bacterial capsule

Bacterial capsule, a layer that lies outside the cell wall of bacteria.

A bacterial capsule is similar, but is a well ordered structure that is resistant to washing off.

So humoral immunity in forms of IgG and complement proteins is the human immune system's response against bacterial capsules.

He contributed to the literature of actinomycosis and trichinosis and discovered a method of staining bacterial capsules.

(See Bacterial capsule.)

A carbohydrate-based bacterial capsule composed of hyaluronic acid surrounds the bacterium, protecting it from phagocytosis by neutrophils.

At the time of disease initiation, these protective antibodies would phagocyze the disease causing bacterial capsules and eliminate bacteria through macrophages and neutrophils.

A distinct, gelatinous glycocalyx is called a Bacterial capsule, whereas an irregular, diffuse layer is called a slime layer.

Pathogenic strains of Salmonella typhi carry the "Vi" antigen (Vi for virulence), which is associated with a bacterial capsule.

Quellung is the German word for "swelling" and describes the microscopic appearance of pneumococcal or other bacterial capsules after their polysaccharide antigen has combined with a specific antibody.

The bacterial capsule sugars, a characteristic of these pathogens, are linked to CRM, a nontoxic recombinant variant of diphtheria toxin (Corynebacterium diphtheriae).

It was found that these "ghosts" could adsorb to bacteria that were susceptible to T2, although they contained no DNA and were simply the remains of the original bacterial capsule.

The Quellung reaction is a biochemical reaction in which antibodies bind to the bacterial capsule of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Salmonella.

These include common human pathogens with bacterial capsules (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Salmonella typhi, Neisseria meningitidis, E. coli, Hemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus agalactiae, Klebsiella pneumoniae).

Polysaccharide encapsulated bacteria, frequently referred to simply as encapsulated bacteria and less precisely called encapsulated organisms, are a group of bacteria that have an outer covering, a bacterial capsule, made of polysaccharide.

Lysogenic phage: phage that attaches to a bacterial capsule and inserts genetic material into the bacterial host, where it then forms a circular loop, integrates with the host DNA, and lies dormant for a time.

The genes that regulate SAg expression also regulate mechanisms of immune evasion such as M protein and Bacterial capsule expression, supporting the hypothesis that SAg production evolved primarily as a mechanism of immune evasion.