Table 4.

Common misidentification pattern in these studies

Sequence identifcation	MALDI-TOF MS identifcation	System	Reference
Actinomyces georgiae	Capnocytophaga gingivalis	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[27]
Actinomyces graevenitzii	Actinomyces turicensis	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[7]
Actinomyces meyeri	Actinomyces odontolyticus	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[58]
Actinomyces viscosus	Actinomyces oris	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[58]
Anaerococcus hydrogenalis	Bacteroides fragilis	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[24]
Anaerococcus tetradius	Brevibacillus spp.	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[31]
Bacteroides cellulosilyticus	Bacteroides intestinalis	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[3]
Bacteroides dorei	Bacteroides vulgatus	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[28, 58]
Bacteroides faecis	Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[58]
Bacteroides faecis	Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[27]
Bacteroides nordii	Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[27]
Bacteroides vulgatus	Bacteroides eggerthii	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[31]
Clostridium baratii	Clostridium paraputrificum	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium beijerinckii	Clostridium butyricum	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium bifermentans	Clostridium sordellii	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium bolteae	Clostridium clostridioforme	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[27]
Clostridium butyricum	Clostridium beijerinckii	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium cadaveris	Clostridium sordellii	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium clostridioforme	Bacillus ssp.	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium difficile	Clostridium septicum	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium difficile	Enterococcus faecium	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[24]
Clostridium histolyticum	C. sordellii/C. septicum	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium limosum	Clostridium tyrobutyricum	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium perfringens	Enterococcus faecalis	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[24]
Clostridium sordellii	Clostridium bifermentans	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium sporogenes	C.difficile/ C.glycolicum	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Clostridium tetani	Clostridium septicum	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[20]
Fusobacterium nucleatum	Enterococcus faecalis	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[24]
Fusobacterium nucleatum	Fusobacterium naviforme	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[26]
Mogibacterium timidum	Clostridium halophilum	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[58]
Parvimonas micra	Slackia exigua	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[24]
Peptoniphilus Indolicus	Peptoniphilus harei	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[28, 58]
Porphyromonas gulae	Porphyromonas gingivalis	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[58]
Prevotella bivia	Streptococcus anginosus	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[24]
Prevotella denticola	Bacteroides fragilis	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[24]
Prevotella oralis	Prevotella nanciencis	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[58]
Prevotella oris	Prevotella buccae	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[24]
Veillonella dispar	Veillonella parvula	Bruker MALDI Biotyper	[7]
Veillonella dispar	Veillonella parvula	bioMérieux Vitek MS	[27]