| AbOprD | Acinetobacter baumannii OprD |
| EcMaltoporin | E. coli maltoporin |
| EcOmp | E. coli outer membrane protein |
| EV | entropy-variability |
| EVA | entropy-variability analysis |
| GDP | general diffusion porin |
| KpOmpA | K. pneumoniae outer membrane protein A |
| MSA | multiple sequence alignment |
| NanC | N-acetylneuraminic acid-inducible outer-membrane channel |
| NMP | non-specific monomeric porin |
| NTP | non-specific trimeric porin |
| Occ | outer membrane carboxylate channel |
| OMP | outer membrane protein |
| OmpK36 | outer membrane porin of K. pneumoniae |
| OMPLA | outer membrane phospholipase A |
| Opr | outer membrane porin |
| PhoE | Phosphoporin |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| RbGDP | R. blastica general diffusion porin |
| RcGDP | R. capsulatus general diffusion porin |
| RMSD | root-mean-square deviation |
| SMDC | specific monomeric diffusion channel |
| Salmonella Typhimurium | Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium |
| StMaltoporin | Salmonella Typhimurium maltoporin |
| StOmp | Salmonella Typhimurium outer membrane protein |
| STDC | specific trimeric diffusion channel |