Table 1. Patterns of 10 differentiating peaks based on the statistical analysis by the ClinProTools software of the 4 Borrelia species analyzed.
| Peak mass (m/z) representing the protein size in Dalton | Borrelia spp. | ||||||
| N. | Mass m/z [Da] | Start Mass m/z [Da] | End Mass m/z [Da] | B. afzelii 103469 | B. burgdorferi B31 | B. hermsii HS1 | B. japonica F63B |
| 1 | 3890,53 | 3879,53 | 3905,92 | + | - | - | - |
| 2 | 4005,69 | 3998,70 | 4014,17 | + | + | - | + |
| 3 | 4291,15 | 4278,05 | 4305,77 | + | + | - | + |
| 4 | 4376,47 | 4366,44 | 4385,10 | + | - | - | + |
| 5 | 4953,63 | 4931,65 | 4962,08 | - | + | - | + |
| 6 | 4974,68 | 4962,08 | 5005,23 | + | + | - | - |
| 7 | 6119,28 | 6081,80 | 6134,01 | - | - | + | + |
| 8 | 6181,13 | 6176,82 | 6193,10 | + | + | - | - |
| 9 | 6768,97 | 6741,62 | 6784,18 | + | + | - | + |
| 10 | 6944,05 | 6922,86 | 6955,01 | - | + | - | + |