| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| CAM | Chorioallantoic Membrane |
| CFU | Colony Forming Unit |
| CMC | Carboxymethyl Cellulose |
| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
| DAD | Diode Array Detector |
| EDD | Embryonic Development Day |
| EUCAST | European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| H&E | Hematoxylin and Eosin |
| HPC | Hydroxypropyl Cellulose |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| MC | Methyl Cellulose |
| MALDI-TOF MS | Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry |
| MBC | Minimum Bactericidal Concentration |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| NBF | Neutral Buffered Formalin |
| OD | Optical Density |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| RSD | Relative Standard Deviation |
| SD | Standard Deviation |