| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BLAST | Basic Local Alignment Search Tool |
| bp | Base pair (in DNA) |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| FE-SEM | Field emission scanning electron microscopy |
| EDS | Energy-dispersive spectroscopy |
| ITS | fungal internal transcribed spacer |
| MCG | Miscellaneous crenarchaeotal group |
| OTU | Operational taxonomic unit |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| STD | Standard deviation |
| Ti | in this paper, Ti-6Al-4V |
| TOC | Total organic carbon |