| Beverage | Microorganisms/taxonomic tools | Reference |
| Koko/akassa | Lactobacillus fermentum, (Lb. cellobiosus, Lb. brevis, Lb. curvatus, Lb. buchneri, and Weissella confusa), pediococci and yeasts such as Candida krusei, Candida kefyr, Candida glabrata, Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Nout [32] | Ben-saalga | Lb. fermentum, Lb. plantarum, and Pediococcus pentosaceus Lb. plantarum | Sifer et al. [205] | Togwa | Lactobacillus spp., Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida spp. L. plantarum, L. brevis, L. fermentum, L. cellobiosus, P. pentosaceus, W. confusa Issatchenkia orientalis, C. pelliculosa, C. tropicalis. (biochemical tests, API tests) | Vasudha and Mishra [37]; Mugula et al. [108] | Amazake | Aspergillus spp. | Yamamoto et al. [206] | Mahewu (amahewu) | Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus (cultural, morphological, and biochemical characterization) | Blandino et al. [55]; Gadaga et al. [207]; | Kunnu zaki | Lactobacillus fermentum and Lactobacillus leichmannii, Leuconostoc spp., Lactococcus spp. | Akoma et al. [208]; Agarry et al. [4] | Mageu | Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Issatchenkia orientalis, Pichia fabianii, Aureobasidium pullulans, Candida glabrata, Pichia ciferrii, Saccharomycopsis fibuligera, Hanseniaspora opuntiae, Zygoascus hellenicus, Cryptococcus flavus, Cryptococcus magnus, Candida parapsilosis, Candida pyralidae and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, Lactobacillus agilis, L. minor, L. Confuses and L. fructosus. L. Minor, L. divergens L. agilis and L. plantarum, L. bifermentans, L. divergens, L. fermentum, L. hilgardii, L. minor, Streptococcus spp. | Nyanga et al. [209]; Fleet [210] | Pozol | Streptococcus, L. fermentum, L. plantarum, L. casei, L. delbrueckii Streptococcus bovis, S. macedonicus, L. lactis, and Enterococcus sulfureus. (Cultural, morphological, and biochemical characterization, RT-PCR) | Muyanja et al. [6] | Malwa | Lactobacillus spp., Lactococcus, coliforms | Muyanja et al. [6] | Sobia | Lactobacillus cellobiosus, L. buchneri, L. plantarum, L. brevis, L. delbrueckii. delbrueckii, Leuconostoc lactis, Pediococcus pentosaceus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Enterobacter aerogenes, E. sakazakii, E. cloacae, Serratia liquefaciens, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida tropicalis, C. ciferrii, C. guilliermondii, C. lipolytica, Kloeckera japonica, Rhodotorula rubra, Penicillium spp. API 50 CHL system, API 20 system, API 20C AUX system | Mavhungu [211] | Kirario | Leuconostoc mesenteroides ssp., mesenteroides/detranicum, Leuconostoc citreum, Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis, Lactococcus raffinolactis, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus collinoides, and Lactobacillus coprophilus (API 50 CH strips, API 50 CHL medium) | Kunyanga [212] | Ting | Lactobacillus pentosaceus, Lact. plantarum, Lact. pentosaceus, Lact. cellobisus, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lact. collinoides, Lact. brevis, Lact. fermentum, and Lact. curvatus (PAGE, API 50CHL medium and API 50CH strips) | Mavhungu [211] |
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