| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BHI | Brain heart infusion |
| CFU | Colony forming unit |
| CRAB | Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii |
| HSP | High scoring pair |
| IC | Infection center |
| LB | Lysogeny Broth |
| MALDI | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization |
| MOI | Multiplicity of infection |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PFU | Plaque forming units |
| RNAP | RNA Polymerase |
| RT | Room temperature |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| TOF | Time-of-flight |