| 3DA | DADADA motif |
| 4PL | Four-parameter logistic |
| AF488 | Alexa Fluor 488 |
| AIDA-I | Adhesin Involved in Diffuse Adherence I |
| ARRIVE | Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments |
| AT/ATs | Autotransporter(s) |
| AUC_ELISA | Area under the ELISA curve |
| AUC_FLOW | Area under the flow–cytometry curve |
| Bmax | Maximum binding (ELISA) |
| bn-mAbs | Broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibody |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| BSL-2 | Biosafety Level 2 |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CFU | Colony-Forming Units |
| CI/CIs | Confidence interval(s) |
| DBTL | Design–Build–Test–Learn |
| DTP | Diphtheria–Tetanus–Pertussis |
| EC50 | Half-maximal effective concentration |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| Env | Envelope glycoprotein (HIV) |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| FLIC | Flagellin fragment (TLR5 agonist) |
| FLOW | Flow–cytometry readout (context of manuscript) |
| FP | Fusion Peptide |
| FP1–FP4 | Fusion Peptide variants 1–4 |
| GDGDG | Acidic linker sequence |
| GGG | Glycine-repeat linker sequence |
| GRB | Genome-Reduced Bacteria |
| HBSS | Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution |
| HET3 | Outbred HET3 mouse stock |
| HIV/HIV-1 | Human Immunodeficiency Virus/type 1 |
| HM | Homomeric (in vaccine names) |
| HRP | Horseradish Peroxidase |
| HT | Heteromeric (in vaccine names) |
| IBC | Institutional Biosafety Committee |
| ID50/ID80 | 50%/80% inhibitory dilution |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| IM | Intramuscular |
| Imm/Imms | Immunogen/Immunogens |
| L/L1/L2 | Linkers (L1 = GDGDG; L2 = AQQASSS × 3) |
| LB | Lysogeny Broth (Luria–Bertani) |
| LMIC(s) | Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| mAb | Monoclonal antibody |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| MPER | Membrane-Proximal External Region |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| OD450/OD600 | Optical density at 450/600 nm |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PC1 | Principal Component 1 |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| PEDV | Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus |
| pLDDT | Predicted Local Distance Difference Test (score) |
| pTM | Predicted TM-score |
| RAU | Relative Antibody Units |
| RLU | Relative Light Units |
| rSIP | (Group B streptococcal) surface immunogenic protein |
| L3 | Short flexible linker |
| SOC | Super Optimal broth with Catabolite repression |
| SOP(s) | Standard Operating Procedure(s) |
| TAE | Tris–Acetate–EDTA |
| TBST | Tris-Buffered Saline with Tween-20 |
| Tfh | T follicular helper (cells) |
| TMB | 3,3′,5,5′-Tetramethylbenzidine |
| TLR | Toll-Like Receptor |
| TZM-bl | Reporter cell line for HIV neutralization |
| UVA | University of Virginia |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| UniProt | Universal Protein Resource (database) |
| KWC/GRB | Killed Whole-Cell genome-reduced Bacteria |
| KWC | Killed Whole-Cell |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |