| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| HTS | High-throughput screening |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MoA | Mode of action |
| OD | Optical density |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| Rpm | Revolutions per minute |
| RT | Room temperature |
| S.D. | Standard deviation |
| S/N | Signal-to-noise |
| TSA | Tryptic soy agar |
| TSB | Tryptic soy broth |
| 96WP | 96-well plate |
| 384WP | 384-well plate |
| Z’ | Z’ factor |