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Bacterial species identification using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and machine learning techniques : a large-scale benchmarking study

Thomas Mortier (UGent) , Anneleen Wieme (UGent) , Peter Vandamme (UGent) and Willem Waegeman (UGent)
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Today machine learning methods are commonly deployed for bacterial species identification using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry data. However, most of the studies reported in literature only consider very traditional machine learning methods on small datasets that contain a limited number of species. In this paper we present benchmarking results on an unprecedented scale for a wide range of machine learning methods, using datasets that contain almost 100,000 spectra and more than 1000 different species. The size and the diversity of the data allow to compare three important identification scenarios that are often not distinguished in literature, i.e., identification for novel biological replicates, novel strains and novel species that are not present in the training data. The results demonstrate that in all three scenarios acceptable identification rates are obtained, but the numbers are typically lower than those reported in studies with a more limited analysis. Using hierarchical classification methods, we also demonstrate that taxonomic information is in general not well preserved in MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry data. For the novel species scenario, we apply for the first time neural networks with Monte Carlo dropout, which have shown to be successful in other domains, such as computer vision, for the detection of novel species. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology.
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Computer Science Applications, Genetics, Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Bacterial species identification, MALDI-TOF MS, Machine learning, Extreme classification, Hierarchical classification, Neural networks, DESORPTION IONIZATION-TIME, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, CLASSIFICATION, NETWORKS, SPECTRA, MS

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Mortier, Thomas, et al. “Bacterial Species Identification Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning Techniques : A Large-Scale Benchmarking Study.” COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, vol. 19, 2021, pp. 6157–68, doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.004.
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Mortier, T., Wieme, A., Vandamme, P., & Waegeman, W. (2021). Bacterial species identification using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and machine learning techniques : a large-scale benchmarking study. COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, 19, 6157–6168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.004
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Mortier, Thomas, Anneleen Wieme, Peter Vandamme, and Willem Waegeman. 2021. “Bacterial Species Identification Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning Techniques : A Large-Scale Benchmarking Study.” COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 19: 6157–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.004.
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Mortier, Thomas, Anneleen Wieme, Peter Vandamme, and Willem Waegeman. 2021. “Bacterial Species Identification Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning Techniques : A Large-Scale Benchmarking Study.” COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 19: 6157–6168. doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.004.
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Mortier T, Wieme A, Vandamme P, Waegeman W. Bacterial species identification using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and machine learning techniques : a large-scale benchmarking study. COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL. 2021;19:6157–68.
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T. Mortier, A. Wieme, P. Vandamme, and W. Waegeman, “Bacterial species identification using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and machine learning techniques : a large-scale benchmarking study,” COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, vol. 19, pp. 6157–6168, 2021.
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  keywords     = {{Computer Science Applications,Genetics,Biochemistry,Structural Biology,Biophysics,Biotechnology,Bacterial species identification,MALDI-TOF MS,Machine learning,Extreme classification,Hierarchical classification,Neural networks,DESORPTION IONIZATION-TIME,STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS,CLASSIFICATION,NETWORKS,SPECTRA,MS}},
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  title        = {{Bacterial species identification using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and machine learning techniques : a large-scale benchmarking study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.004}},
  volume       = {{19}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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