Could there be an animal who breathes CO?
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A normal respiration is: $${\displaystyle C_{6}H_{12}O_{6}+6O_{2}\to 6H_{2}O+6CO_{2}+38ATP}$$
A normal cellular respiration uses O2, so my question is if it's possible to have a respiration with CO instead of O2.
Something like this (an example of how can be done that): $${\displaystyle C_{6}H_{12}O_{6}+12CO\to 6H_{2}O+6CO_{2}+12C+38ATP}$$
Is that possible? If not, is it possible with some changes like the chemical reaction or the whole mitochondrion (e.g: the animal must be able to eliminate graphite from cells)?
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