Catalase Test Objectives:

1. To understand the biochemical process of hydrogen peroxide detoxification by aerobic bacteria through the production of the enzyme catalase.
2. To describe how catalase production can be determined.
3. To perform the test.

Coagulase Test Objectives:

1. To understand the biochemistry of the enzyme coagulase.
2. To explain how coagulase confer a survival advantage to bacteria that produce this enzyme.
3. To describe how pathogenic species of Staphylococci can be differentiated from nonpathogenic species.
4. To perform coagulase test.