| AMR | antimicrobial resistance |
| BGC | biosynthetic gene clusters |
| dNDP | deoxynucleoside diphosphates |
| EF-Tu | elongation factor Tu |
| FMN | flavin mononucleotide |
| FAD | flavin adenine dinucleotide |
| FP/FA | real-time fluorescence polarization activity assay |
| HK | histidine kinases |
| HPLC | high-performance liquid chromatography |
| HTS | high-throughput screening |
| IC | inhibitory concentration |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatography mass spectrometry |
| MOA | mechanism of action |
| NDP | ribonucleoside-5-diphosphate |
| OD | optical density |
| OM | outer membrane |
| PG | peptidoglycan |
| Pfams | protein family domains |
| PDA | polydiacetylene |
| Rf | retention factor |
| RNR | ribonucleotide reductase |
| RNase P | ribonuclease P |
| TLC | thin-layer chromatography |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| UDP-N-acetylglucosamine | uridine-diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine |