| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | ABE | Acute Bacterial Endocarditis; American Board Of Endodontics; Botulism Equine Trivalent Antitoxin |
 | H | Bacterial Antigen In Serologic Classification Of Bacteria [Ger. Hauch, Breath] |
 | L-VARIANT | A Defective Bacterial Variant That Can Multiply On Hypertonic Medium |
 | KICB | Killed Intracellular Bacteria |
 | ABA | Antibacterial Activity |
 | AA | Adrenocortical Autoantibody; African American; Aggregated Albumin; [bacterial] Aggregative Adherence; Agranulocytic Angina; Alcohol Abuse |
 | L | Outer Membrane Layer Of Cell Wall Of Gram-negative Bacteria (layer) |
 | IWGMT | International Working Group On Mycobacterial Taxonomy |
 | EE | Enterobacteriaceae Enrichment [broth] |
 | BPE | Bacterial Phosphatidylethanolamine |
 | NBP | Nonbacterial Prostatitis |
 | PL | Paenibacillus Larvae |
 | NFB | National Foundation For The Blind; Nonfermenting Bacteria |
 | MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Of An Antibacterial Drug |
 | BAC | Bacterial Artificial Chromosome |