FIG 2.

Summary of the identification results with the MALDI-TOF MS assay. The validated Fusarium strains were screened against our in-house reference spectrum database, according to well-defined identification criteria using a cutoff of either 2.0 (a) or 1.4 (b). The MALDI-TOF MS identifications were compared with those obtained by the multilocus sequence analysis. For the 19 species represented by more than one strain in the data set, the percentages of strains with a correct species identification, correct species complex identification, and incorrect species complex identification, as well as the percentage of unidentified strains were assessed. The number of strains per species is indicated in parentheses.