Soot containing Ce-, Pt-, Pt-Ce-, Fe-, and Cu-fuel-borne catalysts is generated in a diesel engine, is characterised by XRD, and studied in oxidation with O 2 and NO + O 2 under various reaction conditions. Fe-, Pt-Ce-and Ce-soot are oxidised at lower temperature with O 2 , compared with Pt-soot, and the opposite trend is observed with NO + O 2 . NO is oxidised to NO 2 more efficiently over Pt-soot and decreased the soot oxidation temperature by about 150°C, compared with Ce-, Fe-or Pt-Ce-soot. On the other hand, NO 2 is most efficiently utilised over the Pt-Ce-and Ce-soot. The soot oxidation under the different feed gas conditions demonstrates that nitrate species are involved in the oxidation of Ce-and Pt-Ce-soot. The oxidation species with the decreasing order of activity are: (1) nitrates, (2) NO 2 , (3) lattice oxygen, and (4) gas-phase oxygen. All the above species are involved in the oxidation of Pt-Ce-soot.