| AUC | Area under the curve |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit |
| CP | Clostridium perfringens |
| CFS | Cell-free supernatant |
| d | Day(s) |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FD4 | FITC-dextran (4 KD) |
| LCA | Latent class model |
| MRS | Man–Rogosa–Sharpe broth |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| OD | Optical density |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| TSB | Tryptic soy broth |