| KISALTMA | AÇIKLAMA |
| ASO | "Antistreptolizin O" |
| BCGI | 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoxyl-β-D-glucuronide |
| AFB | Acid-Fast Bacilli |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| ADP | Adenosine Diphosphate |
| AMP | Adenosine Monophosphate |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| APC | Aerobic Plate Count |
| AE | Agarose Electrophoresis |
| AOAC | American Official Analytical Chemist |
| APHA | American Public Health Association |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BCG | Bacille Calmette-Guerin |
| BAM | Bacterial Analytical Manual |
| BOD | Biological Oxygen Demand |
| CDC | Centers For Disease Control |
| CAMP | Christie, Atkins, Munch-Peterseon |
| CFU | Colony Forming Unit |
| MRS | Demann Rogosa Sharp (Agar - Broth ) |
| DNASE | Deoxyribonuclease |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DFA | Direct Fluorescent Antibody Test |
| DIF | Direct Immunofluorescence |
| DOT BLOT | DNA Dot-Blot Hybridization |
| EM | Electron Microscopy |
| EHEC | Enterohemoragic E. coli |
| EIEC | Enteroinvasiv E. coli |
| EPEC | Enteropathogenic E. coli |
| ETEC | Enterotocsigenic E. coli |
| EIA | Enzyme Immunoassay |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| EMB | Eosin-methylene blue |
| FC | Flow Cyctometry |
| FA | Fluorescent Antibody |
| FDA | Food And Drug Administration |
| GC | Gas Chromotography |
| GLC | Gas-Liquid Chromatography |
| G-CSF | Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Viruses |
| IG, IGG | Immunoglobulin, Immunoglobulin G, Etc. |
| IFA | Indirect Fluorescent Antibody |
| ISO | International Standards Organisation |
| IU | International Unit(S) |
| LDH | Lactate Dehydrogenase |
| LA | Latex Agglutination |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| MRNA | Messenger RNA |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MAB | Monoclonal Antibody |
| MPN | Most Probable Number |
| NAD | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NADP | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| ONPG | O-Nitrophenol-B-Galactopyranoside (B-Galactosidase Testi) |
| PFU | Plaque-Forming Unit |
| PHB | Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RIA | Radiometric Immunoassay (Radioimmunoassay) |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| RRNA | Ribozomal RNA |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Micrograph |
| SD | Standard Deviation(S) |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic Acid |
| TB | Tuberculosis; Tuberculin; Tubercle Bacillus |
| VD | Venereal Disease |
| VRB | Violet Red Bile (Agar) |
| V-P | Voges-Proskauer |