BB	Binding buffer
BBT	Binding buffer and 0.005% Tween 20
CFU	Colony-forming unit
CPE	Constant phase element
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
EIS	Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
ELONA	Enzyme-linked oligonucleotide assay
FeBB	Binding buffer and 2 mM equimolar ferri-/ferrocyanide
h	Hill coefficient
KD	Apparent binding constant
kDa	kiloDalton
LoD	Limit of detection
MCH	Mercaptohexanol
MDPI	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
MRSA	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MST	Microscale thermophoresis
ON pool	Random oligonucleotide pool
PAA	Protein A-binding Aptamer
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
QCM	Quartz crystal microbalance
Rct/ΔRct	Charge transfer resistance/change of charge transfer resistance
RIFTS	Reflective interferometric fourier transform spectroscopy
RMS	Rough mean square
Rsol	Solution resistance
RuHex	hexaammineruthenium(III) chloride
SELEX	Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment
spA	Gene encoding protein A
SPR	Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy
SD	Standard deviation
TSB	Tryptic soy broth
vWF	Von Willebrand factor
W	Warburg element