Pretty much like beef. It's relatively common in India where beef is not eaten for religious reasons. You can also find it without much trouble in both Egypt and Italy. I suspect that in SE Asia, where water buffalo are common, it's also widely eaten.
The inadvertent use of a mixed culture in. biochemical testing will lead to erroneous results. The simplest biochemical test that is used to differentiate between Streptococcus and. Staphylococcus species is the Catalase test. In this test we are testing for the ability of the. bacteria to produce the enzyme catalase. This enzyme breaks down hydrogen peroxide into. water and oxygen. Hydrogen peroxide, as well as superoxides, can be metabolic end. products of the production of ATP by the electron transport chain.
Percentage of H202 used on catalase test: 1  For routine testing of aerobes, 3% hydrogen peroxide is used. 2  15% H2O2 solution: For the identification of anaerobic bacteria. 3  Catalase test is used to differentiate aerotolerant strains of Clostridium (catalase negative), from Bacillus species (catalase positive).