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Chapter and Conference Paper
Deep Recurrent Neural Networks for the Generation of Synthetic Coronavirus Spike Protein Sequences
With the advent of deep learning techniques for text generation, comes the possibility of generating fully simulated or synthetic genomes. For this study, the dataset of interest is that of coronaviruses. Coro...
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Open AccessIdentification and characterisation of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli subtypes associated with human disease
Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) are a major cause of diarrhoea worldwide. Due to their heterogeneity and carriage in healthy individuals, identification of diagnostic virulence markers for pathogenic strains has...
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Open AccessThe pan-genome of Lactobacillus reuteri strains originating from the pig gastrointestinal tract
Lactobacillus reuteri is a gut symbiont of a wide variety of vertebrate species that has diversified into distinct phylogenetic clades which are to a large degree host-specific. Previo...
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Open AccessGenomic and physiological variability within Group II (non-proteolytic) Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium botulinum is a group of four physiologically and phylogenetically distinct bacteria that produce botulinum neurotoxin. While studies have characterised variability between strains of Group I (proteoly...
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Open AccessThe complete genome, comparative and functional analysis of Stenotrophomonas maltophiliareveals an organism heavily shielded by drug resistance determinants
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a nosocomial opportunistic pathogen of the Xanthomonadaceae. The organism has been isolated from both clinical and soil environments in addition to the sputum of cystic fibrosis pa...
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Sink or swim
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It's hip to be square!
Archaea were only discovered in the late 1970s and remain by far the least studied of the three domains of life. Traditionally denoted extremophiles, archaea have since been found in diverse habitats. In this ...
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This place is big enough for both of us
Complex relationships between bacteria and multicellular eukaryotes have evolved in several environments but science has traditionally focused on interactions that are pathogenic. Recently there has been incre...
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Open AccessThe genome of Rhizobium leguminosarum has recognizable core and accessory components
Rhizobium leguminosarum is an α-proteobacterial N2-fixing symbiont of legumes that has been the subject of more than a thousand publications. Genes for the symbiotic interaction with plants are well studied, but ...