User talk:Lantsford/sandbox

Hi Lantsford,

Excellent work, very informative and well organized.

Here are some suggestions that might help further improve it.
 * Read over the Nematode capturing section to ensure there's no typo


 * According to Mycobank, the species has other synonyms, but not Orbilia auricolor. http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&MycoBankNr_=149365


 * You could include where and how this fungus was discovered in the history section.


 * Could also add a section regarding the taxonomy.


 * Last few points in Morphology could be moved to physiology.


 * Nematode capturing could be a stand-alone section and further divided into parts such as net structure and formation, adhesion of nematodes, immobilization and penetration, etc.


 * This article by Eva Friman, etc: Heavy trap formation by Arthrobotrys oligospora in liquid culture, might also be useful for describing in vitro behaviours.


 * Article by ANDERS TUNLID: Proteases and Their Involvement in the Infection and Immobilization of Nematodes by the Nematophagous Fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora, about how the fungus immobilize nematodes

Hi,
 * Article by Wang, etc: Bacteria can mobilize nematode-trapping fungi to kill nematodes. Interesting interaction between bacteria and A. oligospora.

Again, the topic was well researched and nicely presented, great job.

Reneelinyx (talk) 23:17, 27 October 2016 (UTC)Reneelinyx

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Hi

You have a lot of information in your outline, looks great! Expanding on the previous comment, there are some changes to your format which might help. It would be good to expand on your introduction (making all points from each section into full sentences). Adding taxonomy and expanding your history section to how it was discovered and why there are synonyms would also be helpful. MycoBank has a synonym Didymozoophaga oligospora discovered in 1951 and Arthrobotrys superba var. oligospora with no date. It would be best to order these by date and have a hyperlink to MycoBank in the synonyms column.

Another format issue that I noticed was multiple references for one point. This is not fully needed (example of the first point in the into with 6 references). It is good to source all info, but it is repetitive information found in all sources. As well, in the sections describing physiology and morphology as well as the subsections (which I agree with the previous comment that can be edited around) - there are a few points which state the same information differently (especially in nematode capturing).

A few other notes: within the habitat and ecology section, you may want to focus in on the major environment (there seems to be many locations which the fungus can be found, but most commonly in soils). Also, you mentioned ideal growth temperatures for the fungi, but are there ideal growth temperatures for condia reproduction? You can also note on the predatory characteristics of the fungus, how it captures its prey unlike other fungi. As well, try to look into any pathology tenancies of the fungus, I did come across an article on possible cancer research interests using the fungus titled Arthrobotrys Oligospora: Fungus Nanoparticles Have Cancer Fighting Power by News Staff in Science 2.0.

Some other articles which may be of interest to you are: Purification and characterization of a. surface lectin from the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys ofigospora by Stefan Rosen, Lars Rask and Anders Tunlid from the Journal of General Microbiology explaining some DNA characteristics of the fungi and Genomic and Proteomic Analyses of the Fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora Provide Insights into Nematode-Trap Formation by Jinkui Yang, Lei Wang , Xinglai Ji et al. at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002179 examining genomic characteristics of the fungi.

Overall good outline! AlainaBallantyne (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello,

I like that the net formation part is very detailed. Though, I would like to suggests this article ("Morphogenesis in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora – an extensive plasticity of infection structures" by BIRGIT NORDBRING-HERTZ) to add some small details on the proteins (e.g.subtilisin and serine protease) that are involved in the trapping process.

Also, I think it's better to move the Habitat and ecology section before the Industrial uses section. Zoensy (talk) 03:52, 29 October 2016 (UTC)