Abstract

lntergeneric hybrids formed between Aspergillus niger and Penicillium verruculosum were obtained by nuclear transfer technique. Nuclei isolated from wild type and auxotrophic mutants of donor strains were transferred into the protoplasts of different auxotrophic mutants as recipient strains. Several auxotrophic mutants were isolated from conidiospores of the two strains mutagenized with ultraviolet and N-methyl-N'-nitrosoguanidine. Optimal conditions for formation of intergeneric hybrids were investigated. Frequencies of intergeneric hybrid formation by nuclear transfer were $7{\times}10^{5}~1{\times}10^{5}$. From observations of genetic stability. DNA content. nuclear stain and conidial size. it was suggested that their karyotypes are aneuploid. In addition. the hybrids possess the 1.1~2.3-fold higher cellulase activities than those of parental strains. It was also revealed that some hybrids had different isozyme patterns compared to those of parental strains by CMCase and $\beta$-glucosidase activity assays.

Aspergillus niger 와 Penicillium verruculosum F-3 균주의 돌연변이체 선발은 ultraviolet (UV) 단일처리와 UV 및 N-methyl-N'-nitrosoguanidine(MNNG) 이중처리에 의해 얻었다. 원형질체 형성을 위한 최적조건으로는 pH 5.8, 상투압안정제로는 0.6 M KCI이 최적이었으며, A-niger 와 P. verruculosum 의 재생율은 각각 54.6%, 49.8% 로 나타났다. 핵전이에 의한 형질전환율은 $7{\times}10^{5}~1{\times}10^{5}$ 이었고, 형질전환체의 유전적 안정성은 4.5%~66.5%, conidia 의 크기와 DNA 함량의 측정결과 각각 $2.6{\pm}0.7{\sim}6.5{\pm}0.5{\mu}m$, 5.7~31.3 ${\mu}g/10^{8}$ condia 를 나타내어 aneuploid 로 추측되었다. 모균주와 형질전환체들간의 유전적 안정성과 효소 활성도를 비교하여 선발되 5 균주의 전제 수용성단백질의 전기영동양상은 차이가 있었으며, 동위효소의 양상은 모균주와 유사하지만 CMCase 의 경우 2 균주(TAPW15706, TAPW157-7), $\beta$-glucosidase 의 경우 5균주 (TAPW157-1, TAPW157-4, TAPW 157-5, TAPW157-6, TAPW157-7)에서 band 의 세기가 증가하였음을 관찰할 수 있었다.

Keywords

• Aspergillus niger;
• Penicillium verruculosum F-3;
• nuclear transfer;
• CMCase;
• $\beta$-glucosidase