| AA | acetic acid |
| ARA | arabitol |
| KD | α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase |
| α-KG | α-ketoglutarate |
| 6PGL | 6-phosphonogluconolactonase |
| ACC | acetyl CoA carboxylase |
| ACH | acetyl CoA hydrolase |
| ACL | ATP citrate lyase |
| ACO | aconitase |
| ACO * | truncated aconitase |
| ARA | arabitol |
| CA | citric acid |
| CAD | cis-aconitate decarboxylase |
| CIT | citrate synthase |
| DHAP | dihydroxyacetone-P |
| DO | dissolved oxygen |
| E1PI | erythrulose-1P isomerase |
| E4PI | erythrulose-4P isomerase |
| E4PP | erythrose 4P phosphatase |
| EDH | erythritol dehydrogenase |
| EK | erythritol kinase |
| EOL | erythritol |
| EOSE | erythrulose |
| ER | erythrose reductase |
| F6P-P | fructose-6P phosphatse |
| FBA | fructose-bisphosphate aldolase |
| iCA | isocitric acid |
| isFBB | in situ fibrous bed bioreactor |
| FUM | fumarase |
| G3PDH | glycerol-3P dehydrogenase |
| G6PDH | glucose-6P dehydrogenase |
| GK | glycerol kinase |
| GPI | glucose-6P isomerase |
| HK | hexokinase |
| IA | itaconic acid |
| iCA | iso-citric acid |
| ICL | isocitrate lyase |
| IDH | isocitrate dehydrogenase |
| MAN | mannitol |
| MDH | mannitol dehydrogenase |
| MLS | malate synthase |
| NTG | N-methyl-N’-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine |
| OMW | olive-mill wastewater |
| PCK | phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase |
| PEP | phosphoenol pyruvate |
| PFK | phosphofructo kinase |
| PGDH | hopshogluconate dehydrogenase |
| PYC | pyruvate carboxylase |
| R5PI | ribose-5P isomerase |
| RPE | ribulose-P3 epimerase |
| SA | succinic acid |
| SCS | succinyl CoA synthetase |
| SDH | succinate dehydrogenase |
| SSF | solid-state fermentation |
| TAL | transaldolase |
| TIM | triose isomerase |
| TK | transketolase |
| TOL | threitol |
| UV | ultra-violet |