IUBio

Proteus capsule??

Jay Mone' jmone at MARAUDER.MILLERSV.EDU
Fri Jul 31 08:00:30 EST 1998


Jane,
It is very unlikely that you can see flagella (not fimbria) on a 
bacteria without special staining.  If you detect a halo around a 
bacteria after negative staining with nigrosin or india ink, it is 
almost certainly the cpasule.  Besides, to my knowledge, Proteus don't 
produce capsules.  Do they??

Jay Mone'



More information about the Microbio mailing list

Send comments to us at biosci-help [At] net.bio.net