Table 2.

List of probable and definite identification of the seven Bacillus species using MSn fragmentation results

If a peak was detected for a particular lipid, this is illustrated with a colour matching the different species

B.amy B. amyloliquefaciens, B.cer B. cereus, Br.lat Br. laterosporus, B.lic B. licheniformis, B.meg B. megaterium, B.sph B. sphaericus, B.sub B. subtilis, PC phosphatidylcholine, PE phosphatidylethanolamine, PA phosphatidic acid, PG phosphatidylglycerol, LPI l-alpha-lysophosphatidylinositol, LPG lyso-phosphatidylglycerol, DGDG digalactosyldiacylglycerol

Caret (^) indicates m/z of lipid-like features that were not in high enough quantities to be able to successfully fragment into product ions

Tilde (∼) indicates m/z of features that have been putatively assigned an identification based on previous reports in the literature (ref 11 or 44; in column 4)