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The catalase of aerobic organisms splits the toxic H2O2 produced from the mitochondrial electron transport and from various hydroxylation and oxygenation reactions into water and oxygen. Since aerobic organisms predominate in non-compacted and non-waterlogged soils, catalase activity was used to characterize soil microbial activities (Beck 1971). Catalase was also the first enzyme that was investigated in soils (Woods 1899, cited in Skujins 1978). While Kuprevich and Shcherbakova (1956, 1971) and Beck (1971) determined the activity via the produced oxygen, Baroccio (1958) and Johnson and Temple (1964) measured the unused H2O2. Soil catalase is characterized by its high persistence. Fresh root material distorts microbial catalase activity measurements since plants also contain catalase.
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Öhlinger, H., Von Mersi, W. (1996). Enzymes Involved in Intracellular Metabolism. In: Schinner, F., Öhlinger, R., Kandeler, E., Margesin, R. (eds) Methods in Soil Biology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60966-4_15
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