Carbon Monoxide Production by Algae

Abstract

CO has been observed in the pneumatocysts of Nereocystis lutkeana (9) where it varied from 0.4 to 12.2 % of the total gases in the air bladders, de- pending on the specimen and the time of day. CO was not detected in the dead plant or macerated tissues which had been left to dlecompose or autolyse.