Table 2.

Degradation efficiency and enzymatic activity of various microbial sources in the primary selection^a.

Source	Filter paper degradation rate (cm/day)	VS removal efficiency (%)	Enzyme activity (IU/mL)
			FPase	CMCase	Avicelase	Xylanase
RSC	0.9 ± 0.30	51.95 ± 0.30	0.51 ± 0.25	0.02 ± 0.15	0.04 ± 0.18	0.66 ± 0.20
CM	0.6 ± 0.20	44.25 ± 0.15	0.48 ± 0.22	0.01 ± 0.25	0.02 ± 0.50	0.21 ± 0.21
GD	0.5 ± 0.15	45.85 ± 0.25	0.49 ± 0.15	0.01 ± 0.10	0.02 ± 0.20	0.16 ± 0.13
SGS	0.9 ± 0.15	50.81 ± 0.20	0.52 ± 0.10	0.02 ± 0.26	0.04 ± 0.10	0.41 ± 0.22
RF	0.5 ± 0.20	43.24 ± 0.30	0.47 ± 0.22	0.01 ± 0.25	0.04 ± 0.41	0.21 ± 0.15
TI	1.0 ± 0.10	52.46 ± 0.30	0.49 ± 0.20	0.04 ± 0.20	0.03 ± 0.55	0.52 ± 0.18

^aAll the data in each microbial source was measured when the filter paper complete degradation.