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Peer Review- by Shanzeh

Hi! I hope you find these helpful :) Gymnascella dankaliensis

Taxobox: You can add more information here- Sub-kingdom: Dikarya Sup-phylum: Pezizomycotina Sub-class: Eurotiomycetidae

• species should be bold and italicized

Synonyms- there are loads on Mycobank:(you also need to provide authour names with the year)

• Trichophyton dankaliense Castell., Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 40: 313 (1937) [MB#262784]
• Arachniotus dankaliensis (Castell.) J.F.H. Beyma, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 8: 105 (1942) [MB#284214]
• Gymnoascus dankaliensis (Castell.) Arx, Persoonia 13 (2): 177 (1986) [MB#128479]

=Pseudoarachniotus roseus Kuehn, Mycologia 49: 695 (1957) [MB#304336]

• Waldemaria pernambucensis Bat., H. Maia & Cavalc., Atas do Instituto de Micologia da Universidade do Recife 1: 8 (1960) [MB#340989]
• Pseudoarachniotus flavus Thirum. & P.N. Mathur, Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 40 (2): 99 (1970) [MB#321475]
• Pseudoarachniotus halophilus Panwar, P.N. Mathur & Thirum., Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 40 (2): 100 (1970) [MB#321476]
• Pseudoarachniotus thirumalacharii P.N. Mathur, Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 40 (2): 101 (1970) [MB#321479]
• Pseudoarachniotus terrestris Thirum. & P.N. Mathur, Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 40 (2): 102 (1970) [MB#321478]

Morphology: Add wiki links: peridial, ascospores, hyphae Are there any treatments available? What is its life cycle? How does it cause infection/ spread infection? More information about pathogenicity because you’ve mentioned that they cause infections on keratinous surfaces Usually found as teleomorphs/ anamorphs

Ecology: I checked for pictures of your fungus and could not find any at Mycobank. However, you do have a lot of synonyms. Maybe you could find some under those names. It would be good to have a history section here too. I also provided some links for more information about its ecology and geographical range. Did you mean warmer climates? You could also mention more about the sponge or different places where the fungus can be isolated- Japan/ Egypt

Metabolites: I provided some resources to expand on the metabolites you mentioned. You can do more into their beneficial properties and why people study them/ isolate them. You could have more sub-headings, overall. For example, are the metabolites used for therapeutics? Some have pharmaceutical properties: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/9633750.pdf I think you can add more information to fill the gap between how these metabolites were identified in the lab and how their anti-tumour/ beneficial properties were studied. This would link your elaborated information with your leading paragraph and tie the article together a little better, as a whole. Check out some of the references below for that!

References:

• Reference 4: Journal of Natural Products is not a good resource. It is from a predatory Journal (AKA it's sketchy):

https://predatoryjournals.com/journals/#J

(talks about it being a filamentous fungi:https://books.google.ca/books?id=aLggbxFH93IC&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=Gymnascella+dankaliensis+history&source=bl&ots=yhcw2NoiZ8&sig=en45UKwHBaX-gCbhvMxTNOf2lKo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD-K-B0LTeAhUl5YMKHXHWD9U4ChDoATACegQIARAB#v=onepage&q=Gymnascella%20dankaliensis%20history&f=false)

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2FBF02489680.pdf: has some good general information about where it can be found, why it is important ecologically, and a bit about their potential pathogenicity

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jmy/2014/148970/: similar to above India (it is also found in China, I believe) Alkaloid metabolites: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/15/3/68/htm

Agirlhassomename (talk) 02:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Garny's Peer Review

Hi Kocaqiet,

You have some good starting points to your article. Here are some comments on what you can expand on:

• You have not included any history on the discovery of your fungus.
  • It would be useful to put the name of the scientist who discovered your fungus in the taxobox as well as under a heading of “History.”
  • This is a useful link that tells you your fungus was discovered by Currah in 1985:
    • http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&MycoBankNr_=104292
  • I was able to find the original article by Currah that goes into detail about the morphology of your species. It is on page 77
    • http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/index.htm
    • Under “journals” select “Mycotaxon” then volume “24” and click on page “77”

• You should also include some pictures of your fungus.
  • The original paper has some on page 78 if you would like to get an idea of what Currah originally discovered.
  • Use the same link as above and the same steps but select page “78” once you get to Currah’s section.
  • http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/index.htm

• It would be helpful to readers if you had more headings
  • I know you mention the fungus is found in soils of warmer climates but it would be easier to follow if you created a heading like “Habitat” for example and added more information there.
  • Why is it only found in these places?
  • What about its physiology helps it survive in warmer areas? Can it withstand high or low pHs?
  • Name some countries where it has actually been isolated.
    • The Dalla Lana School of Public Health shows that it has been isolated all around the world like in the soils of Sudan as well as Tokyo. Here is the link:
    • http://www.uamh.ca/searchCatalogue.php?species_name=Gymnascella+dankaliensis&uamh_number=&other_numbers=&taxonomy=&sender_name=&substrate=&location=&characters=&compounds=&items_per_page=25

• In this sentence:
  • Gymnascella dankaliensis has been reported in the soil of climates and the marine sponge Halichondria japonica
  • I believe you meant to say “warmer climates?”

