BHI	Brain Heart Infusion
CFU	Colony-forming units
FDR	False discovery rate
KH2PO4,	Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
MALDI-TOF MS	Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
mL	Millilitre
NaCl	Sodium chloride
Na2HPO4,	Disodium hydrogen phosphate
NC	Negative control
NH4Cl	Ammonium chloride
nm	Nanometre
OD	Optical density
ODc	Optical density cut-off
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PC	Positive control
PCA	Plate Count Agar
Rep	Replicate
rpm	Revolutions per minute
SD	Standard deviation
TNTC	Too numerous to count
TSB	Tryptic Soy Broth
μL	Microlitre