| CEMTC | Collection of Extremophilic Microorganisms and Type Cultures |
| EOP | Efficiency of plating |
| MOI | Multiplicity of infection |
| PCLU | Protein concentration-linked unit |
| PFU | Plaque-forming unit |
| rEOP | Relative efficiency of plating |
| TAR | Transformation-associated recombination cloning |
| titerPP | Pseudo-physical phage titer |
| tsp | Tailspike protein |