| NSYs | non-Saccharomyces yeasts |
| CFU | colony forming unit |
| DT, TTD | detection time, time to detection |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| RLU | relative light units |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| rRNA | ribosomal ribonucleic acid |
| ITS | internal transcribed spacer |
| RT-PCR | reverse transcriptase PCR |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| SIP | surface-imprinted polymer |
| VBNC | viable but non-culturable |
| FT-IR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy |
| GC | gas chromatography |
| MALDI-TOF MS | matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| HCCA | α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid |
| m/z | mass-to-charge ratio |
| rDNA | ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid |
| SSU | small subunit |
| LSU | large subunit |
| RFLP | restriction fragment length polymorphism |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| OTUs | operational taxonomic units |
| ASVs | amplicon sequence variants |
| rep-PCR | repetitive sequence-based PCR |
| RAPD-PCR | randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR |
| BLAST | basic local alignment search tool |
| qPCR | quantitative real-time PCR |
| mtDNA | mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DGGE | denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis |
| RS | Raman spectroscopy |
| SERS | surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy |
| SCRS | single-cell Raman spectroscopy |
| DL | deep learning |
| ANNs | artificial neural networks |
| DNNs | deep neural networks |
| CNNs | convolutional neural networks |