Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (6): 199-204.

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Establishment of Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation System of Aspergillus ochraceus

Cui Qian, Li Jie, Liu Xiaoguang   

  1. (Tianjinn Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology,Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology Ministry of Education,the College of Biotechnology,Tianjin University of Science & Technology,Tianjin 300457)
  • Received:2013-12-05 Online:2014-06-25 Published:2014-06-25

Abstract: Filamentous fungus Aspergillus ochraceus TCCC41060is an industrial strain used for microbial steroid C11-α hydroxylation. In order to create genetic tools for A. ochraceus, the transformation system of A. ochraceus was establishedusing Agrobacterium tumefaciens- mediated system(ATMT). A. tumefaciens LBA4404 was used as the infective strain and hygromycin B gene as the selection marker. The major factors affecting the transformation efficiency including the concentrations of A. tumefaciens celland A. ochraceus spores, co-culture time, and co-culture temperature were investigated. Under the best conditions, the transformation efficiency of 57 transformants/107 spores was obtained. A. ochraceus transformants were confirmed by PCR amplification . Randomly selected 8 transformants were shown to be genetically stable after 10 rounds of successive cultivation. Results indicated this ATMT transformation system would provide important means for the directed genetic manipulation of this important industrial strain A. ochraceus TCCC41060.

Key words: Aspergillus ochraceus, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Transformantion system