Think-Pair-Share Questions

1. Streptococcus pyogenes has a capsule made of hyaluronic acid, a polysaccharide also found on human cells.

Describe what significance this has in the bacterium resisting phagocytosis and why.

2. Streptococcus pyogenes produces a protein called protein G that binds to the Fc portion of human IgG.

Describe what significance this has in the bacterium resisting phagocytosis and why.

3. Many bacteria produces capsules that cover their cell wall.

Describe what significance this has in the bacterium resisting phagocytosis and why.

4. People born with chronic granulomatious disease have neutrophils that lack the enzyme oxidase in their cytoplasmic membrane.

Describe what significance this has in the bacterium resisting phagocytosis and why.