Category:OMP:0000218 ! catalase test phenotype

name: catalase test phenotype
def: "A differential test phenotype that relates to the presence or absence of catalase, an enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water." [ISBN:9780895828309, OMP:JCH]
subset: qc_do_not_manually_annotate
xref: GO:0004096 "catalase activity"
is_a: OMP:0007130 ! differential test phenotype
comment: This is a high-level term whose primary purpose is to organize terms beneath it in the ontology, and we expect that it will not be used for direct annotations. Please consider using a more specific term to annotate each phenotype.\n\nCatalysis of the reaction: 2 hydrogen peroxide = O2 + 2 H2O [EC:1.11.1.6].