A method for identifying microorganisms by mass spectrometry

The invention relates to a method for the identification of microorganisms by means of mass spectrometry, in particular MALDI-TOF-MS. According to the invention a database (DB) is used, the synthetic reference spectra (REF The method further comprises a first analysis step in which a similarity analysis of a sample mass spectrum (SAM) of a to be identified microorganism having the in the database (DB) contained synthetic reference spectra (REF