| Acetyl-CoA | Acetyl-coenzyme A |
| BGC | biosynthetic gene cluster |
| CAA | Agarized Czapek-L-Asn (medium) |
| CPC | Cephalosporin C |
| CDA | Agarized Czapek-Dox (medium) |
| CPA | Agarized complex (medium) |
| DAOC | Deacetoxycephalosporin C |
| 1,3-DAP | 1,3-diaminopropane |
| DAC | Deacetylcephalosporin C |
| LLD-ACV | δ-(L-α-aminoadipoyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine |
| HY | High-yielding |
| PAs | Polyamines |
| SN | Synthetic (medium) |
| CP | Complex (medium) |
| SPD | Spermidine |
| WT | Wild type |