| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BAC | Benzalkonium Chloride |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic Acid |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| CHX | Chlorhexidine |
| CPC | Cetylpyridinium Chloride |
| DFG | German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DnaK | Dna K chaperone protein |
| ECL | Enhanced Chemiluminescence |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| GBD | Global Burden of Disease |
| GroEL | Growth-related protein E large subunit |
| h | Hours |
| IADR | International Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research |
| IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
| kDa | Kilodalton |
| LexA | LexA repressor protein |
| MH | Müller–Hinton Broth |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| OD600 | Optical Density at 600 nm |
| OmpF | Outer Membrane Protein F |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| RecA | Recombinase A |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis |
| SOS | SOS Response |
| sub-MIC | Sub-Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| WT | Wild Type |