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Catalyst Definitions:
A catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being permanently altered itself.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
A substance that alters the rate of a reaction without being consumed or permanently changed by it. In cells, enzymes are catalysts.
Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro
Catalyst Notes:
Catalysts are those substances which when added to a reaction speeds up the rate of reaction and is not consumed in the process. They either change the reaction mechanism or reduce the activation energy to speed up a reaction. Enzymes are biological catalysts which speed up a chemical reaction.
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