Fig. 3
From: Assessment of MALDI-TOF MS for Arthropod Identification Based on Exuviae Spectra Analysis
Assessment of intra-species reproducibility and inter-species specificity of MS spectra of arthropod exuviae. (i) Representative of two exuviae MS spectra per species, including C. lectularius (A, B), C. hemipterus (C, D), S. longipalpa legs (E, F), B. germanica legs (G, H), P. humanus humanus (I, J), An. coluzzi (K, L), Ae. aegypti (M, N), Tr. infestans legs (O, P) Rh. prolixus legs (Q, R). (ii) Comparison of MALDI-TOF MS spectra from exuviae of each species using gel view of ClinProTools v.2.2. C. lectularius (a), C. hemipterus (c), S. longipalpa legs (e), B. germanica legs (g), P. humanus humanus (i), An. coluzzi (k), Ae. aegypti (m) Tr. infestans legs (o) Rh. prolixus legs (p). (iii) MSP dendrogram constructed with two representative exuviae spectra from the nine arthropod species. The dendrogram was created by Biotyper 3.0.