Asklipia
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Interesting but I thought catalase was dependent on copper and on bacteria, hence the catalase test, which is used to separate bacteria in catalase-positive and catalase-negative respectively.
I wonder if adding catalase would not encourage these catalase-positive bacteria (which include some real nasties like :Staph (all)
Pseudomonas
Aspergillus
Candida
Enterobacteriaceae
-Citrobacter, enterobacter, E.coli, Klebsiella
-Shigella, Yersinia, Proteus and Salmonella
-Serratia
Maybe it would be better to supplement with copper or "good" catalase-positive bacteria like
Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus mesentericus and I suppose others.