| AP | Affinity purification |
| BioID | Biotin identification |
| CBD | Chaperone-binding domain |
| EHEC | Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli |
| EH-PPI | Effector–host protein–protein interaction |
| EPEC | Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli |
| ETI | Effector-triggered immunity |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| Hop | Hrp-dependent outer protein |
| Inc | Inclusion |
| IP | Immunopurification |
| LFQ | Label-free quantification |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| MAMP | Microbe-associated molecular pattern |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| MTI | MAMP-triggered immunity |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| OSBP | Oxysterol-binding protein |
| PAI | Pathogenicity island |
| PAMP | Pathogen-associated molecular pattern |
| PBL | Protein biotin ligase |
| PDBPL | Proximity-dependent biotin ligationProximity labeling |
| PRR | Pattern recognition receptor |
| Rip | Ralstonia injected protein |
| Sip | Salmonella invasion protein |
| SNX | Sorting nexin |
| Sop | Salmonella outer protein |
| SPI | Salmonella pathogenicity island |
| STm | Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium |
| Sse | Type-III secretion system effector protein |
| Ssp | Stringent starvation protein |
| T3E | Type-III effector |
| T3SS | Type-III secretion system |
| T4SS | Type IV secretion system |
| T6SS | Type VI secretion system |
| TAP | Tandem affinity purification |
| Tat | Twin-arginine translocation |
| TRIM | Tripartite motif containing |
| VLP | Virus-like particle |
| Y2H | Yeast two-hybrid |
| Y2H-sequencing | Y2H-seq |