| CHA | Charcoal agar |
| CHAB | Charcoal agar supplemented with blood |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| TEAB | Triethylammonium bicarbonate |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| DE | Differential expression |
| SS | Stainer–Scholte |
| RT–qPCR | Quantitative reverse transcription PCR |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| LFQ | Label-free quantification |
| T3SS | Type 3 secretion system |
| FC | Fold change |