User talk:Wezck/sandbox

I see you have mentioned how your fungi grows using alcohol vapour, but you might want to elaborate a bit more on that section such it can be found in in wine, beer and brandy storage cellars and warehouses. It is also known as wine cellar mold apparently. You could also mention how other than acetic acid it could also use formaldehyde and thymol as sole carbon sources. More info on this can be found here: "Zasmidium cellare in Poland" by Andrzej ChlebiCki and MAgdAlenA MAjewskA.

I also found an interesting fact that it produces thick curtains of mycelia in cellars with high humidity. It also has the ability to metabolize volatile organic compounds for which it is given the credit of improving air quality. This was from this article: "The mitochondrial genome of the ethanol- metabolizing, wine cellar mold Zasmidium cellare is the smallest for a filamentous ascomycete" by Stephen B. GOODWINa,*, Cassandra B. MCCORISONb, Jessica R. CAVALETTOa, David E. CULLEYc, Kurt LABUTTId, Scott E. BAKERe, Igor V. GRIGORIEVd. This article also mention how this has the smallest mitochondrial genome, and the reason for it, such as lack of introns.

There are also lots of books in Gerstein library on fungal pathogenesis. May be you could check them out for diseases or conditions related to Zasmidium cellare. good luck! AdibaR (talk) 01:21, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi,

I would like to suggest more details about the morphology and taxonomy in the article.

The article, "Phylogenetic and morphotaxonomic revision of Ramichloridium and allied genera" by Arzanlou et al., includes a very detailed morphology.

"Moulds that should be better known" is another great article that reviews the taxonomy of Z. cellare based on the history and modern genetics analysis. You can find these two articles available on UofT's library database.

Other editing problems are: 1. All species and genus should be italicized. 2. The guideline suggests no space between the citation and sentence. 3. Family of Z. cellare is missing in the taxobox.Zoensy (talk) 18:16, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Peer review by Zhuo Cao
Hi Wezck, I reviewed the your work as well as the peer reviews. Here are some additional suggestions I came up with that might be helpful.

-It might be great to do an extensive research before working on articles. For instance, the ecology part mentioned its habitats including Great Britain, Hungary, Nigeria; However, there are more research works, such as “Zasmidium cellare in Poland” by Andrzej Chlebicki (https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/am/article/view/am.2010.014/2254), showing that they are not only existing in these three countries. It is great you have a reference to back a point up and it might be better if we can find more sources that can generate a more supported and comprehensive idea.

-In terms of the structure, Pathology section might not be necessary as there is not much information about it. And since the taxonomy is already well-defined in the taxobox, it might be better to change your Taxonomy section to History section; so that you could avoid repeating the taxonomy but talk more about its history. As suggested by our professor, it might be better to put the references in Alphabetical order, which is believed to be more convenient to find and check. Also, I noticed 2 sources in your reference sections can be found online but there are no URLs attached to them. If the source is available online, it might be great to provide a link with it so that the viewers can easily access the relative knowledge.

-More direct sources might be supportive. I understand this fungus is not really popular with fairly less studies and researches about it. However, direct evidences are always needed to support the ideas. For instance, in the “Growth and morphology section”, the physiology of its reproduction are listed but no well-supported. The reference for “Sterile fungus (mycelia sterilia), creates no known spores either sexual or asexual” might not be correct because that journal mainly talks about the fungus named Racoleus trichophorus that has a very distinctive physiology and could not be used as a evidence to this point.

-More sources might be needed. I think you might have used the fourth reference for most of your points in the “Growth and morphology” and this source only gives a couple of general descriptions of each of your points. But, this might become problematic when you really want to elaborate the points you listed. Since there are not enough sources of this topic available, I suggest you can put them together in one paragraph and present a general description of it in this section. However, even for a general description, multiple sources are still needed, you might try to find more relative studies and collect piece by piece of how they describe its growth and morphology.

Hope my suggestions could be helpful. Thank you very much for the patience and wish you all the best! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zhuocao (talk • contribs) 23:00, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Peer Review by Bedrosmi
I have read your article and come up with some feedback on how to help improve your page:

1) The taxobox you have created provides all scientific classifications of your fungus, therefore it is not necessary to repeat them in you “Taxonomy” category.

2) Do not include categories for which you do not have any information about, as seen in the “Pathology” category.

3) Looking through your reference list, I see that a few of the sources are links to mycology websites. Sources such as these are not peer reviewed and therefore are not considered reputable. If you able, it is best to find similar information elsewhere, such as scientific journals or books which are vetted by the scholarly community as reliable.
 * The journal I have cited below contains lots of great information about the taxonomic evolution of Zasmidium cellare. It also provides information about its mitochondrial genome and the role in gene transcription.
 * The journal I have cited below is a study that provides information regarding the growth and ecology of Zasmidium cellare. The results provide knowledge about the influence of indoor and outdoor environmental conditions on fungal air concentrations.

Overall, I would mainly advice you to add content so that the article is not so sparse. This can be done by elaborating on the categories you've created, using sources I have provided. Doing so will help ensure that you reach the minimum number of references required for the assignment. It is critical that you only add points that are complete and concise, and to which you can provide a source. A helpful way to find other relevant articles as a jump-off point is by browsing the reference list of journals you have already found to be useful. Good luck with the remainder of the assignment! Bedrosmi (talk) 03:49, 28 October 2016 (UTC)