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When 70% CO gas was repeatedly provided by flushing the headspace of the bottles at 30\u00b0C, the total alcohol production increased to 4.32\u00a0g\/L at the expense of acids. Notably, hexanol production (1.90\u00a0g\/L) was higher than that of ethanol (1.20\u00a0g\/L) and butanol (1.20\u00a0g\/L); this is the highest level of hexanol produced in gas fermentation to date and the first report of hexanol as the main product. Hexanol production was further enhanced to 2.34\u00a0g\/L when 2\u00a0g\/L ethanol was supplemented at the beginning of 70% CO gas refeeding fermentation. Particularly, hexanol productivity was significantly enhanced to 0.18\u00a0g\/L\/day while the supplemented ethanol was consumed, indicating that the conversion of ethanol to acetyl-CoA and reducing equivalents positively affected hexanol production. 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