Methods to determine the presence of a bacterial capsule typically involve the use of stains specific for capsule, the exclusion of a dye by the capsule or by electron microscopy. However, these procedures require equipment that may not be readily available to all researchers. Here we describe a method for extraction, visualization, and quantification of extracellular capsular polysaccharide from Acinetobacter baumannii with commonly used reagents and equipment.
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Tipton, K. A., & Rather, P. N. (2019). Extraction and visualization of capsular polysaccharide from acinetobacter baumannii. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1946, pp. 227–231). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9118-1_21
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