 Bacterial Capsules
"Bacterial Capsules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An envelope of loose gel surrounding a bacterial cell which is associated with the virulence of pathogenic bacteria. Some capsules have a well-defined border, whereas others form a slime layer that trails off into the medium. Most capsules consist of relatively simple polysaccharides but there are some bacteria whose capsules are made of polypeptides.
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D016667
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A20.186
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| Concept/Terms |
Bacterial Capsules- Bacterial Capsules
- Capsules, Bacterial
- Bacterial Capsule
- Capsule, Bacterial
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacterial Capsules" by people in Profiles.
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Olarte L, Kaplan SL, Barson WJ, Romero JR, Lin PL, Tan TQ, Hoffman JA, Bradley JS, Givner LB, Mason EO, Hult?n KG. Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Pneumococcal Serotype 35B among Children in the United States. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 03; 55(3):724-734.
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Shakir SM, Goldbeck JM, Robison D, Eckerd AM, Chavez-Bueno S. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of invasive neonatal Escherichia coli clinical isolates. Am J Perinatol. 2014 Nov; 31(11):975-82.
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