TABLE 1.

Biomarkers observed in MALDI-MS of whole spore cells of B. cereus group bacteria

Organism	Strain	Biomarker(s) (m/z)a
B. cereus	T		4,705	4,815	5,033	5,381
				4,833
	B33	4,333	4,705	4,815	4,936	5,381	6,105
				4,833	5,091
	NCTC 8035			4,871	5,145
B. anthracis	Sterne	4,333	4,705	4,833
B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki	33679			4,833	5,108			6,712	6,834	7,082	7,317	8,067
												9,997
B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis	35646	4,165		4,833				6,712	6,834			7,930
B. thuringiensis subsp. finitimus	19269				5,032	5,469
					5,172
B. thuringiensis subsp. galleriae	29730		4,654	4,833	5,108			6,712
			4,767	4,883	5,246
B. thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis	4AA-1			4,833				6,712	6,834	7,082
B. thuringiensis subsp. berliner	10792					5,577		6,695	6,827	7,082		19,030
						5,652
	13366				4,933		6,374	6,712	6,834	7,082		7,930
	13367				4,933	5,893		6,712	6,834	7,082	7,331	7,930
						5,922			6,907			8,062
	55172	4,089		4,815			6,374					7,930
		4,160		4,833
B. mycoides	6462		4,543		4,976		6,525		6,873
					5,297
B. subtilisb	EMG 168											7,779
B. globigiib (B. subtilis subsp. niger)	9372				4,897			6,775

^aNumbers in boldface denote peaks occurring in several species. 

^bReference 14.