Talk:Cyanophage

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The contents of the Cyanophage page were merged into Cyanophage on January 2019. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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Cyanophages be renamed? talk:Curt99 "keeper of the virosphere" 22:42, 12 December 2018 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curt99 (talk • contribs
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Hi guys, some of the links to other wikipedia pages contain errors, such as those corresponding pages do not exist (it shows in red). Also the first couple sentences weren't so clear while I was reading it. I had to re-read a couple times. It could be rephrased a bit so it can be easily understood by everyone. It's nice that you have some pictures on there! So far good job guys. Pinky.s (talk) 03:48, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Concerned that the citation referring to GTA in the adherence section is not appropriate, because GTA is not a phage and not a cyanophage; hence is not strong evidence for the attachment mechanisms for cyanophages. Curt99 (talk) 20:38, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of really good content.

The article could be improved by drawing on the extensive work done on the diversity, dynamics genomics and biogeography of cyanophages in the ocean.

There were a lot of errors in the original uploaded version of this page. For example:

    - Blue-green algae are not a species of cyanobacteria or a phylum of bacteria
    - Cyanophages do not necessarily have a broad host range
    - The evidence is rather dubious if they “aid in the prevention of blooms”
    - The Proctor and Fuhrman reference is more appropriate for the % of infected cells.
    - Some citations could have pointed to more recent references
    - Citations were not formatted consistently 
    - There were numerous errors in spelling and sentence structure 
    - I don’t think cyanophages have “serum and other body fluids”. Please correct.
    - Obviously, this cannot be correct: “This group of viruses is said to be the “new blue-green algae””. I edited the sentence, but please make sure that I got the sense correct.
    - It is the “lysogenic” cycle, not the “temperate” cycle. “Temperate” refers to cyanophage that can lysogenize their hosts.

Overall, it is a really great start, but it could benefit from pulling in the myriad of other information that is more current on cyanophages in the ocean.

Curt99 (talk) 03:18, 13 April 2017 (UTC)C SuttleCurt99 (talk) 03:18, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction

Good introduction of cyanophages. Clear and succinct. However, make sure your citations are a footnote format, not in text. Also, it may not be necessary to add in the sentence explaining what blue green algae is, as it does not seem to be very relevant to the cyanophage itself. Instead, you can just link the corresponding wikipedia article that anyone who is curious can click into and research themselves.

Taxonomy

No need to refer to the authors within the text, you can just use footnotes to support your info. Some grammatical and spelling mistakes, "Cyanophages have been designated by the host but, according to Safferman[2], cyanophages have a broad range of hosts, which cause difficulties with the taxonomy of cyanobacteria; and in turn, do not reflect relations within the viruses." --> I have some difficulty understanding this sentence. What does it mean by cyanophages have been designated by the host? How does cyanophages having a broad range of hosts cause difficulty in categorizing cyanobacteria? Other than that, the rest of the entry is pretty clear. I liked the part where you explained the naming system of cyanophages, and it's very easy to understand.

Morphology

Very well cited, lots of research supporting each point. Also very easy to understand

Host

Use footnotes instead of in text citations. This entry was relatively easy to understand, but I do have some questions about the groups. Are there any explanations on the naming of the groups? Or rather, what does A, AN, N and NP stand for? Are they each different viruses and what allows for one virus to be put into the A group rather than the AN group? Are there any common features between the hosts for each viral groups that cause the groups to be separated in such a way?

Replication and Ecological Significance

Well Cited and well explained. Easy to understand

V.Fungi (talk) 23:24, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction

- easy to follow and have great idea what you will talk in further - only one sentence is backed up by correct citation. Also, most of part attributed to one old sources may not reliable. Try to back up with multiple sources.

Taxonomy

- Third sentence is hard to read, better to change format. - Sentence 4 has typo that it should be is instead - Last sentence need sources to back up that statement. Don’t understand why use certain way to classify and how is different with others.

Morphology

- To make your article more like wiki type article, it’s better to create wiki link in you article. When I read “belong to Myoviridae”, I don’t know what is Myoviridae. However, there is a wiki page about Myoviridae which will help your audience understand your article.

- Again, lost of statement and information are backed up in one or two sources which may cause unbalance article. It’s better to have more sources to back up your idea. - Use correct intext citation to back up your statement (know it may due to the divided work)

Host

- try not us lots of pronoun in your article, especially in the beginning.

