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a catalase test is usually not performed on bacteria growing on a blood agar plate. Why...

a catalase test is usually not performed on bacteria growing on a blood agar plate. Why not?

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A catalase test is generally not performed on bacteria growing on a blood agar plate because blood cells such as Erythrocytes contain 'Catalase ' which can interfere with the test yielding false results. So care should be taken to avoid false results.

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