User:Eesakguee/Methanococcus maripaludis/K8te J Peer Review

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Eesakguee/ Methanococcus
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 * User:Eesakguee/Methanococcus maripaludis :
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 * Methanococcus maripaludis :

Evaluate the drafted changes
The Lead is strong, however I would add some more detail about topics that will be discussed within the article. an updated article should be use to support the first sentence within this section, the current article is outdated.

Amino Acid Metabolism

Overall it is very strong, however add more discussion of how this type of metabolism affects your microorganism specifically. The overall function of AA metabolism is throughly discussed and easy for the reader to comprehend. Your source for this section is strong and up to date and whoever wrote this section on the project article greatly summarize the main points of AA metabolism, however some more detail is needed.

Glucose/Glycogen pathway

The function of glucose is very well explained and through in detail. Sources for this section are up to date and provide evidence to the topic being discussed. The Glycogen pathway is mentioned in a brief sentence, this sentence could use more detail, maybe an example of how glycogen is used within this microorganism.

Methanogenesis and Nitrogen Metabolism

These are wonderfully detailed and provide many examples of how this microorganism uses these processes as a mechanism of survival. At the end of the Methanogenesis section you mentioned that mutants and some strains can perform this process without hydrogen gas, some examples along with this explanation of why they are still capable of this process might be helpful so that readers can understand what mechanism might be needed. The sources for nitrogen metabolism do a nice job of supporting your information. this section is very strong and well thought out.

NOPP

make sure to italicize the name of your microbe when writing. While this section is relevant, more detail is needed. The PPP cycle is mentioned but there could be a sentence stating that it breaks off into two separate branches, one that uses PP and the other (non-oxidative) that consumes PP. Then you can branch out into how this microbe uses the NOPP for its benefit. In addition maybe describing the 4 enzymes function at the end of this paragraph could allow readers to better understand their importance.

Nucleotide metabolism

is this a title or a sub-section within metabolism?

Reductive Citric Acid Cycle

This section is very strong and does a wonderful job connecting this cycles overall importance to this specific microorganism.

Cell Structure

there are 2 sections present. If the first section is a note then maybe put stars by it and place it under the heading of the main cell structure section so that the reader may be aware of this thought. Are there any unique characteristics specific to your microbe?

Genetic

add more detail. The subject of mutations and adaptability could be discussed.