Fig. 1

Population dynamics of Sphingobacterium paramultivorum w15 (blue square), Citrobacter freundii so4 (green circle), and Coniochaeta sp. 2T2.1 (black triangle) in the SWT consortium at a 180 rpm and b 60 rpm. Standard deviations are indicated by bars, or within symbol dimensions. c wheat straw (WS) weight loss after 13 days; asterisks (*) represent significant differences, as evidenced using Student’s T test, ***p < 0.001