| AMPs | Antimicrobial peptides |
| ESKAPE | Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp. |
| cePrAMPs | Cetacean proline-rich antimicrobial peptides |
| GRAVY | Grand average of hydropathy |
| ESTs | Expressed sequence tags |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory concentration |
| CD | Circular dichroism |
| SPB | Sodium phosphate buffer |
| SDS | Sodium dodecylsulphate |
| ONPG | O-Nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium (bromide) |