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Why is a capsule advantageous to a bacterium? (1) It allows the bacterium to attach to the surface (2) It protects the bacterium from desiccation (3) It provides means of locomotion (4) It allows bacterium to “hide” from host’s immune system

mgayathri , 8 Years ago

Grade 8

2 Answers

Aabid Hussain

Last Activity: 8 Years ago

Hi Dear,

The function of capsule includes te bacterium to “hide”from host immune system (Phagocytosis from macrophages).

Thank you for asking.

Umakant biswal

Last Activity: 8 Years ago

@ gayatri
The cell capsule is a very large structure of some prokaryotic cells, such as bacterial cells. It is a polysaccharide layer that lies outside the cell envelope of bacteria, and is thus deemed part of the outer envelope of a bacterial cell.
with the help of these capsule bacteria do hides from the immnue system of the host , so, that the immnue system of host cannot affect it .
so, from your options option no 4 turns out to be the correct option .
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