N. Gonorrhoeae can be induced to produce a capsule by co-cultivation with streptococcus viridans. Encapsulated gonococci demonstrate marked resistance to nonantibody mediated phagocytosis as compared to unencapsulated organisms of the same strain. (Author)
Production of a Capsule by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
1976
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