Table 1.

Methods used in the area of microorganism identification.

Type	Basis	References
Indirect	- Conventional methods. Isolation and culture of microorganisms and the determination of their various phenotypic characteristics	[3]
Direct	- Culture-independent. May be used to identify specific microbes in a mixed population as well as identify non-culturable microbes. For example, microscopic techniques are powerful tools used in the identification of microorganisms by visualization of the characteristic structures and for organisms in the VBNC (viable but not culturable) state.	[4]