| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSCV | Murine Stem Cell Virus |
| ESSP | Earth Systems Science Pathfinder |
| LMMS | Laser-microprobe Mass Spectrometry |
| BOCV | Biorthogonality Constrained Variation Method |
| PAO | Polyphosphate Accumulating Organism |
| ANT | Adenine Nucleotide Translocator |
| SIMCA | Soft Independent Modeling Of Class Analogy (principal Component Analysis) |
| SOBO | Spin-orbit (coupled) Bond Orbital |
| RISA | RDNA Internal Spacer Analysis |
| NOS | Not Otherwise Specified |