Talk:Fusarium

Reference 5 (TNI)

I am removing text related and reference 5, as it apparently seems highly biased. Notice that TMI, the source, defines itself as:

"Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international network of activist-scholars committed to critical analyses of the global problems of today and tomorrow"

So a clear messianic intention can be expected in their articles. I do not see it neutral at all, and clearly inappropriate for Wikipedia. A more trustworthy source should be provided to include this paragraph (the one I am removing).

--83.43.165.162 10:38, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Food Allergies

I have added a sentence and a reference to indicate the possibility of food allergies caused by Fusarium type organisms. Given that Quorn products sold approximately ₤75 million in 2002, and the low numbers of reported allergies, this reference may need additional information to provide balance. Norm Reitzel (talk) 19:19, 27 December 2011 (UTC) See Quorn article.[reply]

There's an open access article from April of 2019 at https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz021 featuring a paragraph that briefly attempts to give context but I'm not sure I'd be inclined to use it:

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has collected anecdotal reports on adverse reactions (both GI complaints and allergic reactions) to mycoprotein through its website since 2002. Between 2002 and 2014, the number of incidents occurring in the United Kingdom that were reported to CSPI (1095) and Marlow Foods (11181) was comparable. During this time, there were twice as many incidents occurring in the United States reported to CSPI (683) as compared with Marlow Foods (356), but fewer worldwide incidents (229 compared with 308, CSPI compared with Marlow, respectively). CSPI claims that mycoprotein is unsafe, even though they fail to present the denominator that would allow for an estimate of the frequency of unsafe reactions. CSPI also indicates that 63% of respondents had adverse reactions on their first exposure to mycoprotein. Because individuals have to be sensitized first, it is more likely that these reactions were GI in nature, and unlikely to be allergic reactions. Additionally, self-reported data should be treated with caution.

Marlow Foods is correct in that it is certainly true that one can't make the inference of lack of safety made by CSPI based only on the given numbers alone; but it's also unfortunate Marlow Foods makes no effort at providing a more appropriate context to said numbers (what is actually the correct denominator?) given that they are best positioned to do so (since such an estimate would probably be best derived from their sales figures).

I'm also not sure if it is appropriate to infer that first time reactions are not hypersensitivity reactions. While it is probably so (the claim by Marlow Foods that these reactions are likely GI reactions in nature makes sense because some people simply tolerate chitin in the diet poorly even though small quantities are not problematic for most people), one cannot simply dismiss cross reactivity with other allergens in the environment (including, but not necessarily limited to, closely related organisms in the environment).

Despite my comments above, I am actually more inclined to be be cautious because of the funding of the symposium that this was taken from which includes the maker of Quorn, Marlow Foods, as well as the public relations company Ketchum Communications. I'm actually more concerned about a public relations company being involved in this symposium than about the contribution of the maker of Quorn. Maybe this is normal in the field but to me it seems... odd.

Cosmicaug (talk) 19:46, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yellow Rain

Why should Soviet Union have attacked Laos and Kampuchea?--Kopiersperre (talk) 17:24, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Arachnites

I removed a link to Arachnites. Whatever was intended, it linked, instead, to the genus Ophrys of orchids (a synonym for which is Arachnites). This was clearly unintended. If an alternative link target exists for this, I do not know what it is. Cosmicaug (talk) 18:54, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To add to article/article for creation

To add to this article/article for creation: Fusarium yellowstonensis. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 00:37, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also: Fusarium xyrophilum, reference:

Fusarium xyrophilum, sp. nov., a member of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex recovered from pseudoflowers on yellow-eyed grass ( Xyris spp.) from Guyana
Pseudoflowers produced by Fusarium xyrophilum on yellow-eyed grass (Xyris spp.) in Guyana: A novel floral mimicry system?

--Ernsts (talk) 16:17, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]