| IPP | Isopentenyl pyrophosphate |
| DMAP | Dimethylallyl diphosphate |
| Tm | Lipid phase transition temperature |
| IDR | Isopentenyldehydrorhodopsin |
| BR | Bacterioruberin |
| BC | β-carotene |
| HEO | 3-hydroechinenone |
| CTX | Canthaxanthin |
| AX | Astaxanthin |
| ZX | Zeaxanthin |
| EURY1 | Euryarchaeota cluster I |
| PROTEO | Proteoarchaeota |
| EURY2 | Euryarchaeota cluster II |
| Topt | Optimal growth temperature |
| Ubx | Ubiquinones and its number of isoprenoid units (x) |
| MK | Menaquinones |
| MMK | Monomethylmenaquinones |
| MTK | Methionaquinones |
| DMK | Demethylmenaquinones |
| DMMK | Dimethylmenaquinones |
| SQ | Sulfolobusquinones |
| CQ | Caldariellaquinones |
| BDTQ | Benzodithiophenoquinones |
| MP | Methanophenazines |
| Qm:n | Polar head group from quinone (Q), size of the isoprenoid side chain (m) and its number of unsaturations (n) |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |