| ADH | Alcohol dehydrogenase |
| AlDH | Aldehyde dehydrogenase |
| ALS | Acetolactate synthease |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| bp | Boiling point |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit |
| CO | Carbon monoxide |
| C. avidum | Cutibacterium avidum |
| C. striatum | Cutibacterium striatum |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| EDCs | Endocrine disruptors |
| GT-92L | Gastec detector Tubes-92L |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| HCO | Hydrogenated castor oil |
| 5MF | 5-methyl furfural |
| HMF | 5-hydorxymethyl furfural |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| h | hours |
| KDa | Kilodalton |
| MBC assay | Minimum bactericidal concentration assay |
| min | minutes |
| M. elsdenii | Megasphaera elsdenii |
| 3M3SH | 3-methyl-3-sulfanylhexanol |
| MTT assay | 3,(4,5-Dimethyl thiazol-2-yl)-2-5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assay |
| MXC | Methoxychlor |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NCU | National Central University |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| O.D. | Optical density |
| PBS | Phosphate buffer saline |
| PDH | Pyruvate dehydrogenase |
| ppm | Parts per millions |
| S. aureus | Staphylococcus aureus |
| SCFAs | Short chain fatty acids |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| S. epidermidis | Staphylococcus epidermidis |
| S. hominis | Staphylococcus hominis |
| TCS | Triclosan |
| TSB | Tryptic soy broth |
| VFAs | Volatile fatty acids |
| V. filiformis | Vitreoscilla filiformis |