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Think about the advice given in the procedure to test a known catalase positive

ID: 219820 • Letter: T

Question

Think about the advice given in the procedure to test a known catalase positive organism along with an unknown is this a positive or negative control? What information is provided by the results? Think about the advice given in the procedure to test a known catalase positive organism along with an unknown is this a positive or negative control? What information is provided by the results? Think about the advice given in the procedure to test a known catalase positive organism along with an unknown is this a positive or negative control? What information is provided by the results?

Explanation / Answer

In the results one can observe that catalase is indeed able to break down hydrogenperoxide into water and oxygen and this tells us that at a point of time, hydrogen peroxide is completely exhausted and we can infer that the process completes after the hydrogen peroxide completely breaks down.