User talk:Zikynsk/sandbox

Peer Review by Irena Djordjevic

• You have a great start to your article. Try to find some information related to optimal growing conditions for your fungus (ex: optimal temperatures, optimal light etc.). I was able to find this information in the Compendium of Soil Fungi , however since yours is a water-borne fungi that wouldn't be the right book, but there may be a similar compendium for water-borne fungi.

As well, try to find some information on the nutrient sources your fungi uses for growth ex: what are it's preferred carbon sources, nitrogen sources etc.

• Great information regarding the habitat of your fungi.
• The division of morphological characteristics into three parts was very helpful and aided in the flow of the article, made it much easier to read. However, make sure you are referencing these points as you go, rather than stating at the bottom where they are referenced from.

Great mention of the other conidia form found by M.B. Ellis.. did he provide any additional information about this form? If yes, include it. Did he explain why this form was found after not having been previously described? You mentioned that your fungi was water-borne, and then say that it can be localized on the plant host or spread around the leaf or stem.. this is a little confusing. Maybe try to explain what water-borne means and relate this to what you stated about it having plant hosts. Is its habitat the plant or water?

• You have a good amount of sources, however some of them you only used for a single sentence, and that sentence may have a few references (ex: "it is a water-borne fungus").. therefore you may need to find additional sources to provide additional information. Great start however!
• It might be interesting to provide the genome size of your fungus. Look into www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov for information.
• Overall, great start! Your article has good flow and provides a good amount of information. Try to look for some more references.

Irena Djordjevic (talk) 16:16, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Zikynsk,

great article so far! Here are some suggestions to help you in finalizing the final draft:

I found the information under the History heading to be lacking, I would be good to include more information on how the fungus was discovered, under what conditions, was it via human infection or via plant interaction, ect... I would also suggest proof-reading as there are some grammar mistakes throughout the article that if fixed, would make the article flow more smoothly. I would also include more hyperlinks to for example "Neogene" because I didn't know what period that was, however, a link to the definition would help contextual some words. I was also confused by the term "mild climate," can you be more specific with what constitutes a mild climate? You also state that the fungus occurs throughout the year, it would be better to replace that sentence with: the fungus grows or is present throughout the year. Or it might be better to just leave that out because it's a little confusing since most fungi are present throughout the year but have peak seasons, so maybe you can replace that with information on peak season.

In the Growth heading, you mentioned that the fungus interacts with plants, but didn't specify what those interactions were, is it mutualistic, parasitic, or commensal? But that information would be better under an ecology heading. This section also need a quick spell check to make it flow better. There's also a quote included in this section, it would be better to paraphrase the quote into your own words. Under physiology, you stated that the fungus produces laccase (which I'm guessing is an enzyme), can you elaborate further? What is the function of laccase? If it's unknown, I would put that it's unknown because it's better than leaving that information out. I found an article which may be helpful on the function of laccase in fungi: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031942202001711, as well as this article: http://www.microbiologyresearch.org/docserver/fulltext/micro/140/1/mic-140-1-19.pdf?expires=1477705653&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=C1C6819D04811F68DE64101B9AE0F0CC. There's also a Wikipedia entry on the enzyme, so it would be helpful to readers if you hyperlink the term to the wiki page. I also noticed that you put some sentences in parenthesis in the article, and it might be just for the draft, but I wouldn't put information in parenthesis because it makes it sound less reliable. It would be better if all statements were in sentence form.

Under spores dispersal, you state that water aids in dispersal, is there more information on that because it makes you wonder if there are any implications, such as does it inhabit aquatic plants? Can it infect aquatic animals? Under physiology, you also state that the fungus is a hyphomycete, I would hyperlink the term and put it under physiology because it's an important characteristic and I don't think it should only be mentioned once, so I would elaborate further on that statement. Also under human pathogenicity, I would include more information on how it can infect humans, how does it cause disease in them, does it produce mycotoxins, or does the fungus use a special technique to invade the body's defences? Lastly, you mention that the cysts had "fibrous cell walls" which I'm sure you mean are from the fungus, but I would clarify it in the final page.

I also wanted to drop this link here as it has information on the history and ecology of the fungus: http://agro.icm.edu.pl/agro/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-da73c67c-743a-4e3d-9543-8b5c7afbbd31/c/353-1212-1-PB.pdf

Overall great job and best of luck on the final entry!

Hasa20171 (talk) 01:43, 29 October 2016 (UTC)