| A233 | Absorbance at 233 nm |
| ACC | Acetyl-CoA carboxylase |
| ACK | Acetate kinase |
| ACP | Acyl carrier protein |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BLAST | Basic Local Alignment Search Tool |
| CDS | Coding sequence |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit |
| CLA | Conjugated linoleic acid |
| COG | Clusters of Orthologous Groups |
| CoA | Coenzyme A |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
| EMP | Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas pathway |
| FAMEs | Fatty acid methyl esters |
| FAS | II type II fatty acid synthase |
| GC-Q-TOF | Gas chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| GI | Genomic island |
| GRAS | Generally recognized as safe |
| HMS | Hexose monophosphate shunt |
| IS | Insertion sequence |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LA | Linoleic acid |
| LAB | Lactic acid bacteria |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| LPA | Lysophosphatidic acid |
| MEGA | Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis |
| MLF | Malolactic fermentation |
| MRS | De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe |
| NAD+ | Oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NADH | Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NJ | Neighbor-joining |
| OD600 | Optical density at 600 nm |
| PA | Phosphatidic acid |
| PTA | Phosphotransacetylase |
| PTS | Phosphotransferase system |
| rRNA | Ribosomal RNA |
| SCF | Simulated colonic fluid |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SGF | Simulated gastric fluid |
| SIF | Simulated intestinal fluid |
| tRNA | Transfer RNA |
| UV–Vis | Ultraviolet–visible |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |
| Xfp | Phosphoketolase |
| XSO | Xanthoceras sorbifolium oil |
| Acetyl-P | Acetyl phosphate |
| Acyl-P | Acyl phosphate |
| AdhE | Bifunctional acetaldehyde-CoA/alcohol dehydrogenase |
| ALDC | α-acetolactate decarboxylase |
| ALS | Acetolactate synthase |
| AraA | L-arabinose isomerase |
| AraB | Ribulokinase |
| AraD | L-ribulose-5-phosphate 4-epimerase |
| CL | Cardiolipin |
| FA | Fatty acid |
| FabA | 3-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase/trans-2-decenoyl-ACP isomerase |
| FabD | ACP S-malonyltransferase |
| FabF | 3-oxoacyl-ACP synthase II |
| FabG | 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase |
| FabH | 3-oxoacyl-ACP synthase III |
| FabI | Enoyl-ACP reductase I |
| FabK | Enoyl-ACP reductase II |
| FabL | Enoyl-ACP reductase III |
| FabV | Enoyl-ACP reductase |
| FabY | Acetoacetyl-ACP synthase |
| FabZ | 3-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase |
| Fba | Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase |
| F1P | Fructose 1-phosphate |
| F6P | Fructose 6-phosphate |
| FruK | 1-phosphofructokinase |
| G6P | Glucose 6-phosphate |
| GalK | Galactokinase |
| GalM | Aldose 1-epimerase (galactose mutarotase) |
| GalT | Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase |
| GAP | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate |
| Lac6P | Lactose 6-phosphate |
| LacA/LacB | Galactose-6-phosphate isomerase subunits |
| LacC | Tagatose-6-phosphate kinase |
| LacD | Tagatose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase |
| LacG | 6-phospho-β-galactosidase |
| Man6P | Mannose 6-phosphate |
| PDH | Pyruvate dehydrogenase |
| PEP | Phosphoenolpyruvate |
| PFL | Pyruvate formate-lyase |
| PG | Phosphatidylglycerol |
| Pgi | Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase |
| PfkA | 6-phosphofructokinase |
| PlsC | 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase |
| PlsX | Phosphate acyltransferase |
| PlsY | Acyl phosphate:glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase |
| PM | Permease-mediated transport |
| Pmi | Mannose-6-phosphate isomerase |
| Pyk | Pyruvate kinase |
| Pyr | Pyruvate |
| Sor6P | Sorbitol 6-phosphate |
| SrlD1/SrlD2 | Sorbitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenases |
| XylA | Xylose isomerase |
| XylB | Xylulokinase |