Talk:Botryotrichum piluliferum/Archive 1

Anniescng's Peer Review
I really like that you found so many book sources for your draft! Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there's a lot of recent primary research done on Botryotrichum piluliferum apart from the Rajachan OA et al. (2017) article on mycotoxins. Remember to write a lead section for the final article; here's a link that might be helpful: How_to_create_and_manage_a_good_lead_section. I listed some things I noticed while I was reading your rough draft, and I tried to look for additional interesting articles relevant to your fungus (linked at the bottom). Small note: your citation for Rajachan OA et al. (2017) is missing the last part of the article's title. History and taxonomy Growth and morphology Physiology Habitat and ecology References: Russell, R., Paterson, M., Lima, N. (2016): https://books.google.ca/books?id=Qef5CQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
 * I think you did a good job outlining how the naming changed from Botryotrichum piluliferum to Chaetomium piluliferum. I also liked how you mentioned species that were found to be similar, and explained the differences between them.
 * I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you say "Hawksworth stated that understanding C. piluliferum could not be done with just the anamorph"
 * A small note- based on Russell, R. (2016), Botryotrichum piluliferum is the anamorph form of Chaetomium piluliferum; it would be good if you briefly mentioned this for clarity
 * What were the characteristics of the perithecia that distinguished Chaetomium piluliferum from Botryotrichum piluliferum?
 * I think this section was done really well! You found a lot of information, and presented in a clear, logical order.
 * It might be good to link "seta", but it's not necessary to link "ascomata" and "conidiophores" multiple times in your article
 * Are there physical differences between the telomorph and anamorph states?
 * Since Botryotrichum piluliferum produces toxins that resemble Aflatoxin, has there been any reported cases poisoning or food contamination?
 * Rajachan OA et al. (2017) show that several compounds isolated from this fungus have potential pharmaceutical use. I think it would be interesting if you included a separate section to discuss these findings. For example, the authors found that 3 of 11 compounds show antimalarial properties, and several others are cytotoxic against cancer cell lines.
 * This would be a tangent, but it may be of interest to see if any research has been done with the mycotoxins isolated from Botryotrichum piluliferum.
 * Russell, R. et al. (2016) state that two of the mycotoxins isolated from Botryotrichum piluliferum (sterigmatocystin and O-methylsterigmatocystin) are intermediates in the formation of aflatoxin
 * César HoracioDíaz Nieto et al. (2018) wrote a review on the carcinogenic properties of sterigmatocystin. I don't know if it would be relevant to your article, but it may be an interesting read.
 * You mention that it's "rarely found in soils", but Rajachan OA et al. (2017) mention that theres a large cause of concern for soil contaminants. In the same article, it seems like the most common fungus isolates were from soil.
 * Wang, X. W. et al (2016) mention that Botryotrichum piluliferum was also found indoors. This article has a lot of information on Botryotrichum piluliferum, and compares it to other species that have similar morphologic features. Wang also briefly mentioned metabolite production, but the paper mostly discusses physical features. If you search for "piluliferum" within the article, there are two separate sections, one under "Botryotrichum piluliferum" and the other under Chaetomium piluliferum."
 * this link is for the online preview of the book, there is an excerpt on Botryotrichum piluliferum on page 218.
 * An additional resource may be Tsuneo Watanabe's Pictorial Atlas of Soil and Seed Fungi. Unfortunately I couldn't find an online preview, but there are copies of it at Gerstein.
 * César HoracioDíaz Nieto et al. (2018): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691518303570
 * Wang, X. W. et al. (2016): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5226397/

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Anniescng (talk • contribs) 01:39, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Peer Review- By Shanzeh
Hi! Hope this helps!

