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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
Matsushita, K., Inoue, T., Adachi, O., & Toyama, H. (2005). Acetobacter aceti possesses a proton motive force-dependent efflux system for acetic acid. Journal of bacteriology, 187(13), 4346-4352.
 * Article title:Acetobacter aceti
 * Article Evaluation:The article has some decent information, but it is definitely lacking a lot of information as well. There are only a few sources, and there are some very strong claims that don't have any source cited, which is a big concern. There are also some components that are contradictory or a bit unclear.
 * Sources:Adachi, O., Miyagawa, E., Shinagawa, E., Matsushita, K., & Ameyama, M. (1978). Purification and properties of particulate alcohol dehydrogenase from Acetobacter aceti. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 42(12), 2331-2340.

Option 2

 * Article title:Treponema pallidum
 * Article Evaluation:Overall, this article seems to have a lot of important information, with a ton of sources and overall coherent structure. The main critique is that it's missing some relevant information on topics such as virulence factors, taxonomy, and other components of its classification and molecular mechanisms.
 * Sources:Huang, Jialin, et al. "Virulence and Adhesion of the Treponema pallidum Nichols Strain Simultaneously Decrease in a Continuous-Infection New Zealand White Rabbit Model." ACS Infectious Diseases (2023).:Tang, Y., Zhou, Y., He, B., Cao, T., Zhou, X., Ning, L., ... & Liu, S. (2023). Investigation of the immune escape mechanism of Treponema pallidum. Infection, 51(2), 305-321.

Option 3

 * Article title:Methanococcus maripaludis
 * Article Evaluation:This article is extremely minimal, with the vast majority of important information being absent. The only topic covered in any detail in this page is the very basic, fundamental classification of the microbe. The entire article is only 4 sentences and includes 3 sources, but there is still huge room for improvement.
 * Sources:Goyal, N., Zhou, Z., & Karimi, I. A. (2016). Metabolic processes of Methanococcus maripaludis and potential applications. Microbial Cell Factories, 15(1), 1-19.:Costa, K. C., Yoon, S. H., Pan, M., Burn, J. A., Baliga, N. S., & Leigh, J. A. (2013). Effects of H2 and formate on growth yield and regulation of methanogenesis in Methanococcus maripaludis. Journal of bacteriology, 195(7), 1456-1462.:Kessler, P. S., & Leigh, J. A. (1999). Genetics of nitrogen regulation in Methanococcus maripaludis. Genetics, 152(4), 1343-1351.:Hendrickson, E. L., Liu, Y., Rosas-Sandoval, G., Porat, I., Söll, D., Whitman, W. B., & Leigh, J. A. (2008). Global responses of Methanococcus maripaludis to specific nutrient limitations and growth rate. Journal of Bacteriology, 190(6), 2198-2205.:Hendrickson, E. L., Kaul, R., Zhou, Y., Bovee, D., Chapman, P., Chung, J., ... & Leigh, J. A. (2004). Complete genome sequence of the genetically tractable hydrogenotrophic methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis. Journal of bacteriology, 186(20), 6956-6969.:Whitman, W. B., Tumbula, D. L., Yu, J. P., & Kim, W. (1997). Development of genetic approaches for the methane‐producing archaebacterium Methanococcus maripaludis. Biofactors, 6(1), 37-46.

Option 4

 * Article title:Clostridium botulinum
 * Article Evaluation:The vast majority of this article is well organized, with lots of relevant headers and sufficient details under each one. The main weakness that I could identify in this article is the number of bullet points and lists, rather than using paragraph formats or visual aids to explain a topic. But there are tons of sources and a lot of good information.
 * Sources:Meurens, F., Carlin, F., Federighi, M., Filippitzi, M. E., Fournier, M., Fravalo, P., ... & Woudstra, C. (2023). Clostridium botulinum type C, D, C/D, and D/C: An update. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 1099184.:Munir, M. T., Mtimet, N., Guillier, L., Meurens, F., Fravalo, P., Federighi, M., & Kooh, P. (2023). Physical Treatments to Control Clostridium botulinum Hazards in Food. Foods, 12(8), 1580.

Option 5

 * Article title:Rickettsia rickettsii
 * Article Evaluation:Although the article is somewhat lengthy, the actual quality and breadth of the content is somewhat lacking. First, there are only 6 sources, with the most recent being from 2013, so there definitely needs to be many more relevant and up-to-date sources. There are some entire paragraphs that are written without a single citation. And in terms of overall content and organization, there are a number of headings that seem pretty unrelated to anything else in the article, and they don't include much information either.
 * Sources:Estripeaut, D., Morales, M. S., Sánchez, A. R., González, A., Hernández, M., Zaldívar, Y., ... & Suarez, J. A. (2023). Clinical manifestations of Rickettsia rickettsii in a familial outbreak in Panama. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 52, 102542.:Ribeiro, C. M., Carvalho, J. L. B. D., Bastos, P. A. D. S., Katagiri, S., Batalha, E. Y., Okano, W., & Costa, V. M. D. (2021). Prevalence of Rickettsia rickettsii in ticks: systematic review and meta-analysis. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 21(8), 557-565.