| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| EPS | exopolysaccharides |
| EPS | extracellular polysaccharides |
| FAD | flavine adenine dinucleotide |
| Galf | galactofuranose |
| GalfT | galactofuranosyltransferase |
| Galp | galactopyranose |
| GIPLs | glycoinosinositolphospholipids |
| GM | galactomannan |
| HS toxin | host-selective toxin |
| LPGs | lipophosphoglycans |
| LPPG | lipopeptidophosphoglycan |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| PAMPs | pathogen-associated molecular patterns |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| PET/MR | positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance |
| pNP-β-d-Galf | para-nitrophenyl β-d-galactofuranose |
| pPGM | peptidophosphogalactomannan |
| UDP | uracil diphosphate |
| UDP-Galf | uracil diphosphate galactofuranose |
| UGM | UDP-galactopyranose mutase |