Replication, Ecological Significance

- like theses two sections and it's easy to follow - similar problem shown in previous that better to create wiki link

viewed from Kexin Miao, March 15th

Introduction
-Concise and direct to the point (good)
-good use of neutral language
-Make sure to be more consistent with the citation format [dont use MLA/APA format].

Taxonomy
-Some minor grammatical errors in the second and third sentences (quick fix!)
-Also be more consistent with the citation format

Morphology
-Some minor grammatical errors
-Well-cited (good!)
-good content, but could be made more effective by including some kind of organizing structure (headings for each of the cyanophage sub-types?)

Host
-Please define the acronyms
-Use some kind of organizing structure (heading)
-LINK to other Wikipedia pages (goes for the entire article - when in doubt, link!) :)
-concise, easy to understand

Replication
-Minor errors in tense usage
-Great content! Very interesting, good call to add this in :)

Ecological Significance
-Great content! Really interesting, but could be made more effective by adding some structure (enumerating the different ecosystem services?)
-Be careful about making inferences - "This may explain why Myoviridae primarily infect one of the most abundant cyanobacteria, Synechoccocus, because the probability of collision is higher" (you need to cite this if it's not an inference :))
-slight errors in tense usage

Good job guys! :)

Jj.campp (talk) 05:37, 12 March 2017 (UTC) _{Subscript text}[reply]

This article seems to offer no information other than an extensive list of papers. Should it be deleted or just trimmed?? Ciar 03:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

herr_blaschke: You're absolutly right, I marked it as virus-stub. (Dec, 2007) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.40.43.209 (talk) 12:17, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I've removed the list, totally inappropiate, under
  WP:NOT#Catalog. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 06:52, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• • I endorse the removal. It would however be appropriate to add one or two of the most authoritative and accessible recent review articles, and no more. DGG (talk) 15:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've added three. They're pretty diverse, but if you want to cut one go ahead. Phlegm Rooster (talk) 18:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • I don't think number matters, what matters is if you have read them, or enough of their content, and they're directly on the topic. Recent helps, or most-cited, or leading article. Thanks. --Blechnic (talk) 19:04, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • Here are some potential sources : Background on Marine Viruses --> Suttle, C. A. (2007). Marine viruses — major players in the global ecosystem. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5(10), 801-812. doi:10.1038/nrmicro1750

Cynaophage Morphology (some nice TEMs) --> Yoshida, T., Takashima, Y., Tomaru, Y., Shirai, Y., Takao, Y., Hiroishi, S., & Nagasaki, K. (2006). Isolation and Characterization of a Cyanophage Infecting the Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72(2), 1239-1247. doi:10.1128/aem.72.2.1239-1247.2006

Role of Cyanophages (that share similar genes to other viruses) in ecosystem --> Clokie, M. R., Millard, A. D., & Mann, N. H. (2010). T4 genes in the marine ecosystem: studies of the T4-like cyanophages and their role in marine ecology. Virology Journal, 7(1), 291. doi:10.1186/1743-422x-7-291

Viral Control of Phytoplankton (Synechococcus) populations --> Muhling, M., Fuller, N. J., Millard, A., Somerfield, P. J., Marie, D., Wilson, W. H., . . . Mann, N. H. (2005). Genetic diversity of marine Synechococcus and co-occurring cyanophage communities: evidence for viral control of phytoplankton. Environmental Microbiology, 7(4), 499-508. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00713.x

Conserved genes between a few marine viral groups --> Sullivan MB, Coleman ML, Weigele P, Rohwer F, Chisholm SW (2005) Three Prochlorococcus Cyanophage Genomes: Signature Features and Ecological Interpretations. PLoS Biol 3(5): e144. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030144

need more.. JWIK (talk) 18:53, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cyanophages are double-stranded DNA viruses that infect cyanobacteria and several species of blue-green algae, which are phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through the process of photosynthesis.^[1] Even though they seem to have prokaryotic cellular structure, they metabolize in a photoautotrophic manner like eukaryotic plants. Cyanophages isolated from marine environments are known to have icosahedral heads, which contain their double-stranded DNA, attached to a tail by a connector proteins (Curtis and Chan 1993). The size of the head and tail vary between species of cyanophages. They can be found in both freshwater and marine environments. Cyanophages have a very broad host range and are key regulators of the cyanobacteria populations in marine environments. They aid in the prevention of cyanobacteria blooms in both freshwater and marine ecosystems, these blooms pose a danger to both humans and animals. These viruses are highly prevalent in Synechococcus spp., it was found that 1.5% of marine Synechococcus spp. contain a mature phage (Curtis and Chan 1993).