| ARGs | Antibiotic resistance genes |
| MRSA | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MRS | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus |
| AMR | Antimicrobial resistance |
| HGT | Horizontal Gene Transfer |
| PCoA | Principal Coordinate Analysis |
| NMDS | Non-metric multidimensional scaling |
| LEfSe | LDA Effect Size |
| OC-EDC-N | Off-campus express delivery center—North |
| OC-EDC-S | Off-campus express delivery center—South |
| OC-RES | Off-campus restaurants |
| SUB | Subway station |
| OC-BC | Off-campus Business Center |
| GYM | Gymnasium |
| TB | Teaching Building |
| MLB | Microbiological Laboratory Building |
| ELB | Engineering Laboratory Building |
| ON-RES | On-campus restaurants |
| ON-EDC | On-campus express delivery center |
| DORM | Student dormitory |
| ON-BC | On-campus Business Center |