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October 2017

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Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Malignant colorectal cancer

October 3, 2017

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Due to the large variability of biological tissue, machine learning techniques have shown superior performance over conventional image processing methods. Here, researchers present a deep neural network-based approach for segmentation and classification of glands in tissue of benign and malignant colorectal cancer.

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October 4, 2017

Accuracy of microbial community diversity estimated by closed- and open-reference OTUs

40 citations

2,255 downloads

14,409 views

Robert C. Edgar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3889 PubMed 29018622

October 24, 2017

Statins: antimicrobial resistance breakers or makers?

10 citations

568 downloads

3,169 views

Humphrey H.T. Ko, Ricky R. Lareu, Brett R. Dix, Jeffery D. Hughes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3952 PubMed 29085751

October 20, 2017

Oxygen-limited metabolism in the methanotroph Methylomicrobium buryatense 5GB1C

20 citations

451 downloads

2,443 views

Alexey Gilman, Yanfen Fu, Melissa Hendershott, Frances Chu, Aaron W. Puri, Amanda Lee Smith, Mitchell Pesesky, Rose Lieberman, David A.C. Beck, Mary E. Lidstrom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3945 PubMed 29062611

October 27, 2017

Skin and fur bacterial diversity and community structure on American southwestern bats: effects of habitat, geography and bat traits

5 citations

549 downloads

2,374 views

Ara S. Winter, Jennifer J.M. Hathaway, Jason C. Kimble, Debbie C. Buecher, Ernest W. Valdez, Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Jesse M. Young, Kaitlyn J.H. Read, Diana E. Northup

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3944 PubMed 29093998

October 13, 2017

Sediment microbial taxonomic and functional diversity in a natural salinity gradient challenge Remane’s “species minimum” concept

9 citations

515 downloads

2,081 views

Christina Pavloudi, Jon B. Kristoffersen, Anastasis Oulas, Marleen De Troch, Christos Arvanitidis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3687 PubMed 29043106

October 16, 2017

Microbial community diversity patterns are related to physical and chemical differences among temperate lakes near Beaver Island, MI

7 citations

389 downloads

2,078 views

Miranda H. Hengy, Dean J. Horton, Donald G. Uzarski, Deric R. Learman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3937 PubMed 29062609

October 17, 2017

Bacterial and fungal communities respond differently to varying tillage depth in agricultural soils

6 citations

721 downloads

1,998 views

Craig Anderson, Mike Beare, Hannah L. Buckley, Gavin Lear

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3930 PubMed 29062604

October 6, 2017

The isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi from Tessaratoma papillosa Drury (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae)

1 citation

3,286 downloads

1,830 views

Xiang Meng, Junjie Hu, Gecheng Ouyang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3888 PubMed 29018621

October 5, 2017

Mechanisms of action and in vivo antibacterial efficacy assessment of five novel hybrid peptides derived from Indolicidin and Ranalexin against Streptococcus pneumoniae

1 citation

508 downloads

1,738 views

Hassan Mahmood Jindal, Keivan Zandi, Kien Chai Ong, Rukumani Devi Velayuthan, Sara Maisha Rasid, Chandramathi Samudi Raju, Shamala Devi Sekaran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3887 PubMed 29018620

October 26, 2017

Erwinia amylovora psychrotrophic adaptations: evidence of pathogenic potential and survival at temperate and low environmental temperatures

5 citations

607 downloads

1,547 views

Ricardo D. Santander, Elena G. Biosca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3931 PubMed 29085749

October 3, 2017

Alpha-arylphorin is a mitogen in the Heliothis virescens midgut cell secretome upon Cry1Ac intoxication

3 citations

350 downloads

1,413 views

Anais Castagnola, Jerreme Jackson, Omaththage P. Perera, Cris Oppert, Shigetoshi Eda, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3886 PubMed 29018619

October 10, 2017

Extending SEQenv: a taxa-centric approach to environmental annotations of 16S rDNA sequences

1 citation

321 downloads

1,375 views

Ali Z. Ijaz, Thomas C. Jeffries, Umer Z. Ijaz, Kelly Hamonts, Brajesh K. Singh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3827 PubMed 29038749

October 5, 2017

The Plasmodium berghei RC strain is highly diverged and harbors putatively novel drug resistance variants

306 downloads

1,357 views

Warangkhana Songsungthong, Supasak Kulawonganunchai, Alisa Wilantho, Sissades Tongsima, Pongpisid Koonyosying, Chairat Uthaipibull, Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan, Philip J. Shaw

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3766 PubMed 29018598

October 10, 2017

Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration and behavioral disorders

296 downloads

1,309 views

Claire Bernardin Souibgui, Anthony Zoropogui, Jeremy Voisin, Sebastien Ribun, Valentin Vasselon, Petar Pujic, Veronica Rodriguez-Nava, Patrick Belly, Benoit Cournoyer, Didier Blaha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3823 PubMed 29038748

October 31, 2017

Proteomics research and related functional classification of liquid sclerotial exudates of Sclerotinia ginseng

2 citations

317 downloads

1,123 views

Dan Wang, Jun Fan Fu, Ru Jun Zhou, Zi Bo Li, Yu Jiao Xie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3979 PubMed 29104825

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