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WARBURG (Biochem. Zeitschr. 177; 1926) has shown recently that carbon monoxide at a high partial pressure inhibits the respiration of yeast and cocci cells. He also found that a respiratory substance involved in this process has a much higher affinity for oxygen than for carbon monoxide, and that the carbon monoxide compound of this substance is dissociated by the visible rays of light.
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KEILIN, D. Influence of Carbon Monoxide and Light on Indophenol Oxidase of Yeast Cells. Nature 119, 670–671 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119670b0
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