Table 1.

Occurrence of various fermenting microorganisms among commonly consumed selected African fermented foods.

Substrate	Fermented food	Microorganisms	Origin	Ref
Maize, sorghum millet	Mawè	L. fermentum, L. brevis, L. curvatus, L. buchneri, Weissella confusa, Pedicoccus pentosaceus, Candida krusei, Candida kefyr, Candida glabrata, Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Benin	65
Maize, sorghum millet	Uji, Ogi	L. plantarum, L. fermentum, L. cellobiosus, L. buchneri, Ped. acidilactici, Ped. pentosaceus, S. cerevisiae, Rhodotorula graminis, Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis, Geotrichum candidum, Geotrichum fermentum	Benin, Nigeria	39,65
Millet	Ben-saalga	L. fermentum, L. plantarum, Ped. pentosaceus	Burkina Faso	65
Cassava	Gari	L. fermentum, L. plantarum, W. confusa, S. cerevisiae, Pichia scutulata, Kluyveromyces marxianus, Hansenia guilliermondii, Leuconostoc fallax	Nigeria	65
Milk	kule naoto Amasi Ergo	L. fermentum, L. paracasei, L. acidophilus	Kenya South Africa Zimbabwe	49,51,52,77
Maize, sorghum millet	Mahewu (magou)	L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus; L. delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii; Leuconostoc spp.; heterofermentative lactobacilli	South Africa	65
Millet, sorghum	Kunu-zaki	L. fermentum, Ped. pentosaceus, W. confusa, Ent. faecalis	Nigeria	36
Cassava	Fufu	Ped. pentosaceus, L. fermentum, L. plantarum	Nigeria	65
Cassava	Agbelima	L. plantarum, L. brevis, L. fermentum, Leuc. mesenteroides, Bacillus spp., C. tropicalis, G. candidum, Penicillium spp.	Ghana	65
Cow milk	Mafi	Lc. lactis subsp. lactis; L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis; L. plantarum, Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum	Namibia	52
Cow milk	Leben	Lc lactis subsp. lactis; Lc. lactis subsp. Lactis biovardiacetylactis; Kluyveromyces lactis, S. cerevisiae, E. faecalis, L. brevis, Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris; Leuc. lactis, Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum	Morocco	52
Cow milk	Amabere amaruranu	L. fermentum, L. paracasei, L. acidophilus, Lc. lactis subsp. lactis; S. cerevisiae, E. faecalis, Lb. brevis, Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris	Kenya	54