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Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: 3/7/2014 Publication Date: 3/15/2014 Citation: Gold, S.E. 2014. Let's get physical!: Comment on" Physical methods for genetic transformation of fungi and yeast" by Ana L. Rivera, Denis Magaña-Ortíz, Miguel Gómez-Lim, Francisco Fernández and Achim M. Loske. Elsevier. 11(2):215-216. Interpretive Summary: This comment analyses the paper “Physical methods for genetic transformation of fungi and yeast” by Ana L. Rivera, Denis Magaña-Ortíz , Miguel Gómez-Lim , Francisco Fernández and Achim M. Loske. I examine the methods described and their advantages and disadvantages. I further discuss the other more commonly used fungal transformation methods that do not fall into the authors’ definition of “Physical” transformation methods. Technical Abstract: This comment analyses the paper “Physical methods for genetic transformation of fungi and yeast” by Ana L. Rivera, Denis Magaña-Ortíz , Miguel Gómez-Lim , Francisco Fernández and Achim M. Loske. I examine the methods described and their advantages and disadvantages. I further discuss the other more commonly used fungal transformation methods that do not fall into the authors’ definition of “Physical” transformation methods |