User talk:Paola0329/Sandbox

Article suggestions
You should include a taxbox template. You can find one in the sandbox articles of some of your fellow students, and update the names to reflect your fungus. If you do this, I can provide you with a picture. Medmyco (talk) 20:25, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Peer Review
Hey, hope you don’t mind me giving you some feedback on your article. So, I skimmed over what you have so far and I think you have a very clear sense of what you are doing. I really enjoyed reading your article as it was straight-forward to understand. I would suggest, however, that you include a few common symptoms people get when infected with the fungus. Also, it would be great if you could provide some ecological information like where is this fungus prevalent. I understand that you pointed out its found in soil but does the fungus have preferences to different climates? Lastly, I want to point out that sentences should not start with the abbreviated genus name ie. C. bantiana. I received this feedback from Prof. Scott and I thought I’d let you know! Best of Luck :) Osmanidi (talk) 14:29, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

I know that you will edit and improve your article in future but let me help you with some parts. Expand on morphology section: size, shape, location of conidia, if the hyphae have septate, how long does it take to grow in culture (http://www.doctorfungus.org/Thefungi/cladophialophora.php AND http://www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au/Fungal_Descriptions/Hyphomycetes_%28dematiaceous%29/Cladophialophora/C_bantiana.html). The important morphology that separates this fungus from other fungi in the same genus (and if you can not, then perhaps by molecular methods). In human disease section, while you did mention immunocompetent patients, there are cases of disease due to this fungus in solid-organ transplant patients who are immunosuppressed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC516289/). Either expand on the section for the possible preference of this fungus for the central nervous system or do not mention it at all. There are many other dematiaceous fungi (that produce melanin) but they do not attack the central nervous system. Use present tense: instead of saying "there was no", use "there is no". Use simpler words: instead of "predilection", you can say "preference". Also, can you please add the fungus you are working on beside your name on the main assignment page so we can add ourselves as reviewers. My fungus is also a dematiaceous. Thank you and keep contributing. Hhhzzzani (talk) 00:09, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Cladophialophora bantiana
Hi. I've moved Cladophialophora bantiana from your sandbox into the mainspace, as you had moved it to a page with quote marks which resulted in it being deleted. Jamesx12345 21:37, 3 December 2013 (UTC)