| EVs | Extracellular vesicles |
| MVs | Microvesicles |
| PVs | Periplasmic vesicles |
| ILVs | Intraluminar vesicles |
| MVBs | Multivesicular bodies |
| EE | early endosomes |
| LE | late endosomes |
| VC | vacuole |
| CW | cell wall |
| CAP | capsule |
| PM | plasmamembrane |
| PP | periplasm |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| GA | Golgi apparatus |
| GRASP | Golgi Reassembly Stacking Protein |
| IVCs | Intracellular vesicle clusters |
| Nu | nucleus |
| GPI-AP | Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins |
| AAA | ATPases Associated with diverse cellular Activities |
| GXM | Glucuronoxylomannan |
| sRNA | small RNA |
| tRNA | transfer RNA |
| rRNA | ribosomal RNA |
| miRNA | micro RNA |
| snRNA | small nuclear RNA |
| snoRNA | small nucleolar RNA |
| GSL | neutral glycosphingolipid |
| GlcCer | glucosylceramide |
| PE | Phosphatidylethanolamine |
| PS | Phosphatidylserine |
| PC | Phosphatidylcholine |
| PA | Phosphatidic acid |
| PI | Phosphatidylinositol |
| PG | Phosphatidylglycerol |