User:Jlmaier12/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1:
Article title

crAssphage
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article is rated S so it would be a good option for something to improve upon. There is some basic information present, but few details are included and some important information is missing. Additionally, the author uses incorrect terminology for some concepts and cites some poor references like scientific magazines. I get the feeling that the crAssphage article was written based off of the author having read only the abstracts of the articles cited. There is a lot that can be contributed to improve the quality of this article.
 * Sources:
 * Some of the sources are good, but several are from popular science magazines. There are far too many reliable crAssphage research articles out there that a magazine would ever make a good choice for a source of information.
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 * Some of the sources are good, but several are from popular science magazines. There are far too many reliable crAssphage research articles out there that a magazine would ever make a good choice for a source of information.

Option 2
Article title

Bacteriophage carrier state
 * Article Evaluation
 * A Wikipedia article for bacteriophage carrier states does not currently exist, but I feel that there is enough research currently available to write a thorough article. The carrier state is a relatively unique phenomenon where phage do not enter the lytic or lysogenic life cycle, but instead remain in an intermediate state where the phage and host remain in a stable equilibrium. When thinking about symbiotic relationships, the carrier state seems to have the necessary requirements- long term, two different species, and the participants occupy the same space. Generally, phage-host relationships are not thought of symbiotic since the phage typically take on a predatory role, but this is not the case with the carrier state.
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Here are some sources that could be used in writing this article.

Brathwaite KJ, Siringan P, Connerton PL, Connerton IF. Host adaption to the bacteriophage carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni. Res Microbiol. 2015 Jul-Aug;166(6):504-15. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2015.05.003. Epub 2015 May 22. PMID: 26004283; PMCID: PMC4534711.

Graham DM, Parmelee CE, Nelson FE. The Carrier State of Lactic Streptococcus Bacteriophage. Journal of Dairy Science. 1952 May 813-822. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(52)93761-2.

Li K, Barksdale L, Garmise L. Phenotypic alterations associated with the bacteriophage carrier state of shigella dysenteriae. Microbiology Society. 1961 March. doi: 10.1099/00221287-24-3-355

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Lonepinella koalarum and Koala symbiosis
 * Article Evaluation
 * A very short S-class article for Lonepinella exists, but it does not make mention to the symbiotic relationship between Lonepinella koalarum and koala bears. A staple food source for koala bears is Eucalyptus, a tree that is poisonous to most animals. Despite the poisonous nature of Eucalyptus, koala bears have no issue consuming the leaves due to the toxin degrading microbes present in their guts, specifically Lonepinella koalarum.
 * Sources
 * Here is an example of source that could be used to describe the relationship mentioned above.
 * R. Osawa, F. Rainey, T. Fujisawa, E. Lang, H.J. Busse, T.P. Walsh, E. Stackebrandt, Lonepinella koalarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Tannin-Protein Complex Degrading Bacterium, Systematic and Applied Microbiology,  1995,  Pages 368-373,  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80430-3.
 * Here is an example of source that could be used to describe the relationship mentioned above.
 * R. Osawa, F. Rainey, T. Fujisawa, E. Lang, H.J. Busse, T.P. Walsh, E. Stackebrandt, Lonepinella koalarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Tannin-Protein Complex Degrading Bacterium, Systematic and Applied Microbiology,  1995,  Pages 368-373,  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80430-3.

Option 4
Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma hominis symbiosis Here are some examples of sources that could be used to describe the relationship mentioned above:
 * Article title
 * Article Evaluation
 * There are relatively well-developed Wikipedia articles for T. vaginalis and M. hominis individually, but no article exists for the symbiotic relationship between the two. Additionally, neither of the two articles related to T. vaginalis or M. hominis mention their symbiotic relationship. I think a new article could be created specifically related to the symbiotic relationship between T. vaginalis and M. hominis or a substantial section could be added to one of the existing articles that describes the relationship.
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 * Margarita V, Fiori PL, Rappelli P. Impact of Symbiosis Between Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma hominis on Vaginal Dysbiosis: A Mini Review. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 May 8;10:179. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00179. PMID: 32457847; PMCID: PMC7226223.
 * Margarita V, Rappelli P, Dessì D, Pintus G, Hirt RP, Fiori PL. Symbiotic Association with Mycoplasma hominis Can Influence Growth Rate, ATP Production, Cytolysis and Inflammatory Response of Trichomonas vaginalis. Front Microbiol. 2016 Jun 20;7:953. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00953. PMID: 27379081; PMCID: PMC4913105.
 * Rappelli, P., Carta, F., Delogu, G. et al. Mycoplasma hominis and Trichomonas vaginalis symbiosis: multiplicity of infection and transmissibility of M. hominis to human cells. Arch Microbiol 175, 70–74 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002030000240