ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE ›› 2012, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 372-383.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1084.2012.00372

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DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF FUNGI ISOLATED FROM NY-ÅLESUND, SVALBARD, AND SCREENING FOR BIOTRANSFORMATION OF GENTIOPICROSIDE

Xu Dan1,2, Ma Jifei2, Miao Zhen2, Li Huirong2, Chen Bo2   

  1. 1School of Bioengineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; 2SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China
  • Received:2012-05-10 Revised:2012-05-16 Online:2012-12-30 Published:2012-12-30

Abstract: 65 strains of fungi isolated from the arctic high-latitude soil and marine sediments were investigated. Their phylogenetic diversity were analyzed by their 18S rDNA sequencing. Classification of 65 fungi strains based on 18S rDNA gene showed that these fungi represented 26 genera, of which the number of Penicillium was the most of 19 strains ,followed by Nectria and Articulospora ,with 6 strains respectively.The strains which can transform gentiopicroside were screened. β-glucosidase was chosen as marker enzyme to screen the positive strains. And 28 strains were tested to produce it. Among them, 9 strains were selected to transform gentiopicroside. And the crude extracts of them ware tested by TLC and HPLC. Ultimately strain C-5 was determined as the biotransformation strain. According to the morphological features and nucleic acid sequences analysis, strain C-5 was identified for the genus of Penicillium. It was tentatively named as Penicillium sp.C-5.

Key words: Arctic, fungi, diversity, β-glucosidase, biotransformation of gentiopicroside