This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of the species of forages on fermentation characteristics and the physical and chemical characteristics of microbes surface. The forages including wheat straw, corn stover, rice straw, alfalfa and Guimu-1 were selected as the substrate. The characteristics of forage fermentation and the physical and chemical characteristics of rumen microbes surface at 48 h fermentation time were recorded in an in vitro fermentation. The results showed as follows: 1) there was difference in gas pro-duction and gas production kinetic parameters [ the maxi...