| Acronym | Meaning |
| IWKB | Iterated Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin |
| PPC | Polypropylene Carbonate |
| CSRR | Coupled-state Rigid-rotor |
| IWEM | Institution Of Water And Environmental Management |
| TCD | Thermal Conductivity Detector (for Gas Chromatography) |
| MESA | Mass Concentration Extinction Size Analyzer |
| IUBMB | International Union Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology |
| EMSA | Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay |
| DWA | Digital Waveform Acquisition |
| EPS | Extracellular Polymeric Substances |