bacterial capsule

polysaccharide layer that lies outside the cell envelope in many bacteria
Thing cellular_component Q1137328
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bacterial capsule

Summary

bacterial capsule is a cellular component[1]. It draws 99 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #64 of 301).[2]

Key Facts

  • bacterial capsule's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
  • bacterial capsule's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D016667[4].
  • bacterial capsule's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04x6tf[5].
  • bacterial capsule's MeSH tree code is recorded as A20.186[6].
  • bacterial capsule's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0085229[7].
  • bacterial capsule's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 155292618[8].
  • bacterial capsule's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779588015[9].
  • bacterial capsule's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C155292618[10].

Why It Matters

bacterial capsule draws 99 Wikipedia views per month (cellular_component category, ranking #64 of 301).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). bacterial capsule. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bacterial-capsule
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bacterial-capsule_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{bacterial capsule}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bacterial-capsule}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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