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THAT the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by catalase requires the presence of molecular oxygen was demonstrated by a number of manometric experiments previously described1. Being, however, well aware of certain difficulties in this kind of work, we have given a detailed account of our methods so that our experiments could easily be repeated.
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KEILIN, D., HARTREE, E. Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Catalase. Nature 144, 1091 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/1441091a0
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