• You should add in links to Wikipedia articles throughout. You do this by enclosing the desired term in 2 square brackets like this: [[ ]]
  • You should do this for the following: Halicondria (as the species does not have its own Wikipedia page), ascospores, cytotoxic, hyphae, Gymnascella and any other terms you add on later

• Since your fungus is found in soils I believe you would benefit from one of the books I used from Professor Scott’s library on fungal species. It had good information on history, habitat and anamorph and teleomorph morphology for my fungus. Does your species have a teleomorph? It would be a good idea to mention this. Here is the citation:
  • Domsch, K.H.; Gams, Walter; Andersen, Traute-Heidi (1980). Compendium of soil fungi (2nd ed.). London, UK: Academic Press. ISBN 9780122204029.

• Regarding the cytotoxic compounds in the “Metabolites” section.
  • What do these compounds target? Are they dangerous to humans or only found in soils where the fungus lives?
  • You say in the introduction that Gymnascella dankaliensis has been found in ear, nail, and skin infections. Give more details on these infections and their symptoms. Can they be treated? It would be a good idea to have a separate heading for this information, titled “Infection.”

• Here are more articles that go in depth about the cytotoxic compounds that have been isolated from Gymnascella dankaliensis which you may find useful and help you get up to 10 references:
  • https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np070165m
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25600409

--Garny Kafessian (talk) 21:14, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Elizanpa's peer review

Hi Kocaqiet !

Nice work on the lead section. You can just expand it a bit more as you gather more information about your fungus

Here are some of my suggestions to help you move along:

• Remember to italicize the genus and species name. In your taxobox, the species name has to be bolded as well (ex. G. dankaliensis). Don't forget to add the binomial name section (name of your species, and the author and the date it was discovered). For the synonym section, italicize the name and include the author's name. All of these information can be gathered from MycoBank

Morphology

• Very good information in the morphology section. I like that you elaborated further when you mentioned that the colonies vary in aspects of colour, growth rate, and texture
• Consider providing an internal link for "peridial" (if it doesn't work, try "peridium") and "ascospores"

Ecology

• Since you mentioned that G. dankaliensis commonly grows in soils of warmer climate places, is there an optimal temperature range in which they grow? at what temperature do they not grow?
• Also, think about soil components - what is in the soil that helps or stimulates their growth?
• This article I found can help you https://journals-scholarsportal-info.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/pdf/0301486x/v180i1-2/61_dokfissarotl.xml

Metabolites

• Consider explaining briefly what each of the metabolites are or how they are clinically important (ie. effects on IGF, etc). Check back on references 7, 8 and 9.
• What is "P388"?
• Also, I suggest hyperlinking "ergostanoids"
• In addition, are there any secondary metabolites produced?

More

• Since you mentioned that G. dankaliensis causes infections, it would be better to make another section maybe titled "Pathogenicity" and talk about the types of diseases

I would these would be of help to you !

Elizanpa (talk) 05:23, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Maria's peer review

Hi! I like how your article is looking.

• In your lead section I see you say the fungus has found in nail, ear and skin infections. Are you talking about human infections? Animals? If it’s in animals, what animals?

• I also see you refer to it “growing in warmer climates”. I would be careful as this could be subjective (what’s warm for me, could not be for you!), therefore I would expand and specify what habitats or regions “warmer climates” is talking about (what temperatures).

• I find that it’s a little contradictory to state that this is a “moderate to slow growing fungus” in your lead section and then add “moderately slow to rapid growth rate” in your morphology section. Maybe you could look more into that as it seems the sources have different statements!

• It could be good to specify your Ecology section a little further. I think you might have a typo when you say “has been reported in the soil of climates”, what type of climates?

• I know this is not the main theme of your article, but I think it could be a good idea to explain a little more in detail what is P388 and why Gymnasterone B is important.

• Also adding more sections like pathogenicity, physiology (if any), and separate the references into their own section could be a good thing to do!