PLA	polylactic acid
PHA	polyhydroxyalkanoates
HR	homologous recombination
ZFNs	zinc finger nucleases
TALENs	transcription activator-like effector nucleases
CRSISPR	clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
HSCs	hematopoietic stem cells
HbF	hemoglobin
RVDs	repeat variable diresidues
Cas9-PE	Cas9-mediated Prime Editing
scFv	single-chain variable fragment
eGFP	enhanced green fluorescent protein
TRY	titers, rates, and yields
DBTL	design-build-test-learn
MFA	metabolic flux analysis
GEMs	genome-scale metabolic models
PTS	patchouli alcohol synthase
SF	sodium fumarate
HTS	high-throughput screening
FACS	fluorescence-activated cell sorting
NGS	next-generation sequencing
WGS	whole-genome sequencing
ALE	adaptive laboratory evolution
QTL	quantitative trait locus
FBA	flux balance analysis