| ADH6 | Alcohol dehydrogenase gene |
| ADR1 | A transcription factor involved in stress response |
| AI-CRISPR | Artificial intelligence-assisted CRISPR technology |
| ALE | Adaptive laboratory evolution |
| ANTI-SMASH | Antibiotic and Secondary Metabolite Analysis Shell |
| ARTP | Atmospheric and Room Temperature Plasma |
| BGC | Biosynthetic gene cluster |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| Cas | CRISPR-associated protein |
| DL | Deep learning |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DOAJ | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| DSB | Double-strand break |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| GAN | Generative adversarial network |
| GEM | Genetically engineered microorganism |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice |
| GRE2 | A gene involved in stress resistance |
| HEPA | High-efficiency particulate air (filtration) |
| HGT | Horizontal gene transfer |
| LD | Linear Dichroism |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| ML | Machine learning |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| TALEN | Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nuclease |
| TLA | Three-Letter Acronym |
| VAE | Variational autoencoder |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| ZFN | Zinc Finger Nuclease |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |