| SM | secondary metabolites |
| PK | polyketide |
| NRP | non-ribosomal peptide |
| PKS | polyketide synthase |
| NRPS | non-ribosomal peptide synthetase |
| ACV | δ-(l-α-aminoadipyl-l cysteinyl-d-valine) |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| SNP | single nucleotide polymorphism |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |