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Introduction

Summary

Description of the successive stages of phagocytosis of bacterial micro-organisms, like bacilli, by a phagocyte.

Goals

• To understand the mechanism of phagocytosis

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Tags

immune phagocyte cell cytoplasm vesicle bacteria micro-organism vacuole adhesion ingestion digestion digestion release exocytosis lysosome phagosome pseudopod lysis digestive-enzyme bacillus antigen lysosomal macrophage leucocyte