| OTA | Ochratoxin A |
| OTB | Ochratoxin B |
| OTC | Ochratoxin C |
| GS | β-1,3-glucan synthase |
| COG | Clusters of Orthologous Genes |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| KAAS | The KEGG Automatic Annotation Server |
| CAZymes | The carbohydrate-active enzymes |
| HE | hematoxylin and eosin |
| OTUs | operational taxonomic units |
| BGCs | biosynthetic gene clusters |
| NRPS | non-ribosomal peptide synthetases |
| PKS | polyketide synthase |
| MDA | malondialdehyde |
| GSH-PX | glutathione enzyme |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| VCR | villus-length-to-crypt-depth ratio |