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Table 6 List of the 32 identification failures obtained using the in-house 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 in-house reference database

Acremonium strictum

3

Acremonium sclerotigenum

1.952/2.042/2.126

1

Alternaria alternata

1

Alternaria soliaegyptiaca

2.211

1

Aspergillus sclerotiorum

1

Aspergillus persii

1.828

2

Cladosporium halotolerans

1

Cladosporium sphaerospermum

1.975

0

Cladosporium pseudocladosporioides

1

Cladosporium cladosporioides

1.969

1

Aspergillus nidulans

1

Aspergillus echinulatus

2.203

5

Aspergillus quadrilineatus

1

Aspergillus nidulans

2.339

2

Aspergillus hollandicus

1

Aspergillus heterocaryoticus

2.496

1

Aspergillus rubrobrunneus

1

Aspergillus hollandicus

2.325

1

Fusarium solani

2

Fusarium petroliphilum

1.981/2.081

7

Fusarium solani

1

Acremonium falciforme

2.036

7

Trichoderma orientale

1

Trichoderma longibrachiatum

2.026

0

Mucor irregularis

1

Rhizomucor variabilis

2.235

0

Penicillium asturianum

1

Penicillium oxalicum

1.953

1

Penicillium cecidicola

1

Penicillium funiculosum

2.067

1

Penicillium chrysogenum

1

Penicillium nalgiovense

2.328

6

Penicillium glabrum

1

Penicillium purpurescens

2.249

4

Penicillium nalgiovense

1

Penicillium chrysogenum

2.17

3

Talaromyces purpurogenus

1

Talaromyces amestolkiae

2.39

1

Penicillium rubrum

1

Talaromyces amestolkiae

2.069

2

Pleospora papaveracea

1

Ulocladium oudemansii

2.115

0

Pseudallescheria boydii

1

Scedosporium apiospermum

1.721

3

Scedosporium apiospermum

2

Scedosporium boydii

1.746/2.249

5

Scopulariopsis acremonium

1

Scopulariopsis brevicaulis

2.178

1

Talaromyces ramulosus

1

Penicillium cecidicola

2.375

0

Talaromyces stollii

1

Penicillium funiculosum

2.13

2

Trichoderma reesei

1

Trichoderma citrinoviride

1.727

0

Trichophyton rubrum

1

Trichophyton violaceum

1.95

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