| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| TGS | Third-generation sequencing |
| ICTV | International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses |
| BPNV-1 | Ball Python Nidovirus 1 |
| URT | Upper respiratory tract |
| LPSN | list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature |
| MBA | Mycoplasmology, bacteriology, and antimicrobial resistance unit |
| BLAST | Basic Local Alignment Search Tool |
| MALDI-TOF | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |