing such measures in 2018. In 2019 California and Rhode Island enacted state-level mandates. Four other states-Maryland, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Washington-formally considered mandates but have not enacted them. The authors compare the policy debates among these states and one other state, New York, which has not seen a legislative proposal for a mandate despite its strong support for the ACA. Their analysis explores the dynamics within the US federal system when a key component of a complex and politically salient national initiative is eliminated and states are left with many policy, political, and administrative questions of what to do next.

背景与目标： : 《减税和就业法案》 (TCJA) 取消了ACA的 “分担责任付款”，该付款对那些不遵守购买健康保险要求的人进行了处罚。在本文中，作者解释了几个州通过在州一级采用个人健康保险授权来应对这一变化的努力。尽管有充分的理由认为各州可能不愿考虑建立自己的任务，但新泽西州，哥伦比亚特区和佛蒙特州迅速加入马萨诸塞州，2018年制定了此类措施。2019年，加利福尼亚州和罗德岛州颁布了州级授权。其他四个州-马里兰州，康涅狄格州，夏威夷州和华盛顿州-正式考虑了授权，但尚未颁布。作者比较了这些州和另一个州 (纽约州) 之间的政策辩论，尽管纽约州大力支持ACA，但纽约州尚未看到授权的立法提案。他们的分析探讨了当复杂且具有政治意义的国家倡议的关键组成部分被消除时，美国联邦系统内的动态，各州面临着下一步要做的许多政策，政治和行政问题。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: BACKGROUND:Sugarcane bagasse is a major source of lignocellulosic biomass, yet its economic potential is not fully realised. To add value to bagasse, processing is needed to gain access to the embodied recalcitrant biomaterials. When bagasse is stored in piles in the open for long periods it is colonised by microbes originating from the sugarcane, the soil nearby or spores in the environment. For these microorganisms to proliferate they must digest the bagasse to access carbon for growth. The microbial community in bagasse piles is thus a potential resource for the discovery of useful and novel microbes and industrial enzymes. We used culturing and metabarcoding to understand the diversity of microorganisms found in a uniquely undisturbed bagasse storage pile and screened the cultured organisms for fibre-degrading enzymes. RESULTS:Samples collected from 60 to 80 cm deep in the bagasse pile showed hemicellulose and partial lignin degradation. One hundred and four microbes were cultured from different layers and included a high proportion of oleaginous yeast and biomass-degrading fungi. Overall, 70, 67, 70 and 57% of the microbes showed carboxy-methyl cellulase, xylanase, laccase and peroxidase activity, respectively. These percentages were higher in microbes selectively cultured from deep layers, with all four activities found for 44% of these organisms. Culturing and amplicon sequencing showed that there was less diversity and therefore more selection in the deeper layers, which were dominated by thermophiles and acid tolerant organisms, compared with the top of pile. Amplicon sequencing indicated that novel fungi were present in the pile. CONCLUSIONS:A combination of culture-dependent and independent methods was successful in exploring the diversity in the bagasse pile. The variety of species that was found and that are known for biomass degradation shows that the bagasse pile was a valuable selective environment for the identification of new microbes and enzymes with biotechnological potential. In particular, lignin-modifying activities have not been reported previously for many of the species that were identified, suggesting future studies are warranted.

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Diatraea saccharalis constitutes a threat to the sugarcane productivity, and obtaining borer tolerant cultivars is an alternative method of control. Although there are studies about the relationship between the interaction of D. saccharalis with sugarcane, little is known about the molecular and genomic basis of defense mechanisms that confer tolerance to sugarcane cultivars. Here, we analyzed the transcriptional profile of two sugarcane cultivars in response to borer attack, RB867515 and SP80-3280, which are considered tolerant and sensitive to the borer attack, respectively. A sugarcane genome and transcriptome were used for read mapping. Differentially expressed transcripts and genes were identified and termed to as DETs and DEGs, according to the sugarcane database adopted. A total of 745 DETs and 416 DEGs were identified (log2|ratio| > 0.81; FDR corrected P value ≤ 0.01) after borer infestation. Following annotation of up- and down-regulated DETs and DEGs by similarity searches, the sugarcane cultivars demonstrated an up-regulation of jasmonic acid (JA), ethylene (ET), and defense protein genes, as well as a down-regulation of pathways involved in photosynthesis and energy metabolism. The expression analysis also highlighted that RB867515 cultivar is possibly more transcriptionally activated after 12 h from infestation than SP80-3280, which could imply in quicker responses by probably triggering more defense-related genes and mediating metabolic pathways to cope with borer attack.

