| Acronym | Meaning |
| MGI | Microbial Genome Initiative |
| INRIA | French Natl. Inst. For Research In Computer Science And Control |
| ASM | American Society For Microbiology |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
| UNC | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| SCE | School Of Continuing Education |
| BS/SCF | Biological Sequence/Structure Computational Facility |
| ASBMB | American Society For Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| ABI | Applied Biosystems |