Table 2.
Peaks present in MALDI-TOF spectra of lipid A isolated from various E. cloacae complex strains
| Source of isolation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavum | Blood | |||||||||||
| Strain designation | C17 | C18 | C16 | C12 | H1 | H2 | H11 | H9 | H8 | H7o | H7i | H10 |
| Identification speciesa | NP | NP | NP | NP | E.h | E.h | E. h | E.b | E.h | E.b | E.b | E.b |
| ERIC-PCR profile | E | F | G | H | A | A | A | B | C | E | E | F |
| Overproduction of AmpCa | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N |
| m/z (calculated) | Peaks present in the spectra | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1388.7 | + | + | + | + | + | |||||||
| 1599.1 | + | |||||||||||
| 1717.4 | + | + | + | + | ||||||||
| 1745.5 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||
| 1769.3 | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||||||
| 1783.4 | + | |||||||||||
| 1797.4 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| 1811.4 | + | + | + | |||||||||
| 1813.4 | + | + | + | |||||||||
| 1825.4 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| 1841.4 | + | + | + | + | ||||||||
| 1877.4 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||||
| 1905.4 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
| 1928.5 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||
| 1956.6 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||||
| 2035.8 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||
| 2063.9 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| 2143.8 | + | + | + | |||||||||
N: No; Y: Yes. NP, not performed; E.h. Enterobacter hormaechei; E.b, Enterobacter bugandensis.