 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) |
D09.698.718.200 D12.776.097.110 D23.050.161.616.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Bacterial Capsules- Bacterial Capsules
- Capsules, Bacterial
- Bacterial Capsule
- Capsule, Bacterial
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| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bacterial Capsules" by people in Profiles.
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Boyle-Vavra S, Li X, Alam MT, Read TD, Sieth J, Cywes-Bentley C, Dobbins G, David MZ, Kumar N, Eells SJ, Miller LG, Boxrud DJ, Chambers HF, Lynfield R, Lee JC, Daum RS. USA300 and USA500 clonal lineages of Staphylococcus aureus do not produce a capsular polysaccharide due to conserved mutations in the cap5 locus. mBio. 2015 Apr 07; 6(2).
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Wang YT, Oh SY, Hendrickx AP, Lunderberg JM, Schneewind O. Bacillus cereus G9241 S-layer assembly contributes to the pathogenesis of anthrax-like disease in mice. J Bacteriol. 2013 Feb; 195(3):596-605.
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Garufi G, Wang YT, Oh SY, Maier H, Missiakas DM, Schneewind O. Sortase-conjugation generates a capsule vaccine that protects guinea pigs against Bacillus anthracis. Vaccine. 2012 May 14; 30(23):3435-44.
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Cobey S, Lipsitch M. Niche and neutral effects of acquired immunity permit coexistence of pneumococcal serotypes. Science. 2012 Mar 16; 335(6074):1376-80.
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Wu R, Richter S, Zhang RG, Anderson VJ, Missiakas D, Joachimiak A. Crystal structure of Bacillus anthracis transpeptidase enzyme CapD. J Biol Chem. 2009 Sep 04; 284(36):24406-14.
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Richter S, Anderson VJ, Garufi G, Lu L, Budzik JM, Joachimiak A, He C, Schneewind O, Missiakas D. Capsule anchoring in Bacillus anthracis occurs by a transpeptidation reaction that is inhibited by capsidin. Mol Microbiol. 2009 Jan; 71(2):404-20.
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Dominguez SR, Daum RS. Toward global Haemophilus influenzae type b immunization. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 15; 37(12):1600-2.
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Daum RS, Hogerman D, Rennels MB, Bewley K, Malinoski F, Rothstein E, Reisinger K, Block S, Keyserling H, Steinhoff M. Infant immunization with pneumococcal CRM197 vaccines: effect of saccharide size on immunogenicity and interactions with simultaneously administered vaccines. J Infect Dis. 1997 Aug; 176(2):445-55.
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Bewley KM, Schwab JG, Ballanco GA, Daum RS. Interchangeability of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines in the primary series: evaluation of a two-dose mixed regimen. Pediatrics. 1996 Nov; 98(5):898-904.
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Miller MA, Meschievitz CK, Ballanco GA, Daum RS. Safety and immunogenicity of PRP-T combined with DTP: excretion of capsular polysaccharide and antibody response in the immediate post-vaccination period. Pediatrics. 1995 Apr; 95(4):522-7.
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