| ODE | Ordinary Differential Equation |
| SIO | Structural Identifiability and Observability |
| gLV | generalized Lotka–Volterra |
| SLI | Structurally Locally Identifiable |
| SU | Structurally Unidentifiable |
| SSI | Species–Species Interaction |
| SMI | Species–Metabolite Interaction |
| QSMI | Quadratic Species–Metabolite Interaction |
| MSMI | SMI model with Monod growth kinetics |
| cLV | composite Lotka–Volterra |
| PC | Phage Cocktail |