| aa | Amino acids |
| APD3 | Antimicrobial Peptide Database 3 |
| AMP | antimicrobial peptide |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| CCL | Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand |
| CFU | colony forming units |
| dpf | days post fertilization |
| hpf | hours post fertilization |
| FACS | fluorescence activated cell sorting |
| MHCII | major histocompatibility complex class 2 |
| MOI | multiplicity of infection |
| Mtb | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| NTM | Non-tuberculous mycobateria |
| PBMC | peripheral blood mononuclear cell |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| PHA | Phytohaemagglutinin |
| PFA | Paraformaldehyde |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SFM | Serum-free medium |
| SLC | secondary lymphoid-tissue chemokine |
| STED | Stimulated emission depletion |