背景与目标： : saccharalis对甘蔗生产力构成威胁，获得耐蛀虫品种是另一种控制方法。尽管有关于D. saccharalis与甘蔗相互作用之间关系的研究，但对赋予甘蔗品种耐受性的防御机制的分子和基因组基础知之甚少。在这里，我们分析了响应bore虫攻击的两个甘蔗品种RB867515和SP80-3280的转录谱，它们分别被认为对bore虫攻击具有耐受性和敏感性。甘蔗基因组和转录组用于读取作图。根据采用的甘蔗数据库，鉴定出差异表达的转录本和基因，并将其称为det和deg。蛀虫侵扰后共识别出745个det和416个deg (log2 | ratio |  >  0.81; FDR校正p值  ≤   0.01)。在通过相似性搜索对上调和下调的det和deg进行注释之后，甘蔗品种显示出茉莉酸 (JA)，乙烯 (ET) 和防御蛋白基因的上调，以及下调光合作用和能量代谢的途径。表达分析还强调，RB867515品种在侵染后12小时后可能比SP80-3280更受转录激活，这可能意味着通过触发更多的防御相关基因和介导代谢途径来应对蛀虫攻击，从而更快地做出反应。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: BACKGROUND:Sugarcane cultivars are polyploid interspecific hybrids of giant genomes, typically with 10-13 sets of chromosomes from 2 Saccharum species. The ploidy, hybridity, and size of the genome, estimated to have >10 Gb, pose a challenge for sequencing. RESULTS:Here we present a gene space assembly of SP80-3280, including 373,869 putative genes and their potential regulatory regions. The alignment of single-copy genes in diploid grasses to the putative genes indicates that we could resolve 2-6 (up to 15) putative homo(eo)logs that are 99.1% identical within their coding sequences. Dissimilarities increase in their regulatory regions, and gene promoter analysis shows differences in regulatory elements within gene families that are expressed in a species-specific manner. We exemplify these differences for sucrose synthase (SuSy) and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), 2 gene families central to carbon partitioning. SP80-3280 has particular regulatory elements involved in sucrose synthesis not found in the ancestor Saccharum spontaneum. PAL regulatory elements are found in co-expressed genes related to fiber synthesis within gene networks defined during plant growth and maturation. Comparison with sorghum reveals predominantly bi-allelic variations in sugarcane, consistent with the formation of 2 "subgenomes" after their divergence ∼3.8-4.6 million years ago and reveals single-nucleotide variants that may underlie their differences. CONCLUSIONS:This assembly represents a large step towards a whole-genome assembly of a commercial sugarcane cultivar. It includes a rich diversity of genes and homo(eo)logous resolution for a representative fraction of the gene space, relevant to improve biomass and food production.

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: :A novel phytoplasma subgroup strain SC-Phy385 (GenBank accession number HF586648) was found associated with Sugarcane Grassy Shoot (SCGS) disease in India. Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) leaf samples with 'grassy shoot' symptoms were collected from the western region of Maharashtra state. The analysis based on restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) profiles and 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that most of the phytoplasma strains belong to the 16SrXI-B group. However, SCGS phytoplasma strain SC-Phy385 showed unique RFLP profiles with a similarity coefficient of 0.87 using online interactive phytoplasma classification tool, iPhyClassifier. The actual and virtual RFLP profiles of SC-Phy385 using amplified products of the 16S rRNA partial gene and its multiple sequence alignment with other RYD group phytoplasma sequences revealed that this strain was different from phytoplasma groups described earlier, representing new subgroup 16SrXI-F. The 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic analysis of reported RYD and BGWL group phytoplasmas showed that they are a genetically diverse group of phytoplasmas.

