Enrichment of anaerobic fungi and methanogens produce more methane than enrichment of bacteria and methanogen

Rumen content was used to obtain three enrichments of anaerobic fungi and methanogens (F+M enrichment), bacteria and methanogens (B+M enrichment), and rumen content (WRC enrichment), to evaluate their respective ability to degrade lignocellulose and produce methane. Among the treatments, F+M enrichment elicited the strongest lignocellulose degradation and methane production ability with both rice straw and wheat straw as substrates.