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OXIDASE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("oxidase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oxidase"):

peroxidase (any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide)

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 Context examples: 

This bacteria is catalase and urease negative, oxidase variable, does not require X factor and acid is produced from glucose, fructose and mannose.

(Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is non motile, capable of both aerobic and anaerobic respiration, ferments glucose and is generally oxidase positive.

(Aeromonas salmonicida, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is oxidase positive, hemolytic, does not hydrolyze esculin, produces arginine dihydrolase and is negative for indole production.

(Aeromonas schubertii, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile by one to eight flagella from multiple origins, oxidase and catalase negative, does not hydrolyze esculin, is stimulated from arginine, weakly reduces nitrate and produces acid from glycogen.

(Mobiluncus mulieris, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is catalase positive, oxidase negative, requires V factor but not X factor to grow and xylose is not fermented.

(Aggregatibacter segnis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is positive for oxidase, catalase, butyrate esterase, and y-glutamyl-aminopeptidase activities, negative for phenylalanine deaminase, urease, lipase and lecithinase activity and relatively halointolerant.

(Moraxella canis, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is catalase and oxidase positive, non-hemolytic, pigmented, susceptible to colistin, produces polysaccharides from sucrose, and does not produce acid from glucose, maltose, fructose, sucrose, mannose or lactose.

(Neisseria flavescens, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is catalase and oxidase positive, non-hemolytic, produces a yellowish pigment, reduces both nitrate and nitrite, synthesizes polysaccharides, and produces acid from glucose, maltose, fructose, and sucrose, but not mannose or lactose.

(Neisseria mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is catalase and oxidase positive, produces a yellowish pigment, non-hemolytic, utilizes glucose and maltose, but not mannose or lactose, reduces nitrite but not nitrate, and some strains spontaneously agglutinate in saline.

(Neisseria subflava, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is oxidase positive, reduces nitrite, but not nitrate, produces carbonic anhydrase, does not hydrolyze tributyrin, is non-hemolytic, and does not produce acid from glucose, maltose, fructose, sucrose, mannose, or lactose.

(Neisseria cinerea, NCI Thesaurus)