| cDNA | complementary DNA |
| CPM | counts per million |
| d | day |
| ETS | external transcribed spacer |
| FC | fold change |
| h | hour |
| ITS | internal transcribed spacer |
| mm | millimeter |
| mM | millimolar |
| ncRNA | noncoding RNA |
| nm | nanometers |
| nt | nucleotide |
| OD600 | optical density at wavelength 600nm |
| sRNA | small RNA |
| tRF | tRNA-derived RNA fragment |