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Comparison of Wiki Articles about Carl Woese and Rita Colwell

The first noticeable difference was the difference in amount of information, there is a lot more information about Carl Woese than Rita Colwell. The article on Woese briefly discusses his life and education, work and discoveries, perspectives on biology, and honors and his scientific legacy. There is also a lot more specific information about him than on Colwell. The article on Colwell only briefly covers her career and a few specifics about her. Colwell's article seemed to be more of a list of things she has accomplished rather than a discussion of what she contributed to. There is also a difference in the amount of references used in each article, Colwell has only six references, and Woese has 42 references. Both articles were short, easy to read and understand, with several links within the text, and an unbiased writing style. But the article on Woese was of a better written quality compared to the article on Colwell based on syntax and rhythm of the writing. The article on Colwell seemed to be written more childish manner, with very short and simple sentences and the repetition if the same sentence starter in secession within the same paragraph. Overall both articles were informative, but the one about Colwell could use some editing and more specific information about her contributions to science.MCSimps (talk) 20:37, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

Annotate Bibliography for Katrina Edwards Article

Cavalcanti, Emily. "In Memoriam: Katrina J. Edwards, 46 > News > USC Dornsife". dornsife.usc.edu. USC Dornsife. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

Background information with a brief discussion of her contributions to science and organizations she was affiliated with.

"In Memoriam: Katrina Edwards - Astrobiology Magazine". 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2016-09-12.

Back ground information with discussion of specific organisms she studied and some of her accomplishments

Toner, Brandy M.; Rouxel, Olivier J.; Santelli, Cara M.; Bach, Wolfgang; Edwards, Katrina J. (2016-01-01). "Iron Transformation Pathways and Redox Micro-Environments in Seafloor Sulfide-Mineral Deposits: Spatially Resolved Fe XAS and δ57/54Fe Observations". Extreme Microbiology: 648. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00648. PMC 4862312 . PMID 27242685.

Study of microbes living on hydrothermal sulfide chimneys, specifically focusing on the microbes’ ability to convert hydrothermally derived Fe(II)aq and Fe in basalt and sulfide minerals to Fe(III).

Zhang, Xinxu; Fang, Jing; Bach, Wolfgang; Edwards, Katrina J.; Orcutt, Beth N.; Wang, Fengping (2016-01-01). "Nitrogen Stimulates the Growth of Subsurface Basalt-associated Microorganisms at the Western Flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge". Extreme Microbiology: 633. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00633. PMC 4853389 . PMID 27199959.

Study of how the growth of basalt–associated microbes, possibly metabolically reliant on the oxidization of iron, are stimulated by nitrogen.

Baquiran, Jean-Paul M.; Ramírez, Gustavo A.; Haddad, Amanda G.; Toner, Brandy M.; Hulme, Samuel; Wheat, Charles G.; Edwards, Katrina J.; Orcutt, Beth N. (2016-01-01). "Temperature and Redox Effect on Mineral Colonization in Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank Subsurface Crustal Fluids". Extreme Microbiology: 396. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00396. PMC 4815438 . PMID 27064928.

Report of a study on subsurface microbe-mineral interactions occurring in oceanic crust, looking at colonization on crustal minerals after one year of incubation compared to a similar experiment, not exposed to crustal fluids from the subsurface. Assessing the effects of temperature, colonization patterns on different mineral substrates, dissolved oxygen and fluid chemistry on microbial growth.

Lee, Michael D.; Walworth, Nathan G.; Sylvan, Jason B.; Edwards, Katrina J.; Orcutt, Beth N. (2015-01-01). "Microbial Communities on Seafloor Basalts at Dorado Outcrop Reflect Level of Alteration and Highlight Global Lithic Clades". Extreme Microbiology: 1470. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01470. PMC 4688349 . PMID 26779122.

Study on of different microbial colonies growing in basaltic environments of different age and hydrothermal properties.

Singer, Esther; Chong, Lauren S.; Heidelberg, John F.; Edwards, Katrina J. "Similar Microbial Communities Found on Two Distant Seafloor Basalts". Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01409. PMC 4679871 . PMID 26733957.

Study of different basalt mineralogy and its effect on basalt-associated microbes, looking at metabolic and phylogenetic differences and similarities over geographic distances.

Barco, Roman A.; Emerson, David; Sylvan, Jason B.; Orcutt, Beth N.; Jacobson Meyers, Myrna E.; Ramírez, Gustavo A.; Zhong, John D.; Edwards, Katrina J. (2015-09-01). "New Insight into Microbial Iron Oxidation as Revealed by the Proteomic Profile of an Obligate Iron-Oxidizing Chemolithoautotroph". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81 (17): 5927–5937. doi:10.1128/AEM.01374-15. ISSN 1098-5336. PMC 4551237 . PMID 26092463.

Study of proteins expressed the most often in microaerophilic, neutrophilic, Fe-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) during the electron transport chain cycle.

Sylvan, Jason B.; Hoffman, Colleen L.; Momper, Lily M.; Toner, Brandy M.; Amend, Jan P.; Edwards, Katrina J. (2015-01-01). "Bacillus rigiliprofundi sp. nov., an endospore-forming, Mn-oxidizing, moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from deep subseafloor basaltic crust". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (6): 1992–1998. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.000211.

First new species of bacteria from the genus Bacillus. Strain 1MBB1T is a facultatively anaerobic bacterium collected from 341 m beneath the oceanic crust.

Edwards, Katrina; Fisher, Andrew; Wheat, C. Geoffrey (2012-01-01). "The deep subsurface biosphere in igneous ocean crust: frontier habitats for microbiological exploration". Extreme Microbiology. 3: 8. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00008. PMC 3271274 . PMID 22347212.

Discussion of microbial ridge flank ecosystems defined by crustal age, thermal state, and extent of fluid flow.

Orcutt, Beth N.; Sylvan, Jason B.; Knab, Nina J.; Edwards, Katrina J. (2011-06-01). "Microbial Ecology of the Dark Ocean above, at, and below the Seafloor". Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 75 (2): 361–422. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00039-10. ISSN 1092-2172. PMC 3122624 . PMID 21646433.

Overview of subsurface microbial metabolisms, the effects of microbial biochemical cycling, and habitat features.

--MCSimps (talk) 09:35, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

October 2016

Hello, I'm Zackmann08. Thank you for your recent contributions to Katrina Edwards. I noticed that when you added the image to the infobox, you added it as a thumbnail. In the future, please do not use thumbnails when adding images to an infobox (see WP:INFOBOXIMAGE). What does this mean? Well in the infobox, when you specify the image you wish to use, instead of doing it like this:

|image=[[File:SomeImage.jpg|thumb|Some image caption]]

Instead just supply the name of the image. So in this case you can simply do:

|image=SomeImage.jpg.

There will then be a separate parameter for the image caption such as |caption=Some image caption. Please note that this is a generic form message I am leaving on your page because you recently added a thumbnail to an infobox. The specific parameters for the image and caption may be different for the infobox you are using! Please consult the Template page for the infobox being used to see better documentation. Thanks! Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 19:05, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your help, I will keep this in mind the next time I add an image! --MCSimps (talk) 16:33, 1 November 2016 (UTC)