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Trichomonas fœtus, a polyflagellated protozoon, is parasitic in the vagina of the cow and causes impaired reproduction. J. Andrews and T. von Brand1 carried out some quantitative studies on glucose consumption by T. fœtus during cultivation, and then also found that a gas, which burned explosively when mixed with air, was produced by the organism when growing in serum broth with 0.1 per cent glucose. This fact suggested that it might be hydrogen.
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Andrews, J., and von Brand, T., Amer. J. Hyg., 28, 138 (1938).
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SUZUOKI-ZIRÔ, SUZUOKI-TUNEKO Hydrogen Evolution by Trichomonas fœtus. Nature 168, 610 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168610a0
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