Botryotrichum piluliferum

Taxobox:

I think you write just piluliferum or B.piluliferum and not the whole thing which would be the genus and the species. You can also add additional information. Some more information you could add:

Sub-kingdom: Dikarya Sub-class: Sordariomycetidae Family: Chaetomiaceae

Teleomorph synonym:

Chaetomium piluliferum J. Daniels, Transactions of the British Mycological Society 44: 84 (1961) [MB#328069]

It would also be nice to have an introductory paragraph before you start elaborating under sub-headings- just giving an overall view of your species, what it is, what it infects, why is it important, and then elaborate below. To do this, you can even look at the articles provided by Professor Scott from previous students. Like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scedosporium_prolificans

History & Taxonomy:

Add a link to aleuroconidia and conidiophores as well

You have multiple wiki links for Chaetomium. You could just keep the first one.

Growth and morphology:

This is a good section! Consolidate similar information together so that it flows better as you expand on the article

Add wiki links to: phialoconidia, verrucose, obovate and ostiolate

What is globose and subglobose?

Is there a way they disperse more frequently? Animals/ wind/ water?

Habitat and ecology:

-Why is it rarely found in soil but also at 80cm in the soil?

Physiology:

Do we know why it can tolerate alkaline conditions and not acidic?

Is it pathogenic or non-pathogenic? Does it colonize the gut and thus that’s why it’s on the dung or is it one of the first to colonize dung after it has been excreted?

It can't tolerate acid but is best at pH 5.5? Is there a range of pH that is intolerable for the fungus?

References:


 * This has some information about the history and phylogenetics of the species: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4547773.pdf


 * Its role in the lab and in relation to other species: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007153666800918 - could these 2 species be found together in the wild? Do they have a mutualistic relationship?


 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0038071779900750: -intolerance to fungicides  has that changed in recent years?


 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/003807179090128M:  its own infection by mycoparasites

Agirlhassomename (talk) 01:27, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Rose's (usucrose) peer review
 | species = B. piluliferum
 * slight editing of taxobox is needed, at the species column (abbreviation):
 * Missing leading paragraph, remember to add it in before submitting final draft
 * History and Taxonomy
 * A little bit confusing, so did Daniels found B. piluliferum or Ch. piluliferum?
 * Maybe can describe the perithecia found in the culture and explain why is it similar the the genus Chaetomium
 * "the culture also produced phialospores and dark hyphae found in B. piluliferum" confusing sentence, so the Ch. piluliferum culture shows characteristics of B. piluliferum? or the B. piluliferum culture shows characteristics of B. piluliferum?
 * Good that you've externally linked "Cheatomium" genus, but you just need to link it once in your article, no need to link it multiple times
 * I think when you mention Ch. murormum's lack of anamorph (lack of sexual morph)it already explains the lack of conidia.
 * why mention Hawksworth? What is the importance of this person?


 * Physiology
 * can mention about the food contamination hazard (did mention in "Mycotoxins from the Fungus". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry" paper)
 * can mention sterigmatocystin (the aflatoxin like mycotoxin), also include some intoxication symptom it causes.
 * This paper mentioned that some strains of B. piluliferum do not express sterigmatocystin, maybe an interesting fact to put in? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5226397/


 * Habitat and ecology: why is it always associated with soil fungi when it is rarely observed in soil? Please investigate I am curious as well.

Other source that I found interesting Usucrose (talk) 16:20, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * This paper mentioned about how B. piluliferum is considered as heat resistant soil fungi https://ac.els-cdn.com/016816059290081D/1-s2.0-016816059290081D-main.pdf?_tid=201a7fe9-f24c-4ec9-9b2f-69e4bff2a2cd&acdnat=1540914314_56211e79c8c1f83b23300407631d3072
 * This is a source discussing the appearance and classification of B. piluliferum https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4547773.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Aa87dbe6979d6d1d36308a5691c679c31
 * Not much information but this source combine the observations by Downing, Barron, and Daniel https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3757715.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A61e286324d20252d0766a19cfdb75858

Some suggestions

 * references and formatting look OK
 * lots of good information
 * I made some edits/ corrections to your text which may be useful for you to look at as you edit through the remainder of your text
 * try to convert some of the technical jargon into common terms where possible, like obovate, flexuous, clavate, ampulliform, basipetally, racemose, circinate, verrucose, etc.
 * good job overall!

Medmyco (talk) 19:47, 17 November 2018 (UTC)