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. 1969 May;98(2):547–551. doi: 10.1128/jb.98.2.547-551.1969

Glucose-dependent Secretion and Destruction of Hydrogen Peroxide by Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Gerald Cohen a, Norman L Somerson b,1
PMCID: PMC284852  PMID: 5784211

Abstract

The secretion of H2O2 by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and M. gallisepticum was measured with the new catalase-aminotriazole method. Peroxide secretion by the mycoplasmas was stimulated by glucose. When catalase and aminotriazole were omitted and exogenous H2O2 was added to the mycoplasmas, a loss in H2O2 was noted with time; the addition of glucose speeded the disappearance of H2O2. The presence of this peroxidase-like activity in the mycoplasmas explains an observed failure of H2O2 to accumulate freely in the suspension medium.

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