| SCP | Single-cell protein |
| MPs | Microbial proteins |
| ITS | Internal transcribed spacer |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| PDB | Potato Dextrose Broth |
| PDA | Potato Dextrose Agar |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| NAD+ | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized) |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced) |
| FADH2 | Flavin adenine dinucleotide (reduced) |
| PEP | Phosphoenolpyruvate |
| PK | Pyruvate kinase |
| PGK | Phosphoglycerate kinase |
| CS | Citrate synthase |
| SDH | Succinate dehydrogenase |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| SD | Standard deviation |