The cell wall provides structural support and protection, while the capsule, found in some bacteria, plays a crucial role in resisting host immune attacks, adaptation to new niches and pathogenesis.

The first stain (the endospore stain) will detect cells that from endospores, and the capsule stain will detect bacteria with a mucoid capsule around it.

and he observed that these bacteria had the smooth capsules characteristic of the S strain. Based on these observations, Griffith hypothesized that a chemical component from the virulent S cells ...

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While studying white blood cells, Miescher isolated ... scientists knew that some types of these bacteria (called "S type") had an outer layer called a capsule, but other types (called "R type ...

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