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.
This reaction is important to cells because hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is produced as a byproduct of many normal cellular reactions. If the cells did not break down the hydrogen peroxide, they would be poisoned and die. Catalase-enzyme lab materials.atalase is present in many kinds of living tissues. You will now test for the presence of catalase in tissues other than liver. 1  Place 2 ml of hydrogen peroxide in each of 3 clean test tubes. 2  To the first tube, add a small piece of potato. 3  To the second tube, add a small piece of chicken.