User talk:Abokorab/sandbox

HMB436 Commentary
Hello Abokorab, since your fungus is a soil fungus, I would like to point out a reference that you may find helpful: '''Domsch, K.H.; Gams, Walter; Andersen, Traute-Heidi (1980). Compendium of soil fungi (2nd ed.)'''. If your fungus is found in this book, it contains a lot of information about ecology, physiology, and habitat which could make your subsections more content rich. I myself have have been assigned a soil fungus and found this resource extremely useful. I also highly recommend looking at this book as well: '''Onions, A.H.S.; Allsopp, D.; Eggins, H.O.W. 1981. Smith's introduction to industrial mycology (7th ed.).''' It can give you some more information regarding growth and morphology of your fungus. Since it appears that your fungus does cause disease in humans (according to Mycobank: http://www.mycobank.org/name/Aspergillus%20unguis) I think that it is important that you consider adding a subsection describing what is known about the effects Aspergillus unguis has in humans (maybe name it something like "Pathogenesis in Humans"). Just from a quick literature search I found that Aspergillus unguis is associated with childhood asthma. You could research further into this topic and add some clinical examples if you can find any. Good-luck! MichaelaSo87 (talk) 18:10, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Hey Abokorab, it seems like you got a solid basis on the growth and morphology of your fungi, but need some more breadth on other topics. A suggestion for history/taxonomy would be to follow down the linages of your present sources to find articles that date farther and farther down the past. You might not be able to find much information (I’m doing A.tubingensis and I’m having trouble with this too), but the introductions should provide slightly more context to what you have so far. Looking at your reference list, you have many articles that date before the year 2000, so you might have done this already. If so, another strategy you can try would be to look at current taxonomic references and books – they might be able to provide some perspective. In terms of epidemiology, you can try using pubmed to search for cases. Pubmed is more biomedical centered, so its worth a shot. Some information about its genetics could be supportive as well. Book references, and the sources that they cite could lead to more depth about their ecology and mechanisms.Try this book: Aspergillus: Molecular Biology and Genomics Masayuki Machida, Katsuya Gomi Horizon Scientific Press, 2010 - it dives not just on molecular biology, but also about ecology, metabolism, and functional biology as well Try mixing up key words ( eg A.unguis and guisinol, A.ungis and nail) in your search engine to generate more variability in search results. Overall, you’re on a good start, but keep digging! Trace backwards through papers into the past, but don’t forget to provide a good mix of recent articles about your fungi. Good luck on writing! Dorochoi (talk) 02:20, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Some extra information
Hi User:Abokorab, I like how you have divided your page into subheadings already and I like the concept of the chart on the right. As I was reading I noticed you mentioned that it can only grow at 30 degrees C. Perhaps you could use this point to branch off and mention that because it can’t grow past 30 degrees then it may not classify as an infectious fungi or a human pathogenic fungi, since it does not look like it would be able to survive at body temperatures. And then use that to identify which habitats this species thrives in the most.

Furthermore, when I was working on my fungi it also showed brown colours, and when I saw that you mentioned it then maybe like my fungi yours could be a dematiaceous fungi. Here are some sources which I used to get more information on dematiaceous fungi, I know they don’t focus specifically on your fungi but perhaps you can pick on some themes our fungi share:

Also I noticed how your fungi started off as green and then changed towards a dull brown, which is why it makes me think it may be a dematiaceous fungi. This source may help you a bit. Lastly, because you mention the brownish colour a number of times, it seems that your fungi is producing a particular pigment called melanin. There is some evidence suggest that this melanin could have anti-oxidant like properties that could help it serve as a virulence factor. You can find more information at this source

Good-luck

A few more reference suggestions
There should be some good information on this species in the Atlas of Clinical Fungi (de Hoog et al). Also I recall a somewhat recent issue of the journal Studies in Mycology that had a lot of discussion on this group of Aspergillus (with the sexual states in the genus Emericella). There should be a lot of literature on secondary metabolites of this species. And you may also be able to find a review article or two that describe human clinical implications of the species. Medmyco (talk) 23:01, 5 November 2015 (UTC)