背景与目标： : 在印度发现了一种新的植原体亚组菌株SC-Phy385 (GenBank登录号HF586648) 与甘蔗草芽 (SCGS) 病有关。从马哈拉施特拉邦西部地区收集了具有 “草芽” 症状的甘蔗 (Saccharum officinarum L.) 叶子样本。基于限制性片段长度多态性 (RFLP) 图谱和16S rRNA基因序列的分析表明，大多数植原体菌株属于16SrXI-B组。然而，SCGS植原体菌株SC-Phy385使用在线交互式植原体分类工具iphy分类器显示出独特的RFLP谱，相似系数为0.87。使用16S rRNA部分基因的扩增产物及其与其他RYD组植原体序列的多序列比对的SC-Phy385的实际和虚拟RFLP谱显示，该菌株与先前描述的植原体组不同，代表新的16SrXI-F亚群。对已报道的RYD和BGWL组植物质进行的基于16S rRNA基因的系统发育分析表明，它们是植物质的遗传多样性组。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: BACKGROUND:Sugars derived from lignocellulose-rich sugarcane bagasse can be used as feedstock for production of l(+)-lactic acid, a precursor for renewable bioplastics. In our research, acid-pretreated bagasse was hydrolysed with the enzyme cocktail GC220 and fermented by the moderate thermophilic bacterium Bacillus coagulans DSM2314. Saccharification and fermentation were performed simultaneously (SSF), adding acid-pretreated bagasse either in one batch or in two stages. SSF was performed at low enzyme dosages of 10.5-15.8 FPU/g DW bagasse. RESULTS:The first batch SSF resulted in an average productivity of 0.78 g/l/h, which is not sufficient to compete with lactic acid production processes using high-grade sugars. Addition of 1 g/l furfural to precultures can increase B. coagulans resistance towards by-products present in pretreated lignocellulose. Using furfural-containing precultures, productivity increased to 0.92 g/l/h, with a total lactic acid production of 91.7 g in a 1-l reactor containing 20% W/W DW bagasse. To increase sugar concentrations, bagasse was solubilized with a liquid fraction, obtained directly after acid pretreatment. Solubilizing the bagasse fibres with water increased the average productivity to 1.14 g/l/h, with a total lactic acid production of 84.2 g in a 1-l reactor. Addition of bagasse in two stages reduced viscosity during SSF, resulting in an average productivity in the first 23 h of 2.54 g/l/h, similar to productivities obtained in fermentations using high-grade sugars. Due to fast accumulation of lactic acid, enzyme activity was repressed during two-stage SSF, resulting in a decrease in productivity and a slightly lower total lactic acid production of 75.6 g. CONCLUSIONS:In this study, it is shown that an adequate production of lactic acid from lignocellulose was successfully accomplished by a two-stage SSF process, which combines acid-pretreated bagasse, B. coagulans precultivated in the presence of furfural as microorganism, and GC220 as enzyme cocktail. The process may be further improved by enhancing enzyme hydrolysis activities at high lactic acid concentrations.

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Sorption coefficients (K(oc)) are useful in the prediction of whether a pesticide will remain dissolved in solution or will become adsorbed onto soil particles after its application. Measuring this process experimentally is difficult, expensive and time-consuming. Hence, much effort has been directed toward estimating K(oc) through statistical modelling. In this study, we investigated the physicochemical properties of pesticides employed by a local sugarcane company, in the northern coastal plain of Paraíba state in Brazil, by using several molecular descriptors, among them, GRid INdependent Descriptors (GRIND). Quantitative assessment of the structure-property relationship (QSPR) model indicated that size, shape, octanol-water coefficient, solubility and the balance between hydrophilic and lipophilic regions, are all relevant to K(oc) values.

背景与目标： : 吸附系数 (K(oc)) 可用于预测农药在施用后是否仍将溶解在溶液中或被吸附到土壤颗粒上。通过实验测量此过程是困难，昂贵且耗时的。因此，通过统计建模来估计K(oc) 已经做出了很多努力。在这项研究中，我们通过使用几种分子描述符 (其中包括网格独立描述符 (GRIND))，调查了巴西帕拉伊巴州北部沿海平原的一家当地甘蔗公司使用的农药的理化性质。对结构-性质关系 (QSPR) 模型的定量评估表明，大小，形状，辛醇-水系数，溶解度以及亲水和亲脂区域之间的平衡都与K(oc) 值有关。

BACKGROUND & AIMS: :Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) is distributed worldwide and infects three major crops: sugarcane, maize, and sorghum. The impact of SCMV is increased by its interaction with Maize chlorotic mottle virus which causes the synergistic maize disease maize lethal necrosis. Here, we characterised maize lethal necrosis-infected maize from multiple sites in East Africa, and found that SCMV was present in all thirty samples. This distribution pattern indicates that SCMV is a major partner virus in the East African maize lethal necrosis outbreak. Consistent with previous studies, our SCMV isolates were highly variable with several statistically supported recombination hot- and cold-spots across the SCMV genome. The recombination events generate conflicting phylogenetic signals from different fragments of the SCMV genome, so it is not appropriate to group SCMV genomes by simple similarity.

背景与目标： : 甘蔗花叶病毒 (SCMV) 分布在世界各地，感染三种主要农作物: 甘蔗，玉米和高粱。SCMV与玉米绿斑驳病毒的相互作用增加了SCMV的影响，这会导致协同玉米病玉米致死坏死。在这里，我们对来自东非多个地点的玉米致命坏死感染的玉米进行了表征，发现所有30个样品中都存在SCMV。这种分布模式表明SCMV是东非玉米致命坏死暴发中的主要伙伴病毒。与先前的研究一致，我们的SCMV分离株高度可变，整个SCMV基因组中有几个统计支持的重组热点和冷点。重组事件从SCMV基因组的不同片段产生相互冲突的系统发育信号，因此不宜通过简单的相似性对SCMV基因组进行分组。