Rapid species-level identification of vaginal and oral lactobacilli using MALDI-TOF MS analysis and 16S rDNA sequencing

Table 1 Reference strains tested with MALDI-TOF MS analysis

Species	Culture collection number*	MALDI-TOF MS	BioTyper log score
L. casei	DSM 20011	L. casei**	2.267
L. paracasei	DSM 20020	L. paracasei	2.080
L. fermentum	DSM 20052	L. fermentum**	1.974
L. brevis	DSM 20054	L. brevis**	2.258
L. delbrückii	DSM 20074	L. delbrückii**	2.097
L. plantarum	DSM 20174	L. plantarum**	2.303
L. acidophilus	DSM 20242	L. acidophilus	2.337
L. gasseri	DSM 20243	L. gasseri**	2.341
L. salivarius	DSM 20555	L. salivarius**	2.170
L. jensenii	DSM 20557	L. jensenii**	2.089

*DSM: German collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany).
** Type strains.

ISSN: 1471-2180