| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| RND | Resistance-Nodulation-Division (family) |
| MICP | Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation |
| ZIP | ZRT-IRT-like Protein (family) |
| NRAMP | Natural Resistance-Associated Macrophage Protein |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) |
| GSH/MRP | Glutathione/Multidrug Resistance-associated Protein |