| Acronym | Meaning |
| PBP | Penicillin Binding Protein |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| LPFF | Laser Photolysis Fragment Fluorescence |
| COP | Crystal Originated Particle |
| FCSA | Frequency-corrected Sudden Approxn. (in Mol. Collision Calcns.) |
| PTGC | Programmed-temperature Gas Chromatography |
| ELS | Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| CDEDW | Centrifugally-decoupled Exponential Distorted Wave |
| CRISTA | Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers And Telescopes For The Atmosphere |
| BRFI | Brewing Research Foundation International |