Most bacterial capsules contain carbohydrates.Name the bacteria whose capsule has polypeptide.
Bacillus anthracis
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Which is it?
Some strains of streptococcus pyogenes contain hyaluronic acid in their capsule. Most common is polysaccharide capsule
Anthracis bacillus(contains glutamate in its capsule). That's why special M'Faydean stain is used to stain bacillus Anthracis
Bacillus megaterium
It's capsule is made of both polypeptide and polysaccharide