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Pierre-Alain Chaumeil

The University of QueenslandORCID 0000-0003-0426-8445Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Philip HugenholtziD· 4 shared Donovan H. ParksiD· 3 shared Aaron James MussigiD· 1 shared Benjamin AuchiD· 1 shared Birger Lindberg MølleriD· 1 shared David WoodiD· 1 shared Disan GunbiligiD· 1 shared Elizabeth Heather Jakobsen NeilsoniD· 1 shared

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2022-2026 · peak 3/yr

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintMay 28, 2026

gTranslate: rapid and accurate translation table prediction for prokaryotic genomes

Pierre-Alain Chaumeil, Philip Hugenholtz, Donovan H. Parks

gTranslate predicts prokaryotic translation tables with high accuracy using machine learning, outperforming existing methods and identifying new genetic code variations.

1 citation

bacteria (other)proteomics

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintApr 30, 2026

First report of stop codon reassignment to tryptophan in members of the bacterial phylum Actinomycetota

Donovan H. Parks, Pierre-Alain Chaumeil, Maria S. Chuvochina, Philip Hugenholtz

The paper identifies stop codon reassignment of UGA to tryptophan in the Actinomycetota phylum, expanding known bacterial lineages with this genetic code plasticity.

2 citations

bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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MicrobiologyMicrobial GenomicsPeer-reviewedJan 9, 2026

A molecular inventory of the faecal microbiomes of 23 marsupial species

Kate L Bowerman, Rochelle M. Soo, Pierre-Alain Chaumeil…·Philip Hugenholtz

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the faecal microbiomes of 23 marsupial species, revealing novel microbial genomes and highlighting the influence of host phylogeny on microbiome composition.

DOI 10.1099/mgen.0.001601

multiple speciesmetagenomics

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BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewedOct 7, 2022

GTDB-Tk v2: memory friendly classification with the Genome Taxonomy Database

Pierre-Alain Chaumeil, Aaron James Mussig, Philip Hugenholtz, Donovan H. Parks

GTDB-Tk v2 improves memory efficiency for taxonomic classification by using a two-step approach with reduced memory usage while maintaining accuracy.

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bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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