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Asparagopsis taxiformis
Species of seaweed / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asparagopsis taxiformis (red sea plume or limu kohu), formerly A. sanfordiana,[1] is a species of red algae, with cosmopolitan distribution in tropical to warm temperate waters.[2] Researchers have demonstrated that feeding ruminants a diet containing 0.2% A. taxiformis seaweed reduced their methane emissions by nearly 99 percent.[3]
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Asparagopsis taxiformis in Mayotte. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Bonnemaisoniales |
Family: | Bonnemaisoniaceae |
Genus: | Asparagopsis |
Species: | A. taxiformis |
Binomial name | |
Asparagopsis taxiformis | |
Synonyms | |
Asparagopsis sanfordiana |
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