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Microbiology · Chapter 12
Phagocytosis, Step by Step
When bacteria breach the skin, the body's professional eaters —
neutrophils
and
macrophages
— hunt them down. Walk the process through its three phases:
chemotaxis
,
engulfment
, and
killing
.
The professional eaters
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Engulf
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