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The oxidation of carbon monoxide by methane-oxidizing bacteria

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Carbon monoxide induces both respiration and carbon dioxide production in washed cell suspensions of the two methane-oxidizing bacteriaMethylomonas albus (BG8) andMethylosinus trichosporium (OB3B). The ability of these organisms to oxidise carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide was confirmed by the use of tracer techniques.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, West Mains Road, EH9 3JG, Edinburgh, Scotland

    John H. Hubley, John R. Mitton &  John F. Wilkinson

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Hubley, J.H., Mitton, J.R. & Wilkinson, J.F. The oxidation of carbon monoxide by methane-oxidizing bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 95, 365–368 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02451778

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