| 5HP | AHPND-causing strain |
| ACOX | Acyl-coenzyme A oxidase |
| ACT | Acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase |
| AHPND | Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease |
| AMACR | Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase |
| BA | Bile acid |
| BAAT | Bile acid acyl-coenzyme A thioesterase |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CAMERA | Collection of algorithms for metabolite profile annotation |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit |
| DEMs | Differentially expressed metabolites |
| EF1α | Elongation factor 1α |
| h | Hour |
| hpi | Hours post infection |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| IDA | Information dependent acquisition |
| KEGG | Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes |
| L | Liter |
| LB | Luria broth |
| LC | Liquid chromatography |
| Lv | Litopenaeus vannamei |
| M1-1 | Mild AHPND-causing strain |
| ml | Milliliter |
| μl | Microliter |
| mg | Milligram |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| m/z | Mass-to-charge ratio |
| mM | Millimolar |
| min | Minute |
| NaCl | Sodium chloride |
| NEG | Negative |
| nm | Nanometer |
| OD | Optical density |
| P | Pellet |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| Pir | Photorhabdus luminescens insect-related |
| PICRUSt | Phylogenetic investigation of communities by reconstruction of unobserved states |
| PMFE | Peroxisomal multifunctional enzyme |
| POS | Positive |
| PPT | Palmitoyl-protein thioesterase |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene fluoride |
| QC | Quality control |
| QTOF | Quadrupole time-of-flight |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| RT | Retention time |
| S02 | Non-AHPND-causing strain |
| S | Supernatant |
| SCP | Sterol carrier protein |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| T3SS2 | Type III secretion system 2 |
| TBST | Tris buffered saline tween-20 |
| TCBS | Thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose |
| TCA | Taurocholic acid |
| TCDCA | Taurochenodeoxycholic acid |
| TSB | Tryptic soy broth |
| UHPLC | Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography |
| vp | Vibrio parahaemolyticus |