| AGC | automatic gain control |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| C18 | Octadecylsilyl |
| CBM | carbohydrate-binding module |
| CBP | consolidated bioprocessing |
| CMC | Carboxymethyl cellulose |
| CMCase | Carboxymethyl cellulase |
| COG | Cluster of Orthologous Genes |
| DNS | 3,5-Dinitrosalicylic acid |
| DS | dockerin sequence |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| GH | glycoside hydrolase |
| HbpA | hydrophobic protein A |
| HCD | higher-energy collisional dissociation |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| ID | inner diameter |
| kDa | Kilodalton |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| ODS | octadecylsilyl |
| PL | polysaccharide lyase |
| PSM | peptide–spectrum match |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| UPLC | ultra-performance liquid chromatography |