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. 2025 Nov 22;14(23):4000. doi: 10.3390/foods14234000
AMR Antimicrobial Resistance
UAE Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction
MAE Microwave-Assisted Extraction
EAE Enzyme-Assisted Extraction
NADES Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents-Assisted Extraction
ILs Ionic Liquids
DES Deep Eutectic Solvents
HBA Hydrogen Bond Acceptor
HBD Hydrogen Bond Donor
SFE Supercritical Fluid Extraction
HHP High Hydrostatic Pressure
MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MBC Minimum Bactericidal Concentration
CFUs Colony-Forming Units
TLC Thin-Layer Chromatography
HPLC High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
OPLC Over-Pressured-Layer Chromatography
CV Crystal Violet
cFDA Carboxyfluorescein Diacetate
STC Standard Plate Count
TVC Total Viable Count
ACC Aerobic Colony Count
AMC Aerobic Mesophilic Count
CFU·g−1 or CFU·mL−1 Colony-Forming Units per gram or milliliter
FDA Food and Drug Administration
NGS Next-Generation Sequencing
PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
EGCG Epigallocatechin Gallate
DHFR Dihydrofolate Reductase
THF Tetrahydrofolate
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
QS Quorum Sensing
ESM Extracellular Signaling Molecules
AIs Auto-Inducers
EPS Extracellular Polymeric Substance
QQ Quorum Quenching
AHL Acyl-homoserine lactones
ICMSF International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods
List of microorganisms and their abbreviations
A. baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii
B. cereus Bacillus cereus
B. pumilus Bacillus pumilus
B. subtilis Bacillus subtilis
C. albicans Candida albicans
E. asburiae Enterobacter asburiae
E. coli Escherichia coli
E. faecalis Enterococcus faecalis
K. pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae
L. innocua Listeria innocua
L. monocytogenes Listeria monocytogenes
M. luteus Micrococcus luteus
M.R.S. aureus Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
P. aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa
P. mirabilis Proteus mirabilis
S. aureus Staphylococcus aureus
S. enterica Salmonella enterica
S. enterica sv. Typhimurium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
S. Enteritidis Salmonella Enteritidis
S. Typhimurium Salmonella Typhimurium (synonym for S. enterica sv. Typhimurium)
V. parahaemolyticus Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Y. enterocolitica Yersinia enterocolitica