ABM	Actin-based motility
A/E	Attaching and effacing
Ail	Attachment and invasion locus
C-ring	Cytoplasmic ring
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EHEC	Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
EIEC	Enteroinvasive E. coli
EPEC	Enteropathogenic E. coli
Esp	E. coli secreted protein
Ics	Intercellular spread
IL	Interleukin
InvA	Invasin
Ipa	Invasion plasmid antigen
Ipg	Invasion plasmid gene
Lcr	Low calcium response
LEE	Locus of enterocyte effacement
M cell	Microfold cell
Mxi	Membrane expression of Ipa
Nle	Non-LEE effector
Sct	Secretion and cellular translocation
Sep	Secretion of E. coli proteins
Spa	Surface presentation of Ipa
SS	Secretion system
STEC	Shiga-toxigenic E. coli
T3SS	Type 3 secretion system
T5SS	Type 5 secretion system
TAA	Trimeric autotransporter adhesin
Tir	Translocated intimin receptor
N-WASP	Neural Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein
YadA	Yersinia adhesin A
Yop	Yersinia outer protein
Ysc	Yersinia secretion