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Table 5 List of the 39 identification failures obtained using the Bruker database and the D1 algorithm with a score above the 1.7 threshold

From: Decision criteria for MALDI-TOF MS-based identification of filamentous fungi using commercial and in-house reference databases

Identification via molecular biology

Nb of occurrences

Identification D1

Score D1

Number of references in the Bruker reference database

Aspergillus tubingensis

10

Aspergillus niger

2.329/2.161/2.102/1.928/2.238/1.955/2.333/1.983/1.987/1.829

0

Fusarium proliferatum

2

Fusarium verticillioides

1.845/1.718

5

Curvularia hawaiensis

2

Curvularia pallescens

1.879/2.079

0

Penicillium brasilianum

2

Penicillium discolor

1.92/1.887

0

Arthrinium arundinis

1

Arthrinium phaeospermum

1.883

0

Aspergillus quadrilineatus

1

Aspergillus nidulans

2.065

0

Aspergillus calidoustus

4

Aspergillus ustus

1.775/2.076/1.771/1.731

0

Fusarium sacchari

1

Fusarium proliferatum

1.742

0

Aspergillus subolivaceus

1

Aspergillus flavus

1.985

0

Scopulariopsis brevicaulis

2

Scopulariopsis brumptii

1.781/1.925

9

Fusarium verticillioides

1

Fusarium proliferatum

1.953

2

Curvularia lunata

1

Curvularia pallescens

2.039

1

Aspergillus creber

1

Aspergillus versicolor

2.103

0

Aspergillus sydowii

2

Aspergillus versicolor

1.884/1.897

1

Aspergillus chevalieri

2

Aspergillus hollandicus

1.84/1.766

0

Fusarium equiseti

1

Fusarium incarnatum

1.701

1

Trichophyton rubrum

1

Trichophyton mentagrophytes

1.701

6

Aspergillus alabamensis

1

Aspergillus terreus

1.739

0

Aspergillus fischeri

1

Aspergillus fumigatus

1.898

0

Trichoderma orientale

1

Trichoderma longibrachiatum

1.802

0

Trichoderma reesei

1

Trichoderma koningii

1.865

0