| ANI | Average nucleotide identity |
| CDS | Coding DNA sequences |
| COG | Cluster of orthologous group |
| CPE | C. perfringens enterotoxin |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LD50 | Median lethal dose |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| NetB | Necrotising B-like |
| OD | Optical density |
| PLC | Phospholipase C |
| VFDB | Virulence Factor Database |