User talk:Patrick Hop/sandbox

Hi Patrick, I'm a student in Dr. Scott's course. Some feedback to help you out:


 * You should use links to other wikipedia articles, especially for less common terms, such as anamorph -> anamorph.
 * For pathology, should talk about specific diseases that it can cause.
 * You should include what diagnostic tests are used.
 * Perhaps include how the fungal colony looks like.
 * "Found in locations such as USA and Turkey" - What does this mean? Is it only found here? Is it something about the climate or population? Make the statement more specific to make your ideas clearer.
 * Why does it thrive where mono or poly aromatic compounds are present? Does it use these for energy? Or do they promote its growth in another way?
 * For pathology, how do people get infected? Is it through eating something contaminated, inhaled, etc?

Hi there! I'm in your HMB436 class and I would like to recommend some tips that can be helpful to you in expanding Wikipedia topic.
 * For the start you need to make a Taxobox, which is given in our class Wiki page. You can find this information in the MycoBank by simply typing your species name in there.
 * I would recommend you to find more references to make this assignment more informative. You don't have to be very descriptive about everything, but brief information would be enough. I understand that some fungal species are difficult to find and more research is required. Try finding more laboratory work on it, and that way you can find how they cope with the environment and how they are or not beneficial in the surroundings or to the other species.
 * I've noticed that you just chose 2 locations (countries) where they are found. On one side its pretty good, but on the other it is very limited, because you have done little research. In the book by Ed.by Samson, R.A.; Flannigan, B.; Flannigan, M.E.; Verhoeff, A.P.; Adan, O.C.G.; Hoekstra, E.S. (1994). Health implications of fungi in indoor environments. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-81997-5. I've found your species and their habitat is in the range of subtropical and tropical regions, but they still can grow indoors. I guess not accounting for other countries in these zones is not correct, since more research on your fungus is required by scientists. You can expand more on the pathology and what organisms its affecting, even though it is clear that it grows on the skin tissues of humans, you could specify that it won't grow in Temperate zones for example. So maybe talking about the water activity can identify these species in places where they live.
 * Alternative name for you species is Sarcinomyces phaeomuriformis, and you could find more research under this name if it helps. Some parts of this article you could find helpful:
 * http://mmy.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/3/143.full.pdf+html
 * I would recommend sectioning information obtained from these sources that you have included under more subheadings, if you find extra information try Taxonomy and tealk about where its coming from, Preventions and how humans can treat it, how is your specie used in the laboratory and what is it targetting, also some Interactions its making with other taxonomic species.
 * You have the basics and some specific points already, and expanding on them would be interesing, because your species influnce humans mostly, and play a major role in our health. I would like reading more about it when its finished.
 * Hope this helpsVbmyco (talk) 06:27, 30 October 2015 (UTC)