Bacteria have other types of oxidase The eponymous cytochromes, two of type b and one of type d, are the key iron-containing groups that enable the function of oxidase. At the cytochrome d, the ...

Each species of bacteria has specific metabolic needs and relies on different enzymes to fuel those unique needs. The presence of catalase, gelatinase, oxidase, urease, for example, can be used to ...

"When normal white blood cells engulf invading bacteria, NADPH oxidase produces a big burst of bad oxygen species which they dump into bacteria to kill it and, in the process, kill themselves ...