SUMMARY A discontinuous density gradient procedure was used successfully to separate capsulate and non-capsulate cells of strains of Bacteroides fragilis. Bacteria from the capsulate fraction retained their capsules on subculture, but non-capsulate cells reverted to the mixed phenotype.
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