| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| CFU | Colony-Forming Unit |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| EHEC | Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli |
| EMB | Eosin Methylene Blue Agar |
| HUS | Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome |
| MDR | Multidrug-Resistant |
| MAR | Multiple Antibiotic Resistance |
| MHA | Mueller–Hinton Agar |
| MHB | Mueller–Hinton Broth |
| STEC | Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli |
| TSA | Tryptic Soy Agar |
| TSB | Tryptic Soy Broth |
| VRBA | Violet Red Bile Agar |