| BGC | biosynthetic gene cluster |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| GB | gigabyte |
| GNPS | Global Natural Product Social molecular networking |
| MS/MS | tandem mass spectra |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| NRP | nonribosomal peptide |
| NRPS | nonribosomal peptide synthetase |
| RAM | random access memory (computer memory) |
| RefSeq | NCBI Reference Sequence Database |
| RiPP | ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide |
| SD | standard deviation |