| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| APCI | Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization |
| BH | Blautia hominis without cholesterol |
| BHC | Blautia hominis with cholesterol |
| BhSCP2 | Blautia hominis sterol carrier protein 2 |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| BSH | Bile salt hydrolase |
| C10 | 10 µL cholesterol |
| C5 | 5 µL cholesterol |
| CAD | Collision gas |
| CFU | Colony forming unit |
| CUR | Curtain gas |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| DEG | Differentially expressed genes |
| dRS03310 | Truncated RS03310 protein |
| ev | Electron ionization |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography mass spectrophotometry |
| GS1 | Ion source gas 1 |
| GS2 | Ion source gas 2 |
| IPTG | Isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside |
| KOH | Potassium hydroxide |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography–mass spectrophotometry |
| mGAM | modified Gifu Anaerobic Medium |
| mRS03310 | Mutated RS03310 protein by substitution |
| MtBE | methyl tert-butyl ether |
| NAD+ | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized) |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced) |
| NC | Nebulizer Current |
| OD | Optical density |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| SCFA | Short-chain fatty acid |
| SCP2 | Sterol carrier protein 2 |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis |
| SH-aLRT | Shimodaira–Hasegawa approximate likelihood ratio test |
| SSNs | Sequence similarity networks |
| TEM | Temperature |