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… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The … genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by lifestyles. The machine “learned” to identify data … nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and …

… and a unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not sure why we systematically manage to miss them; maybe it’s due to … first worked on a reference dataset that included genome sequences known to be affiliated with the Inoviridae. “What … they become a prominent component of the prokaryotic virome associated with nearly all bacterial phyla across virtually …

… Mikes worked with mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. This year, however, …