| ANI | Average Nucleotide Identity |
| CFU | Colony-Forming Unit |
| cgMLST | core genome Multilocus Sequence Typing |
| EAEC | Enteroaggregative E. coli |
| EHEC | Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli |
| EPEC | Enteropathogenic E. coli |
| ETEC | Enterotoxigenic E. coli |
| MAEC | Mastitis-associated E. coli |
| Mm0h | Minced Meat sample enriched for 0 h |
| Mm24h | Minced Meat sample enriched for 24 h |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| spMm24h | spiked Minced Meat sample enriched for 24 h |
| WGS | Whole Genome Sequencing |