ALS Advanced Light Source
APS Advanced Photon Source
BES Basic Energy Science Program
BRS Biotechnology Research Subcommittee, Committee in Fundamental Science and Research, National Science and Technology Council
BTDP Biosystems Technology Development Program, Environmental Protection Agency
CBD Commerce Business Daily
CISB Committee on In Situ Bioremediation, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DOC Department of Commerce
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DPTA Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
ELSI Ethical, legal, and social impacts
EM Office of Environmental Management
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FST Fractionation separation technology
GC/MS Gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy
GEMS Genetically engineered microorganisms
GRI Gas Research Institute
HPLC/MS High-pressure liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy
MPN Most probable number
NAPL Nonaqueous phase liquid
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology Division
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC National Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation
NSLS National Synchrotron Light Source
NTA Nitrilotriacetic acid
OHER Office of Health and Environmental Research
ONR Office of Naval Research
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PAHs Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls
PCE Perchloroethylene
PCR Polymerase chain reaction
PERF Petroleum Environmental Research Fund
PHB Polyhydroxy butyrate
PLFA Phospholipid ester-lined fatty acids
RNA Ribonucleic acid
SLB Signature lipid biomarker analysis
SSRL Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
TCE Trichloroethylene
USAID Agency for International Development