User talk:JuhieAhmed/sandbox

Assignment 2

I think most references call this an anthropophilic dermatophyte rather than a zoophilic dermatophyte (the point you attribute to reference three supports this). What is the reference for the suggestion that slavery mediated the introduction of this species to North America? What vitamins does this species require? Is the response to antifungal drugs in the species similar to other dermatophytes? What are the close relatives of the species? Other interesting facts I can think about that you might include: it is one of the few species that produce the antibiotic penicillin (ISBN 9780849342011); its protein regulation is dissimilar to other members of the genus Trichophyton (PMID 2476398; PMID 19098130). Medmyco (talk) 19:46, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi JuhieAhmed! Great work so far with your research article. I have a few comments to make though. Maybe you would like to convert you information from bullet form to text form as the deadline is approaching. Maybe you would like to mention what animal it originally came from, as the fungus is zoophilic and even though some natural elements inhibit its growth, you could say what drugs have been used to control its spread. Also, you may want to organize the info and group it according to the type in "Morphology", "Epidemiology", "Nutrition". It would also be a good idea to expand on the genome size information and say more about it. Finally, it could be a good idea if you had a taxobox for your fungus, as it organizes phylogenetic information in a great manner and it gives the page a more professional look. I will give you mine. Keep on the good work. Lilitiana (talk) 12:06, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Juhie, just to clarify, your fungus, Trichophyton rubrum is anthropophilic, not zoophilic. Also, make sure to include the authority names and synonyms in your taxobox. Medmyco (talk) 16:13, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Suggestions

Juhie, when you start a sentence with a genus name, the convention is always to apell out the genus in full and not to abbreviate it. Also make sure to leave a space between the genus and species names, even when the genus is abbreviated and there is a period (e.g., T. rubrum). Lastly, where you mention that there are "two distinct strains" of T. rubrum, it might be worth noting that this is a species complex that comprises a number of formerly recognized species (e.g., T. kanei, T. raubitschekii, etc.). This is discussed in the Gräser, Scott and Summerbell article. Medmyco (talk) 03:15, 10 November 2014 (UTC)