| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | ICNB | International Committee On Nomenclature Of Bacteria |
 | NMSS | National Multiple Sclerosis Society; National Mycobacterial Surveillance System [Australia And New Zealand] |
 | ABCDES | Adjust Medication, Bacterial Prophylaxis, Cervical Spine Disease, Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis, Evaluate Extent And Activity Of Disease, Stress-dose Steroid Coverage [preoperative Evaluation In Rheumatoid Diseases] |
 | AFB | Acid-fast Bacillus; Aflatoxin B; Aflatoxin Biomarker; Air Fluidized Bed; Aortofemoral Bypass |
 | L-VARIANT | A Defective Bacterial Variant That Can Multiply On Hypertonic Medium |
 | MOTT | Medical Observation Type Table; Mycobacteria Other Than Tuberculosis |
 | NCPPB | National Collection Of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria |
 | HACEK | Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella |
 | NBTE | Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis |
 | HBCG | Heat-aggregated Calmette-Guerin Bacillus |
 | H | Bacterial Antigen In Serologic Classification Of Bacteria [Ger. Hauch, Breath] |
 | MBT | Mercaptobenzothiazole; Mixed Bacterial Toxin; Myeloblastin |
 | BCHL, BCHL | Bacterial Chlorophyll |
 | NTM | Nontuberculous Mycobacteria |
 | L | Lactobacillus |