Table 2 End-products produced by the (Piromyces + M. ruminantium) Yak-G18 co-culture grown on chopped wheat straw, corn stalk, rice straw, Chinese wildrye and medicago sativa during the 7 days’ incubation

9.23^d

12.36^c

20.56^b

23.10^b

24.13^d

23.36^c

18.79^a

15.16^ab

22.24^ab

29.27^a

31.04^a

37.07^ab

39.60^a

29.07^ab

11.34^cd

15.41^bc

20.34^b

24.55^b

30.23^c

32.01^b

22.31^c

16.83^a

23.24^a

29.94^a

32.37^a

38.41^a

41.27^a

30.34^a

13.50^bc

21.57^b

28.61^a

30.37^a

33.74^bc

36.94^ab

27.45^b

0.52^b

0.86^a

1.27^a

1.44^ab

2.33^a

2.35^a

1.46^a

0.74^a

0.86^a

1.31^a

1.55^a

1.86^ab

1.90^b

1.37^b

0.60^ab

0.96^a

1.16^a

0.93^c

1.42^bc

1.62^bc

1.11^c

0.78^a

0.89^a

1.44^a

1.65^a

1.86^ab

1.96^b

1.43^ab

0.61^ab

0.79^a

1.14^a

1.20^bc

1.30^c

1.28^c

1.05^c

0.15^a

0.19^a

0.24^a

0.24^a

0.24^a

0.23^a

0.22^a

0.12^a

0.15^a

0.16^b

0.16^b

0.16^a

0.17^ab

0.15^b

0.14^a

0.16^a

0.19^ab

0.21^ab

0.21^a

0.22^a

0.19^ab

0.12^a

0.14^a

0.13^b

0.16^b

0.16^a

0.15^b

0.14^b

0.13^a

0.16^a

0.17^b

0.16^b

0.21^a

0.21^ab

0.17^ab

3.86^a

4.41^a

4.98^a

5.22^ab

5.54^a

4.86^a

4.81^a

3.92^a

4.32^ab

5.52^a

5.79^a

5.76^a

4.89^a

5.03^a

3.26^a

3.26^b

3.50^b

3.56^b

3.29^b

3.57^a

3.40^b

3.72^a

4.19^ab

5.42^a

5.73^a

5.63^a

4.79^a

4.91^a

3.59^a

3.99^ab

5.19^a

5.46^ab

5.10^ab

4.55^a

4.64^a

4.02^a

4.60^a

5.21^a

5.45^ab

5.78^a

5.09^a

5.03^a

4.04^a

4.47^a

5.68^a

5.93^a

5.93^a

5.06^a

5.19^a

3.40^a

3.42^a

3.69^b

3.77^b

3.49^b

3.80^a

3.59^b

3.84^a

4.32^a

5.55^a

6.01^a

5.79^a

4.94^a

5.05^a

3.72^a

4.14^a

5.36^a

5.62^ab

5.31^ab

4.76^a

4.82^ab

0.02^a

0.04^ab

0.05^a

0.05^a

0.06^ab

0.06^ab

0.05^a

0.03^a

0.04^ab

0.05^a

0.06^a

0.07^a

0.08^a

0.05^a

0.03^a

0.03^b

0.04^a

0.05^a

0.05^b

0.05^b

0.04^a

0.04^a

0.05^a

0.06^a

0.06^a

0.08^a

0.08^a

0.06^a

0.03^a

0.03^b

0.05^a

0.07^a

0.08^a

0.08^a

0.06^a