BacPaCS-Bacterial Pathogenicity Classification via Sparse-SVM.

Journal: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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Abstract

MOTIVATION: Bacterial infections are a major cause of illness worldwide. However, most bacterial strains pose no threat to human health and may even be beneficial. Thus, developing powerful diagnostic bioinformatic tools that differentiate pathogenic from commensal bacteria are critical for effective treatment of bacterial infections.

Authors

  • Eran Barash
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences.
  • Neta Sal-Man
    The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, BeerSheva, Israel.
  • Sivan Sabato
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences.
  • Michal Ziv-Ukelson
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences.