Animations by Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology, The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.

html5 animation illustrating the function of endocytic pattern-recognition receptors on phagocytes.

html5 animation illustrating the function of enhanced attachment by way of IgG.

GIF animation showing the formation of neutrophil NETs.

html5 animation illustrating how capsules can block unenhanced attachment of pathogen-associated molecular patterns to endocytic pattern-recognition receptors on phagocytes.

html5 animation showing phagocytosis of an encapsulated bacterium through opsonization.

html5 animation showing ingestion and phagosome formation.

html5 animation showing acidification of a phagosome during phagocytosis.

html5 animation showing intracellular destruction.

html5 animation summarizing phagocytosis through unenhanced attachment.

html5 animation summarizing phagocytosis by enhanced attachment (opsonization).

html5 animation summarizing extracellular killing by phagocytosis.

html5 animation showing an encapsulated bacterium resisting phagocytosis by blocking C3b.

html5 animation showing a bacterium resisting phagocytosis by escaping from a phagosome.

html5 animation showing a bacterium resisting phagocytosis by blocking the fusion of a lysosome with a phagosome.

html5 animation showing a bacterium resisting phagocytosis by blocking the lysosome from moving to the phagosome.

html5 animation showing a bacterium resisting phagocytosis by blocking acidification of the phagosome.

html5 animation showing a bacterium resisting phagocytosis by lysing a phagocyte.

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