"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacterial Capsules" by people in Profiles.
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Determining Which of Several Simultaneously Administered Vaccines Increase Risk of an Adverse Event. Drug Saf. 2020 10; 43(10):1057-1065.
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Role of CD14 in responses to clinical isolates of Escherichia coli: effects of K1 capsule expression. Infect Immun. 2007 Nov; 75(11):5415-24.
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Identification of a distinct, cryptic heparosan synthase from Pasteurella multocida types A, D, and F. J Bacteriol. 2004 Dec; 186(24):8529-32.
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Identification of the capsular polysaccharides of Type D and F Pasteurella multocida as unmodified heparin and chondroitin, respectively. Carbohydr Res. 2002 Sep 27; 337(17):1547-52.
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Phages and other mobile virulence elements in gram-positive pathogens. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2002; 264(2):79-94.
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Changes in availability of oxygen accentuate differences in capsular polysaccharide expression by phenotypic variants and clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infect Immun. 2001 Sep; 69(9):5430-9.
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Clonal associations among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from various sites of infection. Infect Immun. 2001 Jan; 69(1):345-52.
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Phylogenetic evidence that the gram-negative nonsporulating bacterium Tissierella (Bacteroides) praeacuta is a member of the Clostridium subphylum of the gram-positive bacteria and description of Tissierella creatinini sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1995 Jul; 45(3):436-40.