Review Article

Ethiopian Indigenous Traditional Fermented Beverage: The Role of the Microorganisms toward Nutritional and Safety Value of Fermented Beverage

Table 3

The main microorganisms associated with some of traditional fermented beverages.

ProductTypes of microorganismReferences
LAB and other bacteriaYeastMold

BordeEnterobacteriaceae, Leuconostoc mesenteroid, Bacillus, Micrococcus, Streptococcus, Weissella confusa, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus viridescens, Pediococcus pentosaceus, Lactobacillus curvatus, Lactobacillus collinoides, Lactobacillus sanfrancisco, Lactobacillus pontis, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp.Yeast (Saccharomyces) and Rhodoturula spp.Mold[3, 4, 8]
KeriboLeuconostoc mesenteric and Aerobic mesophilic bacteriaYeastMold[12]
TejiLactobacillus sp. (mainly Lactobacillus plantarum), Leuconostoc, Pediococcus sp., and StreptococcusS. cereviseae, Debaromyces phaffi, Kluyveromyces bulgaricus, and Kluyveromyces veronae[6, 11, 21, 22]
KorefeYeast[7]
ShamitaBacillus spp, Micrococci, Lactobacillus, Leuconostoc, Pediococcus and Lactococcus, Staphylococcus, Streptococci, and StaphylococciSaccharomyces and Rhodoturula spp.Molds[13, 8, 9]