You place an inoculum of your bacterium on a glass slide and add a drop of hydrogen peroxide reagent. Promptly you see bubbles appear, indicating the presence of a particular enzyme that the bacterium produces. What type of identi?cation test does this exemplify?

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This is a biochemical test because it involves adding a chemical reagent (hydrogen peroxide) to the bacterium to observe a biochemical reaction (bubbling due to the production of oxygen gas), which indicates the presence of the enzyme catalase.

You Place an Inoculum of Your Bacterium on a Glass