AAC	Aminoglycoside Acetyltransferase
ABC	ATP Binding Cassette
AMR	Antimicrobial Resistance
CAPs	Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CF	Cystic Fibrosis
CHDL	Carbapenem-Hydrolysing Class D β-Lactamase
Csr	Carbon Storage Regulation
DSF	Diffusible Signal Factor
ESBL	Extended-Spectrum β-lactamase
ESCAPE	Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile, A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa, and Enterobacteriaceae
ESKAPE	Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, K. pneumoniae, A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa, and Enterobacteriaceae
HAP	Histidyl-Aspartyl Phosphorelay
HGT	Horizontal Gene Transfer
HHK	Hybrid Histidine Kinase
HK	Histidine Kinase
Hpt	Histidine Phosphotransfer Protein
HTH	Helix-turn-helix
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
L-Ara4N	4-Amino-4-Deoxy-L-Arabinose
LPSs	Lipopolysaccharides
MATE	Multidrug and Toxin Extrusion
MBL	Metallo β-lactamases
MDR	Multidrug-Resistant
MFS	Major Facilitator Superfamily
NDM-1	New Delhi Metallo- β-lactamase 1
NNIS	National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance
OCSs	One-Component Systems
OM	Outer Membrane
PAA	Phenylacetic Acid
PAS	Period clock protein, Aryl hydrocarbon receptor, and Single-minded protein
PDR	Pan-Drug Resistant
pEtN	Phosphoethanolamine
RND	Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division
RR	Response Regulator
SCV	Small Colony Variants
SMR	Small Multidrug Resistance
TCA	Tricarboxylic Acid
TCSs	Two-Component Systems
WHO	World Health Organization