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Bacterial Capsules

"Bacterial Capsules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bacterial Capsules" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bacterial Capsules" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 7 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2001 and 2002
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