TABLE 1.

Numbers of potential biomarker peptide masses found for S. enterica subsp. arizonae, S. enterica subsp. enterica, and S. enterica subsp. houtenae and numbers of peptides assigned to actual peptides in Salmonella proteins of the correct subspecies found by the MASCOT search using the NCBI database^a

Salmonella subspecies	No. of potential biomarker peptides	No. of assigned biomarker peptides
S. enterica subsp. arizonae	51	29
S. enterica subsp. enterica	48	22
S. enterica subsp. houtenae	26	17

^aData represent ±200 ppm at an S/N ratio of 3.