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** The internalised vesicle is referred to as the "phagosome"
 
** The internalised vesicle is referred to as the "phagosome"
 
** '''Lysosomes''', which contain a large range of enzymes, fuse with the phagosome, killing the microbes in an energy-dependent way
 
** '''Lysosomes''', which contain a large range of enzymes, fuse with the phagosome, killing the microbes in an energy-dependent way
*** Oxygen-dependent degradation utilizes Oxygen and chlorine free-radicals, Hydrogen peroxide, and Nitric oxide
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*** Oxygen-dependant degradation utilizes Oxygen and chlorine free-radicals, Hydrogen peroxide, and Nitric oxide
*** Oxygen-independed degradation depends on granules containing proteolytic enzymes such as Defensins, Lysozyme, and cationic proteins
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*** Oxygen-independant degradation depends on granules containing proteolytic enzymes such as Defensins, Lysozyme, and cationic proteins
 
**** In addition, these granules contain antimicrobial elements such as lactoferrin
 
**** In addition, these granules contain antimicrobial elements such as lactoferrin
 
** Microbes are then digested by a number of different catabolic enzymes
 
** Microbes are then digested by a number of different catabolic enzymes
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