| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| AP | aquaponic |
| AP-Pa | aquaponic plus P. aphanidermatum |
| BM | biofilter media |
| BOD5 | biological oxygen demand in 5 days |
| CAP | complemented aquaponic |
| CAP-Pa | complemented aquaponic plus P. aphanidermatum |
| CFU | colony forming unit |
| CRRR | corrected root rot rating |
| DS-FDR | discrete false - discovery rate |
| Ec | electroconductivity |
| F-AP | filtrated aquaponic water |
| FdM | foliar dry mass |
| FdMD | foliar dry mass decrease |
| FfM | foliar fresh mass |
| FfMD | foliar fresh mass decrease |
| F-RAS | filtrated recirculated aquaculture water |
| FTD | relative foliar turgidity decrease |
| FWC | foliar water content |
| HC | healthy control |
| HP | hydroponic |
| HP-Pa | hydroponic plus P. aphanidermatum |
| IL | inoculated |
| ITS | internal transcript spacer |
| KPBT | kalium phosphate buffer and tween |
| LB | Luria-Bertani |
| OTU | operational taxonomic unit |
| PAR | photosynthetically active radiation |
| PC1/2/3 | principal coordinates 1/2/3 |
| PCoA | principal coordinates analysis |
| PDA | potatoes dextrose agar |
| PERMANOVA | permutational multivariate analysis of variance |
| q2 | Qiime 2 |
| RAS | recirculated aquaculture system |
| rDNA | ribosomal DNA |
| RRR | root rot rating |