Assertion: bacillus anthracis's capsule | /r/CapableOf | enhance virulence
Facets:
value: by preventing phagocytosis
type: MANNER
value: presumably
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The importance of the poly-D-glutamic acid bacterial capsule, the other major virulence determinant, was demonstrated in experiments early in the 20th century in which an unencapsulated strain resulted in attenuation.31 Presumably, the capsule enhances virulence by preventing phagocytosis, and perhaps by preventing lysis of the organism by cationic host proteins.32
text: The lethal factor is a metalloprotease that cleaves major pathways to surface receptors for the transcription of certain genes within the nucleus  while the capsule enhances the virulence by inhibiting the phagocytosis of Bacillus anthracis.