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. 2023 Jan 6;17(1):e0011006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011006

Table 5. MS-spectra analyzed using PEAKS 7.5 in combination with MS2peptides-DB and http://proteome2pathogen.com/.

Species Sample nr. Number of unique peptide sequences after I to L replacement Highest nr. of discriminative peptides on species level Total nr. of peptides identified from the identified species Identified
microorganism
Second best result on (first false positive)a Second species identification (first false positive)
BM b BM1343 6715 96 6559 BM 5 B. gladioli
BM BM1345 6931 92 6730 BM 17 BP
BM BM1347 5578 74 5405 BM 3 B. oklahomensis
BM BM1349 5923 82 5764 BM 5 B. gladioli
BM BM1352 6150 68 5958 BM 7 BP
BP c BM1354 5355 259 5233 BP 6 B. gladioli
BP BM1355 5266 331 5098 BP 2 B. gladioli
BP BM1357 3774 173 3621 BP 7 BM
BP BM1360 5792 268 5583 BP 5 B. oklahomensis
BP BM1361 5795 257 5641 BP 7 B. gladioli
BP BM649 6388 432 6223 BP 4 B. cepacia

a Second highest number of discriminative peptides on species level

b BM: B. mallei

c BP: B. pseudomallei.