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OXIDATION and utilization of carbon monoxide by bacteria have often been observed1–4. The metabolism of these bacteria was assumed to be chemolithotrophic because of the absence of any added organic energy source.
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HIRSCH, P. Photosynthetic Bacterium growing under Carbon Monoxide. Nature 217, 555–556 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217555a0
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