The presence of capsules increase the pathogenicity of the bacteria. The value of a capsule to a bacterium helps the bacteria adhere to the surfaces and resist flushing.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Bootstrapping or booting refers to a group of metaphors which refer to a self-sustaining process that proceeds without external help. The phrase appears to have originated in the early 19th century United States, to mean an absurdly impossible action, an adynaton. Dr. Douglas Engelbart used the term centrally in his work from 1970 to 2010, referring to the process used by lumberjacks to hoist themselves up trees using a strap wrapped around the tree.
To load and initialise the operating system on a computer. Normally abbreviated to boot. From the curious expression to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, one of the legendary feats of Baron von Munchhausen. The bootstrap loader is the program that runs on the computer before any (normal) program can run. Derived terms include reboot, cold boot, warm boot, soft boot and hard boot. The term also applies to the use of a compiler to compile itself.