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**Bacilli appear as chains of dark blue, square-ended rods surounded with the capsule
**Bacilli appear as chains of dark blue, square-ended rods surounded with the capsule
**Extracellular toxin (holotoxin) composed of oedema factor, protective antigen and lethal factor
**Extracellular toxin (holotoxin) composed of oedema factor, protective antigen and lethal factor
**Oedema factor is an adenylate cyclase which increases intracellular cAMP concetrations, causing fluid accumulation and damaging neutrophils
**Oedema factor is an adenylate cyclase which increases intracellular cAMP concetrations, causing fluid accumulation and damaging [[Neutrophils - WikiBlood|neutrophils]]
**Lethal factor causes release of cytokines from macrophages
**Lethal factor causes release of cytokines from macrophages
**Protective antigen binds to the cell receptor to allow action of the other factors
**Protective antigen binds to the cell receptor to allow action of the other factors