Sea Weed (IMAGE)

Penn State

Sea Weed

Caption

Asparagopsis taxiformis is shown here after it was harvested in the Azores. Active ingredients in the seaweed, called bromoforms, interfere with the ability of microbes in cows' rumens to make methane.

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Hristov Research Group/Penn State

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