Table 4. Identification of blind-coded mixture samples based on potential biomarker peaks.

ID	Composition	Number of Biomarkers found for each speciesa	Species identified initially	Species identified after optimization
A	F8, R4	F8(11); M14(1); R4(6)	F8, M14, R4,	F8, R4
B	F14, R8	F14(8); R8(8)	F14, R8	F14, R8
C	F14, M15	F14(6); M15(2); R8(1)	F14, M15, R8	F14, M15
D	M14, M15, R8	F8(1); F14(2); M14(5); R8(8);	F8, F14, R8, M14	F14, R8, M14
E	F8, F14, M14, M15	F8(12); F14(6); M14(5); M15(9);	F8, F14, M14, M15	F8, F14, M14, M15
F	F8, F14, M14, M15, R4	F8(13); F14(8); M14(5); M15(6); R4(6); R8(2);	F8, F14, M14, M15, R4, R8	F8, F14, M14, M15, R4, R8
G	F8, F14, M14, M15. R4, R8	F8(11); F14(8 M14(6);); M15(6); R4(5); R8(8)	F8, F14, M14, M15. R4, R8	F8, F14, M14, M15. R4, R8

^aValues in parentheses are the number of potential biomarker peaks found for each species in the blind-coded samples.