A, G, C	adenine, guanine and cytosine	3-AT	3-amino-1,2,4-triazole
Amp	ampicillin	AP	apurinic/apyrimidinic
BER	base excision repair	CFU	colony-forming unit
Cm	chloramphenicol	Ct	threshold cycle
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid	DO	optical density
Em	erythromycin	GO	oxidized guanine
HCl	hydrochloric acid	IPTG	isopropyl-β-Dthiogalactopyranoside
LB	Luria-Bertani	Leu+	leucine reversions
MMR	Mismatch repair	NER	nucleotide excision repair
NSM	non-screening medium	ONPG	ortho-notrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside
ORF	open reading frame	PAB	Penassay broth
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction	RNA	Ribonucleic acid
RNAP	ribonucleic acid polymerase	SEM	standard error of the mean
SM	screening medium	SMM	spizizen minimal medium
SMS	Spizizen minimal salts	Sp	spectinomycin
SPM	stationary-phase mutagenesis	T90	90 min after the cessation of exponential growth
TBAB	tryptose blood agar base	TCR	transcription-couple repair
Tet	tetracycline	UV	ultraviolet light