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==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
[[File:SlimeCapsule.png|right|300px|thumb|A [[diagram]] showing an [[E.coli]] '''slime capsule'''.]]The '''slime capsule''' is a layer surrounding the [[Bacterial Cell Wall|cell wall]] of [[bacteria]] which makes it harder for the [[bacteria]] being to be engulfed by a [[phagocyte]].
===Function===
: The '''slime capsule''' is bound to the [[Bacterial Cell Wall|cell wall]] of a [[bacterium]].
: The '''slime capsule''' can protect the [[bacteria]] against some [[antibiotic]]s.
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359373&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=952a73bbb09d222ecc4b50d200679849 ''Slime capsules, page 8, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359810/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359810&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=d768d99f1a06f7c12fab40e5aef85a55 ''Slime capsule, page 21, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR '']