Table 1. MALDI TOF MS identification of 30 reference yeast strains.

Isolates	MALDI-TOF Identification according to Bruker Score*
	<1.70	≥1.7-<2.0	≥2.0
Candida spp.
Candida albicans CBS 562			C. albicans
Candida albicans ATCC 10231			C. albicans
Candida catenulata CBS 565			C. catenulata
Candida ciferii CBS 4856#	No ID (Candida orthopsilosis)
Candida colliculosa CBS 133		C. colliculosa
Candida dubliniensis CBS 7987			C. dubliniensis
Candida glabrata ATCC 90030			C. glabrata
Candida guilliermondii CBS 2030			C. guilliermondii
Candida haemulonii CBS 5149			C. haemulonii
Candida kefyr ATCC 4135			C. kefyr
Candida krusei ATCC 6258			C. krusei
Candida lipolytica CBS 6124			C. lipolytica
Candida lusitanae CBS 5030			C. lusitanae
Candida metapsilosis ATCC 96144			C. metapsilosis
Candida norvegensis CBS 1922			C. norvegensis
C. orthopsilosis ATCC 96139		C. orthopsilosis
Candida parapsilosis CBS 604			C. parapsilosis
Candida parapsilosis ATCC 22019			C. parapsilosis
Candida rugosa CBS 613		C. rugosa
Candida tropicalis CBS 94			C. tropicalis
Candida utilis CBS 1600			C. utilis
Candida utilis ATCC 9950			C. utilis
Candida zeylanloides CBS 619	No ID (C. zeylanoides)
Other yeasts
Arxiozyma telluris§ CBS 2685	No ID (Candida sloofii§)
Arxiozyma telluris CBS 2676	No ID (C. krusei)
Cryptococcus neoformans ATCC 00112			C. neoformans
Cryptococcus gattii ¶ ATCC 32608			Filobasidiella bacillisporus ¶
Debaryomyces carsonii CBS 2285#	No ID (C. neoformans)
Pichia kluyveri CBS 3082#	No ID(C. krusei)
Pichia ohmeri CBS 5367		P. ohmeri

ID, identification; species designated within brackets refers to closest match species.

*Results from testing of four replicates.

^#Reference species-specific spectra not contained in software (version 3.1.2.0, Bruker Daltonik GmbH).

^¶ A. telluris synonymous with C. sloofii; C. gattii synonymous with F. bacillisporus.