| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAB | Substratum-aerated-biofilm Reactor |
| EDXD | Energy Dispersive X-ray Diffraction |
| SXRFM | Synchrotron X-ray-fluorescence Microprobe |
| GOD | Glucose Oxidase |
| NBS | Nucleotide-binding Site |
| CPMC-SCF | Coupled Perturbed Multiconfigurational SCF |
| BAO | Best Atomic Orbital Basis |
| CNDO/F | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap/force |
| ELSA | Electron Stretcher Accelerator |
| ESC | Environmental Stress Cracking |