| ATPase | Adenosine triphosphatase |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit(s) |
| COG0523 | Cluster of Orthologous Groups 0523 |
| DHBA | 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| GTP | Guanosine triphosphate |
| GTPase | Guanosine triphosphatase |
| HS | Horse serum |
| iBAQ | Intensity-based absolute quantification |
| ICP-MS | Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MS/MS | Tandem mass spectrometry |
| OD | Optical density |
| OM | Outer membrane |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| RQ | Relative quantification |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| TPEN | N,N,N′,N′-Tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine |
| TSA | Trypticase soy agar |
| TSB | Trypticase soy broth |
| YE | Yeast extract |