Could there be an animal who breathes CO?

A normal respiration is:

C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} + 6 O_{2} \to 6 H_{2} O + 6 C O_{2} + 38 A T P

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):

C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} + 12 C O \to 6 H_{2} O + 6 C O_{2} + 12 C + 38 A T P

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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