LAB	Lactic acid bacteria
MRS	de Man, Rogosa and Sharpe
OD	Optical density
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PCA	Principal component analysis
WGS	Whole-genome sequencing
ARG	Antibiotic resistance gene
MGE	Mobile genetic element
VFDB	Virulence Factors Database
CARD	Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database
CRISPR	Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
HGT	Horizontal gene transfer
DVS	Direct vat set