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Carbon monoxide production by Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

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This is to the authors' knowledge the first report on biological carbon monoxide formation under strictly anaerobic conditions.
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Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum was grown in a fermenter gassed with an 80% H2/20% CO2 mixture. The effluent gas was found to contain between 30 ppm and 90 ppm carbon monoxide. Approx. 5 nmol CO were produced per min and mg cells (dry weight) by the culture. This is to our knowledge the first report on biological carbon monoxide formation under strictly anaerobic conditions.

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