Table 1.

Consensus wavenumbers having VIP scores > 0 from analysis of M. pneumoniae strains. High, > 5; Low, 2– 5; colors correspond to the highlighted peaks in figures 2 (yellow) and 5 (orange and green).

Wavenumber	VIP scores: clinical strains vs type 1 reference M129	VIP scores: clinical strains vs type 2 reference FH	VIP scores: M129 vs III-4	VIP scores: M129 vs IV-22	VIP scores: III-4 vs IV-22	Tentative bond vibrational mode assignments
1659–1675	High	High	---	---	---	1675: Amide I ^a,b 1663, 1670, 1672: Amide I ^c
1631–1647	Low	Low	---	---	---	1646: Amide I ^a 1637: Amide I ^{b, d}
1474–1485	---	---	Low	Low	Low	---
1457–1467	---	---	Low	Low	Low	1440–1460: C-H₂ def ^{b, c}
1438–1451	---	---	Low	High	Low	1442–1443: CH₂ scissoring ^a; 1440–1460: C-H² def ^{b, c} ; 1347, 1350: CH₂ bend (protein, lipid) ^d
1395–1400	High	High	---	---	---	1400: COO- symmetric stretching ^b
1388–1394	High	High	---	---	---	1392: COO- symmetric stretching^a
1375–1381	High	High	---	---	---	C-H bend (protein) ^d
1347–1352	---	---	Low	---	Low	1350: Amide III^b, Trp^c
1334–1341	---	---	Low	---	Low	1335, 1338, 1339: Trp ^c 1337, 1341: C-H bend (protein) ^d
1324–1330	---	---	Low	---	---	1330: Trp^a; 1329: C-H bend (protein) ^d
1262–1266	Low	Low	---	---	---	1230–1295: Amide III ^{b, c}
1051–1061	---	---	High	High	High	1061: Gln, C-N stretch ^b 1056: C-C stretch ^d
1039–1050	---	---	High	High	High	1040: Phe ^c; 1043, C-C stretch ^d
1006–1020	Low	High	High	High	High	1013,1019: Phe^a; 1009: Trp^c
997–1005	Low	Low	High	High	High	997: Phe^a;; 1004: Phe^b; 1001–1003: Phe ^c
960–971	High	High	High	High	Low	971: C-C stretch ^a ; 960: C-C stretch ^c; 961, 963, 966, 967: C-N stretch ^d
947–957	High	High	High	High	Low	---
933–943	---	---	High	High	Low	934: C-C stretch ^{c, d}
923–931	Low	Low	---	High	Low	924, 925, 931: C-COO^- stretch ^d
810–811	---	---	---	Low	Low	---
797–804	---	---	High	High	---	801: -O-P-O ^d
778–786	---	---	Low	---	Low	785: Cytosine/Uracil stretch^b
766–770	Low	Low	---	---	---	---
738–744	---	---	Low	Low	Low	746: Trp^a
716–728	Low	Low	High	High	Low	720: C-H rocking; Ade^b; 720–721: Trp ^c
702–714	Low	High	High	High	Low	---
581–583	---	Low
574–578	---	---	Low	---	Low	575–577, 582:carbohydrate^d
565–569	---	---	Low	---	---	568: Trp ^c
505–513	Low	Low	---	---	---	507–509, 513: S-S ^c
498–500	---	---	Low	---	Low
472–480	Low	Low	---	---	---	---

Yang et al. 2011.

Maquelin et al. 2002.

Podstawka et al. 2004.

Culha et al. 2008.