| ABC transporter | ATP-binding cassette transporter |
| ANI | Average Nucleotide Identity |
| CAZy | Carbohydrate Active enzymes |
| CDS | Coding sequence |
| cfMRS | Carbohydrate-free MRS |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| 2′-FL | 2′-Fucosyllactose |
| FOS | Fructooligosaccharide |
| GHs | Glycoside Hydrolases |
| L. ruminis | Lactobacillus ruminis |
| MFS | Major Facilitator Super-family |
| MRS | De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| NR | RefSeq non-redundant proteins |
| PTS | Phosphotransferase System |
| tRNA | Transfer RNA |