| AMPs | antimicrobial peptides |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| HDP | host defense peptides |
| HTS | high-throughput screening |
| IDR | innate defense regulatory |
| MD | molecular dynamics |
| MPP | membrane permeabilizing peptides |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| NRPSs | non-ribosomal peptide synthetases |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| QSAR | quantitative structure-activity relationship |
| SPPS | solid phase peptide synthesis |
| SLAY | Surface Localized Antimicrobial displaY |
| SES | suicide expression system |
| TAPS | trans-acting peptide screening system |
| WHO | World Health Organization |