"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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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 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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The antimicrobial activity of zinc against group B Streptococcus is strain-dependent across diverse sequence types, capsular serotypes, and invasive versus colonizing isolates. BMC Microbiol. 2022 01 13; 22(1):23.
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Pneumococcal virulence factors in community-acquired pneumonia. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2020 05; 26(3):222-231.
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Putative novel cps loci in a large global collection of pneumococci. Microb Genom. 2019 07; 5(7).
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Molecular characterization of invasive capsule null Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa. BMC Microbiol. 2017 Feb 21; 17(1):40.
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Correlates of protection of serotype-specific capsular antibody and invasive Group B Streptococcus disease in South African infants. Vaccine. 2015 Nov 27; 33(48):6793-9.
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Natural acquired humoral immunity against serotype-specific group B Streptococcus rectovaginal colonization acquisition in pregnant women. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Jun; 21(6):568.e13-21.
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HIV-1 Is Associated With Lower Group B Streptococcus Capsular and Surface-Protein IgG Antibody Levels and Reduced Transplacental Antibody Transfer in Pregnant Women. J Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 01; 212(3):453-62.
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Review on the association of Group B Streptococcus capsular antibody and protection against invasive disease in infants. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2015 Jan; 14(1):135-49.
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Estimating the protective concentration of anti-pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide antibodies. Vaccine. 2007 May 10; 25(19):3816-26.
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Impact of conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine introduction in South Africa. Bull World Health Organ. 2006 Oct; 84(10):811-8.