Carbon monoxide (CO). A poisonous colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which has no oxygen carrying capacity. The resultant oxygen deprivation causes headache, dizziness, decreased pulse and respiratory rates, unconsciousness, and death. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
Monoxide, Carbon
D000192
Actinomycetales
An order of gram-positive, primarily aerobic BACTERIA that tend to form branching filaments.
Corynebacteriaceae,Coryneform Group
D014871
Water Microbiology
The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in water. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.