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Acronyms and Abbreviations

2D two dimensional
3D three dimensional

A

AEI Advanced Energy Initiative
AFM atomic force microscopy
ARS Agricultural Research Service, USDA
ASA American Society of Agronomy
ATP adenosine triphosphate

B

Bgal billion gallons
BSCL Biomass Surface Characterization Laboratory, DOE
BTAC Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee, DOE-USDA

C

CBM cellulose-binding molecule, carbohydrate-binding module
CBP consolidated bioprocessing
cDNA complementary DNA
CREP Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
CSSA Crop Science Society of America

D

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DOE U.S. Department of Energy

E

EERE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE
EIA Energy Information Administration
ELSI ethical, legal, and social issues
EPAct Energy Policy Act of 2005
EST expressed sequence tag

F

FAQs frequently asked questions
FER fossil energy-replacement ratio
FT Fischer Tropsch
FRET fluorescence resonance energy transfer
FTIR Fourier transform infrared (spectroscopy)

G

GC gas chromatography
GC-MS gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
GEC Governors' Ethanol Coalition
GH glycosyl hydrolase
GHG greenhouse gas
GTL Genomics:GTL (formerly Genomes to Life), DOE

H

HTP high throughput

I

IEA International Energy Agency
IR infrared (spectroscopy)

J

JGI Joint Genome Institute, DOE

L

LCC lignin carbohydrate complex
LIMS laboratory information management system

M

Mton million tons
Macre million acres
Mb megabase
Mgal million gallons
MSW municipal solid waste
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
MS mass spectrometry, spectroscopy
MVA multivariate analyis

N

NAD, NADH, NAD(H) nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NADP, NADPH, NADP(H) nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NCEP National Commission on Energy Policy
NEP National Energy Policy
NEPDG National Energy Policy Development Group
NIR near infrared (spectroscopy)
NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE
NSF National Science Foundation

O

OASCR Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, DOE
OBER Office of Biological and Environmental Research, DOE
OBP Office of the Biomass Program, DOE
OIT Office of Industrial Technologies, DOE

Q

QTL quantitative trait locus

R

RDDD&D research, development, demonstration, deployment, and decommissioning
RFA Renewable Fuels Association
R&D research and development
RNA ribonucleic acid

S

SC Office of Science, DOE
SEM scanning electron microscopy
SNP single nucleotide polymorphism
SOC soil organic carbon
SSF simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
SSCF simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation
SSR simple sequence repeat
SSSA Soil Science Society of America

T

T-DNA transferred DNA
TEM transmission electron microscopy
TIGR The Institute for Genomic Research

U

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
UV ultraviolet