| ABIO | Authorization for Capture, Collection, and Transport of Biological Material |
| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
| ARG | Antimicrobial Resistance Gene |
| ASM | American Society for Microbiology |
| AST | Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| ESBL | Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase |
| FDR | False Discovery Rate |
| GLMM | Generalized Linear Mixed-Effects Model |
| IBAMA | Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources |
| MAR | Multiple Antibiotic Resistance |
| MDR | Multidrug Resistance |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| NDM-1 | New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| PAE | Phthalate Esters |
| PERMANOVA | Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance |
| PMP-BS | Santos Basin Beach Monitoring Project |
| SML | Sea Surface Microlayer |
| WGS | Whole-Genome Sequencing |
| WHO | World Health Organization |