°C	Degree centigrade
µL	Microliter
CFU	Colony forming unit
h	Hour
Kb	Kilo base pair
L	Liter
Mb	Mega base pair
mg	Milligram
min	Minute
mL	Milliliter
OD	Optical density
PBS	Phosphate buffered saline
TSB	Tryptic Soy Broth media
TSA	Tryptic Soy Agar
SEM	Standard error of the mean
Subsp.	Subspecies
ISs	Insertion sequences
GGs	genomes gaps