| ACN | acetonitrile |
| AMPs | antimicrobial peptides |
| APL | area per lipid |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| AU | absorbance unit |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| CAC | critical aggregation concentration |
| CENTA | (6R,7R)-3-{[(3-Carboxy-4-nitrophenyl)sulfanyl]methyl}-8-oxo-7-[(2-thienylacetyl)amino]-5-thia-1-azabicyclo [4.2.0]oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid |
| CFU | colony forming units |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| CMC | critical micelle concentration |
| DCM | dichloromethane |
| DIC | N,N′-diisopropylcarbodiimide |
| DMF | N,N-dimethylformamide |
| EDT | 1,2-ethaneditiol |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ESI | electrospray-ionization |
| Fmoc | 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl |
| GSH | reduced glutathione |
| HaCaT | immortalized human keratinocytes cell line |
| HC50 | surfactant concentration causing 50% hemolysis |
| hRBCs | human red blood cells |
| HSA | human serum albumin |
| IC50 | surfactant concentration causing 50% inhibition of the growth |
| IM | inner membrane |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| MBEC | minimum biofilm eradication concentration |
| MD | molecular dynamics |
| MHB | Mueller–Hinton broth |
| MIC | minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MTS | 4-{5-[3-(Carboxymethoxy)phenyl]-3-(4,5-dimethyl-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)-2H-tetrazol-3-ium-2-yl}benzenesulfonate; tetrazolium inner salt |
| nd | not determined |
| NHS | normal human serum |
| OM | outer membrane |
| ONP | ortho-nitrophenol |
| ONPG | o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside |
| OxymaPure | ethyl (2E)-cyano(hydroxyimino)acetate |
| PBS | phosphate-buffer saline |
| POPE | 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine |
| POPG | 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol |
| Q-TOF | quadrupole time-of-flight |
| RP-HPLC | reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography |
| SDA | Sabouraud dextrose agar |
| SI | selectivity index |
| tBu | tert-butyl |
| TFA | trifluoroacetic acid |
| TIS | triisopropylsilane |
| TNB- | 2-nitro-5-thiobenzoate anion |
| UPLC-HRMS | ultra-performance liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry |
| USCLs | ultrashort cationic lipopeptides |
| VRE | vancomycin-resistant enterococci |
| WHO | World Health Organization |