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How does glycocalyx help the immune system?

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Answer: glycocalyx increases the effective diameter of a bacterium and also covers up components of the bacterium that the immune system would detect and be stimulated by

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Endothelial cells lining blood vessels have a glycocalyx to protect them from the sheer stress of blood flow, as well as to aid in cell attachment that helps the immune system and blood clotting. ... Bacteria also have a glycocalyx which can create large colonies of bacteria known as a biofilm.

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