What Does the Oxidase Test Determine

question 37

Multiple Choice

What does the oxidase test determine?

• A) If the bacteria have the enzyme, oxidase, to reduce oxygen to carbon dioxide
• B) If the bacteria have oxidase, which will allow for the oxidation of carbohydrates
• C) If the bacteria can hydrolyze urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide
• D) The presence of the cytochrome oxidase system that oxidizes reduced cytochrome with molecular oxygen

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