Table 1.

Gut microbiota influence by modulation of the African diets.

Phyla	Genus	Select food source(s)	Country	Reference(s)
Actinobacteria	Bifidobacterium	Vegetables, millet, maize, brown rice, sorghum, soya, and tapioca	Ethnic groups from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Africa	Cheng et al38, Statovci et al44, Hiel et al58, Sivakumar et al104
Bacteroidetes	Prevotella Bacteroides			Groussin et al,22 Hiel et al,58 Mobeen et al70
Firmicutes	Clostridium Eubacterium Oscillibacter Butyricicoccus Sporobacter Bacilli Erysipelotrichia Roseburia spp			Groussin et al22, Cheng et al38, Statovci et al44, Hiel et al58, Mobeen et al70
Proteobacteria	Succinivibrio Shigella Escherichia Clostridia spp Ruminococcus Lactobacillus Enterococcus			Groussin et al22, Statovci et al44, Guindo et al54, Hiel et al58, Sivakumar et al104
Verrucomicrobia	Methylacidimicrobium Methylacidiphilales Spartobacteria Verrucomicrobiae			Groussin et al22