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IN a recent letter1 Johnson and van Schouwenburg dispute Keilin and Hartree's observation2 that catalase activity depends on the presence of oxygen. In their reply, Keilin and Hartree3 point out that the experiments of Johnson and van Schouwenburg are only qualitative and therefore not conclusive.
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WEISS, J., WEIL-MALHERBE, H. Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Catalase. Nature 144, 866 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144866a0
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