Lovastatin-Enriched Rice Straw Enhances Biomass Quality and Suppresses Ruminal Methanogenesis

Table 7

Effect of rice straw (RS) and fermented rice straw (FRS) on microbial population in the rumen liquid (cell/mL).

Microorganisms	Treatment		Significant
	RS	FRS
Total methanogens (×10^6)	3.089±0.553	2.34±0.125	*
Methanobacteriales (×10^6)	1.47±0.154	0.96±0.177	*
Anaerobic fungi (×10^6)	10.79±2.506	2.14±0.666	*
Total bacteria (×10^11)	2.86±0.349	2.39±0.276	**
Ruminococcus albus (×10^8)	2.29±0.126	5.40±0.353	**
Fibrobacter succinogenes (×10^7)	4.51±0.922	1.82±0.255	**
Ruminococcus flavefaciens (×10^6)	0.93±0.107	0.87±0.110	NS
Protozoa (×10^5)	8.50±1.012	9.96±1.407	NS

Data are mean ± SD.
NS: not significantly different.
*Significantly different at 5% level.
**Significantly different at 1% level.