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[Submitted on 19 Jun 2024] View a PDF of the paper titled PathoLM: Identifying pathogenicity from the DNA sequence through the Genome Foundation Model, by Sajib Acharjee Dip and 6 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Pathogen identification is pivotal in diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases, crucial for controlling infections and safeguarding public health. Traditional alignment-based methods, though widely used, are computationally intense and reliant on extensive reference databases, often failing to detect novel pathogens due to their low sensitivity and specificity. Similarly, conventional machine learning techniques, while promising, require large annotated datasets and extensive feature engineering and are prone…